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"This book highlights several important water-related issues and explores a number of potential solutions to the problem of water sustainability by focusing on research-based perspectives on water availability, industrial and agricultural pollution, water contamination, and their impacts on the human population as well as the environment"--Provided by publisher.

pt. 1. Frameworks for peace --. - pt. 2. Peacekeepers, the security sector, and natural resources --. - pt. 3. Good governance --. - pt. 4. Local institutions and marginalized populations --. - pt. 5. Transitional justice and accountability --. - pt. 6. Confidence building --. - pt. 7. Integration of natural resources into other post-conflict priorities --. - pt. 8. Lessons learned

In analysing the complex considerations surrounding the integration of the French Antilleans, 'Seeking Imperialism's Embrace' explores how the major developments of post-WWII history - economic recovery, great power politics, global population dynamics, the creation of pluralistic societies in the West, and the process of decolonisation - played out in the microcosm of the French Caribbean

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Changing configurations of whiteness -- 2 New forms of racialisation in the global economy -- 3 Race mixture and people of mixed origins in western societies -- 4 Sexualising racism -- 5 Consumption and distribution -- 6 Diasporas, population scares and new aesthetics -- Concluding thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index

What happens when the European Union sets new rules for the provision of cross-border healthcare services that were conceived for the population living on the national territory? Does Europe destabilize national social solidarity? Do actors that govern the healthcare system further or resist the Europeanization of their national healthcare system?

In 'Soybeans and Power,' Pablo Lapegna investigates the ways in which rural populations cope with GM soybean expansion in Argentina, a major player in the use and export of GM crops. Based on over a decade of ethnographic research, Lapegna reveals the reasons why many local communities initially resisted, yet ultimately accepted GM crops.

In analysing the complex considerations surrounding the integration of the French Antilleans, 'Seeking Imperialism's Embrace' explores how the major developments of post-WWII history - economic recovery, great power politics, global population dynamics, the creation of pluralistic societies in the West, and the process of decolonisation - played out in the microcosm of the French Caribbean

An overview of aquaculture -- World population -- World food production -- Assessing resource use and environmental impacts -- Land use -- Water use by aquaculture systems -- Energy use and atmospheric emissions -- Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue -- Chemicals in aquaculture -- Water pollution -- Biodiversity -- Governmental regulations -- Best management practices -- Eco-label certification -- Some final thoughts

Since the events of 2011, most Arab countries have slipped into a state of war, and living conditions for the majority of the working population have not changed for the better. This edited collection examines the socioeconomic conditions and contests the received policy framework to demonstrate that workable alternatives do exist

This Selected Issues paper for the People?s Republic of China?Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) reviews the residential property market and implications of an aging population. The fiscal sector impact of price fluctuations is important in Hong Kong SAR with land sales and stamp duties providing an important source of government revenue

When Lyon's population experienced significant growth in the eighteenth century, architect Jean-Antoine Morand made a radical proposal: France's second city would expand across the river Rhône, making him rich in the process. Intense work and bitter rivalries resulted, although they bore fruit only long after Morand had died on the guillotine in 1794.

Across Europe the protection of 'social cohesion' has become an important political objective. This book draws attention to the connection between the cohesive society and the active society. It explores France, Germany and the United Kingdom and challenges the claim that the active conduct of problematic populations can save society from collapse.

This Selected Issues paper for the People?s Republic of China?Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) reviews the residential property market and implications of an aging population. The fiscal sector impact of price fluctuations is important in Hong Kong SAR with land sales and stamp duties providing an important source of government revenue

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Agriculture -- Chapter 2: Aquaculture -- Chapter 3: Population and Housing -- Chapter 4: Storage and Preservation -- Chapter 5: Fire -- Chapter 6: The Heavens, Language and the Law -- Chapter 7: Australian Agricultural Revolution -- Chapter 8. Accepting History and Creating the Future -- Picture Credits -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements1. Foucault: Militant Analyst of Power 2. Foucault, the Prisoner Support Movement and Disciplinary Power3. Beyond the Bellicose Model of Power?4. People Versus Population: Foucault on the Iranian Revolution 5. Foucault, Poland and Parhessia 6. ConclusionAppendix: Investigation in 20 Prisons by the Information Group on PrisonsBibliographyIndex.