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The fields of ecological engineering, resilience research, and Anishinaabe culture share strong epistemological relationships and common principles. These alignments can be found in worldview, ways of learning, traditional indigenous ecosystem engineering methods, and governance. This article explores how recognizing these alignments enables Anishinaabe cultural knowledge and ways of being to inform and provide the foundation for contemporary engineered design. It also proposes the use of a biocultural engineering design method that integrates the design principles of ecological engineering with indigenous knowledge, cultural relationships, values, and decision-making processes to support contemporary sustainable nation-building.

First published in 1998, this second edition includes the 10 published essays and 3 working papers collected in the first edition, as well as additional writings on sustainable development penned by Saeed and his students over the subsequent six years. Two of the original working papers were revised and published between editions and their published versions now appear. Lastly, the conclusion has been reformulated and the introduction contains insights from extended research. Part I comprises the first 7 chapters and deals with modelling generic issues concerning sustainable development. Part II comprises chapters 8 to 10 and extends the concepts from part I to the controversies on poverty and hunger, technological development, and entrepreneurship. Part III relates six case studies covering a variety of local issues in selected developing countries, including agricultural development policy in Pakistan, the impact of the rural credit system on Thailand's agricultural economy, the problem of food self-sufficiency in Vietnam and water resources management in Saudi Arabia.

This book presents the new EU approach to environmental management and its attempt to place it in the perspective of sustainable development. Written by eminent scientists working on sustainable development, the book covers not only theoretical aspects but also gives practical cases and examples. China and other large and fast growing economies are putting increasing pressures on the global environment, but they are also looking at the European experience with great interest

The Interregnum: Georgian Foreign Policy from Independence to the Rose Revolution By Stephen Jones and Levan Kakhishvili/ 13. - European, Asian, or Eurasian?: Georgian Identity and the Struggle for Euro-Atlantic Integration By Kornely Kakachia/ 41. - EU-Georgia Relations: Where it Starts and Where it Goes By Ivane Chkhikvadze/ 53. - Security and Symbolism: Georgia's NATO Aspirations in Perspective By Michael Hikari Cecire/ 65. - The Reluctant Patron: Georgia-U.S. Relations By S. Neil MacFarlane/ 79. - Divergent Interests: What Can and Cannot be Achieved in Georgia-Russian Relations By Ghia Nodia/ 97. - The Merchant Hegemon: Georgia's Role in Turkey's Caucasus System By Michael Hikari Cecire/ 111. - The Lost Empire: Iran's Cautious Return to Georgia By Kornely Kakachia/ 125. - Two Canaries, Two Coal Mines: The Mirror Symbolism of Georgia and Ukraine By Hanna Shelest/ 137. - An Alliance Built on Understanding: The Geopolitics of Georgian-Azerbaijani Relations By Zaur Shiriyev/ 149. - Uncertain Old Friends: Georgian-Armenian Relations By Robert Nalbandov/ 175. - From Blind Love to Strategic Alliance? Baltic-Georgian Relations Revisited By Kornely Kakachia and Renata Skardziute-Kereselidze/ 191. - The Scars of Separatism: The Impact of Internal Conflicts on Georgian Foreign Policy By Mamuka Tsereteli/ 205

This paper assesses the sustainability of the current supply network for mechanization, given government policy. Stylized models of mechanization supply are developed based on experience in Bangladesh, China, and India during similar stages of agricultural transformation. Ghana's supply network is then analyzed in light of key lessons from the Asian experience. The analysis focuses on two policy issues: (1) whether the current model promoted by the government has left enough room for the private sector to develop the supply chain, including machinery imports and trade, and (2) whether this model can better link smallholders' demand for mechanized services to its supply, such that supply can further induce demand and mechanization can broaden its role in agricultural transformation. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; Theme 6; Subtheme 6.2 ; DSGD