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Urban Food Sharing :Rules, tools and networks
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Davies, Anna R.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of suc…

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9781447349846
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363.8091732 ANN u
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Re-centring the city :global mutations of socialist modernity
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Ledeneva, AlenaZusi, PeterBach, JonathanMurawski, Michał

What is the role of monumentality, verticality and centrality in the twenty-first century? Are palaces, skyscrapers and grand urban ensembles obsolete relics of twentieth-century modernity, inexorably giving way to a more humble and sustainable de-centred urban age? Or do the aesthetics and politics of pomp and grandiosity rather linger and even prosper in the cities of today and tomorrow? R…

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9781787354111
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xix, 292 p. ill;
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307.116 REC J
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Resilience, Adaptive Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice How Societies Re…
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Clark, Janine NUngar, Michael

Processes of post-war reconstruction, peacebuilding and reconciliation are partly about fostering stability and adaptive capacity across different social systems. Nevertheless, these processes have seldom been expressly discussed within a resilience framework. Similarly, although the goals of transitional justice – among them (re)establishing the rule of law, delivering justice and aiding rec…

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9781108919500
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xvii, 310 p ; ill
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155.232 RES J
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Smart Cities in Asia:regulations, problems, and development
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Phan, ThanhDamian, Daniela

This open access book examines different aspects of smart cities, including technology, urban development, sustainable development, finance, and privacy and data protection. It also covers a wide range of jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The book consists of two main parts. The first part includes general chapters that conceptualiz…

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9789811917011
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ix; 124p; ill.
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307.12160951 SMA T
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BEING INTERDISCIPLINARY :adventures in urban science and beyond
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Wilson, Alan

In Being Interdisciplinary, Alan Wilson draws on five decades as a leading figure in urban science to set out a systems approach to interdisciplinarity for those conducting research in this and other fields. He argues that most research is interdisciplinary at base, and that a systems perspective is particularly appropriate for collaboration because it fosters an outlook that sees beyond discip…

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9781800082120
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ix, 144 p.
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001.4 BEI A