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Energy, Transport, & the Environment: Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm
Energy, Transport, & the Environment: Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm
I had the pleasure to be one of the speakers at the 2010 World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, held by the Smith School of the University of Oxford. The participants, drawn from academia, industry, government and NGOs, were asked to explore the challenges and offer pathways to a sustainable, low carbon transportation...
Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (Routledge International Handbooks)
Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (Routledge International Handbooks)

Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security, governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data, and localized in the...

Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery: An Evidence and Case-based Guide
Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery: An Evidence and Case-based Guide

This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses common clinical challenges in newborns, providing an evidence-based, step-by-step approach for their diagnosis and management. Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery is designed to be an easy-to-use, practical guide, covering a full range of clinical dilemmas: bacterial and...

Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations (Intelligent Systems Reference Library)
Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations (Intelligent Systems Reference Library)
This book focuses on various aspects of research on ageing, including in relation to assistive technology; dignity of aging; how technology can support a greater understanding of the experience of physically aging and cognitive changes; mobility issues associated with the elderly; and emerging technologies. 

The 80+ age group...

Setting Foundations for the Creation of Public Value in Smart Cities (Public Administration and Information Technology)
Setting Foundations for the Creation of Public Value in Smart Cities (Public Administration and Information Technology)

 This book seeks to contribute to prior research facing the discussion about public value creation in Smart Cities and the role of governments.  In the early 21st century, the rapid transition to a highly urbanized population has made societies and their governments around the world to be meeting unprecedented challenges...

Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership
Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership

This textbook covers all general areas of knowledge required for a trainee, generalist medical administrator, and doctor undergoing training to be a medical administrator specialist. Chapters cover all the key topics on medical administration and leadership. Some of the key topics included are: health systems and policy, health law,...

Modern Soil Microbiology, Third Edition
Modern Soil Microbiology, Third Edition

The living soil is crucial to photosynthesis, biogeochemical cycles, global food production, climate change, biodiversity, and plant and animal health. In the past decade, scientists have made significant advances in soil microbiology research. While the basic principles are now better understood, knowledge has been forthcoming on...

Development of a Society on Wheels: Understanding the Rise of Automobile-dependency in China (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
Development of a Society on Wheels: Understanding the Rise of Automobile-dependency in China (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
Using quantitative research, this volume investigates the characteristics, problems and trends of the automobile society in China’s mega cities and large cities. It also addresses topics related to cars and cities, traffic safety and cars’ consumption.

China has experienced more than 30 years of rapid
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Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator
Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator
The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as 1,000 grizzlies in a tri-state region today. No longer limited to remote wilderness areas, grizzlies now roam throughout the region—in state parks, school playgrounds, residential...
The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet
The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet
Once little more than a glorified porn filter, China’s ‘Great Firewall’ has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. Even as the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and any attempts to organize outside the official...
The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few
The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few
Our economy is designed by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent. This book offers a compelling vision of an equitable, ecologically sustainable alternative that meets the essential needs of all people.

We live in a world where twenty-six billionaires own as much wealth as half the planet's population. The extractive
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Active Ageing and Labour Market Engagement: Evidence from Eastern India
Active Ageing and Labour Market Engagement: Evidence from Eastern India

The book provides an interesting analysis of the time-use data to examine the extent to which active ageing is occurring in India. It also synthesizes data from the National Sample Survey Office All India Survey and another survey undertaken in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, and Ranchi (capital cities of East Indian states) to examine the...

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