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  • 1
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    Power and people : the benefits of renewable energy in Nepal (2011)
    Washington, D.C. :World Bank,
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    Format: xix, 112 pages : , illustrations ; , 25 cm.
    ISBN: 9780821387795 , 9780821387894 (electronic)
    Series Statement: World Bank e-Library.
    Note: "June 2010."
    Additional Edition: Print Version: ISBN 9780821387795
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8779-5
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    The Politics of Indigeneity : Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism (2011)
    London : Zed Books
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    gbv_1020647817
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (298 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed
    ISBN: 9781780321226
    Content: The Politics of Indigeneity explores the concept of indigeneity across the world and the ways in which it intersects with local, national and international social and political realities. The authors discuss with indigenous spokespersons, scholars and activists the possibilities of a 'second-wave indigeneity', one that is alert to the challenges posed by the neoliberal agenda of nation-states. The Politics of Indigeneity is a vital and timely contribution to an often contentious topic
    Content: Intro -- About the editors -- Figures and table -- Figures -- 1.1 Ayoreo territory -- 1.2 Aquino Aquiraoi Picanerai -- 1.3 Mateo Sobode Chiquenoi II -- 3.1 Batwa ancestral territories -- 4.1 New Nubia -- 4.2 Old Nubia -- 5.1 Thailand -- 6.1 The Nicobar Islands -- 6.2 Chupon and Simron Singh -- 7.1 The Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal -- Table -- 4.1 Political timeline for Nubia -- Abbreviations -- Additional materials -- Introduction -- Invocation: What the spirit said to Ibegua Chiqueñoro -- Credits -- Part One | Settler: South America and New Zealand -- 1 | Being indigenous: the concept of indigeneity, a conversation with two Ayoreo leaders -- Introduction -- Figure 1.1 Ayoreo territory -- Methodology -- The interview -- Figure 1.2 Aquino Aquiraoi Picanerai -- Figure 1.3 Mateo Sobode Chiquenoi II -- Conclusions -- Comment -- Simron Jit Singh -- Reply -- Acknowledgments -- 2 | Beyond indigenous civilities: indigenous matters -- 1 INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES -- 2 INDIGENOUS CIVILITIES -- A response from the wilderness -- The backstory: Gareth's challenge -- Reclamation of the discursive terrain: shifting across two different plains of interaction -- The reclamation of language and the imaginative space - claiming a right to the future -- 3 VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Moana Jackson's response -- Helen Te Hira's response -- Helen Potter's response -- Kane Te Manakura's response -- Ian Takarangi's response -- Comment -- Avril Bell -- Reply: Teanau Tuiono -- Reply: Avril Bell -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Part Two | Post-colonial: Africa and Asia -- 3 | Mapping everyday practices as rights of resistance: indigenous peoples in Central Africa -- Introduction -- Figure 3.1 Batwa ancestral territories -- 1 INDIGENEITY AS LIVED EXPERIENCE -- Interview 1 -- Interview 2 -- 2 INDIGENEITY AS SUBVERSION -- The difficulty in acceptance
    Content: A legitimate alternative -- 3 INDIGENEITY AS ACCOMMODATION -- Conclusion -- Comment -- Benno Glauser -- Reply -- 4 | Displacement and indigenous rights: the Nubian case -- Introduction -- 1 DIALOGUES -- Interview 1: Suad Ibrahim Ahmed, 11 April 2008, Khartoum -- Interview 2: Dr Ahmed Sokarno, lecturer in linguistics at South Valley University, Aswan, 1 April, Aswan -- Figure 4.1 New Nubia -- Figure 4.2 Old Nubia -- 2 INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS -- Division, relocation and gendered change -- Relationship with the state - the line you cannot cross -- Politicization of identity -- Visions for the future -- Comment -- Christopher Kidd -- Reply -- Table 4.1 Political timeline for Nubia -- Acknowledgements -- 5 | Being indigenous in northern Thailand -- Highlanders as indigenous peoples -- The challenges of being indigenous in northern Thailand -- Working to claim indigeneity -- DIALOGUE -- NGO/activist views -- Village views -- Figure 5.1 Thailand -- Analysis -- Comment -- Sita Venkateswar -- Reply -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- 6 | Chupon's dilemma: a dialogue -- Prologue -- Figure 6.1 The Nicobar Islands -- Chupon's dilemma -- Figure 6.2 Chupon and Simron Singh -- Epilogue -- Comment -- Benno Glauser -- Reply -- Acknowledgements -- Part Three  | International -- 7 | Indigeneity and international indigenous rights organizations and forums -- DIALOGUES -- Interview 1: Stephen Corry, Survival International, 4 December 2007 -- Interview 2: discussion between Sita Venkateswar and IWGIA members Lola García-Alix and Jens Dahl, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 December 2007 -- Interview 3: discussion with Ida Nicolaison, Nordic Institute, Copenhagen, 13 December 2007 -- Commentary -- Teanau Tuiono -- Emma Hughes -- Reflections and analysis -- Figure 7.1 The Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements
    Content: Conclusion. Naming and claiming second-wave indigeneity: a dialogue and reflections -- Naming and claiming: a dialogue on second-wave indigeneity -- Reflections on second-wave indigeneity -- Gathering the threads to weave a mutual future -- Notes -- Introduction -- Invocation -- 1 Being indigenous -- 2 Beyond indigenous civilities -- 4 Displacement and indigenous rights -- 5 Being indigenous in northern Thailand -- 6 Chupon's dilemma -- 7 Indigeneity and international indigenous rights organizations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- About the contributors -- Index -- About Zed Books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-272) and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781780321202
