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Local Futures: Beyond the Global Economy (1999)

Subject

Development studies; Economics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 30 minutes), £6.00

A sequel to the video ANCIENT FUTURES, LEARNING FROM LADAKH, this programmes gives examples of ISEC’s systemic approach to the problems of the global economy. It describes the cultural devastation of...

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Debating Energy Futures

aka: Debating Energy Futures: Coal, Gas and Nuclear

Subject

Energy; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 34 minutes), £49.00

With case studies from the US, the UK, China and India, this title asks how important coal, gas and nuclear will be in the future global energy mix. The programme looks at what is being done to clean up...

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Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh and Paradise with Side Effects (1993)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.95

ANCIENT FUTURES; EARNING FROM LADKH. Ladakh is a wildly beautiful desert land in the western Himalayas, with few resources and an extreme climate. Yet there is an ancient and thriving culture. Traditions of...

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World is Changing, The: The Essentials of Climate Change and Farming (2010)

Subject

Agriculture

Short animated video which explains that over half of the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are nitrous oxide and that feeding livestock a healthy diet reduces the amount of methane they produce. [3...

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Trade Trap, The (1992 Video)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., Free (+p&p)

Small producers from developing countries are struggling to have their place in the global trade system. Examples are banana farmers from the eastern Caribbean visiting London and Brussels, and coffee...

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Treasury Issues: Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Risk Management (1996 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £82.98 (+VAT inc. p&p)

An overview of interest rate and foreign exchange risks and how they can be hedged; the use of derivatives such as forwards, futures, options and swaps; internal methods of foreign exchange risk management....

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Traffic Futures (1993 Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Looks at the use of mathematical modelling in transport planning, examining common criticism of transport models - of how they specify the problem, simplify the problem and how the data they use is often...

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All Our Futures: Britain’s Educational Revolution: A Disaster of Epic Proportions? (1993 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 45 minutes), £16.95

Professor Alan Smithers and the Centre for Educational and Employment Research at Manchester University evaluate the new GNVQs and NVQs and compare them with existing qualifications and equivalent European...

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Surviving Cities/City Futures (1999)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

With half the world’s population now living in cities, uses evidence drawn from examinations of New York, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mexico City, Moscow, Sydney and Manchester to ask crucial questions about...

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Sustainable Communities: Studying Settlement (2008)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 54 minutes), 40 minutes

This DVD is aimed at Geography tudents at Key Stages 3 - 5. It encourages students to think about their methodology and how they might evaluate and study their own locality, featuring case study material for...

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