ilość książek w kategorii: 7206
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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132,51 zł |
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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106,00 zł |
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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730,42 zł |
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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894,96 zł |
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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247,08 zł |
Globalization and Urban Implosion: Creating New Competitive Advantage
ISBN: 9783540705116 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past twenty years, globalization has rendered many economic and social urban functions obsolete. Large cities face a form of implosion, which necessitates a rethinking of both contents and containers. This book will mainly concentrate on the latter aspect. Thus, the need to replace old functions with new ones is clear, especially within complex urban areas where the connections between public and private assets are strongest. In this context, new forms of urban models, Public Private Partnerships, tools and "drivers" - various decision makers who have to operate within complex urban... In the past twenty years, globalization has rendered many economic and social urban functions obsolete. Large cities face a form of implosion, whic... |
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389,09 zł |
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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389,09 zł |
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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201,44 zł |
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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583,65 zł |
GIS in Der Stadtentwicklung: Methodik Und Fallbeispiele
ISBN: 9783540632313 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wo sind unter Ber cksichtigung der aktuellen Inanspruchnahme und Inwertsetzung naturr umlicher Ressourcen neue Baugebiete am ehesten zu realisieren? In welchen st dtischen Teilr umen ist die Lebensqualit t derart belastet, da deren Verschlechterung abzuwenden und wohnumfeldverbessernde Ma nahmen einzuleiten sind? Solche und hnliche Fragen verlangen eine sinnvolle Abgrenzung und Bewertung st dtischer Teilr ume auf der Basis umfangreicher Daten. Geographische Informationssysteme k nnen dabei wertvolle Dienste leisten. Hier wird u.a. gezeigt, wie mit Hilfe geographischer Informationssysteme und...
Wo sind unter Ber cksichtigung der aktuellen Inanspruchnahme und Inwertsetzung naturr umlicher Ressourcen neue Baugebiete am ehesten zu realisieren? I...
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290,91 zł |
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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428,00 zł |
Progress in Spatial Data Handling: 12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling
ISBN: 9783540355885 / Angielski / Twarda / 942 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the first symposium in 1984 the International Symposia on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) has become a major resource for recent advances in GIS research. The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling is regarded as a premier international research forum for GIS. All papers are fully reviewed by an international program committee composed of experts in the field. Since the first symposium in 1984 the International Symposia on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) has become a major resource for recent advances in GIS ... |
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778,22 zł |
Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture
ISBN: 9783540727446 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. Both structural and non-structural measures can be used to reduce the impacts of the variability (including extremes) of climate resources on crop production. While the structural measures include strategies such as irrigation, water harvesting, windbreaks etc., the non-structural measures include use of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts, improved application of medium-range weather forecasts and crop... In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems p... |
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778,22 zł |
Computer-Aided Systems in Public Transport
ISBN: 9783540733119 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This proceedings volume consists of selected papers presented at the Ninth Int- national Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport (CASPT 2004), which was held at the Hilton San Diego Resort and Conference Center in San Diego, California, USA, from August 9-11, 2004. The CASPT 2004 conference is the continuation of a series of international workshops and conferences prese- ing recent research and progress in computer-aided scheduling in public transport. Previous workshops and conferences were held in: Chicago (1975) Leeds (1980) Montreal (1983 and 1990) Hamburg (1987)...
This proceedings volume consists of selected papers presented at the Ninth Int- national Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport (...
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661,48 zł |
Rural Analysis and Management: An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science
ISBN: 9783540733423 / Angielski / Twarda / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handbookpossesses two virtues that are becomingincreasingly dif?cult to ?nd together. The ?rst one is providing a novel and original scheme to analyze the rural areas of the planet in the context of Earth sciences. The handbook is so original in its plan that it actually de?nes what modern rural science is. The scheme followed, albeit new, is rooted in a venerable geographical tradition and presents a sensible balance between the academic and the applied viewpoints. This novel way of stu- ing rural areas represents by itself a valuable contribution to this complex ?eld. The second virtue...
This handbookpossesses two virtues that are becomingincreasingly dif?cult to ?nd together. The ?rst one is providing a novel and original scheme to an...
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389,09 zł |
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Entrepreneurship and Higher Education
ISBN: 9789264044098 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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237,55 zł |
The Polycentric Metropolis: Learning from Mega-City Regions in Europe
ISBN: 9781844077472 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fresh 21st century urban phenomenon is emerging: the networked polycentric mega-city region. This book describes and analyses eight such regions in North West Europe. It shows how businesses interrelate and communicate in geographical space - within each region, between them, and with the wider world.
A fresh 21st century urban phenomenon is emerging: the networked polycentric mega-city region. This book describes and analyses eight such regions in ...
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579,30 zł |
Survival and Sustainability: Environmental Concerns in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9783540959908 / Angielski / Twarda / 1514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written from the International Conference on Environment, this volume discusses strategies to minimize environmental threats. The need for interdisciplinary collaboration on a global scale is emphasized, and the book presents a step forward in this direction. Written from the International Conference on Environment, this volume discusses strategies to minimize environmental threats. The need for interdis... |
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1167,35 zł |
State of the World's Cities 2008/9: Harmonious Cities
ISBN: 9781844076956 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cities are perhaps one of humanity's most complex creations, never finished, never definitive. They are like a journey that never ends. Their evolution is determined by their ascent into greatness or their descent into decline. They are the past, the present and the future. Cities contain both order and chaos. In them reside beauty and ugliness, virtue and vice. They can bring out the best or the worst in humankind. They are the physical manifestation of history and culture and incubators of innovation, industry, technology, entrepreneurship and creativity. Cities are the materialization... Cities are perhaps one of humanity's most complex creations, never finished, never definitive. They are like a journey that never ends. Their evolu... |
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216,55 zł |
Managing European Coasts: Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9783540234548 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an "edge for society" providing a significant contribution to the life support systems. Goods and services derived from coastal systems depend strongly on multiple transboundary interactions with the land, atmosphere, open ocean and sea bottom. Increasing demands on coastal resources driven by human habitation, food security, recreation and transportation accelerate the exploitation of the coastal landscape and water bodies. Many coastal areas and human activities are subject to increasing risks from natural and man-induced...
Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an "edge for society" providing a significant contribution to the life support syst...
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778,22 zł |