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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Microwave Remote Sensing offers an extensive overview of this versatile and extremely precise technology for technically oriented undergraduates and graduate students. This textbook emphasizes an important shift in conceptualization and directs it toward students with prior knowledge of optical remote sensing: the author dispels any linkage between microwave and optical remote sensing. Instead, he constructs the concept of microwave remote sensing by comparing it to the process of audio perception, explaining the workings of the ear as a metaphor for microwave instrumentation. This volume takes an application-driven approach. Instead of describing the technology and then its uses, this textbook justifies the need for measurement then explains how microwave technology addresses this need. Following a brief summary of the field and a history of the use of microwaves, the book explores the physical properties of microwaves and the polarimetric properties oTrade Review“This book can serve as a textbook for graduate students on the properties of microwaves and how they can be used to study the Earth, and also as a good reference for remote sensing scientists and engineers who would like a convenient summary of relevant electromagnetic gathered in a single volume. … This book fills an important niche between classical electromagnetic textbooks and detailed application manuals, giving an appreciation of how microwave remote sensing relates discipline science to the fundamentals of radio wave propagation. … The book stands out as a worthy general text that is ideally suited for introductory coursework o tot serve as an advanced reference. This book should find its way onto many desks and bookshelves belonging to remote sensing professionals and future remote sensing professionals.” —In PE&RS, Vol. 73, No. 7, July 2007Table of ContentsWhy microwaves? A brief history of microwaves. Physical fundamentals. Polarimetry. Microwaves in the real world. Detecting microwaves. Atmospheric sounding. Passive imaging. Active microwaves. Imaging radar. Interferometry.
£63.64
Taylor & Francis Ltd Planning in the Face of Crisis
Book SynopsisCritics of urban and regional planning argue that it is best suited to manage incremental change. Can a planner's skills and expertise be effective in handling a major crisis and large-scale change? The mass immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s offers the opportunity to study one of the largest-scale (non-disaster) crisis situations in a democratic, advanced-economy country. This book recounts the fascinating saga of how policymakers and planners at both the national and local levels responded to the formidable demand for housing and massive urban growth. Planners forged new housing and land-use policies, and applied a streamlined (but controversial) planning law. The outputs were impressive. The outcomes and impacts changed the landscape and human-scape of Israel, heightening dilemmas of land use and urban policy in this high-density country.Trade Review'Alterman illustrates that there really is not anything quite as practical as a good theory. Profeesor Alterman displays considerable knowledge of European and North American Planning. Planning in the Face of Crisis makes a significant contribution to the theory of planning. Much can be gleaned that should be helpful to other situations.' Frederick Steiner, Journal of Planning Education and Research'Taken as a whole, this is a very readable and well-illustrated book that provides much food for thought about the ways in which we deal with unexpected events.' - Duncan Sim, Planning Perspectives'This significant work does ... apply broadly to developed societies with strong planning institutions and capacities.' - Deborah F. shmueli, APA Journal'Alterman Illustrates that there really is not anything quite as practical as a good theory. Profeesor Alterman displays considerable knowledge of European and North American Planning. Planning in the Face of Crisis makes a significant contribution to the theory of planning. Much can be gleaned that should be helpful to other situations.' - Frederick Steiner, Journal of Planning Education and Research'Alterman has written a "page turner" ... leading to the wholesome conclusion that planning does not necessarily fail us during crises.' - TPR'Taken as a whole, this is a very readable and well-illustrated book that provides much food for thought about the ways in which we deal with unexpected events.' - Duncan Sim, Planning PerspectivesTable of ContentsPart I: Theories about Planning During Crises. Part II: Land Policy, Housing, and Planning on the Eve of the Crisis. Part III: Phases and Modes of Policy Response to the Crisis. Part IV: The Local Government Perspective. Part V: Planning in the Face of Crisis.
£137.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning
Book SynopsisMetropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning explores the relationship between metropolitan decision-making and strategies to co-ordinate spatial policy. This relationship is examined across 20 cities of Europe and the similarities and differences analysed.Cities are having to formulate their urban policies in a very complex and turbulent environment. They are faced with numerous new pressures and problems and these often create contradictory conditions. The book provides a theoretical framework for exploring these issues and links this to a detailed investigation of each city. In the context of globalisation, cities in the last twenty years have experienced new patterns of activity and these usually transcend political boundaries. The management of these changes therefore requires an effort of co-ordination and different cities have found different approaches.However the institutional setting itself has not remained static. The nation states in Europe have haTable of ContentsPart One: General Introduction1. Institutional and spatial coordination in European metropolitan regions2. Metropolitan regions in the face of the European dimensionPart Two: London, Birmingham, Cardiff/Wales, Stockholm3. London: Institutional turbulence but enduring nation-state control4. The Birmingham case5. The experience of Cardiff and Wales6. The Stockholm region: metropolitan governance and spatial policyPart Three: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Rotterdam7. Berlin 8. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region9. The Hanover Metropolitan Region10. Governance in the Stuttgart metropolitan region11. Amsterdam and the North Wing of the Randstad12. Rotterdam and the South Wing of the RandstadPart Four: Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan13. The Prague metropolitan region14. Metropolitan governance and regional planning in Vienna15. Venice16. The region of MilanPart Five: Paris, Bruxelles, Marseilles-Aix, Barcelona, Madrid17. Paris 18. Brussels: a superimposition of social, cultural and spatial layers19. Marseilles-Aix Metropolitan Region (1981-2000)20. The case of Barcelona21. Metropolitan government and development strategies in MadridPart Six: Concluding part: the problem of coordination in fragmented metropolises22. Practices of Metropolitan Governance in Europe: Experiences and Lessons
£140.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Delivering New Homes
Book SynopsisThis book examines the processes and relationships that underpin the delivery of new homes across the United Kingdom, focussing primarily on the land use planning system in England, the way that housing providers engage with that system, and how the processes of engagement are changing or might change in the future.Planning, market and social house building - the three key processes - are first dissected and explored individually, then brought together to study the key areas of interaction between planning and the providers of social and market housing by way of the range of tensions that have consistently dogged those interactions. Extensive illustrative case study material provides a platform to the consideration of developing more integrated, realistic and proactive approaches to planning.Proposing evolutionary, and sometimes radical proposals for change, Delivering New Homes makes a bold contribution to finding a better way of delivering the newTable of ContentsPart 1: Processes 1. Introduction 2. Planning Process 3. Housing Development Process 4. Social Housing Process Part 2:Tensions 5. Land 6. Delay 7. Discretion 8. Design 9. Gain 10. Co-ordination Part 3:Solutions 11. Streamlined Implementation 12. Inclusive Planning and Decision Making 13. Integrated and Realistic Working Practices 14. Certainty and Transparency 15. Positive and Proactive Planning 16. Moving On References Index
£166.25
Taylor & Francis The Slavonic Languages Routledge Language Family Series
Book SynopsisIn this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed, and the relationships of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages and to one another, are explored. The last chapter provides an account of those Slavonic languages in exile, for example, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Slovak in the USA.Each language-chapter is written by an expert in the field, in a format designed for comparative study. Information on each language includes: an introductory description of social context and development (where appropriate); a discussion of phonology; a detailed presentation of synchronic morphology, noting major historical developments; comprehensive treatment of syntactic properties; a discussion of vocabulary; an outline of main dialects; and an extensive bibliography, listing English and other sources.Trade Review'Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged specialist in the particular language. The chapters are highly structured, with each author providing detailed information on the same important topics ... The happy result is that we end up with 18 books in one volume ... Not only does this book provide an up-to-date survey of current knowledge for Slavists the volume is also a source of reference for all others with an interest in the Slavonic family.' - Language International'Well made, very legible, and weighty both in grammes and erudition, this addition to the Routledge Reference series on language families will be welcomed by specialists in Slavonic studies ... a thoroughly modern conspectus of a vast and demanding discipline ... This impressive, useful work deserves a home in all reference libraries.' - Reference Reviews'This is a comprehensive and much needed reference book on Slavonic Languages. The comprehensiveness of the undertaking is unquestionable.' - International Review of Applied Linguistics'The present volume is certainly comprehensive. The editors are to be congratulated on these innovative features. This book is clearly an outstanding achievement: it will quickly become a standard work, which will not be superseded for a very long time to come.' - J.A. Dunn, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsP.Cubberley, University of Melbourne, A.Schenker, Yale University, K. Polanski, Katowice, D.Huntley, University of Toronto, E.Scatton, SUNY, V.A.Friedman, University of North Carolina, D.Short, University of London, G.Stone, University of Oxford, R.A.Rothstein, University of Massachusetts, and R.Sussex, University of Queensland
