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China and Europe: The Implications of the Rise of China for European Space
ISBN: 9780415516853 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the likely long-term implications of this shift to Asia for the cities and regions of Europe? To just 'wait and see' cannot be the response, nor the hope that the attractiveness of Asia will diminish over time and that the economic growth will slow down. Will Europe be able to retain its economic power? There is a need to think about possible futures for the cities and regions of Europe when industrial production is reduced, when high-tech and bio-tech industries do not compensate for the loss of industrial jobs, when Europe's supremacy in financial services is eroding, or even when...
What are the likely long-term implications of this shift to Asia for the cities and regions of Europe? To just 'wait and see' cannot be the response, ...
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107,95 zł |
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The New Urban Economics: And Alternatives
ISBN: 9780415860475 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was first published in 1977.
This book was first published in 1977.
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107,95 zł |
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Understanding Advanced Chemistry Through Problem Solving: The Learner's Approach - Volume 1
ISBN: 9789814590983 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written for students taking either the University of Cambridge Advanced Level examinations or the International Baccalaureate examinations, this guidebook covers essential topics and concepts under both stipulated chemistry syllabi. The book is written in such a way as to guide the reader through the understanding and applications of essential chemical concepts using the problem solving approach. The authors have also retained the popular discourse feature from their previous two books - Understanding Advanced Physical Inorganic Chemistry and Understanding Advanced Organic and Analytical...
Written for students taking either the University of Cambridge Advanced Level examinations or the International Baccalaureate examinations, this guide...
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108,30 zł |
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Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They Conflict?
ISBN: 9780815719335 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Advocates of growth management and smart growth often propose policies that raise housing prices, thereby making housing less affordable to many households trying to buy or rent homes. Such policies include urban growth boundaries, zoning restrictions on multi-family housing, utility district lines, building permit caps, and even construction moratoria. Does this mean there is an inherent conflict between growth management and smart growth on the one hand, and creating more affordable housing on the other? Or can growth management and smart growth promote policies that help increase the... Advocates of growth management and smart growth often propose policies that raise housing prices, thereby making housing less affordable to many ho... |
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108,52 zł |
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When Mayors Take Charge: School Governance in the City
ISBN: 9780815790433 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap. Activist mayors in several major cities have responded by taking control of their public schools. When Mayors Take Charge is the most up-to-date assessment available on this phenomenon. It brings together the topic's leading experts to analyze the factors and people driving the trend, its achievements and shortcomings, its prospects for the future, and ways to improve it. Part One of the book assesses the results... Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing migh... |
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108,52 zł |
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Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast After Katrina and Rita
ISBN: 9780815721499 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Commentary and analysis typically focused on what went wrong in the post-disaster emergency response. This forward-looking book, however, presents a more cautiously optimistic view about the region's ability to bounce back after multiple disasters. Catastrophes come in different formshurricanes, recessions, and oil spills, to name a few. It is imperative that we learn how best to rebuild in the wake of disasters and what capacities and conditions are needed to improve future resilience. Since the devastating summer of 2005,... Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Commentary and analysis typically focused on what went wrong in the post-disaster em... |
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108,52 zł |
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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
ISBN: 9781119564812 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,57 zł |
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Checking Out: What the Rise of the Sharing Economy Means for the Future of the Hotel Industry
ISBN: 9781472968722 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,57 zł |
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The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets
ISBN: 9781349934331 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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109,17 zł |
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Housing Market Dynamics in Africa
ISBN: 9781349951208 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for policy makers and other stakeholders on how best to provide affordable housing and alleviate Africa's housing deficit.
But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for p...
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109,21 zł |
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Csr in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Nachhaltigkeits-Transformation in Der Wirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft Und Politik
ISBN: 9783662541890 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 439 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entwicklungen im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) im Themenfeld Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aus vollig unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Dabei werden die Erfahrungen und das Fachwissen von zahlreichen nordrhein-westfalischen CSR-Experten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik strukturiert aufgearbeitet. Leser erhalten so einen umfassenden Uberblick zum Themenfeld CSR und praxisorientiertes Insiderwissen aus der nordrhein-westfalischen Wirtschaft. Das Buch liefert einen wertvollen Beitrag fur die zukunftige Ausrichtung und...
Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entwicklungen im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) im Themenfeld Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aus vollig unters...
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109,33 zł |
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Black Utah: Stories from a Thriving Community
ISBN: 9781737200079 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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111,62 zł |
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Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention
ISBN: 9780814338711 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one of the most complex urban environments in the world. In Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention, John Gallagher argues that Detroit's experience can offer valuable lessons to other cities that are, or will soon be, dealing with the same broken municipal model. A follow-up to his award-winning 2010 work, Reimagining Detroit, this volume looks at Detroit's successes and failures in confronting its considerable... After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one o... |
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112,51 zł |
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Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City
ISBN: 9780814334690 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacant-from a quarter to a third of the city -a level of emptiness that creates a landscape unlike any other big city. Author John Gallagher, who has covered urban redevelopment for the "Detroit Free Press" for two decades, spent a year researching what is going on in Detroit precisely because of its open space and the dire economic times we face. Instead of presenting another account of the city's decline, "Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City" showcases the innovative community-building work... Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacant-from a quarter to a third of the city -a level of emptiness that creates a l... |
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112,69 zł |
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The Practice and Politics of DIY Urbanism in African Cities
ISBN: 9781786999023 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,40 zł |
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Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus
ISBN: 9789971698164 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpin Singaporean exceptionalism are no longer accepted as easily and readily as before. Among these are the ideas that the country is uniquely vulnerable, that this vulnerability limits its policy and political options, that good governance demands a degree of political consensus that ordinary democratic arrangements cannot produce, and that the country s success requires a competitive meritocracy accompanied by relatively little income or wealth...
Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpi...
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113,73 zł |
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The Urban Economy
ISBN: 9780393092431 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,74 zł |
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Urban Development 2120
ISBN: 9781949991093 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,91 zł |
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Temperatism, Volume II: Doing Good Through Business With a Social Conscience
ISBN: 9781949443622 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,91 zł |
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State of Urban Services in India's Cities: Spending and Financing
ISBN: 9780198065388 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With increasing population and expanding demand for urban infrastructure services, the capacities of local governments in many developing and newly industrialized countries are overburdened. Adequate infrastructure is not only necessary for increasing productivity but also raising the general quality of living.
Given the primacy of municipal finances and the importance of public service delivery for cities to become engines of economic growth, this book answers two questions: Does finance, or more specifically low expenditure, explain the state of poor service delivery? If the answer to... With increasing population and expanding demand for urban infrastructure services, the capacities of local governments in many developing and newly in...
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116,22 zł |