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Architecture |
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Delhi:
stones and streets / Jhabvala, C. S. H. --Delhi: Ravi Dayal,
1990 (Reference) |
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The
volume contains reproductions of fifty full-page pencil
sketches, with each sketch accompanied on a facing page by
brief text on the site illustrated. The author has also
provided a two page Illustrated Glossary containing twelve
drawings that brings alive some architectural terms.
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New
public spaces / Gaventa, Sarah. --London: Mitchell Beazley,
2006 (Reference)
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This
is the first book to showcase some of the most interesting and
diverse examples of public space in the world. Many of the
featured projects challenge accepted notions of the function
and aesthetic of communal space and together provide the
reader with a global overview of developments in this thriving
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Biography |
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The
influentials : people who impact Mumbai.--Mumbai: Diligent
Media corporation, 2006
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The
book discusses Mumbai's most influential people, 50 men and
women of the city who in the past year have made an impact on
public life and behaviour significant enough to merit
inclusion in this exclusive list.
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Civilization
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Powerful
times: rising to the challenge of our uncertain world / Kelly,
Eamonn. --New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley, 2006
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This
book is a wake-up call for all who may not recognize the
powerful uncertainties that are shaping our future. Those of
us in business will need to update our skills to learn how to
balance market and moral wisdom, and to move from our narrow
focus on competition to embracing adaptiveness as well.
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The Saga of the first urbanism in India-Harappan civilization / Singh, Vijaya Laxmi.
Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 2006 |
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This
book is based on literature of archaeology and its various
interpretations in research journals and books. While
discussing its geographical setting, urban forms, subsistence
patter, state, society, religion and religiosity, the author
has attempted to address the genesis of Harappan urbanism
tracing it from its early cultural development in this region
to its mature civilization.
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Culture |
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The
National culture of India / Husain, S. Abid. --New Delhi:
National Book Trust, India, 2006
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This
book is a learned exposition of the theory that amidst the
great diversity in every walk of life in India there exists an
underlying unity. To elucidate his thesis the author has made
a chronological survey of Indian history and movements that
have shaped the country. He has concluded by enumerating the
various fissiparous tendencies present today, but still sees
hopes in the future.
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Ideology
and Social Science / Beteille, Andre. --New Delhi: Penguin
Books, 2006
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The
fifty articles in this book cover a very wide range of
subjects: from the practice of sociology to the prospects of
political liberalism, from contemporary debates about caste
and caste quotas to old and still persisting myths about what
is said to constitute the essence of Indian culture. The
author ambit includes the relevant and important themes of
secularism, diversity and unity in cultures, the culture of
tolerance, discrimination at work, value systems in the
changing Indian family, and caste practices in village
communities.
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Economics
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The
Group of 7/8 / Dobson, Hugo. --London: Routledge, 2007
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The
book is a highly, accessible, up-to-date introduction to the
history, present and future of the G7/8 summits, This book
aims to explore the role that the G8 plays and will play in
global governance. The book draws upon extant literature in
order to provide the reader with a single, more concise
point-of-entry.
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Environmental
Law |
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Environmental
legislation in India: a guide for industry and business--New
Delhi: Confederation of Indian Industry, 2004
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This
is an easy-to-use reference guide to facilitate better
understanding of environmental legislation and to help
building capacity within industry to comply with statutory
requirements. It is also an ideal source of information for
foreign companies planning to invest in India.
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Finance
& Auditing
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| Financial
reporting and corporate governance / Lee, Thomas A. --West
Sussex: John Wiley, 2006
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The unique feature of the
book is that the accounting, reporting and auditing contents
have been written within the context of the related subject of
corporate governance. The other feature of the book include,
learning lessons provided throughout the text to reinforce the
meaning and significance of chapter sections.
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| Human
Development |
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development in South Asia 2005: human security in South Asia /
Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre.--Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006 (Reference)
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The
report presents an in-depth analysis of the multiple threats
to human security from conflicts in South Asia, to economic,
health and environmental insecurity, to insecurity due to
governance failure at many levels. The report argues that to
sustain economic growth of South Asia needs to seriously
address the human security concerns of people. The wealth of
data collected for the report on South Asia's insecurity will
be valuable for policymakers and academic researchers.