£77.89
Taylor & Francis Ltd Essay on the Theory of the Earth 1813 The
Book SynopsisBased at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier was able to compare the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. Guided by the principle of correlation, that all the parts of an animal must cohere, and by analogy, with living species, Cuvier boldly reconstructed extinct creatures from the incomplete skeletons he unearthed. This process is described in his Essay on the Theory of the Earth.Table of Contents1. Preliminary Observations, 2. Plan of this Essay, 3. Of the first Appearance of the Earth. 4. First Proofs of Revolutions on the Surface of the Earth, 5. Proofs that such Revolutions have been numerous, 6. Proofs that the Revolutions have been sudden, 7. Proofs of the Occurrence of Revolutions before the Existence of Living Beings, 8. Examination of the Causes which act at present on the Surface of our Globe, 9. Of Slips, or Falling Down of the Materials of Mountains, 10. Of Alluvial Formations, 11. Of the Formation of Downs, 12. Of the Formation of Cliffs, or steep Shores, 13. Of Depositions formed in Water, 14. Of Stalactites, 15. Of Lithophytes, 16. Of Incrustations, 17. Of Volcanoes, 18. Of Astronomical Causes of the Revolutions on the Earth’s Surface, 19. Of former Systems of Geology, 20. Diversities of the Geological Systems, and their Causes, 21. Statement of the Nature and Conditions of the Problem to be solved, 22. Of the Progress of Mineral Geology, 23. Of the Importance of Extraneous Fossils, or Petrifactions, in Geology, 24. High Importance of investigating the Fossil Remains of Quadrupeds, 25. Of the small Probability of discovering new Species of the larger Quadrupeds, 26. Enquiry respecting the Fabulous Animals of the Ancients, 27. Of the Difficulty of distinguishing the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds, 28. Results of the Researches respecting the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds, 29. Relations of the Species of Fossil Bones, with the Strata in which they are found, 30. Proofs that the extinct Species of Quadrupeds are not Varieties of the present existing Species, 31. Proofs that there are no Human Bones in the Fossil State, 32. Proofs of the recent Population of the World, and that its present Surface is not of very ancient Formation, 33. Proofs, from Traditions, of a great Catastrophe, and subsequent Renewal of Human Society, 34. Proofs derived from several miscellaneous Considerations, 35. Concluding Reflections, Supplement, being an extract from the Researches of M. de Prony, on the Hydraulic System of Italy: containing an Account of the Displacement of that Part of the Coast of the Adriatic which is occupied by the Mouths of the Po, Appendix, containing Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier’s Geological Discoveries
£285.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Geology Mineralogy Considered with Reference to
Book SynopsisMoving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, this volume shows how Buckland envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepared for human occupation. Extinct creatures did not die out because they were poorly designed; God loved the dinosaurs and had adapted them to their various circumstances.Table of ContentsVOLUME I: I. Extent of the Province of Geology II. Consistency of Geological Discoveries with Sacred History III. Proper subjects of Geological Inquiry IV. Relation of Unstratified to Stratified Rocks V. Volcanic Rocks, Basalt, and Trap VI. Primary stratified Rocks VII. Strata of the Transition Series VIII. Strata of the Secondary IX. Strata of the Tertiary Series X. Relations of the Earth and its Inhabitants to Man XI. Supposed cases of Fossil Human Bones XII. General History of Fossil Organic Remains XIII. Aggregate of Animal Enjoyment increased, and that of Pain diminished by the existence of Carnivorous IX Strata of the Secondary Series X. Relations of the Earth and its Inhabitants to Man XI. Supposed cases of Fossil Human Bones XII. General History of Fossil Organic Remains XIII. Aggregate of Animal Enjoyment increased, and that of Pain diminished by the existence of Carnivorous Races XIV. Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Vertebrated Animals CHAP. XV. Proofs of Design in the Fossil Remains of Mollusks CHAP. XVI. Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Articulated Animals XVII. Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Radiated Animals, or Zoophytes CHAP. XVIII. Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Vegetables
£247.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Heating and Water Services Design for Buildings
Book SynopsisHeating and Water Service Design in Buildings has been written following thirteen years in the industry and twenty seven years teaching and consultancy work. The author has worked with college students, university undergraduates and open learning candidates of all ages.Trade Review'The book offers thorough and practical coverage of design procedures, giving many examples and case studies for each area, encouraging reader participation. - Building Services JournalTable of ContentsHeat requirements of heated buildings in temperate climates. Low-temperature hot water heating systems. Pump and system. High temperature hot water systems. Steam systems. Plant connections and controls. The application of probability and demand units in design. Hot and cold water supply systems utilising the static head. Hot and cold water supply systems using booster pumps. Loose ends. Index.
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd Indian Folk Theatres Theatres of the World
Book SynopsisBased on twelve years of research, this book provides detailed descriptions of the culture of folk theatre and outlines its importance for practitioners, audiences and the worldwide theatre industry, presenting a unique angle on selected performances.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction: First Encounters. 1. Chhau – Competing Spaces 2. Expanding Chhau – Beyond Masks and Maharajas 3. Rediscovering Folk Theatre 4. Tamasha – Escape 5. Re-working Tamasha – From Socialism to Social Mobility 6. More Discoveries 7. Theru Koothu – Coalescing Worlds 8. Modern Theru Koothu – Survival 9. The Global Village. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Therukoothu Appendix
£104.50
Taylor & Francis Ordinary Cities
Book SynopsisWith the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are outside the West.This groundbreaking book establishes a new framework for urban development. It makes the argument that all cities are best understood as âordinaryâ, and crosses the longstanding divide in urban scholarship and urban policy between Western and other cities (especially those labelled âThird Worldâ). It considers the two framing axes of urban modernity and development, and argues that if cities are to be imagined in equitable and creative ways, urban theory must overcome these axes with their Western bias and that resources must become at least as cosmopolitan as cities themselves. Tracking paths across previously separate literatures and debates, this innovative book - a postcolonial critique of urban studiTrade Review"All cities are ordinary, argues Robinson, and categorizing them as Western, Third World, developed, developing, world, or global ascribes prominence to certain cities and to certain features of cities. Instead, she starts from the fact that all cities are dynamic and diverse, if conflicted, arenas for social and economic life and anchors on that notion a new post-colonial framework for thinking about cities that avoids the underlying assumption of urban scholarship that Western cities are exemplary and Third World cities more or less poor imitations." --Reference & Research Book NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Dislocating Modernity: Primitivism in Urban Theory 2. On (Not) Being Blasé: In the Tracks of Comparative Urbanism 3. Ways of Being Modern: Towards a Cosmopolitan Urban Studies 4. Re-Inscribing Hierarchies: Global and World Cities 5. Developing Ordinary Cities: Bringing the City Back in 6. Mobilising Diverse Economies. Conclusion
£36.09
Taylor & Francis Ltd Unifying Geography Common Heritage Shared Future
Book SynopsisIt can be argued that the differences in content and approach between physical and human geography, and also within its sub-disciplines, are often overemphasised. The result is that geography is often seen as a diverse and dynamic subject, but also as a disorganised and fragmenting one, without a focus.Unifying Geography focuses on the plural and competing versions of unity that characterise the discipline, which give it cohesion and differentiate it from related fields of knowledge. Each of the chapters is co-authored by both a leading physical and a human geographer. Themes identified include those of the traditional core as well as new and developing topics that are based on subject matter, concepts, methodology, theory, techniques and applications.Through its identification of unifying themes, the book will provide students with a meaningful framework through which to understand the nature of the geographical discipline. Unifying Geography will give the diTrade ReviewThe approach is novel... [and] thematic coverage is wide-ranging.' - GeographyTable of ContentsPart 1: General Introduction 1. Geography: Roots and continuities Part 2: Geographical Methodologies Introduction 2. Exploration, Discovery and the Cartographic Tradition 3. Fieldwork and Unity in Geography 4. The Potential of Remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems Part 3: A Focus on Environment Introduction 5. Environmentalism and Geography: The great debate? 6. Beyond Environmentalism: Towards sustainability 7. Human Vulnerability, Past Climatic Variability and Societal Change Part 4: The Significance of Place Introduction 8. Regions, Area Studies and the Meaning of Place 9. Globalisation: A spatial perspective Part 5: Landscape: The face of Geography Introduction 10. Landscape as Form, Process and Meaning 11. Landscape and Culture Part 6: Applied Geography: Contributing to real-world problem solving Introduction 12. Natural Hazards on an Unquiet Earth 13. Urbanisation, Development and the Environment in an Unequal World 14. Conservation, Preservation and Heritage Part 7: Broader Frameworks in Theory and Practice Introduction 15. Space, Time and Science: Towards a geographical philosophy 16. Geography and Public Policy: A political turn Part 8: General Conclusion 17. Unity in Geography: Prospects for the Discipline
