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This book studies both the social organizational specifics andthe interior spatial setting of a survey research organization througha combination of social science and architectural research. Using theethnographic method, the author analyzes how social organizationaldimensions are related to the spatial ecology of the workplace andhighlights how workers use and alter aspects of their physicalsurroundings to enrich and give meaning to their work lives. ... Read more

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Written during a period of reexamination and change in the field of special education, this book was developed in order to provide a better understanding of the contexts in which children receive their formal education. The movement toward the "least restrictive environment" for the education of children with disabilities is weathering a wave of reinterpretations including mainstreaming, the regular education initiative, and inclusion. While each interpretation has its proponents and critics, limited theory and few data are available to guide these important policy decisions.

Focusing specifically on classrooms -- the settings where educators can have the most immediate impact and where research is most needed -- this volume's goals are:
* to establish what is known about classroom ecologies from both general and special education perspectives,
* to integrate the perspectives of researchers and practitioners, and
* to chart directions for further research specifically related to children with learning disabilities.

The construct of classroom ecology is defined as three interrelated domains: instruction, teacher and peer interaction, and organization and management. This scheme provides the structure for the book. Taken as a whole, the content of the volume underscores the limits of current knowledge and at the same time provides directions for needed changes in both research and practice.
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This volume provides a synthesis of long-term ecological analyses in the Bornhöved Lake District as a representative landscape of northern Germany. The emphasis is on the comprehensive assessment of matter and energy fluxes in and between the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their biocoenotic structures and dynamics on the one hand, and on transdisciplinary landscape planning approaches on the other. In each respect the development of novel hierarchical modelling approaches at various spatial and temporal scales is fundamental to the understanding of the structure and function of systems and to integrative resource management strategies. Thus, the book is not only commendable for ecologists, but is equally useful for botanists, zoologists, geographers, landscape planners, soil scientists, agronomers, hydrologists, climatologists and other scientists interested in energy balances or the quality and quantity of waterflows and nutrient cycles, and managers looking for relevant case studies and model answers to their questions.

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This report presents the regulations and limits regarding noiseprevailing in different OECD countries and provides criteria for evaluation. It emphasizes low noise pavements and noise barriers as well as combinations.Enhanced road layouts - tunnels, cuttings, etc. - vegetation, and bio-wallsare reviewed both technically and economically.The study provides amultidisciplinary approach useful for road professionals, environmentalplanners, and transport managers in readjusting road environment policies andprograms. ... Read more