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by Francesco Lo Piccolo
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The consideration of ethics in social research has gained increasing prominence in the past few years, particularly research which seeks to inform public policy. This important and unique book provides a thorough examination of the issues relating to research ethics in planning for an international...
Instruments of Land Policy
Dealing with Scarcity of Land
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
In dealing with scarce land, planners often need to interact with, and sometimes confront, property right-holders to address complex property rights situations. To reinforce their position in situations of rivalrous land uses, planners can strategically use and combine different policy instruments...
Labor Transfer in Emerging Economies
A Perspective from China’s Reality to Theories
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Based on new phenomena appearing in many emerging economies, this book presents a theoretical study on the economic influences of labor transfer from several aspects. In recent years, thanks to the continuous progress of social forms as well as science and technology, there are a large number of new...
Watts in the Desert
Pioneering Solar Farming in Australia's Outback
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
This unique book offers an introduction to the development of renewable energy in Australia in the early 2000s. Examining the rise of dispersed, embedded solar energy systems in Western Australia, it looks specifically at the Solex project in Carnarvon, WA, which pioneered the harvest of solar energy...
by Matthias Kowald, Kay W. Axhausen
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In aiming to understand and model peoples’ out-of-home movements, the academic field of transport planning is confronted with two major challenges. Firstly, leisure travel is increasing in importance and is more complex and variable than work-related travel, being less rigid in temporal and spatial...
Locational Preferences of Entrepreneurs
Stated Preferences in The Netherlands and Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book, locational preferences of firms in The Netherlands and Germany are studied from a behavioural point of view. Stated preferences of entrepreneurs in each country are examined, using various types of statistical analysis. The influence of both firm and place characteristics is analysed....
Hazards and the Built Environment
Attaining Built-in Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. When a natural or human-induced disaster hits a built-up area the amount of damage it does will depend largely on the extent to which the built...
Protest and Mass Mobilization
Authoritarian Collapse and Political Change in North Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Why and how do some acts of protest trigger mass mobilization while others do not? Using the cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, Mekouar argues that successful mass mobilization is the result of a surprise factor, whose impact and exceptionality is amplified by the presence of influential...
by Sultan Barakat
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume seeks to analyze to what extent the controversial US policy of democratizing the Middle East with pre-emptive invasions was justified or effective. Post 9/11 the US developed a policy of War on Terror, taking the decision to democratize the Middle East with pre-emptive in
by Xingyuan Feng, Christer Ljungwall, Sujian Guo
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
The Political Economy of China’s Great Transformation consists of three parts: first, covering the current political transformation, providing a general political background for the socio-economic, fiscal and urban and rural transformation.
The book analyses the economic transformation and...
by Gijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Microsimulation as a modelling tool in social sciences has increased in importance over the last few decades. Once restricted to a handful of universities and government departments, as a scientific field it has achieved a new dynamism during the last decade. As computing power increases and data...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Space is experienced not only visually, but with all the senses. Despite this, the design and reception of architecture often barely take haptic, acoustic, and osmic perceptions into account. Consequently, in the architecture discipline there is no continuous discourse on the topic of spatial perception....
Urban Livelihoods
A People-centred Approach to Reducing Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
One of the most promising approaches to poverty reduction in developing countries is to encourage sustainable livelihoods for the poor. This takes account of their opportunities and assets and the sources of their vulnerability. Based on recent and extensive research, this volume thoroughly assesses...
Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Prevention and Health
Third International Conference, Washington, U.S.A, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rodney E. Slater Secretary of Transportation, U. S. Department of Transportation know many of you have traveled great distances to be here. I To me, that shows not only your dedication to the cause, but demonstrates how very important transportation safety is becoming throughout the world. So I am...