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Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

This book explores how China’s Belt and Road Initiative through promoting a non-Western-centred geopolitical narrative is affecting the conservation and management of Belt and Road heritage sites. Considering the dynamics between academics heritage professionals and government officials the inscription process and management of Silk Roads heritage sites and the practice of China’s Belt and Road heritage diplomacy the book examines how changing heritage conservation practices are influenced by politics and professionalism and negotiated in different ways across different nation states in the Belt and Road zones. Highlighting the different aims and outlooks of Chinese diplomacy UNESCO and other international heritage conservation organisations nation states as guardians of national interests and local communities as custodians of everyday lived heritage it shows how the Belt and Road Initiative has energised multilateral efforts in heritage diplomacy and management. It also discusses how the ‘professional’ status of heritage professionals including practitioners engaged by governments and international organisations and also scholars and researchers who provide consultancy advice is often not politics-free with heritage professionals often co-opted into speaking for stakeholders especially national governments. | Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

GBP 130.00
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

The IISS Strategic Dossier China’s Belt and Road Initiative provides a geopolitical and geo-economic assessment of President Xi Jinping’s flagship foreign-policy initiative. The dossier explores the Belt and Road Initiative’s role in China’s domestic industrial strategy and in the country’s growing influence around the world. It studies how Beijing’s ambitions management and financing of the initiative have evolved since its launch in 2013. In addition the volume reflects on the future of China’s initiative following the COVID-19 pandemic. The dossier is organised around a region by region assessment of what Beijing has sought to achieve in different countries and how the Belt and Road Initiative has played out over time. The volume examines recipient countries’ responses to the Belt and Road Initiative and how these have affected it. It also looks at responses from other global and regional powers to China’s economic activities around the world and offers thoughts on ways the West might better contend with Beijing’s geo-economic influence. | China’s Belt and Road Initiative A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment

GBP 90.00
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The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

This book argues that China’s Belt and Road Initiative should be seen more as a geopolitical project and less as a global economic project with China aiming to bring about a new Chinese-led international order. It contends that China’s international approach has two personas – an aggressive one focusing on a nineteenth century-style territorial empire which is applied to Taiwan and the seas adjacent to China; and a new-style persona based on relationship building with the political elites of countries in the Global South relying on large scale infrastructure projects to help secure the elites in power a process often leading to lower democratic participation and weaker governance structures. It also shows how this relationship building with elites leads to an acceptance of Chinese norms and to changes in states’ geopolitical preferences and foreign policies to align them with China’s geopolitical interests with states thereby joining China’s emerging international order. Overall the book emphasizes that this new-style non-territorial “empire” building based on relationships is a major new development in international relations not fully recognized and accounted for by international relations experts and theorists. | The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative

GBP 130.00
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Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections public policy and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces institutional behaviours and public policy. The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice. Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton Jr. prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. | Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

GBP 145.00
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Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

This book introduces the subject of impedance spectroscopy starting from fundamentals through to latest applications in areas such as ceramics piezoelectric sensors agriculture food quality control medical diagnostics cancer research and so forth. Within the ambit of impedance spectroscopy plots simulated for useful equivalent circuit models design of sample holder necessary precautions to be taken during measurement are described. It further discusses development of softwares for analysis of experimental data and choice of the most appropriate equivalent circuit model. All the materials are supported by problems answers appendices and references. Features: Includes fundamentals equivalent circuit modeling and analysis of data related to impedance spectroscopy. Presents experimental measurements in a nuts-and-bolts approach. Includes derivation of expressions for some selected models and values of immittance functions as frequency of measurements tend to zero and to infinity. Provides clear recipe for beginners for proceeding toward developing equivalent circuit models. Describes computer program for complex nonlinear least squares fitting with example of program IMPSPEC. BAS This book is aimed at senior undergraduate/graduate students and researchers in materials engineering mechanical engineering electrical engineering chemical engineering biomedical engineering construction engineering physics chemistry medical diagnostics agriculture and dairy. | Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

