Best Practice Approaches to the Study of Cognitive Functioning and Physical A…

Motor skill development influences the entirety of a child’s growth (Barnett et al., 2008). Numerous studies have reported that fundamental motor skill acquisition is clearly associated with the development of neuromotor, cognitive, social, and emotional skills in childhood

Biocultural Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Protecting Cult…

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected. With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this …

Active Commuting and Active Transportation

This book focuses on active transport as a way to increase physical activity levels. Active commuting and active transportation on foot or by bicycle create opportunities for physical activity, provide transportation options for those without a car, encourage social cohesion, and reduce contributions to air pollution.

After the An­thro­po­cene: Time and Mo­bil­ity

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A Vehicle for Change

An Open Access edition of this book will be available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Since its invention, the automobile has been systematically 'consumed', to become part of the fabric of twentieth- and twenty-first-century society, its impact and perception making the car an accurate gauge of changing cultural norms and values. As it grew in popularity, the a…

Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility = Proceed…

This is an open access book. It gathers the proceedings of the 10th edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA 2024), held on 15-18 April, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland. Contributions cover a wide range of research findings, methodological aspects, technologies and policy issues that are currently reshaping the transport and mobility system in different parts of Europe. Bridging between academic rese…

Transport Transitions : Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility = Procee…

This is an open access book. It gathers the proceedings of the 10th edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA 2024), held on 15-18 April, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland. Contributions cover a wide range of research findings, methodological aspects, technologies and policy issues that are currently reshaping the transport and mobility system in different parts of Europe. Bridging between academic rese…

The Hard Edge of Soft Power = Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and Making Nations Gr…

This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic dimensions of soft power to unpack how mega-events shape cities and societies through notions of unity and greatness, but also investigates local developments beneath the Potemkin surface of the global spectacle. Drawing on a global range of case …

Shared Mobility Revolution; Pioneering Autonomous Horizons

Buku akses terbuka ini mengumpulkan kontribusi dari proyek Horizon 2020 yang didanai oleh UE, yaitu Model Operasi Automasi Bersama untuk Adopsi Global (SHOW). Buku ini melaporkan tentang teknologi dan model bisnis yang berfokus pada mendukung penerapan automasi yang terhubung, dibagikan, dan terenergikan dalam transportasi perkotaan. Bab-bab membahas isu praktis yang berkaitan dengan manajemen …

Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics II

The energy budget of the internal tide and its life cycle is investigated with a high resolution numerical simulation and a vertical normal mode decomposition. Two areas of interest are considered: the Azores Islands over the mid Atlantic ridge and the Gulf Stream offshore the North of the US East coast shelf break. Low mode (1 and 2) internal tides are found to propagate from 100 km (mode …