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This book addresses hydraulic design considerations of integrated pipeline systems, including intakes, conduits, and outlets. It discusses actual design practice and presents a range of real-world examples of projects conducted and participated in by the author, giving the book a uniquely practical focus.

Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning tour of history - map by map.Charting everything from the movement of early Homo species out of Africa some 50,000 years ago to the astonishing voyages of Polynesian sailors across the Pacific from 4,000 BCE, and from the California Gold Rush to the Race for Space, entries explain the movements of people and cultures who set off into the unknown - in search of adventure or a better life.Specially commissioned maps show the key driving factors of each journey, and why certain routes were chosen over others - whether due to climate, terrain, or territory - while stunning contemporary examples offer fascinating insights into the unique world-views and political motivations of the people who commissioned them, and the cartographers who created them.The voyages of history's greatest explorers - from Zheng He to Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo - are brought to vivid life with accompanying photos, illustrations, and original artefacts, along with recent missions to chart the depths of the oceans and the surface of Mars. And entries also explore the experiences of established indigenous groups and the impact of settler populations.Packed with fascinating detail and bursting with lavish illustrations, Exploration: Map by Map is a must-have title for anyone who loves maps, history, or the pioneering spirit.

From the vast Sahara desert to the smallest European cities, and with over 65 maps using the latest digital mapping, the Essential World Atlas 9th Edition brings you the Earth in more detail than ever before. The Essential World Atlas 9th Edition is the indispensable guide to our fascinating planet, mapping the political and physical world, the global economy, time zones, population, languages, climate, region, and global conflict with information, photographs, and diagrams, Explore data profiles of each country with detailed facts, key statistics and time zones from across the globe. Delve further into the geography of our planet with a full index of over 20,000 entries, making the Essential World Atlas 9th Edition the perfect reference for business, home or school.Previous edition ISBN 9781409366096

Go-to guidance for designing, implementing, and managing effective sustainability management systems Moving past vague concepts, buzzword overloads, superficial efforts, and flavor-of-the-month misdirections, Sustainability Programs presents a pragmatic, step-by-step approach to creating and managing adaptable, organization-wide sustainability programs to achieve People, Planet, and Profit (3P) objectives with least cost, effort, and risk. Key steps covered in this book include reaching a programmatic "Go" decision, developing sustainability policies, designing an organizational framework, defining the most pressing sustainability needs, and cascading 3P goals, tactics, targets, and initiatives into business units, functions, and departments to create new capabilities and improve performance. By following the principles and practices in this book, any organization can better achieve sustainability's full promise of social responsibility, environmental stewardship, and financial performance. Written by authors with a wealth of practitioner experience in the field, Sustainability Programs explores topics including: Creating social, environmental, and financial strategies, tactics, targets, and initiatives that create new capabilities and resolve 3P performance issues Avoiding ad hoc projects that fail to address critical sustainability issues, wasting valuable resources and squandering competitive advantages Overcoming technical professionals' lack of business management experience and helping management professionals understand sustainability's benefits and intricacies Understanding sustainability through the management lenses of risk reduction, improved efficiencies through eradication of wastes, increased revenues via innovation, and enhanced competitive advantages fueled by greenwash-free transparency. Responding to the demanding data capture, analysis, and reporting challenges of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Acknowledging that one size does not fit all, this book delivers individual concepts and methods adaptable across any organization's value chains. It is an essential read for leaders and practitioners working within public and private enterprises of all types and sizes, especially those with 2,000 to 5,000 employees.

This book analyses the role of liquified natural gas in a decarbonising world, and presents the most significant energy transition options and implications for the liquified natural gas industry.

