This book confronts one of the defining challenges of super-aged societies: the surging number of older adults living alone in Japan, the global leader in population aging. It delivers a rigorous, data-driven exploration of why solitary senior livin...Loe edasi...
This handbook presents and discusses pertinent issues in public health, and required actions in sustainability development in the context of global population health in Asia-Pacific (APAC), making practical suggestions and proposing strategic solutio...Loe edasi...
This book pays special attention to municipal variations within the same prefecture, presenting a completely unique approach from what other researchers have pursued. Taking the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan)...Loe edasi...
This book traces the Alaska Public Offices Commission’s turbulent history and examines what happens after elections, how laws are implemented, how violators fare, and how voters respond when elected officials attempt...Loe edasi...
This book examines why Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) young people continue to face homelessness and intersectional disadvantages, even as legal and social attitudes appear to improve. Drawing on seventeen years of ethnograph...Loe edasi...
This book examines how proximity-based planning, sustainable mobility, and equitable land use can support more resilient and livable cities. Bringing together international research and case studies, the book offers both conceptual foundations and p...Loe edasi...
This book posits that, beyond China’s reform and opening-up policy and various factors of timing, geographical advantages, and popular will, the institutional innovations introd...Loe edasi...
This book offers an exploration of how cities can become engines of equity and well-being. As urbanization accelerates globally, this book argues, the future of truly sustainable, resilient cities depends on making them more equitable by design. It...Loe edasi...
This book explores how modern cities are transforming through smart technologies and circular economy principles. The opening chapters introduce the concept of the smart city, explaining digital infrastructure, data-driven decision making, and conne...Loe edasi...
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of sustainability to envision a continuously...Loe edasi...
This volume offers an interdisciplinary, spatially grounded analysis of Northern Canadacentring the territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and the broader geography of Inuit Nunangatto show how climate change, infrastructure,...Loe edasi...
This book examines how media shapes the publics perception of migration, exploring the framing strategies that dominate coverage and policy debates across Europe, with Italy as a focal case. Analyzing thirty years of media narratives, it delves int...Loe edasi...
First published in 1982, Approaches in Public Policy is an integrated, purpose-written text on the context, process, and practice of policymaking in the public sector, particularly at the local level. It will be of interest to students and researche...Loe edasi...
Disrupting traditional notions of urban and city planning, this volume examines the intricate interplay of conflicts, the emergence of new borders for refugees and migrants, colonial legacies and postcolonial policies, and grassroots struggles for...Loe edasi...
This book sheds light on metrics as a key element of power relations in the EU anti-poverty policy, not least because the calculative infrastructure underlying them actively shapes the distribution of power. These metric-based power dynamics are lin...Loe edasi...
This open access book explores the dynamic interface of urban practice, transformation, and cities and climate change science. Beginning with the landmark 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, moving through the Innovate4Cities Conferen...Loe edasi...
The second edition of this training book, which comes with a complementary online course, is designed to help community indicator researchers (and those stepping into this position) enhance their professional knowledge of the subject. The book is di...Loe edasi...
This open access book is the first of its kind that examines the urban development trajectory, sustainability, and urban policies role across seven different countries in Asia and Africa. It offers theoretical and policy contributions emerging from...Loe edasi...
This book explores how Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) can be integrated into Indigenous engagement and consultation processes in Canadas natural resource sector. The author critiques the existing regulatory framework, which separates forma...Loe edasi...
This textbook offers an accessible overview of a century of planning theory, bringing a critical perspective rooted in contemporary research that will appeal to lecturers and to their students. Organised thematically, with a focus on institutional...Loe edasi...
As cities expand massively downward and underground space replaces the urban sub-surface, accurate urban water balances are systematically overlooked. The results are truncated water balance analyses with unforeseen consequences, sometimes costly an...Loe edasi...
How is the rise of globalization-driven cultural conflict reflected in the metropolitan geography of public opinion and voting behaviour? This book answers that question by exploring divides between metropolitan centres and outskirts in contemporary...Loe edasi...
This book dives into the histories of nation-state-building and curriculum formation to explore the ways that they intertwine, form and inform each other....Loe edasi...
This book examines the dynamic between citizens trust and good governance using the case study of Bangladesh. It will be of interest to political science, public administration, governance studies, development studies, and urban studies as well as...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032937854)
This book presents an analysis of the local governance (Panchayati Raj) in India, with a special focus on Uttar Pradesh. It will be of interest to students of political science, public administration, public policy, governance studies, civil service...Loe edasi...
