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Organization Theory and Transnational Social Movements: Organizational Life and Internal Dynamics of Power Exercise within the Alternative Globalizati
ISBN: 9780739165577 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the internal functioning and exercise of power inside a widely acclaimed transnational social organization: the alternative globalization movement. Drawing on new empirical data and perspectives from the Organizational Theory (OT), it highlights the movements' many unique features that are yet to be fully grasped within theoretical debates: ideological flexibility, emphasis on networking, informal structure and refusal to accept order from political parties. The book asserts that organizational power is a real issue not only within economic enterprises or formal political...
This book explores the internal functioning and exercise of power inside a widely acclaimed transnational social organization: the alternative globali...
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450,59 |
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Climate and Development: Climate Change and Variability and the Resulting Social, Economic and Technological Implications
ISBN: 9783540512691 / Angielski / Miękka / 477 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Hamburg Congress on Climate and Development was conceived as a response to the worldwide interest on issues of climatic change and variability. It was intended as an interdisciplinary forum to bring together differing perceptions in a face to face dialogue. Even though concern over climate change has been on the international agenda of international interest became evident in the for over a decade, a new surge wake of two recent events. One was the widespread support received by the 1987 Brundtland Commission Report, Our Common Future, and the other was the 1988 Montreal Protocol on...
The Hamburg Congress on Climate and Development was conceived as a response to the worldwide interest on issues of climatic change and variability. It...
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402,53 |
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Voyage Et Enracinement
ISBN: 9786131560439 / Francuski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le dernier flux migratoire des Grecs pontiques de l''ex URSS, un rA(c)sultat direct des changements gA(c)opolitiques du XX s, est un A(c)vA(c)nement majeur de l''histoire de la diaspora grecque. Par le retour A leur patrie historique, les Grecs pontiques se trouvent face A face avec leur propre histoire. Le contact avec la sociA(c)tA(c) d''accueil se fait avec des difficultA(c)s, des illusions mais aussi avec des nouveaux rAaves. Leur installation en Thrace et A AthA]nes et le processus de leur intA(c)gration sociale font apparaitre les points forts du groupe migratoire, mais aussi mettent en...
Le dernier flux migratoire des Grecs pontiques de l''ex URSS, un rA(c)sultat direct des changements gA(c)opolitiques du XX s, est un A(c)vA(c)nement m...
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398,10 |
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Rocky Mountain Divide: Selling and Saving the West
ISBN: 9780292728677 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The opposing forces of conservation and development have shaped and will continue to shape the natural environment and scenic beauty of the American West. Perhaps nowhere are their opposite effects more visible than in the neighboring states of Colorado and Utah, so alike in their spectacular mountain environments, yet so different in their approaches to land conservation. This study explores why Colorado has over twenty-five land trusts, while Utah has only one. John Wright traces the success of voluntary land conservation in Colorado to the state's history as a region of secular... The opposing forces of conservation and development have shaped and will continue to shape the natural environment and scenic beauty of the America... |
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112,60 |
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Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas
ISBN: 9780387940625 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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371,20 |
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Terrorism, Risk and the City: The Making of a Contemporary Urban Landscape
ISBN: 9780754635550 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development of defensive strategies encompassing the fortification and privatization of the city has attracted significant attention during recent years, and has become particularly relevant in the aftermath of September 11th. Dealing with issues of risk, security and the spatial restructuring of contemporary western cities, this book examines how the perceived risk of terrorist attack led to changes in the physical form and institutional infrastructure of the city of London during the 1990s when the city was a prime terrorist target. The book analyses how the various formal and informal...
The development of defensive strategies encompassing the fortification and privatization of the city has attracted significant attention during recent...
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710,17 |
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Not Yet a Placeless Land: Tracking an Evolving American Geography
ISBN: 9781558498716 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenges the widespread belief that the American cultural landscape has lost its diversity
Challenges the widespread belief that the American cultural landscape has lost its diversity
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141,98 |
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Climate Change, Man-made Destruction and the Loss of Rural Livelihoods
ISBN: 9783639328295 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The devastating effect of climate change can be seen especially in geographically vulnerable countries. Every year, a disaster-prone country like Bangladesh; loses much of its resources as a consequence of natural calamities. Bangladesh is situated in a geographical position where natural devastation occurs often-resulting in substantial damages to poor villagers.It has also been observed that both natural and man-made changes can alter the patterns of poor peoples lives and livelihoods. Faulty development policies and economic interests of the rich, such as promoting shrimp farming in a...
