Tabla de Contenidos: “…Animals and the economy of a rural community -- 3. Animals and ritual within a rural settlement -- 4. …”

“…The analysis of homicide there reveals characteristics that were exceptional by Western European standards: the large proportion of premeditated homicides (murders) and those within the family is more reminiscent of modern cities in the West than of a pre-modern rural society. However, there also existed some archaic forms of Western crime there. …”

“…This is especially the case for those who live and work in rural areas. This book, for the first time, brings together a wide range of invasive plant specialists from the Asia-Pacific region who shares their experience in addressing the problem and delivering solutions. …”

“…We provide theoretical analysis and numerical evaluations of these schemes and investigate their performance, respectively the performance of combinations thereof, in two different scenarios: military MANETs and urban traffic hotspots with ultra high user density. …”

“…This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. …”

“…The influx of IT companies over the past decade into what was once a space dominated by agriculture has resulted in a complex juxtaposition between an evolving knowledge economy and the traditions of rural life. While certain class tensions have emerged in response to this juxtaposition, a study of social media in the region suggests that similarities have also transpired, observed most clearly in the blurring of boundaries between work and life for both the old residents and the new. …”

“…By crossing archives and speeches on Maaloula for almost two centuries, Frédéric Pichon brings to light, along with the Christian memory of a rural Syrian community, the multiple facets of the identity of the last "Aramaeans" in Syria…”

“…The Revolution represented another, at least temporary, victory of the state apparatus over local community and privilege, and it stimulated the longing, apparent in all parts of the country after the fall of Napoleon, for a return to older forms of society and government that were essentially provincial and rural. The stevedores of Marseille, the fisherman of Brittany, and the peasants of the Auvergne saw plainly enough that the Revolution had not solved the problems of poverty and economic distress. …”

“…Although not completely transforming Caesar into a cruel tyrant (which he was not), this Life illustrates, however, a criticism of the exacerbated and irrational ambition of power…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reorientation in a Post-Violence Landscape -- Regional Orientations: The Charotar Sunni Vohras -- Rural-Urban Transitions: From the Village to the Segregated Town -- Uprooted and at Home: Transnational Routes of (No) Return -- Getting Around: Middle-class Muslims in a Regional Town -- Conclusion. …”

“…We decided to edit this book because we identified another way to approach this problem, covering aspects of the treatment of epilepsy based on the most recent technological results "in vitro" from developed countries, and the basic treatment of epilepsy at the primary care level in rural areas of South Africa. Therefore, apart from the classic issues that cannot be missing in any book about epilepsy, we introduced novel aspects related with epilepsy and neurocysticercosis, as a leading cause of epilepsy in developing countries. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Drastic Rural Changes in the Age of Land Reform -- 1 Investigating Rural Change Through the Lens of Land Reform -- 2 Customary Land Tenure in Africa -- 3 Pressure on, and Changes in, the African Land -- 4 Backgrounds to Land Reform -- 5 What the Land Tenure Reforms Have Produced -- 5.1 Commodification of Customary Land -- 5.2 Political Implications of Land Reform -- 6 Structure of This Book -- References -- Land Administration, Chiefs, and Governance in Ghana…”

“…These include contributing to the global mitigation effort and adaptation needed to prevent dangerous climate change, while providing enough food for a population of 9 billion by 2050 as well as shelter and livelihoods for rural populations and various ecosystem services. …”

“…The subject of school size is particularly salient in remote and rural areas where the viability of small schools has been questioned. …”

“…In-depth fieldwork focused on two local Workforce Investment Boards in each state: the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA); the Northern Rural and Training and Employment Consortium (NoRTEC); the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA); and the Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Foreword -- Enabling a regional approach -- Functions assigned to subnational governments -- Regional development trends and statistics -- Implementing a regional approach to national economic development -- Urban and rural development policies…”

“…Although Colombia has high rates of income inequality (with a Gini coefficient of 53.5 in 2012, compared to the OECD average of 32.2), access to health care services is much more equal. In urban populations, for example, 1.8% of children aged less than two years of age are recorded as having received no routine vaccinations, compared to 1.0% of rural children. …”

“…In contrast, India, Indonesia and South Africa (as well as rural China) impose very low average and marginal tax wedges compared to the vast majority of OECD countries. …”

“…Eliminating tariffs on renewable energy and associated goods — which are 15% or higher on an ad valorem basis in many developing countries — would reduce a burden on consumers of energy, particularly people living in rural areas of developing countries, as it is in such areas that many renewable fuels and renewable-energy technologies are making, and are likely to make, their greatest contribution. …”

“…Taking the Netherlands as an example, this book helps to understand the complex policy process at the national level and why it so often appears irrational to us. It is the most sophisticated analysis of tobacco control policy to date, applying insights from political sciences to the field of tobacco control. …”