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Taylor & Francis Suburban Xanadu
Book SynopsisUrban gambling, linked to poverty, crime and corruption, was once considered a blight on US cities. Gambling then followed the exodus of Americans into the suburbs after World War II and now, at the beginning of the 21st century, most Americans live within a four-hour drive of a casino. What explains the success of places like Las Vegas? The self-contained casino resort removes gambling and its social problems from cities and provides Americans with the comfort of gambling in a setting matched to their suburban lifestyle. In a detailed look at the growth of the earliest casino resorts to the pleasure palaces and riverboat casinos of today, Suburban Xanadu locates the rise of the casino resort in suburbanization and the significance of this development for today.Trade Review"Suburban Xanadu is an important addition to what we know about America's most exciting and controversial city. Dave Schwartz peels back myth to get to the heart of what really makes Las Vegas tick. A must for anyone who cares about culture in the new century!" -- Hal Rothman, author of Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started theTwenty-First Century"Suburban Xanadu tells the fascinating story of the rise of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip--something that has been much needed. Using the extensive Gaming Collection at UNLV, Dave Schwartz shows us that the popularity of casinos is no accident, but part of larger trends in American history. He approaches the topic with intelligence and thoughtfulness, and the result is a book that does a great job of explaining why Americans like casino resorts so much." -- Steve Wynn, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wynn Resorts"Highly Recommended! Suburban Xanadu is a colorful and authoritative reading of the history of casino resort development in the United States. Schwartz's thesis--that Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s was brilliantly marketed as a safe vacation adventure for middle Americans trapped within everyday lives of conservatism and conformity--is both perceptive and spot-on." -- John Hannigan, author of Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the PostmodernMetropolisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Righteous and the Wicked 2. The Unwholesome Allure 3. A Fruitful Containment 4. Organizing Luck 5. Wiseguy Empire 6. When the Suits Come Marching In 7. The Casino Archipelago Epilogue: Odds against Tomorrow
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Knock on Wood Nature as Commodity in DouglasFir Country
Book SynopsisScott Prudham investigates a region that has in recent years seen more environmental conflict than perhaps anywhere else in the country--the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Prudham employs a political economic approach to explain the social and economic conflicts arising from the timber industry''s presence in the region. As well, he provides a thorough accounting of the timber industry itself, tracing its motivations, practices, and labor relations.Trade Review"This book arrived on my desk two days after the U.S. Senate voted down, yet again, legislation that would have begun the process of finally dealing with climate change, albeit in a tiny, timid way. I wish that every member of that chamber could be forced to read this book--to realize that global warming is not some distant threat, but a very present reality. It is a powerful document of witness." -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of NatureTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Political Economy of an Ecological Crisis 2 Working the Land: Production Relations in Logging and Reforestation 3 Industrial Ecologies and Regional Geographies 4 Geographies of Scale and Scope in Lumbering 5 Toward Organic Machines: The Historical Political Economy of Douglas-Fir Tree Improvement 6 Timber and Down: The Rise and Fall of Sustained Yield Regulation in Oregon's Illinois Valley 7 Epilogue: Owls, Ecosystems, and the New Forestry
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Taylor & Francis The Making of the American Landscape
Book SynopsisThe only compact yet comprehensive survey of the environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape.Trade Review"The skillfully interwoven essays in The Making of the American Landscape, Second Edition paint a broad but penetrating picture of the changing character of the continental United States as seen through the lens of landscape change. The volume is a testament to the importance of work in historical geography and a showcase for what it means to seek understanding of a place through the study of landscape."—Alexander Murphy, University of Oregon"This richly illustrated and engagingly written survey of American landscapes provides exactly the right education to begin to see and understand landscape in all its order and variety. The second edition adds some sparkling new chapters, updated information, and attractive photographic color to what is already the standard of excellence for American landscape studies."