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Paperback. Contains the papers presented at Coastal Zone 93, the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management held in 1993. This volume covers topics, such as: environmental considerations, engineering and science; data gathering and monitoring; legal, regulatory, and political aspects of coastal management; and planning, conservation, and development. Editor(s): Awosika, Larry; Ibe, A.; etc. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; RGBP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Amer Society of Civil Engineers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872629660
- ISBN
- 9780872629660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.74
€ 56.98
€ 52.74
Paperback. Examines the dynamic relationship between the body, clothing, and identity in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing from the insights of anthropology and history and influenced by developments in cultural studies, this volume investigates the relations between ideas about the self and those about the family, gender, and national groups. Editor(s): Hendrickson, Hildi. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317913
- ISBN
- 9780822317913
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; MBN; MJA; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 112 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- World Health Organization
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789241549608
- ISBN
- 9789241549608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.73
€ 54.73
Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya: Improvin...
Mogaka, Hezron, Gichere, Samuel, Davis, Richa...
Paperback. Based on a complex analytical methodology, this report provides a clear economic rationale for investing in improved water resources development and management in Kenya. It focuses on the economic implications of two key factors - the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; RNF; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821365175
- ISBN
- 9780821365175
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Hardback. This book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Editor(s): Singh, Naveen. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; RNF; RNPG; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780644639
- ISBN
- 9781780644639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia
. Ed(S): Yuen, Belinda; Kumssa, Asfaw
Hardback. Using selected case cities, this book explores key topics concerning housing, sustainable urban development and climate change in Africa and Asia, along with ways that policy interventions and partnerships deliver specific forms of urban development. Editor(s): Yuen, Belinda; Kumssa, Asfaw. Num Pages: 266 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; AMVD; RGL; RNPG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048198665
- ISBN
- 9789048198665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.96
€ 128.96
Hardcover. Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa Editor(s): Sivakumar, Mannava V. K.; Lal, Rattan; Ramasamy, Selvaraju; Hamdan, Ibrahim. Num Pages: 423 pages, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HB; KNAC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767508
- ISBN
- 9789400767508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.94
€ 190.94
hardcover. Editor(s): Leal Filho, Walter; Kalangu, Jokasha. Series: Climate Change Management. Num Pages: 757 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 171 colour illustrations, 146 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 757
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9783319495194
- ISBN
- 9783319495194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.60
€ 244.60
Paperback. This title examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. Editor(s): Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518161
- ISBN
- 9780415518161
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Condition: New
€ 39.13
€ 39.13
Paperback. Illustrates how a development-focused approach to energy and climate policy might work in South Africa. This book also explores the question of whether there is a locally sustainable path of energy development in the South African residential and electricity sectors that also reduces Green House Gas emissions. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KNBT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Human Sciences Research Council
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780796922304
- ISBN
- 9780796922304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754830986
- ISBN
- 9780754830986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.11
€ 10.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931859684
- ISBN
- 9781931859684
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.88
€ 17.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. Clan Cleansing in Somalia deals with the transformative violence that helped cause the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. Kapteijns argues that public acknowledgment of the clan cleansing of this period is indispensable to social and moral repair and to the critical memory work required from Somalis on all sides of this conflict. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JJPR; GTJ; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223194
- ISBN
- 9780812223194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Hardback. How African writers reconstructed the biblical narrative to form a new identity Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602585317
- ISBN
- 9781602585317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. Focuses on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946. This book suggests that efforts to suppress female circumcision were tied to the continuation of slavery and the rise of commercial cotton growing in Sudan, as well as to concerns about infant mortality and maternal health. Num Pages: 440 pages, 9 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123059
- ISBN
- 9780691123059
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.13
€ 45.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. An examination of four recent military interventions by the international community: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia, Cambodia, and Rwanda. The mixed record of partial successes, failures, and counterproductive interventions suggests a need to develop a framework for future policy choices. Editor(s): Walter, Barbara F.; Snyder, Jack. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 maps; six text tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FMC; 1HFGR; 1HFGS; 3JJP; JPS; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116275
- ISBN
- 9780231116275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 205 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319449821
- ISBN
- 9783319449821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.72
€ 123.72
Paperback. Local municipalities in South Africa have become the focal point of community anger over the perceived inadequate provision of basic services. The book demonstrates that the strife against local governance knows no geographic, social, or racial boundaries, occurring in all communities, though more frequently violent in black communities than white Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847405788
- ISBN
- 9783847405788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of Nigerian civil society groups in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Kew blends democratic theory with conflict resolution methodologies to argue that the manner in which groups - and states - manage internal conflicts provides an important gauge as to how democratic their political cultures are. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTJ; HBJH; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634447
- ISBN
- 9780815634447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.80
€ 49.99
€ 46.80
Paperback. These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114149
- ISBN
- 9780226114149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.01
€ 38.99
€ 31.01
Hardcover. A critical look at the links between civil actors, new media, and political change, using case studies from Africa, particularly urban, political, non-state actors in Kenya and Zambia. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117921
- ISBN
- 9780230117921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardback. Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed. Editor(s): Obadare, Ebenezer; Willems, Wendy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010865
- ISBN
- 9781847010865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.16
€ 90.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; DNJ; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275890
- ISBN
- 9781846275890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. A powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 19 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFS; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347682
- ISBN
- 9780822347682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65