Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • Online Resource  (9)
  • Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
  • Washington, D.C : The World Bank
  • Geography  (5)
  • Biology  (2)
  • Law  (2)
Datasource
Material
  • Online Resource  (9)
Language
Years
  • 1
    ISBN: 9781464803208
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (296 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Migration and remittances factbook 2016
    DDC: 325
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Brain drain ; Diaspora ; Emigration ; Immigration ; Migration ; Migration corridors ; Receiving countries ; Refugees ; Remittances ; Sending countries
    Abstract: Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official development assistance and even foreign direct investment. Remittances have proved to be more stable than private debt and portfolio equity flows, and less volatile than official aid flows, and their annual flow can match or surpass foreign exchange reserves in many small countries. Even in large emerging markets, such as India, remittances are equivalent to at least a quarter of total foreign exchange reserves. India, China, Philippines and Mexico are the top recipients of migrant remittances. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 regional and income groups. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 updates the 2011 edition of the Factbook with additional data on bilateral migration and remittances and second generation diasporas, collected from various sources, including national censuses, labor force surveys, population registers, and other national sources
    Note: Description based on print version record
    URL: Volltext  (Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 2
    ISBN: 9781138783980
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (271 p)
    Series Statement: Regions and Cities
    Parallel Title: Print version Soft Spaces in Europe : Re-negotiating governance, boundaries and borders
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soft spaces in Europe
    DDC: 307.1/2094
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Metropolregion ; Raumordnung ; Grenzüberschreitende Regionalplanung
    Abstract: The past thirty years have seen a proliferation of new forms of territorial governance that have come to co-exist with, and complement, formal territorial spaces of government. These governance experiments have resulted in the creation of soft spaces, new geographies with blurred boundaries that eschew existing political-territorial boundaries of elected tiers of government. The emergence of new, non-statutory or informal spaces can be found at multiple levels across Europe, in a variety of circumstances, and with diverse aims and rationales. This book moves beyond theory to examine the practi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface; PART I A conceptual framework for soft spaces; 1 Soft spaces, planning and emerging practices of territorial governance; PART II Soft spaces in France, Germany, the Netherlands and England; 2 'A good geography is whatever it needs to be': the Atlantic Gateway and evolving spatial imaginaries in North West England; 3 Governance arrangements in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region: between hard and soft institutional spaces; 4 The Sillon lorrain (Nancy, Metz, Epinal, Thionville)
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Evolving regional spaces: shifting levels in the southern part of the Randstad6 Ashford and Cambridge - two Growth Areas, three soft spaces; PART III Cross-border soft spaces; 7 Soft spaces across the Fehmarn Belt: cross-border regionalism in practice; 8 Cross-border soft spaces of the Upper Rhine: overlapping initiatives from the Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau to the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine; 9 Creating a space for cooperation: soft spaces, spatial planning and cross-border cooperation on the island of Ireland; PART IV Conclusions and outlook
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Conclusion - what difference do soft spaces make?Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415624084
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (401 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    Parallel Title: Print version Cities and the Cultural Economy
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hutton, T. A., 1947 - Cities and the cultural economy
    DDC: 307.76
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Stadt ; Kulturwirtschaft
    Abstract: The cultural economy forms a leading trajectory of urban development, and has emerged as a key facet of globalizing cities. Cultural industries include new media, digital arts, music and film, and the design industries and professions, as well as allied consumption and spectacle in the city. The cultural economy now represents the third-largest sector in many metropolitan cities of the West including London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, and Melbourne, and is increasingly influential in the development of East Asian cities (Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore), as well as the mega-citi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: cities, the cultural economy and urban studies; Culture and the city: historical and contemporary perspectives; Culture and the city: six domains of interdependency; Emergence of the 'new cultural economy' of the city; Structuring interpretations of the cultural economy of the city; Cities and the cultural economy: markers of significance and key debates; Cities and the cultural economy: logic and structure of the book
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The cultural economy and globalizing citiesCulture and the city: globalizing tendencies and tensions; Culture as marker of the global city; The cultural economy of the city: aspects of change; Evolution of the world and global cities discourse; The cultural economy and global cities: power projection; Transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and the cultural economy of the city; Cosmopolitan cultures and the globalizing city; The cultural economy and 'everyday globalizations' in the city; Cultural tourism: cosmopolitanism, identity and self-actualization
