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Arcticness : Power and Voice from the North /

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The Obama presidency a preliminary assessment /

Table of Contents: “…Stuglin -- Environmental policy and global climate change / Byron W. Daynes & Glen Sussman -- Food and agricultural policy / Julie A. …”
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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

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Security a multidisciplinary normative approach /

Table of Contents: “…Bailliet -- Democratic security / Christopher Kutz -- Global procedural rights and security / Larry May -- Women's security/state security / Naomi Cahn -- Security in a "warming world" : competences of the UN Security Council for preventing dangerous climate change / Christina Voigt -- Environmental security and the UN Security Council / Jo Stigen & Ole Kristian Fauchald -- Pragmatic law for international security / Sean Kanuck.…”
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Infectious Liberty : Biopolitics between Romanticism and Liberalism / by Mitchell, Robert, 1969-

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Ensuring a sustainable future : making progress on environment and equity /

Table of Contents: “…The essential connection : environmental sustainability, community stability and equitable development in struggling cities in high-income countries / Ted Howard -- Community action in informal settlements : strategies for improved environmental health and equity in low and middle income countries / David Satterthwaite -- Achieving environmental equity : race, place, and the movement to build healthy communities in the United States / Angela Glover Blackwell -- Building income and social equity through environmental sustainability : lessons from Vancouver's downtown eastside / Mitra Thompson -- New skills for the green economy : two training programs for job seekers in the United States / Cosmin Paduraru and Kara Quennell -- Green social entrepreneurship as a poverty-reduction strategy : tide india's use of technological innovation for healthier and more sustainable communities / Shannon Lockhart -- Moving towards sustainable urban transport : how can we integrate environmental, health and equity objectives globally? / David Banister and James Woodcock -- The new challenges of rapid urban growth : imperatives and strategies for transport in India / Madhav Badami -- Healthy and sustainable agriculture : working with farmers to transform food production in Latin America / Donald Cole, Gordon Prain and Willy Pradel -- Access to healthy foods in urban settings : a comprehensive strategy for low-income communities in Montreal / Lise Bertrand -- Water for development : investing in health and economic wellbeing globally / William Cosgrove and H�akan Tropp -- The potential of clean energy for equity in remote communities in the North / Tim Weis -- Remote indigenous populations and climate change : reducing the impacts on health and wellbeing / James Ford and Peter Adams.…”
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Fit sigma a lean approach to building sustainable quality beyond Six Sigma / by Basu, Ron

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Penguins : natural history and conservation /

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Indigenous peoples' food systems & well-being : interventions & policies for healthy communities /

Table of Contents: “…The value of Inuit elders' storytelling to health promotion during times of rapid climate change and uncertain food security -- Chapter 10. …”
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Advances in Wheat Genetics: From Genome to Field Proceedings of the 12th International Wheat Genetics Symposium /

