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Все книги издательства IngramMetropolitan Circles Development And The Future Of Urbanization
This book discusses lessons and challenges of metropolitan circles development and urbanization in Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America and Africa. The book examines the effects of local governance systems, central-local relations, and administrative borders on metropolitan area development. It surveys economic, social and environmental issues, with an emphasis on how interconnectivity, circular economy, and climate issues should be integrated into megaregion development planning. The chapters are selected papers from the international conference on metropolitan circles development and urbanization jointly held by the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO in 2018. Contributors from the US, the UK, Japan, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Mexico, Tanzania present their questions, observations, and analyses in a narrative and descriptive style which appeal to a wide range of audience. Contents: About the EditorsIntroduction (Hans d'Orville) Governance Structure: Thriving Tokyo and Declining Osaka: The Role of the Local Governance System (Yoshihisa Godo) How Wide is the Hudson River? The Effect of the State Border on the New York–New Jersey Metropolitan Region (Brendan O'Flaherty) Metropolitan Circles: Experience from the UK (Cliff Hague) Planning Mega-Regions in China and India (Xuefei Ren) Urban Economy and Sustainability: Land Redevelopment and the Built Environment in Third-Wave Cities: Review and Synthesis (Allen J Scott) Circular Economy and Metropolitan Circles in Europe — Case Study: Amsterdam (Mehri Madarshahi) Current Conditions and Future Drivers of Mega-City Regions in the US, Focusing on the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Hilda Blanco) Linking the European SUMP Method to Strasbourg and Paris Metropolitan Circle Scenarios (Cristiana Mazzoni and Andreea Grigorovschi) Emerging Metropolitan Circles and Urbanization: Two Faces of Mega-Urban Region Formation in South Korea (Yu-Min Joo) The Growing Megapolis Jakarta: Urbanization, Cities-Integration, and Future Issues (Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri) Mexico: Metropolitan Circles Development, Interactive Cities, and Future of Urbanization (Clemente Ruiz Durán) Urbanization in Africa: Commonalities and Departures (Humphrey P B Moshi) Index Readership: Academics, policymakers, graduate and undergraduate students interested in urbanization and metropolitan circles.Metropolitan Circles;Megaregion;Urbanization;Circular Economy;Megacity;Borderline Effect;Sustainability;Land Redevelopment;Built Environment;Agglomeration;Connectivity00
Set Theory And Foundations Of Mathematics: An Introduction To Mathematical Logic - Volume I: Set Theory
This book provides an introduction to axiomatic set theory and descriptive set theory. It is written for the upper level undergraduate or beginning graduate students to help them prepare for advanced study in set theory and mathematical logic as well as other areas of mathematics, such as analysis, topology, and algebra. The book is designed as a flexible and accessible text for a one-semester introductory course in set theory, where the existing alternatives may be more demanding or specialized. Readers will learn the universally accepted basis of the field, with several popular topics added as an option. Pointers to more advanced study are scattered throughout the text. Contents: IntroductionReview of Sets and LogicZermelo–Fraenkel Set TheoryNatural Numbers and Countable SetsOrdinal Numbers and the TransfiniteCardinality and the Axiom of ChoiceReal NumbersModels of Set TheoryRamsey Theory Readership: Upper level undergraduate or beginning graduate students interested in set theory and mathematical logic. Axioms;Ordinals;Cardinals;Countable;Uncountable;Descriptive Set Theory;Borel Sets0 Key Features: An introduction to Ramsey TheoryA discussion of the models of fragments of ZF Set TheoryDetailed presentation of transfinite recursion and induction with examples including ordinal arithmeticThe authors are leading researchers in set theory and mathematical logic
Kiasunomics 2: Economic Insights For Everyday Life
Have you ever wondered how one can save from taxi rides during surge pricing? Why you would shop more under sunny weather? What effects does a bankrupt neighbour have on residents living in the estate? How do people perceive risks during the coronavirus pandemic? Kiasunomics©2 explores these issues and more in a light-hearted and easy-to-understand manner, by showing the economic ramifications of individual choices through the lens of Teng, the protagonist of this book, and his family and friends. Based on research from the National University of Singapore, the book explains the influences and consequences of the decisions made by all of us, using simple economic logic.This sequel to , a finalist at the Singapore Book Awards 2018, fast forwards a couple of years and follows Teng in his mid-career as a taxi driver. Ferrying passengers for a living, Teng has