    Description / Table of Contents: Heritage and cultural tourism: a case study of SingaporeConclusion: culture, globalization and competition; 3 The political economy of culture: governance, agency and actors; The changing field of cultural governance: introduction; Politics, ideology and governance in the cultural economy; Cultural policy agendas: legacies of the postindustrial city; Culture-led redevelopment in postindustrial urban spaces; The politics of cultural policy: conceptual issues and debates; The politics of urban cultural policy: operational issues; Intersections between urban policy and the cultural economy
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion: the cultural turn in urban policy and planning4 The cultural economy and the urban labour market; Introduction: problematics of the cultural economy labour market; The evolution of cultural labour and creative work in the city; Dimensions of the cultural economy workforce; The cultural economy: social, technical and spatial divisions of labour; Intersections between the cultural economy and labour market change; Conclusion: opportunity and inequality in cultural work; 5 The cultural economy, housing markets and gentrification
    Description / Table of Contents: Industrial restructuring, occupational change and urban housing marketsCulture, place and residency in the city; Culture, creative workers and the urban housing market; Cultural economy workers in the postindustrial city; Intersections of change in the city's housing markets; The relayering of capital in the city and emergent residential landscapes; Conclusion: culture, dislocation and space in the city; 6 Space in the cultural economy of the city: history, theory and taxonomies; Introduction: space, place and restructuring in the city; Concepts of space and the cultural economy of the city
    Description / Table of Contents: Representations of space and culture in the contemporary city
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 4
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781844652723
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (401 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Aping Mankind : Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity
    DDC: 304.5
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Human beings ; Neurosciences ; Evolution (Biology) ; Evolution (Biology) ; Human beings ; Neurosciences ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Online-Publikation
    Abstract: In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at neuroscience's dark companion - ""Neuromania"" as he describes it - the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human consciousness and that consequently our everyday behaviour can be entirely understood in neural
    Abstract: In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society.While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at neuroscience's dark companion - ""Neuromania"" as he describes it - the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human consciousness and that consequently our everyday behaviour can be entirely understood in neural
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Strange Case of Professor Gray and Other Provocations; 1 Science and Scientism; 2 Consequences; 3 Neuromania: A Castle Built on Sand; 4 From Darwinism to Darwinitis; 5 Bewitched by Language; 6 The Sighted Watchmaker; 7 Reaffirming our Humanity; 8 Defending the Humanities; 9 Back to the Drawing Board; References; Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415643955
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (627 p)
    Series Statement: Regions and Cities
    Parallel Title: Print version Shrinking Cities : A Global Perspective
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shrinking cities
    DDC: 307.76
    RVK:
    Keywords: Städtischer Niedergang ; Stadtwachstum ; Lateinamerika ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Deutschland ; Rumänien ; Estland ; Südkorea ; China ; Indien ; Taiwan ; Detroit (Mich.) ; Buffalo (NY) ; Cleveland (Ohio) ; Halle (Saale) ; Neapel ; Belfast ; Cities and towns ; Growth ; Social change ; Urban-rural migration ; Cities and towns ; Growth ; Case studies ; Social change ; Case studies ; Urban-rural migration ; Case studies ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadt ; Schrumpfen ; Bevölkerungsrückgang ; Strukturwandel
    Abstract: This book examines a rapidly emerging new topic in urban settlement patterns: the role of shrinking cities. Much coverage is given to declining fertility rates, ageing populations and economic restructuring as the factors behind shrinking cities, but there is also reference to resource depletion, the demise of single-company towns and the micro-location of environmental hazards.The contributions show that shrinkage can occur at any scale - from neighbourhood to macro-region - and they consider whether shrinkage of metropolitan areas as a whole may be a future trend. Also addressed in this volu
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; 1. Shrinking cities; Introduction; Economic shrinking in large cities: some basic theoretical aspects; Scope of the book; Notes; References; Part I: Global and regional; 2. International shrinking cities: analysis, classification, and prospects; Introduction; Broadly defining the city; Shrinking cities (metropolitan areas); Economic decline; Public policy; Declining fertility rates; Prospects; Japan; Other nations; Stagnant cities; Shrinking core municipalities; Developing world
    Description / Table of Contents: Shrinking neighborhoodsWhy municipalities shrink; The evolving urban form; Mexico City: a typical example; Notes; References; 3. Shrinking cities in Latin America: an oxymoron?; Shrinking cities in Latin America; Shrinking cities; Global demographic trends and Latin America's demographic dividend; Forces at work; Shrinking metropolitan centers; Other forces at work; Latin American migration and shrinking cities; Latin American shrinking cities: the future outlook and growth challenges; Latin American shrinking city regeneration; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Urban shrinkage in the EU
    Description / Table of Contents: Urban shrinkage: causes and consequencesCauses of urban shrinkage in the EU; Consequences of urban shrinkage in the EU; Dealing with urban shrinkage in the EU; Counteracting shrinkage: focusing on growth again; Accepting shrinkage: trying to make the best of it; Challenges for urban governance; Urban shrinkage and community engagement; The benefits of community engagement; Community engagement in shrinking cities and towns; Towards a clear division of tasks; Towards a guaranteeing government; Towards an activating government; Concluding remarks; References; Part II: National issues
