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  • 1
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    Introduction to Environmental Mineralogy (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Environmental Property of Minerals-1205 -- Chapter 2 Environmental Effects of Tunnel Structure Minerals-0113 -- Chapter 3 Photoactivity of Mn Oxides on Earth’s Surface-1230 -- Chapter 4 Redox Activity of Iron Sulfide and Mn Oxide-0106 -- Chapter 5 Interaction Between Fe & Mn-Bearing Minerals and Microbes-1230 -- Chapter 6 Photocatalytic reduction effects of sphalerite and native sulfur-1213 -- Chapter 7 Photocatalytic oxidation effects of rutile-1213 -- Chapter 8 Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Microbes-1209 -- Chapter 9 Human Pathological Mineral Features-1213 -- Chapter 10 Infrared Effect of Minerals-0107.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the environmental property of minerals including mineralogical record of environmental changes, mineralogical influence on the environmental quality, mineralogical evaluation of the environment, mineralogical processing of environmental pollutants and interaction between minerals and microbes. Understanding of the environmental property of minerals is a good supplementary to the traditional concept of “mineral”. By demonstrating plenty of case studies with easy-to-understand figures and tables, this book introduces the environmental effects of interaction between minerals and microbes, physiological and ecological effects of biomineralization, reductive precipitation property of iron sulfide minerals, photocatalytic reduction property of sphalerite, photocatalytic oxidation property of rutile, tubular structure property of chrysotile, tunnel structure property of K-feldspar tetrahedron, tunnel structure property of cryptomelane octahedron, nano property of cryptomelane, crystallization property of jarosite, interaction between semiconducting minerals and microbes, pathological mineralization of human body, mineralogical processing of inorganic pollutants, mineralogical degradation of organic pollutants, mineralogical purification of smoke-type pollutants, mineralogical evaluation of soil environmental quality, mineralogical prevention and control of waste pollutants and mineralogical processing of mine tailings. The book is written for environmental mineralogist as well as postgraduates majoring in environmental science.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 265 p. 227 illus., 111 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811977923
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7792-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7792-3
    DDC: 549
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    Clay Minerals : Their Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Applications (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Medical sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Health Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of the Clay Minerals: Composition, Classification, Internal Structure and Properties -- Clay-induced Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Mechanisms: How do the Clays Protect Us From Pathogens and Toxins? -- Traditional Applications of the Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Properties of Clay Minerals -- Antimicrobial Applications of Clays and Their Derivatives in Protection of Human Health -- Antitoxic Applications of Clays in the Protection of Human Health -- Clays in the Global War Against COVID-19: Why are They Preferable Over the Conventional Weaponry? -- The Present and the Future: Advantages, Drawbacks, and Future Prospects of Clays for Protection of Human Health.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive description of the application of clay minerals as disinfectants and the ingredients of medicines. While the presently available literature highlights one or two aspects of medicinal clays, a comprehensive text on all their major pharmaceutical applications is lacking. This book endeavors to fill up this lacuna. It further elucidates the properties of clay minerals that facilitate their application in the protection of human health, and how these properties are related to the chemical compositions and internal structures of selected mineral groups, thus revealing to the students, teachers and researchers the underlying relationship of seemingly different disciplines like mineralogy, material science and medical science. The thought-provoking questions added at the end of each chapter will give the readers a better insight of this subject. The tangible definitions and explanations of all the relevant scientific terms provided in this book, both within the text and in a glossary list at the end, are expected to help the beginners to develop a clear-cut understanding regarding different aspects of the subject and clear any confusion resulting from the ambiguous usage of terms in the existing literature.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 168 p. 33 illus., 15 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031223273
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22327-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22327-3
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    Urban Dynamics in the Post-pandemic Period : Tourist Spaces and Urban Centres (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Sustainability. ; Architecture. ; Urban Policy. ; Sustainability. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Tourism dynamics in urban city centres -- Towards resilient urbanism in tourist cities: post-pandemic challenges -- The pain of being a resident in Granada. Analysis of the accommodation offer and residents´ perception -- Recent socio-spatial transformations in the San Pedro neighbourhood (Santiago de Compostela) -- The touristification of historic centres through commercial gentrification in times of Covid-19 -- Citizen resistance in touristified neighborhoods. A post-pandemic análisis -- Neoliberalism, collaborative economy, and short-term rentals regulation in Andalusia, Spain -- Changes in the role of heritage in historic centres: the mutation of historic buildings into tourist accommodation -- Part 2: Urban-tourist spaces on the coast: New urbanised spaces and resistance -- Urban-tourism spaces on the coast: transformations, challenges and globalisation in uncertain scenarios -- Landscape preservation on the Mediterranean coast; do social movements play a decisive role? The case of the Costa Brava (Spain) -- The construction of sustainable territorial models in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons from medium-sized Mediterranean cities -- Housing change during the Covid-19 pandemic in the metropolitan areas of the Canary Island capitals (Spain) -- Two megaprojects – One city. Learning between large-scale urban development projects on Tenerife, Spain -- Touristification process in seaside destination inland: The case of Mallorca Island, Spain -- Part 3: Urban transformations: New dynamics, conflicts and challenges in a context of uncertainty -- Towards urban degrowth? Urban planning as a common thread of contradictory dynamics in cities -- Shrinking cities in Spain: Shrinking medium-sized cities in the 21st century. Depopulation and employment -- The peripheries of Spanish developmentalism. an enduring model of urban fragmentation -- Housing, a problem perpetuated over time in Spain. New initiatives to promote access to affordable housing in Madrid -- Residential expectations in a neoliberal perspective: A sociological view of social classes and the right to housing -- (Re)thinking gentrification processes. The place of religion -- Metropolitan spatial reconfiguration and the mobility transition: Sustainability challenges in the fragmented city -- Sustainability and urban development strategies: Ciudad Real -- Part 4: Postscript -- Intra-urban borders in border cities: The nationally interchangeable dynamics of urban centrality.
    Abstract: This book offers a unique perspective on urban processes affecting tourist spaces and city centres. Economic, social and environmental uncertainty has been commonplace since March 2019, when mobility slowed down across the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends that have been investigated in urban space for years. The incorporation of technologies, the expansion of tourism and the introduction of policies that in part want to advance sustainability are generating processes of reorganisation of territories that are driving changes. These changes will affect models of city, urbanism and society. This publication is directed to a wide spectrum of people interested in urban processes, tourism and social change in the context of the Post-Pandemic Covid-19. In particular, the book is aimed at researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, consultants, public administrations and the public interested in the recent challenges that are affecting developed and developing societies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 371 p. 103 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031360176
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36017-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36017-6
    DDC: 307.76
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  • 4
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    A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy—Volume 2 : Ore Textures and Automated Ore Analysis (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Microscopy. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Mineralogy. ; Optical Microscopy. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Abstract: This book presents recent developments in ore microscopy to support the work of engineers and scientists actively engaged in the field of mineral raw materials (processing plant engineers in mines, process mineralogists and chemists, exploration geologists, etc.) or in ore deposit research. Textural analysis must be rigorous, and simple to be practical. With this aim, the author proposes a specific and user-friendly systematic for textural analysis. A high-performance tool to acquire, quantify, and process the data applied for automated ore characterization is key to predict ore behavior, a fundamental aim of geometallurgy. The recently developed AMCO System (Automated Microscopic Characterization of Ores) provides the tool, first prototype available using computer vision coupled with reflected light microscopy. This innovation is introduced in the text and discussed through case studies of actual mining problems. This second volume of the book "A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy" includes references, indexes, and other relevant information, plus Annexes 1 to 5. The latter include ore and gangue mineral indexes and mineral abbreviations (Annex 1), a brief compendium of common mineral associations in the main ore deposit types (Annex 2), an introduction to the procedures and techniques used to prepare polished sections (Annex 3), and the various tables used to identify common ores by direct microscopic observation (Annexes 4 and 5).
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 308 p. 232 illus., 230 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031189548
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18954-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18954-8
    DDC: 549
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  • 5
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    Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy : Progress and Landmark Discoveries of the Last Decades (2023)
    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Petrology. ; Materials science. ; Mineralogy. ; Petrology. ; Materials Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial -- Discovery of fullerenes and quasicrystals in nature -- The Evolution of Mineral Evolution -- Mineral Informatics: Origins -- The Discovery of New Minerals in Modern Mineralogy: Experience, Implications and Perspectives -- Structural and chemical complexity of minerals: the information-based approach -- Predicting HP-HT Earth and planetary materials -- Structural mechanisms stabilizing hydrous silicates at deep-Earth conditions -- Discovering High-pressure and High-temperature Minerals -- Mineralogy of Planetary Cores -- Going inside a diamond -- Mineralogy of returned sample from C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu -- Mineral discoveries that changed everyday life -- Hydrogen, the principal agent of structural and chemical diversity in minerals.
    Abstract: This volume celebrates mineral sciences and what are considered the most important progresses and breakthroughs in this discipline. Authoritative authors, who, in most cases, are the direct discoverers recount the steps of their research, which represent landmark developments of mineralogy and mineralogical crystallography.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 359 p. 126 illus., 98 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031288050
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28805-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28805-0
    DDC: 549
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  • 6
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    Estimating Ore Grade Using Evolutionary Machine Learning Models (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Machine learning. ; Artificial intelligence Data processing. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Mineralogy. ; Machine Learning. ; Data Science. ; Artificial Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Explains the importance of ore grade estimation -- Reviews machine learning models for ore grade estimation -- Explains the structure of different kinds of machine learning models -- Explains different training algorithms and optimization algorithms. This chapter also explains the structure of evolutionary machine learning models -- Explains the Bayesian model averaging and multilayer perceptron networks for estimating AL2O3 grade in a mine -- Explains the structure of inclusive multiple models and optimized radial basis function neural networks for estimating Sio2 grade in a mine -- Explains the application of hybrid kriging and extreme learning machine models for estimating copper ore grade in a mine -- Explains the application of optimized group machine data handling, support vector machines, and Adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface systems for estimating iron ore grade in mines -- Presents the conclusion, general comments, and suggestions for the next books.
    Abstract: This book examines the abilities of new machine learning models for predicting ore grade in mining engineering. A variety of case studies are examined in this book. A motivation for preparing this book was the absence of robust models for estimating ore grade. Models of current books can also be used for the different sciences because they have high capabilities for estimating different variables. Mining engineers can use the book to determine the ore grade accurately. This book helps identify mineral-rich regions for exploration and exploitation. Exploration costs can be decreased by using the models in the current book. In this book, the author discusses the new concepts in mining engineering, such as uncertainty in ore grade modeling. Ensemble models are presented in this book to estimate ore grade. In the book, readers learn how to construct advanced machine learning models for estimating ore grade. The authors of this book present advanced and hybrid models used to estimate ore grade instead of the classic methods such as kriging. The current book can be used as a comprehensive handbook for estimating ore grades. Industrial managers and modelers can use the models of the current books. Each level of ore grade modeling is explained in the book. In this book, advanced optimizers are presented to train machine learning models. Therefore, the book can also be used by modelers in other fields. The main motivation of this book is to address previous shortcomings in the modeling process of ore grades. The scope of this book includes mining engineering, soft computing models, and artificial intelligence.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 101 p. 45 illus., 39 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811981067
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8106-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8106-7
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  • 7
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    Spatial Justice and Planning : Reshaping Social Housing Communities in a Changing Society (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Human geography. ; Architecture. ; Social justice. ; Urban Policy. ; Human Geography. ; Cities, Countries, Regions. ; Social Justice.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- An enquiry into planning for justice -- From aspirational to operational: Towards an integrated approach to spatial justice -- Urban regeneration and social housing redevelopment in Aotearoa New Zealand: Issues and challenges -- Historical-Geographical analysis of spatial differentiations -- Changing social housing policy in the context of neoliberalism -- People, place and policy -- Spatial justice and planning: Bridging the gap.
    Abstract: Despite the significance of urban justice in planning research and practice, how just societies and cities can be organised and achieved remains contested. Spatial justice provides an integrative and unifying theory concerning place, policies, people and their interplay, but ambiguities about its practical bases have undermined its application in planning. Through creating and substantiating a new conceptual framework comprising a morphological study, policy analysis and embodiment research, this book crystallises the spatiality of (in)justice and (in)justice of spatiality in the context of social housing redevelopment. Like many countries around the world, social housing in Aotearoa New Zealand is an area of contention, especially at the building and redevelopment stages. Protecting community character and human rights has been used by social housing tenants to resist changes, but the primary focus on material outcomes neglects broadening access to planning processes. Compact, mixed tenure and sustainable (re)developments are regarded as the just built environment, as they enable equal accessibility to all. But there are contradictions between the planned spatiality of justice and individuals’ socialised sensory space. Reconciliation of morphological differentiations in built forms and social cohesion remains a challenging task. This book focuses on the re-examination, integration and transferability of spatial justice. It makes a new contribution to urban justice theory by strengthening spatial justice and planning. Social housing areas are expected to adapt to changing social and economic demands while retaining much-valued established community character. This book also provides practical strategies for tackling complex planning problems in social housing redevelopment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 172 p. 40 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031380709
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38070-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38070-9
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  • 8
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    Post Un-Lock : From Territorial Vulnerabilities to Local Resilience (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Policy. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: The research -- Post-pandemic challenges. The role of local governance for territorial resilience -- Part 2: Topics -- Notes of spatial implications of Covid-19. Evidence from Piedmont Region, Italy -- The role of the minor hydrographic system in increasing the ecological network -- Ecosystem services and territorial resilience: The role of green and blue infrastructure -- Indicators and scenarios for sustainable development at the local level -- Towards neighborhoods as minimum units of resilience?- Part 3: Case studies -- NO2 concentrations and Covid-19 in local systems of North-West Italy -- The COVID-19 effects and the development process of Lanzo Valleys in a metro-mountain perspective -- Analysis of hydrogeological risks related to climate change: Testing the ClimeApp assessment tool on the Torino Nord Homogenous Zone -- From knowledge to land-use planning: Local resilient experience in the territory of the municipality of Mappano -- Space for rights. The school between urban standards and social innovation -- Part 4: Digital tools -- The 3D metric survey for the digital cartographic production to support the knowledge of the new Municipality of Mappano -- Sources and data for the analysis of the metropolitan territory with GIS tools -- Part 5: Lesson learned and perspectives -- Final remarks on the implementation of the post-pandemic city and the role of technology.
    Abstract: This open access book builds a framework that holds together numerous open issues in territorial planning: from the understanding of territorial, landscape, environmental and climatic dynamics to the analysis of local vulnerabilities, to the use of modern survey techniques to support planning. What is the role of urban and regional planning in achieving the sustainable development goals of our communities considering the major issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in urban planning? And how do these medium- and long-term objectives interact with the needs that the emergency has given rise to? Post Un-Lock—from territorial vulnerabilities to local resilience—aims to provide the reader with a useful key to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a catalyst for a restart based on the concepts of sustainability and resilience. In fact, the COVID-19 experience evidences the need to propose a planning system able to integrate multiple scales according to an interdisciplinary approach focused on in-depth knowledge of the territorial risks and vulnerabilities. Besides, with the contribution of the new technologies, it is able to rethink spaces on a neighbourhood scale, conceived as a "local resilience unit" that ensures the population high standards of safety, liveability, and accessibility to proximity services. In this view, planning is increasingly concerned about social aspects and the well-being of communities, supported by indicators and evaluation tools. With the proposal of the concept of local resilience unit, Post Un-Lock takes a step forward towards the definition of a new paradigm of local planning and a topic for urban regeneration.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 189 p. 53 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031338946
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33894-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33894-6
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    A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy—Volume 1 : Mineral Identification (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Microscopy. ; Mineralogy. ; Optical Microscopy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Ore Microscopy -- Introduction to Ore description -- Acanthite -- Aguilarite -- Alabandite -- Allargentum -- Amalgam.
