195 research outputs found
Bouscaren Anthony Trawick — European Economie Community Migrations
No full textO. C. Bouscaren Anthony Trawick — European Economie Community Migrations. In: Population, 26ᵉ année, n°3, 1971. p. 611
Developing adaptive capacity within groundwater abstraction management systems
No full textGroundwater is a key resource for global agricultural production but is
vulnerable to a changing climate. Given significant uncertainty about future
impacts, bottom-up approaches for developing adaptive capacity are a more
appropriate paradigm than seeking optimal adaptation strategies that assume a
high ability to predict future risks or outcomes. This paper analyses the
groundwater management practices adopted at multiple scales in East Anglia, UK,
to identify wider lessons for developing adaptive capacity within groundwater
management. Key elements are (1) horizontal and vertical integration within
resource management; (2) making better use of water resources, at all scales,
which vary in space and time; (3) embedding adaptation at multiple scales (from
farm to national) within an adaptive management framework which allows
strategies and management decisions to be updated in the light of changing
understanding or conditions; (4) facilitating the ongoing formation through
collective action of local Water Abstractor Groups; (5) promoting efficient use
of scarce water resources by these groups, so as to increase their power to
negotiate over possible short-term license restrictions; (6) controlling
abstractions within a sustainable resource management framework, whether at
national (regulatory) or at local (Abstractor Group) scales, that takes account
of environmental water needs; and (7) reducing non-climate pressures which have
the potential to further reduce the availability of usable groundwater. (C) 2011
Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
A comparative study of the vocabularies of ten four year old boys and girls, and ten three and one-half year old boys and girls in the nursery school of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1935
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Mobile Press-Register sleeve MP0070992
No full textLouise Trawick, retiring from Department of Human Resources / (850 St. Anthony Street
Whose accountability? A case study of NGO accountability to recipients of aid in South Sudan
No full textThe prominence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has increased dramatically in the last decade triggering concerns over the accountability of these organisations. In response, NGOs have broadened their accountability systems to include all their stakeholders, not only those who hold some form of authority over them. Particular attention has been given to ensuring accountability to the recipients of an NGO‟s assistance, known in some circles as „beneficiary accountability‟. However, the implementation of beneficiary accountability is particularly difficult in the kind of environment in which humanitarian assistance is provided – a point which is acknowledged in literature. The aim of this research was to understand the factors that influenced the implementation and the reasons for the difficulty.
The case study employed qualitative methods to gather data from NGO staff and members of two Dinka communities in South Sudan. The study found that the complexity of accountability was not given sufficient consideration during implementation. Within the task-oriented environment of humanitarian aid, accountability was simplified into a set of practical steps. But while staff implemented the steps, they often missed the real essence of accountability. As a result, the mechanisms employed were not entirely appropriate for the target audience, the Dinka communities. Perhaps because of this, the community tended to prefer their own methods of holding the NGO to account.
The research concludes that because of certain structural difficulties inherent in beneficiary accountability it is not only difficult, but impossible to implement within certain contexts. It is recommended that NGOs make changes to the methodology they employ when working in a context similar to the one in which the research was conducted
Elysia Arntzen's senior composition recital
No full textScore (p. 14-22) is not available online.The capstone project for music composition majors is a composition recital of works composed while studying at Ball State. I compiled a variety of works that reflect my growth over the past few years. This reflection covers a brief summary of my studies, explanations of the pieces on my recital, and my opinion on the outcome.Thesis (B.?.)Honors Colleg
Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons
No full textIn the Andes of Peru a familiar story has unfolded in many communities around the sharing and use of water, a tragedy often attributed to an irresolvable conflict between the inherently selfish interests of the individual and the cooperative needs of the group. This article traces the history of irrigation in one highland valley based on comparative ethnographic research, examining the reasons for both success and failure in governing the commons and trying to explain why the former has given way to the latter in many, but by no means all, places. It reveals that success can be relatively unproblematic and was once widespread at the local level, and that
failure has occurred where institutional arrangements have been imposed that, according to the conventional theory, should have prevented the tragedy instead of bringing it about: privatization of the resource, on the one hand, and State control of it on the other. Where selfishness and discord have prevailed they are driven by an apparent water scarcity that is socially constructed, the product of a new political ecology imposed initially by the local elite and then dominated by them with the State’s help, at the expense of the peasantry. The author argues that, far from being
inevitable, the tragedy of the commons in water management can be avoided, arrested, and perhaps even reversed, in the Andes and other arid and mountainous parts of the world.
Key words: Andes, tragedy of the commons, political ecology, water scarcity, water
management, arid, mountain
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Trawick's Florida practice & procedure index.
No full textTrawick's Florida practice & procedure explains the Florida rules of civil procedure, taking a case from discovery through trial
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