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HarperCollins Publishers Inc More and More and More
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HarperCollins Horizons
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Oil Spill
Book SynopsisRead and find out about oil spills in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year? Oil spills can have many different causes, but the result is the same. Oil harms plants and wildlife that make the oceans and coastlines their home. Scientists are learning the best ways to combat oil spills. Learn how you can help, too!This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It''s a Level 2 Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics<
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Essentials of World Regional Geography
Book SynopsisEssentials of World Regional Geography, 3e gives readers an approach that combines fundamental geographical elements, internal regional diversity, and contemporary issues. This approach allows serious discussion of cultural and environmental issues, as well as political and economic issues. White Essentials of World Regional Geography, 3e encourages students to consider what it means to be part of a global community and to develop their geographical understandings of world events. Essentials of World Regional Geography has chapter openings with a physical features map of the region, which includes short accounts of people or events to provide a personal flavor of the region, an outline of the chapter contents, and a short section placing the region in its wider global context. Each regional chapter is consistently organized by three sections. The first section summarizes the distinctive physical and human geographies of the region; the second section exploresTable of Contents1 Essentials of World Regional Geography2 Europe3 Russia and Neighboring Countries4 East Asia5 Southeast Asia6 South Asia7 Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia8 Sub-Saharan Africa9 Australia, Oceania and Antarctica10 Latin America11 North America
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Earth Science Geology the Environment and
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Earth Science Geu Science Notebook HS
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McGraw-Hill Education Enger Environmental Science 2016 14e Reinforced
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Physical Science Student Edition
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Physical Geography Lab Manual
Book SynopsisLemke et al: Physical Geography Laboratory Manual is a comprehensive introductory manual for students without a previous science background. An abundant set of 21 exercises assures that every professor will find a complete set of preferred labs for a semester-long course. Lemke/Ritter/Heywood wrote this lab manual in order to provide equal coverage of the four spheres of the environmentâthe atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The lab manual was written independent of any specific textbook and will work with available physical geography texts.Table of ContentsEXERCISES1. Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation2. Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface3. Atmospheric Temperature4. Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind5. Water in the Atmosphere6. Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes, and Cloud Development7. Midlatitude Weather and Weather Map Interpretation8. Climate Classification and Regional Climates9. Soil Moisture Budgets10. Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties11. Climate, Net Primary Production, and Decomposition12. Vegetation Form and Range13. Bioclimatic Transects14. Coincident Climates, Vegetation, and Soils15. Hawai'i Rainforest Regeneration16. Introduction to Topographic Maps17. Igneous Landforms18. Drainage Basin Analysis19. Fluvial Landforms20. Glacial Landforms21. Coastal LandformsAppendix A. Units of Measure and ConversionsAppendix B. Drawing IsolinesAppendix C. Constructing ProfilesAppendix D. Using Pocket StereoscopesAppendix E. Exercise Maps and PhotosAppendix F. Thematic World Maps
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McGraw Hill LLC Geography Connectplus 1Semester Access Card
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McGraw Hill LLC Connect Access Card for Essentials of World
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Field and Laboratory Activities for Environmental
Book SynopsisThe major objectives of this manual are to provide students with hands-on experiences that are relevant, easy to understand, applicable to the studentâs life, and presented in an interesting, informative format. Ranging from field and lab experiments to conducting social and personal assessments of the environmental impact of human activities, the manual presents something for everyone, regardless of the budget or facilities of each class. These labs are grouped by categories that can be used in conjunction with any introductory environmental textbook.Table of Contents1. Primary Productivity2. Habitat and Niche3. Community Structure4. Estimating Population Size5. Population Dynamics6. Historical Changes in Human Population Characteristics7. Human Population Dynamics8. Plate Tectonics9. Soil Characteristics and Plant Growth10. Stream Ecology and Assessment11. Personal Energy Consumption12. Insulating Properties of Building Materials13. The Effects of Radiation on the Germination and Growth of Squash Seeds14. Evaluating Renewable Energy Sources15. Toxicity Testing (LD50)16. Effects of Salinization on Plants17. Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand18. Air Pollution19. Global Indicators of Climate Change20. Evaluating Ecological Footprint Calculations21. Land-Use Planning on Campus22. Solid Waste Assessment Appendix 1 The Successful Field Trip Appendix 2 Suggestions for Field Trips and Alternative Learning Activities
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Loose Leaf Version for Essentials of World
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McGraw-Hill Education Environmental Geology WCB GEOLOGY
Book SynopsisReichard's Environmental Geology third edition continues to emphasize how humans interact with the environment within a geological context. The writing style holds the interest of non-major students and includes recent, relatable geologic events. Each chapter incorporates student activities and discussion questions designed to give students a personal connection to the topic.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Laboratory Studies in Earth History
