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Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality Diverging Destinies
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and increasing odds of repeating the experiences of their parents. Families in an Era of Increasing In…
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- 978-3-319-08308-7
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- XIV, 242
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have accompanied mankind from its very early beginnings. Their utilization has co-evolved with homo sapiens itself bringing about a profound increase in our scientific knowledge of these species enabling them to be used in many facets of our life (e.g. pharmaceutical products, feed- and food additives, cosmetics, etc.). Remarkably, despite the new renaissanc…
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- 1
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- 978-94-017-9809-9
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- VIII, 460
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- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World
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Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop
Migrate an existing Drupal 6 or 7 website to Backdrop and discover why you should consider using Backdrop when building a new website. You'll learn what Backdrop is, how to install and configure Backdrop, and create and manage content. Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop focuses on the user who is responsible for building, maintaining, and managing an organization's website and who is interested …
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- 978-1-4842-1759-7
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- XIX, 89
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Web Development with Go Building Scalable Web Apps and RESTful Services
Take a deep dive into web development using the Go programming language to build web apps and RESTful services to create reliable and efficient software. Web Development with Go provides Go language fundamentals and then moves on to advanced web development concepts and successful deployment of Go web apps to the cloud. Web Development with Go will teach you how to develop scalable real-wor…
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- 978-1-4842-1052-9
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- XX, 289
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Water, Politics and Money A Reality Check on Privatization
This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside, readers will find a detailed analysis of the multiple forms of water privatization, from the outright…
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- 978-3-319-16691-9
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- XIX, 214
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Varieties and Alternatives of Catching-up Asian Development in the Context o…
This book sheds new light on the advancement of various industries in developing Asian countries through an application and re-examination of catch-up industrialization theory. With contributors presenting their own perspectives on the progression of a range of different industries in Asia, this volume provokes readers to reconsider their current understanding of industrialization in latecomer …
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- 978-1-137-59780-9
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- XVIII, 314
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User Innovators in the Silver Market An Empirical Study among Camping Tourists
In this study among camping tourists of all age groups between 19 and 86 years of age, Konstantin Wellner compares key characteristics regarding innovative behavior of different age groups. The focus of the analysis is on the so-called “Silver Market” segment (consumers of at least 55 years) which gains importance to the demographic shift. Generally, older users are still actively innovatin…
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- XVIII, 222
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Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VIII: Post-Proc…
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities. This book includes selected papers presented at the Eighth International Workshop on Agent-Base…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-4-431-55236-9
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- XII, 204
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- Agent-Based Social Systems
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- 338.9 AGE a
Urban Land Economics
This book covers the main aspects of regional and urban economics and presents state-of-the-art theories in a comprehensive and concise way. The book will be of interest to undergraduates in business and economics and covers specific areas such as real estate, urban and regional planning and geography and development studies.
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- 978-3-319-15320-9
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- XIII, 154
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Urban Innovation and Upgrading in China Shanty Towns Changing the Rules of D…
By using field survey and World Bank investment project evaluation method, this book investigates the experience of slum rebuilding in Liaoning province, China. It figures out that the experience of Liaoning province is relatively successful and can be of great significance for developing countries and regions. The issue of slums is a huge challenge in the process of global urbanization. The po…
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- 978-3-662-43905-0
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- 2 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
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