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Local Climate Zone Application in Sustainable Urban Development Experience from East and Southeast Asian High-Density Cities
The study of local climate zones (LCZ) links urban morphology, land use and land cover types, human activity, and thermal properties, and provides a...
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Migrants with a Precarious Status Evolving Approaches of European Cities
This open access book is an exploration of city responses to migrants with a precarious status in Europe. It provides new evidence and analysis from...
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Scenes and Communities in the City
This open access book addresses the problem of creation and reproduction processes of contemporary urban communities, as well as cultural mechanisms...
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Migrations in the Mediterranean IMISCOE Regional Reader
This open access Regional Reader describes population movement circulating within the Mediterranean area, for any reason or from any region, be them...
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Africa in the Global Economy Capital Flight, Enablers, and Decolonial Responses
This book discusses the role played by powerful global institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, multinational...
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The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Presidency Spitzenkandidaten and Beyond
This book is the first systematic effort to investigate the ramifications of the introduction of the Spitzenkandidaten process for the appointment of...
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Tackling the Obesity Crisis Beyond Failed Approaches to Lasting Solutions
The obesity epidemic reflects a failure to understand how meals are chosen. Government initiatives have failed, and most people are unable to control...
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The Palgrave Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds
The Palgrave Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds provides a comprehensive, detailed analysis of these funds from a multidimensional perspective...
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Governing Gender Equality Policy Pathways in a Changing Nordic Welfare State
This book analyses the effects of public governance reforms on gender equality policy in Finland. Recent economic crises, rising austerity and...
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Simple Solutions to Complex Catastrophes Dialectics of Peace, Climate, Finance, and Health
This open access book sets out simple solutions to managing complex catastrophes. It focusses on four kinds of crises – climate change, crime-war...
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The Business of Densification Governing Land for Social Sustainability in Housing
Affordable housing shortage and social exclusion have become severe societal problems across the globe. Increasing numbers of people are suffering...
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ENERGY 2040 Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization
Access to energy is essential for our daily lives, economic growth, environment, and sustainability. However, our use of fossil fuels has contributed...
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Roles and Ideologies in the Czech Foreign Policy: the Case of European Migration Crisis
This edited volume investigates the Czech response to the European migration crisis of 2015. Focusing on the discourses and practices the book...
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Urban Private Housing in Nigeria Understanding Residential Quality and Housing Preference Dynamics in Metropolitan Lagos
This book explains the variation and determinants of residential quality and housing preferences in urban private housing markets. It describes the...
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Greening Our Cities: Sustainable Urbanism for a Greener Future A Culmination of Selected Research Papers from the International Conferences on Green Urbanism (GU) – 6th edition and Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (URS) – 2022
This thought-provoking book takes readers on a captivating journey through the realms of green urbanism, urban regeneration, and urban design,...
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Public Policy in Ghana Conceptual and Practical Insights
This book provides analytical, conceptual, and practical insights into how public policy processes and outcomes are conceptualized and framed....
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Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads
This edited volume addresses current challenges, trends and transformations in global communication governance. Exploring changes in the actors,...
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Smart Cities Social and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities for Local Authorities
This edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy...
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The Politicization of Police Stops in Europe Public Issues and Police Reform
This book examines the timely issue of police stops as a public and political issue, focussing on the European states. Contrary to much other work...
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The Politics of Transition Innovative Place-Making and Alternative Development Models Under English Localism
This book explores the impact of recent planning reforms on emergent, alternative models of local governance. It uses the pioneering approach of...