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Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning
Anastássios Perdicoúlis
In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an ‘extended mental model’. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditio... -
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Gene Cartels
路易吉Palombi
Starting with the 13th century, this book explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted not over inventions, but over i...eBook:Find out more$72.76
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International Handbook of Maritime Business
Edited by Kevin Cullinane
The International Handbook of Maritime Business is a timely, comprehensive and insightful overview of the key contemporary research issues in maritime business.eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Economics and Ecosystems
Lars Hein
Economics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and mo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
Edited by Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this study critically examine ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technological Learning in the Energy Sector
Edited by Martin Junginger, Wilfried van Sark, André Faaij
Technological learning is a key driver behind the improvement of energy technologies and subsequent reduction of production costs. Understanding how and why production costs for energy technologies decline, and whether they will continue...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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企业社会责任在21 Century
Bryan Horrigan
Professor Bryan Horrigan spans subjects as diverse and topical as global corporate responsibility and governance debates, practical guidelines for responsible businesses and their professional advisers, governmental roles in corporate so...eBook:Find out more$63.96
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The Economic Growth Engine
Robert U. Ayres, Benjamin Warr
The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (p...eBook:Find out more$63.96
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Towards Effective Place Brand Management
Edited by Gregory Ashworth, Mihalis Kavaratzis
Many facets of place branding, such as identities, image, promotion or sense of place, have been around for a long time. However, the need to analyse their nature in the context of branding and to examine their relationships in detail ha...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Imitation to Innovation in China
Yahong Li
Following decades in which China’s approach to technology has been to imitate, the country is now transforming itself to become innovation-oriented. This pioneering study examines whether patents play a similar role in promoting innovati... -
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Handbook on Trade and the Environment
Edited by Kevin P. Gallagher
In this comprehensive reference work, Kevin Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad-ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade and the environment. For over two decades policymakers and schola...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Deforestation and Climate Change
Edited by Valentina Bosetti, Ruben Lubowski
Deforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over conservation of natural habitats and biological diversity capturing both scientific and public attention. More recently, the deb...eBook:Find out more$40.00