Download or read book Tourism and Water written by Stefan Gössling and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly examine the interrelationships of tourism and water use based on global, regional and business perspectives. Its assessment of tourism's global impact along with its overviews of sectoral and management approaches will provide a benchmark by which the water sustainability of tourism will be measured for years to come. In making a clear case for greater awareness and enhanced water management in the tourism sector, it is hoped that the book will contribute to the wise and sustainable use of this critical resource. The book is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope. It is designed as essential reading for not only students of tourism but also practitioners.

Download or read book Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis CRIDA written by Mendoza, Guillermo and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design written by Patrick A. Ray and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design describes an approach to facing two fundamental and unavoidable issues brought about by climate change uncertainty in water resources planning and project design. The first is a risk assessment problem. The second relates to risk management. This book provides background on the risks relevant in water systems planning, the different approaches to scenario definition in water system planning, and an introduction to the decision-scaling methodology upon which the decision tree is based. The decision tree is described as a scientifically defensible, repeatable, direct and clear method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. While applicable to all water resources projects, it allocates effort to projects in a way that is consistent with their potential sensitivity to climate risk. The process was designed to be hierarchical, with different stages or phases of analysis triggered based on the findings of the previous phase. An application example is provided followed by a descriptions of some of the tools available for decision making under uncertainty and methods available for climate risk management. The tool was designed for the World Bank but can be applicable in other scenarios where similar challenges arise.

Download or read book The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020 written by UNESCO and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2020 edition of the WWDR, titled Water and Climate Change illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it describes both the challenges and opportunities created by climate change, and provides potential responses – in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience – that can be undertaken by enhancing water resources management, attenuating water-related risks, and improving access to water supply and sanitation services for all in a sustainable manner. It addresses the interrelations between water, people, environment and economics in a changing climate, demonstrating how climate change can be a positive catalyst for improved water management, governance and financing to achieve a sustainable and prosperous world for all. The report provides a fact-based, water-focused contribution to the knowledge base on climate change. It is complementary to existing scientific assessments and designed to support international political frameworks, with the goals of helping the water community tackle the challenges of climate change, and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation.

Download or read book El Cuadro de Mando Integral paso a paso written by Paul R. Niven and published by Grupo Planeta (GBS). This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un plan detallado para desarrollar e implementar el Cuadro de Mando Integral en la empresa. La aplicación de un Cuadro de Mando Integral no sólo es un proyecto que mide resultados sino que afecta a muchos procesos organizativos fundamentales. A través de una discusión detallada paso a paso, esta obra proporciona una visión clara y soluciones prácticas de tres importantes aspectos de la empresa: el desarrollo de objetivos funcionales y de indicadores que reflejen fielmente la estrategia, la creación del apoyo directivo y la formación del equipo adecuado. También ayuda a que el Cuadro de Mando Integral se convierta en un componente global de los sistemas de gestión aplicándolo en cascada a todos los niveles de la organización, vinculando presupuestos e incentivos con la estrategia.

Download or read book Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom written by Zoltán Dörnyei and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book takes a pratical approach to teaching motivational strategies in the language classroom, and gives the teacher 35 motivational strategies that they can use with language learners.

Download or read book Business Solutions for the Global Poor written by V. Kasturi Rangan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: References: p.403-415.

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Download or read book Ethical Business written by Linda Ferrell and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical ePub guide to ethical business skills which will give you the information and skills to succeed Develop your ethical business skills by learning to assess your business, establish alternatives and plan for change. Step-by-step instructions, checklists and features examine business benefits, environment strategy and implications for human resources. Tips, dos and don'ts and 'In Focus' features on what to do in a particular situation, plus real-life case studies demonstrate how to plan your ethical strategy, monitor progress and achieve your goals. Read it cover-to-cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. Handy tips in a pocket-sized format - take it wherever your work takes you.

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Download or read book Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes written by Matthew Peacock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of specially commissioned articles examines theory and practice in EAP.