Book SynopsisUtilizing actual case studies and field photographs, this successful lab manual covers the full spectrum of historical geology sediments, plate tectonics, paleontology, and petrology in flexible, self-contained units. This manual has been developed for use in both non-majors and combined courses in historical geology. The exercises emphasize the principles and methods by which geologists discover the origins and changing nature of our planet. These exercises or "studies" will help students understand how ancient conditions can be read from rocks and fossils, how geologic forces at the surface and within the planet can alter the environment, and how events of the past can be placed within an integrated chronological sequence. The exercises are designed for students who may not intend to specialize in geology. This does not mean, however, that the treatment is superficial, nor that it cannot give adequate preparation for students pursuing an academic major in the earth sciences.Table of Contents1 Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks2 Textural Clues to the History of Sediment3 Sedimentary Rocks under the Microscope4 Ancient Sedimentary Environments5 Tectonic Settings 6 Sea-Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics7 Age Relations and Unconformity8 Rock Units and Time-Rock Units9 The Advance and Retreat of Ancient Shorelines10 Fossils and Their Living Relatives: Protists, Sponges, Corals, Bryozoans, and Brachiopods11 Fossils and Their Living Relatives: Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms, Graptolites, and Plants12 Fossil Indicators of Age, Environment, and Correlation13 A Brief Survey of the Vertebrates14 Geologic Maps and Geologic Structures15 Canadian Shield and Basement Rocks of North America16 Mountain Belts of North America17 The Interior Plains and Plateaus18 Identification of Minerals19 Igneous Rocks20 Metamorphic RocksList of TablesList of ColorplatesList of PlatesPreface
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Exploring Our World
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Life Iscience Grade 7 Student Edition
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McGraw Hill LLC Glencoe Life Iscience Module F Structure and
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McGraw Hill LLC Glencoe Physical Iscience Module L Energy Matter
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Glencoe Physical Iscience Module N Interactions
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Discovering World Geography Student Edition
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Emerald Publishing Limited Shared Risk
Book SynopsisShared Risk is an unparalleled study of how communities at risk respond to major hazards. This book explores the elastic boundary between structure and flexibility that enables modern organizations to function effectively under uncertain, dynamic conditions. It shows how communities and organizations cope with dynamic and unpredicted events.Trade ReviewGene Rochlin, University of California, USA This is a unique project that combines a wealth of informative, in-depth fieldwork with a highly original approach. The author's research on and analysis of responses to recent earthquakes is unparalleled in the existing literature. L. Douglas Kiel, University of Texas at Dallas, USA An excellent and accessible application of the sciences of complexity to the challenges of shared risk. Douglas Paton, Massey University, New Zealand ...this book provides an innovative and comprehensive analysis of a highly complex topic...text contents provide a practical tool for emergency planning for seismic crisis. The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma StudiesTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. List of tables. List of figures. Part I: Shared Risk in Theory: Context, Concept and Methods of Analysis. Shared risk and self-organizing processes. Models of transition in complex, dynamic environments. Measuring change in nonlinear social systems. The 'Edge of Chaos': creative response in dynamic environments. Part II: Shared Risk in Practice: The Evolution of Response Systems. Nonadaptive systems: San Salvador, Ecuador and Armenia. Emergent adaptive systems: Mexico City, Costa Rica, and Erzincan, Turkey. Operative adaptive systems: Whittier Narrows, California; Loma Prieta, California; and Maharashtra, India. Auto-adaptive systems: self organization or dysfunction in Northridge, California and Hanshin, Japan. Part III: Future Strategies: Managing Risk in Complex, Adaptive Systems. Adaptation to disaster: evolving response systems. Sociotechnical systems and the reduction of global risk. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control
Book SynopsisDiscusses transport systems and the implementation of related public policy - a relevant topic with contemporary traffic congestion, environmental intrusion, transport safety, and budget issues. This is a useful resource for both experienced researchers and those new to the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction; K.J. Button, D.A. HensherTransport planning; D. Banister Traffic reduction; P.B. Goodwin Equity versus efficiency in transport systems; C. Nash The concept of optimal transport systems; R. Vickerman The economics of transport networks; K.J. Button Traffic congestion and congestion pricing; R. Lindsey, E. Verhoef Modal diversion; D.A. Hensher Induced travel and user benefits: clarifying definitions and measurement for urban road infrastructure; P.W. Abelson, D.A. Hensher Cost-benefit analysis in transport; P. Mackie, J. Nellthorp Transport subsidies; W. Rothengatter Transportation demand management; J.L. Gifford, O.J. Stalebrink Infrastructure capacity; T.R. Lakshmanan, W.P. Anderson Transport safety; I. Savage Environmental protection; E. Quinet, D. Sperling Transportation and economic development; K. Haynes, K.J. Button Bus services: deregulation and privatisation (lessons for third world cities); A. Armstrong-Wright Transportation in sparsely populated regions; A.E. Andersson Biking and walking: the position of non-motorized transport modes in transport systems; P. Rietveld Traffic calming; R. Brindle Specialized transport; D. Gillingwater, N. Tyler Women and travel; L.A. Schintler Cross-border traffic; K.J. Button Parking and traffic control; W. Young Road vehicle design standards; M.C. Case, M.G. Lay Junction design; R.N. Bird High-occupancy routes and truck lanes; D. Pitfield, R. Watson Urban traffic flow; A.D. May Traffic flow control; L.A. Schintler Traffic control devices and management; K.J. Button Intelligent transport systems; M.A.P. Taylor Transportation information systems; B. Benson Route guidance systems; D. Nelson, P.J. Tarnoff Modeling traffic signal control; M. Smith et al. Railway scheduling; R. Watson Public transport scheduling; A. Ceder Seaport terminal management; B. Thomas Air traffic control systems; G.L. Donohue Airport slot controls; A.M. Khan
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Emerald Publishing Limited Strategic Countryside Management
Book SynopsisThe complex and conflicting demands that society makes on the countryside have led to a strategic approach to its management. This work evaluates the key challenges facing managers and policy-makers in the British countryside, and examines a range of strategies for making the most of our natural heritage.Trade Review"This book, by acknowledged leaders in their field, will make invaluable reading for all of those involved in the study of countryside management. The authors combine a clarity of presentation, with a closely-argued depth of subject treatment, to provide new insights into the strategic relationship between the rural resource, rural policy and rural organisations. I believe that it will become a core text in this field." - Nigel Curry, Professor of Countryside Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol.Table of ContentsManaging Information in the Countryside. Accounting for the Countryside. Financing the Countryside. Allocating Funds. Assessing the Impacts of Development. Country Sports and other Private Goods.Public Goods and Property Rights. Protecting the Countryside.Incentives for Countryside Management. Managing Access to the Countryside.The demand for Countryside Recreation. Visitor Management. The Future for Strategic Countryside Management.
