.Wetlands are, by their very nature, ephemeral and transitional, which makes them challenging to characterize. Yet the need for characterizing wetlands continues to grow, particularly as we develop a better understanding of the wealth of ecosystem services that they provide. This book provides practical tools and methods to help practitioners more effectively locate, identify, and…
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions from 19 specialists from academia, government, and industry, provides a trans-disciplinary approach to the understanding…
What do we expect of gardens – when we make them and when we visit them? Could we get more from them, if we thought harder about what it is we want and why we make gardens? This book approaches the experience of being in a garden from many different angles, questioning many of our…
Defining and reducing the carbon footprint of a new or refurbished building can be a daunting task. There are lots of tools to measure the environmental impact of buildings, but they all measure energy and CO2 in different ways, and they do not measure the whole carbon footprint. What Colour is your Building? provides practical…
For students seeking an exciting career in a financial field, bookkeeping and accounting can be an ideal choice. This resource provides students an overview of a career in bookkeeping and accounting, and shows them exactly how they can tailor theirntroduced to some little-known aspects of the career, including how to work with the budgets of…
Business. The field encompasses everything from local candy stores to international corporations. While such an expansive term does allow for a great deal of flexibility when it comes to career choice, it can also be confusing to see where one might fit into the business world?and just what degrees are helpful or even necessary to…
There are as many meanings to drawing and painting as there are cultural contexts for them to exist in. But this is not the end of the story. Drawings and paintings are made, and in their making embody unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and sense of finitude. These meanings have not been…
Editing is an invisible art where the very best work goes undetected.Editors strive to create books that are enlightening, seamless, and pleasurable to read, all while giving credit to the author. This makes it all the more difficult to truly understand the range of roles they inhabit while shepherding a project from concept to publication….
Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT,?What English Teachers Need to Know Volumes I,?II, and III?are companion textbooks organized around the key question:?What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English?? In the Second Edition of Volume I, Murray and…
“Explains how to assess and handle technical risk, schedule risk, and cost risk efficiently and effectively-enabling engineering professionals to anticipate failures regardless of system complexity-highlighting opportunities to turn failure into success.”�What Every Engineer Should Know About Risk Engineering and Management 1st Edition by John X. Wang and Publisher CRC Press. ISBN: 9781482293579, 1482293579. The print…
Although sexual issues frequently arise in therapeutic practice, mental health professionals are often uncomfortable and poorly equipped to address them.Written by an author who is both a psychologist and sex therapist, this practical guide provides information, tools, and exercises to increase the confidence and comfort of the mental health professional called upon to treat sexual…
.This 3rd edition is truly the A to Z when it comes to assessing and treating sexual health concerns. This is a valuable resource that I’ll be recommending to my colleagues and students and consulting regularly myself!Lori BrottoProfessor, Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & GynecologyExecutive Director, Women’s Health Research Institute | Canada Research…
What Excellent Community Colleges Do Preparing All Students for Success In What Excellent Community Colleges Do, Joshua S. Wyner draws on the insights and evidence gained in administering the inaugural Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. This book identifies four domains of excellence?degree completion, equity, student learning, and labor market success?and describes in rich detail…
What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? is a volume of essays originally presented at University College Dublin in 2009 to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Alasdair MacIntyre—a protagonist at the center of that very question. What marks this collection is the unusual range of approaches and perspectives, representing divergent and…
It can be difficult to think clearly and deeply when a decision must be made, especially for principals and other administrators barraged with information, questions, and demands on their time. When even the smallest mistake can negatively affect students and staff, strong decision-making skills are crucial. By focusing on key questions, however, school leaders can…
The scale of ecological crises made us realize that every kind of politics has always been cosmopolitics, politics of a cosmos.Cosmos embraces everything, including the multifarious natural and material entities that make humans act. The book examines cosmopolitics in its relation to design practice. Abandoning the modernist idea of nature as being external to the…
