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Losing Ground
What is it like to lose your front porch to the ocean? To watch salt water destroy your favorite fishing holes? To see playgrounds and churches subside and succumb to brackish and rising water? The residents of coastal Louisiana know. For them hurricanes are but exclamation points in an incessant loss of coastal land now estimated to occur at a rate of at least twenty-four square miles per year. In Losing Ground, coastal Louisianans communicate the significance of place and environment. During interviews taken just before the 2005 hurricanes, they send out a plea to alleviate the damage. They speak with an urgency that exemplifies a fear of losing not just property and familiar surroundings,...
The Greening of Architecture
Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and necessity of a burgeoning green process that emerged over the past half century. This text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010, it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form, technology, materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of c...
Evaluating Climate Change and Development
Climate change has become one of the most important global issues of our time, with far-reaching natural, socio-economic, and political effects. To address climate change and development issues from the perspective of evaluation, an international conference was held in Alexandria, Egypt. This book distills the essence of that timely conference, building on the experiences of more than 400 reports and studies presented. Developing countries may be particularly vulnerable to the expected onslaught of higher temperatures, rising sea levels, changing waterfall patterns, and increasing natural disasters. All societies will have to reduce their vulnerability to these changes, and this book describ...
Journey to Success & Significance
This is a unique biography cum self-help book. The author has penned down his life journey which is a perfect example of struggle to success and from success to significance. The story will give you the impetus to realize your potential, follow your dreams and take massive actions to achieve them. The author has shared his life experiences and the lessons learnt during the journey in the part one of the book. The story will connect with you and would take you back to your memories. In part 2 of the book, the author has shared 12 proven principles to achieve massive success in your life and career. Each chapter is full of examples and stories. There are a couple of important success notions in part 3 of the book. The book describes simple and effective methods and theories to get stunning results. In the last part, the author has put few time less short stories. If you are committed, have the burning desire and put hard efforts in right direction, you can achieve stunning results. The book will inspire you to grow to your full potential and make this world a better place to live.
Covid-19 Infection and Pregnancy
Covid-19 Infections and Pregnancy provides the latest research on pregnant women and their potential increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness. Research has show that pregnant women have a greater instance of intensive care unit admission and receipt of mechanical ventilation. The book provides up-to-date information on the epidemiology, control, diagnosis and treatment of covid-19 in pregnancy, while also discussing evidence presented in the literature regarding the potential risks of COVID-19 infection among pregnant women and consequent fetal transmission. - Provides a complete overview on the epidemiology, virology and clinical manifestations of COVID-19 - Discusses the full extent of what is known to date and provide a thorough view on the effects of sars-cov2 in pregnancy - Overviews the obstetric complications related to COVID-19 infection
