Download or read book Social Economic and Cultural Aspects in the Dynamic Changing Process of Old Industrial Regions written by Karl Eckart and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the old industrial regions of the Ruhr District (Germany), Upper Silesia (Poland) and the Ostrava Region (Czech Republic), coal as well as iron and steel have been the economic basis for many decades. In the Ruhr District important changes already started at the end of the 1950s. In Upper Silesia and in the Ostrava Region, however, these processes started at the end of the 1980s together with the transformation of the economic and social system in these countries. Because of high unemployment, steps are taken to modernize the economy and to retrain employees. All three regions cannot develop out of their own strength, but there are programmes in order to support this process.
Download or read book Manufacturing in the New Urban Economy written by Willem van Winden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the changing link between manufacturing and knowledge-based activities in urban regions drawing on insights from organization studies and regional economics and looking at case studies in Europe, South America and Asia.
Download or read book Systems Decision and Control in Energy II written by Artur Zaporozhets and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the problems in the field of energy and related fields (chemical, transport, aerospace, construction, metallurgy, engineering, etc.) and consists of 4 subsections: Electrical Engineering, Heat Power Engineering, Cybersecurity and Computer Science & Environmental Safety. In the first section, authors pay attention to contemporary issues related to the development of the electric power industry, electrical engineering, the physics of electrical phenomena and renewable energy sources (such as solar energy and wind energy). The second section is devoted to modern problems in heat power engineering and considers modern means and methods that increase the efficiency and reliability of the functioning of heat power facilities. The third section is devoted to issues of cybersecurity of critical facilities, in particular energy facilities, as well as the development of computer science and the introduction of modern information and measurement systems in the energy sector. The fourth subsection deals with the problems of rational use of natural resources, accounting for emissions of harmful substances, environmental issues at energy facilities, as well as the development of a methodology for environmental safety. The book includes 21 chapters. A book is for researchers, engineers, as well as lecturers and postgraduates of higher education institutions dealing with issues of control, diagnosis and monitoring of energy facilities.
Download or read book How Green Became Good written by Hillary Angelo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As projects like Manhattan’s High Line, Chicago’s 606, China’s eco-cities, and Ethiopia’s tree-planting efforts show, cities around the world are devoting serious resources to urban greening. Formerly neglected urban spaces and new high-end developments draw huge crowds thanks to the considerable efforts of city governments. But why are greening projects so widely taken up, and what good do they do? In How Green Became Good, Hillary Angelo uncovers the origins and meanings of the enduring appeal of urban green space, showing that city planners have long thought that creating green spaces would lead to social improvement. Turning to Germany’s Ruhr Valley (a region that, despite its ample open space, was “greened” with the addition of official parks and gardens), Angelo shows that greening is as much a social process as a physical one. She examines three moments in the Ruhr Valley's urban history that inspired the creation of new green spaces: industrialization in the late nineteenth century, postwar democratic ideals of the 1960s, and industrial decline and economic renewal in the early 1990s. Across these distinct historical moments, Angelo shows that the impulse to bring nature into urban life has persistently arisen as a response to a host of social changes, and reveals an enduring conviction that green space will transform us into ideal inhabitants of ideal cities. Ultimately, however, she finds that the creation of urban green space is more about how we imagine social life than about the good it imparts.
Download or read book Evolutionary and Neo Schumpeterian Approaches to Economics written by Lars Magnusson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: not gentle to the capitalists" (Schumpeter, 1991). Thus, by instead portraying the conflict between entreprenuerial activity and the sociology of the modern state, he came quite close to the analysis carried out by Thorstein Veblen some decades earlier, who emphasized the conflict between p- gressive technology and the institutions of a contemporary "predatory dynastic State of early modern times, superficially altered by a suffusion of democratic and parliamentary institutions" (Veblen, 1964, p. 398). Modern neo-Schumpeterian approaches have continued to build on this groundwork provided by their master. During recent years there has been a great upsurge of discussion on technology, innovations, technological regimes, etc. from the dynamic perspective provided by Schumpeter (Dosi, 1984, Rosegger, 1985; Dosi et al., 1988). Thus the search process for (t- poral) extra profits has been stressed and has been used for modelling attempts. The wider institutional framework for technological change and innovation activity has also been strongly developed more recently. Hence emphasis has grown in the study of technological and industrial regimes, path dependency, and the network approach, developed recently, that social relationships structure the opportunities and constraints that face firms and agents that, for example, carry out innovations (Snehota, 1990).
