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This book aims to quantify and discuss how societies have directly and indirectly benefited from ecosystem services in Patagonia; not only in terms of provisioning and cultural services, but also regulating and supporting services. Patagonia, a region that stretches across two countries (ca. 10% in Chile and 90% in Argentina), is home to some of the most extensive wilderness areas on our planet. Natural grasslands comprise almost 30% of the Americas, including the Patagonian steppe, while Patagonian southern temperate forests are important for carbon sequestration and storage, play a pivotal role in water regulation, and have become widely recognized for their ecotourism value. However, prof...
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is increasingly being discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transit infrastructure. This is the first book to examine the opportunities presented by BRT along with the significant challenges cities face in the implementation of successful systems. The difficulties can be myriad: new institutional relationships have to be developed among governments, operators, and the public; projects have to be designed and implemented to handle large passenger flows in the most efficient manner possible; and these changes are not taking place on a blank slate, but within existing transportation systems, political and cultural contexts, and urban development patterns. Addressing these challenges from an international perspective and across a range of disciplines, from urban planning to public policy and economics, contributors offer technical solutions to specific problems and identify what still needs to be done to realize their vision of global sustainable transport.
Atendiendo a los desafíos de la llamada cuarta revolución industrial, este libro muestra los impactos de la transformación digital en la estrategia y modelos de negocio contemporáneos. También profundiza en las tecnologías habilitantes y transversales, en los principales dominios afectados, y describe cinco casos exitosos en este ámbito que tienen una aplicación directa a clientes, industriasy mercados latinoamericanos. Dirigido a todo tipo de público, Estrategias de transformación digital no solo brinda herramientas paragestionar la incidencia de la era digital en la cultura organizacional de las industrias y empresas. Es además un llamado urgentea entender las oportunidades y riesgos que la disrupción tecnológica está provocando en todas las áreas de la vida, en especial, laproductiva, la educativa y la política.
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