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It is often that the one constant in the modern world is change. Whether that change is driven from a strategic perspective, forms part of a programme of transformational change or is in response to an operational imperative, the delivery mechanism for change remains the same and that is project management.

The information presented here has been gathered together by the men of nine educational and scientific institutions.

Although the Galapagos islands were discovered by Spaniard in 1535 and were thereafter regarded as part of the Spanish viceroyalty of Peru the archipelago was during the following three hundred years visited mostly by English-speaking.

The Pacific Oceans covers a vast area and although its share of the earth's land and people is small, it is of special interest and significance in the study of man. The 1000 is tiny islands scattered throughout Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia present a unique opportunity to study cultures that have developed in isolation and whose populations are easily defined.

Coastal environments of the Asia-Pacific region and physically dynamic. They have traditionally played a significant role in social and economic development of nations within the region and are home to majority of the world's population.

This anthology deals with human ecology the relationship between man and his environment. From second-millennium agriculture to twentieth-century air pollution, this volume includes a unique variety of studies of man and the world around him.

The traditional culture of the Islands stood strong against the world of the white man for many years, but change cannot be resisted indefinitely.