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Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem offers an innovative approach to equip interdisciplinary research on sociotechnical transitions with coherence a...

This comprehensive volume reviews recent scholarship regarding the role of the state in economic development. With a wide range of case studies of ...

Using Marxist and systems theory as guides, this book offers an entry point to the current debate on the role of economy in modern society, the cha...

There is no area of business that is more dramatically affected by the explosion of web-based services delivered to computers, PDAs and mobile phon...

This volume explores and interrogates the shifts and changes in both government and industry-based screen policies over the past 30 years. It cover...

Strigolactones, Alkamides and Karrikins in Plants: Recent Updates and Future Prospects provides comprehensive knowledge on the various aspects of p...

Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community, this book provides unprecedented insigh...

First published in 1999, this volume examines technology in developing countries with a focus on Vietnam. One of the worlds poorest countries, Viet...

Since the middle of the last century tourism has demonstrated almost continual growth, with international tourist arrivals now recorded in excess o...

This book offers students an accessible and applied introduction to microeconomics in tourism and hospitality through a comprehensive analysis of t...

Social capital is broadly conceptualised as consisting of resources and network ties embedded in the social structures and relationships that facil...

The impact to airlines from airspace closure can be as benign as a two minute extension on an arrival pattern, or as catastrophic as a shoot down f...

This volume focuses on the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of a political economy of energy.A political economy of energy holds that ...

This title was first published in 2003. The European Union is constantly struggling to find effective ways to plan major transport infrastructure d...

This title was first published in 2002. In the last few decades, relationships within the transport and logistics industry have become more complex...

Deriving from a special issue on China Watching (Journal of China Tourism Research), this book presents the readers with a collection of seven inde...

This book explores how transportation models can play a role in a changing transport planning and policy making context. Most models are rooted in ...

One of the leading texts in the field, The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of economics ...

The phenomena of Japan emerging as one of the most competitive industrial nations in the twentieth century and the general shift of competitiveness...

The Business of New Process Diffusion explores entrepreneurship, innovation and process diffusion through the example of the development of float g...

Students setting out for a career in plumbing need a clear, concise and comprehensive textbook to help them study for their Technical Certificate a...

This title was first published in 1976

This book provides a general introduction into aviation operations, covering all the relevant elements of this field and the interrelations between...

Currently, the prime focus for US business plans should not be on the manufacturing process design and delivery processes, but on greatly improving...

Traditionally, resources on terrorism and counterterrorism tend to focus on the social, behavioral, and legal aspects of the subject, with minimal ...

This first English-language study examines the problems, benefits, and prospects for the future faced by Norway as an oil-producing nation. It demo...

This Introduction to Manufacturing focuses students on the issues that matter to practicing industrial engineers and managers. It offers a systems ...

They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. 1 is the first in a three-volume set that provi...

First published in 1998, the objective of this book is to provide a detailed examination of steel production, consumption and trade in East Asia. S...

2022 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers contains the latest information on pesticides used to control turfgrass pests. This volume co...

Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sci...

This book presents a comprehensive analysis and modelling of demand, capacity, quality of services, economics, and sustainability of the air transp...

This title was first published in 2003.The principal economic units in most developing countries are family based farm households. Empirical models...

This title was first published in 2003. Suburbanizing the Masses examines how collective forms of transport have contributed to the spatial and soc...

In virtually every decision, a pharmaceutical executive considers some type of forecast. This process of predicting the future is crucial to many a...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on ho...

This book uses both microeconomic theory and social and political analysis to show how the interaction of social classes, technical change, governm...

Fearless Editing clearly articulates the basic concepts underlying editing techniques and demonstrates their application for newspapers, public rel...

The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve peoples interaction with products, systems and en...

Using practical assignments, the authors take each area of journalism, and demonstrate the world which awaits journalists in the early years of the...

Ergonomics and human factors is the discipline concerned with the application of scientifc knowledge to improve peoples interaction with products, ...

Comprehensive insight into the offshore oil and gas industry for those intending to choose it as a career Full syllabus coverage for OPITO BOSIET, ...

The United States produces over seventy percent of all its electricity from fossil fuels and nearly fifty percent from coal alone. Worldwide, forty...

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engine...

For the past 30 years, The Chinese journal Time + Architecture (Shidai Jianzhu) has focused on publishing innovative and exploratory work by emergi...

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age ...

There is a growing demand for appropriate management of aquatic invasive species in lakes and rivers worldwide. This book covers biology, invasion ...