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UNU (United Nations University) is the academic arm of the United Nations system, which implements research and educational programmes in the area of sustainable development, with the particular aim of assisting developing countries.

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LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY COMMUNITY

Long Road to Recovery, The

Community Responses to Industrial Disaster

18 Jul 1997
The Long Road to Recovery is about community responses to types of industrial disasters that, going far beyond the routine, constitute 'surprise' disaster. Straining against the limits of society's capacity to adjust, these disasters are producing unprecedented consequences and they are emerging ...
ETHNICITY & POWER IN THE CONTEMP

Ethnicity and Power in the Contemporary World

26 Sep 1997
Violent internal conflicts are the predominant form of warfare in the world today and there is an urgent need to understand their causes and find ways for their prevention or resolution. The 15 essays collected here present a variety of perspectives, conceptions, arguments and conclusions regardi...
EMERGING WORLD CITIES IN PACIFIC

Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia

26 Sep 1997
Pacific Asia is the fastest growing region in the world and its very large cities - world cities - have been playing a critical part in spearheading economic growth and social and cultural transformation. This book focuses on the functional characteristics and linkage effect of Pacific Asia's wor...
STEERING BUSINESS TOWARD SUSTAINAB

Steering Business Toward Sustainability

26 Dec 1997
Business executives, economists, ecologists and other thinkers outline new practical approaches that business and society must take to meet the challenge of minimizing ecological damage in their operations.
ARMS REDUCTION ECON IMPLICATION

Arms Reduction

Economic Implications in the Post-Cold War Era

26 Dec 1997
The end of the Cold War and the easing of East-West tensions have created a unique opportunity for global disarmament. This volume examines world trends in military spending, explores possible arms reduction scenarios and considers their impacts on the world economy, with particular emphasis on t...
STRENGTH THE FAMILY IMPLICAT INTL

Strengthening the Family

Implications for International Development

26 Dec 1997
This book explores the characteristics of families that strengthen the family unit and promote the development of its individual members. It examines how family social health improves the well-being of children and how family functioning interacts with national and international development. It a...
AMAZONIA RESILIENCY & DYNAMISM

Amazonia

Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People

Series:
UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
26 Dec 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 and considers current threats to the forests and their biodiversity. Various strategies for conserv...
VOLUNTEERS AGAINST CONFLICT

Volunteers Against Conflict

26 Sep 1997
Beginning with a brief history of events leading up to the genesis and development of the United Nations mission, each chapter describes the UN volunteer's involvement, along with the personal experiences of volunteers who lived and worked in Cambodia, South Africa, Mozambique, Yugoslavia, Rwanda...
MEGA CITY GROWTH& THE FUTURE

Mega-City Growth and the Future

23 Feb 1996
The rapid growth of mega-cities and their management will be a major challenge in the coming years. This publication contains contributions of experts in this area who examine a range of issues related to the mega-city phenomenon. Part one deals with the growth of mega-cities and explores demogra...
FRAGILE TROPICS OF LATIN AMERICA

Fragile Tropics of Latin America, The

Sustainable Management of Changing Environments

23 Feb 1996
The countries of Latin America are confronted with a major dilemma - the desire to exploit the resources of their tropical regions for economic development and on the other hand the realization of the problem of ecological fragility. The growing concern is the urgent need to find alternatives to ...
CULTURE OF VIOLENCE

Culture of Violence, The

23 Feb 1996
With the continuous increase in internal conflicts between groups within a state or between state and groups within the state, this timely publication provides a multi-faceted approach to the interface between cultures and the violent phenomena. With the use of case studies it gives new insight i...
OCEAN GOVERNANCE: SUSTAINABLE DEVE

Ocean Governance

Sustainable Development of the Seas

23 Feb 1996
The ocean is, like other ecosystems, vulnerable to exploitation. This publication examines the institutional implications of sustainable development of the oceans. It explores the national, regional and global dimensions of ocean governance and draws attention to the basic issues concerned with a...
REGIONS AT RISK COMPARISONS THREAT

Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series:
UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
23 Feb 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-date synthesis of vast amounts of here-to-fore inaccessible data.
SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR THE AGE

Social Support Systems for the Aged in Egypt

6 Nov 1992
This study is presented in three parts: the first part outlines the major historical developments that influenced current Egyptian social policy. The second part details the demographic, socio-economic and health characteristics of the research community. The third section presents an assessment ...
INFOODS FOOD COMPOSITION DATA INTE

INFOODS

Food Composition Data Interchange Handbook

25 Sep 1992
Data on the nutrient composition of foods are of crucial importance for health assessment, the formulation of appropriate therapeutic and institutional diets, food and nutrition training.The reader is provided with straight forward guidelines for identifying food components precisely.
COMPILING DATA FOR FOOD COMPOSITIO

