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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
Mobilities of Knowledge
This collection of essays examines how spatial mobilities of people and practices, technologies and objects, knowledge and ideas have shaped the production, circulation, and transfer of knowledge in different historical and geographical contexts. Targeting an interdisciplinary audience, Mobilities of Knowledge combines detailed empirical analyses with innovative conceptual approaches. The first…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-44654-7
- Collation
- X, 303
- Series Title
- Knowledge and Space (KNAS, volume 10)
- Call Number
- 334 MOB
Urban Informatics
This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and â…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-15-8983-6
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Call Number
- 004
Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial? : A Comparative Perspective on Ev…
This open access publication discusses exclusionary rules in different criminal justice systems. It is based on the findings of a research project in comparative law with a focus on the question of whether or not a fair trial can be secured through evidence exclusion. Part I explains the legal framework in which exclusionary rules function in six legal systems: Germany, Switzerland, People’s …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-12520-2
- Collation
- XV, 380
- Series Title
- Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 74)
- Call Number
- 320 DOE
The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan
This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few developed democracies in the world which retains capital punishment and continues to carry out executions on a regular basis. There are some similarities between the two systems of capital punishment but there are also many striking differen…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-32086-7
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
- Call Number
- 340
Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education : Challenging Differential Acad…
This open access book examines the structural and cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap between white and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in UK universities. So-called ‘deficit’ approaches have long represented the orthodoxy in higher education strategy-making, yet they overlook the structural and institutional factors that reproduce attainment…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783031516177
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- XXXVI, 279 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Maritime Spatial Planning: past, present, future
This open access book is the first comprehensive overview of maritime or marine spatial planning. Countries across the globe are beginning to implement maritime spatial plans; however the authors of this collection have identified several key questions that are emerging from this growing body of MSP experience. How can maritime spatial planning deal with a complex and dynamic environment such a…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319986968
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- XXXVII, 477 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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- -
APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben
Die Klimakrise betrifft uns alle - Doch wie kann ein klimafreundliches Leben für alle erreicht werden? Zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Sachstandsberichte bestätigen schon lange den umfassenden Handlungsbedarf, um die Klimaziele zu erreichen. Dieser betrifft alle Lebensbereiche: von Arbeit und Pflege über Wohnen bis zu Mobilität, Ernährung und Freizeit. Doch wie verwirklicht man solch eine …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-662-66497-1
- Collation
- XX, 715
- Series Title
- -
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- -
Human Rights in Child Protection : Implications for Professional Practice and…
This open access book critically explores what child protection policy and professional practice would mean if practice was grounded in human rights standards. This book inspires a new direction in child protection research – one that critically assesses child protection policy and professional practice with regard to human rights in general, and the rights of the child in particular. Each ch…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319948003
- Collation
- XVII, 258 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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- -
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A City Cannot Be a Work of Art
This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and profoundly influencing urban planning and design, her theoretical contributions – although central to her criticisms of and proposals for public policy – are frequently overlooked even by her most…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-99-5362-2
- Collation
- XXV, 400
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- -
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