The Books Monitor

Risk Wise

Risk Wise - International Disaster Reduction Conference, Davos

Published to coincide with the Global Risk Forum in Davos, Risk Wise is the latest in a series of volumes addressing the risks faced by individuals and communities across the world, and the strategies that can help to reduce and mitigate those risks. This fully illustrated, 200-page book brings together the knowledge and experiences of public and private organisations working toward disaster preparedness and mitigation at local, national and international levels.

Risk Wise offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in the light of major natural disasters that have occurred .  List Price: USD 125.00 / 2008 / 198pp

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100 Per Cent Renewable

100 Per Cent Renewable: Energy Autonomy in Action

The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an impossible dream in anything but the very long term. But not only does a growing number of initiatives and plans dare to make the change but many have already achieved it.

This rich collection presents a series of pioneering efforts and their champions, and the paths to their successes. Ranging from individuals to companies, communities and entire countries from around the world, it defeats tired economic and technical counterarguments, demonstrating how the schemes featured not only worked but did so economically and with available technology. The book is introduced by incisive research and writing by Peter Droege, explaining the challenges and setting forth a roadmap towards a 100% renewable reality.

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12. Information Warfare

Information Warfare introduces policy, government, and security professionals to the concept of “information warfare,” covering its evolution over the last decade and its developments among such economic and political giants as China, Russia, Japan, India, and Singapore. The text describes various conceptions of information warfare, along with how they function in military, diplomatic, political, and economic contexts. Recent notable cyber attacks are analyzed, the challenges faced by countries who fail to secure their cyberspace are enumerated, and ways to distinguish between cybercrime, cyberwarfare, and cyberterrrorism are discussed.

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State of the World 2009

A comprehensive guide to global warming and the steps we must take to combat it. The evidence continues to mount: melting ice caps, rising temperatures, increasingly frequent natural disasters. As the devastating effects of global warming come into sharper focus, societies must work to both mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to ongoing and inevitable climate change. The actions taken in the coming century will be critically important in determining whether or not we can salvage our environment. We cannot shrink from the overwhelming magnitude of climate change or the radical solutions it demands.

State of the World 2009 investigates a wide range of potential paths to change, including new technology, policy changes, consumption, and finance, with the ultimate goal of mobilizing humanity around climate change and revealing global warming as one of the truly great challenges of our time.

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India The Rise of an Asian Giant

With growing economic might, new political influence, and changing social dynamics, India has emerged as a major world power in the twenty-first century. This book charts the important features of India's development since its independence in 1947, assessing those forces that have contributed to the nation's growth as well as those that have impeded it. Through the lens of India's past, Dietmar Rothermund offers a new perspective on India today and a fascinating look into the nation's future.

India: The Rise of an Asian Giant explores the diverse roots of India's economic robustness, from agriculture to the export boom. The book looks closely at the country's democratic system, nuclear decisions, and alliance with the U.S. against terror. In his review of social changes, it discusses the institution of caste, the rise of a new middle class, the persistence of poverty, the media and Bollywood, and the significance of the global diaspora of twenty million Indians.

In sum, the book  offers an impressive profile of India, an Asian giant whose role in the world's future will surely be unique and important.

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The Military Balance 2008

• The Military Balance is the unique and vital resource on which informed public debate of the world's armed forces is founded. Up-to-date figures and information on defence budgets, procurement totals, equipment holdings, and military deployments are presented clearly and succinctly. In the area of defense information, where nationally produced fictions often masquerade as facts, the Military Balance is the internationally recognized source of record."

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Library being Divided

A Library being divided at the time of India Pakistan partition. Heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at that moment when people needed to hold hands.

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