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Governing the air: Tthe dynamics of science, policy, and citizen interaction
Governing the Air looks at the regulation of air pollution not as a static procedure of enactment and agreement but as a dynamic process that reflects the shifting interrelationships of science, policy, and citizens. Taking transboundary air pollution in Europe as its empirical focus, the book not only assesses the particular regulation strategies that have evolved to govern European air, but a…
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- 9780262298278
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages).
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Adopting open source software : A practical guide
A rich case-study analysis of open source software adoption by public organizations in different countries and settings. Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. Adopting Open Source Software offers five richly detailed rea…
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- 9780262298261
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People and forests :communities, institutions, and governance
Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel, fodder, food, and building materials. It can also have profound regional and global consequences by contributing to biodiversity loss, erosion, floods, lowered water tables, and climate change. People and Fore…
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- 9780262273800
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 274 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Performance analysis of data sharing environments
Large transaction-processing applications, such as banking, flight reservations, telecommunications, and networking, demand increasingly high throughput and fast response times. Coupling multiple systems for database transaction processing can provide these systems with higher capacity and availability at a lower cost. Data sharing is one promising architecture for such an environment.This mono…
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- 0262255979
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 118 pages) :illustrations.
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Personnel economics
Contrary to popular opinion, human resources, in general, and personnel, in particular, are well-suited to economic analysis. Edward Lazear, who founded the subfield of personnel economics, provides a quick introduction for economists who have not studied the area. Contrary to popular opinion, human resources, in general, and personnel, in particular, are well-suited to economic analysis. Ed…
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- 9780262278027
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- 1 online resource (170 pages) :illustrations.
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Managing equity portfolios : a behavioural approach to improving skills and i…
A groundbreaking framework for improving portfolio performance that goes beyond traditional analytics, offering new ways to understand investment skills, process, and behaviors.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262323017
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages) :illustrations
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Worker leadership : America's secret weapon in the battle for industrial comp…
How can American manufacturing recapture its former dominance in the globalized industrial economy? In Worker Leadership, Fred Stahl proposes a strategy to boost enterprise productivity and restore America's industrial power. Stahl outlines a revolutionary transformation of industrial culture that offers workers real control of production operations and manufacturing processes (as well as a mon…
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- 9781461943822
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Saving Global Fisheries: Reducing Fishing Capacity to Promote Sustainability
A proposal for a new global approach for fisheries focused on reducing fishing capacity and providing incentives for long-term sustainability.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262312769
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- 1 online resource (x, 276 pages)
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Machine learning for data streams with practical examples in MOA
A hands-on approach to tasks and techniques in data stream mining and real-time analytics, with examples in MOA, a popular freely available open-source software framework.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346047
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 262 pages) :illustrations.
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Instituting Nature: Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican Forests
Here, Mathews describes Mexico's efforts over the past hundred years to manage its forests through forestry science and biodiversity conservation. He shows that transparent knowledge was produced by encounters between the relatively weak forestry bureaucracy and the indigenous people who manage and own the pine forests of Mexico.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298537
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- 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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