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This paper reports on research in Ghana's Brong-Ahafo Region concerning the implications of democratic decentralization on management of the natural environment, particularly forest resources. It argues that, despite nominal decentralization, environmental policy remains largely unresponsive to rural interests. The paper considers the types of interventions which could enhance the flow of information between rural dwellers and policy makers, so as to strengthen local-level influence.

AbstractAs a response to the drought of 1995–96, Yorkshire Water constructed an emergency water‐treatment plant to treat water from a flooded opencast site at St. Aidans near Leeds. The main process was low‐pressure reverse osmosis to remove ammonia and trace organic micro‐pollutants to produce the required water quality at all times. This paper describes the plant which was designed and constructed in thirteen weeks ‐ a fast‐track project which was made possible by the close cooperation between the client, the consultant, and the contractor.

AbstractCorporate reputation is a complex concept, involving several related but separate dimensions being a hybrid intangible asset that is managed internally but largely assessed externally by different audiences/stakeholders.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ASSIGNS POWER OVER FOREIGN POLICY TO BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (CONGRESS) AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH (THE PRESIDENT). THAT SEPARATION, OR SHARING, OF POWERS HAS LED TO DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE ABILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF CONGRESS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAKING FOREIGN POLICY. THE PATTERN OF LEGISLATIVEEXECUTIVE RELATIONS IS LONG AND COMPLEX, WITH SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF CONGRESSIONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL DOMINANCE. DURING THE FIRST TWENTYFIVE YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE CONGRESSIONAL ROLE IN FOREIGN POLICY PROGRESSED THROUGH FOUR RELATIVELY DISTINCT PHASES DESCRIBED AS ACCOMMODATION, ANTAGONISM, ACQUIESCENCE, AND AMBIGUITY,1 BUT THE PRESIDENT GENERALLY TOOK THE LEADING ROLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THEN IN THE 1970S, LARGELY BECAUSE OF MOUNTING DISSATISFACTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE SECRECY AND ABUSE OF POWER ASSOCIATED WITH VIETNAM AND WATERGATE, BUT IN PART BECAUSE OF INTERNAL CHANGES WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, CONGRESS BEGAN TO ASSERT ITSELF STRONGLY IN THE FOREIGN POLICY AREA, IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL ACTION AND INITIATING NEW POLICY OBJECTIVES. MORE RECENTLY, THE EARLY 1980S HAVE BROUGHT A SEEMING RETREAT FROM THAT ASSERTIVE ROLE, AS A VARIETY OF MEASURES HAVE BEEN ENACTED TO REPEAL CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED IN THE PREVIOUS DECADE AND TO INCREASE PRESIDENTIAL FLEXIBILITY