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Industrial transformation : environmental policy innovation in the United Sta…
"The papers included were first presented at a workshop at the Kennedy School of Harvard University in the spring of 2001"-The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of twelve innovative voluntary, collaborative, and information-based programs…
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- 9780262269391
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- 338 IND
An Economist in the Real World: The Art of Policymaking in India
"In December 2009, the economist Kaushik Basu left the rarefied world of academic research for the nuts and bolts of policymaking. Appointed by the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, to be chief economic adviser (CEA) to the Government of India, Basu -- a theorist, with special interest in development economics, and a professor of economics at Cornell University -- discovered the com…
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- 9780262331678
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- 1 online resource (240 pages) :illustrations
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Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era
Today, global land use is affected by a variety of factors, including urbanization and the growing interconnectedness of economies and markets. This book examines the challenges and opportunities we face in achieving sustainable land use in the twenty-first century. The contributors, from a range of disciplines and countries, present new analytical perspectives and tools for understanding key i…
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- 9780262322126
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Inequality and growth : theory and policy implications
Even minute increases in a country's growth rate can result in dramatic changes in living standards over just one generation. The benefits of growth, however, may not be shared equally. Some may gain less than others, and a fraction of the population may actually be disadvantaged. Recent economic research has found both positive and negative relationships between growth and inequality across na…
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- 9780262272216
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages) : illustrations.
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- 330 TUR i
Peace parks :conservation and conflict resolution
An analysis of the potential for environmental cooperation in multijurisdictional conservation zones to contribute to political conflict resolution; includes case studies of existing parks and proposals for new ones.Although the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Kenyan environmentalist, few have considered whether environmental conservation can contribute to peace-building in conflict zon…
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- 9780262266970
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- 1 online resource (xx, 406 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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The information resources policy handbook : research for the Information Age
To understand the Information Age one must understand the concept of information as a resource. Like other basic resources, such as energy and materials, information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resources include computers, telecommunications, the mass media, and financial services, all created o…
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- 0585070156
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- 1 online resource (xxviii, 631 pages) : illustrations
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- 005 INF
Confronting consumption
Essays that offer ecological, social, and political perspectives on the problem of overconsumption.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262281928
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- 1 online resource (x, 382 pages)
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Closer :performance, technologies, phenomenology
Susan Kozel draws on live performance practice, digital technologies & the philosophical approach of phenomenology. She places the human body at the centre of explorations of interactive interfaces, responsive systems & affective computing, asking what is to be discovered as we become closer to our computers?OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277563
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- 1 online resource (355 pages).
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Command and persuade :crime, law, and the state across history
"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262361507
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Effective advocacy :lessons from East Asia's environmentalists
"Effective Advocacy examines successful environmental advocacy in East Asia to develop the Connected Stakeholder Model, which helps explain why a small number of advocacy strategies are particularly effective around the world"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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