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Methane Emissions from Major Rice Ecosystems in Asia
. Ed(S): Wassmann, Reiner; Lantin, Rhoda; Neu...
Hardback. Divided into two sections, this book documents an overview of the results achieved from a research to quantify methane emission from major rice ecosystems; and, shows results from other projects that investigated the role of rice cultivators in field and laboratory approaches. Editor(s): Wassmann, Reiner; Lantin, Rhoda; Neue, Heinz-Ulrich. Series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; RBGB; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367598
- ISBN
- 9780792367598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.63
€ 198.63
Hardback. With the growth of the recycling sector, trade in recyclables increased tremendously. It is striking that most of this trade flows from developed to developing countries. This book addresses the causes of this trade pattern and investigates its economic and environmental effects. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 1FPC; KCN; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368984
- ISBN
- 9780792368984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. Examines the design and use of public space such as streets, squares, and parks in the cities of contemporary Asia Pacific, which has experienced the fastest urban and economic growth in the world. This volume provides first-hand reports on the unique characteristics of Asia Pacific public places (as compared to those in Western cities). Editor(s): Miao, Pu. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MK; AMVD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370833
- ISBN
- 9780792370833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.65
€ 189.65
Hardback. Biotechnology offers great potential for sustainable agricultural growth in developing countries, yet there are many institutional constraints that inhibit the poor's access to such innovations. This text explores these constraints across developing nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; KC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372301
- ISBN
- 9780792372301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.83
€ 195.83
Hardback. Most of the world's freshwater resources in the liquid state are underground. As the population grows and demand for water rises, reliance on groundwater increases. This book explores the options and means for averting this all too realistic scenario by managing these shared groundwater resources. Editor(s): Feitelson, Eran; Haddad, Marwan. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372547
- ISBN
- 9780792372547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.45
€ 250.45
Hardback. Focuses on the change that the traditional paradigm of production and international trade has undergone. This book documents the process of international production fragmentation and trade in East Asian economies, studies the mechanics of the process, explores the theory behind the phenomenon, and identifies important policy implications. Editor(s): Cheng, Leonard Kwok-Hon; Kierzkowski, Henryk. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373308
- ISBN
- 9780792373308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
hardcover. There has been a growing interest in the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) both in China and globally. In China, increased health care costs are associated with the use of Western drugs and their related side-effects. This book includes papers on this subject, covering research and development, clinical studies, and commercialization. Editor(s): Lin, Yuan; Betz, Joseph M.; Bindra, Jasjit S.; Bobzin, Steven C. (Galileo Laboratories, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MMG; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374114
- ISBN
- 9780792374114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.26
€ 192.26
Hardback. This interdisciplinary volume reviews the roots of conflict over the Jordan between Arabs and Jews and the development of that conflict over the past 150 years, analyzing the positions of Arabs and Israelis and the role of the United States in promoting a settlement. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375272
- ISBN
- 9780792375272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.27
€ 251.27
Hardback. Describes, analyzes, and evaluates the process that is transforming the Japanese financial system. This book addresses various issues relating to the transition of the Japanese financial system from a bank-centered and relationship-based system to a competitive market-based system. Editor(s): Hoshi, Takeo; Patrick, Hugh T. Series: Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377832
- ISBN
- 9780792377832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.13
€ 247.13
hardcover. Includes papers which deal with three critical aspects of governance in China, India, and Russia: political reforms at the local level; fiscal reforms in intergovernmental relations; and, legal reforms. This volume discusses the role of incentives in fiscal federalism. Editor(s): Dethier, Jean-Jacques. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379096
- ISBN
- 9780792379096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.68
€ 249.68
Hardback. Explores the development of the Vietnamese state banks, focusing on the situation in the early 1990s. This book highlights the lengthy process of altering the formal and informal rules governing the bank organizations. The prevailing socialist ideology implies that state ownership remains, enabling the government to intervene in banks' operations. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383840
- ISBN
- 9780792383840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.97
€ 193.97
Hardback. Offers a study of counterproductive cooperation. This book takes to task the critical importance of conducting systematic theory-guided empirical research to examine the validity of arguments that international monetary cooperation could be highly counterproductive. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384595
- ISBN
- 9780792384595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
The Asian Financial Crisis. Origins, Implications and Solutions.
. Ed(S): Hunter, William C.; Kaufman, George ...
Hardback. Presents the papers and discussions delivered at an October 1998 Conference co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the International Monetary Fund to examine the causes, implications and possible solutions to the Asian economic crises. This book offers the causes and preventions of international banking and monetary crises. Editor(s): Hunter, William C.; Kaufman, George G.; Krueger, Thomas H. Num Pages: 526 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KC; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384724
- ISBN
- 9780792384724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.84
€ 259.84
Hardback. Scrutinizes the main features of the Taiwanese development experience under the interrelated themes and domains such as: Outward-orientation vs inward-orientation; Sources of growth; Dynamic balanced growth process; and The role of government in the transition to a more market-oriented economy. Editor(s): Thorbecke, Erik; Wan, Henry. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385134
- ISBN
- 9780792385134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.27
€ 252.27
Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment
. Ed(S): Pingali, Prabhu; Roger, Pierre A.
Hardback. Covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. This book includes bibliographic reviews and aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. Editor(s): Pingali, Prabhu; Roger, Pierre A. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 675 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FMT; MBN; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 675
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395218
- ISBN
- 9780792395218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.65
€ 244.65
Hardback. Provides an analysis of various components of the Japanese economy and business structures. This book includes contributions on organizations; income distributions; technological progress; and macro performance. It examines the retail sector, the role of information in evaluating distribution systems, and ownership structures. Editor(s): Sato, Ryuzo; Ramachandran, Rama V.; Hori, Hajime. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792397724
- ISBN
- 9780792397724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.15
€ 196.15
Hardback. Offers a range of policy experiences relating to financial liberalization around the globe since the 1960s. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCL; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398530
- ISBN
- 9780792398530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardback. Takes a macroeconomic policy approach to analyzing a question of the healthcare debate: Can the anticipated increasing rate of growth in future healthcare expenditures be financially absorbed by the society's increasing income and output? This book explains how healthcare financing could in the future be ethically, and economically accomplished. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792399483
- ISBN
- 9780792399483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.29
€ 126.29
Hardcover. This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points. Editor(s): Chu, Cindy Yik-Yi. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361745
- ISBN
- 9781137361745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.22
€ 64.22
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57
€ 111.57
Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469861
- ISBN
- 9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Paperback. This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPA; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490582
- ISBN
- 9781137490582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82
Hardback. Drawing together articles from the new online journal The Asan Forum, commissioned from leading experts in the USA, Japan, and South Korea, this book reconsiders what we thought we knew about the three legs of this alliance triangle. Editor(s): Rozman, Gilbert. Series: Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 graphs, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541703
- ISBN
- 9781137541703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Hardback. The authors suggest that China's renewable energy system, the largest in the world, will quickly supersede the black energy system that has powered the country's rapid rise as workshop of the world - and for reasons that have more to do with fixing environmental pollution and enhancing energy security than with curbing carbon emissions. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 186 pages, 45 graphs, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KNBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546241
- ISBN
- 9781137546241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71