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Ordos Plateau of China, The
An Endangered Environment
The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...
The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...
Regions at Risk
Comparisons of Threatened Environments
Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...
Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...
Amazonia
Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People
The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...
The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...
Arms Bazaar, The
This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.
This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.
Global Competitiveness and Human Development
Allies or Adversaries?
The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...
The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...
In Place of the Forest
Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula
This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...
This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...
People First
This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...
This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...