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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...

The compilation of these symposium papers of international law experts represents a contribution to efforts to safeguard outer space for peaceful uses and a response to the concerns expressed about...

Four studies cover different questions relating to the use of natural resources in semi-arid lands. Included are special crop cultivation measures, irrigation and water supply provisions and fuel or...

Mangrove forests form a dynamic ecosystem, rich in resources and serving multiple ecological functions and have traditionally supported a variety of human settlements. But they are now threatened with...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

This study stresses the importance of understanding how resources are distributed within the household in order to design successful and effective development programmes.

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...

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...

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...

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...