    Abstract: This book offers a guide to the microscopic study of metallic ores with reflected light. It combines a rigorous approach with an attractive and easy-to-follow format, using high-quality calibrated photomicrographs to illustrate the use of color for ore identification. The ore identification methodology is updated with systematic color analysis and the application of new multispectral reflectance datasets, which offer an efficient tool for automated ore characterization. In addition, the first volume of this two-part work discusses the essential gangue minerals. Readers will gain familiarity with the method as they follow its application to over 200 selected minerals, comprising the most important ore (≈150) and gangue (≈50) minerals, which are described in the text. Each entry includes an explanatory text with corresponding color photomicrographs for each of the most common microscope settings, preceded by a table summarizing the ore’s main properties, and followed by spectral information in the visible and near-infrared ranges (specular reflectance values from 370 to 1000 nm). Some uncommon, strategic ores, e.g. columbotantalite (“coltan”) and monazite, receive particular attention or are described for the first time with reflected light. Lastly, the book presents a learning strategy for beginners and students. The approach is essentially practical, focusing on the development of observation skills, including self-checking through proposed practical tasks. In addition, the traditional use of determinative tables is critically reviewed and updated. This book is part of a two-volume work. The second volume focuses on intergrowths/textural analysis and interpretation, as well as computer-vision-based automation and applications to ore processing/geometallurgy. The intended audience includes professionals and engineers dealing with mineral resources, as well as postgraduate students. The book also provides lifelong learning support for freelancers and a valuable reference resource for practical university teaching.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XL, 980 p. 883 illus., 881 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031126543
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12654-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12654-3
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    Beyond the Informal : Understanding Self-Organized Kampungs in Indonesia (2023)
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Human geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Inquiring into self-organization and the self-organized city -- Informality and responding to the challenges of informal settlements -- Key concepts in understanding self-organization and the self-organized city -- Urbanization and the development of the Kampung in Indonesia -- Kampung Marlina, Jakarta -- Kampung Pakualaman, Yogyakarta -- Kampungs Lebak Siliwangi and Tamansari, Bandung -- Beyond the informal – Better understanding self-organization and the self-organized city.
    Abstract: This book provides a much-needed analysis of the pivotal role of the urban kampung in Indonesia’s urbanization process and importantly, provides a deeper understanding of how these communities create their complex socio-physical environments through self-organization. The book challenges the current formal approaches and practices to modern planning in Indonesia where many kampungs are classed as illegal and excluded from city plans. Beyond informality unpacks via 3 case studies the self-generated planning and development arrangements and mechanisms which occur parallel to processes of formal exclusion, adaptation, negotiation and modification. Kampungs are posited as inseparable urban entities contributing to the complex assemblage of the city and the dynamics of contemporary urban planning and design. In the context of planning and design practice, this book provides a better understanding on how one needs to consider human-scale urbanism to achieve more effective and efficient planning plans and policies in the self-organized city. Even though self-organization by residents comes with its challenges as outlined in the book, formal planning in both Indonesia and other developing countries has much to learn from understanding self-organized settlements (kampung) and informal settlements ‘as they are’.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 161 p. 109 illus., 106 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031222399
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22239-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22239-9
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    Lived Experiences of Borderland Communities in Zimbabwe : Livelihoods, Conservation, War and Covid-19 (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Cultural property. ; Urban Policy. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The Lived Experiences of Zimbabwean Borderlands -- Chapter 2: Peasant Accumulation and Livelihoods Strategies in Zimbabwe’s Mozambican Borderlands -- Chapter 3: Slippery Bananas? Environmental Conflicts, Banana Production and Entangled Livelihoods along the Zimbabwe-Mozambican border with specific reference to Honde Valley, 1992 – 2020 -- Chapter 4: Land Rights, Displacements and Rural Livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s South-Eastern Borderlands -- Chapter 5: Borders, Boundaries, and Livelihoods in Western and North-Western Zimbabwe, 1890 – 2021 -- Chapter 6: Local Community Perceptions on Wildlife Conservation and Park-People Relationships in the Sengwe Area, Chiredzi District, Southeast Zimbabwe -- Chapter 7: Understanding the Complexities of Human Conflict Over Wildlife in the Border Town of Kariba, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 8: The Nexus between the Zimbabwe’s Borderlands, Marginalised Peoples, Community Archiving and Archival Activism 4 -- Chapter 9: Entangled Borderlands: Effects of the 1978-1992 Mozambican Civil War on Border Communities in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 10: “Across the border, you are treated well, they care:” Patients, Travels and Therapeutic Mobilities in Honde Valley and Kariba Borderlands -- Chapter 11: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Tourism in Kariba Border Town -- Chapter 12: The Health Seeking Behaviour of Borderline Communities: The Status of the San People of Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 13: Unfolding Realities of Urbanism at the Margins: Beitbridge (Zimbabwe) and Musina (South Africa) Border Towns as a Single Urban Frontier.
    Abstract: This book examines the national borders and borderlands of Zimbabwe through the presentation of empirically rich case studies. It delves into the lived experiences, both past and present, of populations residing along the borders between Zimbabwe and its neighbours, i.e., Zambia, Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique. It locates these lived experiences within the political economy of Zimbabwe, and highlights a wide range of themes pertinent to borders, including health, COVID-19, marginalisation, resource access, conservation, human-wildlife conflicts, civil wars, politico-economic crises, border jumping and cross border trade. The borderland communities discussed also include ethnic minorities such as the Tonga, San, Ndau, Shangane, and Kalanga. Overall, the book demonstrates the centrality of borders to the Zimbabwean nation-state and the importance of reading history, politics and society from the borderlands. The book fits into the wider prevailing literature of border and borderlands in Africa and beyond and thus has appeal far beyond Zimbabwe. Its diverse themes also relate to topics covered in multiple disciplines, including history, anthropology, and sociology. Academics, development specialists and policy makers will benefit in different ways from the depth and breadth of the analysis in the book.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 214 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031321955
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32195-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32195-5
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    Grown in Delhi : A Political Ecology of Social Networks and Agency Among Yamuna Farmers (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Agriculture. ; Social justice. ; Urban Policy. ; Agriculture. ; Social Justice.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I: A Political Ecology Lens -- Chapter 1. Vulnerable, Yet Resilient -- Part Ii: Social Networks And Access To Resources -- Chapter 2. Urban Food System Concepts -- Part Iii: Solutions Without Resolution -- Chapter 3. Land, Knowledge, Strategies -- Postscript: Final Reflection -- References.
    Abstract: This book explores how power relationships, measured through qualitative social network analysis, impact planning participation and livelihood strategies of a marginalized group of farmers cultivating the Yamuna River floodplain in Delhi, India. Through an in-depth study of 165 farming households facing land development, this book offers insights from the ground-up into how social dynamics enable and constrain agency. A novel mixed-methods approach was used to measure social networks and access to resources based on the different types of people farmers might interact with as part of their livelihoods: hired laborers, vendors, other farmers, etc. Digging deeper into social network patterns, typologies of power are illustrated as they manifest household agency through diverse pathways. More broadly, a political ecology lens is used to link together the multiple and fragmented Yamuna farmers’ stories with broader social, ecological, infrastructural, and economic contexts to suggest future directions for inquiry and policy related to localized urban food systems and sustainable development. This monograph will be of interest to academic faculty and graduate students in critical geography, cultural anthropology, food studies, landscape architecture/urban planning, and sociology. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIII, 276 p. 36 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031263804
    Series Statement: Cities and Nature,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26380-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26380-4
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    Urbicide : The Death of the City (2023)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban policy. ; Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- Introduction. Urbicidio: An unprecedented methodological entry in urban studies?- Part 2: Urbicidio. The death of the city -- Urbicide. The liturgical murder of the city -- Death by theory and the power of ideas: From theories of cities to “Smart” Cities -- Urbicide: Towards a conceptualization -- Urban order and disorder. Genealogy of urbicide -- Imaginaries and archetypes on the death of the city -- Covid 19 and the city: Reframing our Understanding of Urbicide by Learning from the Pandemic -- Part 3: Aniquilation: The end of the public space -- The ideology of public space and the new urban hygienism: Tactical urbanism in times of pandemic -- The transformation of urban and digital spaces from a democratic perspective -- Streets, avenues and highways -- The post-automobile city. From deterritorialization to the proximity city: The case of Madrid -- Mobility as an expression of the Urbicide: The risks of transport modernization in Latin American metropolises -- Part 4: Deterioration of the building environment -- The urbanization of risk -- Urbicide or suicide? Shaping environmental risk in an urban growth context: The example of Quito city (Ecuador) -- Between greens and grays: Urbanization and territorial destruction in the Sabana de Bogotá -- Overregulation, corruption and Urbicide -- Obsolescence of the building environment -- Part 5: Dissolution of social interaction -- The (un)made city: Spatial fragmentation, social inequalities and (de)compositions of urban life -- The city and the abandonment of public space. Between neoliberal urbanism and citizen urbanism -- A “New” urban colonialism? North-South migration and racially structured gentrification in Latin America -- Urban frontiers in the fracturing city: Heritage, tourism and immigration -- The production of emptied places in the borderlands of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires -- Part 6: Degradation and abandonment -- Reconstructing cultural paradigms. Experiences in East Europe: The historical memory of the historical centers in Lithuania -- Lose the memory, lose the history, lose the city -- Revolt and destruction. The public and monument landscape in Latin American cities -- Trends of urban and territorial reconfiguration in metropolitan Buenos Aires -- Anatomy of an Urbicide. Social housing in Santiago 1980-2006 -- Urbicide. A look through the mirror -- Part 7: Destruction of common life: Violence -- The besieged city: Geographies of crime -- Urbicide, violence and destruction against cities by criminal organizations -- Discursive understandings of the city and the persistence of gender inequality -- Border cities between life and death: Ciudad Juárez and El Paso -- Part 8: Contraction of public management: Privatization -- The metamorphosis of infrastructure in Latin American urbanization: From insufficiency to presence as fictitious capital -- Public policies (or their absence) as part of urban destruction -- Metropolitanicide? Urbs, polis and civitas revisited -- International tourism, urban rehabilitation and the destruction of informal income-earning opportunities -- De-urbanization: From the shock to the revolution of a new urban logic -- Part 9: Urbicide: Cities cases -- Grassroots spaces make London exciting: The relationship between the civitas and the urbs -- Rio de Janeiro: The trajectory of the wonderful city, violence, and urban disenchantment -- The implosion of memory. City and drug trafficking in Medellín and the Aburrá Valley -- Caracas. Urbicide and precariousness of urban life at the beginning of the Venezuelan 21st century. The worst of capitalism and savage populism -- Santiago, the non-city? Destruction, creation, and precariousness of verticalized space -- Neoliberal urbicide in Barcelona. The case of Ciutat Vella -- Part 10: Epilogue -- Epilogue. Remake us from Ruins, collective memories and dreams -- Epilogue. The power of urban destruction.
    Abstract: This book uses the reflection of academics specialized in the urban area of Latin America, Europe and the United States, to initiate a comparative debate of the different dynamics in which Urbicidio expresses itself.The field or focal point of analysis that this publication approaches is the city, but under a new critical perspective of inverse methodology to that has been traditional used. It is about understanding the structural causes of self-destruction to finally thinking better and then going from pessimism to optimism. It is a deep look at the city from an unconventional entrance, because it is about knowing and analyzing what the city loses by the action deployed by own urbanites, both in the field of its production and in the field of its consumption. This suppose that the city does not have an ascending linear sequential evolution in its development but neither in each of its parts in the improvement process, showing the face that commonly not seen but others live. The category used for this purpose is that of Urbicidio or the death of the city, which contributes theoretically and methodologically to the knowledge of the city, as well as to the design of urban policies that neutralize it. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the book has an inclusive view of the authors. For this reason, gender parity, territorial representation and the presence of age groups have been sought.
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    Pages: XV, 945 p. 107 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031253041
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25304-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25304-1
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    XIII General Meeting of the Russian Mineralogical Society and the Fedorov Session (2023)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Crystallography. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.
    Description / Table of Contents: Priorities Of Modern Mineralogy -- E.S. Fedorov’s “Drusites”: Metamorphic Reaction Structures In Paleoproterozoic Metagabbronorites Of The Belomorian Province Of The Fennoscandian Shield -- Calcium And Cuprum Oxalates In Biofilms On The Surface Of The Scoria Cones Of Tolbachik Volcano -- Heterogeneous Mineral Complex In Bottom Sediments North-Western Black Sea -- Monticellite From Spurrite Marbles Of The Kochumdek Contact Aureole -- The Association Of Henritermierite With Mg-Rich Vesuvianite In Mn Ores: Indicator Significance And An Example Of Crystal Chemical Selectivity -- Microbial Biomineralization: Morphogenetic And Crystal Chemical Patterns -- Synthetic Uranyl Compounds: Chemical View On Natural Processes Of Uranium Ore Alteration -- Sulfide-Oxide Mineral Formation During Melt Differentiation In The Intermediate Chamber.
    Abstract: This book presents the materials of the XIII General Meeting of the Russian Mineralogical Society. Over 190 participants prepared the result of their scientific work on mineralogy: mineral diversity and the evolution of mineral formation (S1); minerals as markers of petro- and ore genesis and new methods of their determination (S2); mineralogy and formation conditions of deposits of strategic minerals (S3); problems of applied (technological and ecological) mineralogy and geochemistry (S4); natural stone in art and architecture (S5); modern research in the field of stone and gemological studies (S6); mineralogical crystallography, crystallochemistry, and new minerals (F1); history of science, museumification, and popularization of natural science knowledge (F2). The Russian Mineralogical Society is the oldest mineralogical Society in Russia (from 1817). The Russian Mineralogical Society joins more than 1200 researchers from universities, academic and industry institutes, and production organizations in Russia's major scientific centers. The Society has 17 sections, including crystallochemistry, radiography and spectroscopy of minerals, ore mineralogy, technological mineralogy, experimental mineralogy, ecological mineralogy and geochemistry, and new mineral nomenclature classification. The main scientific and organizing event for the Russian Mineralogical members is the meeting session, organized every fourth year.
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    Pages: XV, 737 p. 317 illus., 196 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031233906
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23390-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23390-6
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    Peri-Urban Dynamics : Geospatial Linkages of Population, Development and Land in Gujarat, India (2023)
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Urban Policy. ; Population and Demography. ; Environmental Studies.
    Abstract: Urban expansion beyond the city’s administrative boundaries has altered villages to a great extent. These peri-urban villages are experiencing unforeseen changes in demographic, economic, land-use, and environmental characteristics. The concept of peri-urbanization is grabbing the attention of urban planners and policymakers globally. To understand the dynamics of the peri-urban region it is crucial to examine multiple rural and urban characteristics. This book studies major changes in population, land and development with the integration of remotely sensed data and census data for 615 peri-urban villages surrounding Ahmedabad city of India. The chapters of the book are designed to cover key aspects of peri-urban change with geospatial methods. This book offers a comprehensive understanding and importance of analyzing peri-urban dynamics at the smallest spatial unit. It provides a detailed conceptual and methodological framework for the students and researchers to study peri-urbanization as well as for the policymakers to redefine the urban policies.
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    Pages: XI, 147 p. 60 illus., 26 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031280054
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28005-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28005-4
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    Urban Crime Prevention : Multi-disciplinary Approaches (2022)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Criminology. ; Urban policy. ; Geographic information systems. ; Urban Sociology. ; Criminology. ; Urban Policy. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial -- Part 1: Multidisciplinarity in theory and education -- Plural security: Diverse disciplines, multiple actors -- Third Generation CPTED – Integrating crime prevention and neighbourhood liveability -- Social work and policing: Multidisciplinary vocational trainings for urban security -- From the borders and edges: Youth cultures, arts, urban areas and crime prevention -- Part 2: Multidisciplinarity in policy and planning -- Standardisation and multidisciplinary processes in urban crime prevention. The only crime prevention standard in Europe since the Roman Empire: From the CEN 14383 series to the worldwide ISO 22341:2021 -- Local safety contracts: Profiling a multi-disciplinary and multi-level cooperation for crime prevention -- Beyond simplicity – Urban security as a diverse and transdisciplinary approach -- The quarter as new level of urban crime prevention -- Part 3: Multidisciplinary in research and practice -- Multidimensionality in geospatial urban crime prevention modelling and decision support: The case of Porto, Portugal -- Incivilities in public spaces and insecurity. A case study in Bologna, Italy -- The role of the perception of fear in the disintegration of neighbourhoods and the appearance of crime -- CPTED evolution, from Latin America to the World -- Make the World yours! Arts-based research in action in the Cerco do Porto neighbourhood -- ‘A revolution without death’. Hip-hop as a weapon against violence.