    Additional Edition: Print version Bell, Avril The Politics of Indigeneity : Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism London : Zed Books,c2011 ISBN 9781780321202
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ethnology
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Wronging rights? : philosophical challenges for human rights (2011)
    London : Routledge
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    gbv_1696466334
    Format: 1 online resource (216 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780203814031
    Series Statement: Ethics, human rights and global political thought 1
    Content: This book brings together two of the most powerful and relevant philosophical critiques of human rights: the post-colonialist and the post-Althusserian, its balanced internal structure not just throwing these two critiques together, but actually forcing them to enter into confrontation and dialogue. The book is organised in three parts: at each end, the post-colonialist and the post-Althusserian critiques are represented by some of their main thinkers (Ratna Kapur, G. C. Spivak, Upendra Baxi; Slavoj Žižek, Jacques Rancière), while in the middle, an American intermezzo (Richard Rorty, Wendy Brown) functions as a genuine Derridian supplement: always already contaminating the purity of the two theoretical schools, preventing their enclosure and, hence, fuelling and complicating further their mutual confrontation. As in any authentic dialogue, the introduction and the conclusion each claim victory for one of the sides by changing the very terms and rules of the dialogue, picturing it as a confrontation between emancipatory universalism and inefficient particularism (from the perspective of the post-Althusserians), or as a split between hypocrisy and truth (from the perspective of the post-colonialists).
    Content: Front Cover -- Wronging Rights? -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Evaluating the Postcolonial and the Post-Althusserian Alternatives: Alex Cistelecan -- Part One: Postcolonial Perspectives -- 2. Human Rights in the 21st Century: Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Ratna Kapur -- 3. Critiquing Rights: The Politics of Identity and Difference: Upendra Baxi -- 4. Righting Wrongs: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- Part Two: An American Interlude -- 5. Human Rights, Rationality and Sentimentality: Richard Rorty -- 6. 'The Most We Can Hope For . . .': Human Rights and the Politics of Fatalism: Wendy Brown -- Part Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives -- 7. Against Human Rights: Slavoj Žižek -- 8. Who Is the Subject of the Rights of Man?: Jacques Rancière -- Conclusion -- 9. Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives: Aakash Singh Rathore -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Front Cover; Wronging Rights?; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Evaluating the Postcolonial and the Post-Althusserian Alternatives: Alex Cistelecan; Part One: Postcolonial Perspectives; 2. Human Rights in the 21st Century: Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Ratna Kapur; 3. Critiquing Rights: The Politics of Identity and Difference: Upendra Baxi; 4. Righting Wrongs: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; Part Two: An American Interlude; 5. Human Rights, Rationality and Sentimentality: Richard Rorty , 6. 'The Most We Can Hope For . . .': Human Rights and the Politics of Fatalism: Wendy BrownPart Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives; 7. Against Human Rights: Slavoj Žižek; 8. Who Is the Subject of the Rights of Man?: Jacques Rancière; Conclusion; 9. Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives: Aakash Singh Rathore; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index;
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780415615297
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415615297
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
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    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 4
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    Localization Strategies for Global E-Business (2011)
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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    kobvindex_INT71196
    Format: 1 online resource (361 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781107008892 , 9781139203463
    Content: The acceleration of globalization and the growth of emerging economies present significant opportunities for business expansion. One of the quickest ways to achieve effective international expansion is by leveraging the web. This book provides a comprehensive, non-technical guide to leveraging website localization strategies for global e-commerce success