£65.54
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Forgotten Africa An Introduction to its
Book SynopsisForgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. Graham Connah is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject.Forgotten Africa examines: * human origins,* the material culture of hunter gatherers* the beginnings of African farming, the development of metallurgy* the emergence of distinctive artistic traditions* the growth of cities and states* the expansion of trading networks * the impact of European and other external contacts.The result is a fascinating and important story told in a straightforward and readable manner. Trade Review'The book will, indeed, provide a valuable and up-to-date guide ... Graham Connah's book is a worthy and useful contribution.' – Journal of African Archaeology'Connah is explicit in his aim of introducing the general readerand beginning student to Africa's past, and this he does in a straightforward, enjoyable and readable manner.' – South African Archaeological Bulletin'This is a book that does exactly what it sets out to do and does it with the benefit of a flawless presentation and numerous, crystal clear photographs, drawings and maps ... [Connah] is to be congratulated on producing an excellent synthesis that convincingly argues for the unity of the African past ... and its relevance to the present of us all.' – The Australasian Review of African Studies'Forgotten Africa is rooted in impressive scholarship, demonstrating the author's familiarity with a wide range of archaeological data from accross a huge region. The author avoids the temptation to generalise, wisely opting to present the archaeology of the continent in all its diversity. The presentation is excellent, with many good-quality illustrations and maps. - Stephanie Wynne-Jones, AntiquityTable of Contents1. Africa: The Birthplace of Humanity 2. Stone Tools and Adaptation: The Origins of the Genus Homo 3. Africa's Gift to the World: The Earliest Homo Sapiens 4. Living off The Land: Later Hunter Gatherers in Africa 5. Putting Ideas on Stone: The Rock Art of Southern Africa 6. Pictures from a Lost World: The Rock Art of the Sahara 7. Producing Food: Early Developments in North and West Africa 8. Producing Food: Adaptation in North East and East Africa 9. The Power of Metal: The Origins of African Iron-Working 10. Ancient Egypt: 3000 Years of Achievement 11. Nubia: A Meeting Place of Different People 12. Aksum: A Trading Metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau 13. Church and State: Survival in Ethiopia 14. Opportunity and Constraint: The Lake Chad Story 15. Facing the Mediterranean: Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa 16. Qsar es-Seghir: Front Door to Europe, Front Door to Africa 17. Jenné-Jeno: An Early City on the Middle Niger 18. Voyages in the Sahara: The Desert Trade with West Africa 19. Igbo-Ukwu: A Challenge from the Past 20. Ancestral Faces: Ancient Sculpture in Nigeria 21. Benin City: From Forest Power to World Fame 22. Pots and People: Early Farmers South of the Equator 23. The Testimony of the Dead: Life in the Upemba Depression 24. 'One Beautiful Garden': Production and Power amongst the Great Lakes 25. Facing Two Worlds: The Trading Settlements of the East African Coast 26. Projecting Power: Great Zimbabwe and Related Sites 27. Deserted Settlements with a Story: Later Farmers in Southern Africa 28. Outsiders on the Inside: The Impact of European Expansion 29. Remembering Africa's Past
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
Book SynopsisThe Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. VIIRS will gather data across 22 spectral bands and be used to create products for a variety of applications including weather forecasting and climate change studies. VIIRS consolidates the best features of heritage instruments, including near-constant resolution and nighttime visible imagery. Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite: A New Operational Cloud Imager provides the first comprehensive guide on the design and exploitation of cloud data collected by the VIIRS.Expert researchers Hutchison and Cracknell discuss the fundamental principles necessary to interpret surface and cloud features in multispectral meteorological satellite imagery. They begin by tracing the evolution of satellite meteorology and detailing previous instruments on which VIIRS is based. Next, they examine tTable of ContentsIntroduction. Meteorological Satellite Systems. VIIRS Imagery Design Analysis. VIIRS Imagery Requirements Analysis. Principles in Image Interpretation. Multicolor Composites of Multispectral Imagery. Case Studies in the Use of Multicolor Composites for Scene Interpretation. Automated 3-D Cloud Analyses from NPOESS. References. Index.
£175.75
Taylor & Francis Fundamentals of Biogeography Routledge
Book SynopsisFundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation of animals and plants. Starting with an outline of how species arise, disperse, diversify and become extinct, the book examines: how environmental factors (climate, substrate, topography, and disturbance) influence animals and plants; investigates how populations grow, interact and survive; how communities form and change; and explores the connections between biogeography and conservation.The second edition has been extensively revised and expanded throughout to cover new topics and revisit themes from the first edition in more depth. Illustrated throughout with informative diagrams and attractive photos and including guides to further reading, chapter summaries and an extensive glossary of key terms, Fundamentals of Biogeography clearly explains key concepts in the history, geography and ecology of life systems. In doing so, it tackles some of the most topical and controversial environmental and ethical concerns including species over-exploitation, the impacts of global warming, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem restoration.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introducing Biogeography 1. What is Biogeography? 2. Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification and Extinction 3. Biogeographical Processes II: Dispersal 4. Biogeographical Patterns: Distributions Part 2: Ecological Biogeography 5. Habitats, Environments and Niches 6. Climate and Life 7. Substrate and Life 8. Topography and Life 9. Disturbance 10. Populations 11. Interacting Populations 12. Communities 13. Community Change Part 3: Historical Biogeography 14. Dispersal and Diversification in the Distant Past 15. Vicariance in the Distant Past 16. Past Community Change Part 4: Conservation Biogeography 17. Conserving Species and Populations 18. Conserving Communities and Ecosystems
£47.49
Taylor & Francis Devolution Regionalism and Regional Development
Book SynopsisDevolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning.This multidisciplinary book is written by academics from the fields of geography, economics, town planning, public policy, management, public administration, politics and sociology with a final chapter by Patrick Le Gales putting the research findings into a theoretical context. This will be an important book for those researching and studying economic and political geography and planning as well as those involved in regional development.Table of Contents1. Introduction Jonathan Bradbury Part 1: Devolution in the UK 2. Devolution in Scotland: change and continuity Neil McGarvey 3. Devolution in Wales: an unfolding process Jonathan Bradbury 4. Northern Ireland: St Andrews - the long Good Friday Agreement Rick Wilford Part 2: Regionalism in England 5. Institutional Capacity in the English regions Graham Pearce 6. Co-ordinating governance in the South East mega-region: Towards joined-up thinking? Peter John, Steve Musson and Adam Tickell 7. Constrained discretion and English regional governance: the case of Yorkshire and the Humber Simon Lee Part 3: Regional Development in the UK 8. Devolution and development: territorial justice and the north-south divide Kevin Morgan 9. Reconstructing regional development and planning in Scotland and Wales Greg Lloyd and Deborah Peel 10. Regional development and regional spatial strategies in England Peter Roberts 11. Conclusion: UK regional capacity in comparative perspective Jonathan Bradbury and Patrick Le Galés
£23.74
Taylor & Francis Ltd GeoSensor Networks
Book SynopsisGeoSensor Networks addresses multiple research challenges related to real-time geosensor data collection, management, analysis, and delivery. It examines these issues in a collection of papers submitted by experts in diverse research domains. Providing a cross-disciplinary forum that will foster collaboration and development, this volume has four sections, each of which represents a major aspect of geosensor networks: databases; image processing; computer networks; and applications. Combined, these papers deliver an excellent snapshot of the state-of-the-art in these fields, and offer a thoughtful and balanced evaluation of the potential and emerging challenges of these networks.Table of ContentsGeoSensor Networks and Virtual GeoReality, Databases and Sensor Networks, Image Processing and Sensor Networks, Computer Networks and Sensor Networks, Geospatial Applications of Sensor Networks, Author Index, Index
£42.74
Taylor & Francis Ltd Unfare Solutions
Book SynopsisTransport policy is an increasingly difficult area for all national governments and regional/local authorities. Tackling car use and realising a sustainable transport system appears to be very difficult. Developing public transport is seen as an increasingly important element in improving the transport system, especially in densely populated areas. At the same time however, governments are under increasing pressure to cut taxation. As a result there is a growing gap between increasing policy need for public transport and government resources to fund that need. This timely book explores one solution to this dilemma, which is the use of local charges and taxes dedicated to support public transport. Unfare Solutions examines how and why such charges have evolved and how they do (or do not) relate to modern transport policy developments and theory. It shows innovative funding techniques developed by both public transport providers and federal and local authorities.Trade Review'...a book that is rich in content and which presents a methodical (if at times slightly over-academic) review of the possible solutions for funding public transport in the present-day environment. It is also well-illustrated and well-written. Special attention should be drawn to the boxed passages highlighting the lessons to be learnt from each type of LET, and providing further insight into the areas covered in the multifarious case studies.'Table of ContentsIntroductory Preface 1. Transport in a Sustainable Society 2. New Finance for Public Transport 4. Polluter Pays 5. Spreading the Burden 6. Evaluating LETs 7. LETs it be. Index.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Cities and Consumption
