Harnessing Digital Mapping for Soil Resource Monitoring and Assessment (Hardcover, 1)

1: Digital Soil Mapping: Concepts, Methods, and Applications for Land Use Planning??2: Bridging Past and Present: The Role of Legacy Data in Digital Soil Mapping? ??3: Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy in Soil Science: Principles, Methods and Applications? 4: Improving Digital Soil Mapping through Optimized Sampling Strategies?? 5: Past and Present of Digital Soil Mapping in Russia??6: Digital Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon: Emerging Tools and Techniques??7: Precision Zoning for Smarter Fertilizer application: Advancing Nutrient Management with Digital Mapping Technologies?? 8: Spatial Soil Quality Analysis: Modern Approaches with Digital Mapping Innovations? 9: Modeling soil electrical conductivity and pH using machine learning: Implications for sustainable management of saline soil in irrigated hot arid region? 10: Advancing Soil Health Mapping and Management using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing techniques? 11: Mapping Soil Moisture Variability in Contrasting Ecosystems with Microwave and Optical Data?12: Recent Advances in Soil Moisture Monitoring through Digital Mapping and Remote Sensing? 13: Digital Assessment of Soil Fertility: Applications in Land Suitability analysis??14: Harnessing Geospatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Sustainable Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Andaman Islands 15: Digital Soil Mapping and Remote Sensing Indices for Evaluating Semi-Arid Agroecosystems in Rajasthan toward SDG 2??16: Land Degradation Vulnerability Mapping in the Kopili Watershed, Assam: A Geospatial and Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach??17: Innovative Soil Salinity Mapping using Deep Learning??18: Digital Soil Mapping for Resource Assessment: Reliability and Uncertainty Analysis??19: Establishing Soil Organic Carbon Baselines for Land Degradation Neutrality: Integrating Digital Soil Mapping for Improved Assessment

Marine Meteorology (Hardcover, 1)

1. Introduction.? 2. Various Dimensions of Meteorology.? 3. Global Meteorological Phenomena.? 4. Marine Meteorology.? 5. Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.? 6.?Basics and Essential Aspects of Marine Meteorology and its Importance.? 7.?Marine Heat: Indian Ocean Warming.? 8.?Impacts of Marine Heat Waves.? 9.?Properties of the Sea.? 10.?Air-Sea Interaction.? 11.?Coastal Meteorology.? 12.?Marine Weather Forecasting.? 13.?Ocean Currents.? 14.?Radiative Forcing.? 15.?Clouds ? Nature, Formation and Characteristics.? 16.?Monsoons.? 17.?Weather and Climate Systems.? 18.?Factors Affecting Climate and Weather.? 19.?Cyclone.? 20.?Tropical Waves and Atmospheric Rivers.? 21.?Early Warning Systems.? 22.?Storm Surge.? 23.?Western Disturbances: Dynamics and Impact on Indian Climate.? 24.?Use of AI/ML in Marine Meteorology.

Routledge Handbook on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in South Asia (Hardcover, 1)

1. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in South Asia: Frameworks and Intersections Part 1: Country Profiles 2. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Afghanistan 3. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh 4. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Bhutan 5. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in India 6. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in the Maldives 7. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Nepal 8. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Pakistan 9. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka Part 2: History, Frameworks and Agendas 10. Ecologies of Empire: The Environmental Legal History of British India and Ceylon 11. Constitutionalism, Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Rights 12. Women and Ecocide Law: Consequences and Pathways to Justice 13. Sustainable Development Goals Part 3: Regional Challenges, Marginalized Communities and Responses 14. Climate Change Through a Lens of Equity and Justice 15. Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources 16. At the Crossroads of Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality: Reflections on Gender-Based Violence 17. Regional Cooperation 18. Access to Freshwater and Human Rights 19. Energy and Renewables Part 4: Globalization, Business, and Trade 20. Globalization and International Trade 21. Climate Finance 22. Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge: New Challenges for the Environmental Protection Regime Part 5: Bridging Scholarship With Practice 23. Environmental Activism and Democratic Ecological Governance 24. Lessons From the Ground Up and Future Directions: Sustainability, Environmental Justice and Environmental Rights

