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Gaia's web : how digital environmentalism can combat climate change, restore biodiversity, cultivate empathy, and regenerate the earth
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ISBN: 9780262048750 9780262377690 9780262377683 Year: 2024 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press

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Privatizing water : governance failure and the world's urban water crisis
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ISBN: 9780801474644 9780801447235 0801474647 0801447232 1322503001 0801463610 9780801463617 0801467004 9780801467004 Year: 2010 Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,

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Water supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990's. Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating control over a life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies. Private-sector activity was most concentrated-and contested-in large cities in developing countries, where the widespread lack of access to networked water supplies was characterized as a global crisis. In Privatizing Water, Karen Bakker focuses on three questions: Why did privatization emerge as a preferred alternative for managing urban water supply? Can privatization fulfill its proponents' expectations, particularly with respect to water supply to the urban poor? And, given the apparent shortcomings of both privatization and conventional approaches to government provision, what are the alternatives? In answering these questions, Bakker engages with broader debates over the role of the private sector in development, the role of urban communities in the provision of "public" services, and the governance of public goods. She introduces the concept of "governance failure" as a means of exploring the limitations facing both private companies and governments. Critically examining a range of issues-including the transnational struggle over the human right to water, the "commons" as a water-supply-management strategy, and the environmental dimensions of water privatization-Privatizing Water is a balanced exploration of a critical issue that affects billions of people around the world.


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The sounds of life : how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants
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ISBN: 0691240981 0691206287 9780691206288 9780691240985 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life.At once meditative and scientific, The Sounds of Life shares fascinating and surprising stories of nonhuman sound, interweaving insights from technological innovation and traditional knowledge. We meet scientists using sound to protect and regenerate endangered species from the Great Barrier Reef to the Arctic and the Amazon. We discover the shocking impacts of noise pollution on both animals and plants. We learn how artificial intelligence can decode nonhuman sounds, and meet the researchers building dictionaries in East African Elephant and Sperm Whalish. At the frontiers of innovation, we explore digitally mediated dialogues with bats and honeybees. Technology often distracts us from nature, but what if it could reconnect us instead?The Sounds of Life offers hope for environmental conservation and affirms humanity’s relationship with nature in the digital age. After learning about the unsuspected wonders of nature’s sounds, we will never see walks outdoors in the same way again.

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Bioacoustics --- Landscape ecology. --- Natural history --- Nature sounds --- Noise pollution. --- Sound --- SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound. --- Research. --- Technique. --- Recording and reproducing. --- Recording and reproducing --- Digital techniques. --- Digital audio --- Digital sound recording --- Digital electronics --- Pollution --- Recording of nature sounds --- Reproducing of nature sounds --- Ecology --- Biological acoustics --- Noise pollution --- Landscape ecology --- Nature --- Son --- Pollution par le bruit. --- Sons --- Enregistrements sonores. --- Enregistrement et reproduction --- Techniques numériques --- SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound --- SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects --- Nature protection --- Vibrations --- General ecology and biosociology --- Acoustics. --- Activism. --- Analogy. --- Animal echolocation. --- Artificial reef. --- Background noise. --- Beautiful music. --- Beehive fence. --- Beehive. --- Behavior. --- Bioacoustics. --- Biodiversity. --- Biologist. --- Bird. --- Bowhead whale. --- CITES. --- Carl Safina. --- Charismatic megafauna. --- Coastal management. --- Cognitive ethology. --- Collaboration. --- Consciousness. --- Contemporary society. --- Coral reef. --- Cortisol. --- Crustacean. --- Detection. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystem. --- Emerging technologies. --- Environmental noise. --- Environmental protection. --- Ethology. --- Field recording. --- Finding. --- Form of life (philosophy). --- Hatchling. --- Hearing range. --- Honey bee. --- Honeyguide. --- Human intelligence. --- Human voice. --- Human. --- Hydrophone. --- Insect. --- Interactivity. --- Interspecies communication. --- Karaoke. --- Language. --- Larva. --- Lifeway. --- Listening. --- Longevity. --- Loudness. --- Louse. --- Machine learning. --- Mammal. --- Marine biology. --- Marine mammal. --- Microbat. --- Microphone. --- Natural sounds. --- Nutrient. --- Observation. --- Odor. --- Organism. --- Pheromone. --- Phrase (music). --- Physiology. --- Plant. --- Positive feedback. --- Propolis. --- Resonance. --- RoboBee. --- SOSUS. --- Safety in numbers. --- Scientist. --- Seagrass. --- Sense and respond. --- Sensory ecology. --- Shoaling and schooling. --- Social behavior. --- Sociality. --- Sophistication. --- Sound ranging. --- Sound recording and reproduction. --- Soundscape. --- Sparrow. --- Supervisor. --- Technology. --- Turtle. --- Umwelt. --- Vibration. --- Vocal learning. --- Waggle dance. --- Whale vocalization. --- Whaling. --- Wildlife. --- Worker bee. --- Techniques numériques


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Water without Borders? : Canada, the United States, and Shared Waters
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ISBN: 1442698195 9781442698192 1442612371 9781442612372 1442643935 9781442643932 1442698209 Year: 2019 Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press,

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Since 1909, the waters along the Canada-US border have been governed in accordance with the Boundary Water Treaty, but much has changed in the last 100 years. This engaging volume brings together experts from both sides of the border to examine the changing relationship between Canada and the US with respect to shared waters, as well as the implications of these changes for geopolitics and the environment. Water without Borders? is a timely publication given the increased attention to shared water issues, and particularly because 2013 is the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.

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Water rights --- Water --- Government policy --- Rights, Water --- Law and legislation --- Hydrology --- Riparian rights --- Water trusts --- Water quality management --- Water-supply --- International cooperation --- E-books --- Water quality --- Water quality control --- Management --- Sewage disposal --- Water conservation --- United States. --- Canada. --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kaineḍā --- Kanada --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi͡avks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- É.-U. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- ÉU --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si͡evero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si͡evernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi͡ednani Derz͡havy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi͡a Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz͡havy --- ZSA

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