Kim Knott, Karim H. Karim, Sean McLoughlin, Jeffrey Lesser, Homi Bhabha, Peter Mandaville, Terrance Lyons, Claire Dwyer, Manuel A. Vasquez, Jaine Beswick
Analysing developments in digital technologies and institutional changes, this book provides an overview of the current frenetic state of transformation within the global automobile industry. An ongoing transition brought about by the ...Lasīt vairāk
This beautiful art book portrays the forces of nature through the main elements of Earth, Water, Air, Fire. It is composed from a large selection of unique images of a wide variety of sources, mostly private collections. It is a highly illustrated bo...Lasīt vairāk
This volume is devoted to the geographicalor spatialaspects of population research in regional science, spanning spatial demographic methods for population composition and migration to studies of internal and international migration to investigatio...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the growing phenomenon of music tourism - the phenomenon of people visiting places because of a connection with music. Asking how an abstract art form such as music can lead to tourism and how the popularity of music tourism...Lasīt vairāk
Rebuilding the Earth highlights humanitys interdependence with the planets ecosystems. These approaches are founded on restoration and protection of ecosystems - water and soil, forests, marine and coastal resources, urban infrastructure, far...Lasīt vairāk
Chapter 4 suggests that whether shrinkage constitutes a problem or not depends upon the interpretations of those in power, but also upon political, economic and geographic conditions Chapter 5 seeks to understand why local level policymakers av...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Jan-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487504298)
Not Good Enough for Canada investigates the development of Canadian immigration policy with respect to persons with a disease or disability throughout the twentieth century. With an emphasis on social history, this book examines the way t...Lasīt vairāk
Governing Arctic Seas introduces the concept of ecopolitical regions, using in-depth analyses of the Bering Strait and Barents Sea Regions to demonstrate how integrating the natural sciences, social sciences and Indigenous knowled...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Jan-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781118217733)
An authoritative guide to the essential techniques and most recent advances in urban remote sensing Techniques and Methods in Urban Remote Sensing offers a comprehensive guide to the recent theories, methods, techniques, and applications in u...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the applicability of multiple remote sensors to acquire information relevant to restoration and conservation efforts in wetlands using data collected from airborne and space multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, light detectio...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers a detailed account of the employment promises made to local East Londoners when the Summer Olympic Games 2012 were awarded to London, as well as an examination of how those promises had morphed into the Olympic Labor market jam...Lasīt vairāk
The ambit of Buddhist studies reflects not only the spiritual and philosophical domain of Buddhism but also a symbiotic relationship between the monastic establishment and protectors of cultural tradition-a trend that one sees in the context of...Lasīt vairāk
This book gathers selected and expanded contributions presented at the 5th Symposium on Space Optical Instruments and Applications, which was held in Beijing, China, on September 57, 2018. This conference series is organized by the Sino-Holl...Lasīt vairāk
Since the publication of the first edition there have been very significant advances in thermal remote sensing. Sensor technology has improved, with new airborne and satellite sensors. The ECOSTRESS sensor planned for launch soon is an especially...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1875 and reissued in 1973, analyses the limited evidence from the works of early Chinese historians that explorers from China had discovered a country they called Fusang - possibly western America, and in all proba...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jan-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Apollo Publishers, ISBN-13: 9781948062381)
Rare exposure: Truckers are privy to a world that few people get the chance to witness. In A Trucker’s Tale readers are taken on the road with the author and get an up-close understanding of the allure of the industry and why t...Lasīt vairāk
Under the Tuscan Sun for the traveler that lusts for the tropics, Catching Paradise in Hawaii is a love letter to the islands. This funny, poignant, and heartwarming memoir follows the Conrad family as they relocate to one of the most...Lasīt vairāk