Authors:Rob Hopkins,  Richard Heinberg,
Publisher: Chelsea Gree
Keywords: transition, resilience, guides, local, dependency, handbook, oil
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-09-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1900322188
ISBN-13: 9781900322188

We live in an oil-dependent world, arriving at this level of dependency in a very short space of time by treating petroleum as if it were in infinite supply. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive outcome. These changes can lead to the rebirth of local communities that will grow more of their own food, generate their own power, and build their own houses using local materials. They can also encourage the development of local currencie

Authors:Josef Langer, Niksa Alfirevic, Jurica Pavicic,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: transition, development, societies, organizational, change
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754644642
ISBN-13: 9780754644644

This book discusses change management paradigms with special reference to examples and cases from the transition societies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The first chapter analyses developments and trends in the wider societal context of Central and Eastern Europe. Theoretical perspectives are applied to understand the processes of transition and EU accession in Central and Eastern Europe. Following the second and third chapters, the most frequently used tools and procedures of change management are analysed from the perspective of a CEE organization. The special advantage of the text to

Author: Marek Zvelebil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: transition, new, directions, archaeology, farming, temperate, mesolithic, societies, hunters, eurasia
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2009-07-20
List price: $31.99
ISBN-10: 0521109574
ISBN-13: 9780521109574

Hunters in Transition analyses one of the crucial events in human cultural evolution: the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming. Traditionally, the advantages of settled agriculture have been assumed and the transition to farming has been viewed in terms of the simple dispersal of early farming communities northwards across Europe. The contributors to this volume adopt a fresh, more subtle approach. Farming is viewed from a hunter-gatherer perspective as offering both advantages and disadvantages, organisational disruption during the period of tra

Authors:Sophia Davidova, Kenneth J. Thomson, Gertrud Buchenr
Publisher: Lexington Books
Keywords: transition, economies, rural, romanian, agriculture
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2003-05
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0739105183
ISBN-13: 9780739105184

Of the ten Central and Eastern European countries that have applied for membership in the European Union, Romania ranks among the largest and most impoverished. Romania represents the final challenge in the European Union’s enlargement to the east, largely due to its major, but underdeveloped, agriculture and food sectors. The agriculture industry, which is a major component of the national economy, extends its pervasive influence to both Romanian social life and environment. Consequently, the transition towards a market oriented economic system will pose new obstacles for the country

Author: Karl A. Siil
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: transition, ipv6, executing, migration, network, plans, strategy, mandates, choosing, preparing
Number of Pages: 474
Published: 2008-03-10
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0470191198
ISBN-13: 9780470191194

Here?s the guide you need for a smooth transition to IPv6. While every enterprise will have some individual issues to manage, this guide will help you decide on a transition strategy, develop a plan, execute it, and verify progress. You?ll understand the common tasks and recognize the risks and limitations of IPv6. Follow the guidelines, use the checklists, and you will find that making the transition is no longer intimidating; in fact, it may even require fewer resources than you anticipate.

Author: Yogesh Atal
Publisher: United Nations Educational
Keywords: poverty, transition, georgia, mongolia, romania, russia, hungary, recent, developments, bulgaria
Number of Pages: 26
Published: 1998-12
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1571811923
ISBN-13: 9781571811929

Poverty is an issue facing countries around the globe, yet it is a multi-dimensional phenomenon caused by a variety of factors, differing from context with no linear chain of cause and effect. The occurrence and persistence of poverty is influenced by an interrelated web of economic, social, psychological, cultural, and political factors. Focusing on countries-in-transition belonging to the former Soviet bloc where the existence of poverty was officially denied until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume examines the ways in which each country is dealing with its newly acknowledged an

Authors:Lucio Vinhas De Souza, Philippe De Lombaerde,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: development, transition, cis, countries, policy, rate, euro, monetary, exchange, periphery
Number of Pages: 375
Published: 2006-03-30
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0754645177
ISBN-13: 9780754645177

This book analyses the monetary and exchange rate policies in Eastern European countries not covered by the current EU enlargement process. Specifically, the book examines the major CIS countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine. (The new Eastern European EU members are also frequently referenced for comparison purposes.) Current and prospective monetary policy options are considered, and the applicability of the EU monetary integration experience for the CIS countries and the prospects of a monetary re-unification around the Russian Federation are assessed. This is the first book