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited Transportation and Traffic Theory in the 21st
Book SynopsisContains the proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, held in Adelaide in 2002. It covers intelligent transport systems; analytical techniques for road safety; travel demand modelling, congestion pricing; environmental impact analysis and more.Table of ContentsA step function for improving transit operations planning using fixed and variable scheduling, A. Ceder; A sensitivity-based solution algorithm for the network model of urban taxi services, K.I Wong et al; Transit network reliability - an application of absorbing Markov chains, M.G.H. Bell et al; Minimising the conflict between rail operations and infrastructure maintenance, M.Lake, L.J. Ferreira; Optimal terminus location for a rail line with many to many travel demand, S.C. Wirasinghe et al; Queue discharge flow and speed models for signalized intersections, R. Akcelik, M. Besley; The oversaturated isolated intersection, G.F Newell; Development and implementation of an adaptive control strategy in a traffic signal network - the virtual-fixed-cycle approach, N.H. Gartner; Unsignalized intersections - a third method for analysis, W. Brilon, N. Wu; Supply chain networks with multicriteria decision makers, J. Dong et al; Computerized decision support system for the operational management of transportation of sugar cane, R. Raicu, M.A.P Taylor; Normative pedestrian behaviour theory and modelling, S. Hoogendorn, P.H.L Bovy; Towards a unified approach to causal analysis in traffic safety using structural causal models, G. Davis; Identifying similarities and dissimilarities among road accident patterns, M. Nowakowska; A model to estimate the environmental impact of road transport, A. Alessandrini, M. Lemessi; Modelling risk taking behaviour in queuing networks with ATIS, Y. Yin et al; Modelling dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling with real time information on travel times, E. Taniguchi et al; Dynamic equilibrium network design, B. Heydecker; Algorithms for solving the probit path-based stochastic user equilibrium traffic assignment problem with one or more user classes, A. Rosa, M. Maher; A traffic flow model for urban traffic analysis - extensions of the LWR model for urban and environmental applications, F. Giorgi et al; Theory of congested highway traffic - empirical features and methods of tracing and prediction, B. Kerner; Moving bottlenecks - a theory grounded on experimental observation, J.C. Munoz, C.F. Daganzo; The performance of uncontrolled merges using a limited priority process, R.J. Troutbeck; Modelling of freeway ramp merging process observed during traffic congestion, M. Sarvi et al; A game theoretic analysis of merging-giveway interaction - a joint estimation model, H. Kita et al; Determination of optimal toll level and toll locations of alternative congestion pricing schemes, H. Yan et al; Trip travel time reliability in degradable transport networks, H.K. Lo; Optimal road tolls and parking charges for balancing the demand and supply of road transport facilities, W.H.K. Lam et al; Coupling of concurrent macroscopic and microscopic traffic flow models using hybrid stochastic and deterministic disaggregation, A. Poschinger et al; Some recent developments in continuum vehicular traffic theory, M. Zhang, W-H. Lin.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Delivering Sustainable Transport
Book SynopsisThese papers discuss how transport paradigms have evolved over the past decade. They show how to translate the understanding of the social and cultural elements of increased transportation of goods and people into more effective and less harmful transport strategies.Trade Review"Overall this book does not - nor does it even attempt to - provide the holy grail that is the answer of how one implements sustainable transport policy on the ground ... It does, though, contribute further ideas on a number of general and more specific policy areas and for this reason it is worth a look." Local Transport Today, July 2003. "The book makes useful contributions to the debate, some by well-known authors in the field. Whilst, it would have been very demanding to provide all the answers of how to delivery sustainable transport, this book provokes debate." The Transport Geography, Vol 30, No 2, Summer 2003.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Morphing mobility - a methodological critique; A. RootGlobalisation, Markets and Policy - the Need for New Paradigms; Transport, modernity and globalisation; C. McKenzie Limits of economics; K.H. Schaeffer & E. Sclar If public transport is the answer, what is the question?; K. Hamilton Post-Modernity and Reflexivity; Reflexivity in transport studies; T. Turrentine Moblising the mobile: the political inclusion of the transport user; S. McDonald-Walker Identity, lifestyle and the gaming interview; T. Turrentine Cultural Studies; The automobile era: a cultural analysis; K.H. Schaeffer & E. Sclar Ethnography of motor-bike boys; P. Willis The effects of different localities on children's play and development; M. Huttenmoser New Dimensions in Mobility Discourses; What is transport social exclusion?; J. Solomon Westernising travel policy: rickshaw pullers in Calcutta; J. Whitelegg et al. The city and the car; M. Sheller, J. Urry
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Emerald Publishing Limited Transport Survey Quality and Innovation
Book SynopsisThis overview of developments in transport survey methods from around the world emphasises survey quality and innovation. It contains selected papers from the International Conference on Transport Survey Quality and Innovation.Table of ContentsDeveloping standards of transport survey quality, P.R. Stopher, P.M. Jones; Planning and managing a household survey and a population census in a multicultural and multilingual context, R. Hirschowitz; The joys and tribulations of a continuous survey, H. Battellino, J. Peachman; Measuring the internal quality of the Montreal CATI household travel survey, R. Chapleau; Designing instruments to improve response, J. Zmud; Looking beyond commuter travel in Cape Town - methodological lessons from the application of an activity-based travel survey, R. Behrens; Survey instrument design, J.H. Pratt; Time-space diaries - merging traditions, A.S. Harvey; Quality and innovation in time use and activity surveys, R.M. Pendyala; Multi-cultural and multi-language transport surveys, with special reference to the African experience, Pat van der Reis, M. Lombard; Multi-lingual and multi-cultural conditions, C.H. Arce; Postal, telephone, and face-to-face surveys - how comparable are they?, P. Bonnel; Mixed-mode surveys, J. Morris, T. Adler; Multi-day and multi-period data, J-L. Madre; Standards and practice for multi-day and multi-period surveys, C.L. Purvis, T. Ruiz; Qualitative methods in travel behaviour research, K.J. Clifton, S.L. Handy; A qualitative survey technique to explore decision-making behaviour in new contexts, S.R. Mehndiratta et al.; On the role of qualitative methods in travel surveys, K.G. Goulias; Can you get