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Children's Participation : The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care
ISBN: 9781853833229 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Children are by far the most committed age group on environmental issues, and their enthusiasm can be effectively used in making environmental improvements while contributing to their education. This book explains how they can be given constructive and important roles in contributing to sustainability. It provides many detailed case studies from around the world, and is illustrated throughout.
Children are by far the most committed age group on environmental issues, and their enthusiasm can be effectively used in making environmental improve...
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213,70 |
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City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development
ISBN: 9781842775400 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing unprecedented population surges. The problems surrounding this influx of people - slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance - have been well-documented.
This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to deal with these challenges. Pieterse argues that the current 'shelter for all' and 'urban good governance' policies treat only... Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing wo...
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Living with Uncertainty: New Directions in Pastoral Development in Africa
ISBN: 9781853392351 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.
The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines...
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136,65 |
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Infrastructure Planning
ISBN: 9780727727473 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces engineers to the principles and procedures necessary for infrastructure planning in rapidly developing regions. It covers the technical methods required in planning for infrastructure provision from base-line studies and problem definition through to the sepcification for a set of projects. The book also discusses the political factors that affect the decision-making process and demonstrates, through case studies, how the technical and political perspectives come together in the finished plan.
This book introduces engineers to the principles and procedures necessary for infrastructure planning in rapidly developing regions. It covers the tec...
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293,21 |
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Site Fights: Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West
ISBN: 9780801446191 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five hundred municipalities across Japan to show that planners deliberately seek out acquiescent and unorganized communities for such facilities in order to minimize conflict. When... One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse conseque... |
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Urban Growth Management and Its Discontents: Promises, Practices, and Geopolitics in U.S. City-Regions
ISBN: 9781403975249 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates spatial planning for growth management in the contemporary USA. It discusses the neglected relationship between the actual environmental results of various state growth management systems and the geographically diverse politics of discontent with these various systems.
This book introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates spatial planning for growth management in the contemporary USA. It discusses the neglected relationsh...
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201,24 |
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Integrating Climate Change Actions Into Local Development
ISBN: 9781844075522 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing body of literature is now being developed that points to actual and potential synergies and trade-offs between responses to climate change and sustainability. This literature has evolved in a spontaneous way with diverse approaches and no common methodology to help practitioners explicitly plan for these synergies.This special issue of the Climate Policy journal addresses this gap between scientific knowledge and practitioners' needs by focussing...
To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing bo...
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437,16 |
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Land in Transition: Reform and Poverty in Rural Vietnam
ISBN: 9780821372746 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a case study of Vietnam's efforts to fight poverty using market-oriented land reforms. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country undertook major institutional reforms, and an impressive reduction in poverty followed. But what role did the reforms play? Did the efficiency gains from reform come at a cost to equity? Were there both winners and losers? Was rising rural landlessness in the wake of reforms a sign of success or failure? 'Land in Transition' investigates the impacts on living standards of the two stages of land law reform: in 1988, when land was allocated to households...
This book is a case study of Vietnam's efforts to fight poverty using market-oriented land reforms. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country undertook majo...
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121,40 |
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Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects
ISBN: 9780815786016 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, or experiments on key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas? What can we say about what works, what doesn't, and why? And what does this knowledge and experience imply for future policy questions? The authors take a fresh look at several different issues (e.g., economic development,... The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on variou... |
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The Road More Traveled: Why the Congestion Crisis Matters More Than You Think, and What We Can Do about It
ISBN: 9780742551138 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Road More Traveled shines a new light on the problem of traffic congestion in this easily accessible book. You'll learn how we can reclaim our mobility if we are willing to follow successful examples from overseas, where innovations in infrastructure and privatization have made other nations stronger and more competitive. By thoroughly debunking the myths that keep our policy makers trapped in traffic, this book argues that we can and should build our way out of congestion and into a fast-paced future.
The Road More Traveled shines a new light on the problem of traffic congestion in this easily accessible book. You'll learn how we can reclaim our mob...
