Propuesta de indicadores de sustentabilidad para la producción de vid en Mendoza, Argentina

El concepto de sustentabilidad implica una relación a largo plazo entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza. Un sistema productivo sustentable es aquel capaz de permanecer en el tiempo ya que promueve la conservación de los recursos naturales, del capital social y genera una renta económica suficiente para la subsistencia de los mismos. La vitivinicultura brinda numerosos beneficios al sector agrícola, sector responsable del uso y contaminación de recursos naturales de la provincia de Mendoza (Argentina). Si bien existen algunos indicadores inherentes al sector vitivinícola, la mayoría se concentran en aspectos físicos y económicos. El trabajo consiste en elaborar indicadores para evaluar la sustentabilidad de la producción de vid en Mendoza, sobre la base del concepto de sustentabilidad que integra las tres dimensiones de un sistema: la económica, la social y la ambiental. Esto se aplicó a la producción vitícola, para lo cual se construyeron indicadores que caracterizaron al sistema siguiendo el concepto de sustentabilidad. Los indicadores se probaron con encuestas a productores (estudio de caso). Los indicadores seleccionados resultaron apropiados para determinar en qué estado de sustentabilidad está un viñedo respecto de cada una de las dimensiones (económica, social y ambiental); fáciles de obtener y de interpretar.

Environmental policy and knowledge. Copying with complexity through inclusive management

Scholars agree that governance of the public environment entails cooperation between science, policy and society. This requires the active role of public managers as catalysts of knowledge co-production, addressing participatory arenas in relation to knowledge integration and social learning. This paper deals with the question of whether public managers acknowledge and take on this task. A survey accessing Directors of Environmental Offices (EOs) of 64 municipalities was carried out in parallel for two regions - Tuscany (Italy) and Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region (Brazil). The survey data were analysed using the multiple correspondence method. Results showed that, regarding policy practices, EOs do not play the role of knowledge co-production catalysts, since when making environmental decisions they only use technical knowledge. We conclude that there is a gap between theory and practice, and identify some factors that may hinder local environmental managers in acting as catalyst of knowledge co-production, raising a further question for future research.

Coastal Erosion--Causes, Erosion Control Methods, Economic and Environmental Impacts, and Best Management Practices

Coastal erosion is an important and constant issue facing coastal areas all over the world today. The rate of coastal development over the years has increased, in turn requiring that action be taken to protect structures from the threat of erosion. A review of the causes of coastal erosion and the methods implemented to control it was conducted in order to determine the best course of action in response to coastal erosion issues. The potential positive and negative economic and environmental impacts are key concerns in determining whether or not to restore an eroding beach and which erosion control method(s) to implement. Results focus on providing a comparison of these concerns as well as recommendations for addressing coastal erosion issues.

Response of Catch-Per-Unit-Effort to Spatial and Environmental Factors: an Exploratory Data Analysis Using Generalized Additive Models

Understanding spatial distributions and how environmental conditions influence catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) is important for increased fishing efficiency and sustainable fisheries management. This study investigated the relationship between CPUE, spatial factors, temperature, and depth using generalized additive models. Combinations of factors, and not one single factor, were frequently included in the best model. Parameters which best described CPUE varied by geographic region. The amount of variance, or deviance, explained by the best models ranged from a low of 29% (halibut, Charlotte region) to a high of 94% (sablefish, Charlotte region). Depth, latitude, and longitude influenced most species in several regions. On the broad geographic scale, depth was associated with CPUE for every species, except dogfish. Latitude and longitude influenced most species, except halibut (Areas 4 A/D), sablefish, and cod. Temperature was important for describing distributions of halibut in Alaska, arrowtooth flounder in British Columbia, dogfish, Alaska skate, and Aleutian skate. The species-habitat relationships revealed in this study can be used to create improved fishing and management strategies.

The people's own book of recipes and information for the million : containing directions for the preservation of health, for the treatment of the sick and the conduct of the sick-room : with a full discussion of the more porminent diseases that afflict the human family, with full directions for their rational treatment : also, 1000 practical and useful recipes, embracing every department of domestic economy and human industry : with copious notes and emendations, explanatory and suggestive /

Recipes for domestic wines, cider, etc., on p. 306-315.

Mrs. Shaw's receipt book and housekeeper's assistant /

Includes index.

Intermedia aspects of air and water pollution control,

Prepared for Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under contract 68-01-0729, program element 1H1093.

The prize-essay on Portugal: being the essay for which "The Oliveira prize and medal" were awarded.

Mode of access: Internet.

Half-a-century of successful trade : being a sketch of the rise and development of the business of W & A Gilbey, 1857-1907 /

Includes index.

Open air grape culture; a practical treatise on the garden and vineyard culture of the vine.

Mode of access: Internet.

Hyatt's hand-book of grape culture; or, Why, where, when and how to plant and cultivate a vineyard, manufacture wines, etc., especially adapted to the state of California. As, also, to the United States, generally.

Mode of access: Internet.

Starting a winery in Illinois : profile and business plan workbook /

"Updated ... by Bradley Beam." -- p. [1].

Observations on the vinous fermentation : with a description of a patent apparatus to improve the same : also a statement of the advantages to be derived from this system when applied to the process of brewing, as confirmed by the testimony of Messrs. Gray and Co., brewers, of Westham, in the county of Essex.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 23792.

The experienced English housekeeper : for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c., written purely from practice : dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper : consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print /

Includes recipes for wine, mead, and other liquors; illustrations of kitchen stoves using coal; illustrations of layout of dishes for multi-course meal. Sample recipes: To bake herrings, To make cream pancakes, To make a blanc-mange of isinglass, To make cowslip wine.