Human beings strongly depend on the sustainable availability of resources, such as food, water and energy. The continued supply of these resources can only be assured by sustainable land uses but these are easily threatened by inappropriate human activities. Human behavior is intermingled with hydrological, biogeochemical, atmospheric and ecological processes through land use and land cover change (LULCC). LULCC is a locally pervasive and globally significant environmental trend and has become a process of paramount importance to the study of global environmental change.
This thesis investigates LULCC and its links with soil hydrology, soil degradation and climate variability through combining results from fieldwork, laboratory work and Remote Sensing. Seasonal, inter-annual and broad timescale land transitions are analyzed for a robust identification of biophysical change. The determinants of LULCC are determined using spatially explicit statistical modelling of most systematic land transitions. This thesis explores soil hydrological impacts of LULCC for a better soil water management. The thesis further explores the climatic factors leading to the observed trends in vegetated land cover for improved understanding of the link between climate and carbon fixation and water use by vegetation.
Автор: David L. Callies Название: Preserving Paradise: Why Regulation Won`t Work ISBN: 0824843681 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824843687 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 161100.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED... If Lewis Carroll had proclaimed the reality of Alice's Wonderland? What if he had gathered a following & launched an expedition?
THE TRUE STORY OF A JOURNEY TO A FANTASTIC LAND
IT WAS THE EARLY 1960s. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding a valley of immortality among its peaks and glaciers--a real-life Shangri-La. They waited generations for the prophesied lama to come, the one with the secret knowledge of how to 'open' the Hidden Land. Then, one day, he came. His name was Tulshuk Lingpa.
THIS BOOK TELLS THE TRUE STORY of this charismatic visionary lama and his remarkable expedition. Against the wishes of the kings of both Sikkim and Nepal, he and over three hundred followers ventured up the snowy slopes of the third highest mountain of the planet. Their aim: to open a crack in the very fabric of reality and go to a land we would all wish to inhabit if it were only there--a land of peace and concord.
FORTY YEARS LATER, the author spends over five years tracking down the surviving members of this extraordinary expedition. He deftly weaves their stories together with humor, wisdom, and scholarly research into Tibetan traditions of Hidden Lands, all the while reflecting on what this means for the rest of us.
"LIKE NO OTHER BOOK I have ever read...a riveting tale of adventure...honest to the real spirit of Tibet...both unique and intriguing...an engrossing read. Highly recommended." JETSUNMA TENZIN PALMO, from the Foreword
From Tulshuk Lingpa's Guidebook to the Hidden Land: "DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY. Decide by yourself and practise madness. Develop courage for the benefit of all sentient beings. Then you will automatically be free from the knot of attachment. Then you will continually have the confidence of fearlessness and you can then try to open the Great Door of the Hidden Place."
FIRST PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN 2011 CITY LION PRESS EDITION 2017
THIS EDITION IS NOT FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA, MALAYSIA, OR SINGAPORE
Автор: Elinor DeWire Название: The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. Pcaific Territories ISBN: 1937196917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781937196912 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23100.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The immense Pacific Ocean, rife with islands and rimmed by huge continents, has been a liquid highway for trade and travel for centuries. Its peaceful name masks a fickle character though-serene and idyllic at times but also turbulent and merciless. . Marking the shores of this largest ocean with lights and buoys presented enormous challenges. The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of Alaska, Hawai'i and Pacific Territories details that struggle and offers travelers and armchair tourists a glimpse of some little-known sentinels in distant places. The U. S. territories of the Pacific are detailed, including two that eventually became our 49th and 50th states in 1959, along with Guam and the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and a sprinkling of small, far-flung islands made famous by World War II battles and celebrities like Amelia Earhart. Profiles of the lighthouses are complemented by travel information and archival and contemporary images. Also included are the stories of lightkeepers, lighthouse optics, and the fleet of vessels that built and maintained the lights. A bonus section tells the little-known history of buoys-those faithful and colorful markers of waterways worldwide.
Автор: Trent J. E. Название: Death in Paradise ISBN: 1953065007 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781953065001 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In paradise nothing is simple...
...not even murder.
For Jessica, this time it's personal.
The knock at the door shook her from a deep sleep. When she saw the cops, Jessica knew why they were there. As a LA Detective, she'd been on the other side of the door plenty of times.
Someone she loved was dead.
Time slowed. Her heart sank. They knew she knew.
Before they could get to the news, her mind raced. Growing up in Hawaii, half of her family in law enforcement and the other half gang members, she'd known the darker side of life.
As the detectives explained why they'd come, Jessica was only partly listening until they said it was her father who'd died...
...in a plane wreck.
And in that moment, the instinct to grieve was gone. He was meticulous in his maintenance. She didn't believe it was an accident.
Who murdered her father?
Jessica was going home to Hawaii.
You'll love this gripping thriller with a taste of romance, because of the twists, turns, and complex characters.
