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Strategies for National Sustainable Development
A handbook for their planning and implementation
Series: Sustainable Development Set
The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21, the action programme of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The series will...
Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Waste Not Want Not
The Production and Dumping of Toxic Waste
Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set
No-one wants toxic waste dumped in their back yard. Dioxins and furans from incinerators, dangerous chemicals leaching from landfill sites and the apparently random dumping of nuclear waste are all clear threats to our health and lives. In fact any waste not properly dealt with can become dangerous...
Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Genes from the Wild
Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials
Series: Natural Resource Management Set
Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp...
Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
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Guests of the Nation
People of Ireland versus the multinationals
Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set
The Ireland of the romantic past with it. thatched cottage., rural traditions and literary grace has changed beyond all recognition in the last twenty-five years. It is still one of the least polluted countries in the northern hemisphere, but only just. That, too, could change dramatically in the...
Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
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Tv Studies Bundle
Published October 11th 2007 by Routledge
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The Television Studies Reader
The Television Studies Reader brings together key writings in the expanding field of television studies, providing an overview of the discipline and addressing issues of industry, genre, audiences, production and ownership, and representation.The Reader charts the ways in which television and...
Published December 3rd 2003 by Routledge
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Stormwater Effects Handbook
A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and Engineers
A stand-alone working document, Stormwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and Engineers assists scientists and regulators in determining when stormwater runoff causes adverse effects in receiving waters. This complicated task requires an integrated assessment...
Published August 28th 2001 by CRC Press
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Key Questions in Career Counseling
Techniques To Deliver Effective Career Counseling Services
This book's purpose is to provide a tool for career services personnel to deliver more effective, consistent career counseling. Its primary objective is to present a career counseling process model, including sequential stages and steps, along with a method (the Key Questions Technique) for...
Published April 30th 1998 by Routledge
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Credit Based Systems as Vehicles for Change in Universities and Colleges
This volume focuses on the evolution of a credit-based educational system that offers wider access to post-16 education. It examines the changes underway by describing situations in which credit is already used, focusing on managerial requirements and student opportunities....
Published September 30th 1995 by Routledge
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To Be Continued...
Soap Operas Around the World
Series: Comedia
To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await the next episode of As the World Turns, The Rich Also Weep or Eastenders. But the popularity of soap operas in Britain and the US pales...
Published December 21st 1994 by Routledge