The devastating effect of climate change can be seen especially in geographically vulnerable countries. Every year, a disaster-prone country like Bang...
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219,18 |
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Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe
ISBN: 9780415897433 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe challenges a view of Nordic societies as homogenously white, and as human rights champions that are so progressive that even the concept of race is deemed irrelevant to their societies. The book places African Diasporas, race and legacies of imperialism squarely in a Nordic context. How has a nation as peripheral as Iceland been shaped by an identity of being white? How do Black Norwegians challenge racially conscribed views of Norwegian nationhood? What does the history of jazz in Denmark say about the relation between... Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe challenges a view of Nordic societies as homogenously white, and as human rig... |
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747,55 |
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Cities, Regions and Flows
ISBN: 9780415682190 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title presents a theoretical framework for understanding the changing relationship between places and movement. It analyses the significance of flows of goods for urban and regional development and emphasizes the twin processes of integration and disintegration that result from goods movement within urban space.
This title presents a theoretical framework for understanding the changing relationship between places and movement. It analyses the significance of f...
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799,10 |
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La Gestion Intégrée Des Zones Côtières (Gizc), Une Nouvelle Gouvernance
ISBN: 9786131563720 / Francuski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La Gestion IntA(c)grA(c)e des Zones CAtiA]res (GIZC) est un concept rA(c)cent en France, arrivA(c) dans l''hexagone via l''Europe. Son origine est retracA(c)e, de mAame que ses principes, traitA(c)s plus largement A travers deux territoires: le bassin d''Arcachon et le littoral picard. Ceux-ci prA(c)sentent une identitA(c) forte en raison des activitA(c)s traditionnelles qui les caractA(c)risent. Ils sont aussi soumis A des dynamiques naturelles qui influent sur leur gestion, et rA(c)ciproquement. Par le biais d''une dA(c)marche holistique, les facteurs ayant incitA(c) A la mise en place...
La Gestion IntA(c)grA(c)e des Zones CAtiA]res (GIZC) est un concept rA(c)cent en France, arrivA(c) dans l''hexagone via l''Europe. Son origine est ret...
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438,35 |
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People, Places and Landscapes: Social Change in High Amenity Rural Areas
ISBN: 9789400712621 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a cogent empirical analysis of the interplay between a region's natural amenities and its socioeconomic evolution. It focuses on the rural sectors of America's Intermountain West region, which lies between the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east. Coherently structured and meticulously detailed, it adds much to our understanding of the ways an area's forests, lakes, mountains, parkland and historic attractions affect residents' sense of well-being as well as the sociodemographicand economic changes they experience. The book... This volume is a cogent empirical analysis of the interplay between a region's natural amenities and its socioeconomic evolution. It focuses on the... |
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603,81 |
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Natural Processes and Human Impacts: Interactions Between Humanity and the Environment
ISBN: 9789400714236 / Angielski / Twarda / 657 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides of this delicate balancing act, explaining how various natural processes influence humanity, including its economic activities and engineering structures, while also illuminating the ways in which human activity puts pressure on the natural environment. Chapters analyze a varied selection of phenomena that directly affect people's lives, from geological processes such as earthquakes and tsunamis to cosmic events such...
This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the ag...
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603,81 |
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup TM
ISBN: 9783639326017 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2010 FIFA World Cup TM - A chance for the local accommodation and lodging industry in Cape Town. The FIFA World Cup TM is the biggest sporting event worldwide. Every four years, thousands of sports tourists visit the host country and go to the stadiums to watch the football games. In 2010 this football spectacle will be hosted in South Africa. Hosting the World Cup boasts a number of challenges, impacts, opportunities and chances for the host. For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA will be contracting non-hotel accommodation such as B&B accommodations, lodges, self catering...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup TM - A chance for the local accommodation and lodging industry in Cape Town. The FIFA World Cup TM is the biggest sporting eve...
