HPCR Manual on international law applicable to air and missile warfare / / produced by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463451203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-24171-5; 1-316-09072-8; 1-107-24873-6; 1-107-25039-0; 1-107-24790-X; 1-139-52527-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (lxii, 441 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 341.6/3
• Soggetti: Air warfare (International law); Humanitarian law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Introduction; A. The Background of the Project; B. The Process; C. The Purpose of the HPCR Manual and Its Commentary; (i) The Black-Letter Rules of the HPCR Manual; (ii) The Accompanying Commentary; D. Themes Excluded from the Manual; E. Scope of the Manual; F. Terminology; Black-Letter Rules of the HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare; Section A: Definitions; Section B: General Framework; Section C: Weapons; Section D: Attacks; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section E: Military Objectives; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operationsSection F: Direct Participation in Hostilities; Section G: Precautions in Attacks; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; III. Specifics of attacks directed at aircraft in the air; Section H: Precautions by the Belligerent Party Subject to Attack; Section I: Protection of Civilian Aircraft; I. General rules; II. Enemy civilian aircraft; III. Neutral civilian aircraft; IV. Safety in flight; Section J: Protection of Particular Types of Aircraft; I. Civilian airliners; ; II. Aircraft granted safe conduct; III. Provisions common to civilian airliners and aircraft granted safe conductSection K: Specific Protection of Medical and Religious Personnel, Medical Units and Transports; Section L: Specific Protection of Medical Aircraft; Section M: Specific Protection of the Natural Environment; I. General rule; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section N: Specific Protection of Other Persons and Objects; I. Civil defence; II. Cultural property; (i) Use of cultural property; (ii) Attacks against cultural property; III. Objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population; IV. UN personnelV. Protection by special agreement; Section O: Humanitarian Aid; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section P: "Exclusion Zones" and No-Fly Zones; I. General rules; II. "Exclusion zones" in international airspace; III. No-fly zones in belligerent airspace; Section Q: Deception, Ruses of War and Perfidy; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section R: Espionage; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section S: Surrender; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section T: Parachutists from an Aircraft in DistressSection U: Contraband, Interception, Inspection and Capture; I. Enemy aircraft and goods on board such aircraft; II. Neutral civilian aircraft; III. Safeguards; IV. Determination of enemy character; Section V: Aerial Blockade; Section W: Combined Operations; Section X: Neutrality; I. Scope of application; II. General rules; III. Specifics of air or missile operations; Section A Definitions; Section B General Framework; Section C Weapons; Section D Attacks; I. General rules; II. Specifics of air and missile operations; Section E Military Objectives
• Sommario/riassunto: The HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare provides an up-to-date restatement of existing international law applicable to the conduct of air and missile warfare. The HPCR Manual and its associated rule-by-rule Commentary are the results of a six-year endeavor led by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, during which it convened an international group of renowned legal experts and practitioners to reflect on the current legal framework regulating air and missile warfare from various sources of international law. Through the publication of the HPCR Manual and its associated Commentary, HPCR hopes that legal advisors and military officers will benefit from an in-depth presentation - and interpretation - of international law applicable to military operations involving air and missile warfare. As a result, it is expected that a greater clarity of the law will enhance the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

Alternative economies and spaces : new perspectives for a sustainable economy / / edited by Hans-Martin Zademach, Sebastian Hillebrand

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910213856403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013]; ©2013
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Collana: Global Studies
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Economic geography; Space in economics; Regional economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers from the study program 'Space - Society - Economy' at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt held during the winter term 2011/2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 CONTENT 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES AND SPACES: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 9 INTERROGATING ALTERNATIVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIES: THE BRITISH CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT AND POST-BINARY THINKING 23 THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMY AT THE REGIONAL SCALE? LESSONS FROM THE CHIEMGAU 43 THE POSSIBILITIES OF ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE? SOCIAL RELATIONS OF VALUE, SPACE AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES 69 PLACING THE PRACTICES OF ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES: ALTERNATIVE RETAIL, THE SPACES OF INTENTION AND ETHICAL AMBIGUITIES 85 SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, SOCIAL INNOVATION AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES: INSIGHTS FROM FAIR TRADE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 113 REFERENCES 131 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 155
• Sommario/riassunto: The volume entails a collection of contributions by leading scholars (Raymond Bryant, Michael K. Goodman, Benjamin Huybrechts, Andrew E.G. Jonas, Roger Lee, Peter North, and Katinka Weber) concerned with alternative modes of economic and social exchange. The cases addressed in these contributions - including credit unions, alternative currencies, sustainable consumption, and social enterprises - deliver ; valuable insights into how such alternatives are performed at various scales and spaces in relation to and beyond the economic mainstream. In sum, the collection provides vital grounds for both a transition of the economic system towards a more sustainable one, and a reconceptualisation of the economic itself in our scholarly thinking and everyday lives.; »This book is a welcome addition to the alternative economics literature, and would be helpful for students, academics and practitioners. The book clearly illustrates the complexity and various ethical negotiations facing those of us interested in alternative socio-economic practices.« Gradon Diprose, International Journal of Community Currency Research, 18 (2014) »Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine für Sammelbände ungewöhnliche Kohärenz aus. Es ergänzt Standardwerke aus dem angelsächsischen und französischsprachigen Raum [...] durch seine differenzierten konzeptionellen Perspektiven und sektoralen Beispiele. Es eignet sich daher als hervorragende Einstiegslektüre in ein Themenfeld, das in der Geographie in den nächsten Jahren weiter an Dynamik gewinnen dürfte.« Christian Schulz, Geographische Zeitschrift, 103/2 (2015) »Insgesamt machen die Beiträge [...] zwei strukturelle Merkmale der Debatte über real mögliche Nachhaltigkeit deutlich: Annäherungen bedürfen in diesem Feld immer einer pluridisziplinären Perspektive - von der Geografie über die Politik bis zu den Ingenieurwissenschaften - und benötigen eine grundlegende Debatte darüber, was das gute Leben im 21. Jahrhundert, noch dazu in einem globalen Maßstab, eigentlich sein soll.« Matthias Lemke, Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 24.04.2014 Besprochen in: http://www.ku.de (2014)

Climate variability and change in the 21th Century

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910557547603321
• Autore: Stefanidis Stefanos
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (384 p.)
• Soggetti: Research & information: general
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: - Water resources management should be assessed under climate change conditions, as historic data cannot replicate future climatic conditions. - Climate change impacts on water resources are bound to affect all water uses, i.e., irrigated agriculture, domestic and industrial water supply, hydropower generation, and environmental flow (of streams and rivers) and water level (of lakes). - Bottom-up approaches, i.e., the forcing of hydrologic simulation models with climate change models’ outputs, are the most common engineering practices and considered as climate-resilient water management approaches. - Hydrologic simulations forced by climate change scenarios derived from regional climate models (RCMs) can provide accurate assessments of the future water regime at basin scales. - Irrigated agriculture requires special attention as it is the principal water consumer and alterations of both precipitation and temperature patterns will directly affect agriculture yields and incomes. - Integrated water resources management (IWRM) requires multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, with climate change to be an emerging cornerstone in the IWRM concept.