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Author : Yenna Chan
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1616735945
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Design in Detai: Small Environments written by Yenna Chan and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Tumber
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262525313
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Small, Gritty, and Green written by Catherine Tumber and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future. America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities—Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and others—increasingly resemble urban wastelands. Gutted by deindustrialization, outsourcing, and middle-class flight, disproportionately devastated by metro freeway systems that laid waste to the urban fabric and displaced the working poor, small industrial cities seem to be part of America's past, not its future. And yet, Catherine Tumber argues in this provocative book, America's gritty Rust Belt cities could play a central role in a greener, low-carbon, relocalized future. As we wean ourselves from fossil fuels and realize the environmental costs of suburban sprawl, we will see that small cities offer many assets for sustainable living not shared by their big city or small town counterparts, including population density and nearby, fertile farmland available for new environmentally friendly uses. Tumber traveled to twenty-five cities in the Northeast and Midwest—from Buffalo to Peoria to Detroit to Rochester—interviewing planners, city officials, and activists, and weaving their stories into this exploration of small-scale urbanism. Smaller cities can be a critical part of a sustainable future and a productive green economy. Small, Gritty, and Green will help us develop the moral and political imagination we need to realize this.
Author : Hadley Wickham
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498759807
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Advanced R written by Hadley Wickham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Essential Reference for Intermediate and Advanced R Programmers Advanced R presents useful tools and techniques for attacking many types of R programming problems, helping you avoid mistakes and dead ends. With more than ten years of experience programming in R, the author illustrates the elegance, beauty, and flexibility at the heart of R. The book develops the necessary skills to produce quality code that can be used in a variety of circumstances. You will learn: The fundamentals of R, including standard data types and functions Functional programming as a useful framework for solving wide classes of problems The positives and negatives of metaprogramming How to write fast, memory-efficient code This book not only helps current R users become R programmers but also shows existing programmers what’s special about R. Intermediate R programmers can dive deeper into R and learn new strategies for solving diverse problems while programmers from other languages can learn the details of R and understand why R works the way it does.
Author : Juval Portugali
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540297103
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Complex Artificial Environments written by Juval Portugali and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juval Portugali The notion of complex artificial environments (CAE) refers to theories of c- plexity and self-organization, as well as to artifacts in general, and to artificial - vironments, such as cities, in particular. The link between the two, however, is not trivial. For one thing, the theories of complexity and self-organization originated in the “hard” science and by reference to natural phenomena in physics and bi- ogy. The study of artifacts, per contra, has traditionally been the business of the “soft” disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The notion of “complex artificial environments” thus implies the supposition that the theories of compl- ity and self-organization, together with the mathematical formalisms and meth- ologies developed for their study, apply beyond the domain of nature. Such a s- st position raises a whole set of questions relating to the nature of 21 century cities and urbanism, to philosophical issues regarding the natural versus the artificial, to the methodological legitimacy of interdisciplinary transfer of theories and me- odologies and to the implications that entail the use of sophisticated, state-of-t- art artifacts such as virtual reality (VR) cities and environments. The three-day workshop on the study of complex artificial environments that took place on the island of San Servolo, Venice, during April 1-3, 2004, was a gathering of scholars engaged in the study of the various aspects of CAE.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309264146
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book U.S. Health in International Perspective written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Author : Robert Kronenburg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415343770
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Transportable Environments 3 written by Robert Kronenburg and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of structures designed to be mobile, their uses, and the principles involved in their design including a consideration of the wide range of applications in which they can be found.
Author : Mahdavi, Iraj
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605668095
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Electronic Supply Network Coordination in Intelligent and Dynamic Environments: Modeling and Implementation written by Mahdavi, Iraj and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents cutting-edge knowledge on scientific approaches to the management of supply networks in a highly informed global environment with abundant dynamic and uncertain challenges"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Anne Marie Dixon
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420014854
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Environmental Monitoring for Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments written by Anne Marie Dixon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical technology in the science of contamination control, environmental monitoring is a technique that provides important data on the quality of a process, processing environment, and final product, which can aid scientists in identifying and eliminating potential sources of contamination in cleanrooms and controlled environments. In response
Author : Tim R. New
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319212249
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Insect Conservation and Urban Environments written by Tim R. New and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on assessing changes among assemblages and in individual species, the variety of general threats (notably habitat changes and impacts of alien species) and more particularly urban threats. The first global overview and synthesis of the impacts of urbanisation on insects and their relatives and the needs and theoretical and practical background to conserving them in urban environments. Insect dependence on open spaces in built-up areas suggests a wide range of management options for conservation, from individual site (including novel habitats such as green roofs) to landscape-level connectivity. These measures, all discussed with specific examples, involve all sectors of humanity, from government agencies to individual householders and ‘citizen scientist’ groups. Each chapter includes pertinent and recent.
Author : BPP Learning Media
Publisher : BPP Learning Media
ISBN 13 : 1445377144
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (453 download)
Download or read book CII Diploma - J06 Investment principles, markets and environments Study Text 2011/2012 written by BPP Learning Media and published by BPP Learning Media. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A list of syllabus learning outcomes covered in each chapter * Referencing of each chapter section to the syllabus Learning Outcomes covered in the section * Clear concise topic-by-topic coverage * Examples and Exercises to reinforce learning, confirm understanding and stimulate thought * A round up of the key points in each chapter * A quick quiz at the end of each chapterWe recognise that most students have only limited time for study and that some study material available on the market can be very time-consuming to use. BPP Learning Media has prepared study material which provides you with what you need to secure a good pass in your exam, while making effective use of your time.
