Going Forward by Looking Back

Going Forward by Looking BackCatastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardous places. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as the domain of the natural and technical sciences, awareness of the importance and role of cultural adaptation is essential. This book catalogues a wide and diverse range of case studies of such disasters and human

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Addresses a genuine gap in word and image studies

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Elaborating on early sources of the interest in drawing by the network of critics and dealers promoting the avant-garde at that time

This extensively revised and updated edition of Assessing Service Quality explores even further the ways technology influences both the experiences of library customers and the ways libraries themselves can assess those experiences

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In this comprehensive reassessment of post-contact archaeology in the Upper Great Lakes region

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tracing its connections to Greek art

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After a contentious run-in with three of the most notable of the King’s Musketeers

Understand the link between research and improved services and develop logic-based research skills