A Panda the Nation Could not See (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction 1. From Sichuan to the World 2. Ink and Imagination: The Panda in Republican Prints 3. The Chinese Explorer and a Certain Yang 4. Diplomacy in Fur and Claws 5. A Panda the Nation Could Not See 6. Tributes and Stockpiles 7. Nation and Race 8. Death, Mourning, and Slaughterhouse 9. Specimen, Chrysanthemum, and Facial Cream 10. Commerce and Science 11. Master Panda and Miss Shanghai 12. The Many Faces of Miss Panda

Integrating Mycorrhizal Fungi and Technology to Mitigate Environmental Stresses (Hardcover, 1)

Preface. Incorporating Technology with Mycorrhizal Fungi to Resist Heat Stress. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Impact on Agroecosystems and Plant Secondary Metabolism. Symbiotic Fungi in Carbon Cycling and Antioxidant Defenses to Enhance Stress Resilience in Plants. The Role of AMF Networks in Nutrient Cycling: A Study of Genes and Mechanisms. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Applications, Management and Perspectives for Sustainable Systems. Brassinosteroids (BRs) Promote Growth and Development, Improving Heat Stress Tolerance. Natural Supporters: How Signalling Molecules Help Plants to Combat the Effects of Heat Stress. Differential Plant Response to Biotic Stresses Via Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi AMF. Enhancing Pollutant Removal: The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Soil-Plant Dynamic. The Role of Mycorrhization in the Production of Flavonoids, Plant Defense-related Molecules. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Antioxidant Systems Under Heat Stress. Vermicompost and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Can they Act in Synergism to Improve Phenolic Biosynthesis? Index.

Ecopolitics and the Making of Lisbon’s Green Infrastructure (1764-2020) (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction 1. Under Liberalism: The Department of Gardens and Green Grounds at the Lisbon City Council, 1840-1900 2. Green Politics in the City: The Passeio Publico as a Contested Urban Landscape 3. The Estrela Garden as a Pioneer: Educational, Social, and Cultural Roles From Liberalism to the Present 4. The Main Axis of Lisbon's Green Infrastructure: The Avenida da Liberdade 5. Park of Liberty, Park Eduardo VII and the Cold Greenhouse 6. Botanic Gardens of Lisbon as Infrastructures of Circulation 7. Lisbon's Grid: Square Gardens and Tree-Lined Streets 8. The Revival of the Department and the Rise of Landscape Architecture Under Dictatorship, c. 1940-1974 9. The Making of Lisbon's Lungs: From Campo Grande to Monsanto 10. Ecopolitics, Social Justice and the Expansion of Green Covering: From Democracy to Capital Green Prize 11. Final Remarks

Contractualisation, Humanitarian Fatigue and the End of Solidarity : Zimbabwean Exemption Permits and the Dialectics/Discourse of Return Migration (Hardcover)

1. The Discourse of Return Migration: Policy, Patterns and Trends Part 1: Conceptualising Zimbabwean Return Migration 2. Shifts in South African Immigration Policy Over Zimbabwe. Some Critical Reflections on the Perspectives of ZEP Holders 3. Conceptualising Involuntary Return Migration: A Gendered Perspective on the Existence of Sustainable Livelihoods of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Under the ZEP Permit in South Africa 4. It Has Gone Viral! The Role of Social Media in Shaping Society's Understanding of Return Migration in Zimbabwe Part 2: The Experiences of the Returnees 5. It Is Not Just About Returning Home: A Social Work Approach to Return Migration 6. Digital Public Sentiment and Policy Contestation: Reactions to Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Termination on SABC News Twitter (X) 7. Sustainable Learning in the Context of Return Migration: Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges 8. From Limbo to Refuge: Zimbabwean Migrants' Responses to the Expiration of Exemption Permits in South Africa Part 3: Livelihoods, Liminality and Identity 9. Livelihood and Coping Strategies of Return Migrants in the Midst of Uncertainty: A Case of Harare, Zimbabwe 10. National Identity and the Question of Belonging: The Case of Returning Zimbabwean Migrants 11. Operation Dudula and the Heightened Securitisation of Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa 12. Unpacking the Socio-Economic Plight of the Zimbabwean Return Migrants From South Africa 13. The Quest for Enhanced Social Status and Masculinities Among Young Male Return Migrants in Zimbabwe 14. Conclusion: Transitioning From Mobility to Return: Policy Frameworks and Migrant Outcomes

Hi-Tech Soilless Agriculture : Principles, Practices and Innovations (Hardcover)