—John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles "Michael Conzen has re-assembled a superb line up of authors renowned for their capacity to see detail and interpret the big picture. Chapters have been updated, especially through an expanded array of historical and contemporary views of landscapes, and several new authors make this an even more compelling text. "—Deryck Holdsworth, Pennsylvania State University "Everyone who has ever paused to wonder about the many historical features that survive in this sprawling country will enjoy the expertise as well as the enthusiasm that these authors bring to their topic in this second edition. The American landscape gains a whole new dimension."—Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University "With this second edition of The Making of the American Landscape, earlier essays have been substantively revised and new ones added to present critical new perspectives on topics that extend from early American Indian to contemporary mass culture and the utopian dimensions of sustainability. This impressive, wide-ranging history will be a necessary resource. "—Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University "Only a second edition of Michael P. Conzen’s The Making of the American Landscape could be better than the first. Full color maps and photographs along with new chapters on religion, civil society, consumer and utopian landscapes provide fresh insights into how historical forces have physically shaped places and imbued them with meaning."—Anne Knowles, Middlebury College 'Michael Conzen has re-assembled a superb line up of authors renowned for their capacity to see detail and interpret the big picture. Chapters have been updated, especially through an expanded array of historical and contemporary views of landscapes, and several new authors make this an even more compelling text." – Deryck Holdsworth, Pennsylvania State University "Since its publication in 1990, The Making of the American Landscape has remained the best single-volume introduction to the country's cultural landscape mosaic." –Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico, USA"The Making of the American Landscape is, simply stated, an amazing book. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the evolution of landscape. It is also a fine text to be used in classes which focus on historical geography or landscape studies more broadly....There is not a single chapter that this reviewer found disappointing or uninteresting." – Dawn S. Bowen, Department of Geography, University of Mary WashingtonTable of Contents1. Nature’s Bequest 2. Indian Settlement Landscapes 3. Hispanic Landscape Traditions 4. The French Imprint on North America 5. Americanizing English Landscape Habits 6. The Plantation Regime 7. Gridding a National Landscape 8. Clearing the Forests 9. Remaking the Prairies 10. Watering the Deserts 11. Designing American Utopias 12. Inscribing Ethnicity on the Land 13. Organizing Religious Landscapes 14. Mechanizing the American Earth 15. Building American Cityscapes 16. Asserting Central Authority 17. Creating Landscapes of Civil Society 18. Imposing Landscapes of Private Power and Wealth 19. Paving America for the Automobile 20. Developing Corporate Consumption Venues
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated
Book SynopsisA fusion of ecological restoration and sustainable development, restorative redevelopment represents an emerging paradigm for remediating landscapes. Rather than merely fixing the broken bits and pieces of nature, restorative development advocates the reuse of devastated landscapes to improve the value and livability of a location for humans at the same time as effectively reinstating natural processes and functions. Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes explores the use of this approach to address the long-term, sustainable reparation of the fabled marshlands of southern Iraq destroyed by Saddam Hussein, as well as numerous examples of other ecologically sensitive regions.Case studies presented include: Southern marshlands Iraq Hula swamp, Israel Azraq Oasis, Jordan Las Vegas Wash, USA Xochimilco, Mexico Pantanal, Brazil Clark County Wetlands Park, USA Tonle Sap, Table of ContentsBackground. Environmental Restoration Theory and Practice. Environmental Planning Theory and Practice. Desert Wetland Restorations. Wetlands and Nature Reserves. Ecosystems. People. Ecology and Economics. Innovative Approaches and Technologies. Transportation Planning and Design. Alternative Wasterwater Treatment, Reuse, and Infrstructure. Agriculture and Water Management. Epilogue. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking Municipal Privatization New Political