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. Shrinking cities: the United StatesCentral cities versus urban agglomerations; Selected references; The geography of shrinking cities; Shrinking cities over 50 years, 1960-2010; Central city decline and recovery; Evaluation of hypotheses for shrinking cities; Economic restructuring; The social, economic, and political environment; Characteristics of the population; Geography; Migration and urban change; Effects of national and state initiatives; Environmental amenities; Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 6. The landscape of population decline in the United States: considering the roles of the demographic components of change and geographyIntroduction; Background: recent population change in the United States and basic policy responses to decline; Data; Demographic components of change; Demographic contributions to urban population change; The geography of population decline and growth; Conclusions; Note; References; 7. Are large German cities really shrinking? Demographic and economic development in recent years; Recent demographic and economic development of large German cities
    Description / Table of Contents: Some political responses to urban shrinkage in Germany
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415450621
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (87 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Adelphi series
    Parallel Title: Print version Ending Terrorism : Lessons for defeating al-Qaeda
    DDC: 303.625
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. Terrorist groups end according to recognisable patterns that have persisted for centuries, and they reflect, among other factors, the counter-terrorist policies taken against them. It makes sense to formulate those policies with a specific image of an end in mind. Understanding how terrorism ends is the best way to avoid being manipulated by the tactic. There is vast hi
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Cover; Ending Terrorism; Copyright Page; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter One. The Strategies of Terrorism; Coercion and compellence; Understanding strategies of leverage; Democracies and strategies of leverage; Chapter Two. Historical Patterns in Ending Terrorism; Myths about the end of terrorism; Examining how terrorist campaigns have ended; Implications for counter-terrorism; Chapter Three. Ending Al-Qaeda; The logic of al-Qaeda's strategy; Terrorism's strategic triad; How might al-Qaeda end?; A strategy to end al-Qaeda: counter-mobilisation; Beyond al-Qaeda
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusion:A Post al-Qaeda WorldNotes;
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415502283 , 9781136240676 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 177 p.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781136240676
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: Genetics and Society
    DDC: 616.99449071
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Brustkrebs ; Jüdin ; Genetik ; Judentum ; Religiöse Identität ; Online-Publikation ; Online-Publikation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: What does it mean to be told you have an increased risk of genetic breast cancer because you are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin? In a time of ever increasing knowledge about variations in genetic disease risk among different populations, there is a pressing need for research regarding the implications of such information for members of high-risk populations. With first hand, intimate descriptions of women's experiences of being Jewish and of being at increased risk of genetic breast cancer, this book offers new insight into the ongoing debates regarding the implications of genetic research for populations, and of new genetic knowledge for individual and collective identity.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Online-Ausg.:
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781843920779 , 9781843924777 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 289 p.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781843924777
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 384.556
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Videoüberwachung ; Öffentlicher Raum ; Soziale Kontrolle ; Überwachung ; Kriminalität ; Prävention ; Liverpool
    Abstract: In an age of mass camera surveillance people in the UK have become the most watched, catalogued and categorised people in the western world, all with little public debate or opposition. Nor has there been much more critical research that understands CCTV within the broader social relations out of which it has grown and consolidated. The aim of this book is to analyse the use of CCTV within this broader social, political and ideological context, focusing on relations between surveillance, power and social order, using Liverpool as a case study. At the same time the book provides a study of soci...
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Online-Ausg.:
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 9
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415809856 , 9781136344183 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 201 p.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781136344183
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 304.25
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Online-Publikation ; Online-Publikation
    Abstract: Climate Change and Social Ecology takes a new and different approach to the world's most pressing challenge, recasting climate change as a challenge of rapid social evolution, and presenting a compelling vision of how sustainable societies might come about. Rather than simply describing the science of climate change or potential near-term initiatives to address the problem, this essential volume looks at the social transformation that will be necessary to deal with the challenge in the long term.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Online-Ausg.:
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...