1. Preface
2. About the Authors
3. Introduction to Soilless Agriculture
4. Plant Physiology and Nutrient Dynamics in Soilless Systems
5. Soilless Media and Substrates
6. Hydroponic System and Design
7. Aeroponics and Fogponics
8. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)
9. Nutrient Management in Soilless System
10. Water Management and Quality
11. Crop Management and Cultivation Practices
12. Pest and Disease Management in Soilless Systems
13. Automation and Digital Agriculture Tools
14. Economics and Business Models
15. Certification, Policy & Regulatory Framework
16. Environmental and Sustainability Aspects
17. Research Trends and Innovations
18. Case Studies and Global Practices
19. Government Schemes (India and Global)
20. References

Organic Farming and Carbon Sequestration : Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture (Hardcover)

1. Preface
2. About the Editors
3. Introduction to Organic Farming and Climate Concerns
4. Historical Evolution of Organic Farming
5. Principles of Organic and Climate-Smart Agriculture
6. Soil Health as the Foundation of Organic Farming
7. Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils
8. Organic Soil Management for Climate Benefits
9. Organic Crop Production and Carbon Footprints
10. Pest and Disease Management in Organic Systems
11. Weed Management and Carbon Efficiency
12. Organic Fertilizers and Carbon-Balanced Nutrient Cycles
13. Organic Livestock Farming and Methane Reduction
14. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Organic Farms
15. Carbon Sequestration through Agroforestry and Permaculture
16. Climate Change and Organic Farming
17. Water and Carbon Nexus in Organic Systems
18. Economics of Organic and Carbon Farming
19. Certification, Standards, and Carbon Accounting

Oil and Gas Waste Governance : State Politics of Induced Seismicity in Ohio and Oklahoma (Paperback)

Introduction.  Chapter 1: Waste and the Governance of Oil and Gas.  Chapter 2: Which Events Lead to Change?  Chapter 3: The National Picture.  Chapter 4: Oil and Gas Wastes in Ohio.  Chapter 5: Oil and Gas Wastes in Oklahoma.  Chapter 6: The Landscape Going Forward and Lessons Learned

Understanding Landscape Ecology : A Spatial-Ecological Approach (Hardcover)

1. Introduction? 2. Understanding Species-environment Relationships? 3. Understanding Landscape Representation and Scale? 4. Understanding Heterogeneity? 5. Understanding Landscape Models? 6. Understanding Connectivity? 7. Understanding Nature Conservation and Restoration? 8. Understanding Habitat Definition and Delineation? 9. Understanding Landscapes as Social-ecological Systems? 10. Summary

Understanding Landscape Ecology : A Spatial-Ecological Approach (Paperback)

1. Introduction? 2. Understanding Species-environment Relationships? 3. Understanding Landscape Representation and Scale? 4. Understanding Heterogeneity? 5. Understanding Landscape Models? 6. Understanding Connectivity? 7. Understanding Nature Conservation and Restoration? 8. Understanding Habitat Definition and Delineation? 9. Understanding Landscapes as Social-ecological Systems? 10. Summary

Cities and Identities (Paperback, 1)

Introduction: Cities and Identities?1. A City of Humanism and Power?2. Qingdao: The Cities of Ideas?3. Tokyo: City of Fires and Flowers?4. The Tales We Tell: Bombay, Mumbai, and I?5. Istanbul: City of Layers and Counter-Currents?6. Amsterdam: Tolerance and Inclusion

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The Urbanising Dynamics of Global China : Speculation, Articulation, and Translation in Global Capitalism (Paperback)

The urbanising dynamics of global China: Speculation, articulation, and translation in global capitalism - An introduction 1. Moving the mountain and greening the sea: The micropolitics of speculative green urbanism at Forest City, Iskandar Malaysia 2. Importing export zones: Processes and impacts of replicating a Chinese model of urbanisation in rural south India 3. Hybrid entrepreneurial urban governance in post-colonial Ghana: An analysis of Chinese funding of the Kotokuraba market project in Cape Coast 4. Continental metropolitanization: Chongqing and the urban origins of China’s Belt and Road Initiative  5. China at large, Chinas for comparative conversation: A commentary on “Urbanising dynamics of global China”

Aerial Visibilities : New Thoughts and Further Possibilities (Paperback)

