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Advances in interpretation of geological processes : refinement of multi-scale data and integration in numerical modelling
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ISBN: 1862399158 Year: 2010 Publisher: London Geological Society


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Ecology of North American freshwater fishes
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ISBN: 0520955196 9780520955196 9781299486003 1299486002 9780520249455 0520249453 Year: 2013 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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The North American freshwater fish fauna is the most diverse and thoroughly researched temperate fish fauna in the world. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes is the only textbook to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers with an up-to-date and integrated view of the ecological and evolutionary concepts, principles, and processes involved in the formation and maintenance of this fauna. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes provides readers with a broad understanding of why specific species and assemblages occur in particular places. Additionally, the text explores how individuals and species interact with each other and with their environments, how such interactions have been altered by anthropogenic impacts, and the relative success of efforts to restore damaged ecosystems.This book is designed for use in courses related to aquatic and fish ecology, fish biology, ichthyology, and related advanced ecology and conservation courses, and is divided into five sections for ease of use. Chapter summaries, supplemental reading lists, online sources, extensive figures, and color photography are included to guide readers through the material and facilitate student learning.Part 1: Faunal origins, evolution, and diversityPresents a broad picture-both spatially and temporally-of the derivation of the fauna, including global and regional geological and climatological processes and their effects on North American fishes.Part 2: Formation, maintenance, and persistence of local populations and assemblagesFocuses on how local fish populations and assemblages are formed and how they persist, or not, through time. Part 3: Form and functionDeals with the relationship of body form and life history patterns as they are related to ecological functions. Part 4: Interactions among individuals and speciesDiscusses the numerous interactions among individuals and species through communication, competition, predation, mutualism, and facilitation. Part 5: Issues in conservationFocuses on several primary conservation issues such as flow alterations and the increasing biotic homogenization of faunas.


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Early life on earth : a practical guide
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ISBN: 9400789335 1402093888 9786611986407 1281986402 1402093896 Year: 2009 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,

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When did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take? The answer to this intriguing and fundamentally important question lies somewhere within the early Archean rock record. The young Earth was, however, a very different place to that we know today and numerous pitfalls await our interpretation of these most ancient rocks. The first half of this practical guide equips the reader with the background knowledge to successfully evaluate new potentially biological finds from the Archean rock record. Successive steps are covered, from locating promising samples in the field, through standard petrography and evaluation of antiquity and biogenicity criteria, to the latest state of the art geochemical techniques. The second half of the guide uniquely brings together all the materials that have been claimed to comprise the earliest fossil record into an easily accessible, fully illustrated format. This will be a handbook that every Archean geologist, palaeobiologist and astrobiologist will wish to have in their backpack or on their lab-bench.


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Natural hazard mitigation policy : implementation, organizational choice, and contextual dynamics
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ISBN: 9400722346 9786613455499 1283455498 9400722354 Year: 2012 Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,

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The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of California’s efforts to ensure that acute care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in the aftermath. The book weaves together several threads essential to understanding the effectiveness of public policies intended to reduce the consequences of natural hazard events: public policy design and administration, the hazard mitigation investment decision made by targeted organizations, and contextual dynamics.  "A terrific study of shortfalls in the implementation of risk-reduction policy -- highly readable, full of insights, and very policy relevant."  Peter J. May, Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor of American Politics, University of Washington, Seattle USA  "This is an exceptional book by three of the leading hazard mitigation researchers and must reading for both scholars and practitioners in the field."  William A. Anderson, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.

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Emergency management. --- Hazard mitigation. --- Hospitals -- Administration. --- Hospitals --- Emergency management --- Hazard mitigation --- Social Control Policies --- Social Sciences --- Facility Design and Construction --- Disasters --- Geological Processes --- Pacific States --- Social Control, Formal --- Geological Phenomena --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- United States --- Health Facilities --- Architecture as Topic --- Policy --- Physical Processes --- Environment --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- North America --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Sociology --- Health Care --- Phenomena and Processes --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Americas --- Geographic Locations --- Geographicals --- Economics --- Hospital Design and Construction --- Public Policy --- Disaster Planning --- California --- Earthquakes --- Public Health --- Geography --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Hospitals & Medical Centers --- Physical Geography --- Emergency Medical Services --- Administration --- Earthquake hazard analysis --- Law and legislation --- Earthquake hazard assessment --- Hazard analysis, Earthquake --- Seismic hazard analysis --- Seismic risk assessment --- Seismic vulnerability assessment --- Disaster mitigation --- Hazards mitigation --- Mitigation, Hazard --- Natural hazard mitigation --- Natural hazards mitigation --- Hazard analysis --- Earth sciences. --- Political science. --- Natural disasters. --- Health administration. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Political Science. --- Health Administration. --- Earthquake engineering --- Geology. --- Practice of medicine. --- Medical practice --- Practice of medicine --- Physician practice acquisitions --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Natural calamities