    Abstract: This book provides an original cross-thematic and wide scope review of crime prevention processes in urban areas that are explicitly based on the cooperation between different scientific and professional fields. Focusing primarily on environmental and community-based crime prevention, this book compiles a peer-reviewed collection of papers and prospective essays that explore how, and to what extent, multi-disciplinarity can be used as a cornerstone for achieving safer cities. Relying on the input from specialists, researchers, decision-makers, and practitioners from around the world, it covers the various stages from theory to implementation, by discussing theoretical stances, interpreting policy and planning guidelines, uncovering unique educational experiences, and narrating insights and lessons learned from innovative research and practice. Hence, it provides vivid discussions and invaluable insights into processes of partnership building, planning, and management, oriented towards establishing successful mechanism for preventing crime and reducing feelings of insecurity in urban areas.
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    Pages: XIV, 352 p. 55 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031151088
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15108-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15108-8
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    Coordination Principle of Minerals Flotation (2022)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Mining engineering. ; Coordination compounds. ; Mineralogy. ; Mining and Exploration. ; Coordination Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Introduction to Coordination Chemistry Theory -- Coordination Characteristics of Mineral Flotation Systems -- Spatial Geometry of Mineral Surface Coordination -- Coordination of Flotation Chemicals with Metal Ions on Mineral Surfaces -- Effect of CFSE on the Interaction of Reagents with Surface -- Orbital Interactions of Reagents Molecules with Mineral Surfaces.
    Abstract: The advent of flotation, with selective interaction of reagents with minerals at its core, has greatly advanced the development of modern mining. Ever since, there has been continuous researched into the mechanism of mineral-reagent interactions, in an effort to design and develop more effective reagents. A unique perspective from coordination is presented to illustrate the principles of reagent molecules interacting with metal ions on mineral surface. For the first time, the influence is unveiled of mineral crystal structures and surrounding atoms on metal ion properties and further on mineral-reagent interactions. The introduction of classical theories for modern chemistry, including orbital structure, electron spin and orbital symmetry matching, into flotation is realized. Researchers, engineers and graduate students among others in the field of mineral processing may gain new insight into flotation and the development of novel reagents.
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    Pages: XIV, 224 p. 280 illus., 237 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811927119
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2711-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2711-9
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    High-Pressure Silicates and Oxides : Phase Transition and Thermodynamics (2022)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Thermodynamics. ; Earth sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Thermodynamics. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Crystal chemistry and thermodynamics of high-pressure phase transition -- High-pressure and high-temperature experiments with large-volume apparatus -- Calorimetric experiments and thermodynamic calculation of high-pressure phase relations -- Olivine - modified spinel - spinel transitions -- Phase transitions of pyroxene and garnet, and post-spinel transition forming perovskite -- Crystal chemistry, phase relations, and energetics of high-pressure ABO3 perovskites -- Post-perovskite transition in ABX3 and phase transitions in AO2 -- Post-spinel transition in AB2O4 -- Phase transitions in mantle rocks -- High-pressure minerals from the Earth’s mantle and in shocked meteorites. .
    Abstract: This book presents a summary of high-pressure phase transitions of minerals and related inorganic compounds. The first part reviews the methods to investigate phase transitions by direct high-pressure and high-temperature experiments together with thermodynamic approaches that consist of calorimetric measurements and thermodynamic calculation. In the second part, phase relations and thermodynamic properties of olivine, pyroxene, garnet, spinel, perovskite, rutile, and related inorganic compounds with A2BO4, ABO3, AB2O4, and AO2 stoichiometries are described. Particular emphasis is placed on spinel- and perovskite-structured phases and their high-pressure polymorphs called post-spinel and post-perovskite phases. The last part of the book focuses on phase relations of mantle rocks and on natural high-pressure minerals from the Earth’s deep mantle and in shocked meteorites. .
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    Pages: XII, 206 p. 122 illus., 62 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811963636
    Series Statement: Advances in Geological Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6363-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6363-6
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    Urban Regeneration and Community Empowerment Through ICTs : A Focus on Digital Participatory Platforms (DPPs) (2022)
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Technology Sociological aspects. ; Information technology. ; Political science. ; Science Social aspects. ; Urban Policy. ; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). ; Governance and Government. ; Science and Technology Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. E-government: The Role of ICTs in Support of Public Administration’s Processes -- Chapter 3. e-Democracy: The Role of ICTs in Support of Citizens Participation -- Chapter 4. Technologies that Encourage Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance -- Chapter 5. Digital Participatory Platforms as a Tool to Satisfy Local Government and Citizen’s Needs -- Chapter 6. International Best Practices -- Chapter 7. Focus on the Italian Context -- Chapter 8. MiraMap: A Digital Participatory Platform for Urban Regeneration -- Chapter 9. An Evaluation of Success and Failure of Digital Participatory Platform in Urban Regeneration Governance -- Chapter 10. Conclusion. The Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book deals with the issue of Digital Participatory Platforms (DPPs) for urban governance. It explains the role and potential that ICTs play in the decision-making processes of the Public Administration and citizens' participation. The book also illustrates the main technologies that encourage innovation and social inclusion, with particular focus on use of DPPs in urban regeneration programs and projects. It presents international best practices from local to European level and it describes the process of creation, development and testing of a DPP project with reference to the Italian case. The book is divided into three parts: the first one gives a framework of neighborhood urban and civic engagement through ICTs, studying in depth the role of ICTs in support of Public Administration’s processes and citizens participation; the second part investigates the topic of Digital Participatory Platforms (DPPs) with the description of their potentialities, the presentation of some international best practices and a specific focus on the Italian context; the third part draws the conclusions of this path by asking which are the main challenges in the adoption of Digital Participatory Platforms, in order to increase citizen participation and collaboration via technology.
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    Pages: XVII, 138 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030977559
    Series Statement: Local and Urban Governance,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97755-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97755-9
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    Vesiculation and Crystallization of Magma : Fundamentals of the Volcanic Eruption Process (2022)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Petrology. ; Natural disasters. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Petrology. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Inspired by nature -- Conditions for magma vesiculation -- Mechanism of bubble formation -- Growth and expansion of bubbles -- Temporal development of vesiculation -- Other bubble-related processes -- Cooling crystallization of magma -- Crystallization induced by vesiculation -- CSD (Crystal Size Distribution) -- Application -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively illustrates the elemental processes of vesiculation and crystallization recorded in volcanic products on the basis of the equilibrium and non-equilibrium theories. The book describes the derivation of equations and the basic physics behind them in detail. This textbook is fundamental in preparing for future volcanic hazards. The target readers are graduate students and researchers, but Parts I and IV are written to be understandable by undergraduate students as well, to inspire them to enter this field.
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    Pages: XXXII, 427 p. 220 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811642098
    Series Statement: Advances in Volcanology, An Official Book Series of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4209-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4209-8
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    Urban Morphology : An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities (2022)
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Geography. ; Human geography. ; Urban Policy. ; Urban Sociology. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The elements of urban form -- The agents and processes of urban transformation -- Cities in history -- Contemporary cities -- The study of urban form: Different approaches -- From theory to practice -- Relationships with other fields of knowledge -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: 'This is a textbook about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities. It provides an overview of the main elements of urban form—streets, street blocks, plots and buildings—structuring our cities and the fundamental agents and processes of transformation shaping these elements. It applies this analytical framework to describe the evolution of cities over history as well as to explain the functioning of contemporary cities. After the initial focus on the 'object' (cities), the book introduces how different schools of thought have been dealing with this object since the emergence of Urban Morphology, as the science of urban form, in the turning to the twentieth century. Finally, the book identifies the main contributions of urban morphology to cities, societies and economies. This second edition of the book offers updated and more accurate knowledge on several morphological issues, presents expanded contents, and it has a more explicit didactic nature, including a set of exercises in the end of each chapter, that will help teachers and students (in architecture, geography, planning, history, sociology and urban studies) in acquiring and consolidating their urban morphological knowledge.
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    Pages: XXV, 240 p. 95 illus., 70 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030924546
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92454-6
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    Fourth Places : Informal Social Life and Interaction in New Designed Public Spaces (2022)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Design. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Design.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Is public social life in decline and are contemporary masterplanning And public space design practices to be blamed?- Theorisation of informal public social life and interaction in urban public space -- The sociality and spatiality of social encounters among strangers -- Observations on the theorized conditions that support informal social interactions in new designed public spaces -- Observations on the under-theorized conditions that support informal social -- Interactions in new designed public spaces -- ‘Fourth-places’: The contemporary public settings for informal social life and Interaction.
    Abstract: This book challenges current views that public life is in decline and that contemporary urban design trends reliant on privatisation, control, events, and thematic designs are to be blamed. Drawing on detailed and extensive analysis of a case study that illustrates well such urban design trends, it shows that informal social life and interaction occur more than its necessary in new master planned environments and new designed public settings, whether public or private owned and/or managed. Furthermore, it reveals the existence of a new category of informal public social settings which it calls fourth places because of their close relationship to Oldenburg’s third places in terms of social and behavioural characteristics – radical departure from the routines of home and work, inclusivity and social comfort – but distinct in terms of activities, locations and spatial conditions – being characterised by spatial, temporal and managerial in-betweenness, i.e. indeterminacy in form, function and times, and a great sense of publicness. The acceptance of these findings problematises well-established urban design theories about master planning, expands existing social theories about the optimal conditions for public social life by empirically and spatially elaborating on them and redefines several spatial concepts for designing public space in relation to the specific dynamics of informal social interaction. More importantly, it brings optimism to urban design practice, offering new insights into designing more lively and inclusive public spaces.
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    Pages: XVII, 237 p. 135 illus., 1 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031079467
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07946-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07946-7
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    Geoparticipatory Spatial Tools (2022)
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    Keywords: Urban policy. ; Geographic information systems. ; Landscape architecture. ; Political science. ; Urban Policy. ; Geographical Information System. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Governance and Government.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Jiří Pánek) -- Chapter 2. Geoparticipation and Democratic Theory (Jakub Bakule) -- Chapter 3. Geospatial Technologies For Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian, Jiří Pánek and Vít Pászto) -- Chapter 4. Open Data And Its Role In Geoparticipation (Jaroslav Burian and Barbora Kočvarová) -- Chapter 5. Improving Local Democracy Works: Determinants of Participatory Local Governments (Jakub Lysek) -- Chapter 6. Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic (Jiří Chovaneček) -- Chapter 7. GeoParticipatory tools in action: Case study Jeseník, Czech Republic (David Žichovský, Jiří Pánek, Jiří Chovaneček) -- Chapter 8. The Application Of City-Building Games In Spatial Planning (Jan PIŇOS, Jaroslav Burian).
    Abstract: The book explores the key factors affecting the successful implementation of public participation spatial systems in participatory planning as part of the urban governance system. It brings insight from nation-wide research in the Czech Republic and the implications to other countries in the region and beyond. The main aim of the proposed book is to analyse the state-of-the-art of using geoparticipatory tools for citizens’ participation in community decision-making process and to suggest the effective implementation of the geoparticipatory tools available in urban governance. This book explores the situation in the Czech Republic as a representative of for Eastern Bloc country, three decades after the political transition, on its way to public participation in local and urban governance. The active involvement of the citizens into the local and urban decision making process via geoparticipatory spatial tools is becoming a popular research field among human geographers, behavioural geographers, GIS scientists, environmental psychologists, policy scientists and many others scientific areas.
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    Pages: IX, 188 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031055478
    Series Statement: Local and Urban Governance,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05547-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05547-8
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    Barite-Fluorite Mineralization in Southeast Sichuan, Yangtze Block, China (2022)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Power resources. ; Petrology. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics. ; Petrology. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Geological Setting -- Chapter 3. Petrological Characteristics and Sedimentary Environment -- Chapter 4. Mineralization Belts and Geological Characteristics of Deposits -- Chapter 5. Element Geochemistry -- Chapter 6. Ore-forming Fluids -- Chapter 7. Isotope Geochemistry -- Chapter 8. The Source and Regularity of Mineralization.
    Abstract: This book describes the mineralization process of barite-fluorite deposits in southeastern Sichuan, Yangtze Block, China. Mainly through systematic field geological surveys and detailed indoor research work, the typical barite-fluorite deposits in this area were analyzed using a variety of analysis methods such as single fluid inclusion LA-ICP-MS composition analysis, trace rare earth element analysis, H-O-S-Sr isotope analysis, F element content analysis, and Sm-Nd geochronological analysis. By in-depth analysis of the ore-forming environment, mineralization process and geological characteristics of barite-fluorite deposits, the following were determined: (1) the source of ore-forming fluids of barite-fluorite deposits and (2) the migration, concentration, enrichment, and evolution of ore-forming sources, exploring the formation mechanism of barite-fluorite deposits. Summarizing the mineralization regularity of the deposit in this area of China provides a new insight and basis for the study of similar types of deposits in the world.
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    Pages: XXVIII, 190 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811675621
    Series Statement: Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 23
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7562-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7562-1
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    Uranous Mineralogy of Hypergene Reduction Region : Using electron microscopy data (2021)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Practice of studying of dispersible uranium minerals by ATEM methods -- Minerals of tetravalent uranium U4+ of hypergenesis zone -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive view of the valuable uranium ores and analytical electron microscopy methods, including electron microdiffraction principles, an essential technique for studying uranous minerals. This book also explains the laws governing the formation of uranium mineral accumulations, based on concepts published by the renowned Russian mineralogist L.N. Belova. It addresses all types of ore uranium concentrations in the hypergene region and schematizes all uranium mineral formation processes. Readers will also find selected examples of different genetic types of uranium deposits of black sooty ores; the data gathered from all findings on ningyoite worldwide, and new crystal chemistry data on tetravalent uranium phosphates. .
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    Pages: XV, 210 p. 90 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030671839
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67183-9
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    Urban Informality : Experiences and Urban Sustainability Transitions in Middle East Cities (2021)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Property. ; Common law. ; Education. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Common Property and Land Law. ; Education.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Objectives, Substantive Issues and Structure of This Book -- Chapter 1. Scientific, knowledgeable background and Book Architecture -- Part 2: Urban Informality Transitions in the Middle East’s Cities -- Chapter 2. Governance and Sustainability Transitions on Urban Informality -- Chapter 3. Urbanization and Informality in the Era of Globalization -- Chapter 4. The Paradigm of Urban Informality: Laws, Norms, and Practices -- Chapter 5. State, Society, Economy, and Housing Informality -- Chapter 6. Land Rights, Governance and Urban Informality -- Chapter 7. Spatial Divide, Marginality, Social Exclusion, Social Cohesion, and Urban Informality -- Part 3: Cross-Regional Scene -- Chapter 8. A Puzzle of Urban Sustainability Transitions on Urban Informality in Egypt -- Chapter 9. The Pockets of Urban Informality in Lebanon -- Chapter 10. Hills of Urban Informality in Greater Amman, Jordan -- Part 4: Epilogue -- Chapter 11. A Credible Future.
    Abstract: This book develops an analytical framework for a serious investigation of the historical specificities of cities of the Global South within three Mediterranean areas and inland territories. Its starting point is the research on urban informality in three different environments; one has experienced tremendous socio-economic transformation, while the other two have experienced the conflict that occurred in the Middle East under a free-market-oriented imposed system. The book provides a unique overview of urban informality within the region. This book draws upon experience and intensive work on the definitions and taxonomies of urban informality in the Global South. It investigates urban informality as a site of transitions in different socioeconomic, socio-spatial, and political contexts, concerning theories and practice, to strengthen understanding of sustainable transition processes. It explores how urban informality operates in the context of comparative cross-national perspectives that meet the SDGs and the NUA. The book enables policymakers, planners, and designers to think about urban informality as a dynamic multi-dimensional phenomenon, or as a site of transitions, within a built environment embedded in specific contexts. It arrives at the full package of resilient benefits provided by urban informality and even the different basic ways in which a better way of life can become manifest. This book opens a new scientific discussion between urban informality and sustainability transition perspectives, between conceptual and empirical, and between structural and practical. Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates It is often assumed that informality is simply the opposite of formality – a binary structure of opposites. However, the academic literature has exposed it as far more layered and complex than this and the analysis by Professor Soliman demonstrates convincingly and comprehensively, the multi-layered nature of urban informality in Egypt and the Middle East in general. Overlapping legal forms of land tenure and property rights, together with variations both within as well as between settlements, make it vital to understand this complexity in order that policies to address it are evidence based. This book offers a synopsis of urban informality in the Middle East, ongoing research on the governance of sustainability transitions and how to deal with urban informality in the context of sustainability transitions. This provides an essential foundation for understanding the complexity of informality, reasons why it exists, the positive as well as negative features and the options for reducing it. It is essential reading for all involved in addressing the issue in a region of the world where the relationship between formal and informal development of land and housing is critical to social and economic development.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030689889
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68988-9
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    Diamonds from the Arkhangelsk Province, NW Russia (2021)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Geological Summary of Kimberlites and Related Rocks in the Archangelsk Diamondiferous Region (ADR) -- Typomorphism of Diamond From Deposits Of The Arkhangelsk Diamondiferous Region -- Defect-Impurity Composition, Optical and Spectrometric Properties of Diamond from ADR Deposits -- Recent Data on Diamond from the M.V. Lomonosov Deposit -- Constitutional Characteristics and Patterns of Diamond Formation in the ADR -- Method of Morphogenetic Studies of Diamond and Associated Indicator Minerals, Its Application to Solve the Problems of Typing Search Halos and Evaluation of the Degree of Diamondiferous Kimberlite Rocks Archangelsk Diamondiferous Region -- Geological Conditions of Formation, and Typing Search Halos and Alluvial Deposits from Unidentified Primary Sources Within the Eastern-European Platform and its Framing -- Afterword.
