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  • Property Rights, Land Values and Urban Development

    Betterment and Compensation in China

    by Li Tian ...
    Land value capture has long been a hotly debated topic, and it has influenced a wide variety of land ownership regimes. Property Rights, Land Values and Urban Development examines the role and impact of government intervention on land markets in China. It reveals that the state has taken selective advantage of the ambiguous definition of property rights in pursuit of the objective of rapid urban ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Peri-Urban China

    Land Use, Growth, and Integrated Urban–Rural Development

    by Li Tian, Yan Guo ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City
    The urban-rural relationship in China is key to a sustainable global future. This book is particularly interested in peri-urbanization in China, the process by which fringe areas of cities develop.Recent institutional change has helped clarify property rights over collective land, facilitating peri-urban area development. Chapters in this book explore how rural industrialization has changed the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Absorption Heating Technologies

    Efficient Heating, Heat Recovery and Renewable Energy

    by Wei Wu, Xianting Li, Tian You ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive introduction to novel absorption heating technologies for improving the energy efficiency of heating systems. The proposed low-temperature heating systems, based on an air source absorption heat pump (ASAHP), significantly increase heating efficiency and reduce pollution emissions. As the performance of ASAHPs deteriorates at lower ambient/driving temperatures, a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Geospatial Semantic Web

    by Chuanrong Zhang, Weidong Li, Tian Zhao ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book covers key issues related to Geospatial Semantic Web, including geospatial web services for spatial data interoperability; geospatial ontology for semantic interoperability; ontology creation, sharing, and integration; querying knowledge and information from heterogeneous data source; interfaces for Geospatial Semantic Web, VGI (Volunteered Geographic Information) and Geospatial Semantic ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Blockchain

    An Illustrated Guidebook to Understanding Blockchain

    by Xu Mingxing, Ying Tian, Jiyue Li ...
    Translated by Jie Liu ...
    Blockchain should be easy to understand, but the so-called “experts” always explain it in such a complicated way! Through 200 original illustrations, this book provides simple explanation of Blockchain technology: what Blockchain is and how it works. This book will help you, understand everything about Blockchain, including:The Origin,The Theory,The People,The Application,The Brief History of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Urbanization and Party Survival in China

    People vs. Power

    by Xiaofen Chen, Qiang Fang, Zhaohui Hong, Jianjun Ji, Ting Jiang, Jianfeng Jin, Xiaoxiao Li, Guoqiang Shen, Jingyi Song, Linda Wang, Guangqiu Xu0, Dongyu Yang1, Changyong Yu2, Yunqiu Zhang3, Kun Zhao4, Xiaobing Li6, Xiansheng Tian8, Yi Sun9, Patrick Fuliang Shan0 ...
    While the Chinese urban movement has successfully transferred surplus labor from the countryside to urban industries that urgently require free and cheap labor, numerous problems have arisen as a result of the unprecedented huge-scale process. Such conditions such as overcrowding, substandard housing, lack of social services, corruption, and abuse of power have often reached crisis stage. American ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Reconstructing Resilient Communities after the Wenchuan Earthquake

    Disaster Recovery in China

    by Junko Otani, Yixuan Chen, Masaya Fujimoto, Xin Gao, Yuwen Gao, Xiaobo Huang, Jing Li, Bingwei Tian, Yixuan Wang, Jianxin Zhang0, Yumei Zhang1, Ken Xiansheng Hao2 ...
    Reconstructing Resilient Communities after the Wenchuan Earthquake: Disaster Recovery in China looks at the changes in Chinese society following the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan from various perspectives ranging from reconstruction policy, mental care for disaster victims, tourism in disaster areas, ethnic minorities, and disaster prevention education. The Wenchuan Earthquake, which occurred three ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • A Century of Student Movements in China

    The Mountain Movers, 1919–2019

    by Peng Deng, Xiaojia Hou, Ting Jiang, Danke Li, Hongshan Li, Liyan Liu, Pingchao Zhu, Xiaoxiao Li, Yi Sun, Xiansheng Tian, Patrick Fuliang Shan ...
    In this book the authors offer their unique perspectives on the important roles Chinese students and intellectuals played in the shaping of the twentieth-century China. Their answers to these pivotal questions explore new nationalistic spirit, modern world-views, and willingness of self-sacrifice, which had attributed to the spontaneous actions of the students as a “New Culture” emerged during the ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Ethnic China

    Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance

    by Patrick Fuliang Shan, Lu Cao, Qiang Fang, Zhaohui Hong, Ting Jiang, Jieli Li, Xiaoxiao Li, Xiaoyuan Liu, Yufeng Mao, Linda Q. Wang0, Guangqiu Xu1, Jiamin Yan2, Mei Zhou3, Xiaobing Li5, Xiansheng Tian6 ...
    There are some serious concerns and critical questions about the on-going minority protesting in China, such as Tibetan monks’ self-immolations, Muslims’ suicide bombings, and Uyghur large-scale demonstrations. Why are minorities such as the Uyghur dissatisfied, when China is rising as a world power? What kind of struggle must they go through to maintain their identity, heritage, and rights? How ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Advances in plant factories

    New technologies in indoor vertical farming

    by Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai, Dr Eri Hayashi, Dr Wenqing Jin, Dr Yuxin Tong, Dr Qianxixi Min, Dr Yongran Ji, Dr Na Lu, Dr Pavlos Kalaitzoglou, Dr Hiroki Koga0, Dr Katashi Kai1, Mr Lawrence Ross2, Dr Neil Mattson3, Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis4, Dr Francis Baumont De Oliviera5, Dr Michael Martin6, Dr Francesco Orsini7, Dr Yoshiaki Kitaya8, Dr Wei Ma9, Dr Laura Carotti0, Dr Mohammed Kazem Souri1, Dr Giuseppina Pennisi2, Dr Giorgio Gianquinto3, Dr Michael Eaton4, Dr Zhiwei Tian5, Dr Hua Li6, Prof Ernst Woltering7, Dr Michele Butturini8, Dr Wenshou Xu9, Dr Duyen Nguyen0, Dr Ronald Dyer1, Dr Viviana Correa Galvis2, Dr Pádraic Flood3, Dr Kenzo Uchigasaki4, Dr Morio Okabe5, Dr Gonçalo Neves6, Dr Andrew Lloyd7, Dr Niall Skinner8, Dr Douglas Elder9, Dr Dave Scott0, Dr Niels Kortstee1, Dr Emily Seward2, Dr Csaba Hornyik3, Dr Alexander Keel-Dwyer4, Dr Ying Liu5, Dr Paul Kusuma6 ...
    With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Functional Materials Based on or Derived from Coordination Compounds for a Sustainable Society

    by Wu Tian, Li Lu ...
    This book, Functional Materials Based on or Derived from Coordination Compounds for a Sustainable Society, compiles pioneering research that highlights the critical role these materials play in advancing sustainability and addressing ecological concerns. The key focus of this book is the development and application of functional materials that contribute to a green environment. These topics ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Textbook of Epidemiology

    by Lex Bouter, Maurice Zeegers, Tianjing Li ...
    TEXTBOOK OF EPIDEMIOLOGYThe gold standard in epidemiological textsIn the second edition of Textbook of Epidemiology, a distinguished team of researchers deliver an extensively updated and comprehensive exploration of epidemiological methods, illuminating the tools for studying the distribution and risk factors of health states and events in populations.An introduction to epidemiological methods ... Read more

    $48.00 USD