Автор: Hirahara Naomi Название: Iced in Paradise: A Leilani Santiago Hawai`i Mystery ISBN: 1945551631 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945551635 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27580.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father. As her father soon becomes the No. 1 murder suspect, Leilani must find the real killer and somehow safeguard her ill mother, little sisters, and grandmother while also preserving a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend in Seattle.
Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar-winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series, including Summer of the Big Bachi, Blood Hina, Strawberry Yellow, and Sayonara Slam. She is also the author of the LA-based Ellie Rush mysteries, published by Penguin. Her Mas Arai books have earned such honors as Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year and one of the Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Mysteries and Thrillers. The Stanford University alumna was born and raised in Altadena, California; she now resides in neighboring Pasadena.
Автор: Hinz, Earl R. Howard, Jim Название: Landfalls of paradise ISBN: 0824830377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824830373 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 41790.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Includes charts and text reflecting changes in regulations and facilities for most countries and specific ports of entry. In this book, the appendices include procedures for entry to Australia, which are more exacting than most Pacific landfalls, and an extensive list of information sources such as: cruising guidebooks, chart suppliers, and more.
For half a century, the United States has treated Cuba and Hawai'i as polar opposites: despised nation and beloved state. But for more than a century before the Cuban revolution and Hawaiian statehood of 1959, Cuba and Hawai'i figured as twin objects of U.S. imperial desire and as possessions whose tropical island locales might support all manner of fantasy fulfillment—cultural, financial, and geopolitical. Using travel and tourism as sites where the pleasures of imperialism met the politics of empire, Christine Skwiot untangles the histories of Cuba and Hawai'i as integral parts of the Union and keys to U.S. global power, as occupied territories with violent pasts, and as fantasy islands ripe with seduction and reward. Grounded in a wide array of primary materials that range from government sources and tourist industry records to promotional items and travel narratives, The Purposes of Paradise explores the ways travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i. More broadly, Skwiot's comparative approach underscores continuity, as well as change, in U.S. imperial thought and practice across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Comparing the relationships of Cuba and Hawai'i with the United States, Skwiot argues, offers a way to revisit assumptions about formal versus informal empire, territorial versus commercial imperialism, and direct versus indirect rule.
Автор: Cumic Lillian Название: Hawaii a Vegan Paradise: Over 120 Plant-Based Recipes from the Islands ISBN: 1949307204 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781949307207 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 23870.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Vegan food is sweeping Hawai'i"€"eateries opening everywhere, vegan dishes multiplying on restaurant menus, vegan food sections in supermarkets. Hawai'i: A Vegan Paradise is the perfect introduction to vegan cooking by one of Honolulu's leading vegan chefs covering every aspect of the plant-based diet.
Chef and recipe developer, Lillian Cumic, takes you on a journey through Hawai'i's culinary culture to this new frontier for Island cooking. Her plant-based recipes range from simple tofu poke pp, to a mouth-watering Loco Moco with sunny-side-up vegan eggs, and to satisfy the sweet tooth in all of us, decadent chocolate cake and Meyer lemon cupcakes. The recipes dazzle with colorful and tasty dishes that can proudly be taken to 'ohana get-togethers or special celebrations.
Richly illustrated, it guides you through the ins and outs of getting started with vegan cooking and how to equip your pantry with staples and utensils for vegan cooking.
Автор: Conrad Winston Название: Catching Paradise in Hawai`i ISBN: 1947848704 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781947848702 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Shon Jim Название: Poison In Paradise ISBN: 1733833129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781733833127 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The year is 1986 in the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic mosaic that is Hawaii. Poison in Paradise is about power politics, crime arrogance, cover-ups, the media, and the inner working of a legislature. It is set at a time when the environmental movement was just learning to challenge the growing appetite for development and profit.
Follow the inner thoughts and maneuvers of rival legislators, and how the world of the state capitol is interwoven with the corporate appetites of a declining agricultural industry, the state of the media and how it covered public affairs before the arrival of the Internet.Main CharactersRamsey Bingham - Chair of the Board of the Sandwich Isles Chemical Corp.Carleton Brent - London based Insurance mogulEastland Bridges - a Hawaii State SenatorMei-Ling Bridges - wife of Senator Eastland BridgesFlora Garcia - Children affected by possible pollutionStephani Harrison- Carleton Brent's personal assistantBetsy Ito - Office Manager for Eastland BridgesBarbara Lum - TV ReporterBobby Martin - State SenatorRandall Ogawa - State Senator, close friend of Helen TokugawaByron Park - Honolulu detectiveMichael Robinson - former staff for Bridges, State RepresentativeSteven Sinclair - private investigatorHelen Tokugawa - Former staff for Eastland Bridges, State SenatorBill Wilcox - Plantation FormanThelma Winters - Native Hawaiian; Chair, Leeward Community Action Coalition
Название: Regulating Coastal Zones ISBN: 1138361569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138361560 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 46950.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Regulating Coastal Zones addresses the knowledge gap concerning the legal and regulatory challenges of managing land in coastal zones across a broad range of political and socio-economic contexts.
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