Book SynopsisIn investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is consumption moulded by cities? Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life: between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a critical review of the ways in which urban development has been conceptualized, this book critiques urban regeneration initiatives, examines ordinary and spectacular consumption, and describes the relationship between consumption and development of the modern and post-modern city. It investigates: consumption and the city consumption and everyday life consumption, cities and identity Table of Contents1. Introduction to Cities and Consumption 2. Consumption and the Modern Day City 3. Consumption and the Post-Modern City 4. Consumption and Everyday Life 5. Cities, Consumption and Identity 6. Consuming the City 7. Consumption and Urban Regeneration 8. Conclusion
£171.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Russias Protectorates in Central Asia Bukhara and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally changed following the Bolshevik conquest in 1919-20.The book is a re-issue of a highly regarded classic originally published in 1968 and out of print for some years. The new version includes a new introduction, some corrections of errors, and a survey of new work undertaken since first publication.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The Russian Conquest 1. The Setting 2. The Reduction of Bukhara 3. The Consolidation of Russia's Position in Bukhara 4. The Conquest of Khiva and the Treaties of 1873 Part Two. The Period of Neglect 5. The Stabilisation of Khiva and the Expansion of Bukhara 6. Anglo-Russian Relations and the Pacification of the Turkomans 7. The End of an Era Part Three. The Russian Presence 8. Russo-Bukharan Relations Transformed 9. The Protectorate Completed: Russia and the Bukhara 10. Economic Development 11. Bukhara Between Two Worlds 12. Nonintervention under Attack: Russia and Bukhara 13. Nonintervention Abandoned: Russia and Khiva Part Four. Revolution 14. The Provisional Government and the Protectorates 15. The Bolshevic Revolution and the Independence of the Kanates 16. The Civil War and Second Russian Conquest 17. Bukhara and Khiva as Soviet Satellites Appendices Bibliography Notes Glossary Index
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Taylor & Francis Power Postcolonialism and International Relations
Book SynopsisChowdhry and Nair, along with the authors of this volume, make a timely, vital, and deeply necessary intervention in international relations - one that informs theoretically, enriches our knowledge of the world through its narratives, and forces us to confront the differentiated wholeness of our humanity. Readers will want to emulate the skills and sensibilities they offer..Naeem Inayatullah, Ithaca CollegeThis work uses postcolonial theory to examine the implications of race, class and gender relations for the structuring or world politics. It addresses further themes central to postcolonial theory, such as the impact of representation on power relations, the relationship between global capital and power and the space for resistance and agency in the context of global power asymmetries.Table of Contents1. Geeta Chowdhry and Sheila Nair - Introduction: Power in a Postcolonial World: Race, Gender and Class in International Relations; 2. Siba N. Grovogui - Postcolonial Criticism: International Reality and Modes of Inquiry; 3. Randolph B. Persaud - Situating Race in International Relations: the Dialectics of Civilizational Security in American Immigration; 4. J. Marshall Beier - Beyond Hegemonic State(ment)s of Nature: Indigenous Knowledge and Non-State Possibilities in International Relations; 5. L. H. M. Ling - Cultural Chauvinism and the Liberal International Order: 'West versus Rest' in Asia's Financial Crises; 6. Anna M. Agathangelou - 'Sexing' Globalization in International Relations: Migrant Sex and Domestic Workers in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey; 7. Sankaran Krishna - In One Inning: National Identity in Postcolonial Times; 8. Shampa Biswas - The New Cold War: Secularism, Orientalism, and Postcoloniality; 9. Dibyesh Anand - A Story to be Told: IR, Postcolonialism, and the Discourse of Tibetan (Trans)national Identity; 10. Geeta Chowdhry - Postcolonial Interrogations of Child Labor: Human Rights, Carpet Trade, and Rugmark in India; 11. Sheila Nair - Human Rights and Postcoloniality: Representing Burma
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Abortion Sin and the State in Thailand ASAA Women
Book SynopsisThis book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive original research in the field, examines a wide range of issues, including stories of the real-life dilemmas facing women, popular representations of abortion in the media, the history of the debate in Thailand and its links to politics. Overall, the work highlights the voices of women and their subjective experiences and perceptions of abortion, and places these 'women's stories' in an analysis of broader socio-political gender and power relations that structure sexuality and women's reproductive health decisions.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Bearing Politics 2. Abortion, Sin and the State 3. A History of the Abortion Debate 4. Conceiving the Nation: Representations of Abortion in Thailand 5. Corrupt Girls, Victims of Men, Desperate Women: Representations of Women who Abort 6. 'A Small Sin': Everyday Acts 7. 'The Truth of our Day by Day Lives': Situational Ethics 8. Global Debates, Local Dilemmas
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Taylor & Francis Landscape
Book SynopsisLandscape is a stimulating introduction to and contemporary understanding of one of the most important concepts within human geography. A series of different influential readings of landscape are debated and explored, and, for the first time, distinctive traditions of landscape writing are brought together and examined as a whole, in a forward-looking critical review of work by cultural geographers and others within the last twenty to thirty years. This book clearly and concisely explores âlandscapeâ theories and writings, allowing students of geography, environmental studies and cultural studies to fully comprehend this vast and complex topic. To aid the student, vignettes are used to highlight key writers, papers and texts. Annotated further reading and student exercises are also included. For researchers and lecturers, Landscape presents a forward-looking synthesis of hitherto disparate fields of inquiry, one which offers a platform for future research anTrade Review'This book synthesises earlier ideas and presents current thinking in an accessible form ... an excellent contribution to the theoretical study of landscape' - Brian Short, University of Sussex, UK'Very well written, very accessible, and easy to read quickly. A pleasure, in fact.' - Richard H. Schein, University of Kentucky, USA'I found Wylie's Landscape refreshingly clear and jargon-free with examples one could relate to. In sum, the book is extremely well written and very accessible and would make a valuable addition to any personal or institutional library.' Nina J Morris, University of EdinburghTable of Contents1. Introduction 1.1 Tensions 1.2 Aims and Structures of Landscape 1.3 Conclusion: Looking Forward 2. Landscaping Traditions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Carl Sauer and Cultural Landscape 2.3 W.G. Hoskins: Landscape, Nostalgia and Melancholy 2.4 J.B. Jackson and 'Vernacular' Landscape 2.5 Conclusion 3. Ways of Seeing 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Landscape and Linear Perspective: Art, Geometry, Optics 3.3 Cultural Marxism, Art History and Landscape 3.4 Cultural Marxism and Cultural Geography: Landscape as 'Veil' 3.5 Landscape as Text: Semiotics and the Construction of Cultural Meaning 3.6 Feminism and Psychoanalysis: Landscape as Gaze 3.7 Discussion and Summary 4. Cultures of Landscape 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Material Anxieties 4.3 Landscape, Production and Labour 4.4 Cultures of Landscape: The Self, Power and Discourse 4.5 Landscape, Travel and Imperialism 4.6 Conclusion 5. Landscape Phenomenology 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Introducing Phenomenology: From Disembodied Gaze to Lived Body 5.3 Landscape and Dwelling 5.4 'Landscaping': Phenomenology, Non-representational Theory and Performance 5.5 Critiques of Landscape Phenomenology 5.6 Conclusion 6. Prospects for Landscape 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Memory, Identity, Conflict and Justice 6.3 Landscape and Polity and Law 6.4 The Ends of Landscape?: Relationality, Vitalism and Topological 6.5 Landscape Writing: Biography, Movement, Presence and Affect 6.6 Conclusion: Creative Tensions
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Taylor & Francis Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart
Book SynopsisOffering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters.This guide to Chinua Achebeâs compelling novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of critical writing on Things Fall Apart, by Abiola Irele, Abdul JanMohamed, Biodun Jeyifo, Florence Stratton and Ato Quayson, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions forTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Texts and Contexts 2. Critical History 3. Critical Readings 4. Further Reading and Web Resources Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2004
Book SynopsisSpearheading the promotion of international technology transfer in the fields of mine planning, mining systems design, equipment selection and operation techniques, the International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection is recognised by the mining society as a key annual event in highlighting developments within the field. Here in this volume, proceedings from the thirteenth annual symposium concentrate on the following major topics:* open pit and underground mine planning, modelling and design* geomechanics * mining and processing methods* design, monitoring and maintenance of mine equipment* simulation, optimalization and control of technological processes* management, mine economics and financial analysis* health, safety and environmental protection.Including 147 papers from leading experts and authorities, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection undoubtedly provides valuable information and insight for a range of engineers, scientists, researchers and consultants involved in the planning, design and operation of underground and surface mines.
