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Author : Bernard Hoekman
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Tentative First Steps written by Bernard Hoekman and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francesco Francioni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198877447
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The 1972 World Heritage Convention written by Francesco Francioni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention). With its 194 States Parties, it is the most widely ratified convention within the family of UNESCO treaties on the protection of cultural heritage. The success of this Convention and its almost universal acceptance by the international community of states is due to the great appeal that recognising certain properties as "world heritage" has for national governments. Since the publication of the first Commentary, new problems have arisen in the management of world heritage sites. It has become increasingly difficult to properly monitor the conservation of the ever-growing mass of sites inscribed in the World Heritage List, and to resolve disputes over the formal designation of contested world heritage properties - a problem that has led to the withdrawal of the United States and Israel from UNESCO. New frontiers are now being explored for the expansion of the world heritage idea over marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the monopoly of the State in the identification, delineation, and presentation of world heritage properties is being increasingly challenged in the name of indigenous peoples' rights and by local communities claiming ownership over contested cultural sites. At the same time, the regime of world heritage protection has infiltrated other areas of international law, especially international economic law, investment arbitration, and the area of international criminal law. This second edition critically examines the World Heritage Convention against this dynamic evolution of international heritage law to help academics, lawyers, diplomats, and officials interpret and apply the norms of the Convention after half a century of uninterrupted implementing practice by State Parties and Treaty Bodies.
Author : Joseph Henri Jupille
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107038952
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Institutional Choice and Global Commerce written by Joseph Henri Jupille and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do institutions emerge, change, persist and die? This book challenges conventional theoretical views using the history of global commerce.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1991 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glen Segell
Publisher : Glen Segell Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1901414051
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Role of Military-industrial Relations in Civil-military Relations and Foreign Policy written by Glen Segell and published by Glen Segell Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stefan Schaal
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262693417
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (934 download)
Download or read book From Animals to Animats 8 written by Stefan Schaal and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New research on the adaptive behavior of natural and synthetic agents.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Foreign Economic Trends and Their Implications for the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthias Gauger
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
ISBN 13 : 383252469X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Integration of Wireless Sensor Networks in Pervasive Computing Scenarios written by Matthias Gauger and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using wireless sensor networks as part of pervasive computing scenarios is a difficult problem. It involves providing functionality and node behavior required by pervasive computing applications given the very limited capabilities and the constraints of wireless sensor nodes. The goal of this work is to investigate the problem of integrating wireless sensor nodes and wireless sensor networks in pervasive computing scenarios and to develop solutions that facilitate such an integration. Based on an analysis of both research areas, of their specific properties and requirements as well as the similarities and differences of the two fields, we identify and discuss a set of five fundamental problem areas that complicate the integration of sensor networks and pervasive computing: communication, network setup and configuration, user experience, security and flexibility and adaptability. In the main part of this work, we then introduce a total of six solution approaches that deal with different aspects of the identified problem areas.
Author : David Faulkner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191583383
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Cooperative Strategy : Economic, Business, and Organizational Issues written by David Faulkner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-05-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together some of the latest thinking and research on cooperative strategy. Work in this area has grown rapidly over the last decade, but no single thematic approach has dominated and become the ascendant theoryDSresource dependency, transaction cost analysis, market power, and game theory have all made significant contributions to the growing literature on strategic cooperation. This book presents chapters from many of these theoretical perspectives and some of the key issues through a number of different lenses.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Acid Rain in the West written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Shue
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691226245
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Pivotal Generation written by Henry Shue and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We all recognize that climate change is a supremely important issue of our time, which requires both trans-national and trans-generational collaboration and shared responsibility. What we haven't yet fully appreciated, argues political philosopher Henry Shue, are the ethical considerations surrounding the fact that the next one or two decades will determine whether climate change, which already has led us to dangerous effects, will surge into inescapably disastrous effects. The people alive today thus represent a pivotal generation in human history. For the past two centuries humans have undermined our climate at an increasing rate, in ways that the present generations are the first to fully understand, and the last to be able to reverse. But our responsibility for decisive and immediate action rests on three special features of the relation of our present to the future, that many have failed to realize (1) future generations face dangers greater than ours even if we act robustly, (2) the worsening dangers for future generations are currently without limit, and (3) a less robust effort by us is likely to allow climate change to pass critical tipping points for severely worse and potentially unavoidable future dangers. Shue, a renowned scholar of ethics, politics and international relations who has been studying the ethics of climate change for the last two decades, guides us through what our ethical responsibilities to others are, both across the world but especially over time, and what those commitments require us to do in addressing the climate change crisis, now and forcefully"--
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309069882
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book From Neurons to Neighborhoods written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.
