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Preparing for Drought: A Guidebook for Developing Countries
(1992)
The purpose of this guidebook is to describe those unique characteristics of drought that set it apart from other natural hazards (Chapter 1). The guidebook also describes the nature of impacts associated with drought. ...
Uganda Case Study: A Sampler Atlas of Environmental Resource Datasets within GRID - GRID Case Study Series No.1
(1987)
Data entry, modeling and graphical output for the Uganda case study have been carried out with the ARC/INFO Geographic Information System on a PRIME minicomputer. Most of the basic datasets were digitized from the Atlas ...
Ozone Protection, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
(2006)
This special publication covers the three interlinked issues: ozone depletion, climate change and energy efficiency, and helps show that today's world is full of interconnected axes, particularly when it comes to the ...
Les Risques Naturels en Méditerranée: Situation et Perspective
(1997)
Les pays méditerranéens, au Nord comme au Sud, connaissent actuellement de rapides changements démographiques, sociaux, culturels, économiques et écologiques. Où mènent ces changements ? Que sera l'avenir des pays ...
Les Forêts Méditerranéennes: Enjeux et Perspectives
(1990)
La présente publication, ainsi que toutes celles qui paraissent dans la série des "Fascicules du Plan Bleu", ne constitue pas seulement une mise au point sur le theme dont elle traite, et qui fait peut-être l'objet d'autres ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(2007)
The Working Group I report focuses on those aspects of the current understanding of the physical science of climate change that are judged to be most relevant to policymakers. It does not attempt to review the evolution ...
Summary Report on CCET Webinar Series 1: Guidelines for National and City Waste Management Strategies
(2017)
This brief summarises the proceedings and outcomes of the 1st CCET Webinar which was held on 25 July 2017 at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center in line with the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific ...
El Medio Ambiente: Un Dialogo Entre las Naciones
(1985)
Este informe senala los peligros que amenazan a La humanidad, a consecuencia de Ia pérdida a gran escala de La fertilidad del suelo, de alcances sin precedentes dado que más de un tercio de Ia superficie de Ia tierra está ...
FIFA World Cup: South Africa 2010 Report
(2012)
This report highlights the achievements of South Africa and its host cities—from Durban to Nelspruit — in respect to environmental measures planned and implemented during the matches. It also looks at the legacy of the ...