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"Due to increasing population, decreased cultivable land, and mounting scarcity of water, it is essential to optimize the use of available resources. Climate change is occurring across the world but its effect may be local or region-specific, including localized watershed management. In order to minimize these effects, governments and environmental agencies encourage the adoption of "climate-smart" agricultural technologies, which involve implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and enhance watersheds. Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change examines all of these issues and provides best practices for sustainability"--

Promoting green product consumption is one important element in building a sustainable society. Yet green products are usually more costly. In times of high inflation, not only budget constraints but also the fear that prices will continue to rise might dampen green product consumption and, hence, limit the effectiveness of exerted efforts to promote sustainable behaviors. To test this suggestion, we conducted a Germany-wide survey with almost 1,200 respondents, followed by a framed field experiment (N=500) to confirm causality. In the survey, respondents' stated "green" purchasing behavior is, as to be expected, positively correlated with concerns about climate change. It is also negatively correlated with concerns about future inflation and energy costs, but after controlling for observable characteristics such as income and educational level only the correlation with concerns about future prices remains significant. This result is driven by individuals with below-median environmental attitude. In the framed field experiment, we use the priming method to manipulate the saliency of inflation concerns. Whereas sizably relaxing the budget constraint (i.e., by 50 percent) has no impact on the share of organic products in participants' baskets, the priming significantly decreases the share of organic products for individuals with below-median environmental attitude, similar to the survey data.

""Many decades before Ted Bundy roamed the country there was serial killer Earle Nelson. During the 1920s, this geographically mobile serial killer roamed from city to city. His modus operandi involved getting into a house by pretending to be a person looking for a room to rent or inspecting a house that was for sale, and then strangling the landlady, often followed by having sex with the dead body. Robbery was frequently a secondary motive. After Nelson was captured in Canada in 1927, it was commonly reported that he had killed 21 women and a baby during the 1926-27 period. But were these the only cases linked to him? The author examines an additional nine unsolved murders of landladies, two of which have never been dealt with in previous literature. Based on decades of archival research, the author examines all 31 murders, relying on primary sources when available and a wide variety of secondary sources. For each murder, the book provides biographical sketches of the victim, outlines the police investigation and the various suspects, and covers any subsequent attempts to link Nelson to the crime by identification evidence of witnesses or by fingerprints."-Provided by publisher"--

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Discovered Ignorance: Recognizing the Problem -- 1. Ken-O-Sha's Geologic Past and the Plaster Creek Watershed Today -- 2. Earliest Watershed Inhabitants and the Arrival of the Ottawa -- Part 2. The History of Plaster Creek: Acknowledging Our Complicity -- 3. Interactions between the Ottawa and European Immigrants -- 4. European Settlement in West Michigan and the Impact on Plaster Creek -- 5. Worldview Contrasts and Ecological Fallout -- Part 3. The New Story of Plaster Creek: Committing to Restoration and Reparations -- 6. The Emergence of Plaster Creek Stewards -- 7. Developing Engaged Citizens through Place-Based Education -- 8. Assessing the Problems with Applied Research -- 9. Reconciling the Human-Nature Relationship through On-the-Ground Restoration -- 10. Loving Our Downstream Neighbor-A Call for Environmental Justice -- 11. Engaging Faith Communities -- 12. Shaping Future Environmental Leaders -- 13. An Invitation to the Work of Reconciliation Ecology Everywhere -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This concise and accessible guide to designing a dissertation, thesis or other major study helps researchers achieve the best possible outcomes. It sets out approaches that are not limited by conventions, but instead give the researcher the confidence to handle questions, literature reviews, data collection, analysis and other processes.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Our Journey Continues -- An Ode to Brazilian Soil Health -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Soil Health and Modern Brazilian Agriculture -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- A Historical Overview of Brazilian Agriculture and Soil Management -- The Evolution Timeline for Brazilian Agriculture to Soil Health -- Future Trends of Soil Health in Brazilian Agriculture -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems for Improved Soil Health, Environmental Benefits, and Sustainable Production -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Background, Conceptualization, and Combinations of Integrated Systems in Brazil -- SH as a Result of Complex Interactions in Integrated Systems -- SH in Integrated Systems: Effects on Nutrient Cycling and NUE -- Physical SH in Integrated Systems with "Soil‐Building Plants": Soil Aggregation and Water Holding Capacity -- SH in Integrated Systems: Soil Enzymes and Fauna Biodiversity -- SH in Integrated Systems: C Storage and GHG Mitigation -- SH Effects on Soybean Grain Yield and Animal Production and Welfare in Tropical ICLF Systems -- Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 3 Soil Organic Carbon Restoration as the Key Driver to Promote Soil Health in No‐till Systems of the Tropics -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Context -- C‐budget and Turnover Time Perspective -- Natural capital balance -- Carbon Balance in a Production System with High Carbon Input -- Context -- Soil Health Status at Farm and Field Levels -- Future studies -- References -- Chapter 4 Cover Crops and Soil Health in Brazilian Agricultural Systems -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Main Cover Crops and Their Introduction into the Annual Cropping Systems in Brazil -- Main Cover Crop Species Cultivated in Brazil -- Spring/Summer Cover Crops.

In the era of digital transformation, the healthcare industry stands at a significant crossroad. With Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) at the core of this transition, the role of accountants is evolving dramatically. This book brings these pieces together to guide accountants and interested readers through the changing landscape.

Describing an innovative approach to the evaluation of complex health interventions, this book allows reader to assess what interventions work, how and for whom. Proposing how realist evaluation methods may be incorporated within trials and systematic reviews, this approach provides useful evidence to inform policy and scientific advancement.

This ground-breaking book uses a comprehensive study of a novel Masters Education program to showcase how teachers can be engaged in authoritative justice-inquiry-based research, using comparative education theory and the UNESCO SDGs as powerful frameworks.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Introduction -- Step One -- Step Two -- Step Three -- Step Four -- Step Five -- Step Six -- Step Seven -- Step Eight -- Step Nine -- Step Ten -- Step Eleven -- Step Twelve -- About the Author -- Publisher Information.