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The Action Research Planner
Doing Critical Participatory Action Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
A fully-updated and reworked version of the classic book by Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart, now joined by Rhonda Nixon, The Action Research Planner is a detailed guide to developing and conducting a critical participatory action research project. The authors outline new views on ‘participation’...
Life in Schools and Classrooms
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
This book discusses key aspects of life in schools and classrooms, and surveys the changes that have occurred over the years in educational research, policy making and practice in these school and classroom settings. It not only examines cutting-edge research in these areas, but also showcases good...
Quest for World-Class Teacher Education?
A Multiperspectival Study on the Chinese Model of Policy Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Utilizing a case study method and a Multiperspectival Approach, this volume presents a pioneering, in-depth study about China’s teacher education policy since the 1990s. It critically investigates the rational, dynamic and complex implementation process taking place at the micro institutional level...
Sustainable Energy Technology and Policies
A Transformational Journey, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
This book presents a state-of-the-art compilation focusing on both technological and policy aspects of sustainable energy production and consumption, which deals with issues like the need for and planning of smart cities, alternative transport fuel options, sustainable power production, pollution...
Natural Gas Markets in India
Opportunities and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This book shares the latest market developments and advances in natural gas demand, supply, transmission, distribution, and consumption, with a special emphasis on the Indian context. Chapters are written by researchers and industry professionals working in the field of natural gas and energy to provide...
by Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
This book evaluates and discusses the main sustainability challenges encountered in the production of biofuel and bio-products from oil palm biomass. It starts off with the emphasis on oil palm production, oil palm products recovery and oil palm wastes utilization. The simultaneous production of these...
by Pen-Chi Chiang, Shu-Yuan Pan
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
This book focuses on an important technology for mineralizing and utilizing CO2 instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. CO2 mineralization and utilization demonstrated in the waste-to-resource supply chain can “reduce carbon dependency, promote resource and energy efficiency, and lessen environmental...
Energy Engineering
Proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on Pathways to Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on ‘Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering’ that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi. This 3 volume proceedings provide an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The book embodies the groundwater issues and challenges in India focusing its sustainable use. It is a compilation of papers presented by the eminent experts from Government departments, academia, research institutes, NGOs and stakeholders who assembled at Kurukshetra on 21st August, 2015 in the event...
Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids
Charging Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
This book covers the recent research advancements in the area of charging strategies that can be employed to accommodate the anticipated high deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in smart grids. Recent literature has focused on various potential issues of uncoordinated charging of PEVs and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
This book describes the current environmental changes due to global warming in northern Eurasia, especially focusing on eastern Siberia. Spring flooding, ice-jam movements, and monitoring using remote sensing are included. Additionally, current reindeer herding of indigenous peoples in Siberia and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This book focuses on sustainability in fashion retail, which is fast becoming the pivot point of future fashion retail strategies. Chapters in the book provide theoretical and practical insight on how going green may positively influence the strategy of fashion retailers and marketers, who have...
by Chan-Hyun Youn, Min Chen, Patrizio Dazzi
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This book blends the principles of cloud computing theory and discussion of emerging technologies in cloud broker systems, enabling users to realise the potential of an integrated broker system for scientific applications and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Due to dynamic situations in user demand...
Consensus Building in Group Decision Making
Searching the Consensus Path with Minimum Adjustments
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
This book is intended for researchers and postgraduates who are interested in the consensus reaching process in group decision-making problems. It puts forward new optimization-based decision support approaches to help decision-makers find roadmaps to consensus with minimum adjustments. Simulation...