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A Thousand Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles from CIMMYT and its Collaborators 1966-2002
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 113

A Thousand Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles from CIMMYT and its Collaborators 1966-2002

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: CIMMYT

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Lions 322E District Directory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

Lions 322E District Directory

Print Edition of Lions District 322E Directory for the year 2016-17 is released by District Governor Lion Anupam Singhania. This Digital Edition is replica of the same, to enable portability of the book through Mobile Phones. It also saves plenty of Paper and saves Trees.

Disaster Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Disaster Law

This book looks at how legal frameworks can and do reduce risks arising out of disasters. The volume: analyses existing disaster laws and the challenges on the ground; brings together case studies from some of the most vulnerable regions; and proposes solutions to avert existing and possible future crises. The book offers appropriate legal frameworks for disaster management which could not only offer sustainable institutional reforms towards community resilience and preparedness but also reduce risk within the frameworks of justice, equity and accountability. It examines the intricacies of governance within which governments function and discusses how recent trends in infrastructure developm...

Renewable Energy Towards Smart Grid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 455

Renewable Energy Towards Smart Grid

The book contains select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Grid Energy Systems and Control (SGESC 2021). The proceedings is divided into 03 volumes, and this volume focuses on renewable energy towards the smart grid. It includes papers related to smart grid, renewable energy, its integration, and DERs in the network for better energy management and ancillary services. The book presents cutting-edge research in the emerging fields of micro, nano, and smart devices and systems from experts. Most of the contributors have built devices or systems or developed processes or algorithms in these areas. This book is a unique collection of chapters from different areas with a common theme and will be immensely useful to academic researchers and practitioners in the industry.

A Critical Impulse to e-Governance in the Asia Pacific
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 187

A Critical Impulse to e-Governance in the Asia Pacific

This book presents a comparative study of the vision, ability and dynamism on the part of governments in selected Asian Pacific countries as they engage in the distribution of e-governance. Consequently, it creates a platform for mutual learning and offers a dispassionate evaluation of mega e-projects. It is an interdisciplinary study of information and communication technology within mainstream social science research and attempts to bridge the gap in empirical research between the nature of technology and the manner in which it is governed. The analysis shows that hegemonic and panoptic structures of surveillance and control may derail efforts to establish sustainable e-governance, while a...

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-11-22
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  • Publisher: Springer

Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-legal frameworks.

Disaster Management for 2030 Agenda of the SDG
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 377

Disaster Management for 2030 Agenda of the SDG

This book shows how specifically each goal of Sustainable Development Goals could be incorporated in country wise developmental programmes set to transform the world. It highlights how a combination of initiatives on mitigation of disasters and a robust progress could build a resilient society. The book discusses multidimensional processes such as administrative, financial and social challenges which can mitigate disasters and help in an advancement towards SDG Goals. It highlights the embeddedness of SDGs in disaster mitigation as they tend to be linked and interdependent. By linking sustainable development to disaster mitigation one gets a strong justification for investment into preparedness as a guarantee or insurance against loss and damages due to unforeseen disasters.

Disaster Planning and Governance in India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 438

Disaster Planning and Governance in India

With an increasing need for experts to provide solutions to complex disaster scenarios and related management issues across the globe, universities and governments are finding it highly relevant to introduce courses on disaster management. Disaster management education could help in disaster mitigation and could save several lives, as well as assets. Written in simple language by disaster professionals, most of whom have dedicated their entire careers to disaster management, this book will be an important textbook for graduate and postgraduate research students. It provides the history of disaster management, especially governance issues and scientific and technological development in the areas of disasters including recovery processes, which have drastically reduced the loss of lives. This book not only unfolds the process of evolution of disaster management and challenges faced by experts in the field, but also suggests various ways in which we can build a resilient country.

Aromatic Rices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

Aromatic Rices

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Solar Energy Capture Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

Solar Energy Capture Materials

This book introduces a range of the different inorganic materials used in solar energy capture materials.