GBP 99.99
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Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke commemorate and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. The book invites us to ask: How do memorials convey their meanings? What is our responsibility for the preservation or reconstruction of historically significant structures? How should we respond when the public display of a monument divides a community? This anthology includes coverage of the destruction of Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddhas the loss of cultural heritage through war and natural disasters the explosive controversies surrounding Confederate-era monuments and the decay of industry in the U. S. Rust Belt. The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction the nature of ruins the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. Written by a leading group of philosophers art historians and archeologists the 23 chapters cover monuments and memorials from Dubai to Detroit from the instant destruction of Hiroshima to the gradual sinking of Venice. | Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

GBP 130.00
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The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

First published in 1978 The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages the Horsleys and Clandons close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up agricultural life declined village schools and parish councils were set up and the pervasive influence of the village squire disappeared. But the coming of the railway and later the motor car provoked the most fundamental changes for the isolation of the village was ended. The railway linked the villages of Surrey with London. In exclusive housing estates of detached homes in culs-de-sac the exceptionally high status of the village was enhanced by the efforts of the newcomers to protect their new style of life through the most comprehensive countryside protection system in Britain. This is a must read for students and scholars interested in British history and sociology. | The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

GBP 90.00
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Faith War and Violence

Faith War and Violence

Faith War and Violence analyzes the age-old links between religion and violence perpetrated in the name of God and the role religion performs in politically infusing the state with romantic spiritualism. The volume examines instances of this phenomenon from ancient Rome to the modern day; it finds that religion-inspired violence is not restricted to Abrahamic faiths or to one geographic region. The fact that symbolically charged religious violence has destructive consequences is not lost on contributors to Faith War and Violence. Among the subjects tackled are: the ideological and religious foundations that inspired the founders of Al-Qaeda and its role in the Arab Spring; the long history of religious conflict in Ireland known as the Troubles; Sikh extremism; and the evolution of the Christian approach to war. As the contributors demonstrate in Western societies the unity of religious fervor and warmongering stretches from Constantine's incorporation of Christian symbols into Roman army flags to slogans like Gott mit uns (God is with us) which appeared on the belt buckles of German soldiers in World War I. In recent years George W. Bush declared the war on terror a crusade and his speechwriter David Frum coined the religiously inspired term Axis of Evil to describe Iraq and other countries opposing the United States.

GBP 130.00
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Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare Top 10 Secrets to Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline

Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare Top 10 Secrets to Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline

Hidden opportunities to improve profits in the healthcare industry abound in the area of discharge planning. The Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare: Top Ten Secrets to Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline provides innovative new solutions that will show hospital administrators how to turn one of the most antiquated aspects of healthcare into one of the most productive. The performance-improvement concepts and approaches discussed in this volume balance all aspects of existing business models and provide a new approach to managing the discharge planning process. Management engineer and Six Sigma Black Belt Ali Birjandi and registered nurse and administrative director Lisa M. Bragg employ innovative solutions to help readers: Redefine the concept of discharge planning Assign the proper metrics The COS-Q snapshot � a new tool for success Employ Lean concepts in redesign Apply a practical approach to improvement Create a culture that produces results An extended case study invites managers and administrators to take an interactive approach to the learning and applying of these concepts. A spreadsheet tool is included to help readers stay on task in their quest to improve efficiency and quality of care. The approach and methods taught in this book have led to dramatic results in a number of institutions. When adopted by your organization they can help to improve performance and boost revenue. | Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare Top 10 Secrets to Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline

GBP 170.00
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The Remix Manual The Art and Science of Dance Music Remixing with Logic

The Remix Manual The Art and Science of Dance Music Remixing with Logic

Can you turn a soulful ballad into a hit dance track or make any Billboard hit your own? With this all-in-one guide to remixing you can! Whether you're a professional DJ or producer or are just beginning to mix tracks this step-by-step guide will bring you through the entire process of making your own professional-quality remixes. Author Simon Langford a renowned producer/remixer with over 300 remixes and chart-toppers under his belt shares his years of experience and expertise in the most in-depth guide on the market. The Remix Manual covers creative processes technical legal and contractual issues and includes a unique remix walk-through and useful contacts and links. The companion website www. TheRemixManual. com provides source files that illustrate all stages of the remix as well as additional interviews additional walk-throughs a Buyer's Guide video tutorials and demo versions of the hottest mixing software. A working musician and remixer Simon Langford provides up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of the remix process from the latest software tips and tricks to timeless artistic advice. While technical aspects are explained in detail you also get a pro's advice on how to produce outstanding tracks by being aware of the originals message style and emotion. The creative side of remixing is explored from all angles as a wide variety of industry insiders weigh in on key issues in exclusive interviews and quotes. | The Remix Manual The Art and Science of Dance Music Remixing with Logic

