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Park Management Gis Intern In New York City Department Of Park & Recreation, Dongjun Zhou 3125032 2016 Clark University

Park Management Gis Intern In New York City Department Of Park & Recreation, Dongjun Zhou 3125032

Sustainability and Social Justice

My park management GIS internship with New York City Department of Parks & Recreation took place during June and August 2015, where I primarily worked under the guidance of Terese Flores, the park manager for the borough of Manhattan. My internship responsibility was assisting the Park Manager with park improvement project that primarily involved asset mapping for park properties, field data collecting and entry, budget devising as well as park staff coordinating. According to the requirement of GISDE program at Clark University, the content of this report mainly covers three aspects of this internship: the introduction for the mission and …


Towards Integrated Historical Climate Research: The Example Of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions Over The Earth, R. ALLAN, G. ENDFIELD, V. DAMODARAN, G. ADAMSON, M. HANNAFORD, F. CARROLL, N. MACDONALD, N. GROOM, J. JONES, Fiona WILLIAMSON, E. HENDY, P. HOLPER, J. PABLO, L. HUGHES, L. ARROYO-MORA, R. BICKERS, A.-M. BLIUC 2016 Singapore Management University

Towards Integrated Historical Climate Research: The Example Of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions Over The Earth, R. Allan, G. Endfield, V. Damodaran, G. Adamson, M. Hannaford, F. Carroll, N. Macdonald, N. Groom, J. Jones, Fiona Williamson, E. Hendy, P. Holper, J. Pablo, L. Hughes, L. Arroyo-Mora, R. Bickers, A.-M. Bliuc

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Climate change has become a key environmental narrative of the 21st century. However, emphasis on the science of climate change has overshadowed studies focusing on human interpretations of climate history, of adaptation and resilience, and of explorations of the institutions and cultural coping strategies that may have helped people adapt to climate changes in the past. Moreover, although the idea of climate change has been subject to considerable scrutiny by the physical sciences, recent climate scholarship has highlighted the need for a re-examination of the cultural and spatial dimensions of climate, with contributions from the interpretive humanities and social sciences. …


Born Out Of This By Christine Lowther, Erin Linn McMullan 2016 UBC

Born Out Of This By Christine Lowther, Erin Linn Mcmullan

The Goose

Review of Christine Lowther's Born Out of This.


Me Artsy Compiled And Edited By Drew Hayden Taylor, Nathalie N. Hager 2159876 2016 The University of British Columbia

Me Artsy Compiled And Edited By Drew Hayden Taylor, Nathalie N. Hager 2159876

The Goose

Review of Me Artsy compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.


Reflections On The Arts, Environment, And Culture After Ten Years Of The Goose, Pamela Banting, Theresa Beer, Sarah Van Borek, Rob Boschman, Nicholas Bradley, Nancy Holmes, Franke James, Jenny Kerber, Sonnet L'Abbé, Larissa Lai, Daphne Marlatt, Stephanie Posthumus, Catriona Sandilands, John Terpstra, Harry Thurston, Rita Wong 2016 University of Calgary

Reflections On The Arts, Environment, And Culture After Ten Years Of The Goose, Pamela Banting, Theresa Beer, Sarah Van Borek, Rob Boschman, Nicholas Bradley, Nancy Holmes, Franke James, Jenny Kerber, Sonnet L'Abbé, Larissa Lai, Daphne Marlatt, Stephanie Posthumus, Catriona Sandilands, John Terpstra, Harry Thurston, Rita Wong

The Goose

To mark the tenth anniversary of The Goose, we asked prominent ecologically-minded scholars, writers, artists, and educators from across Canada to reflect on the relationship between the arts, culture, and the environment. Their comments illuminate a wide range of triumphs and tensions, from the politics and practices of environmentalist writing and art, to the connections between the environment and matters of diversity and justice, to the past and future of ALECC (Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada), to the world of a single poem.


Realignment By Ruth Roach Pierson, Gillian Harding-Russell 2016 University of Saskatchewan

Realignment By Ruth Roach Pierson, Gillian Harding-Russell

The Goose

Review of Ruth Roach Pierson's Realignment.


