Manual for the National Standardization of Geographical Names

Manual for the National Standardization of Geographical Names
Author: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The present publication is designed primarily to assist countries that do not have an appropriate authority and a specific set of standards for the consistent rendering of their geographical names. The information in the Manual consists of suggestions that should be useful to those intersted in ways to standardize their nation's geographical names

Toponymy

Toponymy
Author: Naftali Kadmon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The first book in over 100 years dealing wit the subject of geolograhpical names in all its aspects. Combining a solid scientific approach with a light hearted style, the book wil appealmto anyone with an interest in place names. Illus.

Undersea Features

Undersea Features
Author: United States. Geographic Names Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1971
Genre: Geography
ISBN:

Exonyms and the International Standardisation of Geographical Names

Exonyms and the International Standardisation of Geographical Names
Author: Peter Jordan
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 3825800350

This book is a first comprehensive reader on the topic of exonyms. It aims to highlight the exonym question in general from a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the benefits of exonyms, the current trends of exonym use, and the standardisation efforts related to exonyms on the national as well as on the international (UN) level. It is supplemented by a bibliography of further important reference works. Most authors are members of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN), more specifically of its Working Group on Exonyms.

Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 40 (1986)

Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 40 (1986)
Author: United Nations
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 1351
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004636722

Issued annually since 1946/47, the Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations, providing a comprehensive, one-volume account of the Organization's work. It includes details of United Nations activities concerning trade, industrial development, natural resources, food, science and technology, social development, population, environment, human settlements, children and legal questions, along with information on the work of each specialized agency in the United Nations family. The Yearbook is an indispensable guide to the UN.