    Abstract: This book examines and summarizes data on more than 40,000 diamonds from deposits in Russia’s diamondiferous Arkhangelsk province. The geological data of diamond deposits includes the geological setting, ore body morphology and mineral composition. Investigation techniques employed include: Color Cathode Luminescence, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Raman Spectroscopy, and Carbon Isotopy. The book provides a full description of the diamond morphology. The problems of a potential (mantle) diamond grade for deposits are considered, depending on the physical and chemical conditions involved in the genesis and growth of diamond crystals. Further, there can be a significant impact on the productivity of bodies and the properties of diamonds during post-crystallization metasomatic processes. In this book, the authors propose a diamond crystallization model for changes in diamond crystals within mantle metasomatic transformations, and identify the factors affecting the growth and dissolution of diamonds in the mantle. In addition, they describe the complex evolution of kimberlite from the mantle up to the Earth’s surface. All of these factors affect the quality and quantity of diamonds in a particular diamond deposit, providing the basis for identifying optimal technological mining processes.
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    Pages: XVII, 248 p. 177 illus., 130 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030357177
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35717-7
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    The Material Limits of Energy Transition: Thanatia (2021)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Materials Analysis. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Characterization and Analytical Technique. ; Renewable Energy. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: What is this Book About? -- The Mineral Voracity of Human Beings -- On the Availability of resources on Earth -- The (Thermodynamic) Value of Scarcity -- The Physical Value of Mineral Resources -- Material Limits of Energy Transition -- The Hidden Cost of Technology -- Looking to the Future.
    Abstract: Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year. Technology, from electric cars to everyday electrical equipment, consume vast amounts of scarce raw materials. On a planet with limited resources, are these minerals being properly assessed? Will there be enough raw materials to meet the demand of a world population on track to reach 10 billion people? What will be the consequences of accelerated resource depredation? Will the planet one day become 'Thanatia', a resource-exhausted Earth? This book allows readers to understand the mineral heritage of the Earth, considering the demand for raw materials in society, comparing it with the availability of resources on Earth and the impact of mining. The basics of physical geonomics are exlpained, allowing readers to analyse the loss of mineral resources on the planet. The impact of renewable energies and technologies, including electric vehicles, are studied. The book concludes with possible solutions to mineral depletion, from increasing recycling rates, ecodesign measures or alternative sources of mineral resources. Providing numerous tables and illustrations, 'The Material Limits of Energy Transition: Thanatia' gives readers a thorough understanding of mineral depletion. Exploring geology, geochemistry, mining, metallurgy, the environment and thermodynamics, this is a truly holistic book.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030785338
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78533-8
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    Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy : Proceedings of 6th Geoarchaeological Conference, Miass, Russia, 16–19 September 2019 (2021)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Archaeology. ; Geochemistry. ; Mineralogy. ; Archaeology. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- General Problems and Methods of Geoarcheology -- The Usage of Rocks and Minerals by ancient Societies -- Paleometallurgy and Composition of ancient Metal Products.
    Abstract: This book presents general problems in geoarchaeology, and discusses geophysical solutions, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry applications, X-ray and isotope analyses and GIS technologies. It also examines practical reconstructions of technological processes used in ancient time, and investigates the use of minerals and rocks by ancient societies in the territories of modern Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, as well as the characteristics of ores, metallurgical slags and data on the composition and impurities of archaeological metals. Intended for archaeologists, historians, museum workers and geologists studying noble metals and copper, the book is also a useful resource for students, graduate students, experts and anyone interested in the use of various minerals at different stages of humanity’s development.
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    Pages: XV, 186 p. 61 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030488642
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48864-2
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    Assessment of Ore Deposit Settings, Structures and Proximity Indicator Minerals in Geological Exploration (2021)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Geoscientific Data Acquisition -- 3. Assesment of the Regional Geological Setup -- 4. Geophysical Framework -- 5. Structural Setup.
    Abstract: This well-illustrated book aims to enhance observations and understanding of structural features and proximity-indicator minerals, critical in exploration. The book provides a unique blending of different content on observational and critical aspects of data acquisition, geological, structural, tectonic set-up, mineral deposit types, geophysical framework, and proximity indicator minerals. Combining these topics led to a comprehensive understanding to facilitate mineral targeting and exploration in green- and brown-field terrains. Besides field photographs, the write-up is lavishly supplemented with relevant geological and geophysical maps, tables, and case stories in field geology, making it useful for a much larger section of the geoscientific community professional geologists and geophysicists, students, teachers, and also decision-makers in geo-surveys and exploration.
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    Pages: XIV, 389 p. 278 illus., 252 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030651251
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65125-1
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    Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts (2021)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Arts. ; Cultural property. ; Urban Sociology. ; Regional Cultural Studies. ; Fine Art. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment of a Historic Hydraulic Structure in Egypt -- Stabilization and Strengthening Proposals for the Ancient Serapeum at Saqqara Using Advanced Composite Materials -- Trends of Contemporary Arts in Innovative Interior Architecture Design of Cultural Spaces -- Why does Revenge challenge conservators more than Avaton? -- Quest for Latent Habitats -- Travel Literature Illustrations and Topography and Their Role in Documenting the Islamic Arabic identification and the geopolitical alterations of Jerusalem city -- The Deep Ground: A Fourth Layer in Creative Cities that Represents Silent Identities -- Historic Urban Landscapes and Archaeological Sites: Perspectives and Directions -- Redeveloping the Historic Urban Ensemble: The Case of the King Abdulaziz Historic Centre, ArRiyadh Saudi Arabia -- The Influence of Public Art in Developing Chinese Urban Public Space: Current Trends and Future Directions -- Reviving the Historical Hajj Route in Old Jeddah.
    Abstract: This book covers a broad range of topics relating to architecture and urban design, such as the conservation of cities’ culture and identity through design and planning processes, various ideologies and approaches to achieving more sustainable cities while retaining their identities, and strategies to help cities advertise themselves on the global market. Every city has its own unique identity, which is revealed through its physical and visual form. It is seen through the eyes of its inhabitants and visitors, and is where their collective memories are shaped. In turn, these factors affect tourism, education, culture & economic prosperity, in addition to other aspects, making a city’s identity one of its main assets. Cities’ identities are constructed and developed over time and are constantly evolving physically, culturally and sociologically. This book explains how architecture and the arts can embody the historical, cultural and economic characteristics of the city. It also demonstrates how cities’ memories play a vital role in preserving their physical and nonphysical heritage. Furthermore, it examines the transformation of cities and urban cultures, and investigates the various new approaches developed in contemporary arts and architecture. Given its scope, the book is a valuable resource for a variety of readers, including students, educators, researchers and practitioners in the fields of city planning, urban design, architecture and the arts.
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    Pages: XII, 238 p. 331 illus., 298 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030148690
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14869-0
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    China’s Urban Construction Land Development : The State, Market, and Peasantry in Action (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Interpreting the Development of Urban Construction Land in China -- Understanding Land Developments in a Globalizing World: Theoretical Alternatives -- Making Sense of China’s Urban Construction Land Development: Towards Dual-track Political Ecology -- Methodological Issues -- The Changing Geography of China’s Urban Construction Land -- Changing Institutions for The Development of Urban Construction Land -- Formal Development of China’s Urban Construction Land -- Informal Development of China’s Urban Construction Land. Urban Construction Land Development in Beijing -- Urban Construction Land Development in Shenzhen -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book examines the nature and internal dynamics of China’s urban construction land (UCL) development, drawing insights from the recently developed theory of regional political ecology. Based on the author’s original research, it identifies two different types of UCL development in China, namely top-down, formal development in the legal and regulated domain, and spontaneous and informal, bottom-up development in the semi-legal, poorly regulated gray domain. Presenting a systematic analysis and comparison, it reveals a scale and speed of informal land development no less significant than that of formal land development, although informal land development tends to be scattered, pervasive, difficult to track, and largely overlooked in research and policy formation. Contrary to the popular perception of the peasantry as passive victims of land development, this book uncovers an intriguing dynamic in which the peasantry has played an increasingly (pro)active role in developing their rural land for urban uses in informal markets. Further, based on an investigation of UCL development in Beijing and Shenzhen, it shows an interesting trajectory in which the uneven growth and utilization of UCL are contingent upon the various developmental milieus in different places. China’s land institutions, based on an urban–rural dual land system, are not conducive to the ultimate goal of saving and efficiently utilizing land. Accordingly, an urban–rural integrated land market and management system is highly advisable. The theoretical and empirical enquiry presented challenges the perceived notion of China’s UCL development as the outcome of market demand and state supply. Further, it argues for an inclusive treatment of the informality that has characterized urbanization in many developing countries, and for a reassessment of the role played by the peasantry in land-based urbanization. .
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    Pages: XXVII, 474 p. 169 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811505652
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0565-2
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    EU Regional and Urban Policy : Innovations and Experiences from the 2014–2020 Programming Period (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: The reform of Cohesion Policy in the 2014-2020 programming period and the regional smart specialization strategy -- Regions and Macro-regions in European Territorial Cooperation: present and 2021+ -- The urban question with the EU integration project. A continuous project of experimentation -- Innovation in EU “urban policy” during the 2014-2020 programming period: conceptions, experiences and perspectives -- Conclusions. .
    Abstract: The book critically reflects on some of the most important novelties and experimentations in the context of the European Union’s renewed urban and regional policy in the last programming period, 2014-2020. In particular, it examines four main innovations characterizing this period, which emerged as a result of the deep rethinking and reorganization of Cohesion Policy in the spirit of the place-based approach to local development, i.e. the development of the smart specialization strategy, the establishment of macro-regions, the focus on the urban dimension as a horizontal priority, and the role of social innovation in urban policy. Unlike other similar books, it analyzes the urban dimension of the reformed EU cohesion policy, especially focusing on its interplay with the regional dimension, and which has not been fully addressed to date. The book is intended for social scientists engaged in research on European issues, especially from regional and urban perspectives, policy-makers, particularly at the local level, and graduate students interested in regional and urban European matters.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030345754
    Series Statement: PoliMI SpringerBriefs,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34575-4
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    Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games : Planning Legacies (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sports Sociological aspects. ; Economic geography. ; Political science. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sport Sociology. ; Economic Geography. ; Political Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2. The Los Angeles Olympics 1932 -- 3 The Los Angeles Olympics 1984 -- 4 The Los Angeles Olympics 2028 -- 5 Similarities and differences between the three LA Olympics -- 6 Conclusionf: Legacies of the 2028 Olympics -- Index -- Acronyms. .
    Abstract: This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28’s argument “we have staged the Games before, we can do it again” compelling. Setting the bid’s promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030385538
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38553-8
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    Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment : A Focus on the Global South (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Economic development. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Sustainability. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Environment, Perception and Design of the Built -- Chapter 1. An introduction (Mainak Ghosh) -- Part II. Environment and the Built: Earth as an Inspiration -- Chapter 2. A Place-making between Mountain and River: A General View on Dwelling culture and Architecture of the Indigenous Vernacular Villages in Indonesia (Indah Widiastuti) -- Chapter 3. Reflection on Rhetorics, Appropriate Building Materials and Domestic Utilities Towards Reduction of Housing Costs in Tanzania (Moses Felician Moses) -- Chapter 4. Sustainable Planning Interventions for Urban Crisis in respect to Outdoor Thermal Comfort-Case study of Kolkata (Debashish Das) -- Chapter 5. Traditional Houses of Cunda Island in Anatolia (Ayten Erdem) -- Part III. Perception and the Built: Eyes of the Mind -- Chapter 6. Regionalising Contemporary Architecture in West Sumatra (Feni Kurniati) -- Chapter 7. Hyderabad: A city with glorious past and flying future (Madhu Vottery) -- Chapter 8. Recife Fascinations (Rachael Carter) -- Chapter 9. Living in Alleys: A Story of Urban Kampong (Achmad Syaiful) -- Part IV: Design and the Built: Man the Place Maker -- Chapter 10. The ‘smart’ as a project for the city (V. Geropanta) -- Chapter 11. Urban Transformations of Residential Settlements in Colonial Towns: Case Study of Little Europe (Ruchira Das) -- Chapter 12. Evaluating and Comparing The Effectiveness of Subnational Policies Concerning Hurricane Evacuation Zones in Built Environment: Applicability of the State of Florida Model (Haris Alibasic) -- Chapter 13. Transformation of Commercial Centres and Urban Development Process in Global South (Sanghamitra Sarkar) -- Part V: Future of the Built -- Chapter 14. Future of the Built: A Holistic View, (Mainak Ghosh).
    Abstract: T his edited volume is a compilation of the ‘built environment’ in response to many investigations, analyses and sometimes mere observations of the various dialogues and interactions of the built, in context to its ecology, perception and design. The chapters concentrate on various independent issues, integrated as a holistic approach, both in terms of theoretical perspectives and practical approaches, predominantly focusing on the Global South. The book builds fabric knitting into the generic understanding of environment, perception and design encompassing ‘different’ attitudes and inspirations. This book is an important reference to topics concerning urbanism, urban developments and physical growth, and highlights new methodologies and practices. The book presumes an understanding unearthed from various dimensions and again woven back to a common theme, which emerges as the reader reads through. Various international experts of the respective fields working on the Global South contributed their latest research and insights to the different parts of the book. This trans-disciplinary volume appeals to scientists, students and professionals in the fields of architecture, geography, planning, environmental sciences and many more.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030258795
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25879-5
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    The World of Mineral Deposits : A Beginner's Guide to Economic Geology (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Renewable Energy. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Ch.1 Introduction -- Ch.2 The World of Metals -- Ch.3 Magmatic Deposits -- Ch.4 Hydrothermal Deposits -- Ch.5 Deposits Formed by Sedimentation and Weathering -- Ch.6 Fossil Fuels -- Ch.7 Industrial Minerals and Rocks.
    Abstract: This vivid introduction to economic geology not only describes the most important deposit types, but also the processes involved in their formation. Magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary processes as well as weathering and alteration are explained in the framework of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth. The chapter about fossil fuels includes unconventional deposits and the much-debated fracking. Other topics covered are exploration, mining and economic aspects like commodity prices.
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    ISBN: 9783030343460
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34346-0
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    The Rise in Vacant Housing in Post-growth Japan : Housing Market, Urban Policy, and Revitalizing Aging Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban economics. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Economics. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Why the rise in urban housing vacancies oc-curred and matters in Japan -- Mapping the problems of housing vacancies in Japan -- Changes in essential facilities of housing estates in an aging society: the failure of city planning in Japan -- Geodemographic characteristics of vacant houses in the resale condominium market in the Kansai metropolitan area -- The decline in price of suburban secondhand hosuing in Hiroshima city -- Distribution of vacant homes in Tama city in the Tokyo metropolitan area: estimation using GIS and small area statistics -- Urban abandonment and housing vacancies in Japanese local cities: a case of Kyo-machiya, traditional wooden town houses -- A problem of vacant housing in local cities: Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture case study -- Revitalizing old houses “Kominka” by private real estate agencies -- Local responses to a rise in housing vacancies in the Nagoya suburbs. .