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219,18 |
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Community-Based Ecotourism Development
ISBN: 9783639336689 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid deforestation and land degradation now a days is a critical problem mainly in developing countries. By promoting ecotourism through the protection of the environment, biodiversity is preserved, jobs are created, market for local products is created, environmental education within the communities is promoted, and understanding of local peoples and cultures are fostered among the tourists who visit these communities. The findings of this work revealed that, a combination of wonderful scenery, diversified wildlife and plant species, amazing caves and culture of the local ...
Rapid deforestation and land degradation now a days is a critical problem mainly in developing countries. By promoting ecotourism through the prot...
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219,18 |
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Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability
ISBN: 9781848139633 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the shifting relationship between human society and the landscapes that bear it. In so doing, it explores changing understandings of the natural world and its management and exploitation, presenting suggestions for solutions in the nature of ecosystem services.
Explores the shifting relationship between human society and the landscapes that bear it. In so doing, it explores changing understandings of the nat...
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438,22 |
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La Reorganisation Portuaire de la Baltique Orientale
ISBN: 9786131567766 / Francuski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Depuis 1989, le monde maritime et portuaire de la Baltique orientale se restructure pour repondre aux imperatifs qui ont suivi le demembrement de l'URSS. Plusieurs questions se posent. Comment le developpement portuaire s'est t-il mis en place parallelement aux processus de globalisation de l'industrie maritime? Comment ces developpements ont-ils affecte le systeme portuaire regional ? L'analyse des trafics et de la circulation maritime debouche sur la definition d'une rangee portuaire specifique. En raison du caractere structurant des transports, de leur poids dans l'economie et de leur...
Depuis 1989, le monde maritime et portuaire de la Baltique orientale se restructure pour repondre aux imperatifs qui ont suivi le demembrement de l'UR...
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438,35 |
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La Zone Économique Spéciale d''aqaba En Jordanie
ISBN: 9786131567209 / Francuski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PAle urbain de 107 000 habitants bA(c)nA(c)ficiant d''une situation gA(c)ostratA(c)gique unique sur le territoire jordanien, Aqaba reprA(c)sente pour le Royaume hachA(c)mite sa seule fenAatre maritime ouverte sur le monde. SituA(c)e A l''extrAame sud du territoire national, cette ville fait l''objet de nouvelles pratiques de gestion et de contrAle territoriaux spA(c)cifiques depuis son intA(c)gration dans une zone A(c)conomique spA(c)ciale en 2001. Ce livre propose une analyse des stratA(c)gies d''ordre socio-A(c)conomique optA(c)es par les gouvernants locaux d''une ville moyenne productive...
PAle urbain de 107 000 habitants bA(c)nA(c)ficiant d''une situation gA(c)ostratA(c)gique unique sur le territoire jordanien, Aqaba reprA(c)sente pour ...
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353,37 |
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Impact of Weather & Climate Extremes
ISBN: 9781607414216 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Impact of Weather & Climate Extremes
Impact of Weather & Climate Extremes
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910,93 |
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Region Et Crise Regionale
ISBN: 9786131563027 / Francuski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L''ADRAR, dans le Sahara: la vie rA(c)gionale et les nouvelles relations de cette Wilaya dans l''ensemble mauritanien, tel est l''objet de ce travail qui dans sa premiA]re partie nous dA(c)crit, la trilogie du milieu adrarois: l''eau, la pierre et le palmier. La population adraroise est prA(c)sentA(c)e dans la deuxiA]me partie de l''ouvrage comme A(c)tant une population ancienne et puise ses origines dans les Bafours et les almoravides qui ont islamisA(c) le nord et l''ouest africain. L''espace rA(c)gional vit actuellement une crise sans prA(c)cA(c)dent, malgrA(c) une apogA(c)e de...
L''ADRAR, dans le Sahara: la vie rA(c)gionale et les nouvelles relations de cette Wilaya dans l''ensemble mauritanien, tel est l''objet de ce travail ...
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353,37 |
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