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Smart Methods for Environmental Externalities
Urban Planning, Environmental Health and Hygiene in the Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In recent years, Dutch environmental policy has undergone some pivotal changes, the most significant of which have been decentralization and deregulation, encouraging local communities to develop and deliver policies which are tailor-made to their particular situation. These changes have led to the...
Displaced by Disaster
Recovery and Resilience in a Globalizing World
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Displacement has traditionally been conceptualized as a phenomenon that results from conflict or other disruptions in developing or unstable countries. Hurricane Katrina shattered this notion and highlighted the various dilemmas of population displacement in the United States. The dilemmas stem from...
by Douglas Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Unrealistic? Perhaps. Impossible? Probably not. Either way, that's all you're getting. What's a project manager to do?One of the most frequent complaints among project managers is that best practices such as PMBoK and PRINCE say that you should work out what a project is about...
by Rudolf Grünig, Dirk Morschett
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This book focuses on the development of strategies for the successful internationalization of large and medium-sized companies. Becoming international offers important opportunities for companies of all sizes, but in an increasingly complex environment, the strategic planning involved is also a challenge....
by Timm Gudehus, Herbert Kotzab
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Modern logistics comprises operative logistics, analytical logistics and management of logistic networks. Central task of operative logistics is the efficient supply of required goods at the right place within the right time. Tasks of analytical logistics are designing optimal networks and systems,...
Infrastructural Ecologies
Alternative Development Models for Emerging Economies
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
An integrated, holistic model for infrastructure planning and design in developing countries.
Many emerging nations, particularly those least developed, lack basic critical infrastructural services—affordable energy, clean drinking water, dependable sanitation, and effective public transportation,...
by Čedo Maksimović, Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this book identifies and addresses a critical problem: water. The editors show how cities can shift from being water...
by Grover Rutter
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Are you relying on the sale of your business to provide all or part of your retirement? Or maybe your business sale proceeds will fund a new venture? Whether the sale of your business comes tomorrow or ten years from tomorrow, the steps you take (or don't take) today, determine whether your business...
Children's Participation
The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
People's relationship to nature is the greatest issue facing the world at the turn of the millennium, and all over the world young people have shown enormous enthusiasm for environmental action. Many countries are radically reassessing both the role of citizens in managing their environment and the...
Countryside Conservation
Land Ecology, Planning and Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This third edition of the standard text Countryside Conservation charts and evaluates those changes which represent a fundamental revolution in the ways in which the countryside is planned and managed. It sets out the principles, policies and practice which underlie the ecology, planning and management...
Envisioning Better Communities
Seeing More Options, Making Wiser Choices
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
The author's work has shaped a generation of planners, designers, and landscape architects. In this book, the author brings his insights to a broader public, with a profusely illustrated demonstration of how local officials, planning commissioners, and everyday citizens can work to make their communities...
by Marilee Driscoll
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
The basic motivators will drive people to want to learn more about this topic -- fear, money, and insecurity.-- Consumers fear losing their life savings to LTC costs. Yet, they hesitate to buy insurance with an annual premium of $1,800 without knowing what it covers.-- In October of 2002 (one month...
Geospatial Technologies in Urban System Development
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Technological advancements have changed the way we think of traditional urban and spatial planning. The inclusion of conventional elements with modern technologies is allowing this field to advance at a rapid pace. Geospatial Technologies in Urban System Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities...
by Dean Fowler
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Seventy-percent of all family business transitions fail. What to successful families do to beat these odds?
We carried out a research project with over 100 successful family businesses, and through our study identified twelve critical success factors for families-in-business. The twelve factors...