Author: Brian Halweil
Publisher: Worldwatch Institute
Keywords: market, worldwatch, paper, global, food, grown, case, local, home
Number of Pages: 83
Published: 2002
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1878071661
ISBN-13: 9781878071668

Authors:Lester R. Brown, Gary T. Gardner, Brian Halweil, Gary
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: challenge, population, dimensions, nineteen, malthus
Number of Pages: 167
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0393319067
ISBN-13: 9780393319064

On the bicentennial of Malthus’s legendary essay on the tendency for population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, the question facing the world is not whether population growth will slow, but how.Human demands are pressing up against more and more of the Earth’s limits. This book from the Worldwatch Institute examines the impacts of population growth on global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income, and health. Despite the current hype of a "birth dearth" in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that human numbers a

Authors:Edward V. Schneier, John Brian Murtaugh, Brian Murta
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: states, tale, politics, york, new
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-02
List price: $82.95
ISBN-10: 0765600641
ISBN-13: 9780765600646

A lively introduction to New York state and local politics by a political scientist and a former State Assembly member, who infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of real power politics. Most New Yorkers have very little knowledge of how influence is wielded in Albany; here is a chance to look behind those closed doors. The book covers constitutional issues; historical, economic, social, and demographic characteristics of New York; the functioning of executive, legislative, and judicial institutions; urban, local, and special district governments;

Authors:Brian M. Edwards, Leonard A. Giuliano, Brian R. Wrig
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: cisco, systems, solutions, networks, juniper, multicast, routing, practical, interdomain
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-05-04
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0201746123
ISBN-13: 9780201746129

IP multicast is rapidly coming of age: its principles are solid, its protocols are being finalized, and it is increasingly being implemented in real-world ISP and enterprise networks. Now, a team of Juniper Networks IP multicast experts have written the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to IP multicast implementation. This book covers everything network professionals must know about IP multicast protocols, applications, network design and integration, deployment, configuration, and management. The authors, who support many of the world’s largest networks, also offer never-before-pu

Authors:Brian E. Mennecke, Troy J. Strader, Brian E. Menneck
Publisher: IGI Global
Keywords: applications, theory, technology, commerce, mobile
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2002-10-22
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 1591400449
ISBN-13: 9781591400448

M-commerce (mobile-commerce) refers to e-commerce activities carried out via a mobile terminal such as a phone or PDA. M-commerce applications for both individuals and organizations are expected to grow considerably over the next few years. Mobile Commerce: Technology, Theory and Applications addresses issues pertaining to the development, deployment, and use of these applications. The objective of this book is to provide a single source of up-to-date information about mobile commerce including the technology (hardware and software) involved, research on the expected impact of this technology

Authors:Brian W. Head, A.J. Brown and Carmel Connors, Brian
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: governance, ethics, law, integrity, promoting
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0754649865
ISBN-13: 9780754649861

What are the right institutional settings and strategies for ensuring honesty and accountability in public life? How do these settings and strategies relate to one another, and how do we know what is working and what is missing from the whole complex tapestry? Taking Australia as a case study that is relevant to all countries where public integrity is an issue, this book offers some new answers to these larger questions. This collection reviews a variety of existing efforts to understand, ’map’ and evaluate the effectiveness of integrity policies and institutions, not just in the g

Authors:Gina McNeill, Brian Cooper, Brian Floody,
Publisher: Norma S A Editorial
Keywords: spanish, restaurante, administrar, iniciar, como
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 2002-05-01
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 9580466114
ISBN-13: 9789580466116