Download or read book El Cuadro de Mando Integral Balanced Scorecard written by Francisco Amo Baraybar and published by ESIC Editorial. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Como consecuencia de los cambios tecnológicos, socioculturales y políticos producidos desde los años 80, los entornos en los que se tienen que mover las empresas son cada vez más globales, dinámicos y competitivos. Esta evolución ha implicado importantes transformaciones en las organizaciones y, especialmente, en sus sistemas de gestión y control. Los costes de fabricación han ido perdiendo relevancia frente a los costes indirectos, el ciclo de vida de los productos es más corto, la oferta es mucho mayor, el cliente está mejor informado, los factores críticos de éxito no solo están ligados a la optimización de costes, sino también a variables como la satisfacción del cliente, la innovación, la calidad, el servicio al cliente, las habilidades de los empleados, etc. INDICE 1. Introducción 2. Antecedentes 3. El concepto de Cuadro de Mando Integral 4. Evolución del Cuadro de Mando Integral: Modelos de implantación 5. La planificación e implantación estratégica 6. El proceso de implantación estratégica 7. El Cuadro de Mando Integral: Conceptos básicos 8. Principales beneficios de la metodología del Cuadro de Mando Integral 9. La construcción del Cuadro de Mando Integral 10. La integración de otros sistemas de gestión con el Cuadro de Mando Integral 11. Soportes informáticos para el Cuadro de Mando Integral 12. Anexos 13. Bibliografía

Download or read book Top Management Planning written by George Albert Steiner and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature and concept of business planning; A conceptual and operational model of corporate planning; The importance of comprehensive planning; Top management's role in planning; The process of developing plans; Organizing for corporate planning; The network of corporate aims - I and II; Appraising the future environment for planning; Nature and development of business strategies; Business policies and procedures; From strategic planning to current action; Tools for more rational planning; Rationality in planning; Older tools for making more rational planning decisions; The systems approach to decision-making; Newer quantitative techniques for rational decisions; Management information systems; Computers and management information systems; Planning in selected; Financial planning; Diversification planning; Research and development planning; Planning in other functional areas; Concluding observations: the current state of the art and the future of comprehensive corporate planning; References; Index.

Download or read book Cuadro de Mando Integral written by Federico Gan Bustos and published by Ediciones Díaz de Santos. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducción. Instrumento: cuadro de mando integral. Modelo: cuadro de mando integral. Conocer las características del CMI. La perspectiva financiera. La perspectiva del cliente. La perspectiva de los procesos internos. La perspectiva del empleado. Anticipar el proceso de construcción de un CMI. Implementar la construcción de un CMI. Instrumento: cuadro de mando integral para el área de recursos humanos. Modelo: cuadro de mando integra para áreas de recursos humanos, etc.

Download or read book Negotiated Interaction in Target Language Classroom Discourse written by Jamila Boulima and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses some of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about target language (TL) acquisition in the classroom context, namely 1. What is negotiated interaction? 2. What are the main discourse functions of negotiated interaction? 3. How frequent is negotiated interaction in TL classrooms, and does this frequency vary by proficiency level? 4. To what extent does the initiation of negotiation overlap with the negotiation of power in such a setting of unequal-power discourse as the TL classroom? The negotiation process allows TL learners to obtain ‘comprehensible input’, to receive ‘negative input’, and to produce ‘comprehensible output’. Since these are key variables in the acquisition process, by researching the negotiation work occurring in TL classroom discourse, the book fully contributes to the understanding of the process of interlanguage development in TL classrooms and thereby has major implications for TL teaching and teacher training. The book also contributes to further the understanding of negotiated interaction from a sociolinguistic standpoint: the asymmetrical nature of negotiation work in TL classrooms reflects the role and power relationships, the social organization, as well as the tacit interactional and cultural rules that seem to be at work in the TL classroom context.

Download or read book Teaching Other Subjects Through English Resource Books for Teachers written by Sheelagh Deller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) has attracted great interest in recent years, especially in Europe but increasingly more widely in the world. This book provides practical, classroom-tested activities that can be used when teaching any subject.

Download or read book Global Latinas written by Lourdes Casanova and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most of the research on multinationals has focused on companies from developed markets. Research on multinationals from emerging economies is relatively new and most of the attention has been focused on multinationals from Asia. Little research has been done on the internationalization strategies and challenges of Latin American multinationals. This book aims to fill this void. Studying Latin American multinationals will not only provide insights into specific strategies deployed by successful firms but will also identify best practices that can be employed by the next generation multinationals from emerging markets." --Book Jacket.