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Through an international comparative research, this unique book examines ethnic residential segregation patterns in relation to the wider society and mechanisms of social division of space in Western European regions. Focuses on eight Southern European cities, develops...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-02-27
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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67,80€
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This book presents an important discussion on urbanization and sustainable soil management from a range of perspectives, addressing key topics such as sustainable cities, soil sealing, rehabilitation of contaminated soils, property rights and liability issues, as well...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-26
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Why are Australians anxious and pessimistic?Who or what has caused our loss of trust in Australia?Why has a feeling of powerlessness crept in for so many? Has the luck really run out for the lucky country?And what can we do to get it back? Every generation believes its...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2019-02-26
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This book pursues an interdisciplinary approach to open a discourse on innovative methodologies and practices associated with narrative and metaphor. Scholars from diverse fields in the humanities and social sciences report on how they use narrative and/or metaphor in...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-02-26
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This volume includes fourteen essays by eminent sociologists in memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee (1919–2017), the last of the founding architects of sociology in India. It also includes two interviews with Ramkrishna Mukherjee by senior sociologists. The essays cover...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-26
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This two-volume handbook provides readers with a comprehensive interpretation of globality through the multifaceted prism of the humanities and social sciences. Key concepts and symbolizations rooted in and shaped by European academic traditions are discussed and...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-02-26
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This book gathers international and interdisciplinary work on youth studies from the Global South, exploring issues such as continuity and change in youth transitions from education to work; contemporary debates on the impact of mobility, marginalization and violence on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-25
Collection :
Perspectives on Children and Young People
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In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-02-25
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This book explores the leading role that cities can play in shaping progressive policies in collaboration with various stakeholders. It examines the timing of such shifts to progressivity in cities, the interactions that enable progressive actions to be developed and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-25
Collection :
ARI - Springer Asia Series
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Public transport in low-income Asian (LIA) cities fails to meet people’s mobility needs, generates high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and worsens social exclusion. Following successful Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in Bogota and Curitibá, LIA countries promoted BRT...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-25
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This open access book presents a cross-disciplinary insight and policy analysis into the effects of European legal and political frameworks on the life of ‘Roma migrants’ in Europe. It outlines the creation and implementation of Roma policies at the European level,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-22
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A comprehensive overview of the integrative study of violence Violence continues to be one of the most urgent global public health problems that contemporary society faces. Suicides and homicides are increasing at an alarming rate, particularly in younger age groups and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-02-22
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91,95€
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This book highlights the use of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures in order to develop smart cities and produce smart economies in Africa. It discusses a robust set of concepts, including smart planning, smart infrastructure development,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-21
Collection :
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
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This two-volume handbook provides readers with a comprehensive interpretation of globality through the multifaceted prism of the humanities and social sciences. Key concepts and symbolizations rooted in and shaped by European academic traditions are discussed and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-21
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This book analyses social democratic parties’ attempts to tackle inequality in increasingly challenging times. It provides a distinctive contribution to the literature on the so-called ‘crisis’ of social democracy by exploring the role of equality policy in this crisis....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-20
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This book approaches the subject of AIDS pedagogy by analysing the complex links between representation or discourse, ideology, power relations and practices of self, understood from the perspective of embodiment. While there is a fairly large amount of literature...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-18
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This volume presents a selection of the Proceedings of the Workshop on Anticipation, Agency and Complexity held in Trento (Italy) on April 2017. The contributions contained in the book brilliantly revolve around three core concepts: agency, complexity and anticipation,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-15
Collection :
Anticipation Science
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This book interprets and explains contemporary population issues from historical and cultural perspectives. These include lowest-low fertility in the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, early population aging in China relative to the developmental level, and various modes of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-15
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This book approaches cultural landscape as a driver for societal challenges, economic development, social inclusion, place assessment and heritage conservation. It explores issues stemming from the relation between conservation and emergencies, and identifies...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-13
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
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This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-02-13
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