Book SynopsisThis book examines one of the most high-profile municipal privatizationsâthe privatization of New York Cityâs Central Park. The fiscal crisis of the 1970s established the political and cultural opening for privatizations, which were justified on the basis of increasing efficiency. However, as Cooke demonstrates, these justifications were deliberately blind to the social and economic implication of privatization. This fascinating account moves beyond the hackneyed pro- versus anti-privatization debate by reconceptualizing the parkâs privatization as an ensemble of contradictory class effects. It also highlights the immense theoretical and policy space for radically reconsidering and rethinking privatization processes in both the municipal and global contexts.Table of Contents1. Municipal Privatization: An Introduction 1.1 Institutional Forms and Conceptions of Privatization 1.2 New York City’s Privatization Experience During the 1990s 2. The Evolution of the Municipal Privatization Discourse 2.1 The Development of a Theory of Privatization 2.2 A Theory Comes of Age: The 1970s Watershed and Urban Fiscal Crisis 2.3 The Reagan Years 2.4 The 1990s: Reinventing Government 2.5 The Heterodox Terrain of the Privatization Discourse: the 1970s and Early 1980s 2.6 Retrenchment and the Heterodox Discourse of the 1980s 2.7 The Mid- to Late 1980s: Entrepreneurial Government 2.8 The 1990s: Neoliberalism and Globalization 2.9 Critiquing the Discourse: Assessing Methodology and Content 3. A Class Approach to Municipal Privatization 3.1 The Class Process, Classes, and the Subsumed Class Process 3.2 Overdetermination 3.3 The Implications of a Class Approach to Municipal Privatization. Appendix: Post-Privatization Wage Outcomes 4. A Class Analysis of Central Park’s Privatization 4.1 The Historical Backdrop to Central Park’s Privatization 4.2 A Class Analytic Interpretation of Central Park’s Privatization 4.3 Conceptualizing the Central Park Commodity 4.4 The Central Park Commodity’s Production 4.5 A Class Analytic Model of the Central Park Conservancy. Appendix: Estimating the Central Park Commodity’s Cost Price 5. The Class Analytic Implications of Central Park’s Privatization 5.1 Beyond Efficiency and Cost 5.2 The Central Park Conservancy’s Fundraising and the Capitalist Sector 5.3 The Central Park Conservancy’s Fundraising and the Non-profit Sector 5.4 Central Park’s Privatization and Independent and Communist Producers 5.5 Municipal Privatizations as Ensembles 6. Rethinking Municipal Privatization 6.1 Non-Progressive Municipal Privatizations 6.2 Non-Capitalist Enterprises and their Viability in the Context of Municipal Privatization 6.3 Progressive Municipal Privatizations: Democratic Enterprise Formation 6.4 The Policy Merits of Progressive Municipal Privatizations 6.5 Rethinking Municipal Privatization on the Left 7. Rethinking the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises 7.1 The Global Privatization Movement 7.2 The Motives for Privatizations 7.3 Methods of Divestiture 7.4 What Privatizations of State-Owned Enterprises have done and not done: a Class Analytic Interpretation 7.5 Theorizing Progressive Privatizations Involving State-Owned Enterprises 7.6 The Policy Implications of Progressive Privatizations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism Afrikaner
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics. By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and a town, the book extends our understanding of the complex interaction between the GNP/HNP and various organizations of the radical right. The book illustrates, at a local level and using detailed materials, how identity was constructed through a process of excluding some (English, Jew, Coloured) and including others. In addition, it examines the ways in which Afrikaner nationalists of all shades of political opinion conceptualized their relationships with English-speaking South Africans and the ways that the rhetoric of republicanism and anti-imperialism were employed by nationalists. The study exposes the complex and Byzantine nature of Afrikaner nationalist politics, revealing the multiplicity of identities and ideologies co-existing within Afrikanerdom, the cross-cutting allegiances and overlapping loyaltTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Historiographical Survey 1. A Survey of Afrikaner Nationalist Politics at the National Level, 1934-1948 2. Stellenbosch ‘Stands for an Idea’ 3. Electoral Politics and Stellenbosch’s Parliamentary Representatives 4. Kultuur Reclaimed: Afrikaner Nationalist Politics and the Stellenbosch District, 1934-1939 5. Stellenbosch Students’ Political Activities and Concerns 6. Political Professors: Commissions, Committees and Manifestos 7. The Politicization of the Everyday: Nationalist Afrikanerdom and the Politics of the Stellenbosch District, 1939-1948
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Role of the Press and Communication
Book SynopsisIn the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria's democratization in the 1990s was a civil and international movement to free Nigeria from over 20 years of authoritarian military rule. Agbese examines the role and agenda of the Nigerian press in the democratization process, highlighting the grave challenges the Nigerian press faced such as jail, arrest, and assassination in pushing for democratization in Nigeria. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Case Study - Nigeria 4. Research Methodology 5. Findings and Discussion 6. Conclusions, Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Site Carpentry
Book SynopsisThis book deals with sound craftsmanship utilising correct tools and materials. Practical advice on subjects such as framework, design and construction, timberfloor construction and arch centres.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Basic Tool Kit; Chapter 2 Formwork; Chapter 3 Timber Floor Construction; Chapter 4 Centres and Arches; Chapter 5 Shoring; Chapter 6 Roofing; Chapter 7 Stair Construction; Chapter 8 Partitions; Chapter 9 Windows and Doors; Chapter 10 Internal Fitments; Chapter 11 Timber Buildings;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Water Resources Health Environment and