Water on Mars and Life
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ISBN: 9783540206248 3540206248 9786611389673 1281389676 3540315381 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Growing evidence, based on observations from orbiters, landers and telescopes, indicates that Mars may still have numerous hidden water reservoirs. Moreover, from the point of view of habitability, Mars is a prime target for astrobiologists in search of extant or extinct microbial life because we know that life exists in earth’s permafrost regions, such as parts of Siberia and the Antarctic, which are the closest terrestrial analogues to Mars. "Water on Mars and Life" surveys recent advances made in research into water on Mars together with its astrobiological implications. This volume addresses not only scientists working in the field but also nonspecialists and students in search of a high-level but accessible introduction to this exciting field of research.

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Exobiology. --- Exobiologie --- Mars (Planet) --- Mars (Planète) --- Water. --- Geology. --- Eau --- Géologie --- Physics. --- Life sciences. --- Physical geography. --- Astrophysics. --- Astrobiology. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Exobiology --- Water --- Evolution, Planetary --- Mars --- Extraterrestrial Environment --- Hydroxides --- Geological Processes --- Astronomical Objects --- Astronomical Processes --- Planets --- Biology --- Oxides --- Environment --- Solar System --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Astronomical Phenomena --- Physical Processes --- Geological Phenomena --- Inorganic Chemicals --- Oxygen Compounds --- Physical Phenomena --- Biological Phenomena --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Phenomena and Processes --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Natural Sciences --- Physical Sciences --- Discipline, Natural Science --- Disciplines, Natural Science --- Natural Science --- Natural Science Discipline --- Physical Science --- Science, Natural --- Science, Physical --- Sciences, Natural --- Sciences, Physical --- Biologic Phenomena --- Biological Phenomenon --- Biological Process --- Phenomena, Biological --- Biological Processes --- Phenomena, Biologic --- Phenomenon, Biological --- Process, Biological --- Processes, Biological --- Physical Phenomenon --- Physical Process --- Physical Concepts --- Concept, Physical --- Concepts, Physical --- Phenomena, Physical --- Phenomenon, Physical --- Physical Concept --- Process, Physical --- Processes, Physical --- Chemicals, Inorganic --- Geological Phenomenon --- Geological Process --- Geophysical Phenomena --- Geophysical Process --- Geophysical Processes --- Geological Concepts --- Concept, Geological --- Concepts, Geological --- Geological Concept --- Phenomena, Geological --- Phenomena, Geophysical --- Phenomenon, Geological --- Process, Geological --- Process, Geophysical --- Processes, Geological --- Processes, Geophysical --- Astronomic Concepts --- Astronomic Phenomena --- Astronomic Phenomenon --- Astronomic Process --- Astronomic Processes --- Astronomical Concepts --- Astronomical Process --- Astrophysical Concepts --- Astrophysical Phenomena --- Astrophysical Phenomenon --- Astrophysical Processes --- Astronomic Concept --- Astronomical Concept --- Astrophysical Concept --- Concept, Astronomic --- Concept, Astronomical --- Concept, Astrophysical --- Concepts, Astronomic --- Concepts, Astronomical --- Concepts, Astrophysical --- Phenomena, Astronomic --- Phenomena, Astronomical --- Phenomena, Astrophysical --- Phenomenon, Astronomic --- Phenomenon, Astrophysical --- Process, Astronomic --- Process, Astronomical --- Processes, Astronomic --- Processes, Astronomical --- Processes, Astrophysical --- Ecological and Environmental Concepts --- Ecological and Environmental Processes --- Biologic Sciences --- Biological Science --- Science, Biological --- Sciences, Biological --- Biological Sciences --- Life Sciences --- Biologic Science --- Biological Science Discipline --- Discipline, Biological Science --- Disciplines, Biological Science --- Life Science --- Science Discipline, Biological --- Science Disciplines, Biological --- Science, Biologic --- Science, Life --- Sciences, Biologic --- Sciences, Life --- Satellites, Natural --- Sun --- Natural Satellite --- Natural Satellites --- Satellite, Natural --- System, Solar --- Environmental Impact --- Environmental Impacts --- Impact, Environmental --- Impacts, Environmental --- Environments --- Planet --- Astrobiology --- Extraterrestrial Life --- Life, Extraterrestrial --- Environment, Extraterrestrial --- Space (Astronomy) --- Environments, Extraterrestrial --- Extraterrestrial Environments --- Spaces (Astronomy) --- Deimos --- Phobos --- Planetary Evolution --- Hydrogen Oxide --- Astronomical physics --- Biosciences --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Compounds, Oxygen --- Astronomic Objects --- Astronomic Object --- Astronomical Object --- Object, Astronomic --- Object, Astronomical --- Objects, Astronomic --- Objects, Astronomical --- Geophysics. --- Geobiology. --- Space sciences. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Geography --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Origin --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science


