This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditi…
Using Kosovo as a case study, the book illuminates the interplay of some of the most controversial concepts in postcolonial times, including humanitarian intervention, peacebuilding, nation-state building, and doing development in war torn states. A special focus is on development professionals, mandated to build peace and implement development projects in war-torn or failed states. The book se…
This publication provides a comprehensive compendium of the current state of Germany’s research infrastructure in the social, economic, and behavioural sciences. In addition, the book presents detailed discussions of the current needs of empirical researchers in these fields as well as of opportunities for future development. The importance of solid data for both public policy and the social …
The LIBER Architecture Group reflects on experience of European library building projects from the past twenty years in order to plan the next generation of library buildings. This documentation of recent library building projects accompanies the 14th Seminar of the LIBER Architecture Group, taking place in Budapest and Debrecen (Hungary) 8–12 of April 2008. Most described projects refer to s…
Questions of methodology and the use of sources are fundamental to all academic disciplines. In recent years, this topic has become far more challenging as scholars are increasingly adopting an interdisciplinary approach to achieve richer and deeper analyses, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Building New Bridges / Bâtir de nouveaux ponts is a collection of scholarly papers t…
It is just over forty years since the start of the excavations of the Ascott-under-Wychwood long barrow (1965-69) under the direction of Don Benson. The excavations belonged to the latter part of a great period of barrow digging in southern Britain, which was ending just as, by striking contrast, intensified investigation and fieldwork at causewayed enclosures were beginning. Although a long ga…
This book argues that renewable electrification in developing countries provides important opportunities for local economic development, but new pathways are required for turning these opportunities into successful reality. Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialisation offers a novel input into the debate on development of capabilities for sustainable industrialisation and …
Building Industries at Sea - ‘Blue Growth’ and the New Maritime Economy
Volume dari dua volume yang ditetapkan pada cairan ionik ini berfokus pada aplikasi cairan ionik di berbagai area yang terus berkembang. Sepanjang tahun 1990-an, tampaknya sebagian besar perhatian di bidang aplikasi cairan ionik diarahkan pada penggunaannya sebagai pelarut untuk reaksi organik dan katalis logam transisi. Tentu saja minat ini berlanjut hingga saat ini, tetapi penggunaan cairan i…
Buku ini memperkenalkan Edisi Khusus berjudul "Applications of Internet of Things", dari ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. Topik yang dibahas dalam edisi ini mencakup tiga bagian utama: (I) sistem transportasi cerdas (ITSs), (II) layanan berbasis lokasi (LBSs), dan (III) teknik dan aplikasi penginderaan. Tiga makalah tentang ITSs adalah sebagai berikut: (1)" Penentuan posisi kenda…