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Taylor & Francis Cities of Pleasure
Book SynopsisThis book contains a collection of cutting-edge chapters that explore various connections between urban living, sexuality and sexual desire around the world. The key themes featured address a number of topical issues including: the controversies and debates raging around the evolution, defining patterns and appropriate regulation of commercial sex zones and markets in the urban landscape how gay public spaces, districts and 'gay villages' emerged and developed in various towns and cities around the world how changing attitudes to, and the usage of urban sexual spaces, as depicted in iconic television series such as Sex and the City and Queer as Folk, reflect the reality of working women's or gay men's changing life experiences. With detailed case studies, and a strong interdisciplinary appeal, this book will be a valuable reference for postgraduates and advanced students in the fields of cultural studies as well as human, Trade Review"Many of the arguements offered in the book by contributors from georgraphy are fascinating and insightful" Gavin Brown, Cultural GeographiesTable of Contents1. Sexuality and Sexual Services in the Urban Economy and Socialscape: An Overview Part 1: Commercial Sexual Spaces, Markets and Community Responses 2. Space, Risk and Opportunity: The Evolution of Paid Sex Markets 3. The Changing Nature of Adult Entertainment Districts: Between a Rock and a Hard Place or Going from Strength to Strength? 4. Cleansing the Metropolis: Sex Work and the Politics of Zero Tolerance 5. The Risks of Street Prostitution: Punters, Police and Protesters Part 2: Evolution and Development of Urban Gay Spaces 6. Homosexuality and the City: An Historical Overview 7. Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris' 'Gay Ghetto' 8. Where Love Dares (Not) Speak Its Name: The Expression of Homosexuality in Singapore 9. Sexual Dissidence, Enterprise and Assimilation: Bedfellows in Urban Regeneration 10. Authenticating Queer Space: Citizenship, Urbanism and Governance Part 3: Urban Sexuality 11. Sex and Not the City?: The Aspirations of the Thirty-Something Working Woman 12. Queer as Folk: Producing the Real of Urban Space
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Corporate Social Responsibility in the
Book SynopsisThe construction process, right through from planning and design to use and demolition, has a major impact on society. Traditionally, concern has been focused on its environmental impact and the quest for sustainability, but this has now extended into the wider remit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Essentially, this means that businesses must act (voluntarily) in a socially ethical manner by developing a policy that encompasses the core principles enshrined by CSR. A unique presentation on a topic of emerging importance, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry is essential reading for all built environment undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as CEOs and senior managers within construction businesses who may be about to embark on developing a CSR strategy.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in Construction 3. A Business Case for Developing a CSR Policy 4. The Role of Construction in Developing Countries 5. Community Interaction 6. Corruption in the UK 7. International Corruption 8. Cartels 9. Sustainable Development 10. The Eco-Building Movement 11. UK House-Building 12. Occupational Health and Safety 13. USA 14. South Africa 15. Hong Kong and Asia Pacific 16. Australia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hydrodynamics VI Theory and Applications
Book SynopsisThe International Conference on Hydrodynamics is an increasingly important event at which academics, researchers and practitioners can exchange new ideas and their research findings. This volume contains papers from the 2004 conference covering a wide range of subjects within hydrodynamics, including traditional engineering, architectural and mechanical issues as well as significant new technologies and methodologies such as bio-fluid mechanics and computational fluid mechanics.Table of ContentsPrefaceOrganisationKeynote speakersNaval architecture and ocean engineeringCoastal EngineeringOffshore EngineeringEnvironmental fluid mechanics and hydraulicsEnvironmental fluid mechanics and hydrodynamicsAuthor index
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CRC Press Geochemistry Groundwater and Pollution
Building on the success of its 1993 predecessor, this second edition of Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution has been thoroughly re-written, updated and extended to provide a complete and authoritative account of modern hydrogeochemistry.Offering a quantitative approach to the study of groundwater quality and the interaction of water, minerals, gases, pollutants and microbes, this book shows how physical and chemical theory can be applied to explain observed water qualities and variations over space and time. Integral to the presentation, geochemical modelling using PHREEQC code is demonstrated, with step-by-step instructions for calculating and simulating field and laboratory data. Numerous figures and tables illustrate the theory, while worked examples including calculations and theoretical explanations assist the reader in gaining a deeper understanding of the concepts involved. A crucial read for students of hydrogeology, geochemistry and civil engineer
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Climate Change and Water Resources in South Asia
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the most pressing water resource issues in South Asia, particularly in relation to climate change and variability. This is a region characterised by abundant water during the monsoon, when devastating floods occur, and by scarcity of water and droughts during the dry period. These extreme events often cause substantial damage to infrastructure, property, livestock and human populations. Agriculture and other key economic sectors suffer greatly during these events. The results of climate and hydrologic models indicate increased vulnerability unless adequate adaptation measures are designed and implemented. Such policies need to rely on a framework that includes active participation of the stakeholders.Table of ContentsPART 1 Remote-sensing sensors, data retreival and assimilation,and technology transfer 1 Remote sensing and hydrology 2 Hydrologic data assimilation 3 Analysis of remotely sensed data 4 Technology transfer in remote-sensing applications PART 2 Remote-sensing data applications 5 Computing and mapping of evapotranspiration 6 Satellite remote sensing of soil moisture 7 Ensemble streamflow forecasting: methods and applications 8 Regional climatic variability and its impacts on flood and drought hazards 9 Climate drivers, streamflow forecasting, and flood risk management 10 Remote sensing in water resource management 11 Geospatial information technology in watershed PART 3 Water resource management: case historiesRunoff agroforestry 13 Water pollution and its numerical modeling in coastal watersheds Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Groundwater Intensive Use
Book SynopsisIntensive use of groundwater has resolved the demand for drinking water and, through irrigation, has contributed to the eradication of malnourishment in many developing countries. The spectacular worldwide increase in groundwater use in the last decades, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, has been a silent revolution carried out by millions of small farmers. In some instances, groundwater abstraction has caused problems of quality degradation, excessive drawdown of groundwater levels, land subsidence, reduction of spring and baseflows or degradation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Most of these problems could be anticipated, mitigated, or even avoided with more active water agencies, adequate regulations and usersâ participation in management. Groundwater Intensive Use contains a selection of papers presented at a symposium held in December 2002 in Valencia, Spain. It constitutes a step forward in creating a greater worldwide awareness of the relevance of groundwater in Table of ContentsForeword, M. R. LlamasETHICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND LEGAL ASPECTSCASE HISTORIESIMPACTSMANAGEMENTVALENCIA DECLARATION Subject Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy
Book SynopsisInternational contributors provide the first examination of the growing subject of regional knowledge-economy development. Illustrated by data and ''stylized'' accounts, the international contributors chart the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work and criticize accepted theories and inform how places can cope in the knowledge economy.Based in concept on Cooke''s Knowledge Economies (Routledge, 2002), Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy is a well-grounded work exploring this increasingly important theme with relevance to innovation systems and related economic development literature.Trade Review'The book is written in "academic" but as editor Philip Cooke says, it raises good questions for policy-makers.' – Public"[This] book deserves to be well consulted by academics and policy-makers." - Regional Studies'The book is written in "academic" but as editor Philip Cooke says, it raises good questions for policy-makers.' – Public"[This] book deserves to be well consulted by academics and policy-makers." - Regional StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction: Regional Asymmetries, Knowledge Categories and Innovation Intermediation 2. Localised Knowledge Spillovers: The Key to Innovativeness in Industrial Clusters? 3. Knowledge-Intensive Industries and Regional Development: The Case of the Software Industry in Norway Arne Isaksen (STEP Group, Oslo) 4. The Impact of Geography on the Innovative Productivity of Software Firm in the Netherlands 5. Constructing Regional Innovation Systems through a Triple Helix: Lessons and Inspiration from the Northern Hemisphere 6. Sourcing of Market Knowledge in Biotechnology 7. Knowledge Access at Distance: Strategies and Practices of New Biotechnology Firms in Emerging Locations 8. Linking Less-Favoured Finnish Regions to the Knowledge Economy Through University Filial Centres 9. Economic Growth in Emerging Knowledge Intensive Areas: The High-Tech Cluster in Pisa 10. An Emerging ICT Cluster in a Marginal Region: The Sardinian Experience 11. Cooperation Networks and Regional Development: Case of Multisectoral Partnership for Innovation 12. The New Knowledge Regions: From Simple to Complex Innovation Theory 13. Conclusions. Variety and Miracles for Successful Regional Innovation Policies: From 'Copy and Paste' to 'Copy and Paste Special'
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Frightened Land Land Landscape and Politics