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Japan's disaster governance : how was the 3.11 crisis managed?
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ISBN: 1461461502 1489985867 1461461510 1299197388 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today’s world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster preparedness, emergency and crisis management systems of government, of which capacity building is becoming an increasingly important element in public administration, management and governance. Today, disasters are to be managed by sound local, national, and global governance, through all the phases of preparedness, prevention, mitigation and  then to relief, recovery and re-construction. During all these phases, government plays the most important role.   This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction efforts now in progress. This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction efforts now in progress.

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Disaster relief -- Japan. --- Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken. --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. --- Emergency management --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Geological Processes --- Accidents --- History, Modern 1601 --- -Population Characteristics --- Far East --- Sociology --- Environment --- Health Services Administration --- Humanities --- Health Care --- Public Health --- Environment and Public Health --- Geological Phenomena --- Social Sciences --- Physical Processes --- Asia --- Physical Phenomena --- Geographic Locations --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Geographicals --- Earthquakes --- Japan --- History, 21st Century --- Socioeconomic Factors --- History --- Organization and Administration --- Radioactive Hazard Release --- Disasters --- Rescue Work --- Tsunamis --- Government - General --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Institutions & Public Administration - General --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. --- Fukushima I Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima II Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daini Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Great East Japan Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Northeast Region Pacific Ocean Offshore Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Pacific Offshore Tohoku Region Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, Japan, 2011 --- Business. --- Management science. --- Political science. --- Public administration. --- Economics. --- Public Administration. --- Political Science. --- Business and Management, general. --- Nuclear power plants --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Japan : --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan : --- 2011 --- Japan. --- Fukushima. --- Fukuschima --- Empire du Japon --- Nihon-koku --- Zen-Nihon --- Zenkoku --- Nippon --- Japon --- Dainihon --- Dainippon --- Nihon --- Yapan --- Japão --- Japaner --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I͡Aponii͡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Fukushima-shi --- Fukushima City --- Fukushima --- 福島市 --- Präfektur Fukushima

Le thermalisme en Toscane à la fin du Moyen Age : les bains siennois de la fin du XIIIe siècle au début du XVIe siècle.
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ISBN: 2728305749 2821820747 2728310270 9782728305742 Year: 2002 Volume: 296 Publisher: Rome Ecole française de Rome

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À la fin du Moyen Âge, un véritable thermalisme prit essor en Toscane. De nombreuses sources chaudes et minérales furent captées et utilisées à des fins essentiellement thérapeutiques. Dans les campagnes, des bains - c'est-à-dire des bassins - furent aménagés et plusieurs stations thermales se formèrent pour abriter les curistes comme tous ceux qui se destinaient à les héberger, à les nourrir ou à les soigner lors de leur séjour. En prenant appui essentiellement sur la documentation des archives siennoises et lucquoises, cet ouvrage se propose d'étudier les formes de ce développement thermal : les caractéristiques et l'importance de l'habitat et des activités thermales, l'aspect des infrastructures balnéaires, le rôle des autorités communales (urbaines ou rurales) dans la mise en valeur et l'exploitation des eaux chaudes et des espaces thermaux, l'intérêt, enfin, des populations citadines pour des pratiques médicales et récréatives nouvelles et pour les profits du thermalisme.

