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Sustainable Urban Metabolism
A unified framework for analyzing urban sustainability in terms of cities' inflows and outflows of matter and energy. Urbanization and globalization have shaped the last hundred years. These two dominant trends are mutually reinforcing: globalization links countries through the networked communications of urban hubs. The urban population now generates more than eighty percent of global GDP. Cit…
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- 9780262316958
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) :illustrations
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Taming uncertainty
An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026235313X
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- 1 online resource (488 pages).
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Renewables :the politics of a global energy transition
A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power, mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262344609
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Reassembling rubbish :worlding electronic waste
An examination of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics that reframes the question of the "right" thing to do with e-waste. The prevailing storyline about the problem of electronic waste frames e-waste as generated by consumers in developed countries and dumped on people and places in developing countries. In Reassembling Rubbish , Josh Lepawsky offers a different view. In an in…
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- 9780262346375
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- 1 online resource (240 pages)
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Migration and the Welfare State: Political-Economy Policy Formation
This title presents a unified formal framework for studying how social benefits-immigration conflicts are resolved in a range of policy regimes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298377
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- 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) :illustrations
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Tap :unlocking the mobile economy
"Consumers create a data trail by tapping their phones; businesses can tap into this trail to harness the power of the more than three trillion dollar mobile economy. According to Anindya Ghose, a global authority on the mobile economy, this two-way exchange can benefit both customers and businesses. In Tap, Ghose welcomes us to the mobile economy of smartphones, smarter companies, and value-se…
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- 9780262340427
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- 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) :illustrations
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Wine economics
"An interdisciplinary exploration of the economics of wine, drawing on a variety of academic literatures"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262361027
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- 1 online resource.
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Russia: Long View
Translated from the Russian.An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262305303
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 543 pages) :illustrations
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Fred Forest's utopia :media art and activism
The innovative French media artist and prankster-provocateur Fred Forest first gained notoriety in 1972 when he inserted a small blank space in Le Monde, called it 150 cm 2 of Newspaper (150 cm 2 de papier journal), and invited readers to fill in the space with their own work and mail their efforts to him. In 1977, he satirized speculation in both the art and real estate markets by offering the…
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- 9780262339926
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- 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages).
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Foolproof, and other mathematical meditations
A non-mathematician explores mathematical terrain, reporting accessibly and engagingly on topics from Sudoku to probability. Brian Hayes wants to convince us that mathematics is too important and too much fun to be left to the mathematicians. Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations is his entertaining and accessible exploration of mathematical terrain both far-flung and nearby, bringing r…
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- 9780262342681
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- 1 online resource (248 pages)
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