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Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals : E…
This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid suppo…
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- 978-3-030-99593-5
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- IX, 108
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 333 CIV
Risk Communication for the Future : Towards Smart Risk Governance and Safety …
The conventional approach to risk communication, based on a centralized and controlled model, has led to blatant failures in the management of recent safety related events. In parallel, several cases have proved that actors not thought of as risk governance or safety management contributors may play a positive role regarding safety. Building on these two observations and bridging the gap betwee…
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- 978-3-319-74098-0
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- VIII, 175
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 350 RIS
Air Quality Integrated Assessment : A European Perspective
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book reports on the results of an extended survey conducted across Europe within the framework of the APPRAISAL FP7 project to determine the extent to which an integrated assessment approach to air quality is being adopted, on the one hand, by regional and local authorities to develop air quality plans and, on the other, by researchers…
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- 978-3-319-33349-6
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- VII, 110
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 333 AIR
Fertility Transition in the Developing World
This open access book provides an overview and analysis of the causes and consequences of the massive and highly consequential transition in reproductive behaviour that occurred in Asia, Latin America, and Africa since the mid-20th century. In the 1950s contraceptive use was rare and women typically spend most of their reproductive years bearing and rearing children. By 2020 fertility and contr…
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- 978-3-031-11840-1
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- XI, 144
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
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- 334 BON f
Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census : Who is Missed?
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 occur. In addition to focusing on measuring census coverage for several demographic characteristics, including age, gender…
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- 978-3-030-10973-8
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- XI, 167
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
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- 334 OHA d
Limits to the European Union’s Normative Power in a Post-conflict Society :…
By shedding light on EULEX - the EU mission to Kosovo – this open access book investigates the EU’s peacebuilding activities in that country, in the light of the normative power theory in the post-conflict setting and peacebuilding theory. Ten years after the massive engagement of the EU in the country torn by war, the authors critically assess the effects of the EU projecting its normative…
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- 978-3-319-77824-2
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- XIV, 124
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
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- 350 ZUP l
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education : Opportunities, Ch…
As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning …
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- 978-3-030-58948-6
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- XV, 137
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- SpringerBriefs in Statistics (BRIEFSSTATIST)
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- 300 INN
Strategic Opportunism: What Works in Africa : Twelve Fundamentals for Conserv…
This open access book. provides a synthesis of six projects, across ten countries, each of which have been sustained for two or more decades, and which illustrate how success can be achieved regardless of systems of governance, of a nation’s wealth, or of culture. Detailed narratives are presented on the key personalities that have conceived, conducted and concluded long-term projects: person…
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- 978-3-031-24880-1
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- XVI, 142
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 362 HUN s
Scale-ups and High-Growth Firms : Theory, Definitions, and Measurement
This open access book goes into the details of the characteristics of scale-ups, touching upon various theoretical perspectives (stages of growth models, the role of intangible capital, the tradeoffs between fixed costs and marginal costs) relating to firm growth, to provide a clear definition of this emerging concept. Given the disproportionately large economic contribution of a small number o…
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- 978-981-97-1379-0
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- XI, 61
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 334 COA s
Transformative Governance for the Future : Navigating Profound Transitions
This open access book helps actors who are committed to change unlock true innovative potential for the common good in their organizations. Innovation and change processes are not linear. Hence, this book presents a novel way to manage complexity. The author introduces readers to a comprehensive change management framework, the Eoh-for-Good blueprint methodology. It presents the method and disc…
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- 978-3-031-43132-6
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- XVII, 109
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 333 CAR t
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