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Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature
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. It is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that aims to understand how human and ecological processes can coexist in human-dominated systems and help societies with their efforts to become more sustainable. It has deep roots in...
The Internet Society in China: A 2016 Report (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China)
The Internet Society in China: A 2016 Report (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China)

This book provides a cutting edge analysis of the rapid rise of China’s network society and reviews recent key developments within China’s internet economy, notably the concepts of “Lucky Money” and E-Business on Wechat, and Crowd-Funding Platforms. It focuses on drawing out the sociological impact of these...

Cybercrime and Society
Cybercrime and Society
Criminology has been rather slow to recognise the importance of cyberspace in changing the nature and scope of offending and victimisation, and a comprehensive introductory textbook on cybercrime and its social implications is long overdue. One of the many strengths of Majid Yar's book is that it avoids 'techy' jargon and unites criminological and...
Conflict, Contradiction, and Contrarian Elements in Moral Development and Education
Conflict, Contradiction, and Contrarian Elements in Moral Development and Education
The premise of this book is that individuals and societies have an inexorable urge to morally develop by challenging the assumptions of the previous generation in terms of what is right and wrong. The focus is on the nature and functional value of conflicts and challenges to the dominant moral and social values framework. Through this analysis,...
Kernel Smoothing: Principles, Methods and Applications
Kernel Smoothing: Principles, Methods and Applications

Comprehensive theoretical overview of kernel smoothing methods with motivating examples

Kernel smoothing is a flexible nonparametric curve estimation method that is applicable when parametric descriptions of the data are not sufficiently adequate. This book explores theory and methods of kernel smoothing in a variety of...

HTML 4 Bible (with CD-ROM)
HTML 4 Bible (with CD-ROM)
If HTML 4 can do it, you can do it too...
If the new edition of this comprehensive one-stop guide, author Bryan Pfaffenberger and Bill Karow offer step-by-step guidance on building state-of-the-art Web pages with the newest HTML release, 4.01. From an HTML "Quick Start" to expert advice on Cascading Style Sheets,
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Senior Cohousing: A New Way Forward for Active Older Adults (SpringerBriefs in Aging)
Senior Cohousing: A New Way Forward for Active Older Adults (SpringerBriefs in Aging)
This book presents a concise description and qualitative exploration of a new residential option for older adults: senior cohousing. It describes the practical, structural and communal aspects of senior cohousing and shares the lived experiences of actual residents. Pursuing an existential-phenomenological approach, the authors visited...
Putting Knowledge Networks into Action: Methodology, Development, Maintenance
Putting Knowledge Networks into Action: Methodology, Development, Maintenance
The concepts and theories of knowledge management and networks are about to become well documented. Yet there are few, if any, guidelines on how to implement knowledge management within an organization, especially focusing on how to manage knowledge in a network environment. On the one hand, this is paraphrasing Tom Stewart’s assertion in his...
Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology
Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology
Scientists in the biotechnology sector have developed a vast array of products and procedures, including drugs, diagnostics, agricultural products and veterinary procedures. This is made possible through various intra- and inter-organizational collaborations between the academic and private sectors, and through the establishment of networks for...
The World Heroin Market: Can Supply Be Cut? (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
The World Heroin Market: Can Supply Be Cut? (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
Heroin is universally considered the world's most harmful illegal drug. This is due not only to the damaging effects of the drug itself, but also to the spread of AIDS tied to its use. Burgeoning illegal mass consumption in the 1960s and 1970s has given rise to a global market for heroin and other opiates of nearly 16 million users. The production...
Designing and Conducting Business Surveys (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)
Designing and Conducting Business Surveys (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)

Designing and Conducting Business Surveys provides a coherent overview of the business survey process, from start to finish. It uniquely integrates an understanding of how businesses operate, a total survey error approach to data quality that focuses specifically on business surveys, and sound project management principles. The book...

Creative Space: Models of Creative Processes for the Knowledge Civilization Age
Creative Space: Models of Creative Processes for the Knowledge Civilization Age

Creative Space summarizes and integrates the various up-to-date approaches of computational intelligence to knowledge and technology creation including the specific novel feature of utilizing the creative abilities of the human mind, such as tacit knowledge, emotions and instincts, and intuition. It analyzes several important approaches of this...

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