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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...


Natural Gas Clauses in Petroleum Arrangements

Series: UNCTC Advisory Studies

This report analyzes contractual terms, outlines market prices and volume risks related to the development of natural gas.

This report analyzes contractual terms, outlines market prices and volume risks related to the development of natural gas.


International Debt Restructuring

Substantive Issues and Techniques

Series: UNCTC Advisory Studies
( Print: January 1989 )

As a response to numerous requests from decision-makers of debt restructuring, this study sets out the major substantive and legal issues needed to be addressed by sovereign borrowers facing the...

As a response to numerous requests from decision-makers of debt restructuring, this study sets out the major substantive and legal issues needed to be addressed by sovereign borrowers facing the...


Curricula for Accounting Education for East-West Joint Ventures in Centrally Planned Economies

Series: UNCTC Advisory Studies
( Print: January 1990 )

The purpose of this publication is to set out curricula for educating and training accountants, regulators and others especially on joint ventures in centrally planned economies.

The purpose of this publication is to set out curricula for educating and training accountants, regulators and others especially on joint ventures in centrally planned economies.


Negotiating International Hotel Chain Management Agreements

Series: UNCTC Advisory Studies
( Print: January 1990 )

Highlights the main issues involved in hotel management contracts and covers the selection and scope of services of international hotel chain and alternatives to management agreements.

Highlights the main issues involved in hotel management contracts and covers the selection and scope of services of international hotel chain and alternatives to management agreements.


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...


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...