Holling C. Holling Essays

  • The Thunder-Bird Amongst the Algonkins

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    they own any parts of the bird they will have extraordinary str... ... middle of paper ... ...f Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters. N.p.: DK, 2011. 58-59. Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters. Google. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. . Holling, Holling Clancy. "8.The Thundebird Speaks." Tree in the trail. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970. 12. Print. Jack, Joe. "Coast Salish Thunderbird and Orca Legend.." Coast Salish Thunderbird and Orca Legend.. Joe Jack, n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. . "Lightning-Caused

  • Defining Resilience: C.S. Holling

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    Defining Resilience It was C S Holling in 1973 that introduced the term ‘Resilience’ into ecological literature as a way of understanding non-linear dynamics observed in the ecosystem. Resilience theory is referred to the capacity of a social ecological system to withstand shock and to re-build and re-new itself. According to C S Holling father of resilience theory “whatever you do climate is going to change, some of them will be sudden, some of them will be crisis but in fact these are opportunities

  • Urban Resilience Essay

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    The word resilience has originated from the Latin root word of ‘resi-lire’ meaning to leap back or to rebound’ and the idea of resilience refers to the capacity of an entity or system to ‘recover form and position elastically’ following a disturbance or disruption of some kind (James Simmie and Ron Martin, 2009). M. Tabibian and M. Rezapour (2015) elaborated that the concept was first used by physical scientists. However, based on Pickett et al 2008; Mc Phearson et al 2015; Andersson et al 2015

  • Nonnative Species And Invasive Species

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    United States. A common name this species is the American bittersweet. C. scandens is native from Canada into the mid-west of the United States. C. scandens had an extensive population throughout this area before the introduction of the invasive species (Steward et al, 2003). C. orbiculatus has out-competed the native C. scandens and driven its population numbers down (Dreyer et al, 1987). There appear to be various reasons for this. C. orbiculatus is better competitor for limiting resources and has the

  • Textile Industry Trends in the Global Economy

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    Textile Industry Trends in the Global Economy I. Executive Summary The objective of this paper is to examine how the development of a textile industry contributes to economic growth in the global economy. Because textile manufacturing is a labor-intensive industry, developing countries are able to utilize their labor surplus to enter the market and begin the process of building an industrial economy. Emerging economies then look outward to develop an export strategy based on their comparative

  • The Censorship of Art

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    1985 as the result of the unusually combined efforts of a few concerned parents (Coletti 1987:421-426; Gray 1989a:151-153, 1989b:6-8; Kaufman 1986:228-231; McDonald 1988a:302-106; Roldan 1987:222-231). Tipper Gore, ... ... middle of paper ... ...C. (1993) "Sex, violence, and profanity: Rap music and the First Amendment." Mercer Law Review 44:667-686. Zappa, Frank (1989) The Real Frank Zappa Book. New York: Simon and Schuster. X. (1983) Music is dangerous (special issue). Index on Censorship