1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154970103321

Titolo

Armies of occupation / / edited by Roy A. Prete and A. Hamish Ion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1984

ISBN

9786613810748

9781554585717

1554585716

9781282233003

1282233009

9780889206434

0889206430

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PreteRoy A <1943-> (Roy Arnold)

IonA. Hamish

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Military occupation - History

Military history, Modern

Military government - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based on papers read at the Ninth Military History Symposium held at R.M.C. on March 18-19, 1982"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contributors; Military Occupations: Some Reflections from Recent and More Distant History; The British Army of Occupation in the St. Lawrence Valley, 1760-74: The Conflict Between Civil and Military Society; The Régime du Sabre-West African Style: The French Marines in the Western Sudan, 1880-99; Whites and Reds in South Russia, 1917-20; The German Occupation of Poland During the First and Second World Wars: A Comparison; The German Occupation of Norway in World War II; The American Occupation of Japan, 1945-52; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indhold: Military Occupations: Some Reflections from Recent and More Distant History( Hugh Seton-Watson); The British Army of Occupation in the St. Lawrence Valley 1760-74: The Conflict Between Civil and Military Society(Fernand Ouellet); The Regime du Sabre-West African



Style: The French Marines in the Western sudan, 1880-99(A.S.Kanya-forstner); Whites and Reds in South Russia, 1917-20(Peter Kenez); The German Occupation of Poland During the First and Second World Wars: A Comparison(Antony Polonsky); The German Occupation of Norway in World War II(Olav Riste); The American Occupation of Japan, 1945-52(Gordon Daniels).

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972436603321

Autore

Deininger Klaus W. <1962->

Titolo

Innovations in land rights recognition, administration, and governance / / Klaus Deininger ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, c2010

ISBN

9786612906275

9781282906273

1282906275

9780821385814

082138581X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 351 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

A World Bank study

Disciplina

333/.009172/4

Soggetti

Land tenure - Developing countries

Land use, Rural - Developing countries

Land reform - Developing countries

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Land Governance and the Millennium Development Goals; 1. Key Policy Aspects in Selected Countries; 2. Innovative Approaches to Improving Land Administration in Africa; 3. Technology for Low-Cost Land Administration; 4. Assessing the Impact of Efforts to Improve Tenure Security; 5. Land Governance for Rapid Urbanization; 6. Land Governance in the Context of Climate Change; 7. Making Land Governance Real; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of good land governance to strengthen women's land



rights, facilitate land-related investment, transfer land to better uses, use it as collateral, and allow effective decentralization through collection of property taxes has long been recognized. The challenges posed by recent global developments, especially urbanization, increased and more volatile food prices, and climate change have raised the profile of land and the need for countries to have appropriate land policies. However, efforts to improve country-level land governance are often frustrated by technical complexities, i