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  • A stake in the ground

    Poems

    by Martin de Jong, Trish Harris, Adrienne Jansen, Judy McMillan, Anne Powell, Peter Rawnsley, Miriam Richardson, Barbara Sampson, Wendy Vink, Michael Watson ...
    Eleven Poets coming from a range of backgrounds and experiences present a collection of poems. Their spiritual roots are varied – Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, no category. But they share a common sense of a bigger reality. The collection explores life, but always underneath there is that strong, or faint, sense of mystery.This collection of poems comes from two decades of writing together. The ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AI-IoT for Smart Urban Planning and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Ayyoob Sharifi, Baojie He, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Martin de Jong ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a critical rethinking of digital urban transformation through a planning centered lens. It moves beyond technocentric views to examine how intelligent technologies shape governance, decision-making, and sustainability outcomes. The book explores key areas including housing, mobility, water management, environmental resilience, and digital civic engagement, showing that technology ... Read more

    $204.99 CAD

  • Transforming Cities

    Urban Growth, Resilience, and Ecological Innovation

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, May Tan-Mullins, Martin de Jong, Rob Raven ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a detailed examination of how urban areas can evolve while balancing growth, resilience, and ecological innovation. Through a variety of case studies and research-driven insights, it explores methods for improving climate resilience, reviving urban areas, and incorporating ecological frameworks into city planning. The book offers valuable strategies for developing dynamic, ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Sustainable Smart City Transitions

    Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms

    Edited by Luca Mora, Mark Deakin, Xiaoling Zhang, Michael Batty, Martin de Jong, Paolo Santi, Francesco Paolo Appio ...
    This book enhances the reader’s understanding of the theoretical foundations, sociotechnical assemblage, and governance mechanisms of sustainable smart city transitions.Drawing on empirical evidence stemming from existing smart city research, the book begins by advancing a theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between smart city development studies and some of the key ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • The Inclusive Circular Economy

    Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Innovation

    Edited by Martin de Jong, Daan Schraven, Tong Xin, Liang Dong ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is a multi-disciplinary effort to address the complex socio-economic issues and the substantial environmental pressure that the expected large-scale migration will exert on cities in the near future. Emerging from a joint research project between China and the Netherlands, the authors herein put forward a vision for cities that the future demands while assessing efforts, ... Read more

    Free

  • Mapping European Corporations

    Strategy, Structure, Ownership and Performance

    Edited by Andrea Colli, Abe De Jong, Martin Jes Iversen ...
    This book addresses the evolution of the strategies, structures, ownership patterns and performances of large European corporations since the early 1960s. The authors study large and small countries, in order to understand how the process of economic integration has affected the patterns of growth and the structural characteristics of the largest firms. Drawing both on extensive databases and on ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Inclusive City

    The Theory and Practice of Creating Shared Urban Prosperity

    by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Martin de Jong ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The authors argue that as inclusion involves a range of inter-group and intragroup tensions, the unifying role of local government is crucial in making ... Read more

    $76.89 CAD

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    Edited by Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov, Preben Hansen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate ... Read more

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  • Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions

    Results of SSPCR 2019—Open Access Contributions

    Edited by Adriano Bisello, Daniele Vettorato, David Ludlow, Claudia Baranzelli ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals.Innovation processes ... Read more

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  • Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation

    by Ayyoob Sharifi, Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir ...
    Uniquely focused on the contributions smart cities can make to climate change resilience, Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation offers evidence-based scientific solutions for improving cities' abilities to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to global climate-related events. Beginning with the observation of global environmental change, this book explores what sustainable smart projects are, ... Read more

    $110.39 CAD

  • Climate Change, Circular Economy, and Industry: Economic Approaches and Policy Implications

    Edited by Seda H. Bostancı, Seda Yıldırım, Valentin Vasilev ...
    The crises arising from the immediate consequences of climate change are affecting governments and economic policies worldwide. However, experts in this field are still hesitant about making climate change a central focus in general approaches to economic theory. Although climate change is discussed in the fields of environmental economics and circular economy, there are gaps regarding the ... Read more

    $216.79 CAD

  • Achieving Economic Growth and Welfare Through Green Consumerism

    Edited by Punitha Sinnappan ...
    One of the greatest global challenges is to integrate economic growth and welfare with environmental sustainability. The 12th goal under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-12) addresses this challenge by calling for sustainable consumption and production patterns. It is a holistic and responsible approach that entails the production, acquisition, consumption, and disposal of ... Read more

    $295.19 CAD