"I try to assemble the year 1947 into a splintered whole," Åsbrink writes in this gripping history, formed as a patchwork of significant events.
"The problem with UK counter-terrorism legislation over the past decade is that it has become a patchwork of knee-jerk responses to specific events, rather than something that has really been thought through," Inkster added.
The No. 1 recommendation of the agency's in-house, post-Fukushima task force was to overhaul its "patchwork" of regulations for "beyond-design-basis" events that plants aren't intended to withstand.
Over time, such storm events contribute to a patchwork of habitats, allowing for a rich diversity of species over the larger landscape.
Even when the forest is not entirely cleared, what remains is often a patchwork of forests and fields or, in the event of more intensive deforestation, "islands" of forest surrounded by a "sea" of deforested areas.
In this perspective, context is a resource or a patchwork of resources that participants in the focal event actively and dynamically engage in and connect with in respect to the focal event.
Unlike The Lobby unconference, this had a patchwork of panels, but in the main the event emphasised networking, socialising and, well, partying.
It has evolved over time as various developments revealed cracks, resulting in a patchwork of modifications to that basic structure in response to events.
The result is a patchwork of laws.
Increased "edge effect" (from a patchwork of varied land uses) can further promote interaction among pathogens, vectors, and hosts.
