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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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CHANGING NATURE OF DEMOCRACY

Changing Nature of Democracy, The

31 Jul 1998
A number of democratic experiments are in jeopardy, and democracy has not been able to meet all the demands that confront these transitional societies. In some circumstances, democratization has proven to be a politically destabilizing and socially uncomfortable process. The Changing Nature of De...
MODELLING GLOBAL CHANGE

Modelling Global Change

9 Oct 1998
The profound transformations occurring in the world's politics, economics, demography, technology, ecology and ethics demand a means of evaluating and adjusting to these changes. This volume focuses on global modelling and simulation studies to examine world megatrends of change and response alte...
SUSTAINAB MNGMT SOIL RESOURCES

Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Humid Tropics

19 Jun 1998
Misuse of the soil and inappropriate agricultural systems are causing degradation of the humid tropical eco-region and perpetuating food shortages, malnutrition and poor standards of living. This publication presents research information on scientifically proven methods of deforestation for conve...
OBSTACLES TO TREE PLANTING IN ARID

Obstacles to Tree Planting in Arid and Semi-arid Lands

Comparative Case Studies from India and Kenya

Focusing on the problems of meeting the growing need for timber, fodder and fuel in arid and semi-arid lands, this publication offers a striking contrast between the situations in India and Kenya. It presents a background on each country including a discussion on their policy, strategy and organi...
AGROFORESTRY THE PACIFIC ISLAND

Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands

Systems for Sustainability

1 Jan 1993
The replacement of forest with human domesticates is one of the most ancient relationships between humanity and the environment. What is new is the rate and scale at which forests are being cleared to make way for agriculture. With the possibility looming of a total loss of tropical forests, ther...
INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM RESTRUCTURI

Industrial Metabolism

Restructuring for Sustainable Development

This ground-breaking study presents a new way of looking at one of the most pressing problems facing humanity today- industrial development in the face of global environmental change. It views the issue as a metabolic process revealing very important policy implications. The industrial metabolism...
CULTURE DEV & DEMOCRACY

Culture, Development and Democracy

The Role of the Intellectual

20 Apr 1998
Leading intellectuals from different regions of the world share their views on the role of the intellectual in culture, development, democracy, freedom and human rights, particularly in developing countries. The themes presented range from specific issues of political theory to case studies of in...
EVOLVING NEW GLOBAL ENVIRO DEV

Evolving New Global Environment for the Development Process, The

The discussions in this book offer an informative and compelling account of the recent changes in development and the main political and economic trends shaping the international environment. It focuses on the changing global scene and its impact on different dimensions of the development process...
STATE SOCIETY & THE UN SYSTEM

State, Society and the UN System

Changing Perspectives on Multilateralism

15 Apr 1998
The revival of interest among scholars, statesmen and the general public is closely related to changes in the basic parameters of the post-1945 world order. This book examines, against this changing backdrop, multilateralism and the UN system from the perspective of what is called a 'state /socie...
IMPACT ECON DEV RURAL WOMEN CHINA

Impact of Economic Development on Rural Women in China, The

Land reforms and economic and social changes since 1949 have had substantial impact on the lives of the rural population of China. This publication examines some of the effects of these changes in the lives of women in two areas of the country with different levels of economic development focusin...
CONSERVAT & DEV NORHERN THAILAND

Conservation and Development in Northern Thailand

In the field of natural resources, the balance between conservation and development, between economic pressures and environmental integrity, is notoriously difficult to achieve. In rural areas of developing countries the tremendous lack of knowledge and scarcity of trained manpower makes this bal...
SOUTH EAST ASIA

South-East Asia's Environmental Future

The Search for Sustainability

South-East Asia's economic success since the 1950s has placed heavy demands on its natural resources and on the capacity of its environment to sustain continued development. By the end of the 1980s, there was growing concern that present forms of development are unsustainable. This publication an...
INTL FINANCE & DEV CTRIES 1997 DIS

International Finance and Developing Countries in a Year of Crisis

1997 Discussions at the United Nations

22 May 1998
Experts and professionals in international finance present their views on lessons to be drawn from the Asian Currency crisis as well as policy issues in capital flows in developing countries. This book contains a background chapter on financial flows, financial crises and financial policy needs a...
FUTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Future of the United Nations System, The

