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“patrick j schembri”

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  • The Development Process in Small Island States

    Edited by Douglas G. Lockhart, Patrick J. Schembri, David W. Smith ...
    First Published in 2004. Islands are coming under increasing environmental and social pressure, particularly as a result of the impact of tourism. In many ways, the small scale of these islands—almost enclosed systems—provides researchers with ideal cases in which to observe this process and test theory. The Development Process in Small Island States focuses on the political security, tourism, ... Read more

    $345.00 USD

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  • Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Conflict and Harmony

    by Syed Husin Ali ...
    With Malaysia in the throes of sweeping political change, academic turned political activist and presently, Senator from Selangor state to the Parliament, Dr Syed Husin Ali traces how ethnicity has been manipulated, since Independence, by Malaysian politicians for their own gain to the detriment of the masses. In articles spanning more than three decades, collected for the first time here, he ... Read more

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  • The Blue Commons

    Rescuing the Economy of the Sea

    by Guy Standing ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022'A landmark book... The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing analysis, and an inspiring call to action.' - David Bollier'With remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism's violent policies for extraction, exploitation and depletion of that which is ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • Environmental Change in South-East Asia

    People, Politics and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Raymond Bryant, Michael Parnwell ...
    Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests.Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusive ... Read more

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  • Ivory

    Power and Poaching in Africa

    by Keith Somerville ...
    Half of Tanzania's elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similar alarming story can be told of the herds in northern Mozambique and across swathes of central Africa, with forest elephants losing almost two-thirds of their numbers to the tusk trade. The huge rise in poaching and ivory smuggling in the new millennium has destroyed the hope that the 1989 ivory trade ban had capped ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Planning the Megacity

    Jakarta in the Twentieth Century

    by Christopher Silver ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia, and in particular how its largest city, Jakarta, Indonesia, was transformed from a colonial capital of approximately 150,000 in 1900 to a megacity of 12–13 million inhabitants in 2000.Placing the city's planning history within local, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Singapore Water Story

    Sustainable Development in an Urban City State

    by Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Joshi, Asit K. Biswas ...
    Singapore´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite of multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result in strong foundations for sustainable development.This book describes the journey of Singapore´s development and the fundamental role ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Singapore and Asia - Celebrating Globalisation and an Emerging Post-Modern Asian Civilisation

    by Thiow Kong Ti, Edwards SW Ti ...
    Singapore and Asia- Celebrating Globalisation and an Emerging Post-modern Asian Civilisation TK Ti and Edward SE Ti This book examines the history of the global economy and how cultural values have empowered the rapid emergence of Singapore and East Asia. A review of the major world civilizations recounts Western hegemony since the 16th century. With legacies from Classical Mediterranean, Islamic ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Lyster's International Wildlife Law

    by Michael Bowman, Peter Davies, Catherine Redgwell ...
    The development of international wildlife law has been one of the most significant exercises in international law-making during the last fifty years. This second edition of Lyster's International Wildlife Law coincides with both the UN Year of Biological Diversity and the twenty-fifth anniversary of Simon Lyster's first edition. The risk of wildlife depletion and species extinction has become even ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Bangkok

    Place, Practice and Representation

    by Marc Askew ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities
    Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and past. This unique book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as an infamous contemporary metropolis. Adopting insights from anthropology, urban studies and human geography, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia

    Locating the commonweal

    Edited by Carol Warren, John F. McCarthy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes focus on the most significant resource sectors – agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and tourism –providing a rare in-depth ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Geography Of Islands

    by Stephen A. Royle ...
    First Published in 2004. Islands have always fascinated people. They often seem remote and mysterious, set between the continents on which most people live. Indeed, many people choose islands for their perfect holiday idyll. In practice, however, the everyday social and economic reality is often very different. A Geography of Islands firstly examines the differing ways islands are formed. Despite ... Read more

    $61.99 USD