GBP 170.00
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Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022). Covering a wide range of topics the Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 presents the latest developments in: (i) Architecture and Urban Planning (Architectural design and its theory Urban planning and design Building technology science Urban protection and regeneration Urban development strategy Ecological construction and intelligent control Sustainable infrastructure); (ii) Logistics and supply chain management (Warehousing and distribution Logistics outsourcing Logistics automation Production and material flow Supply chain management technology Supply chain risk management Global service supply chain management Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management Coordination and collaboration of supply chain networks Governance and regulatory aspects affecting supply chain management); (iii) Urban traffic management (Smart grid management Belt and Road Development Intelligent traffic analysis and planning management Big data and transportation management). The Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 will be useful to professionals academics and Ph. D. students interested in the above-mentioned fields. Emphasis was put on basic methodologies scientific development and engineering applications. ICUEMS 2022 is to provide a platform for experts scholars engineers and technical researchers engaged in the related fields of urban engineering management to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies understand academic development trends broaden research ideas strengthen academic research and discussion and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. Experts scholars business people and other relevant personnel from universities and research institutions at home and abroad are cordially invited to attend and exchange. | Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

GBP 140.00
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Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022). Covering a wide range of topics the Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 presents the latest developments in: (i) Architecture and Urban Planning (Architectural design and its theory Urban planning and design Building technology science Urban protection and regeneration Urban development strategy Ecological construction and intelligent control Sustainable infrastructure); (ii) Logistics and supply chain management (Warehousing and distribution Logistics outsourcing Logistics automation Production and material flow Supply chain management technology Supply chain risk management Global service supply chain management Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management Coordination and collaboration of supply chain networks Governance and regulatory aspects affecting supply chain management); (iii) Urban traffic management (Smart grid management Belt and Road Development Intelligent traffic analysis and planning management Big data and transportation management). The Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 will be useful to professionals academics and Ph. D. students interested in the above-mentioned fields. Emphasis was put on basic methodologies scientific development and engineering applications. ICUEMS 2022 is to provide a platform for experts scholars engineers and technical researchers engaged in the related fields of urban engineering management to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies understand academic development trends broaden research ideas strengthen academic research and discussion and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. Experts scholars business people and other relevant personnel from universities and research institutions at home and abroad are cordially invited to attend and exchange. | Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

GBP 140.00
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North America's Natural Wonders

North America's Natural Wonders

Although millions of Americans and international travelers take road trips through North America every year most have no understanding of how the landscape came to be. North America’s Natural Wonders provides everything these travelers need to understand the landscape. Written by a career geologist with decades of experience in the field it guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in North America and explains what they are seeing. Volume I focuses on western North America including the Canadian Rockies the Southwest Great Basin and Tetons-Yellowstone Country. The trips detailed in this volume include stops at the glaciers and mountains of Banff National Park the Grand Canyon numerous parks in Utah and the geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone. It also features lesser known but equally interesting geologic formations and how to access these sites. Volume II focuses on central and eastern North America including the Appalachians of Virginia and West Virginia the Colorado Rockies Austin-Big Bend Country and the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. The trips detailed in this volume include stops at the Blue Ridge in Shenandoah National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park Big Bend National Park Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak the Colorado Mineral Belt Aspen and the Maroon Bells giant salt-cored uplifts of the La Popa Basin Mexico and many others. It also features lesser known but equally interesting geologic formations and how to access these sites. This detailed guide will help the curious layman the rock hound the geology student and the professional geologist understand what they are seeing when they look at a roadcut quarry or landscape. A full understanding of natural formations will enhance the traveler’s experience beyond simple sightseeing. | North America's Natural Wonders

GBP 130.00
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