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Science of Societal Safety

This book covers comprehensive but fundamental principles and concepts of disaster and accident prevention and mitigation, ...

Scientific and Technical Issues in the Management of Spent Fuel of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines

This book addresses a very important challenge of the present – complex decommissioning of the nuclear-powered vessels ...

Seasonal Climate: Forecasting and Managing Risk

Formed around a set of lectures presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI), this book has grown in scope and in aspiration ...

Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health : Health and Climate

Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new ...

Secondary Education at the Crossroads

Education is a universal priority. Currently, it is at a crossroad. In every society it is valued as a major road to produce ...

Security in an Interconnected World A Strategic Vision for Defence Policy

This book follows the idea that security policy must be based on strategic analysis. Defence policy and the role of the armed ...

Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion : Agroecology and Endogenous Development

This book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous ...

Self-Governance and Sami Communities : Transitions in Early Modern Natural Resource Management

The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural ...

Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights Global Inequities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Action

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally ...

Shaping an Inclusive Energy Transition Editors (view affiliations) Margot P. C. WeijnenZofia LukszoSamira Farahani

This book makes a case for a socially inclusive energy transition and illustrates how engineering and public policy professionals ...

Shared Physical Custody Interdisciplinary Insights in Child Custody Arrangements

This book provides an overview of the ever-growing phenomenon of children in shared physical custody thereby providing legal, ...

Shock and Damage Models in Reliability Theory

Shock and Damage Models in Reliability Theory is the first book to describe the reliability properties and maintenance policies ...

Simulation-based Algorithms for Markov Decision Processes

Markov decision process (MDP) models are widely used for modeling sequential decision-making problems that arise in engineering, ...

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Results of SSPCR 2019—Open Access Contributions

This book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and ...

Social Cash Transfer in Turkey Toward Market Citizenship

This book asks whether cash-transfer programs for very low-income households promote social and economic citizenship and, ...

Social Determinants of Health in Non-communicable Diseases Case Studies from Japan

This book is the first compilation that reviews a wide range of social determinants of health (SDHs) for non-communicable ...

Social Development in the World Bank Essays in Honor of Michael M. Cernea

This book honors the work of Michael Cernea, who was the World Bank’s first professional sociologist, by taking on and ...

Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy : Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC 9, Pretoria, South Africa, September 25-26, 2008

The scope of the book includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications ...

Social Exclusion in Later Life Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives

Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent ...

Social Innovation in Higher Education : Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities

The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors ...

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