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Adaptive Urban Transformation
This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, integrative and multi-scale design and planning approach for adaptive urban transformation of fast urbanising deltas, taking the Pearl River Delta (China) as a case study. Deltaic areas are among the most promising regions in the world. Their strategic location and superior quality of their soils are core factors supporting both human development…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-89828-1
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
Knowledge and Action
This volume explores interdependencies between knowledge, action, and space from different interdisciplinary perspectives. Some of the contributors discuss knowledge as a social construct based on collective action, while others look at knowledge as an individual capacity for action. The chapters contain theoretical frameworks as well as experimental outcomes. Readers will gain insight int…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-44588-5
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- X, 300
- Series Title
- Knowledge and Space (KNAS, volume 9)
- Call Number
- 334 KNO
Neighbourhoods in Transition
This open access book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, cities and neighbourhoods. It provides both a theoretical and practical approach to the topic, offering a thorough introduction to urban brownfields and regeneration projects as well as an operational monitoring tool. Neighbourhoods in Transition begi…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-82208-8
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions : Results of SSPCR 2019
This open access book includes a selection of innovative contributions presented at the 4th international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2022”, held in Bolzano, Italy in July 2022. Featuring 10 papers by academics and consultants, strongly rooted in practical experiences and international projects, it discusses current ground-breaking research in innovativ…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-57764-3
- Collation
- XVII, 307
- Series Title
- Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
- Call Number
- 333 SMA
Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China
This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequality and segregation, and the implications for urban development. Through a rich collection of e…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-74544-8
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods
This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a mature plateau since 2000. The book provides a framework for contemplating the future form and function of gay nei…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-66073-4
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture
This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offer…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-55152-0
- Collation
- XXIV, 251
- Series Title
- Literacy Studies (LITS, volume 21)
- Call Number
- 306 PAE s
Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality
This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregati…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-64569-4
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 307
Recommender Systems: Legal and Ethical Issues
This open access contributed volume examines the ethical and legal foundations of (future) policies on recommender systems and offers a transdisciplinary approach to tackle important issues related to their development, use and integration into online eco-systems. This volume scrutinizes the values driving automated recommendations - what is important for an individual receiving the recommendat…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-34804-4
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- VI, 222
- Series Title
- The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 40)
- Call Number
- 340 REC
Migration, Gender and Social Justice : Perspectives on Human Insecurity
This book is the product of a collaborative effort involving partners from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America who were funded by the International Development Research Centre Programme on Women and Migration (2006-2011). The International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam spearheaded a project intended to distill and refine the research findings, connecting them to…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-642-28012-2
- Collation
- XII, 408
- Series Title
- Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (HSHES, volume 9)
- Call Number
- 305 MIG
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