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This brief comparatively reviews the security and safety features of hotels and home sharing services. It reviews crime data, laws, and applicable theories – such as defensible space, rational choice, and routine activity theories - to determine how responsibility for...
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Springer
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2020-11-09
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This book explains the causes, process, and results of group disputes in urban communities (the empirical experiences from Shanghai) in China. It explores the means and characteristics of as well as the differences in conflict resolution in various forms of...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-06
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What does it mean to be a man in the twenty-first century? How can today's men lead a more fulfilling existence? Masculinity has reached a moment of crisis. From the erosion of unifying institutions such as marriage to a rise in male suicide rates, the last century and...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2020-11-05
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Urbanization has long been a focus of bioarchaeological research, but what is missing from the literature is an exploration of the geographic and temporal range of human biological, demographic, and sociocultural responses to this major shift in settlement pattern....
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Springer
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2020-11-05
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Research Ethics for Human Geography is a lively and engaging introduction to key ethical issues in geographical research by leading figures in the discipline. It addresses the wide range of ethical issues involved in collecting, analysing and writing up research across...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2020-11-04
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This book provides a detailed description of sustainable tourism development in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Though the Uttarakhand Himalaya is bestowed with numerous locales of tourists/pilgrims’ interests, tourism has not yet been developed substantially.This book...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-04
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The emergence of sharing mobility is having a profound impact on urban landscapes. In fact, it is deeply affecting the traditional organization of local services by calling into question how urban transportation is planned, and by redesigning city spaces. Further, by...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-02
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UNIPA Springer Series
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This book aims to present the results of research in the sphere of business language and culture, as well as the experience of pedagogical staff and practitioners concerned with broadly understood business. The highly complex nature of contemporary business environment,...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-01
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This book is the first to celebrate the stories of this group of Aboriginal mentors and leaders and present them in a form that is accessible to both academic and general audiences. In this book, Aboriginal sport coaches from all over Australia share stories about their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-10-31
Collection :
Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World
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This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-10-30
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This second open access book in a series of three volumes examines the repertoire of policies and programmes led by EU Member States to engage with their nationals residing abroad. Focusing on sending states’ engagement in the area of social protection, this book shows...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-10-30
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In Remarkable People, Dan Walker, the host of BBC1's Breakfast, recounts inspiring stories of the courage and selflessness of people he has met throughout his career. An uplifting tonic for the darkness and negativity of recent times.We live in an age of anxiety,...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2020-10-29
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Kennen Sie das auch? Sie können nicht einschlafen, wälzen sich rastlos im Bett, grübeln und hadern, schlafen zwar ein, aber schon bald wieder auf und können nur schwer wieder einschlafen? Und morgens sind Sie wie gerädert und zerschlagen. Doch es gibt Linderung! Dr. Eva...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2020-10-28
Collection :
Für Dummies
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The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Going further than earlier conceptions of the human–environment relationship, Anthropocene science proposes that human activity is tipping the whole Earth system into a new state, with...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-10-28
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Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversations emerged this book in which Bauman shows himself to be the pre-eminent social thinker for which he became world renowned, a...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-10-28
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This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between community resilience and family resilience, identifying contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level. Scholars and practitioners focus on how community-level policies and programs facilitate...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-10-27
Collection :
Emerging Issues in Family and Individual Resilience
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Since prehistoric times and throughout the course of human evolution, wood has been an integral part of all civilizations. Wooden Cultural Heritage can be found worldwide, providing valuable information on the social and economic context of human history. Nonetheless,...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-10-27
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, definition, causes, effects, impacts and implications of climate change on young people globally, with a focus on Small Island Communities (SIDS) in particular. The text highlights the key...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-10-27
Collection :
Sustainable Development Goals Series
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This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, with environmental injustices that affect the natural ecology, community health, and physical and mental health of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-10-23
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Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Hate Crime Statistics Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey, this brief highlights the uniqueness of hate or bias crime victimization. It compares these to non-bias crimes and delineates the situational...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-10-23
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