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Democratic constitutional design and public policy: analysis and evidence
Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Business and Policy Studies.Leading scholars in rational choice analysis present the public choice, new institutionalist, and new political economy perspectives on the political and economic effects of constitutional design and review the accumulating empirical evidence.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262270731
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Modeling cities and regions as complex systems : from theory to planning appl…
"Cities and regions grow (or occasionally decline), and continuously transform themselves as they do so. This book describes the theory and practice of modeling the spatial dynamics of urban growth and transformation. As cities are complex, adaptive, self-organizing systems, the most appropriate modeling framework is one based on the theory of self-organizing systems -an approach already used i…
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- 9780262331388
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- 1 online resource (354 pages)
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Order without design how markets shape cities
"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. By contrast, urban economists review decisions and outcomes after the fact, often publishing their conclusions in spec…
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Governing Complex Systems: Social Capital for the Anthropocene
An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262338899
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages).
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Connecting democracy :online consultation and the flow of political communica…
From the publisher. The global explosion of online activity is steadily transforming the relationship between government and the public. The first wave of change, "e-government," enlisted the Internet to improve management and the delivery of services. More recently, "e-democracy" has aimed to enhance democracy itself using digital information and communication technology. One notable example o…
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- 9780262298803
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- 1 online resource (ix, 423 pages)
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The inversion factor :how to thrive in the IoT economy
Why companies need to move away from a ""product first"" orientation to pursuing innovation based on customer need.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262344937
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- 1 online resource (232 pages) :illustrations.
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Blended learning in practice :a guide for practitioners and researchers
A guide to both theory and practice of blended learning offering rigorous research, case studies, and methods for the assessment of educational effectiveness. Blended learning combines traditional in-person learning with technology-enabled education. Its pedagogical aim is to merge the scale, asynchrony, and flexibility of online learning with the benefits of the traditional classroom--content-…
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- 9780262351546
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- 1 online resource (416 pages).
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Squatters in the Capitalist City: Housing, Justice, and Urban Politics
To date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the disperse research on the squatters’ movement in Europe. In Squatters in the Capitalist City, Miguel A. Martínez López presents a critical review of the current research on squatting and of the historical development of the movements in European cities according to their major social, political and spatial dimensions. Comparing citi…
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The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism
Why urban design is larger than architecture: the foundational qualities of urban design, examples and practitioners Urban design in practice is incremental, but architects imagine it as scaled-up architecture -- large, ready-to-build pop-up cities. This paradox of urban design is rarely addressed; indeed, urban design as a discipline lacks a theoretical foundation. In The Largest Art , Brent R…
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- 9780262341936
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The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place
In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any change in the landscape. In The Working Landscape, Peter Cannavò i…
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