Tabla de Contenidos: “…Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Urban design and sustainability in the developing world / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : drukpa and burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding the identity of the city in history : the historic centre of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : The historic centre of Morelia / Norma Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City: the case of Coyoacan / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Development control and urban reform : the case of Belem, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima -- Urban change in residential layouts in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing -- Sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse…”

“…Sempre manietado pela falta de homens, de navios e de dinheiro, bem como pela estreiteza de vistas e pelas suspeitas injustas do rei, Albuquerque fez sentir a sua influência desde a Arábia até a China e dominou o Oceano Índico, tornando Portugal a potência hegemónica do Oriente. …”

“…The second section examines flood risk management relating to the urban environment, with examples from a coastal city in Saudi Arabia and a housing development in Mexico. The third section relates to flood risk management in the context of agriculture, particularly relating to damage to Asian rice crops…”

“…A historical-archaeological essay on Egypt and Arabia as well as a study on the ambiguous relationship between Assyria and Arabia - characterised by conflict and commerce - shed new light on the foreign relations of ancient Tayma'…”

“…Lawrence Wright’s remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States. …”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- The Exterminating Angel -- Fargo -- Floating Weeds -- Gates of Heaven -- The General -- The Godfather -- Gone with the Wind -- Grand Illusion -- Greed -- A Hard Day's Night -- Hoop Dreams -- Ikiru -- It's a Wonderful Life -- JFK -- La Dolce Vita -- The Lady Eve -- Last Year at Marienbad -- L'Atalante -- L'Avventura -- Lawrence of Arabia -- Le Samourai -- M -- The Maltese Falcon -- Manhattan -- McCabe & Mrs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 1 People, Vulnerability and Resilience -- Demographic approaches to understanding impacts from disasters -- The four periods of natural and technological disasters -- Demographic and vulnerability aspects of affected populations and regionalization of natural hazards related with extreme rainfall events in Brazil -- Natural Disaster and Social Capital Nexus for Resilience: A study of Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Part 2 – Migration & Relocation, Climate Change and Spatial Impacts -- Relocation of Communities after Natural Disasters in Taiwan and Japan -- Long-term mass displacements after nuclear disasters – Are they the largest emergency displacements of human history?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The state of the art in student engagement / Carl Senior and Chris Howard -- The relationship between student employability and student engagement: working toward a more unified theory / Carl Senior, Peter Reddy and Rowena Senior -- The future and the female academic leader: advancing student engagement / Carl Senior, Christopher Howard and Rowena Senior -- Group work as an incentive for learning-students' experiences of group work / Eva Hammar Chiriac -- Creating learner-centered assessment strategies for promoting greater student retention and class participation / John D. Rich Jr, Arabia N. Colon, Dominique Mines and Kimberly L. Jivers -- Learning in friendship groups: developing students' conceptual understanding through social interaction / Carl Senior and Chris Howard -- Student polling software: where cognitive psychology meets educational practice? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Strachey's way, or all's well that ends Welles -- Rembrandt (1936) -- Citizen Kane and the biopic -- Lawrence of Arabia: "but does he really deserve a place in here?" …”

“…A través de una narración entretenida y amena, los lectores descubrirán la ciudad de los profetas, quién fue Mahoma, cómo era Arabia antes del islam, los cuatro califas, etc…”

“…Un empresario estadounidense viaja a Arabia Saudí para cerar un trato con el rey, con el que espera darle un giro a su vida. …”

“…Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World covers, among other cases, Brazil, China, Isreal, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand"--…”

“…The growing number of countries participating in this endeavor including now Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA, and Vietnam as well as joint participation of the US and Moldova scientists in edition of this book and writing one of its Chapters testify to the unifying effect of science. …”

“…Scholars from Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran (in geographic order) contributed to the research. …”

“…The fundamental text of Arab literature affirms the rights and duties of mutual understanding among Arabs; he imposes that the nobility, in matters of knowledge, will pass through the only language which confers it and he will assign to his future expressions the obligation to be based on this voice of old Arabia which he has brought to its supreme form: literal, literary, classical Arabic. …”

“…This year's edition presents 25 indicators, several of which are new, and includes data for 36 OECD member countries and, where available, key partners (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa) and other G20 countries (Argentina and Saudi Arabia). The report features a special chapter on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people: their numbers, how they fare in terms of economic outcomes and well-being, and what policies can improve LGBT inclusivity. …”

“…The fate of the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf is seemingly known beforehand, as they are nestled in the midst of Africa-Arabia plate convergence with Eurasia. Over millions of years through the Cenozoic era they progressively shriveled, leaving only a glimpse of the Tethys Ocean. …”

“…The call for papers attracted 24 submissions with authors from 28 countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam. …”

“…To the south lay the Nabataean kingdom, annexed by Rome in 106 and formed into the province of Arabia. To the north, the Cappadocian frontier was laid out in one of the most inaccessible and remote parts of Eurasia facing extremes of climate and topography, amid a patchwork of client kingdoms. …”