Natural resources, sustainability and humanity [electronic resource] : a comprehensive view / Angela Mendonca, Ana Cunha, Ranjan Chakrabarti, editors.

Shortly, this book is the written up-graded version of the topics discussed during the Small Meeting of the Second International School Congress: Natural Resources, Sustainability and Humanity, held in Braga, Portugal, 5-8 May 2010 with the diverse participation of scientists, educators and governme...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Mendonca, Angela, Cunha, Ana, Chakrabarti, Ranjan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • What Does Environmental History Teach? / J. Donald Hughes
  • New Orleans: An Environmental History of Disaster / J. Donald Hughes
  • Towards a Global History of Environment, Water and Climate / Water, Global Climate Change and Environmental Refugees / Ranjan Chakrabarti
  • The Contribution of the Barcode of Life Initiative to the Discovery and Monitoring of Biodiversity / Filipe Oliveira Costa and Pedro Madeira Antunes
  • Increasing Pressure at the Bottom of the Ocean / Ricardo Serrão Santos, Telmo Morato and Fernando J.A.S. Barriga
  • Biological Invasions and Global Trade / An Urgent Issue / Dora Aguin-Pombo
  • Psychology for the Sake of the Environment / Joan Freeman
  • Promoting Critical Thinking to High School Students When Teaching About Climate Change Through a Participatory Approach / Laura Barraza and Barbara Bodenhorn
  • Participatory Development of Fotonovelas for Environmental Education and Community Empowerment / Anthony Michael Marzolla, A. Yau, H. Grossman and S.L. Dashiell
  • Participation and the Construction of Sustainable Societies / From Rhetorical and Passive Participation to Emancipative Democratic Dynamics / Mário Freitas
  • Dragonfly / Mateusz Banski
  • Integrating Environmental Concerns into Development Assistance Policy / A Few Reflections / Alexandra Ferreira de Carvalho
  • The World We Want and the World We Have / Who Ties the Knot? / Zenita C. Guenther.