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Book The Open Source Alternative: Shrink-Wrap, Open Source and Copyright(2003) Halbert, Debora"In the following section I will evaluate the promise of the open source model as a viable path that moves beyond current copyright dilemmas. First, I will look briefly at the types of licensing agreements that come with computer software today. Second, I will describe how UCITA represents a model for licensing that is too expansive and the resistance that has built up to passage of UCITA across the United States. Finally, I would like to evaluate the open source movement’s use of licensing agreements as a potential alternative to the licensing model associated with EULA’s and UCITA."Book Institutions that Cannot Manage Change: A Gandhian Perspective on the Cauvery Dispute in South India(2009) Pani, Narendar"There is a growing recognition that water conflicts extend well beyond issues of water scarcity. Perceptions of scarcity are themselves based on assumptions of what is sufficient. And what is considered sufficient is in turn influenced by a number of social, economic and even political considerations. There is thus a need for a more inclusive method of understanding water conflicts and the institutions needed to address them. Among such alternative methods is the one used by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. This paper adopts the Gandhian method to reinterpret the interstate dispute over the water of the south Indian river, Cauvery. It then uses this more inclusive method to identify the conflict-easing and conflict- enhancing aspects of the dispute. In the process, the limitations of the existing institutions in addressing the conflict become evident."Book The State and Regional Role in Developing Ecosystem Service Markets(2010) Achterman, Gail L.; Mauger, Robert"Ecosystem services literature and the theoretical models of ecosystem service markets have so far been based upon a few well-studied examples—most notably New York City’s mid-1990s purchase and preservation of land in the Catskills watershed to meet its water purification goals. Since then, around the nation, state and local governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations ('NGOs') have moved beyond the theoretical and single transactions to develop and test a variety of ecosystem service markets. Oregon environmental groups, governments, and businesses have been leaders in supporting and encouraging market development and working with regional partners interested in cooperation at larger scales."Book Urban Growth and Air Quality in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia(2010) Ling, O.H.L.; Ting, K.H.; Shaharuddin, A.; Kadaruddin, A.; Yaakob, M.J."Urban developments, land use patterns and activities not only influence the volume of emissions into the ambient air environment but also affect the ability of the urban ecosystem to purify the air. Therefore, urbanisation affects the quality of air in urban areas. However, urban air quality is also affected by global, regional or trans-boundary pollutants. The objectives of this paper are to understand the trend of air quality level and urban growth in Kuala Lumpur city (KL), and examine the relationship between these variables. Results of analysis show a significant and strong relationship between the number of unhealthy/hazardous days and urban land uses. The finding is contrary to the argument that the high concentration of air pollutants (unhealthy level) in the Malaysian city is contributed by the forest fire in a neighbouring country (haze)."