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Health resorts --- Stations climatiques, thermales, etc. --- History --- Tuscany (Italy) --- Toscane (Italie) --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- Mineral waters --- Hot springs --- Baths, Hot --- Economic aspects --- History. --- Therapeutic use --- Siena (Italy) --- Geological Phenomena --- Environment --- Public Facilities --- Beverages --- Humanities --- Physical Phenomena --- Environment and Public Health --- Food and Beverages --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Sanitation --- Phenomena and Processes --- Health Care --- Public Health --- Biological Phenomena --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Hot Springs --- History, Medieval --- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 --- Health Resorts --- Mineral Waters --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medical Geography --- Conditions économiques --- Mineral Water --- Water, Mineral --- Waters, Mineral --- Health Resort --- Resort, Health --- Resorts, Health --- Early Modern History (Medicine) --- Early Modern History of Medicine --- Early Modern Medicine --- History of Medicine, Early Modern --- History, Early Modern --- Medicine, Early Modern --- Early Modern History --- Early Modern Histories (Medicine) --- Histories, Early Modern (Medicine) --- History, Early Modern (Medicine) --- History, Early Modern 1451 1600 --- Modern Histories, Early (Medicine) --- Modern History, Early --- Modern History, Early (Medicine) --- Modern Medicine, Early --- History of Medicine, Medieval --- History of Medicine, Renaissance --- Medicine, Medieval History --- Medicine, Renaissance --- Medieval History (Medicine) --- Renaissance Medicine --- Medieval History --- Histories, Medieval (Medicine) --- History Medicine, Medieval --- History, Medieval (Medicine) --- Medieval Histories (Medicine) --- Medieval History Medicine --- Geothermal Springs --- Warm Springs --- Geothermal Spring --- Hot Spring --- Spring, Geothermal --- Spring, Hot --- Spring, Warm --- Springs, Geothermal --- Springs, Hot --- Springs, Warm --- Warm Spring --- Biologic Phenomena --- Biological Phenomenon --- Biological Process --- Phenomena, Biological --- Biological Processes --- Phenomena, Biologic --- Phenomenon, Biological --- Process, Biological --- Processes, Biological --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Public --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Ecological and Environmental Concepts --- Ecological and Environmental Processes --- Beverages and Food --- Physical Phenomenon --- Physical Process --- Physical Concepts --- Physical Processes --- Concept, Physical --- Concepts, Physical --- Phenomena, Physical --- Phenomenon, Physical --- Physical Concept --- Process, Physical --- Processes, Physical --- Beverage --- Aspects, Historical --- Historical Aspects --- Aspect, Historical --- Historical Aspect --- Histories --- Environmental Impact --- Environmental Impacts --- Impact, Environmental --- Impacts, Environmental --- Environments --- Geological Phenomenon --- Geological Process --- Geophysical Phenomena --- Geophysical Process --- Geophysical Processes --- Geological Concepts --- Geological Processes --- Concept, Geological --- Concepts, Geological --- Geological Concept --- Phenomena, Geological --- Phenomena, Geophysical --- Phenomenon, Geological --- Process, Geological --- Process, Geophysical --- Processes, Geological --- Processes, Geophysical --- Facilities, Public --- Facility, Public --- Public Facility --- Balneology --- Water --- Natural Springs --- Sports and Recreational Facilities --- Community Health --- Health, Community --- Preventive Medicine --- Education, Public Health Professional --- Environmental Health --- Carbonated waters --- Saline waters --- Thermal springs --- Geothermal resources --- Springs --- Health resorts, watering-places, etc. --- Health spas --- Spas --- Watering places (Health resorts) --- Health facilities --- Resorts --- Hot baths --- Tubbing, Hot --- Tubs, Hot --- Economic aspects&delete& --- Therapeutic use&delete& --- Sienne (Italy) --- Sienna (Italy) --- Siyenah (Italy) --- Comune di Siena (Italy) --- Siena (Tuscany) --- Economic conditions. --- Baths --- Italy --- Food And Beverage --- And Beverage, Food --- And Beverages, Food --- Beverage, Food And --- Beverages, Food And --- Health resorts - Economic aspects - Italy - Tuscany - History. --- Health resorts - Italy - Tuscany - History. --- Mineral waters - Therapeutic use - Italy - Tuscany - History. --- Hot springs - Italy - Tuscany - History. --- Baths, Hot - Italy - Tuscany - History. --- Health resorts - Italy - Tuscany - History --- Mineral waters - Therapeutic use - Italy - Tuscany - History --- Hot springs - Italy - Tuscany - History --- Baths, Hot - Italy - Tuscany - History --- Siena (Italy) - Economic conditions --- Siena (Italy) - History --- histoire de la médecine --- thermes --- Toscane --- édifices balnéaires

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