Author: H. J. Kissling
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Keywords: muslim, iii, world, empires, last, history
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1995-11
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1558761128
ISBN-13: 9781558761124

Contents includes: The Ottoman Empire to 1774 Egypt and the Eastern Arab Countries in the First Three Centuries of the Ottoman Period North West Africa from the 15th-19th Centuries Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, till the 19th Century Iran Under the Safavids and in the 18th Century Central Asia: The Last Three Centuries of Independence India Under the Mughal Empire

Authors:John Tiffin, Chris Kissling,
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: transport, services, nets, enabling, global, communications, understanding, networks
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-11-28
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0749450703
ISBN-13: 9780749450700

Transport and communications are usually studied as separate subjects, yet advances in communications technology has meant that neither can function without the other when operating within a globalized supply chain.  This, the first book to integrate the two disciplines, explains their mutual dependency and how their relationship has led to trade globalization. Fundamental to this concept is a three-dimensional matrix NETS (Network Enabling Transport Systems), which can be applied to land, sea, and air travel at every level. The book reviews how the different modes and levels of transport can

Authors:Stefan Kuks, Ingrid Kissling-Näf,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: water, policies, environment, amp, rights, policy, transitions, national, regimes, europe, evolution
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 1402024835
ISBN-13: 9781402024832

Sustainable water management is high on the political agenda. Insufficient access to water resources and insufficient sanitation is one of the world?s major problems. All over the world countries struggle with water stress, not only in arid but also in humid regions. Water issues vary from problems with water scarcity and a degrading quality of surface and groundwater, to problems with floods and a rising sea level due to climate change. The European Union attempts to improve the sustainability of water management in its member states by means of the European Water Framework Directive, adopted

Authors:H. J. Kissling, N. Barbour, J. S. Trimingham, H. Brau
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: muslim, world, empires, last
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $164.00
ISBN-10: 9004021043
ISBN-13: 9789004021044