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Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss
This open access book originates from an international workshop organized by Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in November 2019 that gathered renown researchers from academia, representatives of leading international reinsurance and modeling companies as well as government agencies responsible of insurance pricing in Turkey. The book includes chapters related to post-earthquake …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-68813-4
- Collation
- oer.unej.ac.id
- Series Title
- Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
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- XIV, 308
Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region
This open access book discusses the impact of human-induced global climate change on the regional climate and monsoons of the Indian subcontinent, adjoining Indian Ocean and the Himalayas. It documents the regional climate change projections based on the climate models used in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and climate change modeling studies using the IITM Earth System Model (ESM) and …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789811543272
- Collation
- XXI, 226 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing = A Comprehen…
This open access book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. It offers ways to better understand changing conditions and their impacts on soils, and explores directions that positively affect the future of forest and rangeland soil health. This book outlines soil processes and identifies the research needed to manage fo…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030452162
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- XXVI, 289 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security
This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030421489
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- XI, 251 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Conservation in Chilean Patagonia = Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportu…
Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, and islands, it has one of the world´s most extensive marine-terrestrial interfaces. Local place-based and Indigenous cultures and management practices are a vital presence…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783031394089
- Collation
- XXIX, 504 hlm; ill., lamp.,
- Series Title
- 19
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- -
China: Promise or Threat?: A Comparison of Cultures
In China: Promise or Threat? Helle compares the cultures of China and the West through both private and public spheres. For China, the private sphere of family life is well developed while behaviour in public relating to matters of government and the law is less reliable. In contrast, the West operates in reverse. The book’s twelve chapters investigate the causes and effects of threats to the…
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- Volume: 96
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- 978-90-04-33060-3
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- -
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- -
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Data Journeys in the Sciences
This groundbreaking, open access volume analyses and compares data practices across several fields through the analysis of specific cases of data journeys. It brings together leading scholars in the philosophy, history and social studies of science to achieve two goals: tracking the travel of data across different spaces, times and domains of research practice; and documenting how such journeys…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030371777
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- XVII, 412 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Advances in Pharma Business Management and Research
This open access book presents a unique collection of practical examples from the field of pharma business management and research. It covers a wide range of topics such as: 'Brexit and its Impact on pharmaceutical Law - Implications for Global Pharma Companies', 'Implementation of Measures and Sustainable Actions to Improve Employee's Engagement', 'Global Medical Clinical and Regulatory Affair…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030359188
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- X, 85 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Multilevel Modelling for Public Health and Health Services Research
This open access book is a practical introduction to multilevel modelling or multilevel analysis (MLA) – a statistical technique being increasingly used in public health and health services research. The authors begin with a compelling argument for the importance of researchers in these fields having an understanding of MLA to be able to judge not only the growing body of research that uses i…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030348014
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- XVII, 286 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Resourceful Civil Society : Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Socie…
This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume’s contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations’ capacities to generate resources—or compensate for their lack—as they neg…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030990077
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- XIX, 366 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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