Book SynopsisThis book explores the spatial, political and cultural landscape of South Africa through the apartheid years and into the post-apartheid recent past, drawing on a wealth of original research materials.Table of ContentsSection 1: Veld 1. Wilderness & Veld 2. Memory & Inscription 3. Map & Monument Section 2: Farm 4. A Failed Eden 5. ‘Natural’ Identity 6. The Fertile Desert Section 3: ‘Native’ Lands 7. ‘Native’ Lands 8. Language, Nation & Landscape 9. Tribal Landscapes Section 4: Invisible Landscapes 10. Desire & Distance 11. Veld & City 12. Invisibility & Silence Section 5: Erasures 13. Landscapes & Erasures 14. Landscapes of the Imagination 15. Transforming Landscape. Bibliography. Unpublished Sources. Appendix A: South African Time Line B: Key Pieces of Apartheid Legislation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics of Sport in South Asia
Book SynopsisBehind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media.This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics.This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Fields of Power Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakraborti and Kingshuk Chatterjee 2. Physical Education, Sport and the Intersection and Articulation of ‘Modernities’: The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Joseph S. Alter 3. The Hindu Ascetic as Fitness Instructor: Reviving Faith in Yoga Chandrima Chakraborty 4. The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian Relations: India, Australia and the 'Cricket Imaginary' Brian Stoddart 5. Feel Good, Goodwill and India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy in Twenty-First-Century India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 6. The Golden Years of Indian Hockey: 'We Climb the Victory Stand' Boria Majumdar 7. 'The Wood Magic': Cricket in India – A Postcolonial Benediction Somshankar Ray 8. The Culture and Politics of Local Sporting Heroes in Late Colonial Bengal and Princely Orissa: The Case of Santimoy Pati Projit B. Mukharji 9. Fair's Unfair: Simulations of Consumption and Career in Indian Advertising Anisha Datta 10. The Great Indian Willow Trick: Cricket, Nationalism and India's TV News Revolution, 1998 – 2005 Nalin Mehta 11. Reading Cricket Fiction in the Times of Hindu Nationalism and Farmer Suicides: Fallacies of Textual Interpretation Nissim Mannathukkaren 12. Virtually There: Cricket, Community, and Commerce on the Internet Sanjay Joshi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Russias Security and the War on Terror
Book SynopsisThis book discusses and provides examples of Russiaâs need to reshape its security and military policies in order to meet the global challenges of fighting terrorism and counterinsurgency. It addresses some of the problems facing Russiaâs national security and military power, including: military reform US-Russian relations the political economy of Russian security policy Russian policy regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction the chances for US-Russian cooperation in ballistic missile defence. Russia's Security and the War on Terror provides a insight into Russian military policies and its changing relationship with NATO throughout the 1990s.This book was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 US-Russian Relations and the Global Counter-Terrorist Campaign 2 Military Reform in Russia and the Global War Against Terrorism 3 The US Military Engagement in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus: An Overview 4 Prospects for Russia-US Cooperation in Preventing WMD Proliferation 5 Prospects for US-Russian Cooperation in Ballistic Missile Defense and Outer Space Activities 6 The Anti-Oligarchy Campaign and its Implications for Russia's Security 7 The Soviet-Afghan War: A Superpower Mired in the Mountains 8 'The War in Iraq': An Assessment of Lessons Learned by Russian Military Specialists Through 31 July 2003
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Public Space The Management Dimension
Book SynopsisIn both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasized the poor quality of design that characterizes many new public spaces; spaces that are dominated by parking, roads infrastructure, introspective buildings, a lack of enclosure and a poor sense of place, and which in different ways for different groups are too often exclusionary.Yet many well designed public spaces have also experienced decline and neglect, as the services and activities upon which the continuing quality of those spaces have been subject to the same constraints and pressures for change as public services in general. These issues touch upon the daily management of public space, that is, the coordination of the many different activities that constantly define and redefine the characteristics and quality of public space.This book draws on three empirical projects to examine the questions of public space management on an international stage. They are set within a context of theoretical debates about public space, its history, contemporary patterns of use and changing nature in western society, and about the new management approaches that are increasingly being adopted.Table of ContentsPart 1: Conceptualising Public Space and its Management 1. The Use and Nature of Public Space 2. Public Space through History 3. Contemporary Debates and Public Space 4. A Typology of Management Approaches Part 2: Investigating Public Space Management 5. Three Studies, Three Related Research Approaches 6. One Country, Multiple Endemic Problems 7. One Country, Twelve Innovative Authorities 8. Eleven Countries, Eleven Innovative Cities 9. Eleven Innovative Cities, Many Ways Forward 10. Two World Cities, Three Iconic Spaces 11. Three Iconic Spaces, Two In-Depth Analyses 12. Debates, Problems and Possible Solutions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Growth Cultures
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical framework, the New Global Bioeconomy', against which to test empirical characteristics of biotechnology. In this timely volume, Cooke unifies concepts from the sociology of science, economic sociology and evolutionary economic geography to focus on the problems and prospects for policy agencies worldwide trying to build biotechnology clusters'. He develops a superior policy approach of thinking in terms of platforms that integrate proximities and pipelines, which will be of significant interest for the scientific and technological communities as well as economic development policy communities. Growth Cultures will make fascinating reTable of Contents1. Growth Cultures: Meaning and Interpretation in the Knowledge Age 2. The Knowledge Economy and Growth Cultures: A Theoretical Framework 3. Bioscientific Research and the Emergence of Knowledge Domains 4. The Microbiology Revolution and the Crisis in Pharmaceuticals 5. Academic Growth Cultures: The Rise of Bioregional Knowledge Domains 6. The Shifting Landscape of Bioscience Policy 7. The Cluster Model in Biotechnology: Nodes in Global Networks 8. Healthcare Biotechnology in Developing Countries 9. Environmental, Energy and Agro-Food Biotechnology 10. The Financing of Biopharmaceuticals Firms 11. Conclusion: Biotechnology’s Proximities, Pipelines and Platforms
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Taylor & Francis Sustainable Buildings in Practice
Book SynopsisCurrent assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the usersâ needs. Given that over the life of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs and combined capital and rental costs, the occupantsâ needs are not something which should be sensibly ignored.This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge, sustainable buildings in the world, in terms of the usersâ perceived comfort, health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings, interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides: thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and eleven countries, together with clear explanations and illustrations oTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview of the Buildings and their Performance Part 1: Buildings in Cold – Temperate Climates 2. NRG Systems Facility, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA 3. Computer Science and Engineering Building, York University, Ontario, Canada 4. Military Families Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5. SciencePark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 6. National Works Yard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7. Liu Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Part 2: Buildings in Medium – Temperate Climates 8. Gifford Studios, Southampton, England 9. Arup Campus, Solihull, England 10. Zicer Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England 11. Renewable Energy Systems, Kings Langley, England 12. City Hall, London, England 13. The Foundation Building, Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England 14. The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science Building, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand 15. St Mary’s Credit Union, Navan, Ireland 16. Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre, Tasmania, Australia 17. Tokyo Gas, Kohoku New Town, Yokohama 18. Nikken Sekkei Building, Tokyo Part 3: Buildings in Warm – Temperate Climates 19. The Landcare Research Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand 20. The Campus Reception and Administration Building, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 21. 60 Leicester Street, Melbourne, Australia 22. 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 23. The Red Centre Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 24. Institute of Languages, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 25. General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia 26. Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia 27. Natural Resources Defence Council, Santa Monica, California, USA Part 4: Buildings in Hot – Humid Climates 28. Institute of Technical Education, Bishan, Singapore 29. Ministry of Energy Water and Communications Building, Putrajaya, Malaysia 30. Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia 31.Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India
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CRC Press North American Tunneling 2006
Book SynopsisThe theme of this proceedings, Extreme Tunneling: Improving Progress, Cost, Performance, and Safety, was chosen to emphasize a number of significant milestones in underground construction, with particular reference to reduction of costs and to improvements in health and safety. The papers are grouped here under four main headings: Management of Underground Projects Public Policy and Underground Facilities Advances in Tunneling Technology Case Histories: The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Underground Construction. This work will be of interest to those involved in infrastructure development, tunneling, underground construction and other uses of underground space. Includes a cd-rom of the proceedings.
