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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...
Next Millennium, The
Cities for People in a Globalizing World
This report provides a summary account of all the main policy messages which emanated from the extremely rich and comprehensive debates at Marmaris, Turkey. The complete programme of the Roundtable is...
This report provides a summary account of all the main policy messages which emanated from the extremely rich and comprehensive debates at Marmaris, Turkey. The complete programme of the Roundtable is...
Money Matters
Private Finance for Sustainable Human Development
Private capital flows have been increasing sharply since the beginning of the 1990s. What are the reasons and what should be done to ensure that funding could be upkept? Observe as author Hugh Peyman...
Private capital flows have been increasing sharply since the beginning of the 1990s. What are the reasons and what should be done to ensure that funding could be upkept? Observe as author Hugh Peyman...
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...