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The Contingent Nature of Life : Bioethics and Limits of Human Existence

This volume explores the different ways in which the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical ...

The Demography of Disasters Impacts for Population and Place

This book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography and disasters in ...

The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems

The present book outlines a conceptual framework for modelling and forecasting the dynamics of both growth-limited cities ...

The European Labour Market

This book brings together up-to-date findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. It provides a conceptual ...

The Hackable City : Digital Media and Collaborative City-Making in the Network Society

This book presents a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making that are firmly rooted ...

The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods Renaissance and Resurgence

This book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during ...

The Post-Socialist City

This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and ...

The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on ‘The Socio-economic causes and ...

The Territorial Future of the City

The volume brings together contributions by leading scholars and young academics with experience in the urban potential of ...

The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management

It unifies the field, drawing from industry sources as well as relevant research from disparate disciplines, as well as documenting ...

Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies : A Cross-Sectoral and Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

This book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory ...

Transdisciplinary Challenges in Landscape Ecology and Restoration Ecology - An Anthology

A collection of widely dispersed major publications on theoretical and practical Mediterranean, global environmental and ...

Transformation and Development Studies in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Member States

This book features various studies on democratization, transformation, political and economic development, and security ...

Understanding Cities: Method in Urban Design / Alexander R. Cuthbert

Creates the vital link between urban design theory and praxis and opens the required methodological gateway to a new and ...

United Nations Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order

This volume explores how UN peace operations are adapting to four trends in the changing global order: the rebalancing of ...

Urban Ecology : An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Urban Ecology is the study of ecosystems that include humans living in cities and urbanizing landscapes. This book presents ...

Urban Environmental Management and Technology

This book examines the importance of urban environmental management in the face of formidable challenges. It offers a comprehensive ...

Urban Landscape Perspectives

Urban Landscape Perspectives explores how landscape terminology can be usefully brought into the urban debate. Articles in ...

Urban Planning Against Poverty How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Global South

This book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the ...

Vulnerable Cities: Realities, Innovations and Strategies

This book combines empirical and comparative analysis of improvement of vulnerable urban space and post-disaster rehabilitation ...

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