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Taylor & Francis Samkaras Advaita Vedanta
Book SynopsisSamkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to Samkara's thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based on Samkara's ways of interpreting sacred texts and creatively examines the profound interrelationship between sacred text, content and method in Samkara's thought. The main focus of the book is on Samkara's teaching method. This method is, for Samkara, based on the Upanishads' own; it is to be employed by Advaitin teachers to draw pupils skilfully towards that realisation which is beyond all words. Consequently, this book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Indian philosophy, but to all those interested in the relation between language and that which is held to transcend it.Trade Review'This book provides an excellent introduction to Samkara's work, while making a number of original arguments that are sure to be influencial in future studies on Samkara' - Brian Black, South Asia Research, Vol. 26 (2)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Studying the Teacher 1. The Teacher Himself 2. The Need for the Teaching 3. The Source for the Teaching 4. The Methods of the Teaching 5. The Context of the Teaching: The World of Name and Form 6. The Context of the Teaching: The Lord 7. The Language of the Teaching 8. The End of the Teaching
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Taylor & Francis The Buddhist Unconscious
Book SynopsisThis is the story of fifth century CE India, when the Yogacarin Buddhists tested the awareness of unawareness, and became aware of human unawareness to an extraordinary degree. They not only explicitly differentiated this dimension of mental processes from conscious cognitive processes, but also offered reasoned arguments on behalf of this dimension of mind. This is the concept of the 'Buddhist unconscious', which arose just as philosophical discourse in other circles was fiercely debating the limits of conscious awareness, and these ideas in turn had developed as a systematisation of teachings from the Buddha himself. For us in the twenty-first century, these teachings connect in fascinating ways to the Western conceptions of the 'cognitive unconscious' which have been elaborated in the work of Jung and Freud. This important study reveals how the Buddhist unconscious illuminates and draws out aspects of current western thinking on the unconscious mind. One of the most intriguinTrade Review'This work weaves together into one fabric yards spanning some one thousand years of Indian Buddhist thought, and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for scholars of Buddhist literature.' - East and West SeriesTable of ContentsPart I - The Background and Context of the Ãlaya-vijñãna Part II - The Abhidharma Context 15. The Abhidharma Project and its Problematic Part III - The Alaya-vijñana in the Yogacara Tradition, The Alaya-vijñana in the Early Tradition Part IV - The Alaya-Vijñana in the Mahayana-samgraha I : Bringing It All Back HomePart V - The Alaya-Vijñana in the Mahayana-samgraha II: Looking Beyond
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Arid Land Hydrogeology In Search of a Solution to
Book SynopsisThere are many urgent problems in arid land hydrogeology and it is these issues which are tackled in this volume on desert environments. The UAE-Japan symposia provide a venue for the exchange of expertise, confronting such problems as purification, usage and management of groundwater, the assessment and protection of sustainable water resources, and soil enhancement techniques for moisture control in arid lands. The hope is that a better understanding of dryland environment, combined with innovative solutions and technologies, will contribute to the greening of desert lands.Table of ContentsPrefaceSummary, recommendations and suggestions for actions 1 Groundwater management2 Groundwater assessment3 Groundwater protection4 Sustainable water resources5 Soil enhancementAuthor index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Connecting Cultures
Book SynopsisThis lively and incisive collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Europe. Those interactions have been both destructive and richly productive, and the consequences continue to 'trouble the living stream' today. Several of the essays focus on the continuing reverberations of political and cultural conflicts in post-Apartheid Southern Africa, including the presence in Britain of Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Other authors discuss the ways in which Indian culture has transformed novelistic and cinematic forms. A third group of essays examines the attempts of West Indian women writers to reclaim their territory and describe it in their own terms. The collection as a whole is framed by essays which deal with discourses of 'terror' and 'terrorism' and how we translate and read them in the wake of 9/11.This book was previously published as a special issue of Third World QTable of ContentsConnecting Cultures. Translating Terror. The Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Zimbabwean Asylum: Female Voices. Remembering Rousseau: Nostalgia and the Responsibilities of the Self. Narratives of Southern African Farms. The Invention of Mourning in Post – Apartheid Literature. Locating Identity in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow. Travel and Transgression: Dan Jacobson’s Southern African Journey. Narrating a White Africa: Autobiography, Race and History. What it Means to Stay: Reterritorialising the Black Atlantic in Erna Brodber’s Writing of the Local. Views and Visions: Layered Landscapes in West Indian Migrant Narratives. Writing ‘Home’: Mediating between ‘the Local’ and ‘the Literary’ in a Selection of Postcolonial Women’s Texts. Translating/ ‘The’ Kama Sutra. Cultural Connections: Lagaan and its Audience Responses. Writing the Nation’s Destiny: Indian Fiction in English before 1910. Monological Discourse and the Creation of Villains: A Staging of Witnesses after 9/11. Cubanos, Americans and Modes of Being Between in Pre-Castro Cuba.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Evaluation and Prevention of Natural Risks
Book SynopsisThe assessment and prevention of risks inherent to natural phenomena is of topical interest to the scientific community and other authorities dealing with territorial management. Historical analysis carried out in the Piemonte-territory in north-western Italy, focusing on the consequences of hydrogeological risks, reveals that damage is continually increasing. This can partly be explained by the consistent expansion of urbanized areas at the expense of areas that are essential to the natural modelling processes of the region; the damage resulting from hydrogeological instability often being associated with incompatible territorial decisions. This text gives a detailed account of a series of experiences related to activities that ARPA Piemonte has carried out focusing on the cognitive and forecasting aspects related to risk assessment and alerting procedures. Table of ContentsPRESENTATIONFOREWORD1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF HAZARD AND RISK1.1 FORECASTING, HAZARD, AND RISKS RELATED TO NATURAL PHENOMENA1.2 FORECASTING NATURAL PHENOMENA FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT1.3 A KNOWLEDGE BASE AND THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AS SUPPORTS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HAZARD AND RISK1.4 GLOSSARY2. THE ASSESSMENT OF HAZARD AND RISK2.1 METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA2.2 THE LARGE ALPINE LANDSLIDES2.3 ROCK FALLS2.4 SHALLOW LANDSLIDES2.5 TORRENTIAL PROCESSES2.6 AVALANCHES2.7 RIVER FLOODING3. FORECASTING AND WARNING 3 FORECASTING AND ALERTS3.1 METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING3.2 INDICATORS OF RAINFALL HAZARD3.3 TOWARDS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO FORECASTING METHODS3.4 FORECASTING FLOODS3.5 FORECASTING LANDSLIDES4. THE UNCERTAINTY OF FORECASTING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS4.1 THE UNCERTAINTY OF FORECASTING METHODS4.2 THE CASE OF THE SCRIVIA RIVER ON SEPTEMBER 15-16, 20044.3 THE DEBRIS FLOW OF THE RIO FREJUS (BARDONECCHIA) - AUGUST 6, 20045 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Green Braid