    Abstract: This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning policies, urbanization processes, and maps with GIS analysis. It also discusses how housing vacancies have increased in shrinking Japanese cities, with case studies in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Utsunomiya, and examines public–private partnerships and civil engagement to revitalize cities. Providing examples of how Japanese cities have addressed the issues of aging populations and urban shrinkage, it contributes to better decision-making by politicians, planners, local authorities, NPOs, and local communities in many rapidly urbanizing and potentially aging regions such as Asia. In the era of urban shrinkage, Japanese cities have struggled with aging populations, low fertility, population loss, and a decline in the economic base over decades. In particular, shrinkage in metropolitan suburbs and large cities (e.g., sites of prefectural government with 300 000–400 000 inhabitants) has caused serious social problems owing to the huge aging population and large areas covered. One typical problem that has emerged is an increase in vacancies in now empty and abandoned housing.
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    ISBN: 9789811379208
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7920-8
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    Singapore’s Park System Master Planning : A Nation Building Tool to Construct Narratives in Post-Colonial Countries (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Physical geography. ; Cultural property. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Physical Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Framing the Discourse of Urban Green-provision and Constructions of Nation: Western Policies and Singapore’s Debate -- Design and Planning of Singapore’s Public Open Space, Parks and Gardens in the Early Colonial Times -- The British Colonial Planning Model provides an Integrated System of Public Open Spaces: the 1958 Master Plan -- Parks for the Community: the Modernist City State Planning Model -- Design of Parks and Public Open Space in the Post-Modern: from Creation of Character and Visual Identity to Theme – Gardens -- Heritage Parks. Re-purposing and Thematizing Colonial Gardens: Construction of History and Nation in City Parks -- Singapore’s Green Infrastructure Concept and Biophilic Urbanism -- The ‘Singapore Playground’: System of Themed Public Parks Conceived as Green Infrastructure. Building Environmental, Social and Cultural Sustainability through Nature-Reconstruction, Community Participation and Identity-Making -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book traces the evolution of Singapore’s parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions ‘imported’ during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate. Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types. Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective. The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapore’s system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapore’s park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urban imaging strategies. In framing Singapore’s case study within the broader perspective of eastern applications of western planning and design practices, and constructions of nation in post-colonial countries, the manuscript establishes the contribution of the Singaporean model of design and planning of parks to the international debate.
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    Pages: XXX, 355 p. 97 illus., 75 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811367465
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5
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    Warsaw Housing Cooperative : City in Action (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Regional Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Modern Dreams. Modern Illusions – Ideas on Cooperativism -- Progress Through Architecture. Two Modernisms? -- How Does the Space Perform? -- Sensitive Urban Planning or Critical Spatial Practice? -- An Old or New Urban Issue? -- Workshop? Settlement House? Laboratory? -- Models of Urban Cultures -- ‘Total Pedagogisation’? -- State of Emergency and Everyday Life in Żoliborz.
    Abstract: This book discusses the unknown and remote urban experiment of modernist social practices and dreams of a better tomorrow. It describes the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative not as a historical relic or a single case study, but instead analyses this working-class social housing estate – in itself an extremely interesting emancipatory project – from the perspective of contemporary urban studies. It focuses on issues related to the power of architecture, architects and the estate residents themselves: the city's performative actions, problems related to the polycentric character of the city authorities, the opportunities of building urban institutions, and social identities and urban common goods. Inspired by the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative, the book investigates how the estate residents, assisted by social reformers (today called urban activists), organised the urban space of performative democracy, and how they developed anti-capitalist, urban-survival strategies and created new lifestyles. It also analyses how passive tenants turned into active citizens claiming their right to the city. The inspiring book is intended for researchers in the field of performative studies, urban sociologists, critical urban studies researchers, animators of social life and urban activists.
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    Pages: XV, 292 p. 44 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030230777
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23077-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23077-7
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    Making Green Cities : Concepts, Challenges and Practice (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Landscape ecology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Urban Ecology. ; Landscape Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Concepts -- Chapter 1. The Green City: general concept -- Chapter 2. The nature concept - of what the green consist of -- Chapter 3. The benefit concept - How people can benefit from urban nature -- Part 2: Challenges and Practices -- Chapter 4. Urban Parks -- Chapter 5. Urban Gardening -- Chapter 6. Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 7. Urban Forests -- Chapter 8. Urban waters and wetlands -- Chapter 9. Urban Protected Areas -- Chapter 10. Urban Biodiversity -- Chapter 11. Multi-functional urban green spaces -- Chapter 12. Conflicting nature in cities. .
    Abstract: This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become one. But their goals are often unclear and can include different facets. Presenting contributions from world leading researchers in the field of urban ecology, the editors provide an interdisciplinary overview of best practices and challenges in creating green cities. They show examples of how to build up these cities from bits and pieces to districts and urban extensions. Each example concludes with a summary of the collected knowledge, the learning points and how this can be used in other places. The best practices are collected from around the world – Europe, Australia, America and Asia. The new dynamic urban development of Asia is illustrated by case studies from China and the Indian subcontinent. The reader will learn which role nature can play in green cities and what the basic requirements are in terms of culture, pre-existing nature conditions, existing urban surroundings, history, design and planning. .
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    Pages: IX, 532 p. 230 illus., 158 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030377168
    Series Statement: Cities and Nature,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8
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    High-Rise Urban Form and Microclimate : Climate-Responsive Design for Asian Mega-Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Climatology. ; Buildings Environmental engineering. ; System theory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Climate Sciences. ; Building Physics, HVAC. ; Complex Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: High-rise urban form -- Urban form and urban climates -- Urban high-rise microclimate -- Urban heat island intensity in residential quarters -- Pedestrian wind environment in residential quarters -- Solar radiation in high-rise urban environment -- Cooling effects of urban greenery at three scales -- Developing a thermal atlas for commercial-business.
    Abstract: The book comprehensively investigates the relationship between critical urban form and fabric parameters and urban microclimate in the high-rise urban environment that prevails in Asian megacitiessuch as Shanghai. It helps readers gain a deeper understanding ofclimate-responsive urban design strategies and tactics for effectively mitigating the negative impacts of deteriorating urban thermal environments on pedestrian thermal comfort, outdoor air quality and building energy consumption. It also reviews the latest advances in urban climate research, with a focus on the challenges in terms of outdoor space comfort, health, and livability posed by the high-rise and high-density development in emerging Asian megacities, and proposes an integrated framework in response to the pressing need for microclimate research. It then presents a series of studies on high-rise residential and non-residential urban neighborhoods and districtsbased on instrumented field study, validated numerical simulation, and spatial analysis using a GIS platform. The book includes extensive, valuable experimental data presented in a clear and concise manner. The thermal atlas methodology based on empirical modeling and spatial analysis described is a useful climate-responsive design tool for both urban designer and architects. As such, the book is of particular interest to researchers, professionals, and graduate students in the fields of urban planning and design, building science and urban climatology.
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    Pages: XVI, 211 p. 107 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517143
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1714-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1714-3
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    Rare Earth Element Resources: Indian Context (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Beach sand deposit -- Inland stream placers -- Carbonatites -- Peralkaline granites -- Pegmatites and hydrothermal veins and -- Future possible resources.
    Abstract: This volume presents a brief introduction to the Rare Earth Elements (REE) and their discovery, mineralogy, deposit types and applications. The book focusses on the aspects of both natural and industrial REE resources of India. It covers geological, structural, geochemical, petrological, mineralogical and genetic aspects of the natural deposits, and provides an account of the available industrial sources. The relative merits and potential of the several resources for future development and directions for inputs in REE exploration are discussed at the end of the monograph.
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    Pages: XX, 395 p. 95 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030413538
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41353-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41353-8
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    Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Political science. ; Economic sociology. ; Education and state. ; Technological innovations. ; Urban Sociology. ; Entrepreneurship. ; Political Science. ; Economic Sociology. ; Education Policy. ; Innovation and Technology Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Demography -- Incentives -- Urban Design -- Education -- Collaborative Governance.
    Abstract: This book attempts to advance critical knowledge and practices for fostering a variety of entrepreneurship at a city level. The book aims to connect scholarship and policy practice in two disciplines: Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship. The book has included contributions from developed, emerging, and developing countries. The chapters are clubbed under five main sections; I. Startups and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, II. Knowledge Spillover, III. Social and Bureaucratic Entrepreneurialism, IV. Demography and Informal Entrepreneurs V. Perspectives from Emerging and Developing Economies. In this regard, the book explores a number of questions, such as: what are the important varieties of entrepreneurship, how can they be observed and measured, and how does each variety emerge and operate under various conditions of infrastructure and opportunity? Which type(s) of entrepreneurship should a city prefer? What can cities do to stimulate desirable forms of entrepreneurship or is it more of a spontaneous phenomenon? Why do policies that enhance entrepreneurship in some contexts seem instead to promote crony capitalism and rent-seeking in other contexts? Should cities focus on growing their own entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial enterprises or on luring them from other cities and countries? How can a collective action in a city promote (or hinder) entrepreneurship? The contributions in the present volume address head-on these questions at the intersection of urban studies, economic theory, and the practicalities of economic development and urban governance, in a genuinely global range of places and applications.
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    Pages: XII, 288 p. 27 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030151645
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15164-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15164-5
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    Functional Urban Areas in Poland : Demographic Trends and Migration Patterns (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Human Migration. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Functional Urban Areas - Theoretical Background -- Population Growth in Functional Urban Areas -- Regional Variation of Age Composition of Functional Urban Areas -- Ageing Processes in Functional Urban Areas -- Changes in Fertility and Mortality in Functional Urban Areas -- Changes in Migrations in Functional Urban Areas -- Spatial Typology of Functional Urban Areas (Based on Demographic Measurements) -- Summary.
    Abstract: This book explores demographic changes in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) in Poland since 1990. Functional Urban Areas, introduced by ESPON, refer to functional territorial units that can be defined as travel-to-work-area, representing strong integration between urban cores and their immediate hinterland. The functional urban area consists of a city plus its commuting zone. It fills a significant gap in the academic literature by providing a deep and thorough analysis of the process of population change in Polish FUAs over the past 30 years. In particular, this empirical research work addresses population growth and decline; the main components of population growth including fertility, mortality and migration; age composition; and the pace of population ageing. The book argues that the transformations of urban structures are triggered by second demographic transition (SDT) and suburbanization processes. Based on data from the Central Statistical Office, this comparative study on FUAs in Poland, which employs a division into core and commuting zones, reveals essential similarities and differences in population development, making it possible to construct a demographic typology of FUAs and investigate their spatial arrangements. A unique and innovative book, it will appeal to geographers, demographers, urbanists, city planners and policymakers, as well as students, academic researchers and others involved in urban studies.
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    Pages: VIII, 196 p. 97 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030315276
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6
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    Spatial Behavior in Haredi Jewish Communities in Great Britain (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Geography. ; Religion and sociology. ; Political sociology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Regional Geography. ; Sociology of Religion. ; Political Sociology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Haredi Jews in the UK -- Chapter 3. Measurement of the Jewish population in the UK -- Chapter 4. The Litvish world -- Chapter 5. The Hasidic world -- Chapter 6. Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the strict orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community, which comprises many sects whose communal identity plays a central role in everyday life and spatial organization. The research reveals and analyses powerful mechanisms of residential segregation acting at the apartment-, building- and near-neighbourhood levels. Identifying the main engines of spontaneous and organised neighbourhood change and evaluating the difficulties of liberalism dealing with non-autonomous individuals in the housing market sheds light on similar processes occurring in other city centres with diverse population groups. Highlighting the impact of various organisational levels on the spatial structure of the urban enclave, the book focuses on the internal dynamics of ethno-religious enclaves that emerge from three levels of action: (1) individuals' relationships with their own and other groups; (2) the community leadership's powers within the group and in respect of other groups; and (3) government directives and tools (e.g planning). The study examines how different levels of communal organisation are reflected in the residential patterns of four British communities: the Litvish communities of Golders Green and Gateshead, and the Hassidic communities of Stamford Hill and Canvey Island.
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    Pages: XIII, 154 p. 32 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030258580
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25858-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25858-0
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    Inventing Berlin : Architecture, Politics and Cultural Memory in the New/Old German Capital Post-1989 (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cities and towns History. ; Geography. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Collective memory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban History. ; Regional Geography. ; Regional Cultural Studies. ; Memory Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Spatial Symbolism and Politics -- The Politicization of Berlin’s Urban Landscape, 1945 – 1989 -- Identity, Politics, and the Creation of Consensus -- The Cultural Landscape of the Berliner Republic: Undoing the Socialist Past -- Putting It All Together: Spatial Symbolism, Cultural Memory, Nation-Building, and Berlin’s Urban Development after 1989 -- Conclusion: Current Outlook, Recent Developments and Wider Relevance.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively examines post-1989 changes to the symbolic landscape of Berlin – specifically, street names, architecture, urban planning and monuments – and links these changes to concepts of contested cultural memory and national identity in Berlin and Germany in the post-Wall period. The core of the book is made up of an analysis of built space changes in the eastern half of the city before and after the Berlin Wall, flanked by an introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of the topic and a wider interpretation of the events in Berlin in relation to other geographic and historical contexts. It furthermore offers an explanatory model for the phenomenon of the "symbolic foreigner" whereby former citizens of the GDR feel disenfranchised and excluded from today's German society. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and also appeals to a wider, non-academic audience with an interest in both cultural memory and Berlin.
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    Pages: XXIII, 197 p. 58 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030297183
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29718-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29718-3
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    Belgrade : The 21st Century Metropolis of Southeast Europe (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cities and towns History. ; Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban History. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history -- Chapter 2. Milena Vukmirovic -- Chapter 3. The rise and fall of New Belgrade with current developments in retrospect -- Chapter 4. Belgrade’s Waterfront revitalization -- Chapter 5. Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala district -- Chapter 6. Public Art in Belgrade -- Chapter 7. Pedestrian-friendly Belgrade -- Chapter 8. Belgrade’s development visions and aims.
    Abstract: This book highlights Belgrade, reviewing its recent and historical developments and emphasizing its major ongoing planning projects. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first, entitled The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history, introduces the reader to the city, and is followed by a chapter on Belgrade’s urban plans through history. The book continues with a chapter on one of the major urban projects in the former Yugoslavia, the construction of New Belgrade, its development and results, entitled New Belgrade: from no man’s land to modern city. In turn, the following three chapters explore three dominant contemporary topics: Belgrade’s riverfront redevelopment; Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala; and Sustainable Belgrade. Expansion of the pedestrian zone in the city center. The book draws to a close with a chapter on Future predictions: South-Eastern European metropolis of the 21st century. This chapter in particular discusses large city projects and includes predictions about the city’s future.
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    Pages: XII, 308 p. 213 illus., 203 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030350703
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35070-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35070-3
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    Analyzing Population and Land Use Change : Selected Case Studies of Indian Metropolitan Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Data sources and methodology -- Population dynamics in top seven cities of India -- Land use/cover change in top seven cities of India -- Environmental challenges in seven cities: Interlinkages -- Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: This multidisciplinary book discusses and scientifically analyzes issues related to population, land use/cover (LULC) and environmental transformations in the seven most populated cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. To do so, it closely examines and compares the trends in selected population parameters, including total population, total number of households, population density, population growth rate, percent of total population in slums and intercensal net migration over the past two decades. Presenting the changes in various LULC categories (built-up land, forest cover, agricultural land, fallow land and water bodies) using the supervised classification of Landsat TM-5 images, it assesses the impact of population and LULC on the maximum and minimum temperatures and average annual rainfall in these regions. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and academics in the areas of sustainability, population and development, and environmental studies as well as those in NGOs and humanitarian sectors working in the areas of sustainable development and environment.
