This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community. Based on knowledge and experience accumulated through implementing a rural revitalisation project in Hong Kong since 2013, the book provides an in-depth analysis of a case study along with related concepts from the literature. In particular, the concep…
This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand unc…
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This book has three primary objectives. The first objective is to provide scholars with a more realistic view of adaptive management, without arguing against adaptive management. Adaptive management is necessary as well as desirable, but it is not easy, and demonstrating that through the Chino Basin experience is an important goal. The second objective is to provide practitioners with encour…
This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils. With an average mean annual precipitation of 175 mm (7 in), Nevada is the driest state in the USA. Mo…
Adanya aturan hukum mengenai pelaksanaan Hak Tanggungan untuk itu Bank dalam memberikan kredit harus ada jaminan sebagai pengamanan dan kepastian akan kredit yang diberikan. Permasalahan yang dibahas dalam skripsi ini adalah 1. Bagaimana tanggungjawab hukum para pihak dalam perjanjian kredit dengan jaminan hak tanggungan? Dan 2. Bagaimana upaya penyelesaian kredit macet sebelum dan sesudah adan…