there from here? A viewpoint on stated response survey innovation and quality, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin; Stated preference surveys - do we have confidence tests of the results?, B. Norheim; Ensuring quality in stated response surveys, G. Sammer; Non-household surveys, D. Wofinden; Non-standard, non-household surveys, R.F. del Mistro, L. Shepperson; Insights on freight and commercial vehicle data needs, R.A. Garrido; Tracking along the transport chain via the shipper survey, C. Rizet et al.; The challenges of freight and commercial transport surveys, A.H. Meyburg, S. Rahman; Impact of new technologies in travel surveys, M. Wermuth et al.; Trip rate analysis in GPS-enhanced personal travel surveys, J. Wolf et al.; Using technology to improve transport survey quality, E. Murakami et al.; Respondent burden, E.S. Ampt; From respondent burden to respondent delight, J. de Dios Ortuzar, M. Lee-Gosselin; Reducing the effects of item nonresponse in transport surveys, T.J. Adler; Comparison of hot-deck and neural-network imputation, C.G. Wilmot, S. Shivananjappa; Item nonresponse, C.G. Wilmot, T.J. Adler; Nonresponse and travel surveys, N. Kalfs, Henk van Evert; Definitions of unit nonresponse in travel surveys, A.J. Richardson, A.H. Meyburg; Public use of travel surveys - the metadata perspective, K.W. Axhausen, M.R. Wigan; Data interrogation and management, J. Sharp; Summary and future directions, P.R. Stopher, P.M. Jones.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Handbook of Transport and the Environment
Book SynopsisDevoted to the environmental impacts of transport. This work looks at the various aspects of the subject such as environmental concepts, both physical and economic. It also examines environmental concerns such as: global warming, air quality, noise, safety, amenity, and severance; political settings and policies; and more.Trade Review"[T]he book contains valuable information and analyses covering a wide range of topics." - Paul M. Peeters, Tourism Review International, Vol. 8, 2004. "succinct but informative ... extremely useful ... as contemporary as possible ... particularly illuminating ... the choice of topics is itself of interest in helping the uninformed reader ... well-written with appropriate cross-references ... a balanced view ... the editors should be congratulated on achieving what they set out to achieve." Tim Powell CMILT, in Logistics & Transport Focus, Volume 7 Number 1, January/February 2005Table of ContentsEnvironmental concepts - physical and economic. Climate change. Air quality. The economics of noise. Safety. Amenity and severance. Transportation fuels - a system perspective. Fuel options. Cleaner vehicles. Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation: trends, driving factors, and forces for change. Transport energy and emissions: buses. Transport energy and emissions: urban public transport. Transport energy and emissions: aviation. Environmental impacts of shipping. Transport energy and emissions: rail. Environmental impact assessment for sustainable transport. Transport investment appraisal and the environment. Evaluation of environmental impacts. Valuation of environmental externalities. Valuation case studies. The health effects of motor vehicle-related air pollution. Environmental externalities of motor vehicle use. Valuation of safety. Location externalities: effects on modeling, infrastructure provision and optimal planning. Macroeconomic policies and the environment. History of environmental legislation. International coordination of environmental policies and multilateral environmental agreements. Environmental pricing in transport. Planning for sustainable environmental futures. Environmental justice applications in transport: the international perspective. Winners and losers in transport policy: on efficiency, equity, and compensation. Unintended effects of polices. Global warming and emission trading. Travel, tourism, and the environment. Gender, transportation, and the environment. Logistics and the environment. Reverse logistics: an overview and a causal model. Transportation of hazardous goods and materials. Public attitudes. Travel behavior change through individual engagement. Packaging policies to address environmental concerns. The street: integrating transport and urban environment. Integrated transport models for environmental assessment. Transportation demand management and "win-win" transportation solutions.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Handbook of Transport Geography and Spatial
Book SynopsisTransport systems, the vital arteries of modern societies and economies, shape our world and are shaped by it. This volume talks about the dynamic interactions between transport and the physical, economic, and human geographies it weaves through. It also discusses how to obtain appropriate data and model these transport-geographic phenomena.Trade Review"Spatial systems and transportation are creatively linked and reviewed in this new handbook covering classical and frontier topics ... The editors and authors have done a great service in delivering a major resource for the transportation, planning and geographical disciplines." William L. Garrison, University of California, Berkeley, USA. "The volume edited by Kingsley Haynes and by Peter Stopher together with the series editors, Ken Button and David Hensher gathers many prominent experts in transport geography and spatial systems. From my perspective as a transportation geographer, I am especially pleased to see the inclusion of chapters by such influential geographers as Susan Hanson, William Black, and Harvey Miller. I also applaud the inclusion of cross-cutting topics such as edge cities, space-time processes, hub networks, network equilibration, and environmental justice. This is a timely and important edited collection." Morton O'Kelly, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University. qu:"Edited by several leading figures and with contributions from a group of experts in the field, this handbook is a superb and most up-to-date source in transport geography and spatial system. It will serve as an authoritative reference for educators, researchers, planners, practitioners, and students for many years to come." Benjamin Zhan, Texas State University, USA. "Edited as number 5 in a series of outstanding contributions to the science of transport, logistics and geography, this latest volume follows its well known predecessors and will take an important position in our discipline for the foreseeable future. ... a sound interpretation of issues that may look familiar, yet the papers are presented in a fresh manner and thus may foster new insights ... an excellent overview over a field of research that has seen tremendous progress over the last decade ... particular benefits ... chapters deliver maximum output in minimum length ... accurate presentation ... informative sections ... original papers ... like [the other volumes in the series], the handbook will become a standard contribution to the advanced study of transportation and its environments." Markus Hesse, Freie Universitat Berlin, in Journal of Transport Geography 13(4), 2005Table of ContentsTransport and Spatial FormLand-use/transportation Modelling Data GIS and GIS Applications GPS and GPS Applications Spatial Cognition GeoSimulation Networks Time Use
