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Building Prosperity: Housing and Economic Development
ISBN: 9781844076338 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a much-needed account, with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic growth and development by an author in a unique position to understand its importance and the practical measures for delivering that growth.While the linkages between housing and the macroeconomic environment in developed countries has been studied, the case of developing and transitional countries has been mostly overlooked. The author establishes these linkages with great clarity, supported by detailed case studies chosen to reflect regional diversity as well as differences in...
This book is a much-needed account, with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic growth and development by an author in a uniqu...
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254,64 |
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Knowledge of the Land: Land Resources Information and Its Use in Rural Development
ISBN: 9780198296010 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique book focuses on natural resources surveys, and how their information is used in land-use planning, environmental impact assessment, strategic planning, and policy making. It offers numerous practical examples and up-to-date references.
This unique book focuses on natural resources surveys, and how their information is used in land-use planning, environmental impact assessment, strate...
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899,49 |
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Modelling Environmental Dynamics: Advances in Geomatic Solutions
ISBN: 9783540684893 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modelling environmental dynamics is critical to understanding and predicting the evolution of the environment in response to the large number of influences including urbanisation, climate change and deforestation. Simulation and modelling provide support for decision making in environmental management. The first chapter introduces terminology and provides an overview of methodological modelling approaches which may be applied to environmental and complex dynamics. Based on this introduction this book illustrates various models applied to a large variety of themes: deforestation in tropical... Modelling environmental dynamics is critical to understanding and predicting the evolution of the environment in response to the large number of in... |
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603,81 |
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Urban Development: Lessons from the South
ISBN: 9780230525320 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban development cooperation needs innovative solutions. Despite many efforts, international assistance has failed to address the challenges faced by cities in developing countries. This book seeks to raise awareness about the value of corporate social responsibility as a tool in urban development assistance.
Urban development cooperation needs innovative solutions. Despite many efforts, international assistance has failed to address the challenges faced by...
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201,24 |
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Regional Analysis and Policy: The Greek Experience
ISBN: 9783790820850 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Regional development is attracting the attention of policy makers and scientists again, as regions, urban centers and rural areas, experience substantial pressures, particularly in Europe, as a consequence of globalization and geopolitical changes which lead to changes in spatial structures and dynamics. This book is based on the contributions of Greek regional science research presented at the 2006 Congress of the European Regional Science Association at Volos, Greece. The contributions selected to be presented in this book address these changes offering a fresh look into regional... Regional development is attracting the attention of policy makers and scientists again, as regions, urban centers and rural areas, experience subst... |
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402,53 |
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Environmental Change and Human Security: Recognizing and Acting on Hazard Impacts
ISBN: 9781402085499 / Angielski / Twarda / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental and Human Security: Then and Now 1 2 ALAN D. HECHT AND P. H. LIOTTA * 1 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development 2 Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy Salve Regina University 1. Nontraditional Threats to Security The events of September 11, 2001 have sharpened the debate over the meaning of being secure. Before 9/11 there were warnings in all parts of the world that social and environmental changes were occurring. While there was prosperity in North America and Western Europe, there was also increasing recognition that local...
Environmental and Human Security: Then and Now 1 2 ALAN D. HECHT AND P. H. LIOTTA * 1 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Dev...
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805,10 |
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Social Regionalism in the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780415480529 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Regional trade agreements have expanded exponentially over the past decade, and have become a significant, if controversial, factor in the expanse of economic globalization. Social Regionalism in the Global Economy attempts to take a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to addressing labour regulation by drawing upon insights from industrial relations, comparative capitalism, and new governance schools of thought. It stands for the proposition that an interdisciplinary study of regional regulation holds the potential to offer a fuller account of social regionalism. Its focus is to consider how...
Regional trade agreements have expanded exponentially over the past decade, and have become a significant, if controversial, factor in the expanse of ...
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759,15 |
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The Everyday Resilience of the City: How Cities Respond to Terrorism and Disaster
ISBN: 9780230546738 / Angielski / Twarda / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawing on deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemporary Britain. It argues that resilience is neither new nor necessarily about protecting ordinary people, but part of a long struggle over the control of cities.
This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawing on deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemp...
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402,53 |
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The New Dimensions of the European Landscapes
ISBN: 9781402029103 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Frontis Publication is based on the workshop on The New Dimensions of the European Landscape that was held in Wageningen on 10-12 June 2002. The workshop was aiming to develop visions on the landscape in Europe, its development and design in the future and to strengthen the international network in landscape planning. This book contains the majority of the contributions; only a few have not been included due to various reasons.The European Landscape is under stress of globalization, the disappearance of the iron curtain and the recent EU enlargement to 25 countries. The European...
This Frontis Publication is based on the workshop on The New Dimensions of the European Landscape that was held in Wageningen on 10-12 June 2002. The ...
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402,53 |
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Managing Public Services Innovation: The Experience of English Housing Associations
ISBN: 9781861342942 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Innovation is promoted to improve performance and increase the quality of services provided by public service organisations. Managing public services innovation provides the first in-depth exploration of innovation and the management of innovation in the housing association sector. Drawing on longitudinal case studies and data sets, including the Housing Corporation's Innovation and Good Practice database, Managing public services innovation: indicates that housing associations have innovative capacity and classifies innovation in the sector;identifies the 'innovative housing association' and...
