The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world

1. Water for Irrigation: An overview -- 2. Externality in Irrigation -- 3. Unidirectional and Reciprocal externality in irrigation -- 4. Sand Mining Externality -- 5. Relationship between rainfall and recharge -- 6. Marginal productivity of Water -- 7. Costing water for irrigation -- 8. Locating...

This work argues for a moral consideration of animal work relations. Paying special attention to the livestock industry, the author challenges the zootechnical denigration of animals for increased productivity awhile championing the collaborative nature of work. For Porcher, work is not merely a...

Introduction -- Characteristics of the Study Area -- Evaluation of Water Pollutant-Minimization Policies with Adopting Present Technology -- Analysis is Optimal Environmental Policies with Advanced Technologies for Effective Treatment of Stockbreeding Wastes -- Comprehensive Evaluation of...

Zahlreichen Städten und Gemeinden Deutschlands mangelt es an Geld. Modernes Stadtmarketing bietet einen Weg, finanziellen Problemen effizient zu begegnen: Standortvorteile müssen definiert und ökonomisch erfolgreich vermarktet werden. Wie können die Faktoren Kultur und Event nutzbar gemacht...

Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies. This book explores why some Asian nations are more prosperous than others through an examination of how their interaction with and...

This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive...

This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in...

Länderinformationen und wirtschaftlicher Überblick -- Politische und wirtschaftliche Systeme sowie Bildungssysteme im heutigen Frankreich -- Leben und arbeiten in Frankreich -- Kommunikation in der interkulturellen Zusammenarbeit.