Microlog, Canadian Research Index
Microlog, Canadian Research Index

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Published: 1991

Total Pages: 1192

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An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.

Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe

Author: Sander Govaerts

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Published: 2021-04-30

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ISBN-13: 9781641893985

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Using the ecosystem concept as his starting point, the author examines the complex relationship between premodern armed forces and their environment at three levels: landscapes, living beings, and diseases. The study focuses on Europe's Meuse Region, well-known among historians of war as a battleground between France and Germany. By analyzing soldiers' long-term interactions with nature, this book engages with current debates about the ecological impact of the military, and provides new impetus for contemporary armed forces to make greater effort to reduce their environmental footprint.

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

Author: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program (Canada)

Publisher: Canadian Government Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 204

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This report provides an overview of research in the field of climate change impacts & adaptation over the past five years as it relates to Canada. It begins with a chapter that introduces key concepts in climate change impacts & adaptation research, and discusses current directions in understanding vulnerability, scenarios, and costing. This is followed by seven chapters that each focus on sectors of key importance to Canada: water resources, agriculture, forestry, coastal zone, fisheries, transportation, and human health & well-being. For each sector, the report reviews the potential impacts of climate change along with options available for Canadians to adapt to those impacts. Knowledge gaps and research needs are also identified.

Institutional Grammar
Institutional Grammar

Author: Christopher K. Frantz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 3030863727

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Institutional Grammar, an approach for analyzing the design of institutions. To lay the foundation for the application of the Grammar for different application areas, the book first provides a background of the IG, before motivating the introduction of an updated version of the Institutional Grammar, called the Institutional Grammar 2.0 that aims at representing institutions more comprehensively and with greater validity. The book then turns to applications and introduces methodological guidance alongside expositions of emerging analytical applications of the “Grammar” that include presentations of current practice, as well as developing novel analytical opportunities that the analyst can apply or build upon for their application. This book is aimed at students, faculty, and practitioners of diverse disciplinary backgrounds with varying levels of understanding of institutional analysis and experience conducting it.

Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation
Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation

Author: Peter Bernholz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-26

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3319061097

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This book discusses theories of monetary and financial innovation and applies them to key monetary and financial innovations in history – starting with the use of silver bars in Mesopotamia and ending with the emergence of the Eurodollar market in London. The key monetary innovations are coinage (Asia minor, China, India), the payment of interest on loans, the bill of exchange and deposit banking (Venice, Antwerp, Amsterdam, London). The main financial innovation is the emergence of bond markets (also starting in Venice). Episodes of innovation are contrasted with relatively stagnant environments (the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Empire). The comparisons suggest that small, open and competing jurisdictions have been more innovative than large empires – as has been suggested by David Hume in 1742.