Author : Ciaran Sugrue
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317424069
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Publishing and the Academic World written by Ciaran Sugrue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the Academy, itself a changing and increasingly entrepreneurial entity, publishing is no longer an option; it is the universal currency that secures a position, tenure and promotion; it is key to academic life. Providing a panoramic picture of the changing publishing climate, Academic Life and the Publishing Landscape will empower scholars by enabling them to navigate this changing terrain more successfully. This book provides guidance from a range of contributors who use their own wide expertise in writing and publication to document the challenges faced by scholars at different career stages and in different locations. It covers a wide range of debates on publishing, spilt into the following three sections: Mapping the Publication Landscape, Writing for Publication—Learning from Successful Voices, Further Challenges and Possibilities. With topics ranging from the process of preparing manuscripts for publication, including chapters on calculating journal rankings and understanding the Peer Review process, through to chapters on speaking to international audiences and writing for elite international journals, this book offers a unique perspective on how the changing nature of publishing works. This will be a useful guide for scholars across the globe looking to enhance their publication performance, and those questioning what needs to be done in order to understand, navigate and to (re-)position one’s self and institution in this increasingly significant and rapidly altering terrain. Ciaran Sugrue is Professor of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland and has been Head of School from 2011-14. Sefika Mertkan is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at Eastern Mediterranean University.
Author : Robert Courland
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616144823
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Concrete Planet written by Robert Courland and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises much of modern civilization’s constructed environment; yet the story of its creation and development features a cast of fascinating characters and remarkable historical episodes. This book delves into this history, opening readers’ eyes at every turn. In a lively narrative peppered with intriguing details, author Robert Corland describes how some of the most famous personalities of history became involved in the development and use of concrete—including King Herod the Great of Judea, the Roman emperor Hadrian, Thomas Edison (who once owned the largest concrete cement plant in the world), and architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Courland points to recent archaeological evidence suggesting that the discovery of concrete directly led to the Neolithic Revolution and the rise of the earliest civilizations. Much later, the Romans reached extraordinarily high standards for concrete production, showcasing their achievement in iconic buildings like the Coliseum and the Pantheon. Amazingly, with the fall of the Roman Empire, the secrets of concrete manufacturing were lost for over a millennium. The author explains that when concrete was rediscovered in the late eighteenth century it was initially viewed as an interesting novelty or, at best, a specialized building material suitable only for a narrow range of applications. It was only toward the end of the nineteenth century that the use of concrete exploded. During this rapid expansion, industry lobbyists tried to disguise the fact that modern concrete had certain defects and critical shortcomings. It is now recognized that modern concrete, unlike its Roman predecessor, gradually disintegrates with age. Compounding this problem is another distressing fact: the manufacture of concrete cement is a major contributor to global warming. Concrete Planet is filled with incredible stories, fascinating characters, surprising facts, and an array of intriguing insights into the building material that forms the basis of the infrastructure on which we depend.
Author : C. Relihan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137091770
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Prose Fiction and Early Modern Sexuality,1570-1640 written by C. Relihan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prose Fiction and Early Modern Sexuality, 1570-1640 brings together twelve new essays which situate the arguments about the multiple constructions of sexualities in prose fiction within contemporary critical debates about the body, gender, desire, print culture, postcoloniality, and cultural geography. Looking at Sidney's Arcadia , Wroth's Urania , Lyly's Euphues ; fictions by Gascoigne, Riche, Parry, and Brathwaite; as well as Hellenic romances, rogue fictions, and novelle, the essays expand and challenge current critical arguments about the gendering of labour, female eroticism, queer masculinity, sodomy, male friendship, cross-dressing, heteroeroticism, incest, and the gendering of poetic creativity.
Author : Graeme Harper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501305441
Total Pages : 1257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media written by Graeme Harper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 1257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media: A Critical Overview is a comprehensive work defining and encapsulating concepts, issues and applications in and around the use of sound in film and the cinema, media/broadcast and new media. Over thirty definitive full-length essays, which are linked by highlighted text and reference material, bring together original research by many of the world's top scholars in this emerging field. Complete with an extensive bibliography, Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media provides the most comprehensive and wide-ranging consideration of this subject yet produced.
Author : Johanna Jacobsson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108476163
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Preferential Services Liberation written by Johanna Jacobsson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of the legal criteria that the WTO sets for preferential trade agreements in the area of services.