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    Pages: IX, 68 p. 29 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811550362
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5036-2
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    Coastal Resorts and Urbanization in Northeast Brazil (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Geography. ; Economic geography. ; Political planning. ; Urban Sociology. ; Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Public Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Urban, Spas And Maritime Vilegiatura -- Chapter 2. The Metropolises Grow Towards The Sea, Northeast Of Brazil -- Chapter 3. Coastal Metropolitization And Tourist Real Estate -- Chapter 4. The Social And Urbanistic Effects Of Tourism Developments In Fortaleza, Brazil -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book intends to present the development of socio-spatial practices in the metropolitan coast of the Northeast of Brazil, highlighting the main urban, spa and tourist agglomerations: Salvador-BA, Recife-PE, Fortaleza-CE, and Natal-RN. The objective is to study the processes of urbanization associated with maritime leisure. In the first chapter, the reader will find a historical and conceptual presentation highlighting the relevance of leisure practices, their forms-flows and their role in the formation of maritime resorts. The second chapter analyses the context of the northeastern region of Brazil and demonstrates the process of modernization and formation of the seaside function within the cities, and later, in the maritime metropolises of the region. The relationship between urbanization and touristic real estate ventures is the central theme of the third chapter, which proposes a specific methodology for studies of this nature. The final chapter presents the seaside resorts in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, a case study similar to others in the Northeast, examining the urbanistic effects and the key ideas of the planners.
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    Pages: IX, 74 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030465933
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46593-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46593-3
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    Foregrounding Urban Agendas : The New Urban Issue in European Experiences of Policy-Making (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Political planning. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Public Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: (Introduction) Making Sense of the Urban Agendas: Studies in the Production and Use of the Urban in Agenda Discourses -- Part I: The Urban Agenda for the European Union: Spatiality, Knowledge, Powers -- Understanding the Emergence of the Spanish Urban Agenda: Towards a New Multi-level Policy Scenario? -- Urban Policies in Portugal -- Gender Impact in the Agenda 2030 -- Part II: Scottish City Regional Deals: A New Type of Multi-level Partnership? -- The Politics of Making Regions - Competitiveness and the Re-presentation of Territoriality in Europe. The Case of the International Øresund Region -- Metropolitan Areas in Italy, Between National Agenda and Local Agendas -- Part III: The Urban Question in German Policy Making -- Metropolitan Development and Governance: the Cases of England and France -- Metropolitanizing a Nordic state? City-regionalist Imaginary and State Territorial Restructuring in Finland -- Part IV: Urban Agenda at the Regional Scale: the Case of Andalusia -- The Implementation of Madrid 2030 Agenda -- Urban Agenda and Metropolitan Governance: the Case of Milan -- Conclusion. Advancing Urban Agenda Research.
    Abstract: This book highlights the discontinuities and the ongoing development of the urban question in policy-making in the context of the controversial current issues of global reversal and regional revival. It critically examines contemporary public policies and practices at the urban, regional and national scales in order to offer a timely contribution to the debate on the significance of the urban dimension and interpretation in terms of the theory, policy and practice of social-spatial research in the twenty-first century. Focusing on Europe, it explores the current urban policy agendas at different scales - and the mobility of those agendas -, their implications, contradictions and controversies. It brings together original contributions from multiple disciplines but with an urban perspective, including empirical case studies and critical discussions of the following topics: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the global “New Urban Agenda” as part of the Habitat III process; the Urban Agenda for the European Union; national spatial policies related to urban agendas; urban agendas at regional/urban levels; city regionalism discourse and state rescaling; new formal regional and metropolitan governments as a solution (or problem); the role of new actors in regional urbanization dynamics; multi-level governance processes in developing an urban agenda; informal assemblages at the metropolitan scale aiming at constructing the urban concept and dimension. Given its scope, the book is of interest to urban, regional and EU policy-makers, scholars and students working in the fields of urban geography, urban studies, EU urban and regional policies, and planning.
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    Pages: XV, 316 p. 18 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030290733
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29073-3
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    Data-driven Multivalence in the Built Environment (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Engineering design. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Medical informatics. ; Computer networks . ; Urban Sociology. ; Engineering Design. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Health Informatics. ; Computer Communication Networks.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: PERSPECTIVES ON THE CITY. Chapter1.Smart Equity (Somwrita Sarkar) -- Chapter2. The Convenient City(Rob Roggema) -- Chapter3. Conceptualization of Smart City: A Methodological Framework for Smart Infrastructure, Smart Solutions and Smart Governance (Aurobindo Ogra) -- Part 2:SMART URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. Chapter4. Development challenges for Big Data Command and Control Centres for Smart Cities in India (Sarbeswar Praharaj) -- Chapter5. Understanding consumer demand for new transport technologies and services, and implications for the future of mobility (Akshay Vij) -- Chapter6. Smart Interactive Cities: The Use of Computational Tools and Technologies [CTTs] as a Systemic Approach to Reduce Water and Energy Consumption in Urban Areas (Al Saeed Mahmoud and Fadli Fodil) -- Part 3: URBAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING. chapter7. Centenarian Transhumanism Aging in Place (Jennifer Loy) -- Chapter8. Grey smart societies: Supporting the social inclusion of older adults by smart spatial design (Nienke Moor and Masi Mohammadi) -- Chapter9. Real-time interactive multimodal systems for physiological and emotional wellbeing(Nimish Biloria and Dimitra Dritsa) -- Part 4: URBAN LIVING LABS -- Chapter10. Design Labs for Data Driven Multivalence(Mathias Funk) -- Chapter11. The role of living labs in developing smart cities in Indonesia(Hendra Sandhi Firmansyah) -- Part 5: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- Chapter12. Algae Building: Is This the New Smart Sustainable Technology?( Sara J Wilkinson, Peter J Ralph and Nimish Biloria) -- Chapter13. The qualitative image: urban analytics, hybridity and digital representation(Linda Mathews) -- Part 6: SOCIO-SPATIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- Chapter14. Multimodal Accommodations for the Nomadic International citizen [MANIC}(Kas Oosterhuis) -- Chapter15. Understanding the relationship between smart cities and entrepreneurial ecosystems: the case of Sydney(Cetindamar, D., Lammers, T. and Sick, N.) -- Chapter16. Urban Wellbeing in the Contemporary City(Nimish Biloria, Prasuna Reddy, Yuti Ariani and Dhrumil Mehta) -- Part7: CONCLUSIONS.
    Abstract: This book sets the stage for understanding how the exponential escalation of digital ubiquity in the contemporary environment is being absorbed, modulated, processed and actively used for enhancing the performance of our built environment. S.M.A.R.T., in this context, is thus used as an acronym for Systems & Materials in Architectural Research and Technology, with a specific focus on interrogating the intricate relationship between information systems and associative material, cultural and socioeconomic formations within the built environment. This interrogation is deeply rooted in exploring inter-disciplinary research and design strategies involving nonlinear processes for developing meta-design systems, evidence based design solutions and methodological frameworks, some of which, are presented in this issue. Urban health and wellbeing, urban mobility and infrastructure, smart manufacturing, Interaction Design, Urban Design & Planning as well as Data Science, as prominent symbiotic domains constituting the Built Environment are represented in this first book in the S.M.A.R.T. series. The spectrum of chapters included in this volume helps in understanding the multivalence of data from a socio-technical perspective and provides insight into the methodological nuances involved in capturing, analysing and improving urban life via data driven technologies. .
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    Pages: XIV, 338 p. 83 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030121808
    Series Statement: S.M.A.R.T. Environments,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12180-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12180-8
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    Divided Tokyo : Disparities in Living Conditions in the City Center and the Shrinking Suburbs (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Divided Tokyo: Housing policy, the ideology of homeownership, and the growing contrast between the city center and the suburbs -- The rise of the condominium lifestyle in Japanese cities -- Homeownership by single women in central Tokyo -- New condominium town in the Tokyo Bay area: making “home” an antithesis to rootlessness in suburbia -- Shrinking suburbs in Tokyo -- The generative processes of vacant housing in the shrinking suburbs: The case of Ushiku in Tokyo’s 50-60-km Commuter Belt -- Policy response and civic engagement to address urban shrinkage -- Conclusions. .
    Abstract: This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions. First, recent urban discourses that explain the transformation of Tokyo’s urban structure are examined, along with social changes and the expansion of unequal residential conditions within the metropolitan area. Chapter 1 reviews: 1) discussions on globalization, neo-liberalization, and changes in housing policies; 2) debates on the divided city; 3) debates on the shrinking city and the urban lifecycle; 4) discussion of the urban residential environment from a social justice perspective; and 5) family–housing relationships in the post-growth society. Based on the literature review, the rest of the book is structured as follows. Chapter 2 explains the changes in urban and housing policies, demography, and socio-economic conditions. In Chapters 3 to 5, the background and characteristics of the growth of condominium living in the city center are examined. The next three chapters analyze the reality of shrinking suburbs, using case studies to demonstrate the increase in vacant housing and local responses toward shrinkage. In Chapter 9, possible solutions are proposed for dealing with problems related to urban shrinkage and the expanding gap in terms of the availability of investments to stimulate urban development, the residential environment, and the population age structure in Japanese cities by comparing the author’s findings and the literature review. This book provides deep insights for urban and housing scholars, urban planners, policy decision-makers, and local communities that struggle with aging populations and urban shrinkage.
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    Pages: XI, 174 p. 193 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811542022
    Series Statement: International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 11
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4202-2
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    Mineralogy : An Introduction to Minerals, Rocks, and Mineral Deposits (2020)
    Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and basic concepts -- Systematic mineralogy – a selection of important minerals -- Petrology and metallogenesis -- Our planetary system. .
    Abstract: This book presents a translation and update of the classic German textbook of Mineralogy and Petrology that has been published for decades. It provides an introduction to mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry, discussing the principles of mineralogy, including crystallography, chemical bonding, and physical properties, and the genesis of minerals in a didactic and understandable way. Illustrated with numerous figures and tables, it also features several sections dedicated to the genesis of mineral resources. The textbook reflects the authors’ many years of experience and is ideal for use in lectures on mineralogy and petrology. .
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    Pages: XI, 719 p. 522 illus., 414 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783662573167
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57316-7
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    Minerals: Structure, Properties, Methods of Investigation : 9th Geoscience Conference for Young Scientists, Ekaterinburg, Russia, February 5–8, 2018 (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Planetary science. ; Spectrum analysis. ; Mineralogy. ; Planetary Science. ; Spectroscopy.
    Description / Table of Contents: The effect of anion substitution on the structure, phase transformations and properties of Co7X8 type compounds -- The features of chemical composition and cation ordering in ferricoronadite Pb[Mn4 +6 (Fe3+, Mn3+)2]O16 according to X-ray, XANES and Mössbauer spectroscopy data -- Zonal olivines of the Early Bronze Age metallurgical slags in the Southern Urals according to LA-ICP-MS mapping data -- Highly-coercive state in iron-containing (Fe, M)1-zX chalcogenides with NiAs type structure -- The influence of the Seymchan meteorite structure on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes. .
    Abstract: The book comprises the proceedings of the 9th Geoscience Conference for Young Scientists co-organized by the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry and the Institute of Mineralogy (Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences) and Ural Federal University and held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on February 5-8, 2018. The book is devoted to the relevant issues of crystal chemistry and mineral typomorphism; the structure and physico-chemical and technological properties of minerals; the computational modeling of mineral structure and properties. Much attention is drawn to the latest advances and applications of physical methods of investigation of mineral structure and composition, in particular, X-Ray diffraction, spectroscopic (optical, vibrational, ESR, Moessbauer, etc.) and microscopic (SEM, TEM, AFM, etc.) studies, as well as the methods of chemical and isotopic analysis. This book presents the current research trends of space and planetary mineralogy (meteorites, regolites, tektites). The book is intended explicitly for the specialists in the earth and planetary sciences. .
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    Pages: XV, 292 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030009250
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00925-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00925-0
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    Advances in the Leading Paradigms of Urbanism and their Amalgamation : Compact Cities, Eco–Cities, and Data–Driven Smart Cities (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Urbanism: Advancing Compact Cities and Eco-cities through Data-Driven Smart Solutions and Approaches -- The Compact City Paradigm and its Centrality in Sustainable Urbanism: Ideals, Paradoxes, Strategies, and Data–driven Solutions -- Practical Advances in Compact City Planning and Development: The Cases of Gothenburg and Helsingborg, Sweden -- The Eco–City Paradigm and its Centrality in Sustainable Urbanism: Ideals, Models, Strategies, Limitations, and Data–Driven Smart Approaches -- Practical Advances in Eco–City Planning and Development: The Leading Examples and Cases of Stockholm and Malmö, Sweden -- The Data–Driven Smart City Paradigm and its Usefulness to Sustainable Urbanism: Technologies, Systems, and Sciences for Urban Intelligence Functioning -- Data–Driven Sustainable Urbanism and Data–Intensive Urban Sustainability Science: Novel Approaches to Urban Complexity -- The IoT and Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Cities: Enabling Technologies, Infrastructures, and Applications.
    Abstract: This book explores the recent advances in the leading paradigms of urbanism, namely compact cities, eco-cities, and data–driven smart cities, and the evolving approach to their amalgamation under the umbrella term of smart sustainable cities. It addresses these advances by investigating how and to what extent the strategies of compact cities and eco-cities and their merger have been enhanced and strengthened through new planning and development practices, and are being supported and leveraged by the applied solutions pertaining to data-driven smart cities. The ultimate goal is to advance sustainability and harness its synergistic effects on multiple scales. This entails developing and implementing more effective approaches to the balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainability, as well as to producing combined effects of the strategies and solutions of the prevailing approaches to urbanism that are greater than the sum of their separate effects in terms of the tripartite value of sustainability. Sustainable urban development is today seen as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a sustainable world. And the big data revolution is set to erupt in cities throughout the world, heralding an era where instrumentation, datafication, and computation are increasingly pervading the very fabric of cities and the spaces we live in thanks to the IoT. Big data and the IoT technologies are seen as powerful forces that have tremendous potential for advancing urban sustainability. Indeed, they are instigating a massive change in the way sustainable cities can tackle the kind of special conundrums, wicked problems, and significant challenges they inherently embody as complex systems. They offer a multitudinous array of innovative solutions and sophisticated approaches informed by groundbreaking research and data–driven science. As such, they are becoming essential to the functioning of sustainable cities. Besides, yet knowing to what extent we are making progress towards sustainable cities is problematic, adding to the fragmented, conflicting picture that arises of change on the ground in the face of the escalating rate and scale of urbanization and in the light of emerging ICT and its novel applications. In a nutshell, new circumstances require new responses. This timely and multifaceted book is intended for a wide readership. As such, it will appeal to researchers, academics, urban scientists, urbanists, planners, designers, policy-makers, and futurists, as well as all readers interested in sustainable cities and their ongoing and future data-driven transformation.
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    Pages: XVI, 290 p. 42 illus., 30 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030417468
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41746-8
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    Geochemical Exploration and Modelling of Concealed Mineral Deposits (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry. ; Mineralogy. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Modelling with earth science data -- 2. Models for different types of deposit -- 3. Geochemical exploration of mineral deposits -- 4. Different types of geochemical surveying -- 5. Non-conventional techniques for concealed deposits -- 6. Application of modelling and geochemical techniques for REE and rare metal exploration -- 7. Standard analytical methods for geo-samples -- 8. Suggestions for future work -- Index.
    Abstract: This book discusses potential mineral belts in various geotectonic regions around the globe, with a particular focus on concealed deposits, in order to highlight new areas for geochemical exploration and modelling. In recent years, the application of statistical methods using qualitative and, wherever possible, quantitative earth science data has become increasingly common for the evaluation of both offshore and terrestrial mineral resources. The book examines these approaches and provides examples from India, which are also applicable to deposits around the world, particularly those in South and South East Asia. The main objective of geochemical exploration and modelling is to present the geometry of the deposit in three dimensions. As such, the book describes the various conventional and non-conventional techniques of exploration geochemistry, especially in the context of concealed terrestrial and offshore mineral deposits. It serves as a guide for field geologists, geochemists, students, research scholars and scientists interested in earth science for the exploration of concealed mineral deposits and evaluation of their resources.
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    Pages: XVIII, 201 p. 48 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030487560
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48756-0
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    Relationships and the Course of Social Events During Mineral Exploration : An Applied Sociology Approach (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Industrial sociology. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Communication in the environmental sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Sociology of Work. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Environmental Communication.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Context -- Theoretical Framework -- Case Studies -- Analysis and Interpretation -- Generalized model -- Implications.