Download or read book Team Situational Awareness Training in Virtual Environments written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip James
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192562150
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Biology of Urban Environments written by Philip James and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do plants, animals, and humans manage to survive and adapt to the urban environment? This book provides a comprehensive coverage of biological matters related to urban environments presenting both the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings, and practical examples required to understand and address the challenges presented by this novel environment. The Biology of Urban Environments focusses on urban denizens: species (both domesticated and non-domesticated) that live for all or part of their life cycle in towns and cities. The biology of household plants and companion animals is discussed alongside that of species that have become feral or have not been domesticated. Temporal and spatial distribution patterns are set out and generalizations are made while exceptions are also discussed. The various strategies used and the genotypic, phenotypic, and behavioural adaptions of plants and animals in the face of the challenges presented by urban environments are explained. The final two chapters contain a discussion of the impacts of urban environments on human biology and suggestions on how this understanding might be used to address the increasing human health burden associated with illnesses that are characteristic of urbanites in the early twenty-first century.
Author : C. Cónsole-Gonella
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 1786205688
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Ichnology in Shallow-marine and Transitional Environments written by C. Cónsole-Gonella and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ichnology of shallow-marine to transitional environments is a key field of study with respect to understanding the variability of environmental parameters from inshore marginal-marine settings to the offshore transition zone. Over the last decades ichnology has evolved from being a tool to determine bathymetry, becoming the standard palaeoenvironmental methodology by which trace fossils can be used to inform sedimentary facies models. In particular, the analysis of mixed assemblages of invertebrate and vertebrate trace fossils allows detailed palaeoenvironmental and facies analysis. This volume focuses on the ichnological record of shallow-marine to transitional environments through the geological record, in addition to modern ones through neoichnology.
Author : Daniel J. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387226915
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments written by Daniel J. Harrison and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments: An International Perspective examines the conditions where humans and martens are compatible and incompatible, and promotes land use practices that allow Martes to be representatively distributed and viable. All Martes have been documented to use forested habitats and 6 species (excluding the stone marten) are generally considered to require complex mid- to late-successional forests throughout much of their geographic ranges. All species in the genus require complex horizontal and vertical structure to provide escape cover protection from predators, habitat for their prey, access to food resources, and protection from the elements. Martens and the fisher have high metabolic rates, have large spatial requirements, have high surface area to volume ratios for animals that often inhabit high latitudes, and often require among the largest home range areas per unit body weight of any group of mammals. Resulting from these unique life history characteristics, this genus is particularly sensitive to human influences on their habitats, including habitat loss, stand-scale simplification of forest structure via some forms of logging, and landscape-scale effects of habitat fragmentation. Given their strong associations with structural complexity in forests, martens and the fisher are often considered as useful barometers of forest health and have been used as ecological indicators, flagship, and umbrella species in different parts of the world. Thus, efforts to successfully conserve and manage martens and fishers are associated with the ecological fates of other forest dependent species and can greatly influence ecosystem integrity within forests that are increasingly shared among wildlife and humans. We have made great strides in our fundamental understanding of how animals with these unique life history traits perceive and utilize habitats, respond to habitat change, and how their populations function and perform under different forms of human management and mismanagement. This knowledge enhances our basic understanding of all species of Martes and will help us to achieve the goal of conserving viable populations and representative distributions of the world’s Martes, their habitats, and associated ecological communities in our new millennium.
Author : Agnieszka Stachowiak
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040134211
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Coping With Dynamic Business Environments written by Agnieszka Stachowiak and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-10-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the existing management approaches for dealing with changes, namely readiness, maturity, and resilience. Although these concepts have been discussed for several years now, their importance grows when companies must deal with extended changes in economies. The changes are of a different nature: social, technological, and political, and they strongly impact every aspect of economies and companies’ activity. Is it possible to be ready for the changes? Should companies be resilient to disruption? These are the questions the managers are trying to answer, yet they need some support from academics. This book explores the synergy between the state-of-the-art knowledge and experience of companies to create a Contemporary Management Model. The scope of this book covers the methodology with an introduction and discussion of the key ideas and concludes with a presentation of the Contemporary Management Model followed by the practical validation and verification of the model based on case studies. This book is simply about developing the readiness and resilience of resources and processes, especially from a tactical perspective.
Author : Per Lind
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136580808
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments written by Per Lind and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Products and services created by small and medium sized organizations account for the vast majority of economic activity across the globe. These organizations will prove vitally important to the emerging and developing economies that will shape future decades. Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments is one of very few books to take the cross-cultural context as an opportunity to analyse and discuss the key concepts of small firm management in different parts of the world. This textbook covers important topics, such as: the global economic development process entrepreneurship the role of government SME growth and collaborations in a global context. By explaining how culture shapes and conditions the reality of small businesses and how organizational theories and models fail as management tools, this book fills a significant gap. Supplemented by a compendium of compelling case studies, drawn from across the world, and based upon 25 years of international research by the author, Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments is a useful guide for students and practitioners of SME and International Management
Author : Danny Weyns
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540326146
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Environments for Multi-Agent Systems II written by Danny Weyns and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Environments for Multiagent Systems, E4MAS 2005, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in July 2005, as an associated event of AAMAS 2005. The 16 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from the lectures given at the workshop completed by a number of invited papers of prominent researchers active in the domain. The papers are organized in topical sections on models, architecture, and design, mediated coordination, as well as applications.
