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  • PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
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    PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
    ATHOL D. ABRAHAMS / ‎JOHN C. DIXON
    This book, first published in 1992, contains the proceedings of the 22nd Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, and highlights the quantity and diversity of periglacial geomorphic research being undertaken in Arctic and alpine environments. The articles explore a variety of geomorphic processes and examine the potential impacts of global change on the nature and extent of permafro...

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  • HOW TO PUBLISH IN BIOMEDICINE
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    HOW TO PUBLISH IN BIOMEDICINE
    JOHN DIXON / LOUISE ALDER / JANE FRASER
    Getting published is crucial for success in biomedicine. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced writer, you will find this book has fresh, practical tips on everyday issues. Based on the authors’ successful training courses and extensive experience of healthcare communications, this book will answer your questions and help you to avoid the most frequent problems and pitfa...

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE IN LATIN AMERICA
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    SOCIAL WELFARE IN LATIN AMERICA
    JOHN DIXON
    First published in 1990, this book analyses social welfare in Latin America, at that time. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-economic context. Each chapter looks at the structure and administration of the systems in place and how the...

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE IN ASIA
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    SOCIAL WELFARE IN ASIA
    JOHN DIXON
    First published in 1985, this book analyses social welfare in the major countries of Asia, at that time. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-economic context. Contributions examine the nature of the different parts of the welfare syste...

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
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    SOCIAL WELFARE IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
    JOHN DIXON
    First published in 1992, this book analyses social welfare in eight socialist countries, at that time: Czechoslovakia, China, Cuba, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, North Korea and the Soviet Union. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-econ...

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE IN DEVELOPED MARKET COUNTRIES
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    SOCIAL WELFARE IN DEVELOPED MARKET COUNTRIES
    JOHN DIXON
    First published in 1989, this book analyses social welfare in countries with highly developed economies, at that time. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-economic context. Each chapter looks at the structure and administration of the ...

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  • BIOFUEL CROPPING SYSTEMS
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    BIOFUEL CROPPING SYSTEMS
    LANGEVELD, HANS / DIXON, JOHN / VAN KEULEN, HERMAN
    Choosing appropriate practices and policies for biofuel production requires an understanding of how soils, climate, farm types, infrastructure, markets and social organisation affect the establishment and performance of these crops. The book highlights land use dynamics, cultivation practices related to conversion and wider impacts. It explores how biofuel production chain deve...

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  • ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
    JOHN DIXON / LOUISE SCURA / RICHARD CARPENTER / PAUL SHERMAN
    This revised and updated guide to the environmental economics of development projects demonstrates how the environmental impacts of projects can be translated into monetary values. The theoretical bases are examined, and the techniques themselves given detailed exposition, supported by extensive case studies illustrating a wide range of applications. The text should become a us...

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  • DRYLAND MANAGEMENT: ECONOMIC CASE STUDIES
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    DRYLAND MANAGEMENT: ECONOMIC CASE STUDIES
    JOHN A. DIXON / DAVID E. JAMES / PAUL B. SHERMAN
    Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have a...

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  • ECONOMICS OF DRYLAND MANAGEMENT
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    ECONOMICS OF DRYLAND MANAGEMENT
    JOHN A. DIXON / DAVID E. JAMES / PAUL B. SHERMAN
    We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, the problem is becoming much more serious. Over 20 per cent of the world's population lives in dryland areas, and unless action is taken drylands will increase dramaticall...

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  • ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
    JOHN A. DIXON / RICHARD A. CARPENTER / LOUISE A. FALLON / PAUL B. SHERMAN / SUPACHIT MANIPOMOKE
    It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage. In this book a group of analysts from the Asian Development Bank and from the East West Center propose a means of constructing useful economic evaluations of the impacts of development...

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  • RACIAL ENCOUNTER
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    RACIAL ENCOUNTER
    KEVIN DURRHEIM / JOHN DIXON
    The political and legislative changes which took place in South Africa during the 1990s, with the dissolution of apartheid, created a unique set of social conditions. As official policies of segregation were abolished, people of both black and white racial groups began to experience new forms of social contact and intimacy. By examining these emerging processes of intergroup co...

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
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    SOCIAL WELFARE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
    DIXON, PROFESSOR JOHN / DIXON, JOHN / SCHEURELL, ROBERT P.
    In many areas of the world, there has been an earlier indigenous population, which has been conquered by a more recent population group. In Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples, the editors and contributors examine the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas: Africa (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe); Australasia, New Zealand; Central and South America (Bra...

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  • POVERTY
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    POVERTY
    PROFESSOR JOHN DIXON
    This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, The Philippines and Zimbabwe. Each chapter follows a consistent format, to facil...

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  • MAGNIFICENT BUT NOT WAR
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    MAGNIFICENT BUT NOT WAR
    JOHN DIXON
    The book is a detailed account of the fighting around Ypres during April and May 1915. It is essentially a day-by-day record of the Second Battle of Ypres which draws heavily upon personal accounts, regimental histories and war diaries to present a comprehensive study of the battle in which Germany became the first nation to use poisonous gas as a weapon. Each phrase of the bat...

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  • PHYTOCHEMISTRY IN THE GENOMICS AND POST-GENOMICS ERAS
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    PHYTOCHEMISTRY IN THE GENOMICS AND POST-GENOMICS ERAS
    ROMEO, JOHN / DIXON
    This monograph series is commissioned by the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA). The volumes in this series contain articles on developing topics of interest to scientists, students and individuals interested in recent developments in the biochemistry, chemistry and molecular biology of plants. Volume 36 centers on the role of phytochemistry in the rapid developments...

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  • MAGNIFICENT BUT NOT WAR
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    MAGNIFICENT BUT NOT WAR
    JOHN DIXON
    The book is a detailed account of the fighting around Ypres during April and May 1915. It is essentially a day-by-day record of the Second Battle of Ypres which draws heavily upon personal accounts, regimental histories and war diaries to present a comprehensive study of the battle in which Germany became the first nation to use poisonous gas as a weapon. Each phrase of the bat...

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