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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World

    A Focus on Italy

    by Ilaria Mariotti ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products, with a direct effect on the transport and logistics industry. This industry, indeed, plays a key role in connecting the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Gateshead Through Time

    by Nick Neave ...
    Series series Through Time
    Gateshead was once described as the dirty lane leading to NewcastleA", and over the years it has often been portrayed as the 'poor relative' in comparison to its larger and more glamorous neighbor Newcastle, across the river Tyne. In fact Gateshead has a long and proud industrial and social history, much of which has sadly gone, but in recent years there has been a revival in Gateshead's social ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Transforming Cities with Transit

    Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development

    by Hiroaki Suzuki, Robert Cervero, Kanako Iuchi ...
    Series series Urban Development
    'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing cities, transit and land-use integration is increasingly being embraced by policy-makers ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Managing Urban Water Supply

    Edited by D.E. Agthe, R.B. Billings, N. Buras ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    We, the editors, have long believed that a strong knowledge of relatively simple economic and engineering concepts is valuable in solving water management problems. The lack of such knowledge has been apparent to us in some of the journal articles, research proposals and books we have reviewed. The articles which have been written concerning specific local water economies and management issues are ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Luigi Einaudi: Selected Political Essays

    Volume III

    Edited by Domenico Da Empoli, Corrado Malandrino, Valerio Zanone ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) was a leading liberal Italian economist, economic historian and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister for the Budget and President of the Italian Republic. He was a prolific writer in all fields and his writings testify to his outstanding contribution to economics during his long career. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Property Tax in BRICS Megacities

    Local Government Financing and Financial Sustainability

    by Marco Salm ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities. As megacities play a vital role within their respective countries – economically, administratively, and from a human development perspective – they experience the costs and benefits of urbanization simultaneously with major investment needs, rising poverty, and increasing congestion and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Creating Cities/Building Cities

    Architecture and Urban Competitiveness

    by Peter Karl Kresl ...
    For the past 150 years, architecture has been a significant tool in the hands of city planners and leaders. In Creating Cities/Building Cities, Peter Karl Kresl and Daniele Ietri illustrate how these planners and leaders have utilized architecture to achieve a variety of aims, influencing the situation, perception and competitiveness of their cities.Whether the objective is branding, re ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Poverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa

    Potential and Limitations of Democracy in Cementing Multiethnic Societies

    by D. Bigman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Firms’ Location Selections and Regional Policy in the Global Economy

    Edited by Toshiharu Ishikawa ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers a new understanding of how firms determine their location and what kinds of regional economic policies are needed to attract factories to a country and a region in a highly globalized economic setting. The theoretical and empirical analyses examine the influence of the transfer pricing system, corporate tax rates, and a country’s industrial structure on a firm’s decision to locate ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Knowledge Flows, Technological Change and Regional Growth in the European Union

    by Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book provides conceptual and empirical insights into the complex relationship between knowledge flows and regional growth in the EU. The author critically scrutinizes and enhances the RIS (Regional Innovation System) approach, discussing innovation as a technological, institutional and evolutionary process. Moreover, she advances the ongoing discourse on the role of space and technological ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • On The Books

    A Graphic Tale of Working Woes at NYC's Strand Bookstore

    by Greg Farrell ...
    A David and Goliath story, On The Books is the first-hand comic strip account of the labor struggle at NYC's legendary Strand bookstore in the summer of 2012. Told by Greg Farrell—an employee of the store who interviewed numerous other members of the staff—the book examines the motives and actions of those involved, including the store, the staff, the union local, and the people of New York City. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taking Stock of Air Liberalization

    Edited by Marc Gaudry, Robert Mayes ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Taking Stock of Air Liberalization is about Technology, Economy, and Policy (TEP) in the airline industry. Ten years ago, the practical collaboration was begun of bringing together people who belonged to the complementary streams of economic analysis and policy analysis presented int his book. During this time, we opened discussions on the relationship between transportation technology, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD