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2013

Environmental

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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Environmental And Socio-Economic Considerations For Aquaculture In Jervis Bay, Nsw, Alyssa Joyce, Ana M. Rubio, Pia C. Winberg Dec 2013

Environmental And Socio-Economic Considerations For Aquaculture In Jervis Bay, Nsw, Alyssa Joyce, Ana M. Rubio, Pia C. Winberg

Dr Pia C Winberg

No abstract provided.


Sustainable Household Capability: Which Households Are Doing The Work Of Environmental Sustainability?, Gordon Waitt, Peter Caputi, Chris Gibson, Carol Farbotko, Lesley Head, Nick Gill, Elyse Stanes Nov 2013

Sustainable Household Capability: Which Households Are Doing The Work Of Environmental Sustainability?, Gordon Waitt, Peter Caputi, Chris Gibson, Carol Farbotko, Lesley Head, Nick Gill, Elyse Stanes

Chris Gibson

This paper presents a framework for analysing which households are doing ‘their bit’ for sustainability in an era of climate change, using a two-stage cluster analysis of sustainable household capabilities. The framework segments households by their reported level of commitment to ‘pro-sustainability’ practices common to conventional government policies. Results are presented from a large-scale survey of Wollongong households, New South Wales, Australia. Results illustrate the importance of approaching household sustainability through everyday practices. Attention is drawn to the wide variation in participation in specific household sustainability practices. Investigation into sustainable household capability by household segments shows the limits of even …


Were Environmental Or Demographic Factors The Driving Force Behind Middle Stone Age Innovations In Southern Africa?, Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts Mar 2013

Were Environmental Or Demographic Factors The Driving Force Behind Middle Stone Age Innovations In Southern Africa?, Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts

Richard G Roberts

Sir—Past human responses to environmental changes have long interested archaeologists. During the last glacial cycle, southern Africa experienced marked climatic fluctuations, as recorded in ice-core records from West and East Antarctica.


Population Increase And Environmental Deterioration Correspond With Microlithic Innovations In South Asia Ca. 35,000 Years Ago, Richard Roberts, Lee Arnold, Christopher Clarkson, Jinu Koshy, Ravi Korisettar, Sacha Jones, Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia, Marta Lahr, Peter Ditchfield, Mait Metspalu, Hannah James, Dorian Fuller, Michael Haslam, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Toomas Kivisild Mar 2013

Population Increase And Environmental Deterioration Correspond With Microlithic Innovations In South Asia Ca. 35,000 Years Ago, Richard Roberts, Lee Arnold, Christopher Clarkson, Jinu Koshy, Ravi Korisettar, Sacha Jones, Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia, Marta Lahr, Peter Ditchfield, Mait Metspalu, Hannah James, Dorian Fuller, Michael Haslam, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Toomas Kivisild

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


Testing Times: Old And New Chronologies For The Howieson's Poort And Still Bay Industries In Environmental Context, Richard Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs Mar 2013

Testing Times: Old And New Chronologies For The Howieson's Poort And Still Bay Industries In Environmental Context, Richard Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.