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Data Collection in Fragile States Innovations from Africa and Beyond

This book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is ...

Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning : Clean Air, Safe Water, Fertile Soils

This book brings together three topics that interact to affect the quality of life on Earth. First, it examines expanding ...

Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice : The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process

The book deals with the complex relationship between intergenerational justice and demographic change and is characterized ...

Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities

Tsunamis remain an ever-present threat to lives and property along the coasts of most of the world’s oceans. Because of ...

Developments in Demographic Forecasting

This book presents new developments in the field of demographic forecasting, covering both mortality, fertility and migration. ...

Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census

This book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing ...

Divorce in Europe New Insights in Trends, Causes and Consequences of Relation Break-ups

This book collects the major discussions in divorce research in Europe. It starts with an understanding of divorce trends. ...

Doing Cross-Cultural Research :Ethical and Methodological Perspectives

Conducting cross-cultural research is rife with methodological, ethical and moral challenges. Researchers are challenged ...

Dynamic Population Models

The book is well organized and clearly written so that it is accessible to those with only a minimal knowledge of calculus. ...

EQ-5D concepts and methods:

The EuroQol Group is an international, cross-disciplinary group set up in 1987 to investigate issues related to the valuation ...

Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests

Covers the range of natural and managed oak forests in the highlands of tropical America. Providing an understanding of ecological ...

Ecology of Riparian Forests in Japan : Disturbance, Life History, and Regeneration

It presents the dynamics and mechanisms that govern the coexistence of riparian tree species, tree demography, the response ...

Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes

The book elucidates the challenges faced by ecosystem scientists working in spatially heterogeneous systems, relevant conceptual ...

Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium

The Proceedings of the 18th International Seaweed Symposium provides an invaluable reference to a wide range of fields in ...

Employment Deconcentration in European Metropolitan Areas

Spatial deconcentration of economic activities, particularly the growth of suburban office, retail and entertainment concentrations, ...

Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

This book presents latest advances in EFH mapping and modelling and introduces the environmental approach to EFH identification ...

Evolution of Non-Expected Utility Preferences

The theory on the evolution of preferences deals with the endogenous formation of preference relations in strategic situations. ...

Fiscal Equalization : Challenges in the Design of Intergovernmental Transfers

These original essays highlight the state of knowledge in intergovernmental transfer design. They represent creative new ...

Forest Ecosystems and Environments

The Global Change Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia (TEMA) project was carried out as a unique contribution ...

Game Theory : Decisions, Interaction and Evolution

This introduction to game theory is written from a mathematical perspective. Its primary purpose is to be a first course ...

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