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The WTO and the Environment

Development of competence beyond trade

by James Watson
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013

This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over the practises of the member countries as well as in other international treaties. The book addresses the development of environmental competency in the WTO and examines the...
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Chenango Canal

The Million Dollar Ditch

by Wade Allen Lallier
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017

Chenango Canal: The Million Dollar Ditch chronicles the story of a central New York State canal and how it changed the region. In 1825, the Omnibus Canal Bill had called for a survey of a canal linking the Susquehanna River at Binghamton to the Erie Canal in Utica. The idea of a canal was well received...
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Akron Churches

Early Architecture

by Kally Mavromatis
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2008

The history of Akron begins with the building of the great Ohio and Erie Canal. The financial incentives offered to workers building the canal brought men from all over to build the great �ditch,� and as they and their families settled in Akron, they also began to build magnificent churches and cathedrals...
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by Gyula Sebestyen
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003

This book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years and emphasizing their contemporary and future relevance.
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by James Claflin
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 1998

Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Massachusetts Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners from shipping disasters. With a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections,this rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated workers who protected thousands...
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by Bill Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016

In the New Jersey shore community of Sea Girt, where Commodore Robert Stockton's oceanfront mansion had a porch as long as a ship's deck from which he surveyed the waters, a lighthouse was built in 1896. Sea Girt Lighthouse illuminated a dark space, providing a crucial guiding light to passing ships....
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by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

From its days as a major fishing and whaling port, through Second World War bomb damage and post-industrial decline to its current status as UK City of Culture for 2017, Hull has a proud and distinctive identity. This extraordinary history is embodied in the buildings that have shaped the city. Hull...
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by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016

Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city. They create the cityscape and form the horizon while, at a more personal level, they provide the homes for its citizens, their places of education, worship, entertainment, arts and commerce. The fifty buildings described in this book chart...
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America's Covered Bridges

Practical Crossings?Nostalgic Icons

by Terry E. Miller, Ronald G. Knapp
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014

As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain. In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required...
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by Jim Stone
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

This reissued third edition of A User’s Guide to View Camera introduces photographers to large-format cameras, covering their use with both film and digital capture. Readers will learn the anatomy of cameras with a separately adjustable back or front, the proper techniques for using view cameras,...
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Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region

Case Studies and Lessons from Low-income Communities

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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009

This book explores the complex relationship between international trade and poverty reduction through a combination of research papers and contemporary case studies. Written mainly by developing-country authors in consultation with local businesses and communities, the case studies contribute to our...
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by Carl G. Cash
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004

The book starts by setting out the duties of a building pathologist in the context of the modern roofing industry, defining failure and explaining its underlying causes. The main chapters then deal with the main specific types of failure: fire, shrinkage and roofing systems displacement, calendar...
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by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017

Highly qualified and competent teachers are fundamental for equitable and effective education systems. Teachers today are facing higher and more complex expectations to help students reach their full potential and become valuable members of 21st century society. The nature and variety of these demands...
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Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement

A Comparative Analysis of Disqualification or Debarment Measures

by Sope Williams-Elegbe
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

Anti-corruption measures have firmly taken centre stage in the development agenda of international organisations as well as in developed and developing countries. One area in which corruption manifests itself is in public procurement and, as a result, States have adopted various measures to prevent...
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