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Sustainable Development and Planning IV
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 545

Sustainable Development and Planning IV

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

The Conference addresses the subjects of regional development in an integrated way in accordance with the principles of sustainability and provides a common forum for all scientists specialising in the range of subjects included within sustainable development and planning.

Towards an Understanding of the Cognitive Mechanisms Involved in Threat Processing and Perception
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 119

Towards an Understanding of the Cognitive Mechanisms Involved in Threat Processing and Perception

Much remains unknown about the cognitive mechanisms and information-processing biases involved in threat detection, or the acquisition and maintenance of threat associations. To complicate the picture, these mechanisms and biases likely differ between various types of threats (e.g., those originating from animals, weapons, social situations, or groups). There has been a recent push to highlight ways of improving methods used in research in this area, which has likewise prompted theoretical revisions. It is therefore important to continue clarifying the cognitive mechanism (e.g., perception, attention, memory, learning) underlying threat processing to develop a better understanding of how they affect social outcomes. For example, very little is known about how social identity, hierarchy, group structure, and other social cues affect our responses in threatening situations. As the social environment impacts our daily psychological functioning, one might suspect it has an important role in threat processing as well.

Island Sustainability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Island Sustainability

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

Contains papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Island Sustainability organized on the Island of Brac, dealing with projects, initiatives and experiences related to different island issues. By using the experience of economically developed island environments, it is possible to learn how to ensure the development of other island communities, not only to prevent depopulation but to encourage new settlement. Those projects will serve as guidelines for other initiatives in less developed islands, adapting those experiences to specific regional, cultural and socio-economic characteristics.

Transformation of Healthcare with Information Technologies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

Transformation of Healthcare with Information Technologies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: IOS Press

The accession of new EU member states demands considerable effort on their part, aimed at developing common policies and strategies. This book reports on the results of cooperation between researchers and centres representing both new EU entrants and those countries, that have been part of the Community for a long time.

Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 641

Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

Contains proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (ECOSUD) held in Chianciano Terme, Italy, in 2009.

Sustainable Tourism IV
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 626

Sustainable Tourism IV

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

Tourism has become a major international industry, with many countries all over the world relying on the income it produces. Because it is a major source of finances and employment, government and other institutions activitely promote tourism, regardless of the impact on the environment, ecology and social structure of the region. The demands of tourism can contribute to the destruction of the natural and cultural environment upon which it depends. The natural and cultural landscape's capacity to accommodate the local and worldwide effects of tourism, the typology thereof and its implications for the economy and society constitute very important study objectives. The development of tourism can result in the degradation of natural landscapes that paradoxically attract tourists to such areas. Featured topics include: Tourism Strategies; Tourism as a Tool of Development; Tourism Impact; Tourism and Protected Areas; Rural Tourism; Community Involvement; IT and Tourism; Climate Change and Tourism; Environmental Issues; Art, Architecture and Culture; Modelling; Emergent Strategies for Tourism Development; Landscape and Tourism; Tourism and Urban Planning.

The Sustainable City VI
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 753

The Sustainable City VI

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

Addresses the multi-disciplinary aspects of urban planning, a result of the increasing size of cities, the amount of resources and services required and the complexity of modern society. Innovative tools are required for identifying the high complexity of contemporary cities. It is necessary to provide a more scientific approach to urban studies, inspired by Prigogine's theories of dissipative structures, and to highlight relations between different systems and between systems and the environment. The challenge of placing sustainable contemporary cities lies in considering the dynamics of urban systems, exchange of energy and matter and the function and maintenance of ordered structures directly or indirectly supplied and maintained by natural systems. The task of researchers, aware of the complexity of the contemporary city, is to increase the capacity to manage human activities pursuing welfare and prosperity in sustainable cities.

Sustainable Development and Planning V
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 993

Sustainable Development and Planning V

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: WIT Press

This book contains the proceedings of the latest in a series of biennial conferences on the topic of sustainable regional development that began in 2003. Organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, the conference series provides a common forum for all scientists specialising in the range of subjects included within sustainable development and planning. It has become apparent that planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists have to work together in order to ensure that planning and development can meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations. The topics covered by the papers included in the book include City planning; Regional planning; Social and political issues; Sustainability in the built environment; Rural developments; Cultural heritage; Transportation; Ecosystems analysis, protection and remediation; Environmental management; Environmental impact assessment; Indicators of sustainability; Sustainable solutions in developing countries; Sustainable tourism; Waste management; Flood risk management; Resources management; and Industrial developments.

Tailor Made Concrete Structures
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Tailor Made Concrete Structures

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-05-01
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

In recent years knowledge of concrete and concrete structures has increased, as has its applications. New types of concrete challenged scientists and engineers, and ecological constraints encouraged the implementation of life cycle design of concrete structures, moving the focus more and more to maintenance and uprating of structures. And since bui

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 203

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP. It’s for novice researchers, graduate students and for ESP practitioners who want to do some research themselves. The author takes the reader step by step through the stages of research, starting with choosing a topic and reviewing the literature through to writing up research findings. Examples are taken from academic journals and dissertations to highlight aspects of the research process. The book covers the following areas: developing a research project research design theoretical approaches to ESP research choosing a research topic quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in ESP research validity, reliability and ethics writing up research in ESP The book includes recommendations for further reading and tasks. There is also a glossary and a chapter providing advice, templates and links to useful research sources. Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for anyone wanting to conduct research in ESP.