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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The contribution of economic thought and method to environmental management needs practical illustration. Too few books on the subject achieve such an outcome. This book is among the notable exceptions. That economics can provide a powerful vehicle for communicating an integrated understanding of...
Assisting the Invisible Hand
Contested Relations Between Market, State and Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This is an investigation into contemporary thinking on controlling the market, especially with regard to the problem of dealing with environmental issues. The book contributes to contemporary insight by arguing that the issue of market control must be addressed in terms of the relations between state,...
School Leadership in the Context of Standards-Based Reform
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
“Although standards-based reform emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the idea has spread across the world, as an approach to systemic reform. It might appear that there is a world-wide “tsunami” of standards-based reform that will standardize and homogenize the educational...
US and Cross-National Policies, Practices, and Preparation
Implications for Successful Instructional Leadership, Organizational Learning, and Culturally Responsive Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
As educational policy trends converge in many countries, such as demands for greater accountability, decentralization, and more culturally sensitive practices for an increasingly diverse student body, there is growing interest in cross-national comparisons and generalizations about leadership qualities...
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Release Date: July 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. The handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects; system...
by F.W. Porrell
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Most of the research incorporated in this monograph was initially undertaken as part of the author's Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie-Mellon University. The research was funded through a Doctoral Dissertation Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume is a collection of reports presented at the International NATO Advanced Research Workshop Conservation of the Biological Diversity as a Prerequisite for Sustainaible Development of the Black Sea Region. The seminar was held at Batumi - Kobuleti, Georgia, on the Black Sea during October...
Equivalency Methods for Environmental Liability
Assessing Damage and Compensation Under the European Environmental Liability Directive
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
The book is the only technical volume that explains how equivalency analysis methods mentioned in Annex II of the European Environmental Liability Directive should be implemented. It uses case studies to illustrate real-world application of the methods, which are based on the experience in the USA...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Climate change is one of the major environmental concern of many countries in the world. Negotiations to control potential climate changes have been taking place, from Rio to Kyoto, for the last five years. There is a widespread consciousness that the risk of incurring in relevant economic and environmental...
by P.P. Kandelaars
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
A theoretical and empirical contribution to the quest for sustainability and environmental quality. The book examines the physical and economic aspects of flows of materials and products, as well as the policies and strategies designed to reduce the related resource depletion and environmental pollution....
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Release Date: October 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
A large international conference on Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis was held in UC Berkeley, California, USA, October 22-24, 2008, under the auspices of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2008). This volume contains sixteen revised and extended research articles...
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Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific...
Drought Management Planning in Water Supply Systems
Proceedings from the UIMP International Course held in Valencia, December 1997
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
During the past decade many countries in the world have experienced droughts, with severe impacts on water urban supply systems. Because droughts are natural phenomena, water utilities must design and implement drought management plans. This topic was selected for the International Course on Drought...
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Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Although the majority of the world’s forest ecosystems are dominated by uneven-sized multi-species stands, forest management practice and theory has focused on the development of plantation monocultures to maximize the supply of timber at low cost. Societal expectations are changing, however, and...