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At present, we see that a new generation of international investment agreements (IIAs) is being negotiated, e.g. CETA, TTIP and multiple European Union trade and investment treaties. In these processes, negotiators of contracting states articulate the issue of the host state's 'right to regulate' and discuss in which way, in IIAs, 'policy space' can be preserved for host states. The goal is to ensure that a host state, which wants to welcome foreign direct investment, retains the power to change its existing policies and introduce new ones in furtherance of public interests, and/or in order to comply with its obligations under international human rights, environmental and health treaties. Nonetheless, the host state also needs to provide the foreign investor with a certain level of 'investment protection' and comply with international investment law standards, such as the fair and equitable treatment standard (FET). The FET standard has become one of the most important pillars of foreign investment protection under international investment law. The number of investment decisions in which this standard has been evoked, has grown enormously in the last two decades. Many of these conflicts reveal that on the one hand a foreign investor has an expectation of a 'stable legal and business environment', which is essential for the planning of investments. On the other hand, host states have a duty to regulate in the public interest, particularly in the light of 'changing social, economic and political circumstances'. In this book, an overview of the various types of FET clauses in IIAs is presented as well as an analysis of pertinent case law. In the analysis of the cases, the question is addressed in which way a host state can lawfully exercise its right to regulate in the public interest, while remaining in compliance with its obligation to provide fair and equitable treatment to a foreign investor under applicable IIA(s). Reviewing the case law of the last decades, it has however become clear that the text of many ...

International audience ; Large operations of torrent control works in the most active catchments have been launched in France by the 1882's mountain areas restoration policy, based on older pioneer works. It first implemented headwater soil and erosion control structures and plantations, although protection structures closer from assets were built on alluvial fans to trap sediment and channelize flows. Soil erosion and the related torrential hazard mitigation continue to be financed by public grants to maintain existing systems and, if necessary, build new ones. The environmental, socio-economic and technical contexts of risk management have changed. The current use of check dams and open check dams in protection strategies may consequently need an update. This paper firstly reviews the historical emergence of check dams and open check dams. It secondly lists their function, i.e., the qualitative effect we can expect they have on hazards in the light of 150 years of tests and trials. The last section gives some perspectives on the use of these structures: why, although complicated and expensive, it worth maintaining some headwater structures? When is it justified to abandon or even dismantled some structures? And finally what seems to be the future way of designing and planning these structures, especially the open check dams? ; La correction torrentielle des torrents les plus actifs a été lancée en France par la politique de restauration des terrains en montagne de 1882 sur la base de travaux pionniers plus anciens. Elle a d'abord mis à profit la correction active des hauts bassins par la lutte contre l'érosion à la source mais a aussi accompagné le développement de la protection passive des enjeux par le piégeage et la canalisation des écoulements dans les zones aval. Cette lutte contre l'érosion et les risques torrentiels induits fait toujours l'objet d'investissements publics pour entretenir les systèmes de protection existants et, si nécessaire, en construire de nouveaux. Les contextes environnementaux, ...

"List of books consulted", pp. [7-8]. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Begins: 1901 edition of the inland fish and game laws. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Frontmatter -- Cover -- Michaela Jašová: Humboldt und andere Mythen. Zur Kritik des deutschen Bildungs- und Kulturnationalismus -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Die Erfindung der Nation -- Nation, Staat, Nationalstaat -- 3 Ein deutscher Sonderweg? -- 3.1 Das Land der Dichter und Denker -- 3.2 Die Bedeutung des Geniekultes -- 3.3 Die Nation als ein Hirngemälde -- 3.4 Der Geist der Überlegenheit -- 3.5 Kultur und Militarismus -- 3.6 Die Wiedergutwerdung der Kultur nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg -- 4 Bildung als ein (halb) leerer Signifikant? -- 4.1 Bildung im Kampf um Hegemonie -- 4.2 Bildung und Nation als leere Signifikanten -- 4.3 Der Wunsch nach einer Gegenhegemonie -- 5 Die Kraft der Imagination -- 'Als ob' wir wüssten… -- 6 Genieße deine Nation, genieße deine Bildung -- 7 "Wir sind Humboldt, was seid ihr?" -- 8 Das Ende der Bildungsnation? -- 9 Fazit -- Backmatter -- Literaturverzeichnis -- U4.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Metaphorical Nature of the NATION Concept -- Chapter 3. The Nation's BODY in History -- Chapter 4. Cultural Traditions in Contemporary Metaphor Usage -- Chapter 5. Cultural Traditions in Metaphor Interpretation -- Chapter 6. Methodology of the Interpretation Experiment -- Chapter 7. Results: The Anatomy of the Nation: Functional Hierarchy vs. Geobody -- Chapter 8. Results: The Nation as Part of a Larger Body -- Chapter 9. Results: The Nation and the Self's Body -- Chapter 10. Results: The Person of the Nation -- Chapter 11. Conclusions.