Table of Contents: “…Kihara’s genome concept and advancements in wheat cytogenetics in his school -- 2 How a gene from Japan revolutionized the world of wheat: CIMMYT’s quest for combining genes to mitigate threats to global food security -- Part II Germplasm and Genetic Diversity -- 3 Genetic resources of Triticum -- 4 Development of core set of wheat (Triticum spp.) germplasm conserved in the National Genebank in India -- 5 Transfer to wheat of potentially new stem rust resistance genes from Aegilops speltoides -- 6 Genetic variation and its geographical distribution in Aegilops caudata L.: morphology, hybrid sterility and gametocidal genes -- Part III Cytogenetics and Allopolyploid Evolution -- 7 Wheat chromosome analysis -- 8 New aneuploids of common wheat -- 9 Chromosomal changes over the course of polyploid wheat evolution and domestication -- Part IV Toward Whole Genome Sequencing -- 10 Comprehensive functional analyses of expressed sequence tags in common wheat -- 11 Development of the BAC physical maps of wheat chromosome 6B for its genomic sequencing -- Part V Structural and Functional Genomics -- 12 Sequencing of wheat chromosome 6B: toward functional genomics -- 13 Genetic mechanisms of vernalization requirement duration in winter wheat cultivars -- 14 Building ultra-dense genetic maps in the presence of genotyping errors and missing data -- Part VI Functional Gene Analysis and Molecular Tools -- 15 Exploiting comparative biology and genomics to understand a trait in wheat, Ph1 -- 16 The specific features of anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation in wheat -- 17 Association of wheat miRNAs with hybrid incompatibility in interspecific crosses of Triticum and Aegilops -- 18 High efficiency wheat transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens -- 19 extra early-flowering (exe) mutants in einkorn wheat generated by heavy-ion beam irradiation -- Part VII Biotic Stress Response -- 20 Stem rust resistance - two approaches -- 21 Germplasm enhancement for resistance to Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in wheat -- 22 Next Generation Sequencing enabled genetics in hexaploid wheat -- Part VIII Abiotic Stress Response -- 23 Genomics approaches to dissect the genetic basis of drought resistance in durum wheat -- 24 Hybrid breeding in wheat -- 25 Broadening the genetic diversity of common and durum wheat for abiotic stress tolerance breeding -- 26 Early maturity in wheat for adaptation to high temperature stress -- 27 Gene expression profiles involved in development of freezing tolerance in common wheat -- Part IX Improvement of Grain Quality -- 28 Coping with wheat quality in a changing environment - Proteomics evidence for stress caused by environmental changes -- 29 Starch modification: a model for wheat MAS breeding -- 30 Quality characteristics of soft kernel durum - a new cereal crop -- 31 Proposal of international gluten research group -- 32 Enlargement of the genetic diversity for grain quality in bread wheat through alien introgression -- 33 Complex G x E interactions and QTL clusters govern end-use quality traits in hexaploid wheat -- 34 A consistent QTL for flour yield on chromosome 3B in the soft winter wheat variety, Kitahonami -- Part X Marker-Assisted Breeding -- 35 Recent improvements in Japanese wheat varieties -- 36 Determining the order of resistance genes Qsng-3BS, Fhb1 and Sr2 and combining them in coupling on wheat chromosome 3BS -- 37 Meta-analysis of resistance to Fusarium head blight in tetraploid wheat – implications for durum wheat breeding -- 38 Interest of a multiparental and outcrossing wheat population for fine mapping -- 39 The effect of Earliness per se (Eps) genes on flowering time in bread wheat -- Part XI Toward Sustainable Wheat Production -- 40 Recapitulating the OECD-CRP session (sponsored by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Program on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems -- 41 Exploring genetic resources to increase adaptation of wheat to climate change -- 42 Genomic approaches towards durable fungal disease resistance in wheat -- 43 Review and new progress in wheat wide hybridization for improving the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses -- 44 Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps -- 45 Genomic selection in plants: empirical results and implications for wheat breeding -- 46 Dietary fibre: wheat genes for enhanced human health -- BM Appendix I: Program -- Appendix II: Poster Presentation List -- Appendix III: Committees.…”
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Turbulence : A Corporate Perspective on Collaborating for Resilience /

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Society - Water - Technology A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects /

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Integrated Groundwater Management Concepts, Approaches and Challenges /

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Breakthrough communities sustainability and justice in the next American metropolis /

Table of Contents: “…Benjamin Starrett -- Reaching out to new strategic partners -- Business, grassroots, and the regional agenda / Bart Harvey -- Measuring success: using metrics in support of regional equity / David Rusk -- Networking for social justice: the African American forum on race and regionalism / Deeohn Ferris -- Sharing the new story: regional equity and strategic media / Andrea Torrice and Ellen Schneider -- Uncovering global linkages for sustainable metropolitan communities -- Climate change and the quest for regional equity / Van Jones -- A global perspective: community-driven solutions to urban poverty / Celine Cruz and David Satterthwaite -- Beyond segregation, toward a shared vision of our regions / Myron Orfield -- Resources -- Bibliography -- Contributor bios -- Authors' organizations -- Index.…”
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Fundamentals of materials for energy and environmental sustainability

Table of Contents: “…Energy and the Environment: The Landscape: 1. A primer on climate change; 2. Global energy landscape and energy security; 3. …”
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The path to more sustainable energy systems how do we get there from here? / by Ebenhack, Ben W.

Table of Contents: “…Environmental impact -- 6.1 The environment and humans: interconnected systems -- 6.1.1 The energy and environment focus -- 6.2 Characterizing environmental impacts -- 6.2.1 Toxins, poisons, and toxicity -- 6.2.2 Radiation -- 6.2.3 Human safety and welfare -- 6.2.4 Land use and ecosystem disruption -- 6.2.5 Water usage and pollution -- 6.2.6 Air emissions and pollution -- 6.2.7 Green house gas emissions and climate change -- 6.3 Environmental impacts of the sources -- 6.3.1 Coal -- 6.3.2 Oil and gas -- 6.3.3 Nuclear -- 6.3.4 The "renewables" -- 6.3.5 Biofuels and biomass -- 6.4 Comparing impacts --…”
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Transforming Trauma : Resilience and Healing Through Our Connections With Animals /

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Knowledge for a Sustainable World : A Southern African�Nordic contribution /

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Foreign policy begins at home : the case for putting America's house in order / by Haass, Richard

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