This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers. The main focus is on recent developments and the emerging international law for transboundary aquifers as reflected in the practice of states and the work of the UN International Law Commission, UN Economic Commission for Europe, and International Law Association. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject matter and provides the scientific hydro-geological underpinning for the application of law and policy to transboundary groundwater resources. He also addresses the growing global dependence on this hidden resource, as well as both the historical and scientific context for development of the law. The book provides case examples throughout to illustrate the various concepts and developments. These include more detailed examinations of the few existing transboundary aquifer agreements in operation, such as for aquifers between France and Switzerland and Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as aquifers in North Africa and in South America.
Curricular resources include the different kinds of materials (digital or physical) that teachers use in or for their teaching (textbooks, lesson plans, etc.) and have a significant influence on students' opportunities to learn. At the same time, teachers play a crucial role as interpreters of such materials, so there is a complex relationship between curricular resources and their classroom use. This book aims to bridge these rather disconnected but highly related programs of research by describing, comparing, and exemplifying new research approaches for studying, in connected ways, both curricular resources and their classroom use, thereby supporting also investigation of the complex interplay between the two. In addition to implications for research, the book has implications for curriculum development and teacher education. Specifically, the book deepens understanding of how curriculum developers can better exploit the potential of curricular resources to support classroom work, and how teacher educators can better support teachers to use curricular resources in the classroom.
The complete works of Prince Gabriel, more than forty books, all of which are New York Times best sellers, lots of funny stories, from all over the world, selling for more than 90% off! A must read. Volume One includes some of the following books: 1.Jungle of Confusion 2.The Poor Man: The Poor versus The Rich. How to make it from Rags to Riches 3.The Complete works of Prince Gabriel 4.An American Soldier Protesting Bad Treatment to Women, Children & The Poor 5.Funny Stories. Laugh & Laugh 6.A cow boy who lost his wife 7.Family & Security from Thief 8.Safety for Kids: Fun Programs to prevent crimes & make youths productive 9.Special Gifts for you 10.Secrets of Happy Family: Practical things to do to unite & have fun! 11.Sex Me (Ultimate sex techniques) 12.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part One) 13.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Two) 14.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Three) 15.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Four) 16.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Five) 17.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Six) 18.How to be a great leader and a great Manager, both at work & at Home (Part Seven) 19. How to be a great Manager and a great Leader, both at work & at Home (Part Eight) 20.How be a great Manager and a great Leader, both at work & at Home (Part Nine) 21.How be a great Manager and a great Leader, both at work & at Home (Part Ten) 22.How be a great Manager and a great Leader, both at work & at Home (Vols. 1-10) 23.Catholic Sex Scandal: Is it time to dissolve the Catholic Church...? Part One 24.Catholic Sex Scandal: Can a woman become a Pope to save the Church? Part two 25.Catholic Church Sex Scandal: Please Forgive the Catholic Church, Part three 26.How to lose weight quickly. Best methods like in the US Army, Part one 27.A Letter from an American Soldier to all poor people in the world: come to America for your survival...come, come, come... 28.When sex and soccer meets. How to score a goal with your lover 29.Raw Meat in Kids Burger at CARL'S JR, Vol. 1 30.PEACE. WORLD PEACE. Specific things to do to have world peace. Part 1, Vol. 1 31.Dog! A Dog is as bad as its owner 32.Chevron is a very good company. Indeed! Vol. 1 33.Chevron & Ethics, Vol. 2 34.Chevron & Ethics Vol. 3 35.Chevron & Ethics, Vol. 4 36.Dating: Dos & Don'ts during Courtship 37.How to Survive this hard time 38.Begging: creative ways 39.Green Initiatives: How to quit Smoking, Vol. 1 40.Conserving Natural Resources & Saving the Earth, Vol. 1 41.My promise to fix everything in Nigeria: My Contract with Nigeria, Vol. 1 42.Libya War is wrong! An American Soldier protesting against the war in Libya, Vol. 1 43.Two books and more: Family & Security from Thieves
The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China's growing economy. Nor has Beijing been able to settle Tibet with politically reliable peasant Chinese. That is all about to change as China's 12th Five-Year Plan, from 2011 to 2015, calls for massive investment in copper, gold, silver, chromium and lithium mining in the region, with devastating environmental and social outcomes. Despite great interest in Tibet worldwide, Spoiling Tibet is the first book that investigates mining at the roof of the world. A unique, authoritative guide through the torrent of online posts, official propaganda and exile speculation.
This book provides key strategic principles and best practices to guide the design and implementation of digital government strategies. It provides a series of recommendations and findings to think about IT applications in government as a platform for information, services and collaboration, and strategies to avoid identified pitfalls. Digital government research suggests that information technologies have the potential to generate immense public value and transform the relationships between governments, citizens, businesses and other stakeholders. However, developing innovative and high impact solutions for citizens hinges on the development of strategic institutional, organizational and technical capabilities. Thus far, particular characteristics and problems of the public sector organization promote the development of poorly integrated and difficult to maintain applications. For example, governments maintain separate applications for open data, transparency, and public services, leading to duplication of efforts and a waste of resources. The costs associated with maintaining such sets of poorly integrated systems may limit the use of resources to future projects and innovation. This book provides best practices and recommendations based on extensive research in both Mexico and the United States on how governments can develop a digital government strategy for creating public value, how to finance digital innovation in the public sector, how to building successful collaboration networks and foster citizen engagement, and how to correctly implement open government projects and open data. It will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, students, and public sector IT professionals that work in the design and implementation of technology-based projects and programs.
Contains approximately 2,000 citations to books, periodical articles, theses, and scholarly papers in English. ...a comprehensive guide to literature...useful to all librarians interested in strengthening their collection development operation, policies and procedures. --PUBLIC LIBRARY QUARTERLY
This is about the most important topic of our time which explain the correlation between different forms of energy, climate and the resultant consequences on human population, economic index, food production, terrestrial, aquatic and the arctic region been affected as a result of green house gas emission caused predominantly by human activities. However, with the precept of this content, some of these challenges can be mitigated to the minimum through sustainable political will and policies.
Energy drives all life and is a key component to how humanity works, lives, and sustains itself. Due to the depletion of existing energy sources and the damage being done to the earth's ecosystems, renewable, non-polluting energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, are being developed and implemented.
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