Tropical Hardwood Utilization: Practice and Prospects, Roelof A.A. Oldeman; T.J. Peck; K. Alkema

Автор: Roelof A.A. Oldeman; T.J. Peck; K. Alkema
Название: Tropical Hardwood Utilization: Practice and Prospects
ISBN: 902472581X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789024725816
Издательство: Springer
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Автор: Thomas R. DeGregori
Название: Development Economics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects
ISBN: 9401069743 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401069748
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Автор: Abel O. Olorunnisola
Название: Design of Structural Elements with Tropical Hardwoods
ISBN: 3319653423 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319653426
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Описание: This book provides basic information on the design of structures with tropical woods. It is intended primarily for teaching university- and college-level courses in structural design. It is also suitable as a reference material for practitioners. Although parts of the background material relate specifically to West and East Africa, the design principles apply to the whole of tropical Africa, Latin America and South Asia. The book is laced with ample illustrations including photographs of real life wood structures and structural elements across Africa that make for interesting reading. It has numerous manual and Excel spread sheet worked examples and review questions that can properly guide a first-time designer of wooden structural elements. A number of design problems are also solved using the FORTRAN programming language. Topics covered in the thirteen chapters of the book include a brief introduction to the book, the anatomy and physical properties of tropical woods; a brief review of the mechanical properties of wood, timber seasoning and preservation, uses of wood and wood products in construction; basic theory of structures, and structural load computations; design of wooden beams, solid and built-up wooden columns, wood connections and wooden trusses; as well as a brief introduction to the design of wooden bridges.

Автор: Steinberg Paul F., VanDeVeer Stacy D.
Название: Comparative Environmental Politics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects
ISBN: 0262693682 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262693684
Издательство: MIT Press
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Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems

How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around the globe? Answering this question requires systematic, cross-national comparisons of political institutions, regulatory styles, and state-society relations. The field of comparative environmental politics approaches this task by bringing the theoretical tools of comparative politics to bear on the substantive concerns of environmental policy. This book outlines a comparative environmental politics framework and applies it to concrete, real-world problems of politics and environmental management.

After a comprehensive review of the literature exploring domestic environmental politics around the world, the book provides a sample of major currents within the field, showing how environmental politics intersects with such topics as the greening of the state, the rise of social movements and green parties, European Union expansion, corporate social responsibility, federalism, political instability, management of local commons, and policymaking under democratic and authoritarian regimes. It offers fresh insights into environmental problems ranging from climate change to water scarcity and the disappearance of tropical forests, and it examines actions by state and nonstate actors at levels from the local to the continental. The book will help scholars and policymakers make sense of how environmental issues and politics are connected around the globe, and is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduateand graduate courses.