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Water Current Turbines: A Fieldworker's Guide
ISBN: 9780946688272 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A description of Intermediate Technology's experience with the current turbine and an economic assessment of it.
A description of Intermediate Technology's experience with the current turbine and an economic assessment of it.
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175,76 zł |
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Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World : A Regional Perspective
ISBN: 9780415776219 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations. Most of the empirical chapters are authored by the individuals who live or have lived in the various regions.
This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, speci...
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750,67 zł |
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Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America
ISBN: 9780415487887 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be 'the' solution for managing the limited water resources of the world.Hundreds of millions of dollars have now been spent in promoting IWRM in developing countries. However, no serious and objective analysis has ever been undertaken as to whether IWRM has made water management more...
It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantl...
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186,32 zł |
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Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts
ISBN: 9780521087995 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy--defined as the public pursuit of secure welfare--operates in the poorer regions of the world. Making an important contribution by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America, it develops a new conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regimes in a range of countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy--defined as the public pursuit of ...
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308,84 zł |
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Self-Development and Social Transformations?: The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya
ISBN: 9780739111987 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field of development studies and social sciences. The present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuits of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies.
Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field o...
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626,69 zł |
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Global AIDS Crisis: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781851096558 / Angielski / Twarda / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Global AIDS Crisis" scrutinizes the scourge of HIV and the AIDS virus throughout the world through the eyes of one of the top AIDS researchers in the world. From Botswana and sub-Saharan Africa to Thailand, Romania, and Brazil, an exploration of developing countries with limited access to healthcare and scarce resources reveals how such factors as tourism, international travel, war, and mobility have facilitated the insidious spread of HIV and AIDS. Candid discussions of sensitive issues such as stigma and its effects on morale and health complement scientific and medical inquiries... "Global AIDS Crisis" scrutinizes the scourge of HIV and the AIDS virus throughout the world through the eyes of one of the top AIDS researchers in ... |
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245,23 zł |
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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown
ISBN: 9780195372939 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared...
Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other indu...
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133,77 zł |
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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown
ISBN: 9780195372946 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared...
Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other indu...
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398,66 zł |
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty
ISBN: 9780801475542 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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139,72 zł |
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Domestic Policies for Markets, Production, and Environment
ISBN: 9780801475559 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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139,72 zł |
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Institutions and International Trade Policies
ISBN: 9780801475566 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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150,09 zł |
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Governance and Crisis of the State in Africa: The Context and Dynamics of the Conflicts in West Africa (Hb)
ISBN: 9781906704094 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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350,34 zł |
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Spreading the Word Further: Guidelines for Disseminating Development Research
ISBN: 9781843800477 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,77 zł |
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African Culture and Global Politics: Language, Philosophies, and Expressive Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
ISBN: 9780415713023 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rest of the world often relegates the continent of Africa as a place that must be "saved," failing to examine Africans' long history of agency and political ideas that may inform present and future attempts at attaining stability throughout the continent. This book addresses the ways in which Africans are actively engaging in domestic and international policy debates through music, literature, art, and philosophies that shape both the politics of daily life and international discourses on development.
The rest of the world often relegates the continent of Africa as a place that must be "saved," failing to examine Africans' long history of agency ... |
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750,67 zł |
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East Africa in Transition. Images, Institutions and Identities
ISBN: 9789966846563 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness in sub-Sahara Africa that institutions of governance are critical to the achievement of sustainable human development. These institutions also play a crucial role in the promotion of democracy and partnership building in all areas that are essential to the advancement of developmental goals. The International Learning Centre (ILC) at the University of Nairobi, with support from the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) and Kalamazoo College, brought together leading scholars from the Universities of Dar-es-Salaam, Makerere and...
Over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness in sub-Sahara Africa that institutions of governance are critical to the achievement of susta...
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307,32 zł |
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Understanding Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from community-based approaches
ISBN: 9781853396830 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poor people living in regions affected by fluctuating temperatures and rainfall, sea level rise, flooding and drought bear the brunt of climate change. These communities have no choice but to continue to use the resources at their disposal to adapt and survive. Yet in order to adapt people need to appreciate that potentially profound changes are in store and that future impacts are deeply uncertain.
Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change addresses these issues and provides responses to important questions for the international aid community as it seeks to address the... Poor people living in regions affected by fluctuating temperatures and rainfall, sea level rise, flooding and drought bear the brunt of climate change...
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131,76 zł |
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Africa's Development in the 21st Century: Reshaping the Research Agenda
ISBN: 9789171066282 / Angielski / Miękka / 47 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,99 zł |
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The African Economy and Its Role in the World Economy
ISBN: 9789171066251 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,99 zł |
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Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9789171066206 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,99 zł |
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Civil Society and the Search for Development Alternatives in Cameroon
ISBN: 9782869782204 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent developments have witnessed the emergence of civil society as a major development actor whose potentials and capacity, especially in Africa, are often taken for granted and treated as limitless. A critical assessment of some of these structures (NGOs, religious organisations, trade unions, home-based associations and the youth) and the legal and political context of the operation of civil society in Cameroon shows a popular effervescence that is visible in social development initiatives. Although this would complement the state and free enterprise, it is however often frustrated by the...
Recent developments have witnessed the emergence of civil society as a major development actor whose potentials and capacity, especially in Africa, ar...
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250,41 zł |
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