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Emerald Publishing Limited Handbook of Transport Strategy Policy and
Book SynopsisPrivatisation, regulation, deregulation, competition, funding, evaluation: these are all transport policy issues of great current interest worldwide, in the public arena as well as among researchers. This work is is organised into sections including: Institutional Settings and Markets; Planning Perspectives; and Asset Management and Funding.Trade Review"...sets the standard...essential for the study of transport and how it comes into play." -Markus Hesse for JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (2006) "They've done it again!...very informative and provdes the reader with a lot of insights info institutions, strategies and policy...this book is a must for all academics and professionals who work in this area and do not yet have the basic knowledge on transport, strategy, policy, and institutions." --Bert van Wee, Delft University of TEchnology and Research School TRAIL for EJTIR, 6, no. 3 (2006), pp.293-300Table of ContentsInstitutional Settings and MarketsPlanning Perspectives Asset Management and Funding Regulatory Issues: Evaluation Frameworks Policy Issues
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Emerald Publishing Limited Acceptability of Transport Pricing Strategies
Book SynopsisBased on the MC-ICAM conference, this text discusses various questions relating to achieving a general public acceptance of various "road pricing" measures.Trade Review"...provides complementary breadth in exploring public and political acceptability from a variety of viewpoints...provides an interdisciplinary look at acceptability issues drawing on political, economic, sociological, psychological, and institutional (transportation professional) perspectives...seems to emphasize the relevant facets of the 'acceptability problem' and to underscore the need for interdisciplinary research in finding solutions." Michael Iacono, Journal of Transport Geography, May 2005 "provides a good overview of the acceptability of user fees on roads in Europe. ...the attitudes and problems discussed remain important for those interested in gaining public acceptance of road, or congestion, pricing schemes. ...a good mix of theory and case-study that makes the book accessible to all levels of readers." Randal Reed, Journal of Urban Technology, April 2005Table of ContentsPart 1 Setting the Stage - Acceptability Problem: Efficient pricing in transport - overview of European Commission's Transport Research Programme, C. Sikow-Magny; Acceptability of road user charging: meeting the challenge, P. Jones; Why are efficient transport policy instruments so seldom used?, B.S. Frey; Urban road pricing in Norway: public acceptability and travel behaviour, T. Tretvik; Reforming transport pricing: an economic perspective on equity, efficiency and acceptability, I. Mayeres, S. Proost. Part 2 European Research Results: European research results on transport pricing acceptability, J. Schade; Environmental awareness and acceptability of pricing policy in Germany, U. Kuckartz, H. Grunenberg; Success and failure - experiences from cities, B. Horsman; An analytical framework of pricing acceptability: application to four case studies, C. Raux, S. Souche; Acceptability of price changes in urban mobility, J.M. Viegas, R. Mac rio. Part 3 Behind Public Acceptability - Relevant Determinants: Factors influencing the acceptability and effectiveness of transport pricing, L. Steg; Acceptability of road user charging: the influence of selfish and social perspectives, S. Jaensirisak et al; Which role does the objective play? Empirical findings from Germany, O. H lzer; Determinants of people's acceptability of pricing measures - replication and extension of a causal model, S. Bamberg, D. R lle; Willingness to support traffic policy measures: the role of justice, H. Ittner et al. Part 4 Political Acceptability: Political acceptance of road pricing: goal conflicts in municipality decision making, L-O. Johansson et al; Individual uncertainty and the political acceptability of road pricing policies, E. Marcucci, M. Marini; Public and political acceptability of transport pricing: are there differences?, H. Link.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Public Transport in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisExamining the problems and characteristics of public transport systems in developing countries, this book discusses the alternative modes, management methods, and forms of ownership, control, regulation and funding, with particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development and for different cultural backgrounds.Trade Review"...this volume deals specifically with planning, regulation, management and control...particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development, and on the different cultural backgrounds within which operators must act...detailed coverage of urban bus services, often an area of considerable weakness. Management of transport services and vehicle maintenance, design and fleet planning are dealt with in depth...aimed at everyone involved in the provision of public transport in developing countries, including transport planners and consultants, managers, NGO and government officials, and students." Railway Gazette International "Iles' work will certainly be a useful reference source for undergraduate and professional transport students, and in-service trainees." -Gordon Pirie, JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (2005)Table of ContentsProblems and Characteristics of Public Transport In Developing Countries. Public Transport Vehicle Types. Transport Infrastructure. Public Transport Stations and Terminals. Depots and Workshops. Ownership and Structure of the Public Transport Industry. Management Structure and Staff Functions. Routes and Schedules. Operating Systems and Procedures. Vehicle Design and Fleet Planning. Vehicle Maintenance and Manufacture. Personnel Management and Training. Operating Costs. Public Transport Revenue and Funding. Management Information and Record Systems. Financial Management and Control. Service Standards. Marketing, Publicity and Passenger Information. Regulation of Public Transport Services. Improving Public Transport Services. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Index.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Integrated LandUse and Transportation Models