to grapple with challenges arising from ride hailing services. As one of the breadwinners in a three-generation household, Teng's ability to make wise financial decisions in a fast-changing world becomes increasingly important in attaining his dream of moving his family up the socio-economic ladder.This book covers hot and timely topics, which include: falling prices of old Housing and Development Board flats, rising land prices, wealth disparity among households, the Central Provident Fund retirement policy, regulation of car population, ride hailing services, mobile payments, and the coronavirus pandemic. These are unravelled through the authors' application of research findings.The book brings to light the relevance of research, often seen as esoteric, on our daily life and decision making. It also bears on policy implications, particularly issues on transportation, health, housing, and retirement.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li>Foreword</li><li>Acknowledgements</li><li>Note from the Authors</li><li>List of Acronyms</li><li>Introduction</li><li>Fickle Fingers</li><li>Productivity</li><li>How Much is My HDB Flat?</li><li>Good Sunshine Day, Good Shopping Day?</li><li>Cherry Picking</li><li>Pay, Lah!</li><li>Gotong Royong</li><li>Thy Neighbour's Misfortune</li><li>Like Father, Like Son?</li><li>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes</li><li>Pick a Card, Any Card</li><li>My Own Boss</li><li>En Bloc</li><li>A Nudge, A Budge</li><li>Calling Once, Calling Twice, Sold!</li><li>Golden Spending in the Silver Years</li><li>Pandemic Pandemonium</li><li>About the Authors</li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> General readers.Kiasu;Singaporeans;Economic Behaviours;GST;Retirement0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>Contextualised to Singapore for local identification, but lends itself to readers from other countries that adopt similar Singaporean practices such as Electronic Road Pricing, Certificate of Entitlement, Mass Rapid Transit, and Central Provident Fund</li><li>Includes stories involving international research that Singaporeans will find interesting and informative</li><li>Brings forth 'Economics Made Simple' to show the relevance of research to our daily lives and help readers understand economics</li><li>Has illustrations that demonstrate common behaviours and related research findings</li><li>Applies <i>Freakonomics'</i> philosophy to the Singaporean context</li></ul>
History Of Particle Theory: Between Darwin And Shakespeare
History of Particle Theory fills an important gap existing in the literature by discussing the impressive progress in understanding the elementary particles out of which all everyday objects are made. Most of this progress has happened in the last seventy years after the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) was perfected as an extremely accurate description of electromagnetic interactions. This astonishing sequence of discoveries was made hand in hand between theory and experiment. This book concentrates only on theory where giant steps were made by a series of exceptionally creative physicists, and this is portrayed as an essential part of the broader spectrum of human knowledge and culture, which is constantly being similarly extended by the creative individuals such as the two mentioned in the subtitle, Between Darwin and Shakespeare, who both significantly changed Western Civilization by ideas in Biology and in English Literature respectively.In the last forty years, the standard model has been confirmed again and again as the correct description of elementary particles up to energies of a thousand times the proton mass. In the discussion of particle theory and theoretical physics in general, the book starts from well over two thousand years ago, going back to the ancient Greeks such as Democritus and Archimedes, until the 17th century, when the extraordinary intellect of Newton changed everything by demonstrating that not only objects in the laboratory but also heavenly bodies are governed by mathematical equations. There followed what can be called Darwinian evolution in theoretical physics, survival of the fittest theories, by loose analogy with the origin of biological species.The present standard model of particle theory surely cannot be the final word because it contains far too many free parameters. The book contains a penultimate chapter discussing a number of such open problems which exist in particle theory. There is then a closing chapter, not related to the rest of the book, providing a series of quotations written in the 16th and 17th centuries by Shakespeare and here applied to particle theory. The inclusion of this is based on our premise that particle theory is just one out of several opportunities for exceptional human creativity.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li>Preface</li><li>Acknowledgements</li><li>Prologue</li><li>Ancient Greeks</li><li>God's Plan</li><li>Renaissance</li><li>Newton's Gravity</li><li>Darwinian Evolution</li><li>Particle Theory</li><li>Order from Chaos</li><li>Electroweak Unification</li><li>Open Questions</li><li>Shakespeare</li><li>Index</li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> General public interested in physics and/or history of science.Physics;Particle Theory;History of Science;Quantum Electrodynamics;QED;Standard Model;Quarks;Leptons;Gluons;Neutrinos;Strong Nuclear Interaction;Weak Nuclear Interaction;Electromagnetism;Higgs Boson;Symmetry Breaking;Atomism;Quantum Mechanics;Quantum Field Theory0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>Written by experts of particle theory</li><li>Easy to read</li></ul>