This book updates scholarship related to media-state relations for the social media age. It presents a timely account of how states have engaged with the platforms that have spread around the world and the challenges that this presents....Loe edasi...
This book formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture. In doing so, it analyses the impact of two economic theories on culture: on the one h...Loe edasi...
This edited volume critically examines the paradigm shift occurring in public transport through the rise of flexible, user-centric mobility solutions. Grounded in the empirical and methodological work of the EU-funded ArtMED project, this book propo...Loe edasi...
This book confronts one of the defining challenges of super-aged societies: the surging number of older adults living alone in Japan, the global leader in population aging. It delivers a rigorous, data-driven exploration of why solitary senior livin...Loe edasi...
This handbook presents and discusses pertinent issues in public health, and required actions in sustainability development in the context of global population health in Asia-Pacific (APAC), making practical suggestions and proposing strategic solutio...Loe edasi...
This book pays special attention to municipal variations within the same prefecture, presenting a completely unique approach from what other researchers have pursued. Taking the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan)...Loe edasi...
This book traces the Alaska Public Offices Commission’s turbulent history and examines what happens after elections, how laws are implemented, how violators fare, and how voters respond when elected officials attempt...Loe edasi...
This book examines why Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) young people continue to face homelessness and intersectional disadvantages, even as legal and social attitudes appear to improve. Drawing on seventeen years of ethnograph...Loe edasi...
This book examines how proximity-based planning, sustainable mobility, and equitable land use can support more resilient and livable cities. Bringing together international research and case studies, the book offers both conceptual foundations and p...Loe edasi...
This book posits that, beyond China’s reform and opening-up policy and various factors of timing, geographical advantages, and popular will, the institutional innovations introd...Loe edasi...
This book offers an exploration of how cities can become engines of equity and well-being. As urbanization accelerates globally, this book argues, the future of truly sustainable, resilient cities depends on making them more equitable by design. It...Loe edasi...
This book explores how modern cities are transforming through smart technologies and circular economy principles. The opening chapters introduce the concept of the smart city, explaining digital infrastructure, data-driven decision making, and conne...Loe edasi...
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of sustainability to envision a continuously...Loe edasi...
This volume offers an interdisciplinary, spatially grounded analysis of Northern Canadacentring the territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and the broader geography of Inuit Nunangatto show how climate change, infrastructure,...Loe edasi...
This book examines how media shapes the publics perception of migration, exploring the framing strategies that dominate coverage and policy debates across Europe, with Italy as a focal case. Analyzing thirty years of media narratives, it delves int...Loe edasi...
First published in 1982, Approaches in Public Policy is an integrated, purpose-written text on the context, process, and practice of policymaking in the public sector, particularly at the local level. It will be of interest to students and researche...Loe edasi...
Disrupting traditional notions of urban and city planning, this volume examines the intricate interplay of conflicts, the emergence of new borders for refugees and migrants, colonial legacies and postcolonial policies, and grassroots struggles for...Loe edasi...
This book sheds light on metrics as a key element of power relations in the EU anti-poverty policy, not least because the calculative infrastructure underlying them actively shapes the distribution of power. These metric-based power dynamics are lin...Loe edasi...
This open access book explores the dynamic interface of urban practice, transformation, and cities and climate change science. Beginning with the landmark 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, moving through the Innovate4Cities Conferen...Loe edasi...
The second edition of this training book, which comes with a complementary online course, is designed to help community indicator researchers (and those stepping into this position) enhance their professional knowledge of the subject. The book is di...Loe edasi...
This open access book is the first of its kind that examines the urban development trajectory, sustainability, and urban policies role across seven different countries in Asia and Africa. It offers theoretical and policy contributions emerging from...Loe edasi...
This book explores how Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) can be integrated into Indigenous engagement and consultation processes in Canadas natural resource sector. The author critiques the existing regulatory framework, which separates forma...Loe edasi...
This textbook offers an accessible overview of a century of planning theory, bringing a critical perspective rooted in contemporary research that will appeal to lecturers and to their students. Organised thematically, with a focus on institutional...Loe edasi...
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(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9798855807530)
Explains how New Yorks institutions and policymakers have governed the state through a series of contemporary crises. This volume takes a fresh approach to the study of New York State politics and government through an examination of gov...Loe edasi...
