Clear Water Blue Skies

Author : Todd Johnson,Feng Liu,Richard S. Newfarmer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821340441

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Clear Water, Blue Skies by Todd Johnson,Feng Liu,Richard S. Newfarmer Pdf

Food, consumption, demand, agricultural research, fertilizer, land, water resources, infrastructure, domestic grain, international grain market, economy, business, markets, tariffs, environment, health, productivity, pollution, energy, industry, water, urban transportation, pension reform, elderly, education, employment, rural, urban, income, poverty.

Author : Timothy Knatchbull
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504089326

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From a Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull Pdf

The prize-winning, “exceptionally moving” memoir of a family boat trip, an IRA bombing, and a teenager’s loss of his twin brother (The Telegraph). Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award Winner and PEN/JR Ackerley Prize Nominee On an August weekend in 1979, fourteen-year-old Timothy Knatchbull joined his family on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. By noon, an Irish Republican Army bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. The author survived, but his grandparents, family friend, and twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather, was the target, and became one of the IRA’s most high-profile assassinations. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, which only intensified their profound sense of loss. Telling this story decades later, Knatchbull not only revisits these terrible events but also writes an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy—a story of recovery not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. From a Clear Blue Sky takes place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles and gives compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly, it brings home that while calamity can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal, and to move on. “A minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards.” —Daily Mail “This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own family’s trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors—of all kinds—in our lives.” — Zoë Heller, author of the Booker Prize finalist Notes on a Scandal “A very poignant, clearsighted, heartbreaking but ultimately positive account.” —Hugh Bonneville, The New York Times

Author : Timothy Knatchbull
Publisher : Random House
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407089263

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From A Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull Pdf

Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize. The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore bombing survivor ___________________________________ On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland, with many members of his family. By noon, an IRA bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. The author survived, but his grandparents, a family friend, and his 14-year-old twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather - and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh - was the target, and became one of the IRA's most high-profile assassinations. In telling this story for the first time, Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he and his family lived through, but also writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy. It is a story of recovery, not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, a sadness that intensified their profound sense of loss. Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal and to move on. It will resonate with readers the world over. ___________________________________ 'From a Clear Blue Sky is a minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards. It is a proper four-hanky bawler, and the exactitude of the story is what makes it so moving ... He provides a convincing account of the extent to which he has been able to accept, forgive and move on. His narrative power is such that the reader can't always share his equanimity. It is a book that is as saddening as it is sad - but much more angering than it is angry' Daily Mail 'This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own family's trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors - of all kinds - in our lives. He writes with great tenderness and an admirable lack of sentimentality' Zoe Heller 'Affecting and intimate' Mail on Sunday 'Testament to a remarkable, benevolent soul ... With this public love letter he has found a way to say goodbye' The Sunday Times

Author : World Bank Staff
Publisher : World Bank
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082134045X

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Clear Water, Blue Skies - China's Environment in the New Century by World Bank Staff Pdf

World Bank Technical Paper No. 373. Air pollution caused by motor vehicles is a major environmental problem in many Latin American urban centers. If appropriate measures are not taken soon, vehicular air pollution in the region is likely to worsen, posing a great threat to human health and welfare. This report analyzes the pollutants emitted by motor vehicles, their effects, and pollutant-control measures targeted at vehicles, fuels, and transport management. Case studies for Mexico City, Mexico, Santiago, Chile, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, illustrate how these measures have been used in the region and how they can be strengthened. Also available in Spanish : Contaminacion atmosferica por vehiculos automotores: StoExperiencias recogidas en siete centros urbanos de America Latina Stock no. 14017 (ISBN 0-8213-4017-4).

Author : B. Eliasson,Y. Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401001533

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Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Energy Systems in China, The China Energy Technology Program by B. Eliasson,Y. Lee Pdf

The purpose of the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has been to take a holistic view of electricity generation in China with special emphasis on the economic and environmental impact of technology. The program is a collaborative effort involving industry, as leader and manager of the program; researchers from academia and national research institutes; and the stakeholders--users or planners of the electricity market. A power plant, no matter of what kind, is not a solitary unit, which may be considered independently from its environment. Modem society has been built on easy access to power; it is now asking for environmentally clean power. Clean power is the pathway that will lead to sustainability, an extension of the concept of an environmentally clean future. Progress toward a sustainable technical solution must include an evaluation of the environmental, economic, and societal impact of electrical power generation. To achieve the goals of the CETP program, we wanted to go beyond what had been done in similar programs in the past. Its organizers wanted the program not only to evaluate the overall impact of electricity generation, but also do it in such a way that program results could be applied and adapted to different circumstances, including countries other than China. For this purpose we have developed a methodology and presented it on a DVD disc, which the reader will find inside the back cover of this book. The methodology is conceived to allow insights into the function of the program on various levels.