    Note: Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Illustration credits and acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Global e-commerce opportunities and challenges -- Global e-commerce opportunities -- Global e-commerce challenges -- Socio-cultural environment -- Impact of language and culture on website and content design -- Geopolitical environment -- Legal environment -- Economic environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 International e-business expansion and market entry strategies -- The new multinationals -- International e-business strategic factor markets -- Internationalization challenges -- Internationalization approaches -- Achieving international e-business expansion -- Foreign market entry modes -- Chapter 3 Global online consumer segmentation -- Segmentation approaches -- Importance of segmentation -- Global online user segments -- BRIC online consumers -- Identifying global customers using global CRM -- Segmentation for optimizing web localization efforts -- Global online consumer segmentation model -- Global consumer trends -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Web globalization strategies -- Web globalization challenges -- Web globalization dilemma 1: standardization or localization? -- Web globalization dilemma 2: to centralize or to decentralize? -- Web globalization dilemma 3: in-house versus outsourcing -- Web globalization dilemma 4: level of localization -- Web globalization dilemma 5: in which languages to localize? -- Web globalization dilemma 6: what skill set is needed for web globalization? -- Global strategies for successful web globalization efforts -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Developing international websites: internationalization -- Developing international websites -- Website globalization, internationalization, localization, and translation -- Unicode , Assessing web localization efforts: the localization score card -- Research highlight: assessing the impact of cultural adaptation on international website acceptance -- Assessing web globalization costs -- Chapter 10 Strategic industry insights and emerging localization trends -- Introduction -- The mobile web -- Challenges presented by the mobile interface -- Tips for adapting content for the mobile web -- The growing crowdsourcing trend -- Strategic industry insight 1: community translation -- Strategic industry insight 2: emerging machine translation technologies -- Strategic industry insight 3: game localization's challenges and opportunities -- Web globalization resources -- Index , Why internationalize (i18n)? -- What does internationalization (i18n) entail? -- Internationalization checklist -- Writing for an international audience -- Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) -- Preparing documents for translation -- Chapter 6 Effectively localizing international websites -- Importance of website localization -- Website localization challenges -- Locating international websites -- What is culture? -- Culturally customizing websites: importance of semiotics -- Culturally customizing websites: importance of cultural values -- Culturally customizing writing styles -- Chapter 7 Managing a web globalization value chain -- The value chain concept -- Web globalization value chain components -- Pre-value-chain analysis -- Support layer of the web globalization value chain -- Primary activity 1: internationalization -- Primary activity 2: localization -- Primary activity 3: testing -- Primary activity 4: global content management -- Coordinating the web globalization value chain: localization project management -- Agile development for localization efficiencies -- Case study: localization management at Compuware-Changepoint -- Chapter 8 Optimizing international websites -- Introduction -- Optimizing via content management systems -- Optimizing through a translation management system -- Case study: 1& -- 1 Internet AG implementing a translation management system for efficiency gains -- International search engine optimization -- Keywords for local and multilingual sites -- Linking strategies for local and international sites -- Case study: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, developing a multilingual web presence -- Chapter 9 Assessing web globalization efforts -- Global website usability issues -- Web usability guidelines -- Web analytics for international web assessment -- Measuring international website acceptance
    Additional Edition: Print version Singh, Nitish Localization Strategies for Global E-Business Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2011 ISBN 9781107008892
    Language: English
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    Engineering rock mass classification : tunneling, foundations, and landslides (2011)
    Waltham, MA [u.a.] : Butterworth-Heinemann
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    Format: Online Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    ISBN: 9780123858795 , 0123858798 , 9780123858788 , 012385878X , 9781283152655 , 012385878X
    Content: Chapter 1: Quantitative Classifications. Chapter 2: Shear Zone Treatment in Tunnels and Foundations. Chapter 3: Rock Material. Chapter 4: Rock Quality Designation. Chapter 5: Terzaghi's Rock Load Theory. Chapter 6: Rock Mass Rating (RMR). Chapter 7: Prediction of Ground Conditions for Tunnelling. Chapter 8: Rock Mass Quality (Q) -- System. Chapter 9: Rock Mass Number. Chapter 10: Rock Mass Index. Chapter 11: Rate of Tunnelling. Chapter 12: Support System in Caverns. Chapter 13: Strength Enhancement of Rock Mass in Tunnels. Chapter 14: Strength of Discontinuities. Chapter 15: Shear Strength of Rock Masses in Slopes. Chapter 16: Types of Rock Slope Failures. Chapter 17: Slope Mass Rating (SMR). Chapter 18: Allowable Bearing Pressure for Building Foundations. Chapter 19: Method of Excavation. Chapter 20: Rock Drillability. Chapter 21: Permeability and Groutability. Chapter 22: Gouge Material. Chapter 23: Engineering Properties of Hard Rock Masses. Chapter 24: Geological Strength Index (GSI). Chapter 25: Evaluation of Critical Rock Parameters. Chapter: 26: In situ Stresses