Book SynopsisExamines the behavioural foundations, often simplistic, that have limited land-use and transportation models in the past, and recommends alternative assumptions, frameworks and methods. This work includes the ways to measure and represent the processes of decision-making that lead to the organisation of human activities in time and space.Trade Review"...will serve as a cornerstone in the field of land use transportation modeling for years to come." -Venky Shankar, TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL (Apr-Jun 2006)Table of ContentsIntroduction. (M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, S.T. Doherty). Section I: Conceptual Issues and Approaches. A Dynamic Understanding of Travel Demand: A Sketch. (K.W. Axhausen). Propositions for Modelling Household Decision-Making. (E.J. Miller). Operationalising Household Activity Scheduling Models: Addressing Assumptions and the Use of New Sources of Behavioural Data. (M.J. Roorda, S.T. Doherty, E.J. Miller). Conceptual Perspectives for Explaining Spatio-Temporal Behaviour in Urban Areas. (T. Ramadier, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, A. Frenette). Section II: Key Behavioural Components and Related Data Needs. Measuring Activity and Action Space/Time: Are Our Methods Keeping Pace with Evolving Behaviour Patterns? (T.M. McCray, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, Mei-Po Kwan). Modelling Learning and Adaptation in Route and Departure Time Choice Behaviour: Achievements and Prospects. (A. Jotisankasa, J.W. Polak). The Influence of Mobile and Immobile Communications on Activity and Travel Scheduling. (A.J. Richardson, R.K. Seethaler). The Creation of Simulated Household Travel Survey Data Based on Available Demographic Data from Households. (P. Stopher, J. Rose, P. Bullock). Section III: Operational Modelling Issues and Advances. GIS, Objects and Integrated Urban Models. (R.N. Buliung, P.S. Kanaroglou, H. Maoh). A Distributed Computing Approach for Transportation Modelling and Simulation: Application to an Airport System. (C. Ray, C. Claramunt). Design and Implementation of PECAS: a Generalised System for Allocating Economic Production, Exchange and Consumption Quantities (J.D. Hunt, J.E. Abraham). Hybrid Choice Models with Logit Kernel: Applicability to Large Scale Models. (D. Bolduc, M. Ben-Akiva, J. Walker, A. Michaud).
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Emerald Publishing Limited Transportation and Traffic Theory Flow Dynamics
Book SynopsisCovers a range of aspects of the modelling of transportation processes as complex systems. This work includes contributions that deal with some aspect of human behaviour whether as travellers, drivers, passengers, operators, or regulators reflecting the strides being made in developing theories and mathematical representations of these phenomena.Table of ContentsBilevel optimisation of prices in a variety of transportation models. A sequential experimental approach for analyzing second-best road pricing with unknown demand functions. Highway inventory control system. Path size and overlap in multi-modal transport networks. Pedestrian dynamics and evacuation: empirical results and design solutions. An empircal assessment of traffic operations. Reliability of freeway traffic flow: a stochastic concept of capacity. A critical comparison of the kinematic-wave model with observational data. Average velocity of waves propagating through congested freeway traffic. Microscopic three-phase traffic theory and its applications for freeway traffic control. Behavioural approach to instability, stop and go waves, wide jams and capacity drop. Controlling traffic breakdowns. Parameter estimation and analysis of car-following models. Modeling Impatience of drivers in passing maneuvers. A simulation model for motorway merging behaviour. Freeway ramp merging process observed in congested traffic: lag vehicle acceleration model. A first-order macroscopic traffic flow model for mixed traffic including moving bottleneck effects. A variational formulation of kinematic waves: bottleneck properties and examples. First-order macroscopic traffic flow models: intersection modeling, network modelling. Real-time estimation of travel times on signalized arterials. Calibration and validation of dynamic traffic assignment systems. Non-equilibrium dynamic traffic assignment. Precision of predicted travel time, the responses of travellers, and satisfaction in the travel experience. Behavioral dynamics in activity participation, travel, and information and communications technology. Modeling the joint labor-commute engagement decisions of San Francisco Bay Area residents. A model of daily time use allocation using fractional logit methodology. Efficient estimation of nested logit models using choice-based samples. Functional approximations to alternative-specific constants in time-period choice-modelling. Project-based activity scheduling for person agents. Modelling commercial vehicle empty trips: theory and application. Rationality and heterogeneity in taxi driver decision: application of a stochastic-process model of taxi behavior. A rolling-horizon approach to the optimal dispatching of taxis. Capacitated arc routing problem with extensions. User-equilibrium route set analysis of a large road network. Comparison of static maximum likelihood origin-destination formulations. A time-dependent activity and travel choice model with multiple parking options. Doubly dynamic equilibrium distribution approximation model for dynamic traffic assignment. A combined model of housing location and traffic equilibrium problems in a continuous transportation system.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Land Use and Transport European Research Towards
Book SynopsisShows the inter-relationships between transport and land use planning, emphasising the nature of their integration, and showing benefits of integration. This book demonstrates research findings and draws conclusions for application to policy and practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Land Use and Transport: The Context. Themes and Relationships. Achieving Sustainable Cities with Integrated Land Use and Transport Strategies. Planning Urban Structures for Sustainable Transport. Promoting Cycling for Public Health. A Land-Use - Transport Vision. Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development. Urban Sprawl and Transport. Assessing Life Quality in Transport Planning and Urban Design. Assessing and Mapping Urban Freight Distribution Initiatives. Arterial Streets: Towards an Integrated Approach. Promotion of Walking: A Complex Interdisciplinary Task. Software for Assessing Environmental Effects of Policies. Improving Decision-Making for Sustainable Urban Transport. Lessons for Policy. A Research Agenda. Prelims.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Diverging Mobilities Devolution Transport and
Book SynopsisThis book presents an academic investigation into the impact of devolution on the formulation and delivery of transport policy in the UK. Using interviews with key policy makers, transport providers, business organisations and user groups, this book draws upon concepts and ideas from across the social sciences to inform their analysis.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for
Book SynopsisExamines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Transportation and Traffic Theory
Book Synopsis"Transportation and Traffic Theory: Papers Selected for Presentation at 17th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, a Peer Reviewed Series Since 1959".
