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Sails for Profit: A Complete Guide to Selling and Booking Cruise Travel

Author: Jeanne Semer Purzycki

This current, interactive book familiarizes readers with all of the important aspects of selling cruise vacations—from basic nautical terminology to shipboard life, world itineraries, and key resources that can help future agents market and sell cruises effectively. It presents current and practical information on the various types of cruise experiences, passenger demographics and itineraries, as well as the tools and techniques for selling and booking cruise vacations to individual and group clients in the Òreal worldÓ.

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People, the Environment and Responsibility: Case Studies from Rural Pakistan

Author: F Amalric

This book documents the findings of a group of case studies on the problems of population growth and environmental degradation in rural areas of Pakistan. Each case study reveals a particular aspect of the general processes at work in different ecological zones: the agricultural lands of the Indus plains, the coastal areas, and the mountainous zone. The studies focused on collective responses to population and environmental problems and on the breakdown of traditional systems of decision making in rural areas. The book introduces the concept of de-responsibilization in contrast to economists' traditional notions of rational behavior. In addition, these case studies illuminate the realities of present-day Pakistan, the state of its population and environment, and its record of development.

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The three case studies analyze the interlinkages between demographic dynamics, environmental changes, and development processes in particular socio-economic and ecological contexts. Unlike many similar studies, does not take the demographic perspective that high fertility rates are a given, but rather considers them a part of reality that needs to be explained. The study, conducted for the UN Research Institute for Social Development, was carried out in different ecological zones: the agricultural lands of the Indus plains, the coastal areas, and the mountainous zone. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	List of contributors
1	Population, Environment and De-responsibilization	1
2	The Uncoupling of People From Their Environment: Two Case Studies From the Punjab	25
3	De-responsibilization in Two Coastal Villages	47
4	Limits to Local Participation: A Case Study From the Northern Areas	67
5	Population Dynamics, Environmental Chances and Economic Development in Pakistan: A Case for the Restoration of Local Responsibility	87
	Bibliography	97
	Index	101