Summertime Swamp Love By Patricia Young, Christine Lowther 2016 Wilfrid Laurier University

Summertime Swamp Love By Patricia Young, Christine Lowther

The Goose

Review of Patricia Young's book of poems, Summertime Swamp Love.


Landscapes In Between: Environmental Change In Modern Italian Literature And Film By Monica Seger, Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan 2016 University of California, San Diego

Landscapes In Between: Environmental Change In Modern Italian Literature And Film By Monica Seger, Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan

The Goose

Review of Monica Seger's Landscapes in Between: Environmental Change in Modern Italian Literature and Film.


We Go Far Back In Time: The Letters Of Earle Birney And Al Purdy Edited By Nicholas Bradley, Matthew Zantingh 2016 Briercrest College

We Go Far Back In Time: The Letters Of Earle Birney And Al Purdy Edited By Nicholas Bradley, Matthew Zantingh

The Goose

Review of We Go Far Back in Time: The Letters of Earle Birney and Al Purdy, edited by Nicholas Bradley.


Endangered Hydrocarbons By Lesley Battler, Michael D. Sloane 2016 Fanshawe College

Endangered Hydrocarbons By Lesley Battler, Michael D. Sloane

The Goose

A review of Lesley Battler's Endangered Hydrocarbons.


Stowaways By Ariel Gordon, Gillian Harding-Russell 2016 University of Saskatchewan

Stowaways By Ariel Gordon, Gillian Harding-Russell

The Goose

Review of Ariel Gordon's Stowaways.


Sustaining The West: Cultural Responses To Canadian Environments Edited By Liza Piper & Lisa Szabo-Jones, Shelley L. McEuen 2016 College of Southern Idaho

Sustaining The West: Cultural Responses To Canadian Environments Edited By Liza Piper & Lisa Szabo-Jones, Shelley L. Mceuen

The Goose

Review of Sustaining the West: Cultural Responses to Canadian Environments.


The Green And The Red: A Novel By Armand Chauvel, Jenna Gersie 2016 SIT Study Abroad

The Green And The Red: A Novel By Armand Chauvel, Jenna Gersie

The Goose

Review of Armand Chauvel's The Green and the Red: A Novel.


Ground Truthing: Reimagining The Indigenous Rainforests Of Bc’S North Coast By Derrick Stacey Denholm, Carleigh Baker 2016 Writer

Ground Truthing: Reimagining The Indigenous Rainforests Of Bc’S North Coast By Derrick Stacey Denholm, Carleigh Baker

The Goose

Review of Derrick Stacey Denholm's Ground Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC’s North Coast.


The Grey Islands By John Steffler, Robert M.W. Brown 2016 York University

The Grey Islands By John Steffler, Robert M.W. Brown

The Goose

Review of John Steffler's The Grey Islands.


On Voice In Poetry: The Work Of Animation By David Nowell Smith, Rebecca E. Varley-Winter 2016 University of Oxford

On Voice In Poetry: The Work Of Animation By David Nowell Smith, Rebecca E. Varley-Winter

The Goose

A review of On Voice In Poetry: The Work of Animation, by David Nowell Smith.


Earth Joy Writing: Creating Harmony Through Journaling And Nature By Cassie Premo Steele, Anne Milne 2016 University of Toronto Scarborough

Earth Joy Writing: Creating Harmony Through Journaling And Nature By Cassie Premo Steele, Anne Milne

The Goose

Review of Cassie Premo Steele's Earth Joy Writing.


Spatial Engagement With Poetry By Heather H. Yeung, Deborah C. Bowen 2016 Redeemer University College

Spatial Engagement With Poetry By Heather H. Yeung, Deborah C. Bowen

The Goose

Review of Spatial Engagement with Poetry by Heather H. Yeung.


Field Notes For The Alpine Tundra By Elena Johnson, Claire Caldwell 2016 Wilfrid Laurier University

Field Notes For The Alpine Tundra By Elena Johnson, Claire Caldwell

The Goose

Review of Elena Johnson's poetry collection, Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra.


Second Growth By Fabienne Calvert Filteau, Josephine M. Massarella 2016 Independent Scholar

Second Growth By Fabienne Calvert Filteau, Josephine M. Massarella

The Goose

Review of Second Growth by Fabienne Calvert Filteau.


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