Burning Asia The Present Image

Download or read book Burning Asia: The Present Image written by Saurabh Pant and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful real world poetry collection about issues in Asia, from Afghanistan to India via Singapore. Asia is a huge area of the world and the problems and topics raised here are cutting edge and powerful. From the ongoing Philippine drug war to the Kashmir question, the work here is both memorable and soul searching. Everybody in Asia and further afield will find this book interesting and thought provoking. Priya Verma illustrates the book with simple but powerful cartoon images. Think of the man stood in front of the tank in Tienanmen Square, you get the idea. Everybody from President Putin to Premier Xi to the normal person in the street/field need to read this book. If only to bring awareness on the issues and broaden the solutions. A welcome book on Asian issues that are global by Visually Impaired author Saurabh Pant. Hard copy book version.

Download or read book Feelings... Not Responding written by Shounak Pal and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biomass Burning and Global Change: Biomass burning in South America, Southeast Asia, and temperate and boreal ecosystems, and the oil fires of Kuwait written by Joel S. Levine and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Biomass Burning provides a convenient and current reference on such topics as the remote sensing of biomass burning from space, the geographical distribution of burning; the combustion products of burning in tropical, temperate, and boreal ecosystems; burning as a global source of atmospheric gases and particulates; the impact of biomass burning gases and particulates on global climate; and the role of biomass burning on biodiversity and past global extinctions."--Pub. desc.

Download or read book Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia written by Gregory Forth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines ‘wildmen’such as Homo floresiensis and ebu gogo, images of hairy humanlike creatures known to rural villagers and other local people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. It explores the source of these representations and their status in local systems of knowledge.

Download or read book Fire in America written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.

Download or read book Biomass Burning in South and Southeast Asia written by Krishna Prasad Vadrevu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in its discussion of the sources and the causes of biomass burning and atmospheric research in South and Southeast Asia. Explains the latest tools and techniques, in particular, the use of Satellite Remote Sensing and Geospatial technologies for fire mapping, monitoring, and Land Cover/Land Use. Focuses on large spatial scales integrating top-down and bottom-up methodologies. Addresses the pressing issues of environmental pollution that are rampant in South and Southeast Asia. Includes contributions from global experts actually working on biomass burning projects in the US, Japan, South/Southeast Asia, and Europe.

Download or read book Biomass Burning and Global Change: Remote sensing, modeling and inventory development, and biomass burning in Africa written by Joel S. Levine and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Biomass Burning provides a convenient and current reference on such topics as the remote sensing of biomass burning from space, the geographical distribution of burning; the combustion products of burning in tropical, temperate, and boreal ecosystems; burning as a global source of atmospheric gases and particulates; the impact of biomass burning gases and particulates on global climate; and the role of biomass burning on biodiversity and past global extinctions."--Pub. desc.