Author : Elspeth Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135787035

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The Chinese Coal Industry by Elspeth Thomson Pdf

This economic history examines the changes in the structure and operation of the Chinese coal industry from the mid nineteenth century to the present, concentrating on the years of reform.

Author : Mark Hertsgaard
Publisher : Crown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307484086

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Earth Odyssey by Mark Hertsgaard Pdf

Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries. Now, in Earth Odyssey, he reports on our environmental predicament through the eyes of the people who live it. From the gilded boardrooms of Paris to the traffic-clogged streets of Bangkok, we travel from the deep human past to our still unfolding future. Much of the story revolves around people like Zhenbing, Hertsgaard's charismatic interpreter in China, whose desire to escape poverty leaves him indifferent to his country's horrific air and water pollution. We also meet Garang, a proud Dinka tribesman whose response to Sudan's famine shows the difficulty of building an environmentally sustainable future without bridging the gap between rich and poor. Drawing on interviews with Václav Havel, Al Gore, Jacques Cousteau, and numerous other prominent figures, Hertsgaard offers fresh insight into such complex issues as humanity's growing addiction to the automobile, the insidious spread of nuclear technology, and the inevitable tension between unfettered capitalism and the health of the biosphere. Earth Odyssey is a vivid, passionate narrative about one man's journey around the world in search of the answer to the most important question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk? Combining first-rate reportage with irresistible storytelling, Mark Hertsgaard has written an essential--and ultimately hopeful--book about the uncertain fate of humankind.

Author : Neil C. Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315291239

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China's Economic Challenge: Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl by Neil C. Hughes Pdf

This book lays bare the reality behind China's efforts at economic modernization by showing: (1) what is happening to the industrial forces that help shape the economy; (2) how economic agents have behaved; (3) what government intentions really are; and (4) how the transition from a centralized to a market-oriented economy has been filled with contradictions and difficult choices. The author examines issues such as China's WTO membership; the Three Gorges Project; the widening differences between the urban and rural areas; the government's efforts to protect its own interests and maintain stability; the impact of reform; and the situation facing state enterprises, the banking system, the agricultural sector, and the environment.

Author : Christopher J. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429720284

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China In The Post-utopian Age by Christopher J. Smith Pdf

China in the Post-Utopian Age is an interdisciplinary book about China in the post-utopian age, focusing on the transformations that have occurred during the leaderships of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Author : Benjamin van Rooij
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789087280130

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Regulating Land and Pollution in China by Benjamin van Rooij Pdf

Annotation. Many of China's rivers and lakes are strongly polluted, the air in cities is amongst the worst in the world, while some have warned that if the country is not careful it may soon have insufficient arable land to feed its population. This book looks at why the protection of natural resources through stricter legislation and more stringent law enforcement has been so difficult. It does so through a combination of a local case with comparative and theoretical insights about lawmaking, compliance and enforcement. It offers a unique view on how law functions in the world's largest legal system, and how such law interacts with the social, economic and political circumstances at hand. This book offers an incomparable body of empirical and theoretical knowledge for those interested in how law functions in China, as well as those interested in the workings of regulatory lawmaking, compliance, and enforcement in a comparative perspective. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789087280130.

Author : Angang Hu,Yilong Yan,Xing Wei
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642313288

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China 2030 by Angang Hu,Yilong Yan,Xing Wei Pdf

A great nation has a great dream; a great country has a great dream. China’s dream is to build a society of common prosperity and a world in which all people live together in peace and harmony. This book provides predictions up to 2030 regarding the future major developments and trends of both China and the world in general from a historical and worldwide perspective. This book spells out the dreams of all mankind in the pursuit of common prosperity. It also offers China’s vision and perspective to the world, as well as Chinese scholars’ perspective on and worldwide vision for the future.

Author : United States. Enviornmental Protection Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000010542284

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Water Pollution Control Research Series 16010 DNY 07/71. Etrophication of Surface Waters-Lake Tahoe Indian Creek Reservoir by United States. Enviornmental Protection Agency Pdf

Author : The World Bank;Development Research Center of the State Council
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464803864

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Urban China by The World Bank;Development Research Center of the State Council Pdf

In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.

Author : David M. Lampton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0520215907

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Same Bed, Different Dreams by David M. Lampton Pdf

Publisher Fact Sheet An insider's view of the United States relationship with China over the last decade.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015023568382

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American Photography by Anonim Pdf