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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central Am…
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- 978-3-319-59096-7
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- XVI, 372
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- Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
- Call Number
- 333 REN
Resilient Urban Futures
This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show why cities must wage simultaneous battles to curb global climate change trends while adapting and transforming to address local climate impacts. This book addresses how cities develop anticipatory and long-range planning capacities for …
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- 978-3-030-63131-4
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology : Addressing Security…
Synthetic biology is a field of biotechnology that is rapidly growing in various applications, such as in medicine, environmental sustainability, and energy production. However these technologies also have unforeseen risks and applications to humans and the environment. This open access book presents discussions on risks and mitigation strategies for these technologies including biosecurity, …
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- 978-94-024-2086-9
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- XV, 225
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- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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- 333 EME
The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology : A Compan…
In this open access book, ecological economics and political ecology traditions converge into a single academic school. The book constitutes a common ground where multiple and critical voices are expressed, covering a broad scope of urgent matters at the crossroad between society, economy and the natural environment. The manuscripts composing this compendium offer appealing material for both ex…
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- 978-3-031-22566-6
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- XXV, 400
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- Studies in Ecological Economics (SEEC, volume 8)
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- 333 BAR
Participatory Research and Planning in Practice
This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and pos…
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- 978-3-030-28014-7
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- The Urban Book Series
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- 303
Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries
This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly “westward-looking orientation” in their design produced housing estates that were superior in design to those produced elsewhere in the Soviet Union (between 1944 and 1991, Estonia was…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-23392-1
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 303
Housing Estates in Europe
This open access book explores the formation and socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in Europe. Are these estates clustered or scattered? Which social groups originally had access to residential space in housing estates? What is the size, scale and geography of housing estates, their architectural and built environment composition, services and neighbourhood amenities, and metro…
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- 978-3-319-92813-5
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- The Urban Book Series
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- 303
A Climate of Justice: An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism
This open access book helps readers combine history, politics, and ethics to address the most pressing problem facing the world today: environmental survival. In A Climate of Justice, Marvin Brown connects the environmental crisis to basic questions of economic, social, and racial justice. Brown shows how our current social climate maintains systemic injustices, and he uncovers resources for ch…
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- 978-3-030-77363-2
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- XIX, 185
- Series Title
- Library of Public Policy and Public Administration (LPPP, volume 16)
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- 320 BRO c
Happiness is the Wrong Metric : A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This timely book addresses the conflict between globalism and nationalism. It provides a liberal communitarian response to the rise of populism occurring in many democracies. The book highlights the role of communities next to that of the state and the market. It spells out the policy implications of liberal communitarianism for privacy, f…
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- 978-3-319-69623-2
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- XXI, 304
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- Library of Public Policy and Public Administration (LPPP, volume 11)
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- 320 ETZ h
Rethinking Nordic Courts
This open access book examines whether a distinctly Nordic procedural or court culture exists and what the hallmarks of that culture are. Do Nordic courts and court proceedings share a distinct set of ideas and values that in combination constitute the core of a regional legal culture? How do Europeanisation, privatisation, diversification and digitisation influence courts and court proceedings…
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- 978-3-030-74851-7
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- VIII, 311
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- Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 90)
- Call Number
- 340 RET
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