Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management

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Turfgrass management is the science of maintaining high quality turfgrasses. In this large and growing industry today's managers require a background not only in botany and horticulture but also in business management
This book provides the basic principles of turfgrass managment at a level that is accessible to students but which is also suitable for experienced professionals. Today in the US turfgrass is a $50 billion industry.
* Covers basic turfgrass science, fertilisation, mowing and turfgrass diseases and also provides practice tools to enable the reader to make practical every day management decisions
* This new edition offers expanded information on turfgrass nutrition, nitrogen sources, weeds, insects and disease identification and management
* Colour photos of grasses, weeds and turfgrass diseases makes this an easy-to-use valuable resource for students

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does a great job at covering the basics of turf management.......1999-04-29

This introductory-level book provides the beginner with the basics of turfgrass management. Scientific names are as up-to-date as possible for the turfgrasses as well as pests that invade them. Diagrams / photos of grasses and grass pests could be more extensive, but the cost of the book would likely escalate beyond the nominal price of this volume, which makes it attractive for use as a text in an entry-level turfgrass course.

Fundamentals of Turfgrass and Agricultural Chemistry

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Fundamentals of Turfgrass and Agricultural Chemistry
L. B. McCarty , Ian R. Rodriguez , B. Todd Bunnell , and F. Clint Waltz
Manufacturer: Wiley
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So you're ready to spread some fertilizer or perhaps spray some pesticide. Are you using the right chemical for the job? Are you using it in the right way? Are you breaking any environmental regulations? The knowledge level required of turf and agricultural managers when applying chemicals to a variety of sites today is constantly rising. But this book can help you meet the challenge. Written in non-technical language for the practicing manager, it conveys a basic understanding and working knowledge of fundamental chemical properties that relate to daily turfgrass and agricultural management. It gives you the practical knowledge you need to successfully and safely tackle the problem at hand. Complete, up-to-date information provided by two experts in the field cover the subject from A to Z, including new products, regulations, and management techniques.

Fundamentals of Tropical Turf Management (Cabi Publishing)

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G. Wiecko
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Computers are more and more becoming creative tools in music as well as in the visual arts and design. In the last few years, it has become clear that digital technology provides a platform for multimedia productions as well as a medium for new art forms. Computer Music and Computer Graphics & Animation have their own international forums. The need was felt, however, to bring together the diverse disciplines within art and technology in one international event - the First International Symposium on Electronic Art (FISEA). The Symposium attracted considerable interest and hundreds of papers and proposals were submitted, of which a selection were accepted. This book, also published as a supplement to the journal Leonardo, publishes 20 of these selected papers under the editorship of Wim van der Plas, Ton Hokken and Johan den Biggelaar. This richly illustrated issue on Electronic Art reflects the enormous international interest which FISEA generat

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Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people, and undermine local community and quality of life. Unfortunately planning has itself led to many unsustainable development practices.
Planning for Sustainability presents a straightforward, systematic analysis of how more sustainable cities and towns can be brought about. It does so in a highly readable manner that considers in turn each scale of planning: international, national, regional, municipal, neighborhood, site, and building. In the process it illustrates how sustainability initiatives at these different scales interrelate and how an overall framework can be developed for more liveable communities.

Design Out Crime: Creating Safe and Sustainable Communities

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Design Out Crime: Creating Safe and Sustainable Communities
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Here is a book about the practical design of communities and housing in which people can enjoy a good quality of life, free from crime and fear of crime.

Recognising that crime, vandalism and anti-social behaviour are issues of high public concern, and that the driving forces behind crime are numerous, this book argues that good design can help tackle many of these issues. It shows how, through integrating simple crime prevention principles in the design process, it is possible, almost without notice, to make residential environments much safer.

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Author: John Gnuschke
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Anyone working in today's business environment realizes that the chaos of change is the only constant. It seems the more you try to control or manage changes, the less in control you feel.

As a corporate consultant and psychologist, Susan M. Campbell, Ph.D., knows that the old ways of management have become obsolete. In From Chaos to Confidence, she presents six vital survival skills for managing in the face of change and uncertainty.

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An invaluable book on managing transitions!.......2000-10-18

A very useful book on the subject of managing transitions. Describes very lucidly the shift from a command/control model to a discovery/learning model in the work place. Concept of the six strategic meta-skills and the eight stages of change one usually undergoes when we encounter change are well explained. The case studies are also very enlightening in understanding change and transition management.

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