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| Information
Technology |
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Participatory IT
design: designing for business and workplace realities /
Bodker, Keld. --New Delhi: Viva Books, 2006
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This
book provides an excellent argument and repertoire of
well-tested methods for an early design phase in IT systems,
development. Based on the authors' experiences with
developing, testing, and tutoring professionals in the use and
design of commercial IT systems, the book provides the reader
with a solid ground for teaching and practicing participatory
IT design.
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| Information
communication technologies and human development:
opportunities and challenges / Mila Gasco-Hernandez,
ed.--Hershey: Idea group Publishing, 2007
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The
book emphasizes the need to consider the geographic, historic
and cultural context of an information communication
technology (ICT) for development initiative, and includes
several real examples that show some of the key success
factors that have to be taken into consideration when using
ICTs for development. This book is a tool for practitioners,
providing a wide knowledge of several important ICTs for
development experiences that have been conducted all over the
developing world.
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| Information
technology and social justice / Rooksby, Emma, ed. --Hershey:
Information Science Publishing, 2007 |
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The
book presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and
tackling digital divides. It includes information on access
and skills, access and motivation, and other various levels of
access. It also presents a detailed analysis of the benefits
and value of access to ICTs.
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| Natural
Disasters |
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| Micro-finance
and disaster risk reduction / Chakrabarti, P. G. Dhar, ed.
--New Delhi: Knowldege world, 2006
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The
proceedings of the workshop summarizes when a natural disaster
strikes an area or a region, it does not discriminate between
rich and poor, men and women, or young and old. Everyone
suffers in a disaster. There is also evidence that
micro-credit groups of the poor have done better in coping
with natural disasters although disasters like the Indian
Ocean Tsunami of December 2004 badly crippled their
activities.
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| Tsunamis:
the great wave / Karling, Horace M., ed. --New York: Nova
Science Publishers, 2005 |
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The
phenomenon called a "tsunami" (soo-NaHmee) is series
of traveling ocean waves of extremely long length generated
primarily by earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean
floor. Underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides can also
generate tsunamis. Tsunami waves are distinguished from
ordinary ocean waves by their great length between wave
crests, often exceeding 100 km (60 miles) or more in the deep
ocean, and by the time between these crests, ranging from 10
minutes to an hour. Tsunamis are a threat to life and property
for all coastal residents living near the ocean.
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| Non-governmental
Organizations |
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| The
Management of non-governmental development organizations
/ Lewis, David. --London: Routledge, 2007 |
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This
new edition of a highly successful textbook explores the
activities, relationships and internal structure of the NGO.
The author develops a composite approach to NGO management
that makes it possible to analyse the distinctive, complex
challenges these organizations face.
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| Rural
Development |
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| India
Rural Infrastructure Report / India. National Council of App.
--New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2007 (Reference) |
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The
report summarizes the state of rural infrastructure in four
major sectors: power, telecommunications, roads and transport,
and water supply and sanitation. Given that the infrastructure
shortcomings are far more acute in rural areas than in towns
and cities, this study proposes a blend of customized
approaches, new financing methods, means for promoting local
initiatives and decentralized regulation accessible to the
users. |
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| Social
Problems |
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| Is
this our city?: mapping safety for women in Delhi / Jagori.
--New Delhi: Jagori, 2007 (Reference) |
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The
film records the voices and experiences of different women in
the city using public spaces and transport, along with the
different strategies used by JAGORI as part of the Safe Delhi
Campaign.
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| Waste
Management |
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| Industrial
waste treatment / Nemerow, Nelson Leonard, ed. --Amsterdam:
Elsevier, 2007 |
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The
book provides a working plan for implementing new industrial
complexes that incorporate the solutions to product waste
generation from the every onset of product design to its final
disposal. Detailed explanation of how to facilitate long term,
comprehensive, cost effective solutions that avoid such
mistakes of past such as "Love Canal".
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