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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “pablo mateos”
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  • Names, Ethnicity and Populations

    Tracing Identity in Space

    by Pablo Mateos ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Ethnicity has become one of the most studied human dimensions in social and biomedical sciences over the past decade. However, there are important shortcomings in the means available to researchers to define and classify human group difference in past, as well as contemporary populations. Personal naming conventions usually adhere to unwritten social norms and customs that with time end up ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Theory of Crisis and the Great Recession in Spain

    by Juan Pablo Mateo Tomé ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book has a dual purpose. First, it analyses the concept of economic crises within economic theory, showing the various theoretical foundations and controversies amongst different schools of economic thought. Second, it presents an empirical analysis of the Great Recession in Spain, addressing the growth period of 1995 to 2007-08, the subsequent depression until 2013-14 and the recovery that ... Read more

    $98.09 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

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  • The Birmingham Canal Navigations Through Time

    by R. H. Davies ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Birmingham canals truly got underway following an advertisement in Birmingham's Aris's Gazette of 26 January 1767. The plan was to take a waterway from Wolverhampton to Birmingham with a branch to Lord Dudley's coal mines near Wednesbury, and this canal network continued to grow extensively until the 1860s. With the decline in the demand for coal after the Second World War, the BCN lost sixty ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Building the Skyline

    The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers

    by Jason M. Barr ...
    The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held ... Read more

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  • 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

  • Shaping Our Nation

    How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics

    by Michael Barone ...
    It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country’s beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power.The peopling of the United States is one of the most important stories of the last five hundred years, and in Shaping our Nation, bestselling author ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Coping with Demographic Change in the Alpine Regions

    Actions and Strategies for Spatial and Regional Development

    Edited by Thomas Bausch, Madeleine Koch, Alexander Veser ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Europe’s population is ageing and decreasing. Demographic change is making not only regional and territorial adaptation necessary, but also new region-specific spatial planning and regional development. This publication focusses on demographic change and its implications for the economy and social systems in the Alpine areas, which differ widely from their surrounding metropolitan areas. It ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health

    Edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Soshi Takao, S.V. Subramanian ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book is a follow up to Social Capital and Health (2008), edited by Kawachi, Subramanian & Kim. Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health provides a timely update on emerging topics in a fast-growing field, and features contributions from an outstanding international team of scholars, selected from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds including: social epidemiology, medical ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience

    Edited by Jouke van Dijk, Cristina Martinez, Tamara Weyman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book discusses the question of how a regional economy can develop under the influence of an ageing and declining population, and how regional development policies can help make labor markets more resilient and more inclusive. As the greatest impacts of demographic change and policy and fiscal challenges can be observed at the local level, examples from European, North American and Asian ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Creative Community Builder's Handbook

    How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture

    by Tom Borrup ...
    Put the power of arts and culture to work in your community Part 1 of this unique guide distills research and emerging ideas behind culturally driven community development and explains key underlying principles. You'll understand the arts impact on community well-being and have the rationale for engaging others. Find inspiration and ideas from twenty case studies Part 2 gives you ten concrete ... Read more

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  • Farmland Preservation

    Land for Future Generations

    Edited by Wayne J. Caldwell, Stew Hilts, Bronwynne Wilton ...
    As land is lost to urban sprawl and other non-farm activity, our ability to produce food is diminished and options for future food production are limited. Farmland preservation speaks to the need to preserve the agricultural land base for future generations. The need for protection is driven by uncertainty caused by climate change, population growth, food security, energy availability, and other ... Read more

    $17.99 USD