The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This book considers the positive contributions that tourism can make to the conservation of global bio…
"This book examines the future of library professional development by investigating the aspects that make these development events worthwhile"--Provided by publisher.
"This book examines the future of library professional development by investigating the aspects that make these development events worthwhile"--
"The bible of sponsorship" brings marketers up to speed on social media and other digital strategies. This book is cutting-edge, best practice sponsorship not only achievable, but sensible and straightforward. It provides a comprehensive update to the content with up-to-date exa…
Democracy is a fine political system, but an expensive economic venture. Political parties and election campaigns cost money. Where does the money come from and at what sacrifice? Issues connected with political finance are significant but often neglected aspects of the process …
Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlatio…
Data-driven methods have become ubiquitous across the engineering and applied sciences. In the petroleum sciences, a significant body of work has arisen applying such techniques to modeling and analysis of reservoir-scale data, but laboratory-scale data and applications have rec…
This dissertation explores how several Arab NGOs in Morocco, Palestine, Egypt and Kuwait practiced human rights from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Drawing on institutional archives and interviews, it argues that these organizations provide new insights into the history of h…
First introduced in 1875, Blaine Amendments restrict private, parochial schools from utilizing publicly acquired funds. While the federally proposed Blaine Amendment died on the Senate floor, 37 states have adopted constitutional language that limits and/or bars religious school…
Second Life is a long established virtual world, set up as a user created space, rather than a games studio designed product. This longevity is interesting, providing an example of how humans can develop a presence in virtual space, and where people, re-embodied as avatars, inte…
Introduction: It is well known, and well documented that Indigenous conceptualizations of wellness differ from Western conceptualizations. Using Western parameters and formulations to appraise Indigenous health and wellness is highly problematic.
The goal of this study was to discover how secondary principals lead in the era of the Locally Controlled Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) to meet the needs of all students, what skills are critical in ensuring LCAP alignment and implementation…
C. Peter Wagner said, “Planting new churches is the most effective evangelistic methodology known under heaven” (168). To fulfill the Great Commission, it makes sense to use the most effective evangelistic methodology and continually plant new churches. However, missiologists li…
School funding in the State of New Jersey has a long history of judicial and legislative reform efforts. In 2008, a weighted and adjusted formula was approved to determine how much state aid each district would receive on an annual basis. Recent changes to state aid have undersc…
The educational ideals of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Scotland were informed both by an appreciation of the needs of the godly commonwealth and by familiarity with pedagogical developments on the continent of Europe. The achievement of these ideals was hampered …
Most studies on mosque architecture in the U.S. examine the purpose-built mosque in an isolated manner based on an object-centric approach by focusing on the built structure, stylistic aspects, and components of design. These studies characterize the mosque through typologies of…
This thesis examines the operation and governance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and scrutinises its role in managing how the past is used and valued in the present. My purpose is to interpret the funders function and influence in the negotiated heritage process, understanding her…
