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First published in 1992, this is the second of two volumes on recent advances in the field of hydraulic and environmental modelling, with invited and refereed contributions from an international group of engineers, scientists and planners involved in...

Environmental quality is one of the most important issues faced by contemporary urban and regional policy. Amenities such as access to the natural environment, attractive neighbourhood characteristics and high quality public goods and services, play a...

Much of the literature published so far on gender relations in rural areas has either focused on comparisons of the position of men and women, or explored the position of women given prevailing structural forces and behavioural 'norms' that restrict the...

The concepts of community consultation and participation have come to dominate academic and policy debate about urban regeneration partnerships. However, there has been relatively little discussion about the nature of 'community power' within...

Illustrated by a detailed comparative examination of mining regulations and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the USA (the second largest producer of coal in the world) and Indonesia (the eighth largest and most rapidly growing), this book argues...

The collapse of previous command economic structures in Eastern Europe has led to an often chaotic reorganization of transport operations. Southeastern Europe in particular not only lags behind the western EU countries in terms of transport...

Despite its historical significance and its state-mandated comprehensive planning approach, the Florida growth management experiment has received only piecemeal attention from researchers. Drawing together contributions from national experts on land use...

In any settler and/or postcolonial society, heritage is a complex and contested topic that involves indigenous, imperial and other migrant components. In Australia, this situation is compounded by the unique characteristics of the country's natural...

Since the late 1990s, city councils have become increasingly aware of the potential for information technologies (ICTs) to improve the management of cities and as an instrument for economic and social policy. This has resulted in a wave of urban ICT...

The agricultural privatization strategy adopted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was based on the premise that family farms are the most effective alternative to socialist large-scale agriculture. In addition, international organizations, particularly...

Object-Oriented Cartography provides an innovative perspective on the changing nature of maps and cartographic study. Through a renewed theoretical reading of contemporary cartography, this book acknowledges the shifted interest from cartographic...

How can Turkey increase its medium- and long-term growth potential? Despite episodes of fast growth, this has become a vital question for the Turkish economy, in order to avoid being stuck in a middle-income trap. There has been an increase in the number...

Originally published in 1996 Rural Change and Planning describes the turbulent changes that have occurred in rural England and Wales since the outbreak of the First World War. The book describes the changes from an agriculturally-dominated countryside to...

What are the social functions of art in the age of neoliberal urbanism? This book discusses the potential of artistic practices to question the nature of city environments and the diverse productions of space, moving beyond the reduction of 'the urban'...

This book is a revision of the author's original doctoral thesis on emergency preparedness through community radio in North Indian villages into a widening array of possible reapplications in other community development fields. The author expands on the...

Media interest in food has intensified in recent years, leading to a contemporary food landscape where 'alternative' food practices are increasingly visible. Concerns that were once exclusively the domain of activist movements motivated by environmental,...

This book brings together the most current thinking about the Anthropocene in the field of Environmental Political Theory ('EPT'). It displays the distinctive contribution EPT makes to the task of thinking through what 'the environment' means in this...

This book explores the understudied and often overlooked subject of African presence in India. It focuses on the so-called Sidis, Siddis or Habshis who occupy a unique place in Indian history. The Sidis comprise scattered communities of people of African...

Making and Growing brings together the latest work in the fields of anthropology and material culture studies to explore the differences - and the relation - between making things and growing things, and between things that are made and things that grow...

Colonial Trauma and Postcolonial Anxieties argues that economic decisions reflect unconscious anxieties about survival and dignity experienced in a cycle of repeat trauma tracing back to the original trauma of loss in colonialism.

Ethiopia is facing environmental and poverty challenges, and urgently needs effective management of its environmental resources. Much of the Ethiopian landscape has been significantly altered and reshaped by centuries of human activities, and...

The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a 'could-be' risk management approach. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become entrenched as a dominant paradigm within the field of disaster...

