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Infrastructure Redux
Crisis, Progress in Industrial Pakistan & Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
The focus of this book is on industrial infrastructures of production and circulation, from power distribution and roads to dry ports and airports. It looks at how these infrastructures underpin visions of progress and mediate relations between the state and capitalist firms in industrializing districts in Punjab, Pakistan.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
This book, companion to Foundations of Location Analysis (Springer, 2011), highlights some of the applications of location analysis within the spheres of businesses, those that deal with public services and applications that deal with law enforcement and first responders. While the Foundations book...
GOingREEN. A collaborative platform for the Excellences of Campania Region
A collaborative platform for the Excellences of Campania Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
This volume focuses on the Excellencies, which are companies that have invested in greening, and that become for the “Company System” of the Campania Region an irreplaceable beacon to enter concretely in a dimension of sustainability.
Sustainability Analysis
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Sustainability Analysis provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles. Primarily focusing on macroeconomic policies and green national accounting, this book provides a strong basis for further study in sustainable development.
by Daniel P. McMillen
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Quantile regression analysis differs from more conventional regression models in its emphasis on distributions. Whereas standard regression procedures show how the expected value of the dependent variable responds to a change in an explanatory variable, quantile regressions imply predicted changes...
Focusing Partnerships
A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-private Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Despite the increasing occurrence of policies aimed at mobilising the financial and human resources of the private sector, most urban local governments responsible for urban basic services in the South do not have the capacity to initiate and sustain partnerships. Nor do they understand how they can...
A Century of Change
Beijing's Urban Structure in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Beijing’s urban structure in the 20th century, analyzing essential social and economic changes in the housing sector. Focusing on the urban changes that took place under the market economy after 1978 and beyond, the book addresses the...
Agropolis
The Social, Political and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide. A sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of original field research projects funded by IDRC's AGROPOLIS International Graduate Research...
Forecasting Urban Travel
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Forecasting Urban Travel presents in a non-mathematical way the evolution of methods, models and theories underpinning travel forecasts and policy analysis, from the early urban transportation studies of the 1950s to current applications throughout the urbanized world. From original documents, correspondence...
by Changfu Han
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Migrant workers are an inevitable issue that has accompanied China's socioeconomic transformation, and has a direct bearing on the country's social and economic progress, and stability. This book aims to present a comprehensive picture of China's issue of migrant workers that has emerged during its...
Fallen heroes in global capitalism
Workers and the Restructuring of the Polish Steel Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Through the prism of 'Nowa Huta', a landmark of socialist industrialization, Trappmann challenges the one-sided account of Poland as a successful transition case and reveals the ambivalent role of the European Union in economic restructuring. An exemplary, suggestive case of multi-level analysis research.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
The emergence of green parties throughout Europe during the 1980s marked the arrival of a new form of political movement, challenging established models of party politics and putting new issues on the political agenda. Since their emergence, green parties in Europe have faced different destinies;...
The Swedish Model
The Scandinavian and especially the Swedish Welfare System
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: sehr gut, Linköping University, language: English, abstract: Diese Arbeit beinhaltet einzelne Fragen zum schwedischen Wohlfahrtsstaat, die anhand der Literatur diskutiert werden.
New Revolutions: A Revolutionary Change of Conventional Revolutions
A personal Account of The 25 of January Uprising
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: A., The American University in Cairo, language: English, abstract: Let's get one thing straight, The Egyptian revolution was not a Facebook revolution. Was Facebook immensely important? Yes. Was it the catalyst? Maybe. But...