Innovation is promoted to improve performance and increase the quality of services provided by public service organisations. Managing public services ...
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Housing, Social Policy and Difference: Disability, Ethnicity, Gender and Housing
ISBN: 9781861343055 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This book provides an invaluable overview of key issues set in the context of housing.Touching on concerns ranging from minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated in housing. It deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective which is applicable to other...
Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central ques...
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438,22 |
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Changing Places: Housing Association Policy and Practice on Nominations and Lettings
ISBN: 9781861345073 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report provides the first detailed assessment of housing association allocations policies for over 10 years. Since 1992, when the last national study of this kind was published, the sector has changed out of all recognition. In particular, stock transfer has not only expanded, but also altered the character of this segment of the housing market in a fundamental way.Carried out in 2001-02, and funded by the Housing Corporation, the research focuses on the largest 250 'general needs' RSLs in England, nearly half of which are now transfer associations. It looks at the way that policies and...
This report provides the first detailed assessment of housing association allocations policies for over 10 years. Since 1992, when the last national s...
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135,14 |
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Maturing Assets: The Evolution of Stock Transfer Housing Associations
ISBN: 9781861345455 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report presents the findings of the first in-depth research into the nature of the organisations being created through the stock transfer process; their organisational culture, governance arrangements and staff management practices. It also investigates the role of Transfer HAs as developers and their evolving relationships with the local authorities. It asks critical questions such as: . vbTab]How different are transfer HAs from traditional Housing Associations?. vbTab]To what extent can they be considered "a new breed of dynamic RSLs (Registered Social Landlords)"?. vbTab]How far have...
This report presents the findings of the first in-depth research into the nature of the organisations being created through the stock transfer process...
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103,06 |
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Community Development in Asia and the Pacific
ISBN: 9780415998741 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues. Both developed and developing countries have been reemphasizing the importance of community development and have introduced several schemes or programs for overall development. Manohar Pawar familiarizes readers with the region, presents the major social, economic and political issues, looks at values and principles, and critically analyses challenges and shows opportunities for community development... There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, pol... |
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783,64 |
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Transportation Systems Analysis: Models and Applications
ISBN: 9780387758565 / Angielski / Twarda / 742 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science is made of facts just as a house is made of bricks, but a collection of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house. Henri Poincare Theaimofthedisciplinesofpraxisisnottheoreticalknowledge. . . . Itistochangetheforms ofaction. . . . Aristotle Transportation systems consist not only of the physical and organizational e- ments that interact with each other to produce transportation opportunities, but also of the demand that takes advantage of such opportunities to travel from one place to another. This travel demand, in turn, is the result of interactions among the v- ious...
Science is made of facts just as a house is made of bricks, but a collection of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house. Henri Poinc...
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1006,38 |
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Cities and Water: A Handbook for Planning
ISBN: 9780786434695 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Droughts, global warming and rising infrastructure costs have brought new attention to water as both an urban planning and an environmental issue. This volume presents many best-practice case studies to show how cities and towns throughout the United States are restoring their wetlands, watersheds, rivers, beaches, and harbors even as rapid urbanization has put more stress on water supplies. These collected accounts are designed to educate citizens and public officials about water-related issues and future concerns. Regional and national resource directories are included.
Droughts, global warming and rising infrastructure costs have brought new attention to water as both an urban planning and an environmental issue. Thi...
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221,82 |
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Visualizing Sustainable Planning
ISBN: 9783540882022 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. we are a part of, the current discussions of global recession in the media alerts us to the occasional perils of the globalized economic system. The globally dispersed, intricately integrated, and hyper-complex socio-economic-ecological system is d- ficult to analyze, comprehend and communicate without effective visualization tools. Given that planners are at the frontlines in the effort to prepare as well as build res- ience in the impacted communities, appropriate visualization tools are indispensable for effective planning. Second, planners have largely been slow to incorporate the...
we are a part of, the current discussions of global recession in the media alerts us to the occasional perils of the globalized economic system. The g...
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402,53 |
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State of the World's Cities 2008/9: Harmonious Cities
ISBN: 9781844076963 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book adopts the concept of Harmonious Cities as a theoretical framework in order to understand today's urban world, and also as an operational tool to confront the most important challenges facing urbanization and development processes. For the first time, preliminary findings of a global analysis of spatial, socio-economic and environmental dimensions at the city level are presented in order to promote greater understanding of the dynamics and forces that promote harmony in cities. The book also analyses the determinants of urban growth or decline, which can help guide planners in...
This book adopts the concept of Harmonious Cities as a theoretical framework in order to understand today's urban world, and also as an operational to...
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166,52 |
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Geocomputation and Urban Planning
ISBN: 9783540899297 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The geocomputational expression is related to the development and application of new theories, methods and tools in order to provide better solutions to complex geographical problems. This text covers new urban applications of geocomputational analysis.
The geocomputational expression is related to the development and application of new theories, methods and tools in order to provide better solutions ...
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603,81 |
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Engaging Public Sector Clients: From Service-Delivery to Co-Production
ISBN: 9780230223769 / Angielski / Twarda / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring three rich cases across three countries, this book shows how government organizations need their clients to contribute time and effort to co-producing public services, and how organizations can better elicit this work from them, by providing good client service and appealing to their intrinsic needs and social values.
Exploring three rich cases across three countries, this book shows how government organizations need their clients to contribute time and effort to co...
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442,79 |
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