Book SynopsisThis collection addresses the complexities of water management and the impact of environmental developments such as dams, reservoirs and irrigation schemes on public health.The main focus of the book is on vector-borne diseases such as malaria, arboviruses (dengue and encephalitides) and snail- borne schistosomiasis. These are examined from a wide range of intersectoral perspectives which encompass disciplines with often conflicting interests, for instance agriculture, aquaculture, urban development, social development, water management and recreation. The book explains developmental processes, such as the construction of man-made lakes, and addresses broad practical and policy-making issues. Most importantly, the book offers many innovative solutions to assist readers who work in the water industry, whether through administration or science and engineering disciplines.Contributions from an international team of experts provide numerous case studies from around the world (AustrTable of ContentsForeword. Reservoirs, Environmental Processes, Management and Policy. Environmental Indicators of Healthy Water Resources. Water Resources Development and Health: The Policy Perspective. Water Resources Development: Policy Perspectives of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Relation to Food Security. Context and Principles of Environmental Health Impact Assessment. Health Opportunity Assessment in Water Resource Development. Health Opportunities in Water Resources Development: A Course Promoting Intersectoral Collaboration. Ord River Irrigation Area: The Effect of Dam Construction and Irrigation on the Incidence of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus. Safe Management of the Ross River Dam, Northern Australia, in Relation to Recreation and Health. Artificial Wetlands and Mosquito Control in Australia. Environmental Concerns and Recreational Development in Relation to Public Health Issues Associated with Water Resource Projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Tennessee Valley Authority Programme to Control Mosquitoes in Fresh Water Impoundments and Wetlands. Aquaculutre, Anophelines and Environmental Solutions from Indonesia. Socioeconomic and Health Impacts of Water Resources Development in Thailand. Urban Water Resource Problems in Vector-Borne Disease with Special Reference to Dengue Viruses. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Transport Policy and the Environment
Book SynopsisThere is currently considerable concern with limiting the growth of transport demand, the use of resources and related pollution. This book makes a major contribution to the debate on transport and the environment.Trade Review'A fundamental first-stop for planners, environmentalists, academics and policymakers alike.' - Economic and Social Research CouncilTable of ContentsIntroduction. Transport and Global Warming: Modelling the Impacts of Alternative Policies. Forecasting Road Traffic Growth: Demograhpic Change and Alternative Policy Scenarios. Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Transort Sector. Public Attitudes to Transport Issues: Findings from the British Social Attitudes Surveys. Logistical Restructuring, Freight Traffic Growth and the Environment. Part 2: Regional Aspects. Introduction. Unintended Effects of Transport Policies. Transport Provision and Regional Development in Europe:Towards a Framework for Appraisal The Environment, Efficient Pricing and Investment in Transport: Environment, Efficient Pricing and Investment in Transport: A Model and Some Results for the UK. Creating Sustainable Supply Chain: Modelling and Key Relationships. Improving Air Quality: Lessons from California. Part 3: Local Aspects. Introduction. The Location of New Residential Developments: Its Influence on Car-Based Travel. ^ Movement and Mobility in the Post-Fordist City. Greener Transport Towns: Publicly Acceptable, Privately Resisted. Anomolies and Biases in the Contingent Valuation Method. Non-User Benefits from Investment in Urban Light Rail: Evidence from Sheffield. Conclusion. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Water Purification Using Heat Pumps
Book SynopsisThis book is the result of a long-term co-operative research and professional development programme between the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), Mexico, and the University of Salford, UK. It provides the design basis for the fabrication of small and large scale commercial absorption heat pump systems, and includes a comprehensive treatment of the economics of heat pump systems. It charts the development of heat pump technology from theoretical principles to the operation of practical systems for the purification of water, both for human consumption and a wide variety of industrial purposes.In addition to the increasing demand for potable water there is a rapidly increasing demand for clean water in industries ranging from foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals to electronics. This book will be essential reading for industrial engineers and others concerned with the cost-effective, environmentally friendly production of clean water.Trade ReviewTo anyone interested in research or developments in heat-pump assisted water purification, this volume would prove invaluable. The text is clearly written and unambiguous and each chapter is well referenced with up-to-date publications and bibliography. A comprehensive index is also provided. - Applied EnergyTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Design Basis for Mechanical Vapour Compression Heat Pump Systems. Design Basis for Absorption Heat Pumps Operating with Water/Salt Working Pairs. An Experimental Mechanical Vapour Compression Heat Pump Assisted Effluent Purification Unit. An Experimental Absorption Heat Pump Assisted Effluent Purification Unit. Economics of Heat Pump Systems. Alternative Purification Systems and the Future Potential for Heat Pump Technology. Appendices. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Cultured Landscape
Book SynopsisThis book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. The editors, highly regarded in their field, have drawn together a distinguished team of writers who provide unique individual perspectives on contemporary themes from a wide base of knowledge. Altogether, this key international study raises awareness of the landscape and encourages innovative ways of thinking about quality in design.Trade Review'A fitting tribute to a much-missed man.''An ideal starting point for an understanding of the contemporary debates about the role which public landscapes now play in people's lives ... the photographs are very helpful, and give a flavour of contemporary design and masterplanning issues.' - Green Places'An ideal starting point for an understanding of the contemporary debates about the role which public landscapes now play in people's lives ... the photographs are very helpful, and give a flavour of contemporary design and masterplanning issues.' –Green PlacesTable of ContentsForeword Alexander Garvin Introduction Sheila Harvey Part I: The Theoretical, Cultural, Philosophical Implications of Landscape 1. Landscape as a Way of Knowing the World Simon Swaffield 2. Music-Makers and the Dreamers of Dreams John Hopkins Part II: Design Context 3. Making Places Different Alan Tate 4. Designer, Client and User Martha Schwartz Part III: The Benefits of the Process and its Place in the Wider Environmental Agenda 5. Who Benefits from Landscape Architecture? Catharine Ward Thompson 6. The Environmental Agenda – A Personal View Merrick Denton-Thompson Part IV: The Search for a Creative Way Forward 7. The Future: Landscape Design in the 21st Century Peter Neal and John Hopkins
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sports Geography
Book Synopsis''Space'' and ''place'' are concepts central to both geography and sport. Places, for example, are the means of identifying most sports teams, while sport both affects, and is affected by, the physical environment and landscape.In this fully revised and updated edition of his classic, discipline-defining text, John Bale comprehensively explores the relationships between sport, place, location and landscape. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book addresses key topics from the geographical diffusion of modern sport to the economic impact of sport. Also included in this new edition are cutting-edge areas of geographic interest, from the ''geographical imagination'', to postmodern and postcolonial enquiry.Presenting a wealth of research data, as well as the most comprehensive guide to the literature currently available, this accessible text will be indispensable reading for all students of sport, human geography and cultural studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Geographical Bases of Sport 3. The Growth and Globalisation of Sports 4. Regional Dimensions 5. Sport and Location 6. Sport and Welfare Geography 7. Sites, Sights and Senses in Sports 8.Imaginative Geographies of Sports
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Taylor & Francis Housing Design Quality
Book SynopsisThis book directly addresses the major planning debate of our time - the delivery and quality of new housing development. As pressure for new housing development in England increases, a widespread desire to improve the design of the resulting residential environments becomes evermore apparent with increasing condemnation of the standard products of the volume housebuilders.In recent years central government has come to accept the need to deliver higher quality living environments, and the important role of the planning system in helping to raise design standards. Housing Design Quality focuses on this role and in particular on how the various policy instruments available to public authorities can be used in a positive manner to deliver higher quality residential developments.Table of ContentsPart 1: The Context for Delivering Quality 1. Housing Design Quality and Control: The Need for Research Inset 1. Essex County Council - The 'New' Essex Guide 2. Residential Design Control: History and Government Guidance up to 1997 Inset 2. Suffolk County Council - A New Generation Guide 3. The Design Debate and a New Framework for Control Inset 3. Cotswold District Council - Advocating a 'Cotswold Style' 4. The Speculative House: Product and Process Inset 4. North Norfolk District Council - Guiding Negotiation 5. The Fundamentals of Controlling Design Inset 5. Dacorum Borough Council - The Character Area Approach Part 2: Current Practice and Innovation in Control 6. Bridging the Professional Divide Inset 6. London Borough of Harrow - Achieving Suburban Distinctiveness 7. Residential Design Policy and Guidance: A Snapshot of Practice in the 1990s Inset 7. Manchester City Council - Hulme, The 'Design Code' Approach 8. Innovation in the Control of Residential Design Inset 8. Wycombe District Council - Development Briefing for Housing Part 3: The Challenge for Control 9. An Agenda for Delivering Housing Quality Inset 9: West Dorset District Council - The Footprint Solution 10. Towards a Residential Renaissance Inset 10. Sedgemoor District Council - Negotiating Quality Appendices Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Australian Metropolis