Re-examining Success
It’s time to look at how to maximise examination success for your pupils and your school in a whole new way. While the examination performance of pupils can define a school’s success, schools have been less than systematic in preparing pupils to give their optimal performance. They focus too heavily on outcomes and too lightly on inputs to the learning process which influence performance. Whole school revision strategies, if they exist, are often curriculum knowledge based, and not designed to support and challenge individual pupils effectively. This book provides the research and practical insights required to radically review and remodel exam preparation provision with a view to ensuring more pupils, particularly those that are vulnerable, can perform to their potential. It explores recent knowledge acquisition and retention strategies, looks at reviewing pedagogical approaches across the curriculum, and addresses the need to work with pupils and parents in new ways. Most importantly it takes an ethical and mentally healthy approach to looking at effective exam preparation. Individual teachers or school leaders can use the book to enhance their current provision at a personal level, while headteachers can drive more radical change by implementing the strategies and approaches at a whole school level.
The Multilingual Adolescent Experience
This book contributes to our understanding of how older learners negotiate family internal and family external socialisation processes and thereby how parents’ ideologies and practices, peer socialisation, and language status or societal demands come together in adolescents’ lives. It integrates the sociohistorical context and adolescents’ attitudes with the parents’ role. Through the use of ‘small stories’ and ethnographic observation this book explores the social and cultural worlds of Polish immigrant adolescents in Ireland, the ways they seek membership and belonging in their communities of practice, and the ways in which they develop sociohistorical understandings across the languages and cultures they are part of. It sheds light on schooling and family communities and the role they play in the socialization processes of immigrant children.
THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING SUSPECT NO. 1
In the depths of the Depression, millions worldwide followed every twist and turn of the Lindbergh baby kidnap/murder. Yet what was reported was largely fake news. Nearly a century after undocumented immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the dastardly crime, questions still linger. If the wrong man was convicted, who did it? When? Why? Where? How? The shocking answers this book suggests have eluded all prior authors. Extensive research into dusty archives yielded crucial forensic evidence never before analyzed. Readers are invited to reexamine “the crime of the century” with fresh eyes focused on a key suspect – a tall man wearing a fedora that obscured his face. He was spotted with a ladder in his car near the Lindberghs’ driveway early that fateful night. The police let an insider who fit that description oversee the entire investigation – the boy’s father, international hero Charles Lindbergh. Abuse of power, amorality and xenophobia all feature in this saga set in an era dominated by white supremacists and social Darwinists. If Lindbergh was Suspect No. 1, the man who got away, what was his motive? Who else was involved? Who helped cover up the crime? Read this book and judge for yourself.
Train 653
Sydney had escaped from the orphanage in hopes of finding a place where he truly belonged. Along the way, he only found pain and betrayal from everyone he met while riding the lonely cold rails—until he found Gertrude, the only person who showed him how to give and receive real love. He never thought that he could experience a life with someone like her. Little did he know that his fate had been sealed, his destiny could never be changed. What will be, will be.
Love Is Blind
After suffering a devastating breakup with his first love, Kahlil Smooth, a self-made millionaire, has now transformed himself into a very proud bachelor. With the world literally at his feet, love need not apply because he has put it in his rear view; or so he thinks. Can a chance encounter that has his eyes locked in on one of the most beautiful women he’s ever seen change his heart? After fighting so hard against falling in love again, will Kahlil be willing to risk it all once more for love? Or will the journey of love lead him down a road all too familiar? How blind can love actually be?