Download or read book Gestion des ressources en eau et d veloppement local durable written by and published by KARTHALA Editions. This book was released on 2008 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage analyse l'un des thèmes cruciaux de l'environnement, la gestion des ressources en eau envisagée ici à un niveau intercontinental, de l'Amérique Latine à l'Océan Indien en passant par la Caraïbe insulaire. On parle désormais d'une véritable crise contemporaine de l'eau, avec d'une part une surexploitation des ressources du fait de l'augmentation incessante des besoins chez. les nations en forte expansion industrielle ainsi que des exigences d'une agriculture productiviste, et, d'autre part, une dégradation, dans les pays du Sud, de la disponibilité quantitative et qualitative de l'eau, en relation avec une croissance démographique notable, dans les zones arides en particulier. Son inégale répartition géographique, sa rareté eu égard aux besoins actuels des populations et les difficultés accrues de son accès. proportionnelles à la concentration de ces populations, sont aujourd'hui les caractéristiques essentielles de l'eau doute. Se pose alors le problème de sa bonne gestion, qui se trouve en outre affectée par les phénomènes climatiques nouveaux qui menacent la planète, et de la nécessité de se doter d'instruments juridiques efficaces, forts de normes et d'institutions aptes à assurer une bonne gouvernance. Ces instruments doivent définir des rôles et des responsabilités clairs en vue de protéger l'intérêt public, mut en répondant aux attentes des populations en rennes de transparence, d'équité, de participation et de durabilité. Gestion intégrée au Costa Rica, gestion équilibrée à la Réunion. gestion rationalisée dans les Antilles françaises, gestion planifiée au Brésil, gestion de priorité à Madagascar, etc., sont autans de facettes d'une approche comparative qui entend prendre en compte les différentes réponses à la crise récurrente de l'eau au service du développement local
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Society written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.
Download or read book Public Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities written by Philippe Marin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities: A Review of Experiences in Developing Countries' analyzes the market growth of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the developing world since 1990, and the performance of more than 65 large water PPP projects representing more than 100 million people for access, service quality, operational efficiency, and tariff levels. Although a relatively small portion of the water utilities in the developing world are operated under PPPs (about 7 percent in 2007), the urban population served by private water operators has grown every year since 1990. Despite many difficulties encountered by PPP projects and a few contract terminations, a large majority of contracts awarded since 1990 are still in place. The track record for improving service and efficiency reaffirms the value of PPPs to help turn around poorly performing water utilities, even though the level of private financing did not match initial expectations. Over time, a more realistic market has developed, the number of private investors from developing countries has grown, and contract designs have become more pragmatic concerning risk allocations between partners. The water sector has many features that set it apart from other infrastructure sectors. This book suggests the need for careful consideration of those specificities to successfully involve private operators. Although concessions with private financing have worked in a few places, contractual arrangements that combine private operation with public financing appear to be the most sustainable option in many countries. Policy makers, stakeholders, and donors need to remain heavily engaged in the water sector, especially in the poorest countries and during a global financial crisis. This book contributes to a better understanding of the various options to tackle the many challenges of providing water and sanitation services to urban populations in the developing world.
Download or read book Bananas and Food Security written by Claudine Picq and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Importance de la banane sur les plans economique et alimentaire; Diversite et dynamique des filieres; Organisation des marches et commercialisation; Systemes de productions/production systems.
Download or read book OECD Investment Policy Reviews Uruguay written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2020, the Investment Committee recommended to Council to invite Uruguay to become the 50th adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This OECD Investment Policy Review of Uruguay documents the progress made in recent years to align investment policies with the national development strategy in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Download or read book Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Download or read book Towards a New Architecture written by Le Corbusier and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneering manifesto by founder of "International School." Technical and aesthetic theories, views of industry, economics, relation of form to function, "mass-production split," and much more. Profusely illustrated.