Preface - Moving Up: Plotting the Vertical Turn in Sociology 1. Aerial visibilities: towards a visual sociology of the sky 2. Thinking with the drone ? visual lessons in aerial and volumetric thinking 3. Vertical vision and atmocultural navigation. Notes on emerging urban scopic regimes 3. The citizen drone: protest, sousveillance and droneviewing 5. Who owns the sky? Aerial resistance and the state/corporate no-fly zone 6. Of cable-cars and helicopters: mobility regimes and the politics of visibility in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro 7. Rethinking verticality through top-down views in drone hobbyist photography 8. The spectacle of demonstration: visual representation of political imagination during the coronavirus crisis 9. States of Australia’s agri-environment: visual extractions from degraded landscapes

Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka : A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (Paperback)

1. Executive Summary for Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.? Section 1: Background.? 2. Evolution of Village Tanks to Tank Cascade Systems: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation.? 3. Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: Concept, Components, and Complexity.? 4. Hydrology and Water Management in Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? 5. Preserving Cultural Riches: The Fading Ritual Legacy of Sri Lanka's Tank Cascasde Systems.? 6. The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services Arising from Village Tank Cascade Systems (TCS).? 7. Biodiversity of Kala Oya Cascade System.? 8. Ecological and Evolutionary Affinities of Avifauna in the Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? Section 2: Sustainable Utilization.? 9. Knowledge and Wisdom of Fatmers in Tropical Agricultural Systems: Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? 10. Legacy of Animal Agriculture in Tank Cascade Systems.? 11. Culture-based Fisheries in Tank Cascade Systems for Food Systems and Livelihoods.? 12.?Ornamental Aquatic Flora in Tank Cascade System of Sri Lanka: An Unexploited Treasure Trove.? 13.?Promise of Community-Based Agro-Ecotourism in Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? Section 3: Issues and Challenges.? 14.?Irrigation Water Quality Management in Tank Cascade Systems.? 15.?Moving Beyond Deterrence: Socio-economic Factors Driving Bio-Fence Adoption among Dry Zone Farmers to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict.? 16.?Tackling Issues of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation in Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? 17.?Spatiotemporal Changes of the Forest Degradation in Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka.? 18.Role of Property Rights for Open Access Resources in Tank Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka.? 19.?Degradation of Tank Cascade Systems: Colonial Period to the Present-Day.? 20.?Managing Invasive Alien Plants in Tank Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka.? Section 4: Sustainable Management.? 21.?Ecological Restoration of Sr...


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Cities: Inclusive, Liveable, and Sustainable (Paperback, 1)

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgement

List of Contributors

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Disclaimer

Introduction

Iva Ashish Srivastava and Ashish Kumar Srivastava

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A.??? Inclusive Cities

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1.??? Critical Perspectives on Urban Planning in India: From Colonial Legacies to Inclusive Futures

Paroj Banerjee

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2.???? Gendered Mediations of Urban life: The Politics of ‘Space’

Priyadarshini Bhattacharya

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3.???? Bridging Gaps: The Role of Access to Information on Women’s Livelihood Restoration After Resettlement in Chennai

Fatima Eltohami Ahmed Eltohami and Maartje van Eerd

4.???? Urban Planning and Sale of Development Rights: Examining Policy Perspective on Equity in Ahmedabad’s Development Plan 2021

Rutool Sharma and Chandresh Patel

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5.???? Urban Housing: Nurturing Inclusivity and Livability for Sustainable Cities

Vidya Bhushan and Parker Hoffman

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6.???? Resilience among the children in street situations in slums in urban Chennai

Monisha Laxminarayanan and Sudhanshu Joshi

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7.???? Cities in an Ageing World: New Realities and New Responses

Rohit Prasad and Anupama Datta

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8.???? Employment and Informality in Urban India: Trends and Policy Issues

Rajendra P. Mamgain

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9.???? Determinants of Safety for Responsible Adoption of Autonomous Driverless Vehicles in Urban Mobility

Somesh Sharma and Ashish Kumar Srivastava

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Organic Farming : A Comprehensive Guide to Sustainable Agriculture (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introduction to Organic Farming: Challenges and opportunities for Development of Plant Organic Farming Research

Chapter 2 Marketing Organic Products and Organic Certification

Chapter 3 The future of organic farming: Trends and innovations

Chapter 4 Biodiversity in Organic Farming: The Role of Organic Farming in Promoting Biodiversity

