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UNINA9910453253603321 |
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Titolo |
1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit [[electronic resource] ] : the proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summ it :water security : leadership and commitment, 3-4 December 2007, B-con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan / / edited by Secretariat of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit |
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Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
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1-281-96832-3 |
9786611968328 |
981-283-328-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Water resources development - Asia |
Water resources development - Pacific Area |
Water-supply - Asia - Management |
Water-supply - Pacific Area - Management |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Acknowledgements. Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Chair of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit/ President of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum/Former Prime Minister of Japan. Professor Tommy Koh, Chair of the Governing Council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum/Ambassador-at-Large, Republic of Singapore -- The 1st Asia-Pacific water summit. The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit logo. The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit in number programme -- Day-by-day chronicle -- Opening ceremony. Opening remarks by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Chair of Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit/Former Prime Minister of Japan. Address by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan. Greetings by H.E. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan. Report from the Asia-Pacific Water Forum by Professor Tommy Koh, Chair of the governing council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum. Keynote speech by His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, |
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Chairman of United Nations Secretary-General's advisory board on Water and Sanitation. Message by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general. Commemorative lecture by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan -- Speeches by heads of government. H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan (Vice-chair). H.E. Mr. Anote Tong, President of the Republic of Kiribati (Vice-chair). H.E. Lyonpo Dr. Kinzang Dorji, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan (Vice-chair). H.E. Mr. Tommy Remengesau Jr., President of the Republic of Palau. H.E. Mr. Ludwig Scotty, President of the Republic of Nauru. H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori, President of the Federated States of Micronesia. H.E. Mr. Mititaiagimene Vivian, Prime Minister of Niue. H.E. Mr. Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister of Tuvalu. H.E. Mr. Dosbol Nur ulu, Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic. Concluding remarks of speeches by the heads of government -- Closing ceremony. Chair's summary. Closing remarks -- Sessions. Climate change, glaciers, and water resources in the Himalayan region. CEOs mandate for action in water. Monitoring of investments and results in water: key result Area 4. Regional launch of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) 2008. The small islands' dialogue on water and climate. Commitment for ensuring water security in the Aral Sea Basin - cooperation versus competition. Water-related disaster management: priority theme B. Water for development and ecosystems: priority theme C. Leadership for Ensuring Water Security in the Asia-Pacific region: knowledge, financing, and capacity development: priority theme A and key result Area 1. Increasing capacity for local actions: key result Area 2 -- Policy brief 2007 -- Message from Beppu. |
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This prestigious volume consists of the proceedings of the 1st ever Water Summit to be convened in the world. Under the theme, Water Security: Leadership and Commitment, the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st APWS) convened political leaders of the region and high level dignitaries in December 2007 in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in Japan, offering them a platform to make commitments and launch initiatives to tackle the water challenges. The contents include speeches by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan, Chairman of the UNSGAB His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of The Neth |
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UNINA9910706848803321 |
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Autore |
Wolfe Jack A. <1936-> |
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Titolo |
Stratigraphic distribution of some pollen types from the Campanian and lower Maestrichtian rocks (Upper Cretaceous) of the Middle Atlantic States / / by Jack A. Wolfe |
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Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1976 |
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Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 18 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 977 |
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Pollen, Fossil |
Paleobotany - Cretaceous |
Paleobotany - Middle Atlantic States |
Cretaceous Geologic Period |
Paleobotany |
Middle Atlantic States |
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Title from title screen (viewed October 2, 2014). |
Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/). |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18). |
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UNINA9910797391803321 |
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Autore |
Frost Honor |
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Titolo |
Under the Mediterranean : marine antiquities / / Honor Frost |
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London, [England] : , : Honor Frost Foundation, , 1963 |
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©1963 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Deep diving |
Shipwrecks - Mediterranean Sea |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction; Acknowledgements; Map,; PART I: INITIATION CEREMONIES; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; PART II: ANCHORS AND ANCHORAGES; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; PART III: PORTS; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; PART IV: WRECKS; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; PART V: SPONGE DIVERS AND ANOTHERANCIENT TRADE; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; PART VI: ROMAN WOOD UNDER THE SEA-BED; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Appendix; Glossary of Turkish words; Bibliography; Index |
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Honor Frost has written a travel book with this difference: her journeys have extended below the surface of the sea. Her accounts of these regions can be compared with the writings of early travellers who, unhampered by overspecialization, recorded a variety of observations on completely unknown places. In setting down her direct experience she has thrown new light on the much discussed submect of underwater archaeology.This book contains 22 colour and 28 monochrome photographs by well known divers, also 52 plans and drawings by the author illustrating her arguments. It is addressed to travell |
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