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Rangeland systems: process, management and challenges
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresse…
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- 9783319467092
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- xv, 661p.: ill.
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- 577.4 RAN r
Infrastructure and economic growth in Asia
Public spending on infrastructure plays an important role in promoting economic growth and poverty alleviation. Empirical studies unequivocally show that under-investment in infrastructure limit economic growth. At the same time, numerous other studies have shown that investment in infrastructure can be a highly effective tool in fighting poverty reduction1. In that context, the financing of in…
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- 9783319031378
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- 148 p.
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- 330 COC i
The EIB COVID-19 economic vulnerability index : an analysis of countries outs…
Which countries are most vulnerable to a virus such as COVID-19? Which countries should take the most stringent precautions to prevent the spread of such a virus? The EIB COVID-19 Economic Vulnerability Index covers countries outside the European Union and helps give us an idea of regions that need the most help. The comprehensive index takes into account risk factors such as the quality of hea…
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- 9789286147135
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- 16 p.
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- 330.9 EIB e
Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19
African countries are using technology in many new ways to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights some of the best digital solutions and estimates the investments required to implement the technology on a wider scale. The European Investment Bank prepared this report with the support of the United Nations Development Programme and the consulting firm BearingPoint.
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- 9789286147173
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- 60 p.
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- 330 AFR a
The third sector as a renewable resource for Europe : concepts, impacts, chal…
This book provides a critical account of the third sector and its future in Europe. It offers an original conceptualization of the third sector in its European manifestations alongside an overview of its major contours, including its structure, sources of support, and recent trends. It also assesses the impact of this sector in Europe which considers its contributions to European economic devel…
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- 9783319714738
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- xv, 196 p.
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- 361.61 ENJ t
Rationality concepts in environmental valuation
Survey based valuation techniques like the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) rely particularly on the premise of respondents’ rationality when answering willingness to pay (WTP) questions. Results of CVM surveys have repeatedly put this fundamental assumption into question. This study adopts a more realistic view of rationality accounting for respondents’ limited capacities to process infor…
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- 9783631573365
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- xvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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- Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften, Bd. 58
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- 333.72 FRO r
Social desirability and environmental valuation
Socially desirable responding (SDR) is an often-reported source of bias in survey interviews. It describes the tendency of a respondent to answer in a way that is socially desirable rather than to answer truthfully. This response bias also threatens the reliability and validity of survey-based environmental valuation techniques such as the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Therefore, the study…
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- 9783631632581
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- xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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- Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften ; Bd. 66
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- 333.7 TOB s
Connecting the nation: a short thematic history of Australian civil aviation
Aviation has played an important part in shaping Australia’s culture and history through the course of the twentieth century. Australia embraced aviation from its earliest days, eagerly responding to its potential to cover a challenging country, to bring far-flung communities closer and to provide services that could not be delivered any other way. Add the romance of pioneer heroes, the vital…
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- 9780994503954
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- 140p.:
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- 354.79 ASH c
Blockchain and crypto currency : building a high quality marketplace for cryp…
This open access book contributes to the creation of a cyber ecosystem supported by blockchain technology in which technology and people can coexist in harmony. Blockchains have shown that trusted records, or ledgers, of permanent data can be stored on the Internet in a decentralized manner. The decentralization of the recording process is expected to significantly economize the cost of transac…
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- 9789811533761
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- xiii, 141p. : ill.
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- 005.74 BLO b
The role of smallholder farms in food and nutrition security
This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and…
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- 9783030421489
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- xi, 251p. : ill.
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- 338.1 ROL r
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