Un-Escwa
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
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Published: 2005
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The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics
Author: Manfred Hafner
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-05-27
Total Pages: 808
ISBN-13: 3030868842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access handbook is distinguished by its emphasis on international energy, rather than domestic energy policies or international geopolitic aspects. Addressing key topics such as energy production and distribution, renewables and corporate energy structures, alongside global energy trends, regional case studies and emerging areas such as the digitalization of energy and energy transition, this handbook provides a major new contribution to the field of international energy economics. Written by academics, practitioners and policy-makers, this handbook is a valuable and timely addition to the literature on international energy economics. This book was published open access with the support of Eni.
The New Economy in Development
Author: A. D'Costa
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-09-05
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0230287700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Economy in Development presents conceptual and empirical analyses of the opportunities offered by information and communications technologies (ICT). Contributors include scholars and policy makers from international organizations, and the chapters include understudied cases from Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
UN-ESCWA Annual Report 2004
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region
Author: Kamel Amer
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 3319484087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates the need for a more open and interdisciplinary dialogue on the nexus of food, water and energy security in the Arab region. It argues that achieving sustainable economic development is irretrievably tied to the security of the water–energy–food nexus, which is in turn essential for bringing about sustained peace. Further, it discusses various approaches to achieving these lofty objectives, and offers the following take-away messages: The Arab region is currently under considerable water stress, and the situation will continue to get worse with a number of global changes – most notably those related to climate and regional water distribution. Viable solutions are available in the Arab region and can be implemented through innovative policies, judicious use of new technologies, and stimulating public opinion. Integration across water, energy, and food sectors is obviously needed but achieving it in practice is extremely challenging. There are some gaps in the scientific understanding but at the same time there is a wealth of data and synthesized information that can guide decision-making.
Protecting the Rights of Women in the ESCWA Region Through the Proper Use of UN Resolutions and International Protocols on War and Armed Conflict
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 50
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Food and Society
Author: Mark Gibson
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2020-02-23
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 0128118091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFood and Society provides a broad spectrum of information to help readers understand how the food industry has evolved from the 20th century to present. It includes information anyone would need to prepare for the future of the food industry, including discussions on the drivers that have, and may, affect food supplies. From a historical perspective, readers will learn about past and present challenges in food trends, nutrition, genetically modified organisms, food security, organic foods, and more. The book offers different perspectives on solutions that have worked in the past, while also helping to anticipate future outcomes in the food supply. Professionals in the food industry, including food scientists, food engineers, nutritionists and agriculturalists will find the information comprehensive and interesting. In addition, the book could even be used as the basis for the development of course materials for educators who need to prepare students entering the food industry. Includes hot topics in food science, such as GMOs, modern agricultural practices and food waste Reviews the role of food in society, from consumption, to politics, economics and social trends Encompasses food safety, security and public health Discusses changing global trends in food preferences
Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Henrietta L. Moore
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 2023-06-22
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1800084455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProsperity in the Twenty-First Century sets out a new vision for prosperity in the twenty-first century and how it can be achieved for all. The volume challenges orthodox understandings of economic models, but goes beyond contemporary debates to show how social innovation drives economic value. Drawing on substantive research in the UK, Lebanon and Kenya, it develops new concepts, frameworks, models and metrics for prosperity across a wide range of contexts, emphasising commonalities and differences. Its distinctive approach goes beyond defining and measuring prosperity – addressing the debate about the failures of GDP – to formulating and describing what is needed to make prosperity a realisable proposition for specific people living in specific locales. Departing from general propositions about post-growth to delineate pathways to prosperity, the volume emphasises that visions of the good life are diverse and require empirical work co-designed with local communities and stakeholders to drive change. It is essential reading for policymakers who are stuck, local government officers who need new tools, activists who wonder what is next, academics in need of refreshment, and students and people of all ages who want a way forward.
International Environmental Law and Policy for the 21st Century
Author: Ved Nanda
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 681
ISBN-13: 9047440994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA significant contribution to the field, and a welcome addition to the growing literature on international environmental law and an important reference for every scholar, lawyer, and layperson interested in the field.
Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine
Author: Laleh Khalili
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-03-29
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1139462822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany decades have passed since the Palestinian national movement began its political and military struggle. In that time, poignant memorials at massacre sites, a palimpsest of posters of young heroes and martyrs, sorrowful reminiscences about lost loved ones, and wistful images of young men and women who fought as guerrillas, have all flourished in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine tells the story of how dispossessed Palestinians have commemorated their past, and how through their dynamic everyday narrations, their nation has been made even without the institutional memory-making of a state. Bringing ethnography to political science, Khalili invites us to see Palestinian nationalism in its proper international context and traces its affinities with Third Worldist movements of its time, while tapping a rich and oft-ignored seam of Palestinian voices, histories, and memories.