    Abstract: This book provides the results of nine case studies of the course of social events in mineral exploration projects (mostly in Latin America). The author concluded that, while each case is sui generis, the underlying sociological processes are the same. This made it possible to develop a generalized model for the course of social events during mineral exploration. It consists of seven stages: (i) arrival of the project; (ii) initial meanings, interpretations and decisions; (iii) real dialogue; (iv) building relationships; (v) change processes; (vi) new relationships and social structures and (vii) the course of social events and perceived benefits and harms. Stages (iii) =〉 (iv) =〉 (v) =〉 (iii) form a continuous iterative cycle. Dialogue and relationships are at the heart of the model. The text describes five of the nine case studies in some detail and illustrates how sociology explains the sociological processes in these projects. These examples, together with the final chapter that discusses the implications, provide many practical pointers for all actors involved: industry, communities, NGOs, home governments and host governments.
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    Pages: XIX, 125 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030379261
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geoethics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37926-1
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    Geomechanical Processes and Their Assessment in the Rock Massifs in Central Kazakhstan (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Mineralogy. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Physics.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the mineral deposits from the mining complex of Kazakhstan, including copper ores from the Nikolayevsky and Shemonaikhinsky open-pit quarries, and from the Kazchrome and Konyrat mines in Balkhash. This study assesses the geomechanical conditions of the rock massive, as well as strengthening and reinforcing processes. It develops methods for their assessment and provides detailed instructions on applying the methods. The book also summarizes the latest research and developments in formulating cement solutions to reinforce slopes and suppress dust on the roads of the quarry. The book’s overarching goal is to promote geological and mining engineering conditions that ensure the ecologically safe development of the mineral resource fields. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to mining engineers, researchers, and students in a broad range of geomechanical, geodesic, mining and environmental fields.
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    Pages: XIX, 94 p. 53 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030339937
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33993-7
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    Participatory Research and Planning in Practice (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Regionalism. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Regionalism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Co-production, Participatory Planning and Resilient Cities to Climate Change -- Participatory Transport Planning: the Experience of Eight Euro-pean Metropolitan Regions -- Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Ur-ban Context: Experience From Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe -- Governance and Management Systems in Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Biosphere Reserves -- Promises and Limits of Participatory Urban Greens Development: Experience from Maribor, Budapest, and Krakow.
    Abstract: This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participatory planning experiences from different territorial levels – from the macro-regional, e.g. Southeastern Europe, Mediterranean or European metropolitan regions, to national, regional and local levels. The book will help researchers, planners, public administration officials, decision-makers and the general public to understand the advantages, disadvantages and constraints of participatory planning and research. Using various examples, it will guide readers through the theory of participatory planning and research, its methods, and different perspectives on how to use it in practice.
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    Pages: XI, 227 p. 26 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030280147
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7
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    The Co-Housing Phenomenon : Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Technocene,- 2. Sharing as cultural revolution -- 3. Sharing as cultural pre-existence -- 4. Co-housing -- 5. Co-housing cases -- 6. Hopes.
    Abstract: This book presents 50 case studies of contemporary co-housing projects spread all over the world to show how communities of shared living have become a global phenomenon that can serve as a tool to promote social and urban sustainability. By presenting evidence that shared housing experiences are capable of revitalizing sterile urban fabrics and promoting social sustainable practices, the volume situates co-housing experiences as microscale responses to the macroscale challenges posed by environmental degradation and the decline of communitarian ways of living. The volume also reviews the most famous typologies of shared living in different parts of the world across human history. By analyzing historical experiences in different regions of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the author shows that living together is part of a historical culture of sharing that is being rediscovered all over the world by people who activate public spaces, work in shared offices or live in contractual communities. The Co-Housing Phenomenon – Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of sustainable urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for public agents and civil society organizations dealing with housing, social, environmental and sustainability policies.
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    Pages: XVI, 269 p. 195 illus., 188 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030370978
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37097-8
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    Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration : Changing Spaces in Historical Places (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Urban Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Tourism Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Changing spaces in historical places -- Clarksdale, Mississippi: Downtown regeneration, cultural heritage, tourism and blues music -- Beer as cultural lubricant: Brewing Tsingtao, regenerating Qingdao -- Sporting heritage and touristic transformation: Pacaembu stadium and the football museum in São Paulo, Brazil -- Old town Tallinn: Medieval built heritage amid transformation.
    Abstract: Urban regeneration is often regarded as the process of renewal or redevelopment of spaces and places. There is a need to look at tourism and urban regeneration with a particular focus on cultural heritage. Cultural heritage consists of tangible heritage (such as historic buildings) and intangible heritage (such as events). The wider need and impact for such work is that places plan for change to keep up with the shifts in demand in the global economy in order for places to maintain a competitive advantage. Moreover, places need to keep up with the pace of global change or they risk stagnation and decline as increased competition is resulting in increased opportunities and choice for consumers. Each chapter in this book explores a specific form of cultural heritage that is driving change in urban spaces. Intended for a wide readership, the book will appeal to students of urban studies, human geography, heritage studies and international tourism management, as well as experts conducting research in and across these areas.
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    Pages: XI, 213 p. 31 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030419059
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41905-9
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    Theology and Urban Sustainability (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Religion. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Religion.
    Description / Table of Contents: Religion and Urban Planning -- Religious Matrimony and Urban Sprawl -- The dichotomy between the living and the dead -- Theology and Governance -- On Faith and Big Data.-Conclusion. .
    Abstract: Even though theology does provide interesting and important contributions to ethics that laid the foundation of our modern societies, this book looks at exploring how theology has impacted on urban morphology and has led to questionable unsustainable practices which impacts on both climate and societal living standards. This is seen as being accelerated with the impacts of climate change coupled with increasing urbanisation rates that stresses on contemporary notions and foundations, as initially sparked by religion. Through an argumentative style, the author sets forth to explore the ethics of religious dogmas in a rapidly urbanising world that is stressed by increasing consumption from a booming demographic.
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    Pages: XI, 83 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030296735
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29673-5
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    Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Political science. ; Public administration. ; Urban Sociology. ; Governance and Government. ; Public Administration.
    Description / Table of Contents: Conceptualising Metropolitan Regions: How Institutions, Policies, Spatial Imaginaries and Planning are Influencing Metropolitan Development -- Part I: Institutions and Contemporary Institutional Shifts -- Metropolitan Revolution or Metropolitan Evolution? The (Dis)continuities in Metropolitan Institutional Reforms -- The Multiple Agencies of Metropolitan Institutions: Is There Convergence? -- What is at Stake for Metropolitan Regions and Their Governance Institutions? -- Part II: Policies and Ideas -- Learning from Elsewhere? A Critical Account on the Mobilisation of Metropolitan Policies -- From Here to There: Mapping the Metropolitan Politics of Policy Mobilities.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to investigate contemporary processes of metropolitan change and approaches to planning and governing metropolitan regions. To do so, it focuses on four central tenets of metropolitan change in terms of planning and governance: institutional approaches, policy mobilities, spatial imaginaries, and planning styles. The book’s main contribution lies in providing readers with a new conceptual and analytical framework for researching contemporary dynamics in metropolitan regions. It will chiefly benefit researchers and students in planning, urban studies, policy and governance studies, especially those interested in metropolitan regions. The relentless pace of urban change in globalization poses fundamental questions about how to best plan and govern 21st-century metropolitan regions. The problem for metropolitan regions—especially for those with policy and decision-making responsibilities—is a growing recognition that these spaces are typically reliant on inadequate urban-economic infrastructure and fragmented planning and governance arrangements. Moreover, as the demand for more ‘appropriate’—i.e., more flexible, networked and smart—forms of planning and governance increases, new expressions of territorial cooperation and conflict are emerging around issues and agendas of (de-)growth, infrastructure expansion, and the collective provision of services.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030256326
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25632-6
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    Heterotopia and Heritage Preservation : The Heterotopic Tool as a Means of Heritage Assessment (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cultural property. ; Critical theory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Critical Theory.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Using Foucault’s Toolbox: Heterotopia as a New Tool for Assessing Built Heritage -- Heterotopia as Materialised Utopia. Utopias and their Architectural Embodiment. The ‘Heritage Utopia’ -- Heterotopia of Function vs. the Heterotopia of Form. The Heterotopic Principles, their Interpretation and the Built Heritage. The Heritage Perspective -- Heritage as Heterotopia and the Heterotopic Profile as an Analysis Tool.
    Abstract: This book approaches the field of built heritage and its practices by employing the concept of heterotopia, established by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The fundamental understandings of heritage, its evolution and practices all reveal intrinsic heterotopic features (the mirror function, its utopic drive, and its enclave-like nature). The book draws on previous interpretations of heterotopia and argues for a reading of heritage as heterotopia, considering various heritage mechanisms – heritage selection, conservation and protection practices, and heritage as mnemonic device – in this regard. Reworking the six heterotopic principles, an analysis grid is designed and applied to various built heritage spaces (vernacular, religious architecture, urban 19th century ensembles). Guided through this theoretical itinerary, the reader will rediscover the heterotopic lens as a minor yet promising Foucauldian device that allows a better understanding of heritage and its everyday practices.
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    Pages: X, 483 p. 6 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030182595
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18259-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18259-5
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    Greenspace-Oriented Development : Reconciling Urban Density and Nature in Suburban Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Urban Sociology. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Urban Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and its problems -- Chapter 3. Why GOD? The benefits of Greenspace-Oriented Development 1 -- Chapter 4. A manual for implementing Greenspace-Oriented Development -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning principles have informed Australian city planning for over two decades. As such, policy makers and planners often unquestioningly apply its principles. In contrast, this book critiques TOD and argues that while orientating development towards public transport hubs makes some sense, the application of TOD principles in Australia has proven a significant challenge. As a complementary strategy, the book stakes out the potential of Greenspace-Oriented Development (GOD) in which urban density is correlated with upgraded green spaces with reasonable access to public transport. Concentrating urban densification around green spaces offers many advantages to residents including ecosystem services such as physical and mental health benefits, the mitigation of extreme heat events, biodiversity and clean air and water. Moreover, the open space and leafy green qualities of GOD will ensure it resonates with the lifestyle aspirations of suburban residents who may otherwise resist urban densification. We believe in this way, that GOD could be an urban dream that befits the challenges of this 21st century.
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    Pages: XV, 94 p. 51 illus., 50 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030296018
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29601-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29601-8
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    Planning for Resilience : New Paths for Managing Uncertainty (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Financial risk management. ; Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Risk Management. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The promise of security -- Chapter 2. Responding to disasters -- Chapter 3. The Region of Umbria as case study -- Chapter 4. Planning for resilience -- Reference.
    Abstract: Given the increasing uncertainty due to catastrophic climate events, terrorist attacks, and economic crises, this book addresses planning for resilience by focusing on sharing knowledge among policy-makers, urban planners, emergency teams and citizens. Chapters look at the nature of contemporary risks, the widespread of resilience thinking and the gap between the theoretical conception and the practices. The book explores how resilience implies a change in planning practices, highlighting the need for flexibility in terms of procedures, and for dynamism in the knowledge systems and learning processes that are the main tools for interaction among different actors and scales. Given its breadth of coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for both academic readers (spatial planners, geographers, social scientists) and practitioners (policymakers, citizens’ associations).
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    Pages: X, 88 p. 4 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030172626
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17262-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17262-6
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    The Asian Megacity Region : A Conceptual Approach (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Regionalism. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Regionalism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview -- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region -- Scale and where the three prongs meet -- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration -- Concluding thoughts.
    Abstract: This book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis. The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.
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    Pages: XIX, 225 p. 28 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030426491
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42649-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42649-1
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    Livability and Sustainability of Urbanism : An Interdisciplinary Study on History and Theory of Urban Settlement (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban Sociology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter 1 Ontology of Urban Place -- Chapter 2 Urbanism, Residency, and Society -- Chapter 3 Lesson Learned from the Ancient Greek Polis -- Chapter 4 Urban Planning and Development -- Chapter 5 Urban Design and Urbanism -- Chapter 6 Environmentally Friendly Urbanism -- Chapter 7 Urbanism and the Global Age -- PART II EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION -- Chapter 8 Everyday Life of Urbanism in the West Malay World -- Chapter 9 Urbanism, Society, and Culture in the Malay Peninsular World: Bandar Malacca -- Chapter 10 Urbanism and Planning System in Malaysia -- Chapter 11 Urban Intentionality and Global Urbanism: Toronto as a case study -- Postscript -- References.
    Abstract: This book is a fascinating, wide-reaching interdisciplinary examination of urbanism in the context of humanities and social sciences research, comprising cutting-edge theoretical and empirical investigations of urban livability and sustainability. Urban livability is explored as a phenomenon of happenings that gather people, things, and domains in the specific spatiotemporal context of the city; this context is the life-world of urbanism. Meanwhile, sustainability is conceived of as the capacity of urbanism that enables people to cultivate their sociocultural and economic existence and development without the depletion of their current resources in the future. In this study, phenomenology is uniquely incorporated as a way of seeing things according to their presence in space and time.
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    Pages: XXIV, 324 p. 28 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811389726
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8972-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8972-6
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    Natural Quasicrystals : The Solar System’s Hidden Secrets (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Crystallography. ; Planetary science. ; Geology. ; Materials science. ; Mineralogy. ; Crystallography and Scattering Methods. ; Planetary Science. ; Geology. ; Materials Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What are quasicrystals and why are so important? -- Chapter 3. Can Nature have beaten us to the punch? -- Chapter 4. From crystalsto quasicrystals: There 's plenty of room between them -- Chapter 5. High pressure needed! The crystallagraphy of quasicrystals at extreme conditions -- Chapter 6. Dynamic versus static pressure: quasicrystals and shock experiments -- Chapter 7. Why quasicrystals grow in asteroidal collisions? -- Chapter 8. On the stability of quinary quasicrystals -- Chapter 9. Are quasicrystals really so rare in the Universe?.
    Abstract: This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia. After a decade-long search for a natural quasicrystal, this discovery opened a new avenue in mineralogy and crystallography that could lead to further discoveries in geoscience, astronomy, condensed matter physics, and materials engineering. For the first time, minerals have been discovered that violate the symmetry restrictions of conventional crystallography. The natural occurrence of such crystals was unexpected, involving previously unknown processes. The fact that the quasicrystals were found in a meteorite formed in the earliest moments of the solar system means these processes have been active for over 4.5 billion years and have influenced the composition of the first objects to condense around the Sun. Finding quasicrystals formed in these extreme environments also informed the longstanding debate concerning the stability and robustness of quasicrystals. Recent shock experiments lend support to the hypothesis that the extraterrestrial quasicrystals formed as a result of hypervelocity impacts between objects in the early Solar system, and that they are probably less rare in the Milky Way. .
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    Pages: X, 89 p. 61 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030456771
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Crystallography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45677-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45677-1
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    Environmental Performance and Social Inclusion in Informal Settlements : A Favela Project Based on the IMM Integrated Modification Methodology (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Environment. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Quality of life. ; Urban Sociology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Quality of Life Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Rocinha favela and past slum upgrading programmes in Rio de Janeiro / Brazil; shortcomings of past experiences and limitations of fragmented transformation actions -- 2. The Integrated Modification Methodology (how it works + past examples of its application to formal contexts + comparison with other methodologies/tools used for similar purposes) -- 3. Analysis of the existing situation (IMM Diagnostic phase) -- 4. Urban metabolism and identification of intervention areas (IMM Assumption phase) -- 5. Projects: energy -- 6. Projects: ecosystem -- services -- 7. Projects: waste -- 8. Projects: wastewater treatment -- 9. Projects: food -- 10. Projects: mobility -- 11. Analysis of system-wide improvements (IMM Retrofit phase) -- 12. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book discusses the potential of a systemic and multidisciplinary design approach to improve urban quality, health, livability, and inclusiveness for people living in informal settlements. In most instances, attempts to address informal settlements lack an adequate assessment of their impact on the wider built environment and implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM), introduced here, offers a systematic, multidisciplinary design tool encompassing several of the aspects that define the environmental performance of urban systems. The book also demonstrates the application of the methodology to an informal settlement, proving its potential to guide systemicurban transformations, also in urban areas lacking formal planning. The case study investigated is in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, which ischaracterized by poor water quality, lack of drainage and sanitation systems, and very few green spaces. Based on a rigorous methodology, the process described here can also be applied in similar contexts around the world.
