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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Medieval and early modern drowned villages in the intertidal zone of the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands) constitute intriguing yet largely understudied components of north‐western Europe's underwater cultural heritage. Despite their high archaeological potential as time capsules of past settlement landscapes, research has remained limited ...
Jan Trachet +9 more
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Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels
, 1997 Final report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels describing their activities and findings regarding the safety of dietary supplements, including sections on pertinent legislation, consumer use, labeling, and nutritional ...
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey +3 more
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, 2000 WHO/SDE/WSH/00.0143 ...
World Health Organization. Water, Sanitation and Health Team +1 more
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick +6 more
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Lost in Development’s Shadow: The Downstream Human Consequences of Dams
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report documented a number of social and environmental problems observed in dam development projects. The WCD gave particular emphasis to the challenges of properly resettling populations physically displaced by dams ...
Brian D. Richter +6 more
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SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT IN FLOOD CONTROL DAMS [PDF]
Reservoir sedimentation reduces economic value and longevity of flood control dams. Periodic sediment removal allows extension of reservoir life. An optimal control model is developed to evaluate alternative sediment management strategies for flood ...
Pattanapanchai, Maneechit +2 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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Social impacts of dams: Learning from lived experiences of Maphilingo community, Eswatini
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern AfricaThe World Commission on Dams (WCD) highlights the crucial issues of social impacts of dams on local communities and emphasises that these have been neglected in the quest for eradicating poverty through infrastructure development.
Dumile G. Nhlengethwa +1 more
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Symposium: Benefits and concerns about dams Final proceedings
, 2001 The 69"t"h ICOLD Annual Meeting took place at a moment which was crucial for ICOLD. After the launch of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) final report entitled 'Dams and Development', in which the 45,000 dams currently existing throughout the ...
Deutsches TalsperrenKomitee (DTK), Duesseldorf (Germany) +1 more
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