Book SynopsisThe Australian Metropolis splendidly fills a huge gap in the literature on Australian cities. It is the definitive account of the history of Australian cities and the crucial role which planning has played in their genesis and growth. Spanning two centuries from the very beginning until the present day, it will instantly become a standard work ' Professor Sir Peter Hall, author of Cities in Civilisation..The Australian Metropolis provides a single-volume introduction to the development of urban planning. It fills the need for a convenient, initial resource for anyone interested in the broad evolutionary sweep of modern planning. By setting the evolution of Australian planning within its broader societal context, The Australian Metropolis presents a balanced appraisal of the positive, negative and ambivalent legacies resulting from attempts to plan Australia's major cities. This book is the winner of two Royal Australian Planning Institute Awards for PlTrade Review'This book fills a glaring gap in the literature of planning history...a set of outstanding essays from experts in their fields, which cover the entire gamut of Australian planning from Botany Bay to the millennium. This admirable book is an unvarnished and dispassionate record of a very special and important planning tradition.' - Sir Peter Hall, Built Environment'The collection of essays effectively combines both planning theory and practice ... The range of academic disciplines from which the contributors come from adds an extra freshness to the work, and makes it relevant to contemporary urban planners and sociologists, as well as urban historians.' - Urban History'Deserves to be read by a wide audience of students, town planners and public policy practitioners ... The book is highly readable and so should find a wide non-specialist audience with an interest in the history of Australian cities and towns.' - Urban Studies'This is a wonderful addition to the history of urban planning in Australia. A very readable text and one I would not hesitate to recommend to any undergraduate student wanting to get an understanding of the development of the Australian Metropolis.' - Ed Wensing, Australian Journal of Environmental Management'The Australian Metropolis has much to commend it, both as a text book and as a general reference. It is well written and edited, the authors make good and appropriate use of figures, and the material and arguments are presented in a accessible fashion.' - Urban Policy and RearchThere is probably no better book to give a succint and clear background to the forces that have shaped Australia's major cities over the past 200 years. - APA Journal, Summer 2002Table of ContentsFigures. Tables. Contributors. Introduction. 1: Founding Cities in Nineteenth-Century Australia. 2: From City Improvement to the City Beautiful. 3: Towards Metropolitan Organisation: Town Planning and Garden City Idea. 4: From Theory to Practice: The Inter-War Years. 5: A New Paradigm: Planning and Reconstruction in the 1940s. 6: The Post-War City. 7: The Corridor City: Planning for Growth in the 1960s 8: Administrative Coordination, Urban Management and Strategic Planning in the 1970s. 9: The Revival of Metropolitan Planning. 10: The Late 1990s: Competitive Versus Sustainable Cities. Notes. Index.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 Geography Spec A
Book Synopsis Help your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography A with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 Geography Spec B
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography B with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Writing Edexcel GCSE 91 Spanish
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Reading AQA GCSE 91 French
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in their GCSE (9-1) studies with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Reading AQA GCSE 91 Spanish
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Writing AQA GCSE 91 French
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Limited Target Grade 5 Writing AQA GCSE 91 German
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History AngloSaxon
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History Superpower
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History Crime and
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History Early
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History Weimar and
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this new series of intervention workbooks.
