1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823213603321

Autore

Daoud Hassan

Titolo

No Road to Paradise : A Novel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

La Vergne : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-61797-791-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 pages)

Collana

Hoopoe Fiction

Altri autori (Persone)

BoothMarilyn

Disciplina

892.736

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Selected Hoopoe Titles.

Sommario/riassunto

When the imam of a small town in Southern Lebanon is diagnosed with cancer, the illness he fears and has expected for years, he takes the radical decision to abandon the life he inherited from his father. He was persuaded to wear the robe and turban in his youth to preserve the family tradition and entered into an arranged marriage. While his grandfather and father were once powerful imams, he displays no interest in the mosque. The wife, for whom he feels no affection, attends to her chores and nurses his father, now sick and bedridden, in his house. Though he worries about his two sons, who were born deaf and mute, he takes no measures to secure a special education for them.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819618703321

Titolo

Climate change in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy I. Gilbert, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61324-406-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction

Altri autori (Persone)

GilbertJeremy I

Disciplina

363.738/740959

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Southeast Asia

Climatic changes - Islands of the Pacific

Southeast Asia Environmental conditions

Islands of the Pacific Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1  SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS: THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO 2030- A COMMISSIONED RESEARCH REPORT* -- SCOPE NOTE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- Projected Regional Climate Change -- Current Climatology of Southeast Asia -- Climate Predictions (Modeling) -- Projections of Future Changes in Temperature and Precipitation -- Projections of Future Changes in Monsoons and ENSO -- Projections of Future Changes in Water Resources -- Projections of Future Changes in Sea Level -- Projections of Future Changes in River Delta Flooding and Salinity Intrusion -- Impacts of Climate Change on Human and Natural Systems -- Impacts of Sea Level Rise -- Impacts on River Deltas -- Impacts of Natural Disasters -- Impacts on Water Resources -- Impacts on Agriculture -- Impacts on Forests and Biodiversity -- Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems -- Impacts on Coral Reefs -- Impacts on Diseases and Human Health -- Impacts on Electricity Demand in Urban Areas -- Impacts on Human Livelihoods and Infrastructure -- Adaptive Capacity -- The Adaptive Capacity of Southeast Asia in a Global Context -- Human and Civic Resources -- Economic Capacity -- Environmental Capacity -- Strengths and



Weaknesses in Adaptive Capacity Assessments -- Specific Adaptive Capacity Considerations for Southeast Asia -- Summary of Possible Adaptive Strategies for Climate Change in Southeast Asia -- Disasters and Emergency Management -- Water Resources -- Agriculture -- Forests and Biodiversity -- Coastal Communities -- Public Health -- Conclusions: High-Risk Impacts -- Sea Level Rise -- Water Resources -- Agriculture -- Coastal Regions -- ANNEX A. ACCURACY OF REGIONAL MODELS.

11.4.2. Skill of Models in Simulating Present Climate -- Southeast Asia -- ANNEX B. KNOWLEDGE DEFICIENCIES THAT PRECLUDE A FULL EVALUATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST  ASIA'S ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2  SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE IMPACT  OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO 2030: GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS* -- SCOPE NOTE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1 -- Social, Political, and Economic Challenges -- Agricultural Challenges -- Coastal and Maritime Challenges -- Hydrologic Challenges -- Demographic and Public Health Challenges -- Economic Challenges -- Civil and Key Interest Group Responses -- Interest Groups in Civil Society -- Internal Migration -- Prospects for Civil Conflict -- State Responses -- State Decisionmaking -- Political Responses to Climate Change -- State Capacity -- Climate Change Mitigation Policies -- Prospects for State Failure -- Regional Implications -- Prospects for Regional Climate Change Cooperation -- China's Role in Southeast Asia -- Regional Migration -- Prospects for Regional Conflict -- Maritime Disputes -- The Mekong River -- Broader Regional Implications -- Overall Foreign Policy Implications -- Southeast Asia and Global Climate Change Policy -- The Role of the United States in Southeast Asia -- US Engagement on Climate Change in Southeast Asia -- The Copenhagen Negotiations -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.