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UNINA9910798190203321 |
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Titolo |
Eastern and Southern Africa : development challenges in a volatile region / / edited by Deborah Potts and Tanya Bowyer-Bower |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-317-90491-5 |
1-315-84778-7 |
1-317-90490-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Collana |
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DARG regional development series ; ; Number 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Bowyer-BowerT. A. S (Tanya A. S.) |
PottsDeborah (Deborah Helen) |
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Disciplina |
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Africa, Eastern Economic conditions |
Africa, Southern Economic conditions |
Africa, Eastern Politics and government 1960- |
Africa, Southern Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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At head of title: Developing Areas Research Group, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). |
First published 2004 by Pearson Education. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Contributors; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; 1 Development challenges and debates in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Eastern and southern Africa: defining a diverse region; Global political economy changes: regional perspectives; Development challenges in the region; Development theory and development debates; 2 Demographic change in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Population size; Mortality; Age-sex structure |
Family structureConcluding remarks; 3 Structural adjustment in eastern and southern Africa: the tragedy of development; False dawn: a brief history of the first two decades; Triumph of market-Leninism over Marxist-Leninism; Stabilisation or adjustment?; A taxonomy of countries in the region; Conclusion; 4 The persistence of poverty; Poverty in context; Poverty measurement; Poverty trends; Food and |
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hunger; Healthcare; Education; The debt issue; Conclusions; 5 Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management; 'Wild' plant and animal resources: biophysical determinants of availability |
7 Water resources and development challenges in eastern and southern AfricaPhysical setting; Estimation of renewable water resources; Use of water resources; Supply and demand - the water stress index; Quality of water resources; Hydropolitics of transboundary watercourses; Alleviating water scarcity - interbasin water transfers and 'virtual water'; Concluding discussion - future challenges; 8 Desertification in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Developments in the understanding of desertification; Desertification today |
Contemporary implications of desertification for development in eastern and southern AfricaCauses of desertification; Conclusion; 9 Geographies of governance and regional politics; Introduction: geographical analysis and African politics; Key themes and issues in national, regional and international (geo)politics; States and regional (dis)integration: imagining 'development' communities; Democratisation and conflict resolution in global political and economic context; Conclusions: Co-operation, corruption and complexity in African politics |
10 International and regional trade in eastern and southern Africa |
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UNINA9910829953503321 |
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Robertson Bernard |
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Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom / / Bernard Robertson, G. A. Vignaux and Charles E. H. Berger |
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United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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9781118492475 |
1-118-49246-3 |
1-118-49245-5 |
1-118-49247-1 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Evidence, Expert |
Evidence, Criminal |
Forensic sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Interpreting scientific evidence -- The alternative hypothesis -- What questions can the expert deal with? -- Explaining the strength of evidence -- The case as a whole -- Forensic science methodology -- Assigning likelihood ratios -- Errors of thinking -- Frequentist statistics and database matching -- Implications for the legal system. |
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