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  • The Development of Eco Cities in China

    Edited by Juke Liu, Weiping Sun, Wenzhen Hu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents an in-depth study on and summary of the current practice and theories for the construction of eco-cities in China in the context of the country’s rapid urbanization. It argues that by 2020, 60% of China’s population will live in cities. And the evolution from “green cities” to “eco- cities”, and subsequently to “smart cities” is crucial to China’s sustainable development.The ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Chinese Water Systems

    Volume 2: Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments: Chaohu

    Edited by Agnes Sachse, Zhenliang Liao, Weiping Hu, Xiaohu Dai, Olaf Kolditz ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume addresses the latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management of water resources in China. It specifically summarizes the results of the BMBF-CLIENT project “Management of Water Resources in Urban Catchments” and the related MoST project “Key Technologies and Management Modes for ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • International Conference on Science Education 2012 Proceedings

    Science Education: Policies and Social Responsibilities

    Edited by Baohui Zhang, Xiufeng Liu, Weiping Hu, Shujin Peng, Gavin W. Fulmer, Bing Wei ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book contains papers presented at the International Conference on Science Education 2012, ICSE 2012, held in Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. It features the work of science education researchers from around the world addressing a common theme, Science Education: Policies and Social Responsibilities.The book covers a range of topics including international science education standards, ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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    by Mike Davis ...
    Series series Essential Mike Davis
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    $19.19 CAD

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  • Science for Primary Teachers

    Second Edition

    by Lynden Rogers, Gemma Christian, Jason Morton ...
    You may be asking "why does a primary teacher like me need to know anything about science? Is there any chance of my enjoying this book if I am not a scientific nerd?" Fair questions. Here are the answers.Our general aim in writing this textbook material was to provide some basic knowledge about how science works. After all, we live in a very science-oriented and techno world, and it would be nice ... Read more

    $9.83 CAD

  • Other Cities, Other Worlds

    Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age

    Edited by Andreas Huyssen ...
    Other Cities, Other Worlds brings together leading scholars of cultural theory, urban studies, art, anthropology, literature, film, architecture, and history to look at non-Western global cities. The contributors focus on urban imaginaries, the ways that city dwellers perceive or imagine their own cities. Paying particular attention to the historical and cultural dimensions of urban life, they ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Arab Dawn

    Arab Youth and the Demographic Dividend They Will Bring

    by Bessma Momani ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by an endless stream of reports and commentary about civil war, sectarian violence, religious extremism, and economic stagnation. But do they tell the full story? For instance, who knew that university enrolment in the war-torn Palestinian territories exceeds that of Hong Kong, or that more than a third of Lebanese entrepreneurs are women?Change ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Parasitology Lab Exercises

    by John Janovy ...
    This book contains lab exercises used in BIOS 385, Parasitology, from 2006 to 2010 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Included are outcomes, tasks, materials, study questions, and vocabulary. These exercises are the basic ones used, but teaching assistants had quite a bit of freedom to modify them. TAs also gave weekly quizzes (not included in these exercises), some of which were practical. ... Read more

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  • The Slow Boil

    Street Food, Rights and Public Space in Mumbai

    by Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria ...
    Series series South Asia in Motion
    Street food vendors are both a symbol and a scourge of Mumbai: cheap roadside snacks are enjoyed by all, but the people who make them dance on a razor's edge of legality. While neighborhood associations want the vendors off cluttered sidewalks, many Mumbaikers appreciate the convenient bargains they offer. In The Slow Boil, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria draws on his long-term fieldwork with these ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • African Cities

    Alternative Visions of Urban Theory and Practice

    by Professor Garth Myers ...
    In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. He argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in both urban studies and African studies.Cities in Africa are still either ignored - banished to a different, other, lesser category of not ... Read more

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  • Urban Theory Beyond the West

    A World of Cities

    Edited by Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne ...
    Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the continuing focus of urban studies on cities in ‘the Global North’.Urban Theory Beyond the West contains twenty chapters ... Read more

    $130.53 CAD

  • Shadow Cities

    A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World

    by Robert Neuwirth ...
    In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they invent new social structures, Neuwirth argues, squatters are at the forefront of the worldwide movement to develop new visions of what constitutes property and community.Visit Robert Neuwirth's blog at: http: ... Read more

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