As cities expand massively downward and underground space replaces the urban sub-surface, accurate urban water balances are systematically overlooked. The results are truncated water balance analyses with unforeseen consequences, sometimes costly an...Loe edasi...
How is the rise of globalization-driven cultural conflict reflected in the metropolitan geography of public opinion and voting behaviour? This book answers that question by exploring divides between metropolitan centres and outskirts in contemporary...Loe edasi...
In Understanding Urban Politics: Institutions, Representation, and Policies, Timothy B. Krebs and Arnold Fleischmann introduce a framework that focuses on the role of institutions in establishing the political “rules of the game,” the repre...Loe edasi...
A concise primer on urban politics and policy that highlights the ways in which politics and policies are shaped by the many different institutions, actors, and practices that exist in urban communities. In Understanding Urban Politics:...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781625451668)
Rancho Suscol was a Mexican land grant given to General Mariano Vallejo in 1843 that encompassed approximately 80,000 acres, including what are now Benicia, Vallejo, American Canyon, southern Napa County, and Green Valley. The story of the rancho inc...Loe edasi...
This book dives into the histories of nation-state-building and curriculum formation to explore the ways that they intertwine, form and inform each other....Loe edasi...
This book examines the dynamic between citizens trust and good governance using the case study of Bangladesh. It will be of interest to political science, public administration, governance studies, development studies, and urban studies as well as...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032937854)
This book presents an analysis of the local governance (Panchayati Raj) in India, with a special focus on Uttar Pradesh. It will be of interest to students of political science, public administration, public policy, governance studies, civil service...Loe edasi...
María Cárdenas Alfonso, Cristina Rojas, Cecelia Lynch, Elane Westfaul, Garrett FitzGerald, Julio César Díaz Calderón, Laura Sjoberg, Maggie FitzGerald, Nancy E. Wright, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529244373)
Prioritising grassroots experiences and subaltern voices, this book brings together contributors from around the world to explore three critical dimensions: resistance to liberal violence, the agency of those engaged in struggle and the complex chal...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Hub City Press, ISBN-13: 9798885740708)
In this “unjustly neglected” masterpiece, Nancy Lemann gives an atmospheric account of the New Orleans trial of the Governor of Louisiana for racketeering, fraud, and bribery. This 40th anniversary edition features a new introduction by cr...Loe edasi...
This book updates scholarship related to media-state relations for the social media age. It presents a timely account of how states have engaged with the platforms that have spread around the world and the challenges that this presents....Loe edasi...
This book formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture. In doing so, it analyses the impact of two economic theories on culture: on the one h...Loe edasi...
This edited volume critically examines the paradigm shift occurring in public transport through the rise of flexible, user-centric mobility solutions. Grounded in the empirical and methodological work of the EU-funded ArtMED project, this book propo...Loe edasi...
In an era marked by global uncertainties and pressing challenges, this scholarly monograph offers insights into the future of European cities based on over a decade of research. Today, halfway through implementing the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda...Loe edasi...
Digital Revolution for the Vulnerable tells a grounded, sometimes uncomfortable, and ultimately hopeful story about Bangladeshs push to shift social protection from paper registers to mobile screensfrom cash to code. Instead of getting lost in jargo...Loe edasi...
An accessible and engaging overview of the history of the European Union, from the postwar era to the present day. Kiran Klaus Patel explores the surprising rise of this institutional framework, providing insights into the current role of the EU an...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009717113)
An accessible and engaging overview of the history of the European Union, from the postwar era to the present day. Kiran Klaus Patel explores the surprising rise of this institutional framework, providing insights into the current role of the EU an...Loe edasi...
The notion of intangible heritage as a key urban element is underexplored, yet inherently intertwined with urban life that can influence and be influenced by urban policies and practices. This book undertakes the fundamentally interdisciplinary task...Loe edasi...
This practical handbook utilises criminological research to produce comprehensive Designing Out Crime solutions for practitioners. It covers a large spectrum of Designing Out Crime applications courtesy of concise and easily understood short chapt...Loe edasi...
This second volume of Online Resilience and Wellbeing in Young People explores online resilience and safety from a new perspective, by drawing extensively upon the youth voice. While online safety as a concept has now existed for well over ten years...Loe edasi...
Award-winning Dene activist and writer Katlia teaches us Indigenous ways to protect Mother Earth from destruction.The Dene in Canada’s North West territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling e...Loe edasi...
