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One of the most significant social and economic changes of recent years has been the explosion in the number of mothers in the work place and in paid employment generally. Child care policy, provisi……続きを見る

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties. Using historical-materialist st……続きを見る

The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully normalising bilatera……続きを見る

A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. South Asia provides one of the world's most challengin……続きを見る

In this fascinating study the lives and mores of women in one of the least understood but most densely populated areas of the world are unveiled through the eyes of generations of court poets. For m……続きを見る

The rise of Maoism as one of the organized political movement in India is the outcome of a historical situation. Both colonialism and the failure of the Indian state to implement land reforms more s……続きを見る

Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and political life in Indonesia. During the authoritarian New Order regime they constituted part of a vast network of sub-contracted coerc……続きを見る

The task of modelling the evolution of cities – the dynamics – is one of the major challenges of the social sciences. This book presents mathematical and computer models of urban and regional dynami……続きを見る

In 1991 "Communism" collapsed. The cold war was over and the West had won. Whole cities, Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Beijing, Budapest and Bucharest, whole countries indeed, were privatised for n……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 2, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (-), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Tourismus ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,0, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Stadt- und Regionalen……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 2.0, Universität des Saarlandes (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, 10 Que……続きを見る

Central to human life and civilization, soils are an integral part of the physical and cultural environment. Although we may take them for granted, the rise and fall of civilizations is closely link……続きを見る

A definitive natural history of the Yorkshire Dales, covering the range of wildlife habitats, rich cultural heritage and ecological history of one of our best-loved National Parks. The Yorkshire Dal……続きを見る

Living with the Unexpected deals with complexity and uncertainty, two major challenges in a world faced with climate change and hazards. The study focuses on appropriate methods which enable vulnera……続きを見る

This book examines the life of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where Islamic law was introduced in 1999. It outlines how women have had to face the formalisation of conservative understand……続きを見る

Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been little to no scholarly attention on the dialect prior to William Matthews’s 1938 volu……続きを見る

Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue – there are limits to growth. This volume demonstrat……続きを見る

Since 1974, when the current wave of democratisation began, the movement towards democracy in Asia has remained limited. Many countries in Asia, in fact, are not making a decisive move towards democ……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Biosphärenreservate sind Modell-Landschaften nachhaltig……続きを見る

This book assesses the quality of democracy in Poland from the collapse of communism in 1989 up to the 2011 parliamentary election. It presents an in-depth, empirically grounded study comparing two ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,3, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Geographisches Institut), Veransta……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,7, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Institut für Geographie), Veranstaltung: Regionals……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 2,3, Universität Trier, Veranstaltung: Regionalseminar: Frankreich, 7 Quellen im Literaturve……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,3, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Geographisches Institut), 11 Quellen im Literatur……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,0, University of Sheffield (Geographie), Veranstaltung: Regionalforschung und Raumplanung ……続きを見る

Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems. Since then, complexity theory has become one of the fastest growing topics in both th……続きを見る

Das vorliegende Buch vereinigt Fallstudien zur Krisenfestigkeit in acht deutschsprachigen Regionen mit jeweils unterschiedlichen strukturellen Voraussetzungen, Anpassungsstrategien und -instrumenten……続きを見る

Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the efficiency with which we use all energy sources. Such deliberate tran……続きを見る

This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the proc……続きを見る