Compiling Data for Food Composition Data Bases

28 Aug 1992
Knowledge of what is in the foods that are eaten around the world is of critical importance and at the same time extremely inadequate. Data on food composition underpin research and policy in a number of important areas of public health, dietetics, nutrition and epidemiology. This book is for any...
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN JAPAN

Industrial Pollution in Japan

22 May 1992
This study begins with a look at the well-known Ashio Copper Mine pollution case, one of modern Japan's first and most devastating environmental disasters; the country's worst pollution incident in the post-war period, the mercury poisoning in Minamata, whose victims are still on the increase tod...
OUTER SPACE SOURCE CONFLICT COOPER

Outer Space

A Source of Conflict or Co-operation?

7 Feb 1992
This technical study focuses on outer space technologies and their implications for conflict or peace. It deals with such areas as: space as a source of conflict, civil space activities, militarization of space and its implications, the potential for utilizing space technology for peaceful purpos...
ROLE LABOUR INTENSIVE SECTOR JAPAN

Role of Labour-Intensive Sectors in Japanese Industrialization, The

13 Mar 1992
This study traces the small-scale labour-intensive industries in Japan from the Meiji period (1868-1912) up to World War II. With numerous case studies of the shell-button, brush, knit fabric and bicycle industries, the study shows how each industry was established and developed. Analysis of the ...
NETWORKING IN BRUCELLOSIS RESEARCH

Networking in Brucellosis Research

Report of the United Nations University Brucellosis Research Network

6 Dec 1991
Brucellosis is a disease of animals and humans that causes serious economic and social distress, especially in developing countries. This volume examines the bacteriological, immunological, serological and molecular biology aspects of the bacteria in farm animals. It also evaluates the effectiven...
TROPICAL HOME GARDENS

Tropical Home Gardens

25 Mar 1991
This volume, the first study of its kind, begins a review of all currently available information and research results on home gardens in South and Southeast Asia, Latin American, Africa and the Pacific Islands. The authors identify areas in need of more extensive research and make recommendations...
GENERAL TRADING COMPANIES

General Trading Companies

A Comparative and Historical Study

14 Jun 1991
This study, by a group of Japanese business and economic historians, contributes to a better understanding of technological development in Japan generally and more particularly, of the specific character of the Japanese general trading company and its role in that development. Comparisons are mad...
FOOD & ENERGY STRATEGIES FOR SUST

Food and Energy

Strategies for Sustainable Development

14 Jun 1991
The authors analyze systems designed to integrate, intensify and increase food and energy production by transforming the by-products of one system into the feedstock of another. Strategies to increase access of the urban poor to food and energy by means of new, resource-saving, employment generat...
MIGRATION ARAB WORLD EXPERIENCE

Migration to the Arab World

Experience of Returning Migrants

18 Oct 1991
This study is a companion to 'Migration of Asian Workers to the Arab World'. The Arab region has witnessed a massive inflow of migrant workers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. This book is the output from research of a group of 500 returned migrant...
WOOD FUEL IN KANO

Wood Fuel in Kano

8 Nov 1990
In addition to the consumption, distribution, supply, ecological aspects and the management of wood fuel resources, the authors examine relevant policy issues, including alternative sources of wood fuel and conditions for a transition to other energy sources.
COLONIZATION & ENVIRO LAND SETTLE

Colonization and Environment

Land Settlement Projects in Central America

8 Nov 1990
This study is an important contribution to the urgent need for a careful assessment on the part of scholars, planners and decision-makers of past and present colonization schemes in order to insure future sustainable land use under satisfactory social, economic and ecological conditions.
INTRA HOUSEHOLD RESOURCE ALLOCATIO

Intra-Household Resource Allocation

8 Aug 1990
This study stresses the importance of understanding how resources are distributed within the household in order to design successful and effective development programmes.
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION & WOMEN

Demographic Transition and Women's Life Course in Colombia, The

8 Aug 1990
This is a comparative study of the impact of demographic transitions in Colombia on the lives and families of women in rural and urban areas and of different socio-economic strata. It looks at the relationship between women's labour participation and family formation, women's perceptions of their...
URBAN CRIME GLOBAL TRENDS & POL

Urban Crime

Global Trends and Policies

8 Aug 1990
Describes and compares the pattern and distribution of urban ordinary criminal behaviour in a variety of cultural settings; the social, economic and cultural structures or processes that may be conductive to the spread of ordinary crime; the strategies and programmes undertaken by governments and...
CLOUD FOREST IN THE HUMID TROPICS

Cloud Forest in the Humid Tropics

1 Jan 1987
Provided here is a comprehensive review of research and available literature related to the recently inaugurated study of cloud forests in the humid tropics.