In this major intervention in feminist anthropology - which remains largely rooted in western feminist ideologies - Indigenous Economies of Care examines emotional aspects of economic life in the marketplaces of Papua New Guinea; where market women's labour is a nexus not only for gender relations, but also for wider spiritual, cosmological and reciprocal ones. What role do emotions and care for others play in the relational economy in which this marketplace is embedded? Against a background of rapid urbanisation and social change, this book analyses notions of exchange from the perspective of these women, demonstrating that what motivates their choices, and what gives them their agency, is a system of reciprocal care. Equally, by examining new tendencies in production and exchange which have been imposed as a result of colonial power, this ethnography makes proposals for agro-ecology as a solution to global food insecurity, showing the ways in which many small-scale farmers choose unsustainable methods due to economic challenges. Countering common western feminist perspectives - that to be responsible for social reproduction is symbolic of exploitation - Barnett-Naghshineh proposes that care for others remains a key route to prestige, influence, and recognition for women, and that embodied acts of care produce value in the broader structures of economic life.

Hot shot DC lawyer Meena is engaged - well, sort of. Her fiance-to-be thinks they are. The only hitch? Meena is already married.Which is how she ends up Houston bound to convince her childhood-sweetheart-slash-husband (courtesy of one slightly too wild night in Vegas nearly a decade ago) to finally agree to get UN-hitched.But life loves to throw curve balls, or in this case, a good old natural disaster.She touches down just in time to find out a hurricane is coming - all flights are cancelled and the only place she can take refuge? Her soon-to-be-ex-husband's home.Will the storm force them to face what happened all those years ago? And might this be the best worst thing that has ever happened to them?

Full of fascinating insights, science, and stunning illustrations, The Wonder of Seashells with deepen every nature lover’s appreciation for the ocean treasures.

In his previous book, Some Things I Think I Said, Waltman displayed his triple-threat writing, with his mix of short stories, poetry, and humor.In this work, he goes deeper into the only non-fiction story from his earlier book, this sequel is a close examination of the early years of his main character, Lemon. Three days of interviews with his family, old friends, and neighbors in the black communities of Pittsburgh yielded more clarity and truth than anticipated. When Lemon Happened, How Lemon Happened - Beltzhoover Pride became bigger than just Lemon and Beltzhoover. It represents the struggles and achievements by those who grew up without the benefit of societal privilege.

The charming 160-page National Parks Journal is perfect for recording your thoughts and creative ideas.

Photographer Jeroen Hofman captures Zeeland's raw beauty in this ode to his childhood, featuring vast nature reserves and changing tides, with contributions from Franca Treur. Text in English, German and Dutch

"The world is increasingly influenced by ongoing crisis, or at least this is what mainstream media and politics wants us to believe. When portrayed here, crisis most often comes in the form of situations challenging a sense of normality, such as with violent conflicts, pandemics, or forced migration. However, crisis is not just a situation twisting normality but can become constitutive of normality itself. In exploring transformative and constructive elements to being in crisis, this volume resituates the view on crisis in everyday life to foster critical and nuanced examination of discourses on and experiences of it"--

According to the latest figures, the number of vegans in the UK has more than quadrupled since 2014, now representing over 1 per cent of the total population. With the rise in plant-based foods and cruelty-free products showing no sign of stopping, Think Like a Vegan explores how vegan ethics can be applied to every area of our daily lives.We all want to live more healthily and ethically, and this book is certainly not just for vegans. It's for anyone interested in veganism, its ideals and what even non-vegans can learn from its practice. Through a personal and often irreverent lens, the authors explore a variety of contemporary topics related to animal use: from the basics of vegan logic to politics, economics, love and other aspects of being human, each chapter draws you into a thought-provoking conversation about your daily ethical decisions.Why should we adopt animals?What's the problem with organic meat?What are the economics of plant-based foods?What about honey?What is the relationship between veganism and feminism?What is vegansexualism?

In 2021, Ruby Free got her dream job working on an RSPB reserve, but this position wasn't for the faint hearted. Heartfelt, impassioned and full of joy, 'Rathlin, A Wild Life' is a love letter to the island and the wildlife Ruby finds there, but it's also a call to action; a reminder of everything we stand to lose if we don't change.