This open access book introduces design for Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and for Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE). These are introduced as technical and operative tools for the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and capable of designing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable solutions, accessible to all. The book provides a compre…
This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble stat…
Buku ini menyajikan pengetahuan terkini tentang eksitasi perjalanan lokal nonlinier dalam kristal. Eksitasi dapat berupa getaran, elektronik, magnetik, atau berbagai jenis lainnya, dalam berbagai jenis kristal, seperti silikat, semikonduktor, dan logam. Buku ini didedikasikan untuk ilmuwan Inggris FM Russell, yang baru saja berusia 80 tahun. Ia menemukan 50 tahun yang lalu bahwa mineral mika mu…
A great deal of research has focused on the role of governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups in promoting environmental ideologies. Researchers and activists have generally assumed antienvironmental and antiregulatory stances on the part of corporations. Exporting Environmentalism is the first book to examine industry's transnational promotion of environmental ideas and p…