Las guerras del agua

Las guerras del agua
Author: Vandana Shiva
Publisher: Siglo XXI
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9682324408

La mayoría de las guerras étnicas o religiosas en realidad son conflictos por los recursos naturales. La privatización del vital líquido pone en riesgo culturas y estilos de vida en todo el mundo.

Las guerras del agua

Las guerras del agua
Author: Vandana Shiva
Publisher: Icaria Editorial
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788474266986

En Las guerras del agua, Vandana Shiva utiliza su notable conocimiento de la ciencia y la sociedad para analizar la histórica erosión de los derechos de acceso al agua por parte de las comunidades humanas. Al analizar el comercio internacional del agua, incluyendo su embalsamiento y extracción, así como la acuicultura, Shiva pone al descubierto la destrucción de la tierra y la pérdida de derechos de los pobres del planeta, a medida que se les niega el acceso a un invaluable bien común. Vandana Shiva revela cómo muchos de los más importantes conflictos actuales a menudo enmascarados como guerras étnicas o religiosas, como el conflicto israelí-palestino, son de hecho disputas por recursos naturales escasos y necesarios. Las guerras del agua resalta la función espiritual y tradicional que el agua ha tenido en comunidades históricas, y alerta acerca de la privatización que amenaza culturas y formas de vida universales. Vandana Shiva es una de las pensadoras más dinámicas y provocadoras del mundo en temas relacionados con el medio ambiente, con los derechos de la mujer y con cuestiones internacionales. Física, ecologista y activista, en 1993 fue distinguida con el Right Livelihood Award, el Premio Nobel alternativo. Es directora de la Fundación para la Investigación de las Ciencias, la Teconogía y la Política de Recursos Naturales. Vandana Shiva es una de las científicas más radicales y prometedoras del mundo. The Guardian Shiva es un estallido de energía creativa, una potencia intelectual. The progressive

Glosario Del Banco Mundial

Glosario Del Banco Mundial
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.

Asuntos sociales

Asuntos sociales
Author: CQ Press,
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781568029191

Presents volume four of a four-volume set of topic books that offer Spanish-speaking library patrons access to balanced information on key issues and examines topics such as the rise of terrorism, jobs and security, civil liberties, increasing access to gambling, and a focus away from traditional values.

The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young

The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
Author: Somini Sengupta
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-03-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0393292878

“[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits.”—Economist Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility—at least by the illusion of possibility—as it is by the structures of sex and caste. The End of Karma is an exploration of this new India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a woman who becomes a Maoist rebel; a brother charged for the murder of his sister, who had married the “wrong” man; a woman who opposes her family and hopes to become a police officer. Driven by aspiration—and thwarted at every step by state and society—they are making new demands on India’s democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls, and civil liberties. Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary men and women, weaving together a groundbreaking portrait of a country in turmoil.

Tourism and Water

Tourism and Water
Author: Stefan Gössling
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845414993

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.

Democracy in Mexico

Democracy in Mexico
Author: Pablo González Casanova
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1970
Genre: Mexico
ISBN:

Great Transition

Great Transition
Author: Paul Raskin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2002
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9780971241817