    Content: Rock mass classification methods are commonly used at the preliminary design stages of a construction project when there is very little information. It forms the bases for design and estimation of the required amount and type of rock support and groundwater control measures. Encompassing nearly all aspects of rock mass classifications in detail, Civil Engineering Rock Mass Classification: Tunnelling, Foundations and Landsides provides construction engineers and managers with extensive practical knowledge which is time-tested in the projects in Himalaya and other parts of the world in complex geological conditions. Rock mass classification is an essential element of feasibility studies for any near surface construction project prior to any excavation or disturbances made to earth. Written by an author team with over 50 years of experience in some of the most difficult mining regions of the world, Civil Engineering Rock Mass Classification: Tunnelling, Foundations and Landsides provides construction engineers, construction managers and mining engineers with the tools and methods to gather geotechnical data, either from rock cuts, drifts or core, and process the information for subsequent analysis. The goal is to use effective mapping techniques to obtain data can be used as input for any of the established rock classification systems. The book covers all of the commonly used classification methods including: Barton's Q and Q' systems, Bieniawski's RMR, Laubscher's MRMR and Hoek's and GSI systems. With this book in hand, engineers will be able to gather geotechnical data, either from rock cuts, drifts or core, and process the information for subsequent analysis. Rich with international case studies and worked out equations, the focus of the book is on the practical gathering information for purposes of analysis and design. Identify the most significant parameters influencing the behaviour of a rock mass. Divide a particular rock mass formulation into groups of similar behaviour, rock mass classes of varying quality. Provide a basis of understanding the characteristics of each rock mass class Relate the experience of rock conditions at one site to the conditions and experience encountered at others Derive quantitative data and guidelines for engineering design Provide common basis for communication between engineers and geologists
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record , Front Cover; Engineering Rock Mass Classification: Tunneling, Foundations, and Landslides; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Philosophy of Engineering Classifications; The classification; Philosophy of classification system; Need for engineering geological map; Management of uncertainties; Present-day practice; Scope of the book; References; Chapter 2: Shear Zone Treatment in Tunnels and Foundations; Shear zone; Treatment for tunnels; Treatment for dam foundations; References; Chapter 3: Rock Material; Rock material; Homogeneity and inhomogeneity , Classification of rock materialClass I and II brittle rocks; Uniaxial compression; Stability in water; Classification on the basis of slake durability index; References; Chapter 4: Rock Quality Designation; Rock quality designation; Direct method; Indirect methods; Weighted joint density; Red-flag effect of low RQD; Application of RQD; References; Chapter 5: Terzaghi's Rock Load Theory; Introduction; Rock classes; Rock load factor; Modified Terzaghi's theory for tunnels and caverns; References; Chapter 6: Rock Mass Rating; Introduction; Collection of field data; Estimation of RMR , Applications of RMRPrecautions; Rock mass excavability index for TBM; Tunnel alignment; References; Chapter 7: Tunneling Hazards; Introduction; Tunneling Conditions; Empirical approach for predicting ground conditions; Theoretical/analytical approach; Effect of thickness of weak band on squeezing ground condition; Sudden flooding of tunnels; Chimney formation; Environmental hazards due to toxic or explosive gases and geothermal gradient; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 8: Rock Mass Quality Q-System; The Q-system; Joint orientation and the Q-system; Updating the Q-system , Collection of field dataClassification of the rock mass; Estimation of support pressure; Estimation of deformation or closure; Unsupported span; Design of supports; New austrian tunneling method; Norwegian method of tunneling; Rock mass characterization; Drainage measures; Experiences in poor rock conditions; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 9: Rock Mass Number; Introduction; Interrelation between Q and RMR; Prediction of ground conditions; Prediction of support pressure; Effect of tunnel size on support pressure; Correlations for estimating tunnel closure , Effect of tunnel depth on support pressure and closure in tunnelsApproach for obtaining ground reaction curve; Coefficient of volumetric expansion of failed rock mass; References; Chapter 10: Rock Mass Index; Introduction; Selection of parameters used in RMi; Calibration of RMi from known rock mass strength data; Scale effect; Examples (palmstrom, 1995); Applications of RMi; Benefits of using RMi; Limitations of RMi; References; Chapter 11: Rate of Tunneling; Introduction; Classification of ground/job conditions for rate of tunneling , Classification of management conditions for rate of tunneling , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780123858788
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Singh, Bhawani Engineering rock mass classification Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011
    Language: English
    Keywords: Festgestein ; Klassifikation ; Gebirgsmechanik ; Gesteinsmechanik ; Gesteinskunde ; Ingenieurgeologie ; Gebirgsmechanik ; Festgestein ; Klassifikation ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
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