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The Great Eagles Their Evolution Ecology and Conservation

The Great Eagles Their Evolution Ecology and Conservation

This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles with particular emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current relations between eagles and people including habitat change and conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently seriously impacted by human activities such as industrialization urbanization pollution deforestation and hunting. Some eagle species have consequently experienced extreme population changes. There are however some positive developments. Eagles have a strong historic bond with human civilization due to their status as the world’s most charismatic birds. Conservation policies have also been successful in repopulating some ecosystems with breeding eagles. Therefore despite the complexity of this relationship there may yet be hope for this unique species group frequently rated as the kings of birds and symbolic of human power ambition royalty nationality and even concepts of God. It is hoped that this book will contribute to the further understanding of these unique and fantastic birds. | The Great Eagles Their Evolution Ecology and Conservation

GBP 240.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty

The problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health education political participation autonomy and psychological well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic sections: Concepts theories and philosophical aspects of poverty research Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and philosophical traditions Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought Key ethical concepts and poverty Social and political issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning individual collective and institutional responsibility towards people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty but it also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty such as gender race education migration and climate change. Additionally it features perspectives on poverty from the history of Western philosophy as well as non-Western views that explore issues unique to the Global South. Finally the chapters in the first part provide an overview of the most important aspects of social science poverty research which serves as an excellent resource for philosophers and philosophy students unfamiliar with how poverty is empirically researched in practice. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty is an essential resource for students and researchers in philosophy political science sociology development studies and public policy who are working on poverty.

GBP 205.00
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Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions

Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions

The Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions draws upon a unique and multidisciplinary network of experts from around the world to explore the expanding field of energy transitions. This Handbook recognizes that considerable changes are underway or are being developed for the modes in which energy is sourced delivered and utilized. Employing a sociotechnical approach that accounts for economics and engineering as well as more cross-cutting factors including innovation policy and planning and management the volume considers contemporary ideas and practices that characterize the field. The book explores pressing issues including choices about infrastructure the role of food systems and materials sustainability and energy democracy. Disruption is a core theme throughout with the authors examining topics such as digitalization extreme weather and COVID-19 along with regional similarities and differences. Overall the Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions advances the field of energy transitions by connecting ideas taking stock of empirical insights and challenging how we think about the theory and practice of energy systems change. This innovative volume functions as an authoritative roadmap with both regional and global relevance. It will be an essential resource for students policymakers researchers and practitioners researching and working in the fields of energy transitions planning environmental management and policy sustainable business engineering science and technology studies political science geography design anthropology and environmental justice. “With the exception of Chapter 26 no part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ” Chapter 26 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license.

GBP 190.00
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Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations contains lectures and papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance Safety and Management (IABMAS 2020) held in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan April 11–15 2021. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a multimedia device containing the full papers of 571 contributions presented at IABMAS 2020 including the T. Y. Lin Lecture 9 Keynote Lectures and 561 technical papers from 40 countries. The contributions presented at IABMAS 2020 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of maintenance safety management life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges. Major topics include: advanced bridge design construction and maintenance approaches safety reliability and risk evaluation life-cycle management life-cycle sustainability standardization analytical models bridge management systems service life prediction maintenance and management strategies structural health monitoring non-destructive testing and field testing safety resilience robustness and redundancy durability enhancement repair and rehabilitation fatigue and corrosion extreme loads and application of information and computer technology and artificial intelligence for bridges among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on maintenance safety management life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems including engineers researchers academics and students from all areas of bridge engineering. | Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

GBP 375.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

Research on the growth of the precarious economy is of signifi cant interest as the economy increasingly becomes dependent on gig work. However as platform and automated service work has grown there remains a chasm in understanding the key aspects of digital labour. This handbook presents comprehensive theoretical empirical and historical accounts of the political economy of informal work from the late 20th century to the present. It examines the rich and varied analysis and critique of the informalisation of work focusing on its most signifi cant theories intellectual traditions and authors. It highlights the political social cultural and developmental impact of the deterioration of employment in the Global North and Global South as well as the extreme threat posed to the planet by the growth of contingent work poverty and enduring and increasing inequalities produced and reproduced by the reformation of capitalism in the contemporary age of neoliberal capitalism. The period from the 1980s to the present is marked by the expanded extraction of surplus value from workers through the creation of non-standard jobs and the restructuring of work. A central component of the restructuring of work is the extension of gig employment through the development of algorithmic platforms which direct labourers to perform discrete tasks. This is a definitive collection representing the primary reference work contributing to our understanding of the subject. The book is written and presented in a clear manner accessible to scholars and researchers of international political economy labour economics and sociology who are eager for new research examining this phenomenon as well as specialists in the field of labour relations. Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Amsterdam. | The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

GBP 190.00
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Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

The fundamental function of buildings is to provide safe and healthy shelter. For the fortunate they also provide comfort and delight. In the twentieth century comfort became a 'product' produced by machines and run on cheap energy. In a world where fossil fuels are becoming ever scarcer and more expensive and the climate more extreme the challenge of designing comfortable buildings today requires a new approach. This timely book is the first in a trilogy from leaders in the field which will provide just that. It explains in a clear and comprehensible manner how we stay comfortable by using our bodies minds buildings and their systems to adapt to indoor and outdoor conditions which change with the weather and the climate. The book is in two sections. The first introduces the principles on which the theory of adaptive thermal comfort is based. The second explains how to use field studies to measure thermal comfort in practice and to analyze the data gathered. Architects have gradually passed responsibility for building performance to service engineers who are largely trained to see comfort as the �product� designed using simplistic comfort models. The result has contributed to a shift to buildings that use ever more energy. A growing international consensus now calls for low-energy buildings. This means designers must first produce robust passive structures that provide occupants with many opportunities to make changes to suit their environmental needs. Ventilation using free natural energy should be preferred and mechanical conditioning only used when the climate demands it. This book outlines the theory of adaptive thermal comfort that is essential to understand and inform such building designs. This book should be required reading for all students teachers and practitioners of architecture building engineering and management � for all who have a role in producing and occupying twenty-first century adaptive low-car | Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

GBP 180.00
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