Potential for the Twenty-first Century

19 Jun 1998
All desiring to be challenged to think creatively about the potential for coping with a growing array of global problems will find this volume to be stimulating reading. Penetrating analyses of past and present experience in a broad array of 'laboratories' in the United Nations system are pointed...
ECO RESTRUCTURING IMPLICATIONS

Eco-Restructuring

Implications for Sustainable Development

10 Apr 1998
The comprehensive presentation in this publication breaks new ground in the understanding of sustainability as a multi- and interdisciplinary area. It provides a significant contribution to the literature on sustainability by identifying, on a sectoral basis, the critical issues facing the world ...
CENTRAL EURASIAN WATER CRISIS

Central Eurasian Water Crisis

Caspian, Aral and Dead Seas

27 Mar 1998
'Central Eurasian Water Crisis' refers to the awareness by the global community that, in the 21st century, people in various regions around the world will likely face problems of water quality and quantity. These problems have already surfaced in several locations. This volume focuses on three of...
NORTH THE SOUTH & THE ENVIRO

North, the South, and the Environment, The

Ecological Constraints and the Global Economy

26 Dec 1997
Experts from the North and the South assess the types of economic institutions, government policies and international arrangements which are needed in order to achieve sustainable development in both the industrial and developing world, and a just and economically viable relationship between them.
ENVIRO CHANGE & INTL LAW NEW CHALL

Environmental Change and International Law

New Challenges and Dimensions

In this study of the emerging international legal issues associated with global environmental change, a diverse group of eminent legal scholars and practitioners from around the world addresses the new directions in international environmental law and to a lesser extent in international instituti...
IN PLACE OF THE FOREST

In Place of the Forest

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

Series:
UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
9 Jan 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 deforestation that has taken place since the 1960s. It begins with a description of the natural environment...
GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGES

Global Transformation

Challenges to the State System

9 Jan 1998
This collaborative effort of 20 scholars from around the world represents the first truly comprehensive critical reflection on the contemporary global transformation. It addresses the challenges of internationalization of the state; the globalization of political economy; transnational social mov...
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM THE POLICIES

United Nations System, The

The Policies of Member States

3 Dec 1997
The end of the Cold War has brought dramatic changes in global political relations and in their most important forum, the United Nations. The essays in this volume provide a comparative study of national policies towards the United Nations. Eight cases have been selected - Algeria, Canada, France...
WHO

Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know? Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation

27 Mar 1998
Recognizing that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected, this publication discusses the difference between food shortage, food poverty and food deprivation. It examines how rules for food distribution operate under normal versus crisis conditions ...
PEACE & SECURITY THE ASIA PACIFIC

Peace and Security in the Asia Pacific Region

Post-Cold War Problems and Prospects

The world's leading authorities in the area of peace and conflict studies address themselves to such issues as the transition from strategic deterrence to problem-solving, intra-regional conflicts and their challenge to peace attainment, the situation of arms and defence in the region, and new ap...
GLOBAL ECON COOPERATION GUIDE

Global Economic Cooperation

A Guide to Agreements and Organizations

Written by an international team of specialists, this book is structured around the following themes: the organization of trade and production; monetary and financial co-operation; contracts, payments, and dispute settlements; and management of common resources and environmental protection.
EXPANDING ACCESS SCIENCE & TECHN

Expanding Access to Science and Technology

The Role of Information Technologies

3 Nov 1994
It is recognized that new information technologies are fundamentally restructuring traditional ways of providing access to science and technology. However, despite the current rate of technological innovation, there is a trend to greater disparities among nations in terms of access to information...
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE & FEMALE LABOU

Technology Change and Female Labour in Japan

1 Jan 1993
Japan's explosive transformation from a primarily agrarian society to a highly industrialized modern nation has been the subject in recent years of a great deal of interest and study, particularly in the newly industrializing countries. Spanning the period from the early stages of Japanese indust...
LAT AMER TODAY

Latin America Today

1 Nov 1997
This volume analyses the problems and prospects of contemporary Latin America based on five related themes: the economic crisis; the democratization process and the changing nature of the state; the rise of social movements; the dialectics of culture and power; and the new conflicts and underlyin...
IMPACT TECHNOLOGY HUMAN RIGHTS

Impact of Technology on Human Rights, The

Global Case-Studies

1 Jan 1992
This book is a sequel to Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Development and follows on the theoretical discussion concerning the interrelation between scientific and technological development and human rights presented in the earlier volume. It describes actual situations resulting fro...