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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
First published in 1983, this book attempts to unify two bodies of theory which had become severely disjointed. Theories of the planning process had become detached from those of the urban and regional processes which are the subject of planning intervention. The author argues that major weaknesses...
Dancing with the River
People and Life on the Chars of South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of hybrid landscapes.” Focusing on chars-the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal-the authors show how, both as real-life...
by David Bradford Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
The Lizard Day is a magical tale of how caring influences the happiness of a couple. We initially meet the couple on their porch, observing a bicycle race of lizards streaming past. Through caring for an injured participant they reinforce their own bond. The poem initially does not rhyme...
by Felicity Hart
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.'
John Muir
Packed with absorbing countryside facts and tips on everything from birdwatching to identifying flora and fauna, this miscellany is the perfect companion for any nature lover. Whether you’re seeking knowledge...
Pastoralism and Common Pool Resources
Rangeland co-management, property rights and access in Mongolia
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The grazing of animals on common land and associated property rights were the original basis of the concept of "the tragedy of the commons". Drawing on the classic work of Elinor Ostrom and the readings of political ecology, this book questions the application of exclusive property rights...
by Tracy Kidder
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
In this splendid book, one of America's masters of nonfiction takes us home--into Hometown, U.S.A., the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, and into the extraordinary, and the ordinary, lives that people live there. As Tracy Kidder reveals how, beneath its amiable surface, a small town is a place...
Cream Money
Stories of Prairie People
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Selling milk and cream was an integral way of life on the Canadian Prairies in the early to mid-1900s. On many farms, the women were in charge of milking the cows, separating the cream from the milk, and selling that cream to neighbours and townspeople. The extra money earned was used to subsidize the...
by Evan Blythin
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Just a few miles beyond the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip and the surrounding suburbs, a quiet village vigorously resists the insistent pull of the metropolis. The villagers believe the modern way, the urban way is not necessarily the best way.They want to make their own rules and set their...
by Lois E. Bueler, Johann Wilhelm von Archenholtz
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
J. W. von Archenholtz’s England is a political and sociological description of Great Britain during the second half of the 18th century. Based primarily on Archenholtz’s firsthand observations from 1769 to 1779, England looks with precision and anecdotal detail at the behavior of Britons of all...
The National Mall
No Ordinary Public Space
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
The National Mall in Washington, D.C. is one of the most important and highly visible urban public spaces in the U.S. It is considered by many Americans to be “the nation’s front yard.” Yet few have written about the role of this public space in the twenty-first century.
In The National...
Making Democracy Work Better
Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2003
The decade of the 1980s marked a triumph for market capitalism. As politicians of all stripes sought to reinvent government in the image of private enterprise, they looked to the voluntary sector for allies to assuage the human costs of reductions in public policies of social welfare. This book details...
Experiencing International Business and Management
Exercises, Projects, and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Revised and updated, this popular book adds a real-life dimension to courses in international business and management. It's designed for instructors who want to go beyond the facts and figures in standard textbooks, and helps students learn how to interact with people in different cultures in the...
I Am Hutterite
The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
In 1969, Ann-Marie’s parents did the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite colony in Canada with seven children, and little else, to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little of their unique culture. The transition was overwhelming....
by Collectif
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2014
¿Cuáles son los motivos que incitan a un campesino a escoger una técnica en vez de otra? ¿Por qué utiliza aún aquella herramienta arcaica? Pierre Morlon se hizo estas preguntas con frecuencia a lo largo de los ocho años que vivió en los Andes. Es así que, paulatinamente, las acciones técnicas...