State Of The World 2004

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State of the World 2004 takes a fresh look at the trends that have put the global economy on a collision course with the Earth's ecosystems. This year's edition has a special focus on the theme of consumption. It questions whether a less-consumptive society is possible; and concludes that it is essential. The book explores overconsumption, a by-product of affluence; and underconsumption, linked to poverty, and provides 'behind the scenes' exposes of the devastating environmental impacts of some of our most popular products, from plastic bags, to paper, to mobile phones. Published annually in 28 languages, each edition draws on the breadth of expertise of Worldwatch's award-winning team of writers and researchers. State of the World is relied upon by national governments, UN agencies, development workers and law-makers for its authoritative and up-to-the-minute analysis and information. It is essential for anyone concerned with building a positive, global future.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Worldwatch Institute
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2014-04-08
File : 273 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134031382


State Of The World S Cities 2006 7

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Cities are facing enormous challenges, with rapidly growing urban populations, often worsening environmental conditions and deteriorating infrastructure, inequalities and housing shortages, unemployment, crime and violence. This title explains how planning and municipal government can address these challenges.

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Genre : Architecture
Author : Earthscan Publications
Publisher : Earthscan Publications
Release : 2006
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1844073793


Bulletin Of The World Health Organization

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Genre : Medicine
Author : World Health Organization
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Release : 2006
File : 536 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951P00949713I


The Triumph Of Practice Over Theory In Ethics

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This work combines the two most common approaches used to introduce students or general readers to ethics: the historical and the applied. Using these approaches, Sterba examines traditional ethical theories and disagreements, exploring Aristotelian, Kantian, and utilitarian ethics, as well as their contemporary defenders.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : James P. Sterba
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Release : 2005
File : 232 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015059322134


The State Of The World S Cities

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Genre : Cities and towns
Author :
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Release : 2004
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015060114892


Parallel And Distributed Systems Icpads 2004

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The proceedings of the July 2004 conference consists of 66 papers presenting recent research on peer-to-peer networks, routing in optical networks, caching and scheduling, parallel algorithms, grid and distributed systems, wireless sensor networks, performance evaluation, and load balancing. Three i

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Genre : Computers
Author : Nian-Feng Tzeng
Publisher : Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE)
Release : 2004
File : 760 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0769521525


Proceedings And Addresses Of The American Philosophical Association

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List of members in v. 1- .

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : American Philosophical Association
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Release : 2008
File : 804 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015079781400


Annual World Bank Conference On Development Economics 2004

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This publication contains selected papers from the 15th annual conference on international development issues, held in Bangalore in May 2003, the first such conference to be held in a developing country. The theme of the conference was accelerating development, focusing on four key themes: fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and growth; challenges of development in lagging regions; participation and inclusion; and scaling up and evaluation; as well as an examination of development issues relevant to India, such as infrastructure development.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : François Bourguignon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Release : 2004
File : 398 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0821358006


Habitat Debate

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Genre : City planning
Author :
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Release : 2002
File : 314 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89080431075


Wing Span

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Genre : Bird watching
Author :
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Release : 2004
File : 256 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCLA:L0090324526