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121,44 |
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Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality
ISBN: 9781592138968 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Restructuring the Philadelphia Region" offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer them...
"Restructuring the Philadelphia Region" offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalitie...
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Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality
ISBN: 9781592138975 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the investigations about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. This title discovers the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of over 350 separate localities. It also portrays the region's uneven development.
Presents the investigations about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. This title discovers the special patterns of opportunity...
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121,40 |
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Innovation, Inclusion, and Integration: From Transition to Convergence in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
ISBN: 9780821375389 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid growth in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the Russian financial crisis of 1998 has moved 50 million people out of 400 million out of absolute poverty. This has been brought about by productivity growth, which allowed broad-based increases in real wages, together with the use of public transfers to benefit those who were not part of the labor force. In the new member states of the European Union that are the furthest advanced in the transition to a market economy, productivity growth is increasingly driven by improvements in how production is organized and carried out at...
Rapid growth in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the Russian financial crisis of 1998 has moved 50 million people out of 400 million o...
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101,97 |
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Planning for a Sustainable Environment
ISBN: 9781853831454 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on the pressures of urban development, this study explains how planners and policy-makers can achieve a sustainable environment. The author examines the nature of environmental planning and the main areas where changes must be made, such as energy, pollution and waste control.
Focusing on the pressures of urban development, this study explains how planners and policy-makers can achieve a sustainable environment. The author e...
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Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World
ISBN: 9781844070916 / Angielski / Twarda / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most low-income countries will become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical to those countries - their societies, economies, and environments. This book focuses on population dynamics, social and economic differentiation, and fertility and reproductive health.
Most low-income countries will become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical to tho...
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510,07 |
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Technology, Management and Society
ISBN: 9780434903962 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of twelve essays on technology and management and their relationship to, and interaction with, human society. This work helps the reader to grasp and savour some of the essential ideas and philosophy that have been expanded into the authors various books.
A collection of twelve essays on technology and management and their relationship to, and interaction with, human society. This work helps the reader ...
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165,11 |
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Strategic Environmental Assessment
ISBN: 9781853831478 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to strategic environmental assessment (SEA), which considers the environmental impact of various global policies and programmes. The text reviews the current status of SEA, evaluates its application in various countries and analyzes its future importance.
An introduction to strategic environmental assessment (SEA), which considers the environmental impact of various global policies and programmes. The t...
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145,69 |
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State Policies to Manage Growth & Protect Open Space
ISBN: 9781590338971 / Angielski / Miękka / 131 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many states have been actively addressing the closely-related issues of sprawl and loss of open space in recent years by working to manage growth and protect remaining open spaces. The mix of issues and levels of activity vary widely from state to state. Federal polices and programs have impacts on these issues, both direct and indirect, and both positive and negative. Federal policies and programs with an impact include transportation, housing, the environment, and agriculture, among others, and others have important but less direct effects, such as the federal tax code. Some federal...
Many states have been actively addressing the closely-related issues of sprawl and loss of open space in recent years by working to manage growth and ...
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194,26 |
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Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management
ISBN: 9781853834707 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban authorities and organizations are responsible for providing the basic services that affect the lives of urban children. This book helps them understand and respond to the rights and requirements of children and adolescents. It looks at the responsibilities that authorities face, and discusses practical measures for meeting their obligations.
Urban authorities and organizations are responsible for providing the basic services that affect the lives of urban children. This book helps them und...
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223,41 |
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American National Parks: Current Issues & Developments
ISBN: 9781594540844 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. National parks are supposed to provide a place of solace, reflection, observing beauty, learning, peace and recreation. Their beauty and resources, however, have also attracted plunders, developers and the jealous glances of greedy government officials. The National Park Service has responsibility for administering the 378 diverse units comprising 83.4 million acres of land. The NPS has done a good job in an extremely difficult mission. The book brings together the key issues threatening American national parks while at the same time shedding light on specific parks. Contents: Preface;...
National parks are supposed to provide a place of solace, reflection, observing beauty, learning, peace and recreation. Their beauty and resources, ho...
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