Juegos acuáticos para personas con diversidad funcional


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Este libro presenta 145 juegos acuáticos para personas con autismo, espina bífida, parálisis braquial obstétrica, parálisis cerebral infantil y síndrome de Down. Utiliza como base el Método Acuático Comprensivo, el cual se basa en el uso de juegos o dinámicas que resulten interesantes, y a partir de ellos, conseguir el aprendizaje deseado. Su objetivo es poder servir de ayuda en la programación de actividades de estimulación para personas con diversidad funcional, tanto para los profesionales del ámbito, como para alguien sin los conocimientos técnicos específicos del medio acuático en referencia a las necesidades especiales. El fin de los juegos acuáticos propuestos es que todo lo realizado tenga una transferencia en el día, mejorando su calidad de vida y creando hábitos de vida saludables y perdurables en el tiempo. Los autores eligieron el medio acuático para llevar a cabo la intervención porque da la posibilidad de participar en la formación y desarrollo integral del ser humano desde una perspectiva global y educativa, a través de la expresión libre de las destrezas cognitivas, afectivas, motrices y cinestésico-táctiles acuáticas, así como por la capacidad de desenvolverse con cierta autonomía e independencia en un medio no habitual.




Juegos Acuáticos


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Gilles Madelénat, propone en esta obra, de manera muy pertinente, una invitación a la práctica acuática para los juegos. El descubrimiento del medio acuático es muy poco frecuentemente abordado por medio de juegos colectivos. Sin embargo, sabemos que los juegos captan la atención de los niños y de los adolescentes, y cuánto los motivan. Es por eso que, para comenzar, les proponemos formas de juego simples y fáciles, para introducirlos en el tema, ofreciendo la posibilidad de completar, de variar y de volver más atractiva la actividad acuática. Como este repertorio está lejos de ser exhaustivo, ustedes podrán crear otros juegos utilizando su imaginación y su experiencia adquirida. A continuación, esta obra presenta una gran cantidad de desplazamientos que podrán servir de base para la práctica de un deporte colectivo poco difundido, pero reconocido por sus valores educativos y motrices: el waterpolo (una variedad del hándball acuático). Cualquiera que sea el juego elegido, esta actividad permitirá a los practicantes moverse con seguridad en un medio acuático. Finalmente, aportamos una ayuda, que esperamos sea valiosa, para la organización y para las diferentes formas de desenvolverse en función del espacio disponible y del número de practicantes, ya que esto es, lo sabemos, un problema mayor en la pileta de natación.




Benchmarking Water Services


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Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: "The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied." "The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement." "Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process" - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua




6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture


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On October 14-19, 1990, the 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sponsored by the GCI, the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, ICCROM, CRATerre-EAG, and the National Park Service, under the aegis of US/ICOMOS, the event was organized to promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and research findings on the conservation of earthen architecture. Presentations at the conference covered a diversity of subjects, including the historic traditions of earthen architecture, conservation and restoration, site preservation, studies in consolidation and seismic mitigation, and examinations of moisture problems, clay chemistry, and microstructures. In discussions that focused on the future, the application of modern technologies and materials to site conservation was urged, as was using scientific knowledge of existing structures in the creation of new, low-cost, earthen architecture housing.







Global Environmental Constitutionalism


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Reflecting a global trend, scores of countries have affirmed that their citizens are entitled to healthy air, water, and land and that their constitution should guarantee certain environmental rights. This book examines the increasing recognition that the environment is a proper subject for protection in constitutional texts and for vindication by constitutional courts. This phenomenon, which the authors call environmental constitutionalism, represents the confluence of constitutional law, international law, human rights, and environmental law. National apex and constitutional courts are exhibiting a growing interest in environmental rights, and as courts become more aware of what their peers are doing, this momentum is likely to increase. This book explains why such provisions came into being, how they are expressed, and the extent to which they have been, and might be, enforced judicially. It is a singular resource for evaluating the content of and hope for constitutional environmental rights.







Participatory Workshops


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This sourcebook is for all who work with others on participatory learning and change. Written in a spirit of critical reflection and serious fun, it provides 21 sets of ideas and options for facilitators, trainers, teachers and presenters, and anyone who organises and manages workshops, courses, classes and other events for sharing and learning ideas. It covers topics such as getting started, seating arrangements, forming groups, managing large numbers, helping each other learn, analysis and feedback, dealing with dominators, evaluation and ending, coping with horrors, and common mistakes.




Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas


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This book describes the state of the art of tourism planning and management in national parks and protected areas. It also provides guidelines for best practice in tourism operations. Other objectives are to: Describe case studies and guidelines that contribute to conservation of biological diversity; consider the role of local communities within or near these areas; outline the development of tourism infrastructure and services; discuss visitor management; provide guidelines to enhance the quality of the tourism experience. The focus is global and the book will appeal to both academics and practitioners.




Integrated River Basin Governance


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Integrated River Basin Governance - Learning from International Experience is designed to help practitioners implement integrated approaches to river basin management (IRBM). It aims to help the coming generation of senior university students learn how to design IRBM and it provides current researchers and the broader water community with a resource on river basin management. Drawing on both past and present river basin and valley scale catchment management examples from around the world, the book develops an integration framework for river basin management. Grounded in the theory and literature of natural resources management and planning, the thrust of the book is to assist policy and planning, rather than extend knowledge of hydrology, biophysical modelling or aquatic ecology. Providing a classification of river basin organizations and their use, the book also covers fundamental issues related to implementation: decision-making. institutions and organizations. information management. participation and awareness. legal and economic issues. integration and coordination processes. building human capacity. Integrated River Basin Governance focuses on the social, economic, organizational and institutional arrangements of river basin management. Methods are outlined for implementing strategic and regional approaches to river basin management, noting the importance of context and other key elements which have been shown to impede success. The book includes a range of tools for river basin governance methods, derived from real life experiences in both developed and developing countries. The successes and failures of river basin management are discussed, and lessons learned from both are presented. The ebook for this title is available to download for free on the WaterWiki.