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the discipline's best thinking on sustainability in written, drawn, and built form, drawing on over fifteen years of peer-reviewed essays and national design awards published by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).Providing a primer on sustainability, useful to teachers and students alike, the selected essays address a broad range of issues. Combined with design projects that highlight issues holistically, they promote an understanding of the principles of sustainability and further the integration of sustainable methods into architectural projects.Using essays that alternately revise and clarify twentieth century architectural thinking, The Green Braid places sustainability at the centre of excellent architectural design. No other volume addresses sustainability within the context of architectural history, theory, pedagogy and design, making this book an ideal source for architects in framing their practices,Trade Review'With a broad definition of sustainability in mind, the book delves into how architectural designs can be situated at the crossroads of ecology, economy and equity ... The book is rich with examples and case studies that are informative and intriguing.' – CitiesTable of ContentsPart 1: The Green Braid: Networked Ways of Knowing 1. The Green Braid: Networked Ways of Knowing 2. Architecture, Ecology Design and Human Ecology 3. A New Social Contract: Equity and Sustainable Development 4. Economic Sustainability in the Post-Industrial Landscape 5. Models, Lists and the Evolution of Sustainable Architecture Part 2: Meta-Discourses in Pedagogy and Practice 6. Introduction 7. Cyborg Theories and Situated Knowledges: Some Speculations on a Cultural Approach to Technology 8. We Are No[w here]: A Social Critique of Contemporary Theory 9. The Hidden Influence of Historical Scholarship on Design 10. Culture and the Recalibration of First Ring Suburbs 11. Portable Construction Training Center 12. One Week, Eight Hours Part 3: Phenomena and Technology 13. Introduction 14. From l’Air Exact to l’Aérateur: Ventilation and its Evolution in the Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 15. Unhealthy Energy Conservation Practices 16. Good-Bye Willis Carrier 17. The Compass House 18. Scupper Houses or the Dogtrot House and the Shotgun House Reconsidered 19. An Affordable, Sustainable House 20. Phenomenal Surface: Fog House Part 4: Building Practices 21. Introduction 22. Poetic Engineering and Invention: Arthur Troutner, Architect, and the Development of Engineered Lumber 23. Terunobu Fujimori: Working with Japan’s Small Production Facilities 24. Making Smartwrap: From Parts to Pixels 25. Quilting with Glass, Cedar and Fir: A Workshop and Studio in Rossland, BC and Navy Demonstration Project 26. Modernism Redux: a Study in Light, Surface, and Volume 27. Solar Sails: An Installation Part 5: Settlement Patterns 28. Introduction 29. Economy=Ecology: A Scenario for Chicago’s Lake Calumet 30. Sarajevo: Ecological Reconstruction after the ‘Urbicide’ 31. The Suburban Critique at Mid-Century: A Case Study 32. I-10 The Gulf Coast States/Mall Housing 33. Community Redevelopment for a Small Town in Florida and Drifting Urbanism 34. The Role of Infrastructure in the Production of Public Spaces for the City of Miami Part 6: The Shared Realm 35. Introduction 36. Architectural Intervention and the Post-Colonial Era: The Tjibaou Cultural Center in New Caledonia by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop 37. History, Tradition, and Modernity: Urbanism and Cultural Change in Chanderi, India 38. Global Constructions, Or Why Guadalajara wants a Home Depot while Los Angeles Wants Construction Workers 39. A Raptor Enclosure for the Zuni Pueblo 40. Garden of Time; Landscape of Change: Women Suffrage Memorial St. Paul, Minnesota 41. Unmasking Urban Traces
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Taylor & Francis Cities and Gender
Book SynopsisMen and women experience the city differently: in relation to housing assets, use of transport, relative mobility, spheres of employment and a host of domestic and caring responsibilities. An analysis of urban and gender studies, as co-constitutive subjects, is long overdue.Cities and Gender is a systematic treatment of urban and gender studies combined. It presents both a feminist critique of mainstream urban policy and planning and a gendered reorientation of key urban social, environmental and city-regional debates. It looks behind the headlines' on issues of transport, housing, uneven development, regeneration and social exclusion, for instance, to account for the hidden' infrastructure of everyday life. The three main sections on ''Approaching the City'', ''Gender and Built Environment'' and, finally, ''Representation and Regulation'' explore not only the changing environments, working practices and household structures evident in European and North American citTrade Review"This book makes an important contribution to urban studies and gender studies by combining a discussion of the Global South with urban scholarship that has focused on Europe and the US, bridging the gaps that keep us from seeing important worldwide continuities and connections."Professor Jessica Sewell, Boston University, USA"Cities and Gender provides a detailed ethnographic analysis demonstrating how gendered power relations are manifest in the structure of cities and everyday life within. At last, an accessible and incisive text that succeeds in intertwining urban and gender analysis." Diane Perrons, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Approaching the City 1. From Binaries to Intersections 2. Historical Trends in Cities and Urban Studies 3. Trends in Urban Restructuring, Gender and Feminist Theory 4. Scale, Power and Interdependence Part 2: Gender and the Built Environment 5. Infrastructures of Daily Life 6. Migration, Movement and Mobility 7. Homes, Jobs, Communities and Networks Part 3: Representation and Regulation 8. Planning and Social Welfare 9. Urban Poverty, Livelihood and Vulnerability 10. Cities and Gender – Politics in Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd eWork and eBusiness in Architecture Engineering
Book SynopsisThe task of structuring information on built environment has presented challenges to the research community, software developers and the industry for the last 20 years. Recent work has taken advantage of Web and industry standards such as XML, OWL, IFC and STEP. Another important technology for the fragmented AEC industry is digital communication. Wired or wireless, it brings together architects, engineers and construction site workers, enabling them to exchange information, communicate and work together. Virtual enterprise organization structures, involving mobile teams over distance, are highly compatible with the needs of the construction industry.Table of ContentsKeynote PapersWorkshop: R & D strategies for ICT in constructionProcess modelling and management Building information modelling and interoperabilitySupporting model-based cooperationDistributed web and grid systems and servicesMobile computingContext aware building automation servicesEcology, sustainability and environmental managementeBusiness in design, construction and supply chain managementeRegulationseLearningICT indicators, adoption and evaluationCase studies, best practice and lessons learned
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CRC Press Central America Two Volume Set
Book SynopsisAn integrated treatment of the principal fields of classical and applied geosciences of Central America, this authoritative two-volume monograph treats the region as a whole, exploring geology, earth resources and geo-hazards across political boundaries. It reviews the published literature, and supplements it with an abundance of information from ongoing investigations and internal reports.The compendium is a result of four years' collaborative work by the editors and more than ninety experts from eighteen countries. It is aimed at professionals, academics and students in the fields of geology, geography, biology, and engineering at the local, regional and international level. In a region which is rich in geological resources and where natural disasters are frequent, the monograph is a solid base for local and international institutions concerned with land-use, infrastructure, water and energy resources, and mining, as well as with hazard reduction and disaster prevention.
£356.25
Taylor & Francis The Cultural Geography Reader
Book SynopsisThe Cultural Geography Reader draws together fifty-two classic and contemporary abridged readings that represent the scope of the discipline and its key concepts. Readings have been selected based on their originality, accessibility and empirical focus, allowing students to grasp the conceptual and theoretical tools of cultural geography through the grounded research of leading scholars in the field. Each of the eight sections begins with an introduction that discusses the key concepts, its history and relation to cultural geography and connections to other disciplines and practices. Six to seven abridged book chapters and journal articles, each with their own focused introductions, are also included in each section. The readability, broad scope, and coverage of both classic and contemporary pieces from the US and UK makes The Cultural Geography Reader relevant and accessible for a broad audience of undergraduate students and graduate students alike. It bridges the different national traditions in the US and UK, as well as introducing the span of classic and contemporary cultural geography. In doing so, it provides the instructor and student with a versatile yet enduring benchmark text.Table of ContentsSection 1: Approaching Culture Section 2: Cultural Geography: A Transatlantic Genealogy Section 3: Landscape Section 4: Nature Section 5: Identity and Place in a Global Context Section 6: Home and Away Section 7: Geographies of Difference Section 8: Culture as Resource
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