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  • Beyond Edge Cities

    de Richard D. Bingham, William M. Bowen, Yosra Amara ...
    Series series Contemporary Urban Affairs
    In his influential 1991 book Edge City, Joel Garreau argued that every American city "is growing in the fashion of Los Angeles, with multiple urban cores". He named these cores "edge cities" because they perform all of the city functions, but rise in places that were farmlands or villages only decades ago, far from the old downtowns. This new book expands and clarifies Garreau's pioneering concept ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Road through the Rust Belt

    de William M Bowen ...
    This book addresses many of the common reasons why the so-called &quote;Rust Belt&quote; cities suffered decline and the many solutions proposed and efforts already undertaken that seek to reverse the decline and spur rejuvenation. The contributors discuss the reasons for the decline including globalization, energy policy-related issues, and even the impact of air conditioning on location ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Human Settlements

    From Pleistocene Origins to Anthropocene Prospects

    de William M. Bowen, Robert E. Gleeson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyzes the history and development of settlements—from the earliest periods in human history to the present day—from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective. At the foundation of the evolutionary model is the argument that the human capacity for complex communication and unique problem-solving ability have led to the formation and reality of the modern city and its scaled-up megacity ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • End of Academic Freedom

    The Coming Obliteration of the Core Purpose of the University

    de William M. Bowen, Michael Schwartz, Lisa Camp ...
    This book is premised upon the assumption that the core purpose of universities is to create, preserve, transmit, validate, and find new applications for knowledge. It is written in the perspective of critical university studies, in which university governance processes should take ideas and discourse about ideas seriously, far more seriously than they are often taken within many of to day's ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Environmental Justice Through Research-Based Decision-Making

    de William M. Bowen ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
    This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today. ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Development Studies in Regional Science

    Essays in Honor of Kingsley E. Haynes

    Edición de Zhenhua Chen, William M. Bowen, Dale Whittington ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book examines major policy and planning issues in development studies from the regional science perspective. It investigates questions such as: “How are communities able to deal with uncertainties raised by conflicts, technology, and external shocks in the process of development?”; “How can nations achieve sustainable development in terms of resource allocation and management?”; and “How can ... Leer más

    $134.99 USD

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  • Philosophy of Economics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    de Julian Reiss ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered.Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Equality For Women: Where Do We Stand?

    de Buvinic Mayra; Morrison Andrew R.; Sjoblom Mirja; Ofosu-Amaah A. Waafas ...
    Upon signing the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the international community committed itself to eight development goals with timebound targets and measurable indicators. The third of these eight goals was to "promote gender equality and empower women". The third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) in the Millennium Declaration has spurred national and international efforts to improve women's ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Carrots, Sticks and Sermons

    Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation

    de Ray Rist ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    The literature on policy strategies, instruments, and styles is impressive. Still, a complex variety of theoretical and conceptual approaches and analytical tools hamper a good overview. Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons proposes such a framework for the field and clearly shows how public policy instruments are classified, packaged, and chosen, while highlighting the role evaluation plays in the ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Understanding Risks and Uncertainties in Energy and Climate Policy

    Multidisciplinary Methods and Tools for a Low Carbon Society

    Edición de Haris Doukas, Alexandros Flamos, Jenny Lieu ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance and portfolio analysis in climate policy, and presents methods for evaluating the costs and benefits of ... Leer más

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  • Happiness

    A Revolution in Economics

    de Bruno S. Frey ...
    Series series Munich Lectures in Economics
    A leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the quantification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze.Revolutionary developments in economics are rare. The conservative bias of the field and its enshrined knowledge make it difficult to introduce new ideas not in line with received theory. Happiness research, however ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Energy Security for the EU in the 21st Century

    Markets, Geopolitics and Corridors

    Edición de José María Marín Quemada, Javier García-Verdugo, Gonzalo Escribano ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    Recent developments like the rising trend in crude oil price, the international economic crisis, the civil revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East, the nuclear threat in Japan after the tsunami, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the economic growth of emerging countries like China and India have a direct relation to the security of energy supply anywhere in the world. This book ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD