Alkitab Ibrani dipenuhi dengan penggambaran konflik militer yang sangat membentuk cara banyak orang berpikir tentang perang. Mengapa perang menempati begitu banyak ruang dalam Alkitab?. Dalam buku ini, Jacob Wright menawarkan tanggapan yang segar dan menarik terhadap pertanyaan ini: Perang meliputi Alkitab bukan karena Israel kuno diperintah oleh faktor-faktor agama (seperti "perang suci") atau…
This book presents a collection of recent research works intended to assist in the effective management of service loss. It develops and evaluates methodologies for the assessment of defects and failures, and proposes methodologies for preventing and mitigating building defects. As such, the book will appeal to a broad readership of scientists, practitioners, students and lecturers.
Beragam objek koleksi Whipple Museum of the History of Science yang terkenal secara internasional dibuat lega oleh sejumlah sejarawan sains yang sangat dihormati dalam empat belas esai. Setiap bab berfokus pada instrumen atau kelompok objek tertentu, mulai dari astrolabe abad pertengahan Inggris hingga 'indikator sumber benih' pertanian modern hingga koleksi kepala ayam plester yang aneh. Para …
Operasi perdamaian transformatif gagal mencapai tatanan politik modern yang dicari di negara-negara pasca-konflik karena intervensi itu sendiri memberdayakan elit pasca-konflik yang berniat menempa tatanan politik neopatrimonial. Teka-teki Pembangunan Perdamaian menjelaskan keterputusan antara rekayasa kelembagaan formal yang dilakukan oleh intervensi internasional dan hasil tata kelola yang mu…
In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the "Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs" - giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in this field. The present …
Over the past decade the transition towards sustainable agriculture has been a central theme in the work of many organisations, including government bodies, NGOs, professional organisations and research institutions. Various publications, including White Papers by the EU and different national governments, have defined future targets and objectives to improve sustainability in various subs…
Dalam dekade terakhir, kecerdasan buatan (AI) telah menjadi kekuatan pengganggu di seluruh dunia, menawarkan potensi inovasi yang sangat besar tetapi juga menciptakan bahaya dan risiko bagi individu dan masyarakat tempat mereka tinggal. Volume ini membahas tantangan filosofis, etika, hukum, dan sosial yang paling mendesak yang ditimbulkan oleh AI. Kontributor dari berbagai disiplin ilmu dan sek…
Based on the work of Poly5, or the Mediterranean Corridor, mega-transport infrastructure project, this ground-breaking reference explains how and why traditional top-down government-defined transport planning policies are failing, due to their tendency to eschew acknowledgement of profoundly multifarious local and regional issues. The authors use cognitive reports from the Mediterranean Corrido…
The book results from research carried out by the authors since 1999 on urban gardening collectives in Russia, then from the extension of this research towards collective urban gardening in France, with some investigations in other European Union Member States and Brazil. This research was carried out within the framework of Kazan University (currently, the Institute of Administration and Terri…
This book presents a foundation for studying the micro-behavioral economics of global warming. The author develops an empirical model, named the Geographically-scaled Micro econometric model of Adapting Portfolios (G-MAP) in response to climatic changes and risks. The G-MAP model is applied to observed decisions of agricultural and natural resource enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Am…