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Alien species are among the five drivers of environmental change with the largest relative global impacts. In particular, horticulture is a major introduction pathway of alien plants, but, together with intentional introductions, plants can also be introduced and spread via human-mediated involuntary pathways as contaminants and stowaways. Recurring accidental introductions of alien plants to new areas can be the prelude to invasion on a large scale. Agriculture represents a sector that is severely impacted by invasive alien species and, at the same time, it is likely to be one of the main factors responsible of biological invasions. So, the present review highlights risks related to accidental introduction though human-mediated agricultural pathways of a politically relevant group of alien plants, invasive alien plants of Union concern (IAPUC), that are species whose prevention and management is mandatory in the European Union according to Regulation (EU) n. 1143/2014. Even if most IAPUC have been primarily introduced as economic plants, several accidental pathways related to agriculture can be identified for each one of them. The implementation of technologies and the sharing of good practices, at a wide scale and at different levels of the society, would help in overcoming several problematic issues related to the accidental transport of IAPUC.

The number of alien species arriving within new regions has increased at unprecedented rates. Managing the pathways through which alien species arrive and spread is important to reduce the threat of biological invasions. Harmonising information on pathways across individual sectors and user groups is therefore critical to underpin policy and action. The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) has been developed to easily facilitate open access to data of alien species in Europe. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Pathway Classification framework has become a global standard for the classification of pathways. We followed a structured approach to assign pathway information within EASIN for a subset of alien species in Europe, which covered 4169 species, spanning taxonomic groups and environments. We document constraints and challenges associated with implementing the CBD Pathway Classification framework and propose potential amendments to increase clarity. This study is unique in the scope of taxonomic coverage and also in the inclusion of primary (independent introductions to Europe) and secondary (means of dispersal for species expansion within Europe, after their initial introduction) modes of introduction. In addition, we summarise the patterns of introduction pathways within this subset of alien species within the context of Europe. Based on the analyses, we confirm that the CBD Pathway Classification framework offers a robust, hierarchical system suitable for the classification of alien species introduction and spread across a wide range of taxonomic groups and environments. However, simple modifications could improve interpretation of the pathway categories ensuring consistent application across databases and information systems at local, national, regional, continental and global scales. Improving consistency would also help in the development of pathway action plans, as required by EU legislation.

The number of alien species arriving within new regions has increased at unprecedented rates. Managing the pathways through which alien species arrive and spread is important to reduce the threat of biological invasions. Harmonising information on pathways across individual sectors and user groups is therefore critical to underpin policy and action. The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) has been developed to easily facilitate open access to data of alien species in Europe. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Pathway Classification framework has become a global standard for the classification of pathways. We followed a structured approach to assign pathway information within EASIN for a subset of alien species in Europe, which covered 4169 species, spanning taxonomic groups and environments. We document constraints and challenges associated with implementing the CBD Pathway Classification framework and propose potential amendments to increase clarity. This study is unique in the scope of taxonomic coverage and also in the inclusion of primary (independent introductions to Europe) and secondary (means of dispersal for species expansion within Europe, after their initial introduction) modes of introduction. In addition, we summarise the patterns of introduction pathways within this subset of alien species within the context of Europe. Based on the analyses, we confirm that the CBD Pathway Classification framework offers a robust, hierarchical system suitable for the classification of alien species introduction and spread across a wide range of taxonomic groups and environments. However, simple modifications could improve interpretation of the pathway categories ensuring consistent application across databases and information systems at local, national, regional, continental and global scales. Improving consistency would also help in the development of pathway action plans, as required by EU legislation.

The number of alien species arriving within new regions has increased at unprecedented rates. Managing the pathways through which alien species arrive and spread is important to reduce the threat of biological invasions. Harmonising information on pathways across individual sectors and user groups is therefore critical to underpin policy and action. The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) has been developed to easily facilitate open access to data of alien species in Europe. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Pathway Classification framework has become a global standard for the classification of pathways. We followed a structured approach to assign pathway information within EASIN for a subset of alien species in Europe, which covered 4169 species, spanning taxonomic groups and environments. We document constraints and challenges associated with implementing the CBD Pathway Classification framework and propose potential amendments to increase clarity. This study is unique in the scope of taxonomic coverage and also in the inclusion of primary (independent introductions to Europe) and secondary (means of dispersal for species expansion within Europe, after their initial introduction) modes of introduction. In addition, we summarise the patterns of introduction pathways within this subset of alien species within the context of Europe. Based on the analyses, we confirm that the CBD Pathway Classification framework offers a robust, hierarchical system suitable for the classification of alien species introduction and spread across a wide range of taxonomic groups and environments. However, simple modifications could improve interpretation of the pathway categories ensuring consistent application across databases and information systems at local, national, regional, continental and global scales. Improving consistency would also help in the development of pathway action plans, as required by EU legislation. ; European Commission ENV.B.2/SER/2015/0037rl ; COST Action CA17122 ; Czech Ministry of ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface. Can Feminism Be Accidental? -- Introduction. The Accidental Emergence of India's Elite Women Lawyers -- Chapter 1 Foci: Market Liberalization and the Changing Nature of Professional Work -- Chapter 2 Frames: Women Can't Match Up: The Sticky Assumptions of Gender and Work -- Chapter 3 Firms: Just Like an International Firm: The Advantage of Not Being -- Chapter 4 Facings: My Clients Prefer a Woman Lawyer: New Returns to Essentialism -- Chapter 5 Families: It Is (Not Always) Difficult Once You Have a Family: Work, Life, and Balance -- Chapter 6 Futures: Now What? What Do We Do with the Accidental? -- Appendix. Research Methods: Design, Discipline, Discursive Distance -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

-- Chapter 1: Introduction - Human Geography, Information and Communication Technology and Digital Sociology. -- Chapter 2: The Role of Computers in the Generation of Social Groups. -- Chapter 3: Collectives, Technology, Online Apps and Social Networks. -- Chapter 4: Software, Automated Spatial Configurations and the Built Environment. -- Chapter 5: Data Ethics, Fairness and Bias. -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Future of Automatic and Accidental Collectives.

Cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Why read this book?; Structure of the book; 1: Humanitarian urbanism; The camp as an accidental city; The coming of people with long lower lips -- a short history of Kakuma refugee camp; Towards a humanitarian urbanism; Studying the humanitarian urban; Methods; 2: The entitlement arena; From refugee protection to humanitarian governance.; The camp as an entitlement arena; Aid, public services and camp management; Notes on limbo, dependency and empowerment; Participation; Hybrid governance; Conclusion.

Preface -- Introduction : where the wild things are, now -- Hot spots -- The urban barnyard -- Nurturing nature -- Bambi boom -- Room to roam -- Out of the shadows -- Close encounters -- Home to roost -- Hide and seek -- Creature discomforts -- Catch and release -- Damage control -- Fast forward -- Better together -- Coda : lost and found.

International audience ; The number of alien species arriving within new regions has increased at unprecedented rates. Managing the pathways through which alien species arrive and spread is important to reduce the threat of biological invasions. Harmonising information on pathways across individual sectors and user groups is therefore critical to underpin policy and action. The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) has been developed to easily facilitate open access to data of alien species in Europe. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Pathway Classification framework has become a global standard for the classification of pathways. We followed a structured approach to assign pathway information within EASIN for a subset of alien species in Europe, which covered 4169 species, spanning taxonomic groups and environments. We document constraints and challenges associated with implementing the CBD Pathway Classification framework and propose potential amendments to increase clarity. This study is unique in the scope of taxonomic coverage and also in the inclusion of primary (independent introductions to Europe) and secondary (means of dispersal for species expansion within Europe, after their initial introduction) modes of introduction. In addition, we summarise the patterns of introduction pathways within this subset of alien species within the context of Europe. Based on the analyses, we confirm that the CBD Pathway Classification framework offers a robust, hierarchical system suitable for the classification of alien species introduction and spread across a wide range of taxonomic groups and environments. However, simple modifications could improve interpretation of the pathway categories ensuring consistent application across databases and information systems at local, national, regional, continental and global scales. Improving consistency would also help in the development of pathway action plans, as required by EU legislation.

"The Cause, Effect and Control of Accidental Loss takes the reader through fifteen phases of a typical workplace accident and shows how accidents can be prevented by the introduction of safety management controls in the form of a structured health and safety management system (SMS). It proposes that once the event has been triggered, there is no certainty as to the outcome, so workplaces should rely on proactive safety actions rather than reactive ones. Now fully updated, this new edition expands on the important concepts from the first editions, including hazard identification, risk assessment, flawed safety management systems (SMS), the potential for loss, and management control. This title: - Challenges the paradigm that the measure of consequence (losses) is a good indicator of safety effort. - Introduces three luck factors that determine the course of the accident sequence. - Explains what causes accidents, their consequences, and how to prevent them. - Showcases accident immediate causes including high-risk (unsafe) acts and high-risk (unsafe) conditions. The text is an essential read for professionals, graduate students, and academics in the field of occupational health, safety, and industrial hygiene"--

ACCIDENTAL FALLS: RISK FACTORS, PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES -- ACCIDENTAL FALLS: RISK FACTORS, PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE: PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS,ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RISK FACTORS -- FALLS IN PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT -- HOW TO ASSESS FALLS AND SCREEN PEOPLE WITH RISK OF FALLS -- PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Opportunities -- Chapter 2: Connections -- Chapter 3: Visbility -- Chapter 4: Pride -- Chapter 5: Institutions -- Epilogue -- Positionality Statement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword, by Jerry Dennis -- Preface -- Part I. Freshwater Reef: A World Below and Beyond -- At the Reef -- Underwater Rashomon -- Feast and Famine -- On Naming and Knowing -- Part II. On Seeing and Knowing: An Underwater Biography -- Bad Diver -- Waters That Bind -- An Interview about Seeing -- River People -- Power in the Visual -- A Not-So-Objective Introduction to the Fish Consumption Advisory -- Rooted in Sustainability -- A Dazzling Discovery -- Currents -- (Seeing + Knowing) × Time = Hope? -- Part III. The Paradox of Abundance: Or, Problems of Scale -- Negotiating Abundance and Scarcity, with Daniel Macfarlane -- Water, Oil, and Fish, with Daniel Macfarlane -- Salt Mines and Iron Ranges (An Extraction Index) -- The Paradox of Abundance -- The Accidental Reef -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Contingency's Challenge to Political Science -- 1. From Fortune to Feedback: Contingency and the Birth of Modern Political Science -- 2. Mapping Contingency -- 3. Resilience as the Explanandum of Social Theory -- 4. Events as Causes: The Case of American Politics -- 5. Contingent Public Policies and Racial Hierarchy: Lessons from Immigration and Census Policies -- 6. Region, Contingency, and Democratization -- 7. Contingency, Politics, and the Nature of Inquiry: Why Non-Events Matter -- 8. Modeling Contingency -- 9. When Democracy Complicates Peace: How Democratic Contingencies Affect Negotiated Settlements -- 10. Contingency in Biophysical Research -- Contributors -- Index