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Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev for Portugal, his country's first win after 53 years of trying and in doing so smashed all the points records. The 2017 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 10th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 326 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2017 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections for this year, including which semi-final is the kiss of death for certain countries, the biggest disagreements between juries and the their public, how some countries receive overwhelmingly more points from juries than the public & vice versa.
The 2018 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 11th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 337 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2018 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
Måns Zelmerlöw won a thrilling 2015 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden. "Heroes" gained 14 12 points in the semi-final. Runners-up Russia were the first to score over 300 points and not win. Without the juries though, Italy would have won the Contest, Sweden would have finished 3rd. Hosts Austria suffered the dreaded "nul points" but Germany also scored 0 & thanks to the tie-breaker rules, Austria avoided last place. Cyprus startled everyone by not giving Greece 12 points. The 2015 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 8th edition of the book & as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956. We've expanded the Guide again this year to include extra facts, statistics & records, including the full jury & public vote split rankings for the Final, analysis of how countries have voted for the eventual winners, how debutant countries have fared following Australia's success & how the final table would look if it was based on average points received & lots more!
Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine with her emotional performance of "1944", in a thrilling final in Stockholm. Australia were runners-up in only their second Contest and would have won if the traditional points system had still been used. The 2016 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 9th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 313 pages, 30 more than last year. The new points system was a big change this year and its effects are covered in detail in the book, with plenty of analysis of how the statistics under the new system compare to the previous one. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2016 and also has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections on geographical voting and how to predict winners.
The 2019 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 12th edition of this book and as usual it is packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of analysis, over 348 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2019 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest in Tel Aviv and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
The 2018 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 11th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 337 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2018 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
The 2019 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 12th edition of this book and as usual it is packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of analysis, over 348 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2019 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
This wholly new edition of the Handbook provides an authoritative examination of international law relating to the protection of the marine environment. Chapters critically engage with current legal issues surrounding activities that harm the marine environment, including marine pollution, seabed activities, exploitation of marine biodiversity and climate change, and with the different legal tools and mechanisms, including environmental impact assessments and compliance and dispute settlement mechanisms, used to protect the marine environment. New chapters also address legal issues relating to the role of technology and marine scientific research as well as the application of principles such as public participation. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev for Portugal, his country's first win after 53 years of trying and in doing so smashed all the points records. The 2017 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 10th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 326 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2017 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections for this year, including which semi-final is the kiss of death for certain countries, the biggest disagreements between juries and the their public, how some countries receive overwhelmingly more points from juries than the public & vice versa.
This topical Research Handbook examines the legal intersections of climate change, oceans and coasts across multiple scales and sectors, covering different geographies and regions. With expert contributions from Europe, Australasia, the Pacific, North America and Asia, it includes insightful chapters on issues ranging across the impacts of climate change on marine and coastal environments. It assesses institutional responses to climate change in ocean and marine governance regimes, adaptation to climate impacts on ocean and coastal systems and communities, and climate change mitigation in marine and coastal environments. Through a plurality of voices, disciplinary and geographical perspectives, this Research Handbook explores cross-cutting themes of institutional complexity, fragmentation, scale and design trade-offs.