“…This book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia. Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth century with class relations as its point of focus, it throws new light on the making of religious communities, monastic institutions, legends, lineages, and the ethics that governed them. …”

“…Through case studies across Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and America, the volume offers a series of examples of approaches and applications to combine and stimulate an interdisciplinary debate between Natural Science and Humanities for understanding long-term human–environment interaction and historical sustainability…”

“…ICACR 2017 is co-sponsored by Asia Society of Researchers(ASR), China University of Geosciences(Wuhan), China, Shanghai University Of Engineering Science, China and York University, Canada. …”

“…This vector-borne disease has been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. As such, this book provides updated information on epidemiological and public health research of malaria conducted in the last decade. …”

“…Ces Mélanges rendent hommage à Jean-Victor Louis, professeur émérite de l'Institut d'Études européennes de l'Université libre de Bruxelles, docteur honoris causa de l'Université de Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas), conseiller juridique honoraire de la Banque nationale de Belgique et rédacteur en chef des Cahiers de droit européen…”

“…The international team of contributors devote in-depth chapters to climate change policies of different nations including reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, examine international legal aspects of compliance, and assess the political significance of the European experience within the wider global perspectives of America and Asia…”

“…From the United States to the Middle East, Asia and Africa, religion has become an increasingly important factor in political activity and organisation. …”
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“…Su intento es revelarnos algunos aspectos desconocidos de esa inmensa Asia, en la que China, ocupa una parte tan extensa y representante... …”

“…De esta forma unimos dos conceptos claves, “patrimonio” e “interculturalidad” y puesto que ambos conceptos están presentes en la figura de El Greco, el contexto de referencia ha sido el de los actos conmemorativos del IV Centenario del fallecimiento del pintor celebrado a lo largo del año 2014. …”
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“…IRASEC and the Observatory on Illicit Trafficking wanted to fill this gap by giving the floor to Professor Winston Set Aung, the founder and the director of the Asia Development Research Institute, and director of the Asia Language and Business Academy in Myanmar. …”

“…The conclusion that the power of conviction is rooted in the instability of sociocultural contexts is a message that has relevance far beyond urban Central Asia…”

“…The relationship between customary land tenure and ‘modern’ forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the ‘Spearhead’ states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new ‘land rush’ or ‘land grab’ in developing countries. This volume aims to test the application of one particular theoretical framework to the Melanesian version of this phenomenon, which is the framework put forward by Derek Hall, Philip Hirsch and Tania Murray Li in their 2011 book, Powers of Exclusion: Land Dilemmas in Southeast Asia. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…“We Need One Natural River for the Next Genera-tion”: Intersectional Feminism and the Nujiang Dams Campaign in China -- 9.Local Context, National Law: The Rights of Karen People on the Salween River in Thailand -- 10.An Ethnobotanical Survey in Shan State, Myanmar: Where Thanlwin Biodiversity, Health, and Deforestation Meet -- 11.Not Only Anti-dam: Simplistic Rendering of Complex Salween Communities in their Negotiation for Development in Thailand -- 12.Powers of Access: Impacts on Resource Users and Researchers in Myanmar’s Shan State -- 13.Fisheries and Socio-economic Change in the Thanlwin River Estuary in Mon and Kayin State, Myanmar -- 14.The Impact of Land cover changes on socio-economic conditions in Bawlakhe District, Kayah State -- 15.Local Knowledge and Rangeland Protection on the Tibetan Plateau: Lessons for Conservation and Co-management of the Upper Nu-Salween and Yellow River Watersheds -- 16.Future Trajectories: Five Short Concluding Reflections…”

“…This book documents how China is creating energy relationships across the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Russia, Central Asia and Africa. The Chinese are also intensively studying how the rest of the world operates in the energy sector. …”

“…Contributions to Mineralization provide some new aspects on economically important mineral deposits from various locations in Asia, Africa, and Europe in terms of their genesis, geochemical, and age considerations. …”

“…The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants and local natural environments, covering different regions in Europe, the Americas and Asia, during the long eighteenth century. ; Readership: Institutes, scholars, students, academic libraries interested in Early Modern and Modern History, Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, European Studies, History of Science, History of Medicine; Knowledge History; Social History; Rural History; Environmental Studies…”

“…In designing the book the integration of multiple methodological fields (geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, meteorological and climate analysis, vegetation and biogeomorphological investigations, geographic information systems GIS, land management methods), study areas, countries and continents (Europe, America, Asia, Africa) are considered…”

“…The strategies, supported by the FEASIBLE computer model, were developed in several countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), in EU accession countries and China. …”

“…This volume traces the development of social investment reforms across the regions of Nordic, Continental, and Southern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, North and Latin America, and North East Asia. The chapters study the impact of different structural drivers for social investment (e.g., demographic, poverty, demand for skill, or lack of an available workforce), the salience of social investment in the public debates, and the different political coalitions that led to or prevented the adoption of social investment strategies…”

“…Globalisation has brought benefits to the economies in the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC) and Central Asia (CA), but compounded volatility and uncertainty associated with the transition to market economy. …”