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Taylor & Francis Hotel Design Planning and Development
Book SynopsisHotel Design, Planning and Development presents the most significant hotels developed internationally in the last ten years so that you can be well-informed of recent trends. The book outlines essential planning and design considerations based on the latest data, supported by technical information and illustrations, including original plans, so you can really study what works. The authors provide analysis and theory to support each of the major trends they present, highlighting how the designerâs work fits into the industry's development as a whole. Extensive case studies demonstrate how a successful new concept is developed.Hotel Design, Planning and Development gives you a thorough overview of this important and fast-growing sector of the hospitality industry.*Please note that this title is not for sale via the Taylor & Francis Group in America or the PhilippinesTable of ContentsForeword Michael Graves. Preface Part 1: Hotel Types 1. Overview 2. Urban Hotels 3. Design Hotels 4. Suburban Hotels 5. Multi-branded Hotels 6. Mixed-use Hotels 7. Resorts 8. Casino Hotels 9. Convention Hotels 10. Conference 11. Residential Hotels and Time-Share Properties 12. Updating Existing Hotels Part 2: Design Guide 13. Site and Master Planning 14. Programming and Development 15. The Guestroom Floor 16. Guestroom and Suite Design 17. Public Space Design 18. Administration and Back-of-house Design 19. Technical Coordination and Construction 20. Future and Fantasy. Appendixes. Bibliography. List of Properties and Credits. Index
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Elsevier Science Advances in Marine Biology
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Predatory bivalves Brian Morton 2. The Oceanography of the eastern English Channel Past, Present and Future Laurent Seuront 3. Marine Protected Volumes Gianmarco Ingrosso 4. Parasites and Pathogens in Seabirds: effects and wider ecological implications Jennifer Provencher 5. Progress in Marine Genomics and Bioinformatics Bry Wilson
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Vintage Publishing Guns Germs and Steel
Book Synopsis'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?Trade ReviewThe most absorbing account on offer of the emergence of a world divided between have and have-nots... Never before put together so coherently, with such a combination of expertise, charm and compassion * The Times *A book of remarkable scope... One of the most important and readable works on the human past * Nature *A prodigious, convincing work, conceived on a grand scale * Observer *This is the book that turned me from a historian of medieval warfare into a student of humankind -- Yuval Noah Harari * Week *Fascinating, coherent, compassionate and completely accessible * Sunday Telegraph *
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Cornerstone Coal
Book SynopsisBarbara Freese is an environmental attorney and writer, with a particular focus on climate change, energy policy, and corporate social responsibility. She is a former Minnesota assistant attorney general and a former senior policy analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, and she has represented various environmental and clean energy nonprofit groups working to protect the climate. Her first book, Coal: A Human History, is a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.Trade ReviewElegant and engaging... No subject is more important for understanding the recent past and preparing for the future. * Sunday Times *Engaging and interesting, tightly documented and consistently readable. Freese makes a pasionate plea for a more considered way of treating the earth, its rescources and inhabitants. * Daily Telegraph *The incredible story of Britain's black gold. * Daily Mail *Fascinating... It lingers hauntingly in the mind. * New Statesman *I can think of no substance that has played so important a role in shaping the relative fortunes of competing economies. * David Landes, Author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations *
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Vintage Publishing A New Green History Of The World
Book SynopsisLike Jared Diamond''s Guns, Germs and Steel, Clive Ponting''s book studies the relationship between the environment and human history. It examines world civilisations from Sumeria to ancient Egypt, from Easter Island to the Roman Empire and it argues that human beings have repeatedly built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth''s resources, only to expand to the point where those resources could no longer sustain the societies'' populations and cause subsequent collapse. This new edition of Clive Ponting''s international bestseller has been revised, expanded and updated. It provides not only a compelling story of how we have damaged the environment for thousands of years but also an up-to-the-minute assessment of the crisis facing the world today - and the problems that have to be addressed in the search for solutions.Trade ReviewIf there is a single book on the subject to engage the enthusiast, silence the cynic and enlighten the ignoramus, this is it * Observer *Ponting's re-evaluation of history is an important antidote to mental troglodytism. It also makes a welcome change from the scatter-gun apocalypse-mongering which has become standard fare in green literature. With luck and foresight, and more books like this, we may yet learn our lesson * Independent on Sunday *Pioneering...a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field... Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success * Times Literary Supplement *An ambitious and thought-provoking attempt to rewrite history from an ecological standpoint * Independent *Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of world history from an entirely new perspective * Literary Review *
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Vintage Publishing Quartz and Feldspar
