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Water Resilience in Practice is co-edited by two experienced water
sector professionals and reviews resilience in water supply service
delivery. This will be in the form of a series of case studies from
different economic contexts - ranging from low-income and fragile
states to upper income countries. It will document real experiences
and reflect on the initiatives different service providers apply to
strengthen resilience in practice. It will describe how service
providers respond, adapt, innovate and learn on an ongoing basis,
and how they endeavour to meet challenges and provide water supply
to users equitably and sustainably. In recent years climate
resilience in water supply has been a new emerging paradigm. In
response it is helpful to document and record some up-to-date
experiences, which can be consolidated in one place. However, it is
also necessary to recognise the multiple pressures that water
resources face, such as: population growth, increased water
demands, existing climatic variability as well as climate change.
These pressures are having a profound impact on water supply
service delivery. In this context service providers and development
professionals must take active measures to respond to these risks.
This book is primarily addressed to organisations and practitioners
involved in planning, designing, managing and financing water
supply programmes in urban and rural settings.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Nationalist dictatorships arose around the world in the 1920s and
1930s. On numerous occasions, the US government openly and actively
supported these states, even some of the cruelest. After the
idealism of the Wilsonian era, policymakers decided that
non-Communist dictatorships were not necessarily inimical to
American democracy, or at least to American national interests. As
these regimes proliferated in Latin America and Europe during the
interwar decades, both Democratic and Republican administrations in
Washington found it expedient to support these autocratic regimes.
People living under these governments therefore associated the
United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative
consequences for US policy. American policymakers were primarily
concerned with fostering stability in these countries.
Dictatorships, also eager to maintain political order and create
economic growth, looked to American corporations for investment to
modernize their nation's infrastructure and economy. In turn,
American bankers and investors invested heavily in these areas,
cementing in Washington's mind the need to support the regimes.
Through an examination of consular records in nine countries, the
book examines the logistics and consequences of this decision.
John Day investigates disputed points of interpretation within
Genesis 1-11, expanding on his earlier book From Creation to Babel
with 11 stimulating essays. Day considers the texts within their
Near Eastern contexts, and pays particular attention to the later
history of interpretation and reception history. Topics covered
include the meaning of the Bible's first verse and what immediately
follows, as well as what it means that humanity is made in the
image of God. Further chapters examine the Garden of Eden, the
background and role of the serpent and the ambiguous role of
Wisdom; the many problems of interpretation in the Cain and Abel
story, as well as what gave rise to this story; how the Covenant
with Noah and the Noachic commandments, though originally separate,
became conflated in some later Jewish thought; and the location of
'Ur of the Chaldaeans', Abraham's alleged place of origin, and how
this was later misinterpreted by Jewish, Christian and Islamic
sources as referring to a 'fiery furnace of the Chaldaeans'. These
chapters, which illuminate the meaning, background and subsequent
interpretation of the Book of Genesis, pave the way for Day's
forthcoming ICC commentary on Genesis 1-11.
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The Frog and the Toad
John Day; Edited by Lonnie D Ayers; Helen C. Ayers
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Two Lamentable Tragedies
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