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Pearson Education Limited A2 Geography for OCR Student Book with LiveText
Book SynopsisThis book supports the new OCR Geography specification."The A2 Student Book and CD-ROM" are accessible, engaging resources tailored to the new specification. They use real-world examples in up-to-date case study material.They are tailored to the specification - we're working closely with OCR's geography team to give you the best support we can. They include in-depth, up-to-date case study material giving real world examples. They provide support for all abilities with stretch and challenge activities for A2 students. Our unique exam cafe gives students a motivating way to prepare thoroughly for their exams. They also include a wealth of resources and support on CD-ROM, including facsimiles of student book pages that can be annotated and manipulated, plus videos, audio files and much more.
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Random House USA Inc The Cay
Book SynopsisFor fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.” But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.“Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this spec
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Elsevier Science Landscape Evolution of ContinentalScale River
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Origin and significance of Bell River concept 2. Bell River delta in Saglek basin of Labrador Sea 3. Three main Bell River tributaries in Canada 4. Bell River headwaters in Montana – paleo-Missouri and paleo-Yellowstone rivers 5. Bell River captures Colorado Plateau and Great Basin drainage 6. Incision of early Grand Canyon 7. Destruction of Bell River 8. Amazon River Analog and implications for other continental-scale river systems 9. Conclusions
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Elsevier Science Satellite Interferometry Data Interpretation and
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. SAR Interferometry 3. Key InSAR technical aspects – description of InSAR technical aspects 4. European Ground Motion Service – description of the service 5. Data analysis and interpretation case studies 6. Interferometric data validation 7. Conclusions
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Elsevier Science Air Conditioning with Natural Energy
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Elsevier Science Decarbonization Strategies and Drivers to Achieve
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Elsevier Science Environmental Geochemistry
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Elsevier Science Early Continent Evolution of the North China
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Elsevier Science Fundamentals of Membrane Separation Technology
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Definition, Classification, Material, Preparation and Application of Membrane 3. Microfiltration 4. Ultrafiltration 5. Nanofiltration 6. Reverse Osmosis 7. Pervaporation 8. Gas separation 9. Electrodialysis and Ion exchange membrane 10. Membrane Reactor
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Elsevier Science Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from
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Elsevier Science Flood Forecasting
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Woodhead Publishing Geotechnical Interpretations in Field Practice
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Elsevier Science Nanotechnologybased Sensors for Detection of
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Elsevier Science Machine Learning in Earth Environmental and
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Dataset Preparation 2. Pre-processing approaches 3. Post-processing approaches 4. Non-tuned single-layer feed-forward neural network Learning Machine – Concept 5. Non-tuned single-layer feed-forward neural network Learning Machine – Coding and implementation 6. Outlier-based models of the non-tuned neural network – Concept 7. Outlier-based models of the non-tuned neural network – Coding and implementation 8. Online Sequential non-tuned neural network – Concept 9. Online Sequential non-tuned neural network – Coding and implementation 10. Self-Adaptive Evolutionary of non-tuned neural network – Concept 11. Self-Adaptive Evolutionary of non-tuned neural network – Coding and implementation
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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Biochar Production for Green Economy
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Elsevier Science Living With Climate Change
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Elsevier Science Aromatic PlantBased Phytoremediation
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Elsevier Science Advances in Ecological Research Roadmaps Part B
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