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iCity. Transformative Research for the Livable, Intelligent, and Sustainable …
Economy and society today face a multitude of complex challenges (“grand challenges”) like climate change, demographic change, urbanization, or digitalization, which create a constant demand for new technologies, services, business models, and consequently innovative solutions. In this light, the mobility sector has undergone a great change over the past few years, which is formed by di…
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- 9783030920968
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- XLI, 371
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Vaccines, Medicines and COVID-19 : How Can WHO Be Given a Stronger Voice?
This open access book is a collection of research papers on COVID-19 by Germán Velásquez from 2020 and early 2021 that help to answer the question: How can an agency like the World Health Organization (WHO) be given a stronger voice to exercise authority and leadership? The considerable health, economic and social challenges that the world faced at the beginning of 2020 with COVID-19 co…
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- 978-3-030-89125-1
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- XVI, 117
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- SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Violence in the Balkans : First findings from the Balkan Homicide Study
This is the first volume to offer an in-depth look at (lethal) violence in the Balkans. The Balkans Homicide Study analyses 3,000 (attempted) homicide cases from Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania and Slovenia. Shedding light on a region long neglected in terms of empirical violence research, the study at hand asks: - What types of homicides occur in the Balkans? - Who are the p…
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- 978-3-030-74494-6
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- XIII, 113
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- SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)
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Community-Oriented Policing and Technological Innovations
This Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the commun…
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- 978-3-319-89294-8
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- XIII, 131
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- SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)
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Die Zukunft von Privatheit und Selbstbestimmung : Analysen und Empfehlungen z…
Die in diesem Open-Access-Buch zusammengeführten interdisziplinären Untersuchungen des „Forums Privatheit“ gehen der Frage nach, wie sich die Verwirklichungsbedingungen von Privatheit und Selbstbestimmung durch die Digitalisierung aller Lebensbereiche radikal ändern. Nahezu jede Lebensregung hinterlässt Datenspuren, ermöglicht vielfältige und intensive Datensammlungen über Menschen, …
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- 978-3-658-35263-9
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- XXIX, 304
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- DuD-Fachbeiträge (DUDGABLER)
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Sliding Base Structures: Analysis and Design
This open access book is an efficient and economic approach for mitigating the seismic damage of low-rise buildings. This book presents various aspects of SB structures, including their fundamentals, dynamic analysis procedures, seismic response characteristics, design methods, and practical applications. It contains a comprehensive study on the influence of various structural and ground motion…
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- 9789819951079
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- IX, 104
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Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK
This open access book draws together key research from the UK Climate Resilience programme. It focuses on topics central to the programme’s research agenda, including improved characterisation and quantification of climate risks, enhanced understanding of the management of climate risks, and the development and delivery of climate services. Key chapters address the challenges inherent to unde…
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- 9783031397295
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- XXIV, 221
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Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations
Root, tuber, and banana (RT&B) crops play a critical role in food and nutrition security in developing countries, increasingly so in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They have great potential to contribute to alleviate poverty, improve health and nutrition, and enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change. However, RT&Bs are characterized by unique challenges including veget…
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- 9783030920227
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- XXXV, 561
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Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy
Te idea of applying comparative methods of inquiry to understand reforms that travel, which is presented in this volume, was conceived in 2017 within the context of the Policy Transfer Project (POLTRANS). In this project Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Teachers College (TC), Columbia University, was appointed as a part-time adjunct visiting professor at the Department of Education, University of…
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- 9783030919597
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- XXIV, 429
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„Beyond the Wall”: Game of Thrones aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive
Fictional dialogue contains evidence about the conversational and rhetorical strategies that contribute to characterisation and plot development. Through their words, fictional characters not only create their identities, but also express the set of values they are meant to represent, since dialogues are constructed following the conventions of the community that produces and forms the aud…
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- 9783658361457
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- XIV, 287
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