Download or read book Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar written by Michele Thieme and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2005-04-05 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of a global effort to identify those areas where conservation measures are needed most urgently, World Wildlife Fund has assembled teams of scientists to conduct ecological assessments of all seven continents. Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar is the latest contribution, presenting in a single volume the first in-depth analysis of the state of freshwater biodiversity across Africa, Madagascar, and the islands of the region. Looking at biodiversity and threats in terms of biological units rather than political units, the book offers a comprehensive examination of the entire range of aquatic systems. In addition to its six main chapters, the book includes nineteen essays by regional experts that provide more depth on key issues, as well as six detailed appendixes that present summary data used in the analyses, specific analytical methodologies, and a thorough text description for each of Africa's ninety-three freshwater ecoregions. Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar provides a blueprint for conservation action and represents an unparalleled guide for investments and activities of conservation agencies and donor organizations.
Download or read book A dictionary of the French and English languages written by Gabriel Surenne and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Online Platforms and Their Role in the Digital Transformation written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains detailed profiles of twelve of the world’s leading platform companies and derives insights from those profiles about what platforms actually do, how they do it, and why they succeed financially.
Download or read book Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development AI2SD 2020 written by Janusz Kacprzyk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book publishes the best papers accepted and presented at the 3rd edition of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development Applied to Agriculture, Energy, Health, Environment, Industry, Education, Economy, and Security (AI2SD’2020). This conference is one of the biggest amalgamations of eminent researchers, students, and delegates from both academia and industry where the collaborators have an interactive access to emerging technology and approaches globally. In this book, readers find the latest ideas addressing technological issues relevant to all areas of the social and human sciences for sustainable development. Due to the nature of the conference with its focus on innovative ideas and developments, the book provides the ideal scientific and brings together very high-quality chapters written by eminent researchers from different disciplines, to discover the most recent developments in scientific research.
Download or read book FAO Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021 2025 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This strategy specifically targets the different types of the private sector from large national and multinational corporations, to financial institutions, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), industry and trade organizations and consortia which represent private sector interests, farmers and farmers’ organizations, producers’ organizations and cooperatives and philanthropic foundations. At the same time, it also targets FAO Membership, as well as the general public who wish to learn more about FAO's strategy and ways of engaging with the private sector.
Download or read book The Modulor written by Le Corbusier and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book European Media in Crisis written by Josef Trappel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the financial markets collapsed in 2008, the media industry was affected by a major slump in advertising revenues, and a formerly highly successful business model fell into a state of decay. This economic crisis has threatened core social values of contemporary democracies, such as freedom, diversity and equality. Taking a normative and policy perspective, this book discusses threats and opportunities for the media industry in Europe: What are the implications of the crisis for professional journalism, the media industry, and the process of political communication? Can non- state and non-market actors profit from the crisis? And what are media policy answers at the national and European level?
Download or read book Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development AI2SD 2019 written by Mostafa Ezziyyani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2020-01-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the latest researches on advanced intelligent systems applied in the field of education presented during the second edition of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019) held on July 08–11, 2019, in Marrakech, Morocco. The book proposes new approaches and innovative strategies for the manipulation of data and big data collected from the educational environment, exploiting the analysis tools, algorithms of artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques, in order to extract results, which allow improving the performance and effectiveness of the education field, which is a strategic lever for sustainable development. The book deals with concepts, strategies, and approaches developed on various current axes of scientific research in the field of education, such as smart e-learning, smart education (smart classroom, smart assessment and smart teaching and learning technologies), massive open online courses (MOOC), courseware design, and development for smart learning, cloud learning, and mobile learning. The book is intended for all actors in the educational sector, namely students, professors, academic researchers, and stakeholders. It constitutes a large-scale forum for the exchange of ideas, approaches, and innovative techniques between these actors on the development and innovation of the field of education with the revolution 4.0. The authors of each chapter report the state of the art of the various topics addressed and present results of their own research, laboratory experiments, and successful applications. The purpose of this session is to share the idea of advanced intelligent systems with appropriate tools and techniques for modeling, management, and decision support in the field of education.
Download or read book The Elgar Companion to Geography Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability written by Fausto O. Sarmiento and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from top geographers, this Companion frames sustainability as exemplar of transdisciplinary science (critical geography) while improving future scenarios, debating perspectives between rich North/poor South, modern urban/backwards rural, and everything in between. The Companion has five sections that carry the reader from foundational considerations to integrative trends, to resources use and accommodation, to examples highlighting non-traditional pathways, to a postscript about cooperation of the industrialized Earth and a prognosis of the road ahead for the new geographies of sustainability.
