The Changing Geography Of Asia

"respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods,"[5] "obligation, the bond between man and the gods"[6]) is derived from the Latin religiō, the ultimate origins of which are obscure. One possibility is derivation from a reduplicated *le-ligare, an interpretation traced to Cicero connecting lego "read", i.e. re (again) + lego in the sense of "choose", "go over again" or "consider carefully". Modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell favor the derivation from ligare "bind,…

London, United Kingdom Founding Institution Although GEM data were used in the preparation of this report, their interpretation and use are the sole responsibility of the authors. The authors thank Marcia Cole, Yana Litovsky and Carlos Poblete for their various contributions to this report. They also wish to acknowledge the contributions of Michael Hay and Jonathan Levie for their insightful comments on this report. The authors would also like to express their gratitude to all…

The Globalization Gamble: The Dollar-Wall Street Regime and its Consequences. By Peter Gowan PART ONE: ‘CAPITAL MARKETS’, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE POST-WAR INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM PART TWO: THE DOLLAR-WALL STREET REGIME The 1990s have been the decade of globalisation. We see its effects everywhere: in economic, social and political life, around the world. Yet the more all-pervasive are globalisation’s effects, the more elusive is the animal itself. An enormous outpouring…

This article reviews the processes by which climate change influences human development. Its original contribution lies on a proposed structure to classify and characterize the potential impacts of climate change on different dimensions such as health, education, security, livelihoods, cultural values and social relations. The analysis suggests direct and indirect relations, as well as mechanisms that link components of the climate and well being, which are the natural resources of…

heat. About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewable resources, with 10% of all energy from traditional biomass, mainly used forheating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and are growing very rapidly.[2] The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 19%, with 16% of electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables.[2] The use of…

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Re-considering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power Morgan Baziliana,b, IjeomaOnyejia, Michael Liebreichc, Ian MacGilld, Jennifer Chasec, Jigar Shahe, Dolf Gielenf, Doug Arentg, Doug Landfearh, and Shi Zhengrongi b United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria c Bloomberg New Energy Finance, London, United Kingdom d University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia e KMR Infrastructure, Washington DC

Background: In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign influence. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture. Japan opened its ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854 and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th…

IESUS Epidemiologia e Medidas de Prevenção do Dengue Epidemiology and Preventive Measures of Dengue Maria da Glória Teixeira Universidade Federal da Bahia Maurício Lima Barreto Universidade Federal da Bahia Zouraide Guerra Fundação Nacional de Saúde Resumo O dengue apresenta-se nos grandes centros urbanos de várias regiões do mundo, inclusive do Brasil, sob a forma de epidemias de grande magnitude, e sob a forma hiperendêmica, nos lugares onde um ou mais sorotipos circularam anteriormente.

para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura Cúpula Mundial da Sociedade da Informação Transformando objetivos em ação Genebra 2003 Tunis 2005 por Robin Mansell Professora de Novas Mídias e a Internet, Departamento de Mídia e Comunicações, London School of Economics and Political Science e Gaëtan Tremblay Professor, Escola de Mídia, Faculdade de Comunicação, Université du Québec à Montréal Tradução: Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR Centro Regional de Estudos para o…