Chapter 5 Organic Fertilizers: Types and Benefits of Organic Fertilizers

Chapter 6

Chapter 7 Silicate Solubilizers: Role of Silicate Solubilizing Microorganisms in Organic Agriculture

Chapter 8 Microbial Zinc (Zn) Solubilisation: Role in Soil and Plant Health

Chapter 9 PGPR: The role of beneficial plant-microbe interactions in enhancing crop productivity and resilience

Chapter 10 Trichoderma spp & Pseudomonas spp: An alternative technology to chemical fertilizers

Chapter 11 Green Manuring, Vermicomposting and Composting: A Green Technology for Soil Health

Chapter 12

Chapter 13 Biotechnological Interventions in Organic Farming

Chapter 14 Water Movement in Organic Soils

Chapter 15 Design of Different Structures for Composting

Chapter 17 Application of Plastics in Promotion of Organic Farming

Critical Perspectives on Social Constructions of Nature : Italy and the Bel Paese (Paperback)

Introduction: Geographies and natures: facing the social construction of nature in Italy??Part I: Heritagisation of nature. Building the Italian brand of nature.??1.National parks, nationalism, and the construction of the idea of nature in Italy. Reflections on the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park??2.Transcending nature conservation in Italian UNESCO biosphere reserves?3.Rewilding natures in the Ligurian mountains? 4.Nature in food and food in nature. Representing, inventing and practising naturalness and mountainness??5.Authenticity (re-)naturalised. The mise-en-scene of raw meat in the heritagized city of Florence??Part II: Narratives of nature in the contemporary environmental crisis??6.The vanishing shapes of Dolomitic ice. Temporalities and aesthetics of the Marmolada glacier at the threshold of its extinction? 7.The commodification of mountain natures in the eco-climate crisis: the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics and Dolomites? 8.The co(a)sts of beauty: from the construction of the tourist imaginary of attractiveness to increased exposure to risk? 9.The expansion of agrivoltaics in Italy: a sustainable panacea or a new form of green grabbing???PART III:?More-than (peri)urban natures??10.Urban socionatures and climate strategies: the cases of three medium-sized cities in Northern Italy??11.Greening the “void”: brownfield redevelopment and soil desealing in two Italian cities? 12.(Peri)urban and regional protected areas: structure and prospects of the sociopolitical nature of conservation in Lombardy??13.Wild Encounters: toward a reinterpretation of urban green policies by the rivers in Rome and Cagliari??14.Performing animality in city branding: the case of the?Sartiglia?in Oristano (Sardinia)??PART IV: Geo-literary representations of Italian natures??15.Il Bel Paese by Antonio Stoppani: a g...


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Queerburbia : LGBTQ2S Suburban Place-Making (Paperback)

List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, 1. Place-making/unmaking/remaking, 2. Representing, 3. Including, 4. Serving , 5. Resisting, 6. Organizing, 7. Living, 8. Dreaming, 9. Re-placing, References, Index

Soil Physics : An Introduction, Second Edition (Paperback, 2 ed)

1. Introduction to Soil Physics  2. Units and Dimensions  3. Characteristics of Soils of the Vadose Zone  4. Sampling Concepts and Designs  5. Spatial Variability of Vadose Zone Properties  6. Fundamentals of Hydrology  7. Properties of Water  8. Water in the Vadose Zone  9. Flow through the Vadose Zone  10. Water Infiltration into the Vadose Zone  11. Energy Flow through the Vadose Zone  12. Evaporation from Soil  13. Root Water Uptake  14. Airflow through the Vadose Zone  15. Chemical Transport through the Vadose Zone  16. Modeling Flow through the Vadose Zone Using the HYDRIS-1D Model  17. Flow through the Vadose Zone Using RZWQM  18. Special Topics: Soil Erosion, Contaminant Remediation and Salt Removal 

Foreign Policy in Greenland : 20 Years of Development (Paperback)

1 Introduction,?2 Theoretical Framework,?3 Methodology,?4 Background of Greenland’s Foreign Policy Involvement,?5 Foreign Policy Papers from 2003-2023,?6 Analysis,?7 Outlook and Conclusions ?????????????????????????????????