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    Pages: XIV, 236 p. 121 illus., 110 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030443528
    Series Statement: Research for Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44352-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44352-8
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    Making Megacities in Asia : Comparing National Economic Development Trajectories (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Economic development. ; Cities and towns History. ; Urban Sociology. ; Development Studies. ; Economic Growth. ; Urban History.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Seoul -- Manila -- Jakarta -- Shanghai -- Ho Chi Minh City -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyses and compares the development paths of five major cities in East and Southeast Asia since the early 1960s, including Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, and Shanghai. In examining these five cases through a carefully crafted conceptual framework, the author excavates an understanding of the dynamics that have enabled Seoul and Shanghai to become highly competitive as major engines of economic growth, while simultaneously accounting for why the other three cities have faced numerous problems in terms of meeting their development goals. Presenting both quantitative and qualitative data to trace the course of changes between 1960 and 2015, the case studies curate six possible explanations for the different cities’ developmental trajectories. The book considers the national development strategy matters to the development of cities and positions the share of budget revenue retained for cities’ expenditure as critical. The author demonstrates that consistently pursuing long-term strategies is important, and that public entrepreneurship with powerful supporting coalitions is vital. The book illustrates how master plans have played limited roles in the building of cities, and that fragmented governments are often at the root of the problems facing a city’s development. This book will be highly relevant to researchers in international and Asian urban development.
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    Pages: XX, 125 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506604
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Regional Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4
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    European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies : Policy Learning and Reframing of Metropolitan Regions (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Europe Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Knowledge, Sociology of. ; Urban Sociology. ; European Politics. ; Comparative Politics. ; Political Science. ; Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Abstract -- Zusammenfassung -- 1) Introduction: The European Metropolis in the Making? -- 2) The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies -- 3) Theorising Europeanisation as Policy Learning and Reframing -- 4) Understanding Metropolitan Policies from a Comparative-Interpretive Perspective -- 5) Europeanising Metropolitan Regions: The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies in Lyon and Stuttgart -- 6) The European Dimension of French and German Metropolitan Policies -- 7) Metropolitan Policies of the European Union -- 8) Comparing the European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies from an Interpretive Perspective -- 9) Concluding Reflections on Europeanising Metropolitan Policies -- Appendices -- Appendix A) Examples of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires -- Appendix B) List of Interview Partners -- Appendix C) Overview of Selected Documents from the European Union Context -- Appendix D) Example Coding Tree -- References.
    Abstract: This book questions how policies for the metropolis become Europeanised. The book analyses how spatial concepts and political ideas permeate the European multi-level system. Through an interpretive comparison of five contexts, the book provides an overview of the European orientation tracing two interdependent developments. First, the book examines references to ‘Europe’ in national and subnational policies. In French and German policies, metropolitan regions are increasingly framed as being central not only for inter-municipal coordination, but also as nodes within the European space. Moreover, Europeanised metropolitan regions such as Lyon and Stuttgart develop European strategies. The second development shows how metropolitan regions appear as actors and issues in the European policy arena, contributing to a tentative and implicit metropolitan dimension. This multi-scalar analysis is of interest for scholars and practitioners specialised in metropolitan regions, European urban and regional policies, geography and related areas.
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    Pages: XXII, 348 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030146146
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14614-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14614-6
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    Vibrational (Infrared and Raman) Spectra of Minerals and Related Compounds (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Spectrum analysis. ; Ceramic materials. ; Materials Analysis. ; Mineralogy. ; Spectroscopy. ; Ceramics. ; Characterization and Analytical Technique.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Some Examples of the Use of IR Spectroscopy in Mineralogical Studies -- Chapter 2.IR Spectra of Minerals and Related Compounds, and Reference Samples Data -- Chapter 3.Some Aspects of the Use of Raman Spectroscopy in Mineralogical Studies -- Chapter 4.Raman Spectra of Minerals.
    Abstract: The book presents new data on the IR spectra of minerals and on the Raman spectra of more than 2000 mineral species. It also includes examples of IR spectroscopy applications to investigate minerals, and discusses the most important potential applications of Raman spectroscopy in mineralogical research. The book serves as a reference resource and a methodological guide for mineralogists, petrologists and technologists working in the field of inorganic materials.
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    Pages: X, 1376 p. 1004 illus., 9 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030268039
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26803-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26803-9
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    China’s Urban Agglomerations (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of the fundamental connotation and strategic position of China’s urban agglomerations -- The spatial pattern of selecting and developing China’s urban agglomerations -- Dynamic evaluation for the healthy development and potential issues of China’s urban agglomerations -- The basic characteristics of dynamic evolution and spatial differentiation of urban agglomerations in China -- Safeguard measures and suggestions for China’s urban agglomeration construction.
    Abstract: The book combs through extensively 32,231 urban agglomeration related works during the past 120 years to explore a theoretically supported and practically based definition of urban agglomeration. Based on the definition, the authors explore intensively the fundamental characteristics, spatiotemporal differentiation properties, and existing issues for China’s sustainable urban agglomeration development for the past 35 years. The study proposes that China shall focus on the construction and sustainable development of five primary national-level urban agglomerations. In the meantime, China shall also steadily and gradually construct 9 regional urban agglomerations and guide the development and growth of 6 local urban agglomerations. In the long run, China will have a hierarchical “5+9+6” closely integrated hierarchical urban agglomeration spatial structure. The study also proposes to coordinate the construction and development of urban agglomerations on the “two belts and one road” to form a national new urbanization development strategic pattern that enables “the axis to connect the agglomerations while the agglomerations support the axis.” Furthermore, the study investigates a variety of strategic thinking and suggestions for creating innovative, green and ecologically friendly, intelligent, low-carbon, open, culture-oriented, market-oriented and shared urban agglomerations in China. This book will be a comprehensive reference both for scholars and decision-makers engaged in urban development and planning and environmental protection departments. It can also serve as textbook for graduate students of relevant fields.
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    Pages: XXI, 265 p. 70 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811515514
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1551-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1551-4
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    Theories and Models of Urbanization : Geography, Economics and Computing Sciences (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Dynamics. ; Nonlinear theories. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics. ; Applied Dynamical Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Theories of complexity and urban systems -- Scaling laws: universal solutions for urban planning or contingent products of circumstances? -- Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development -- Urban theories and international comparisons -- Complex systems modeling for better understanding urbanization theories -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides a thorough discussion about fundamental questions regarding urban theories and modeling. It is a curated collection of contributions to a workshop held in Paris on October 12th and 13th 2017 at the Institute of Complex Systems by the team of ERC GeoDiverCity. There are several chapters conveying the answers given by single authors to problems of conceptualization and modeling and others in which scholars reply to their conception and question them. Even, the chapters transcribing keynote presentations were rewritten according to contributions from the respective discussions. The result is a complete “state of the art” of what is our knowledge about urban processes and their possible formalization.
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    Pages: VIII, 330 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030366568
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36656-8
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    Rockburst Evolutionary Process and Energy Dissipation Characteristics (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Engineering geology. ; Energy storage. ; Mineralogy. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geoengineering. ; Mechanical and Thermal Energy Storage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Deformation and failure mechanism and energy conversion of coal/rock -- Time domain characteristics of energy dissipation of coal/rock in its damage process -- Spatiotemperal evolution of RADS based on energy dissipation of coal/rock -- Model for dynamic-pressure-typed rock burst evolution of RADS -- Evolution of stress field and energy field of MRADS through pressure-relief by water jet cutting -- Field verification of stress and energy fields evolutions in MRADS during pressure relief by water jet cutting -- Summary and prospect of the book.
    Abstract: This book investigates the evolution process of rockburst based on the energy dissipation theory and proposes appropriate active prevention and control technologies. It discusses the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) generated by coal rock fractures as a measurement of the amount of dissipated energy, and the use of EMR to experimentally observe the time domain characteristics of energy dissipation during coal rock failure processes. It then proposes the concept of the rockburst activity domain system (RADS), establishes a dynamic pressure model of rockburst, and describes the energy criterion for rockburst instability. Lastly, it presents two waterjet cutting-based cases of pressure relief and rockburst prevention. The book serves as a reference resource for mine safety workers, engineering technicians, scientists, graduate students and undergraduates engaged in research on dynamic hazards such as rockburst.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811362798
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6279-8
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    Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Geographic information systems. ; Public health. ; Environmental geography. ; Computer simulation. ; Big data. ; Urban Sociology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Public Health. ; Integrated Geography. ; Computer Modelling. ; Big Data.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Urban Health Risk and Disease -- Chapter 2. Geospatial Approaches to Measuring Personal Heat Exposure and Related Health Effects in Urban Settings -- Chapter 3. Geographic variation in Cardiovascular disease mortality: A study of linking risk factors and built environment at a local health unit in Canada -- Chapter 4. Evaluating the effect of domain size of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model on regional PM2.5 simulations -- Part II- Urban Health Service Access -- Chapter 5. Serving a Segregated Metropolitan Area: Disparities in Spatial Access to Primary Care Physicians in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Chapter 6. Considerations When Using Individual GPS Data in Food Environment Research: A Scoping Review of ‘Selective (Daily) Mobility Bias’ in GPS Exposure Studies and its Relevance to the Retail Food Environment -- Chapter 7. Dynamic Emergency Medical Service Dispatch: Role of Spatiotemporal Machine Learning -- Part III. Healthy Behavior and Urban Lifestyle -- Chapter 8. Incorporating Online Survey and Social Media Data into a GIS Analysis for Measuring Walkability -- Chapter 9. Leveraging social media to track urban park quality for improved citizen health -- Part IV. Health Policies and Urban Health Management -- Chapter 10. Spatio-temporal Analysis and Data Mining of the 2014-2016 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa -- Chapter 11. Extending Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) with Geospatial Software as a Service: Participatory Asset Mapping Infrastructures for Urban Health -- Chapter 12. Improving Urban and Peri-Urban Health Outcomes Through Early Detection and Aid Planning.
    Abstract: This volume presents a timely collection of research papers on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to the advancement of geospatial technologies for applications in urban health research and management. The chapter authors cover technologies ranging from traditional GIS and remote sensing technologies, to recently developed tracking/locational technologies and volunteered geographic information (VGI). In four main sections, the book uniquely contributes to the conversation of how geospatial technologies and other GIScience research may be enhanced by addressing the data and challenges presented by urban health issues. The book is intended for those with backgrounds in health and medical geography, social epidemiology, urban planning, health management, and lifestyle research. The book starts with an introduction by the editors, providing an overview of traditional and emerging geospatial technologies and how they each can significantly contribute to urban health studies. Section 1 covers urban health risk and disease, and analyses the spatial and temporal patterns of selected urban health issues. Section 2 addresses urban health service access, and demonstrates how traditional and new geospatial technologies apply to different segments of urban populations facing varied challenges. Section 3 focuses on incorporating geospatial technologies in promoting healthy behaviours and lifestyles in urban settings. Section 4 assesses how geospatial technologies may be incorporated into urban health policies and management practices. Adopting a forward-looking perspective, these papers examine the various health challenges in urban systems, and explore how new and emerging geospatial technologies will need to develop to address these problems. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030195731
    Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19573-1
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    Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads : A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cultural property. ; Natural disasters. ; Political sociology. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Natural Hazards. ; Political Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Urban Heritage and Cultural Identity -- Public Open Spaces in Bahrain: Connecting Migrants and Urban Heritage in a Transcultural City -- Paradise Extended; Re-examining the Cultural Anchors of the Historic Pleasure Avenues -- Landscape Architecture Significance in Restoration Historical Areas, Old “Muharak” City, Bahrain -- Part II: Governing Urban Heritage -- The Rise of the Facilitation Approach in Tackling Neighbourhood Decline in Tehran.
    Abstract: This book examines examples of contemporary situation of historic regions in the Middle East and its broader geographic context connected to the historic trade routes, offering cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives. The region is home to ancient settlements and early human endeavors to form cities, and across the region historic urban historic features, such as ancient city centers, still exist alongside contemporary ones. Many of those historic regions are along the Silk Roads. However, the urban continuity that once existed over generations in the physical and social paradigm have been interrupted by rapid urbanization, globalization and urban economic pressures, in addition to conflicts and frequent destructive natural hazards. It is often the case that dealing with such pressing issues in a historic city is more complex than dealing with those in newly built cities and urban areas. Based on carefully selected and updated papers from the Silk Cities 2017 International Conference, this book appeals to researches, practitioners and policy makers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 268 p. 129 illus., 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030227623
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3
    DDC: 307.76
    Language: English
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    Picroilmenite in Kimberlites and Titanomagnetites of the Yakutian Diamond-Bearing Province : Magnetic and Mineralogical Analysis: Experiment, Theory, Applied Significance (2020)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Mineralogy. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Review of previously published works of other authors -- Methods and equipment for magneto-mineralogical analysis -- Picroilmenite from kimberlites -- Titanomagnetites from traps formations -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book examines picroilmenites and their ferromagnetic behavior in the kimberlites from the Yakut diamondiferous province. Picroilmenites are minerals used to identify the location of diamonds. The author shows a solid interpretation of the magnetic-mineralogical analysis of ferromagnetic minerals based on a large number of experimental data and modeling of the magnetic state. He also presents the problems of the variability of the composition of picroilmenites from various kimberlite pipes. Furthermore, this book proposes a method to estimate the distribution of the decay structures dimensions, according to the thermomagnetic analysis and coercive spectra of titanomagnetites with the magnetite-ulvospinel decomposition structures. This book will be useful for students and researchers working in the field of rock magnetism, as well as geologists and geophysicists.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 92 p. 56 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030281847
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28184-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28184-7
    DDC: 549
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    Planning for Sustainable Urban Transport in Southeast Asia : Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Political planning. ; Asia Economic conditions. ; Urban Sociology. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Public Policy. ; Asian Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Policy transfer as an emerging field of study -- Theoretical approaches to studying policy transfer -- Transport policy transfer in ‘Tiger Cub’ city-regions -- Sustainable urban transport in Southeast Asia: Making it happen.
    Abstract: By now, planners everywhere know - more or less - what the ingredients of a sustainable city are, in theory. The problem is that only bits of solutions are being implemented in the cities that most need them, the majority of which are located in the Global South. This book examines issues related to policy transfer in urban transport planning in Southeast Asia. The metropolitan regions of four major capitals - Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Bangkok - are considered. The book assesses the in-bound and out-bound transfer of sustainable transport planning policies, concepts, and tools. The investigation focuses on who transfers policy and why, what elements of policy are transferred, in what direction and to what degree, and what barriers does transfer face. It also discusses how policy transfer processes in the transportation planning arena can be improved.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 121 p. 38 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030419752
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41975-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41975-2
    DDC: 307.76
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    Pathways to Demographic Adaptation : Perspectives on Policy and Planning in Depopulating Areas in Northern Europe (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Social policy. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Social Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A Policy Perspective on Shrinkage -- Chapter3. Rural shrinkage in a Nordic Welfare State -- Chapter4. Policy implications of rural depopulation -- Chapter5. Why do they fail? -- Chapter6. Arguments for a local adaptation policy.
    Abstract: This book builds on case studies in depopulating and shrinking areas in Northern Europe. While most contemporary literature on shrinkage focuses on these issues from a planning standpoint, this book uniquely applies a policy perspective when approaching the material. The book assesses the potential of demographic adaptation policies to manage depopulation, that is, policy programs aiming at managing depopulation through adaptation, rather than through growth policies intended to foster population growth. In 6 chapters, the book acts as an up-to-date resource on demographic adaptation for master and Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners working in local and regional development, governance, and planning. Chapter 1 gives an overview of recent demographic trends in Northern Europe and introduces the theoretical differences between growth policy and adaptation policy. Chapter 2 accounts for the policy concept and introduces a framework for how local adaptation policies could be systematically analysed. Chapter 3 suggests that the Nordic welfare states exhibit two characteristics that prove to be relevant when discussing the consequences and policy implications of demographic decline, i.e. an extremely sparse population structure and an ambitious welfare assignment that in many respects has been devolved to the local level of government. Chapter 4 suggests that whether shrinkage constitutes a problem or not depends upon the interpretations of those in power, but also upon political, economic and geographic conditions Chapter 5 seeks to understand why local level policymakers avoid developing strategies for how to handle long-term population decline. Chapter 6 summarizes the points of the previous chapters, and concludes that local governments in shrinking areas ought to develop local adaptation policies. These policies, however, also need to be subjected to critical analysis, and the chapter introduces a model for how local adaptation policy priorities could be assessed in a more structured manner. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 93 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030340469
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DDC: 307.76
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