Book SynopsisGranite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain's southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant.But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellings and boundaries speak of the ancient, medieval and modern people that extracted a living from the moorscape and created what it is today. Where convicts are incarcerated, backpackers roam freely; where commoners graze livestock, the army is trained; where the National Park Authority exercises control, the Duchy of Cornwall claims ownership. And Dartmoor remains a place that provides. Reservoirs hold the water drunk by local people. China clay is extracted from its mineral reserves. Not long ago granite was quarried from its hillsides. What is modern Dartmoor and what shoulTrade ReviewKelly’s fine book, with its rigorous deconstructionist approach, acts as a better guide to the moor than any hikers’ map. -- Philip Marsden * Spectator *Will give you plenty to think about...covers subjects including biodiversity and social history, [and] conveys this mysterious moorscape's story from ancient rights to rewilding. -- Max Liu * Independent *Impressively researched, and passionate… A valuable, heartfelt, well-written work. -- Joanna Briscoe * Guardian *Elegantly written, shrewdly observed, and a perfect read for those “staycationing” [at Devon and Cornwall] in particular. -- Neil Gregor * Times Higher Education *An imaginative cultural history, exploring with élan geological, literary and historical associations. -- Roy Foster * Times Literary Supplement *
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Vintage Publishing Adventures in the Anthropocene
Book Synopsis** Winner of Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 **We live in epoch-making times. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.6 billion-year history. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing into the Anthropocene the Age of Humans. Gaia Vince decided to travel the world at the start of this new age to see what life is really like for the people on the frontline of the planet we've made. From artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to painted mountains in Peru, electrified reefs in the Maldives to garbage islands in the Caribbean, Gaia found people doing the most extraordinary things to solve the problems that we ourselves have created. These stories show what the Anthropocene means for all of us and they illuminate how we might engineer Earth for our future.Trade ReviewA heroic and important work -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *An excellent book... Vince writes with great freshness and vigour, and her stories are hard to stop reading * Daily Telegraph *It holds a mirror up to humanity and says: look what you have done to the world, the only world you will ever have... in every sense a good book, as well as a compelling read * Guardian *A masterpiece... a wondrous, remarkable, but heart-rending story * Ecologist *A masterpiece... a wondrous, remarkable, but heart-rending story * Ecologist *A story of optimism about how 10 billion people can in future live together and prosper... Fresh and unencumbered, Vince glides from ecology to economics, politics to philosophy, seeing it all through the people she meets * New Scientist *
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Vintage Publishing Hungry City
Book Synopsis*According to the Trussell Trust, food bank use between April and Sept 2018 was up 13% on the same period in 2017.* *Every year in the UK 18 million tonnes of food end up in landfill.*Why is this the case and what can we do about it?The relationship between food and cities is fundamental to our everyday lives. Food shapes cities and through them it moulds us - along with the countryside that feeds us. Yet few of us are conscious of the process and we rarely stop to wonder how food reaches our plates.Hungry City examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries-old dilemma - one which holds the key to a host of current problems, from obesity and the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world.Original, inspiring and written with infectious enthusiasm and belief, Hungry City illuminates an issue that is fundamental to us all.Trade ReviewExuberant, provocative... her desire that we understand better and think more about our food, how much we waste, how much energy it consumes and how we dispose of it... It is - in the real sense of the word - vital -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *Hungry City is a sinister real-life sequel to Animal Farm with the plot turned upside down by time in ways even George Orwell could not have foreseen * Observer *Lively, wide-ranging, endlessly inquisitive... Hungry City is a smorgasbord of a book: dip into it and you will emerge with something fascinating * Independent *Absolutely crammed with eye-opening facts and figures, a hugely readable account of the part we individually play in a global problem. Highly Recommended * Publishing News *She can précis her specialist sources briskly, and her own direct research (e.g. a mega kitchen for cooking ready meals) is lively -- Vera Rule * Guardian *
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Vintage Publishing Sitopia
Book SynopsisCarolyn Steel is a leading thinker on food and cities. Her first book, Hungry City, received international acclaim, establishing her as an influential voice in a wide variety of fields across academia, industry and the arts. It won the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction and was chosen as a BBC Food Programme book of the year. A London-based architect, academic and writer, Carolyn has lectured at the University of Cambridge, London Metropolitan University, Wageningen University and the London School of Economics and is in international demand as a speaker. Her 2009 TED talk has received more than one million views.Trade ReviewA vital call for us to rediscover the way that food binds us to each other and to the natural world, and in doing so find new ways of living -- Christopher Kissane * Guardian *Steel's ideas have become a matter of urgency -- Clare Saxby * Times Literary Supplement *Essential reading! A visionary look at how quality food should replace money as the new world currency -- Tim SpectorSteel offsets the obviously weighty subject matter with a lightness of touch and twinkling eye for luminous details… an unambiguously essential read -- George Reynolds * Daily Telegraph *The beauty of food is that it is so many things at once: necessity and treat, nature and artifice, the subject of science, philosophy, etiquette and art. The book is accordingly multiple in its themes, an all-you-can-eat buffet of thoughts and facts about food...a brave and ambitious book * Observer *
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