Changing Tropical Forests
Title | Changing Tropical Forests PDF eBook |
Author | Harold K. Steen |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780822312369 |
Changing Tropical Forests begins with an overview of the history of deforestation in tropical America and the tasks facing Latin American environmental historians. Based on proceedings of a 1991 conference sponsored by the Forest History Society and IUFRO Forest History Group in Costa Rica, the contributors offer detailed accounts of the enivornmental history of specific forest conditions, grasslands, and changing ecosystems of Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, and Brazil. the role of human intervention in this process of change is also discussed. Contributors. William Balée, James R. Barborak, Peter Boomgaard, Larissa V. Brown, Gerardo Budowski, John Dargavel, Warren Dean, Silvia del Amo R., Elizabeth Graham, J. Régis Guillaumon, Rhena Hoffmann, Sally P. Horn, Sebastião Kengen, Herman W. Konrad, Mary Pamela Lehmann, Robert D. Leier, Murdo J. MacLeod, M. Patricia Marchak, Elinor G. K. Melville, David M. Pendergast, Susan M. Pierce, Leslie E. Sponsel, Richard P. Tucker, Terry West
Revista Da AAL
Title | Revista Da AAL PDF eBook |
Author | Academia Amazonense de Letras |
Publisher | |
Pages | 862 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Brazilian literature |
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Publisher | Editorial Ink |
Pages | 262 |
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
Title | Handbook of Latin American Studies PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Latin America |
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Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Walkable Cities
Title | Walkable Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Carlos J. L. Balsas |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1438476272 |
Examines how cities of various sizes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making walkability improvements a part of their overall urban revitalization strategy. Walkable precincts have become an important component of urban revitalization on both sides of the Atlantic. In Walkable Cities, Carlos J. L. Balsas examines a range of city scales and geographic settings on three continents, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), Latin America (Brazil and Mexico), and the United States (Phoenix and New York City). He explains how this “pedestrianization of Main Street” approach to central locations (downtowns and midtowns) has contributed to strengthening various urban functions, such as urban vitality, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, tourism, and more. However, it has also put pressure on less affluent, peripheral, and fragile areas due to higher levels of consumption and waste generation. Balsas calls attention to the need to base urban revitalization interventions on more spatially and socially just interventions coupled with sustainable consumption practices that do not necessarily entail high growth levels, but instead aim to improve the quality of city life. “The notion of commercial urbanism is both novel and engaging, since much of the vibrancy of cities comes from commerce, consumption, and entertainment. The idea itself is a major contribution of the book.” — Tridib Kumar Banerjee, University of Southern California
The Histories of Hispanic America
Title | The Histories of Hispanic America PDF eBook |
Author | Alva Curtis Wilgus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 1932 |
Genre | Cataloging |
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New Serial Titles
Title | New Serial Titles PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1546 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Periodicals |
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