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Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000 )

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...


Manual on Technology Transfer Negotiations

Series: General Studies
( Print: October 1996 )

Technology transfer is a key element in achieving international competitiveness. This Manual addresses the needs of the decision-maker in search of technology, its evaluation, selection and...

Technology transfer is a key element in achieving international competitiveness. This Manual addresses the needs of the decision-maker in search of technology, its evaluation, selection and...


Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996 )

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

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997 )

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...


Design and Manufacture of Bamboo and Rattan Furniture

Series: General Studies
( Print: December 1996 )

This manual will increase the awareness of the results that can be achieved when rattan furniture factories are established according to rational industrial procedures. It will be of great use to...

This manual will increase the awareness of the results that can be achieved when rattan furniture factories are established according to rational industrial procedures. It will be of great use to...


Using Statistics for Process Control and Improvement

An Introduction to Basic Concepts and Techniques

Series: General Studies
( Print: April 1997 )

A firm's prosperity, as well as a whole industrial sector's ability to compete in the international market, will depend on, among other elements, the adoption of techniques for continuous improvement...

A firm's prosperity, as well as a whole industrial sector's ability to compete in the international market, will depend on, among other elements, the adoption of techniques for continuous improvement...


In Place of the Forest

Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998 )

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...