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Cohousing as a sustainable housing model for Australia

The roots of cohousing can be traced in Denmark in the early 1960s, expanding independently and simultaneously in Holland and Sweden where it grew into an established housing model. This term is a direct translation of a Dutch word meaning living together.

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Integrated urban port and harbor planning with environmental assessment

Port planning is a multifaceted project that involves technical, operational, economic, social, and environmental aspects.

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General Motors' global operations and regional market strategies

General Motors was founded in 1908 and has been the largest manufacturer, designer, building and marketer of cars and trucks throughout the world since 1921.

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The positive and negative effects of aviation on American society

Little did the Wright brothers know, on December 17, 1903, when they successfully tested their flying machine at Kitty Hawk, what an influential industry they were launching.

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Origins and establishment of the International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund was first conceived between July 1-22, 1944, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

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Bush's Clear Skies 2003 proposal versus the Clean Air Act of 1990

Skies 2003, etc. The issue of clean air has been around probably since the first caveman objected to the smoke from a neighbor's fire.

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Migration theories and settlement of the Aleut and Alutiiq peoples

The Aleutian Islands run from the Peninsula of Kamchatka in the Asiatic portion of Russia to Alaska. All the islands are bare and mountainous and the coasts rocky and surrounded by crashing waves and enormous breakers.

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International relations theory and national security policy tradeoffs

In international policy, as in the course of daily human life, self-interested actors must carefully weigh competing and often equally valid choices, and make for themselves some compromise between opposed values.

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Regulating international tourism in Antarctica to protect the environment

Since the mid-1980s, Antarctica has been an increasingly popular tourist destination, despite the relative danger of visiting the largest, least explored -- and arguably least understood -- continent on earth.

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Pacific Brands' sustainability strategy as competitive differentiation

Pacific Brands is famous for its iconic labels such as its Berlei, Bonds, Clarks, Dunlop, Everlast, Grosby, Hard Yakka, Holeproof, Hush Puppies, King Gee, Mossimo, Razzamatazz, Sheridan, Slazenger, Tontine, and Volley brand names (Our brands, 2013, Pacific Brands).

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