This research is the result of the work contracted by the COESPO-Hidalgo within the program COESPO-H / PEC-H / 010-2017, its objective is to develop a methodology that facilitates the understanding of the development behavior of the MPA, the forms and the integration of the metropolitan municipalities, the main problems, the forms of settlement, the definition of the territory and the settlement of its inhabitants. This methodology was designed to detect actions, intervention plans, improvements and public policies that ensure the sustainability of cities and improve the quality of life. It is proposed to develop a Sustainable Cities model based on the Integral Sustainability Index (ISI), which can be replicated to other State ZMs. It started from three large dimensions (Urban Development, Climate Change and Governance), was raised through basic sustainability variables, and integrated into a mathematical model that represents the real behavior of living conditions, reaching the fundamental elements for governance, systems of cities and metropolitan areas. The indicators show us the need to integrate a metropolitan administration, the unification of wills and the participation of all the social and political sectors that coexist in this urban space. The model shows the growth of the ZM around the city of Pachuca and the connection of economic relations, social conflicts, cultural diversity and population growth with the highest rates at the national level, the elevation of new residents, the construction of housing and integration to the dynamics of the megalopolis of the central zone of the country. ; Esta investigación es resultado del trabajo contratado por el COESPO-Hidalgo dentro del programa COESPO-H/PEC-H/010-2017, su objetivo es desarrollar una metodología que facilite la comprensión del comportamiento del desarrollo de la ZMP, las formas e integración de los municipios metropolitanos, problemas principales, formas de asentamientos, definición del territorio y poblamiento de sus habitantes. Esta metodología se diseñó para sentar precedentes científicos, definiendo acciones, planes de intervención, mejoras y políticas públicas que aseguren la sostenibilidad de las ciudades y mejorar la calidad de vida. Se propone el desarrollo de un modelo de Ciudades Sostenibles a partir del Índice Integral de Sostenibilidad (ISI), el cual pueda ser replicable a otras ZM del Estado. Partió de tres grandes Dimensiones (Desarrollo Urbano, Cambio Climático y Gobernabilidad), construida mediante variables básicas de sostenibilidad, e integradas a un modelo matemático que represente el comportamiento real de las condiciones de vida, llegando a comprender los elementos fundamentales para la gobernabilidad, sistemas de ciudades y zonas metropolitanas. Los indicadores nos muestran la necesidad de integrar una administración metropolitana, la unificación de voluntades y la participación de todos los sectores sociales y políticos que conviven en este espacio urbano. El modelo, nos muestran el crecimiento de la ZM en torno a la ciudad de Pachuca y enlazando fuertes relaciones económicas, conflictos sociales, diversidad cultural y crecimiento de la población con las tasas más altas a nivel nacional, incremento importante de nuevos residentes, construcción de vivienda e integración a la dinámica de la megalópolis de la zona centro del país.

Розроблено концепцію застосування частин та підрозділів Державної прикордонної служби України у територіальній обороні, в основу якої покладено впровадження моделі аналізу ризиків, виду оперативнобойових дій для відбиття збройних вторгнень та припинення провокацій, боротьби з диверсійнорозвідувальними групами противника, інтегрування дій підрозділів (сил) різних відомств для досягнення мети та виконання завдань шляхом врахування подібності бойових потенціалів, ресурсів та способів (прийомів) виконання завдань. ; Разработана концепция применения частей и подразделений Государственной пограничной службы Украины в территориальной обороне, в основу которой положено внедрение модели анализа рисков, оперативно-боевого вида деятельности для отражения вооружённых вторжений и пресечения провокаций, борьбы с диверсионноразведывательными группами противника, интегрирование действий подразделений (сил) различных ведомств для достижения цели и выполнения задач путём учёта подобия боевых потенциалов, ресурсов и способов (приёмов) выполнения задач. ; The concept of unit engagement of the State Border Service of Ukraine in territorial defense has been developed which is based on the implementation of:the risk analysis model; type of activities - operational and combat to repel the armed invasions and cease provocations, to combat the enemysabotage and reconnaissance groups; the integration of unit (force) activities of various agencies to achieve the goals and accomplish missions by taking into account the similarities of military capabilities, resources and methods to execute tasks.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Home and community-based settings have become a growing part of states' Medicaid long-term care programs, serving as an alternative to care in institutional settings, such as nursing homes. To cover such services, however, states often obtain waivers from certain federal statutory requirements. GAO was asked to review (1) trends in states' use of Medicaid home and community-based service (HCBS) waivers, particularly for the elderly, (2) state quality assurance approaches, including available data on the quality of care provided to elderly individuals through waivers, and (3) the adequacy of federal oversight of state waivers. GAO is recommending that the Administrator of CMS take steps to (1) better ensure that state quality assurance efforts are adequate to protect the health and welfare of HCBS waiver beneficiaries, and (2) strengthen federal oversight of the growing HCBS waiver programs. Although CMS raised certain concerns about aspects of the report, such as the respective state and federal roles in quality assurance and the potential need for additional federal oversight resources, CMS generally concurred with the recommendations."