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  • Emerging Nodes in the Global Economy: Frankfurt and Tel Aviv Compared

    Edited by D. Felsenstein, E.W. Schamp, A. Shachar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Cities form one of the principal arenas in which globalization processes are manifest. Much of the interest in the urban outcomes of globalization is focused on a limited number of iconic 'global' or 'world' cities. Most places however will never attain that status. They are more likely to play limited and specialized roles in a world economy increasingly dominated by flows. Emerging Nodes in a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

    by Charles Montgomery ...
    A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can—and do—make us happier peopleCharles Montgomery's Happy City will revolutionize the way we think about urban life.After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worse for our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • DK Essential Managers: Doing Business in India

    Culture, Travel, Negotiating, Etiquette, Relationships

    by Dean Nelson ...
    Series series DK Essential Managers
    A commonsense guide to getting the best out of your dealings in one of the world's biggest emerging economies.Written by the former South Asia editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times, the comprehensive yet concise text covers Indian business culture, government infrastructure, history, and politics, as well as everyday dos, don'ts, and taboos. Step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities

    by The World Bank ...
    This book presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for risk from natural disasters and climate change. The target audience for ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Remaking of the Mining Industry

    by D. Humphreys ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The industrialisation of China prompted the biggest commodity boom of modern times. Soaring prices gave rise to talk of a commodity super cycle and induced a wave of resource nationalism. The author, who was chief economist at two of the world's largest mining companies, describes how this resulted in a transformation of the global mining industry. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Spatial Econometrics

    From Cross-Sectional Data to Spatial Panels

    by J. Paul Elhorst ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. The book not only presents different model specifications and their corresponding estimators, but also critically discusses the purposes for which these models can be used and how their results should ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Job Guarantee

    Toward True Full Employment

    Edited by M. Murray, M. Forstater ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This timely collection will be the first of its kind to focus on the practical application of the government job guarantee (JG) for both developed and developing economies. Global case studies include: United States, China, Ghana, Argentina, Ireland, Iceland, and India. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science

    Second Edition

    by Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The complex interactions between human and physical systems confronting social scientists and policymakers pose unique conceptual, methodological, and practical complications when ‘doing research’. Graduate students in a broad range of related fields need to learn how to tackle the discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and perform research in the spatial sciences. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Quantitative Problem Solving Methods in the Airline Industry

    A Modeling Methodology Handbook

    Edited by Cynthia Barnhart, Barry Smith ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book reviews Operations Research theory, applications and practice in seven major areas of airline planning and operations. In each area, a team of academic and industry experts provides an overview of the business and technical landscape, a view of current best practices, a summary of open research questions and suggestions for relevant future research. There are several common themes in ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • The Economics of Uniqueness: Investing in Historic City Cores and Cultural Heritage Assets for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Guido Licciardi, Rana Amirtahmasebi ...
    In a world where half of the population lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world, cities struggle to modernize without completely losing their unique character, which is embodied by their historic cores and cultural heritage assets. As countries develop, cultural heritage can provide a crucial element of continuity and stability: the past can ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement

    by David Hollister, Ray Tadgerson, David Closs, G. Tomas M. Hult ...
    The dynamic, collaborative management model that saved a U.S. manufacturing cityWhen car-making giant General Motors decided to close its plant in Lansing, Michigan, in 1996, one person—the city’s newly elected mayor—stood up and said “no.” Initially, it was the cry of a man in the wilderness. Not once in its century-long history had GM reversed a decision to close a plant. But Mayor David ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/2013

    by World Bank ...
    Series series Africa Development Indicators
    The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/2013 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2010 book and African Development Indicators Online. The country tables present the latest available data for ... Read more

    $8.69 USD