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Good water governance needs to ensure, amongst others, the sustainability of water resources. Sustainability needs to be secured by optimising economic and social goals whilst safeguarding the rights of future generations. In developing a water governance framework it is imperative to understand...
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Today's youths are yesterday's future generation and tomorrow's guardian of future generations. Successful water governance requires the sustainable management of water resources which in turn implies the maximisation of economic, social and environmental goals. This research, whilst focusing on...
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This paper presents the work of the WCS with the A'i Indigenous people in Colombia as part of a USAID-funded project between 2009 and 2011. The project had several dimensions that make it unusual. Unlike conventional “counter-mapping” attempts to represent Indigenous land claims as a counter...
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Abstract The global supply chain crisis during the pandemic provides an opportunity to reflect on the vulnerabilities of the just-in-time model of capitalist production. As capital studies and prepares for risks to the global supply chain, so must workers if we are make global systemic changes...
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Abstract Amazon is facing growing scrutiny over its workplace, community, and environmental harms, but interventions … into policy debates over whether Amazon should be broken up or operated under direct public provision. Meanwhile, the … article challenges the perceived inevitability of Amazon’s growth. Linking questions of harm mitigation and economic …
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and offer personal opinions. Amazon, the electronic retail giant, is a prominent example of a site which hosts such user … purpose of this paper is to suggest that Amazon provides an example of how audit logics have entered new spaces. In Amazon …. Applying this methodology to the case of Amazon involved becoming familiar with the operational features of the site and …
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.g. Amazon.cn). Design/methodology/approach – Several behavioral features are proposed for modeling the shilling group, and thus … from real users on Amazon.cn. Findings – As indicated by the behavior analysis, the proposed method has successfully … identified a number of shilling groups on Amazon. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of the proposed features and accuracy of the …
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about and archaeological study in the Bolivian Amazon region. Here, all-weather roads are scarce and unreliable. Scholars …, the article considers how archaeology could help connect the Bolivian Amazon to an international audience. Findings – An …
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Purpose Profiles the WHATT theme issue ‘ What innovative strategies are needed to develop tourism in Guyana for 2025?’ with reference to the experiences of the theme theme editors and writing team. Design/methodology/approach Uses structured questions to enable the theme editors to reflect...
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In this work, the impacts of climate change on the water resources of the Olynthios River Basin in Northern Greece, were assessed. For this purpose, the climate change scenarios SRES and RCPs were used (SRES A1B, Α2 and RCP4.5, 8.5) - which were taken from two climate models, CGCM3.1/T63 and...
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