The U.S. Government's accumulated national debt and unfunded liabilities in social security and Medicare could be pushing the country towards a fiscal crisis. How could such a crisis be avoided? If a crisis does strike, how might it be dealt with? What...

This book examines Félix Guattari, the French psychoanalyst, philosopher, and radical activist, renowned for an energetic style of thought that cuts across conceptual, political, and institutional spheres. Increasingly recognised as a key figure in his...

How relevant are the classic theories of agrarian change in the contemporary context? This volume explores this question by focusing upon the defining features of agrarian transformation in the 21st century: the financialization of food and agriculture,...

This volume is a pioneering contribution to the study of food politics and critical agrarian studies, where food sovereignty has emerged as a pivotal concept over the past few decades, with a wide variety of social movements, on-the-ground experiments,...

This book explores the urban, political, and economic effects of contemporary capitalism as well being concerned with a collective analytic that addresses these processes through the lens of disassembling and reassembling dynamics. The processes of...

Balkanization (territorial fragmentation) is becoming a significant urban and geopolitical pursuit in contemporary times. Countries, cities and regions are ever increasingly voicing the desire for independence and balkanization from the nation or union...

Das Buch ""Archiv f�����r �����sterreichische Geschichte V83 (1896)"" von Heinrich Kretschmayr ist eine Sammlung von historischen Dokumenten und Aufs�����tzen zur ������sterreichischen Geschichte. Es enth�����lt Beitr�����ge zu verschiedenen Themen,...

""Reminiscences Of A Roving Life"" is a memoir written by Max Muller and published in 1906. Muller was a renowned scholar of comparative religion and philology, and this book chronicles his travels and experiences throughout his life. The memoir begins...

Wonderful Stories Of Daring, Enterprise, And Adventure is a book written by James Macaulay and first published in 1887. It is a collection of true stories of courageous individuals who have undertaken incredible feats of bravery, ingenuity, and...

Wild Ducks: How To Rear And Shoot Them is a comprehensive guidebook written by W. Coape Oates in 1905. The book provides detailed instructions on how to rear and shoot wild ducks, including information on their habits, habitats, and behaviors. It covers...

""The Lakes of Northern Italy"" is a travelogue written by Richard Bagot and published in 1907. The book is a comprehensive guide to the beautiful lakes of Northern Italy, including Lake Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda. Bagot provides detailed...

Remarques Sur Les Germanismes est un ouvrage de r�����f�����rence �����crit par Eleazar De Mauvillon en 1747. Ce livre est destin����� aux Allemands, aux Fran�����ais et aux Hollandais qui souhaitent am�����liorer leur connaissance de la langue allemande...

Planetolabium, Dat Is Planeeten-Wyzer (1700) is een boek geschreven door Van Koesfeld en Lotharius Zumbach. Het boek gaat over de planeten en hun bewegingen. Het bevat informatie over de zon, de maan en de sterren, evenals kaarten en diagrammen om de...

Fish Stories is a collection of short stories written by Henry Abbott and published in 1919. The book contains a total of 16 stories, all of which revolve around the theme of fishing. The stories are set in various locations, including the United States,...

    The objective of macroeconomic behavioral methods is to control the short run behavior of an country's economy development.  Is it useful to be applied to assist developing countries' economic development.  If we think of...

  In first part , I shall explain whether macro or micro economic method is more easily to predict or measure when and how and why the developing country's consumer shopping desire to be rised or reduced. Can we apply macroeconomic behavioral...

      This book concerns how living economy influences our future living experiences and consumption behaviors. It concerns whether wars can impact economy threat to influence consumption behaviors and environment protection...

    How AI technology influence productivities and service performance ?  Whether it can raise productivities and improve service performance?This book aims to explain why and how future artificial intelligent technology ( big data...

Arctic Changes: Past to Present in the Far North is an educational and entertaining book that persuades readers to think about and take seriously the changes occurring in the Arctic. This is a unique book because it combines descriptions of what the...

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