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(Post)Colonial Ports : Place and (Non)Place in the Ecotone (Paperback)

Introduction: Wading into ‘the Wake’??Section 1: Trans-Port??1. ‘Fantasy in the Hold’: The Logistics of Container Architecture,?Transivity, and Queer Port Urbanisms? 2. The Azulejo as Symbol of Colonial Power Structures: A Deconstruction Through Sugar and Art? 3. Life and Death in the Port: Petromodernity and Fossil Capital in Abdelrahman Munif’s?Cities of Salt??4. Lost in Transit: Behrouz Boochani’s?No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison??Section 2: Passages, Partings, Terminus??5. Placing and Dis/placing the Port: Towards a Critical Literary Geography of the Caribbean Port? 6. Georgetown: Ecotonal Lessons of ‘Secret Histories’? 7. Going Against the Flow: Customs and Apartheid Censorship? 8.?Pepe?Ports: Haitian Women’s Labour and Resistant Mobility in Cap-Haitien’s Second-hand Clothing Trade??Section 3: Environmental Insecurities and Flows of Power??9. Where the Ozama Meets the Caribbean Sea: Dominican Art and Social Advocacy in the Ecotone? 10. The Frontier and the Wasteland: 21st Century Gentrification Landscapes in Saint-Henri, Montreal? 11. Watery Places and Relations: The Burial of a River and Modern Wasting Practices? 12. Precious Water and Urban Practices in Ondjaki’s?Transparent City

Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group : Volume 1: Their Outstanding Biology (Paperback)

Foreword. Topics and Contributors. Acknowledgements. INTRODUCTION. An Introduction to Catfishes: A Tale of Evolutionary Success. ANATOMY OF CATFISHES. An Overview of Some of the Main Features of the External Anatomy of Catfishes. An Overview of the Anatomy of Catfishes and its Diversity. Siluriform Weberian Apparatus: Modularity and Integration. Diversity and Evolution of the Pelvic Girdle and Fin in Catfishes. The Caudal Fin Musculature of Catfishes and the Homology of the Posterior Myomeres. Siluriform Venom Systems. X-Ray Computed Tomography and the Study of Catfish Morphology. BIOLOGY OF CATFISHES. Miniature Catfishes: Diversity, Ecology and Evolution. Parasitic Catfishes. Whiskers Ahead ? Catfish Migrations in Freshwater and Marine Environments. Diversity and Life Cycles of Subterranean Catfishes. Sound Production and Communication in Catfishes. Insights Into Catfish Respiratory Mechanisms. Index.

Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback, 1)

Introduction

Part I: Towns and Cities

1.???? Forks: Exploited Reservations, Ongoing Subjugation and Indigenous Historicisation?The Whitewashing of Washington State in the?Twilight?Novels

2.???? Chicago: Some Girls White?Taking the “Urban” Out of Urban Fantasy in the?Chicagoland Vampires?Series

3.???? New York City: Bloodlines and Skylines?Vampires, Colonisation, and Gentrification in New York City

4.???? Hollywood: Vampires in Hollywood

5.???? Louisiana:?Vampires of the American South?Exploring Undead Louisiana in?True Blood?and?The Originals

Part II: Environments

6.???? Carnival?Vampire Vagabonds: Revealing Regional Haunts in American Vampire Lore

7.???? Suburbia:?Blood in da ‘Burbs’

8.???? Urban Decay: “He Could be the Boy Next Door…”?Urban Decay and Race in?Martin

9.???? Drifters: Vagrant Vampires?Bloodsuckers in America’s Arteries

10.? Borderlands: “From Here to Modernity”?The Heterotopic Meaning of the Vampires in?Dusk till Dawn?(Series 3)

11.? Winterlands: Hideous Winter?Vampires, Violence and Snow in American Screen Horror

Part III: Ideologies

12.? The Margins: Boardwalk Vampire?Staking a Claim to the Edges of the American Nightmare

13.? The Folk?A Psychogeography of the Dead: American Folk Horror Cinema and New England as a (Bad) State of Mind

14.? The Old South: “No One Likes to Reminisce About the Old Slave Days”: Romanticizing the Old South, Confederate Vampires, and Transatlantic Slavery in Twenty-First Century Vampire Media

15.? Capitalism: Vampire Capitalism?Daybreakers?and American Bloodsuckers

16.? The Future?: A Future America?Possible Topographies of a Future Vampiric America in?Stake Land?(2010) and Crimson Winter (2013)?

Index