Download or read book Beyond Coal and Steel written by Lutz Raphael and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s, the economic and social foundations of Western Europe underwent an unprecedented transformation. Old industries like coal and steel disappeared, millions of people lost their jobs and formerly flourishing towns and cities went into decline. Traditional political agendas gave way to new social problems and concerns. What happened to industrial citizens – their workplaces, their careers and their homes? How did social rights and political participation of workers change when markets became global, management lean and financial capital dominant? How did companies change and how were personal skills and work tasks reinvented under the impact of new technologies? How did workers – men and women – live through these decades of uncertainty and upheaval? Lutz Raphael reconstructs the highly variegated story of deindustrialization in Western Europe with a particular focus on Britain, France and West Germany. Extending over three decades, this transformation was accompanied by significant rises in productivity and consumerism, but it also came at a heavy cost, ushering in many low-income jobs, growing inequality and a crisis of democratic representation. Its legacy is everywhere around us today – it is the transformation that has shaped our world.
Download or read book Dynamics of Values in Fertility Change written by Richard Leete and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global transformation in the number of children women bear has been one of the most remarkable changes in social behaviour in the twentieth century. The search for explanations of the causes in childbearing behaviour, and particularly in the values attached to children, remains a central research preoccupation of population scientists. This book explores the dimensions of values identified as significant in their impact on fertility decisions. It offers a range of perspectives on a mosaic of values perceived to be of importance in influencing the bearing and caring of children. The book examines the macro and micro theories of the value of children, and considers the multi-dimensional nature of value change. The chapters explore the nature of the mechanisms by which value change may serve to reinforce or promote the ideational essence of change and the impact of pressures for change. It is observed that gender, religion, and culture, all function as complementary lenses through which the necessity of value maintenance or modification is viewed. The book concludes that fertility behaviour is value-driven, but that fertility change is not necessarily driven by value change. The values of most significance to fertility are more fundamental and general values, rather than explicit 'fertility values'.
Download or read book EURAU 2016 ABSTRACTS written by Andra PANAIT and published by Editura Universitara Ion Mincu, Bucuresti / Ion Mincu University Publishing House, Bucharest. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României EURAU 2016 - In between scales - European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design : abstracts : Bucharest, September 28-30th, 2016 / ed.: conf. dr. arh. Andra Panait. - Bucureşti : Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”, 2016 ISBN 978-606-638-140-6 I. European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design - EURAU 2016 (2016; Bucharest) II. Panait, Andra (ed.) 72(063) Graphic design: Andra Panait We acknowledge the help in preparing this volume to the following peoples: Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Daniel COMŞA, Marina MIHĂILĂ, Mihaela ZAMFIR, Oana DIACONESCU, Anda SFINTEȘ, Daniel ARMENCIU, Cătălin CARAGEA, Delia PRISECARU, Ștefan MIHĂILESCU, Anca PĂSĂRIN. EURAU2016 conference and publications were held under the patronage of ANCSI (Autoritatea Naţională pentru Cercetare Ştiinţifică şi Inovare). introduction The eighth edition of the European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design will be held from the 28th to the 30th of September 2016 in Bucharest. The seminar will take place at the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning from Bucharest in collaboration with the institutions that organized the previous editions: École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille, on doctoral research (2004); École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et Paysage de Lille, on large scale (2005); Association des Instituts Supérieurs Brussels-Liège-Mons (IESA), on cultural heritage (2006); Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, under the theme cultural landscape (2008); Facoltà di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, under the theme venustas (2010); Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, on public space and contemporary city (2012); Faculty of Architecture of the Istanbul Technical University, on composite cities (2014). The project EURAU is constituted within a network of schools and researchers in Architecture and Urbanism, meeting every two years to share the status of their investigation. In the long-term, it is intended to lead to the creation of a physical meeting and deposit space with all the research undertaken and ongoing in Europe to facilitate the sharing of resources and deepening of knowledge in these scientific areas. The main concern of the EURAU is to establish itself as a place of debate and discussion of thematic disciplines of Architecture, City and Town Planning. The theme of EURAU 2016 is “In Between Scales.” Assoc.Prof. Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Arch, PhD, UAUIM, Bucharest, Romania Committees Honor Committee Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research Ministry of Culture Emil Barbu Popescu – Honorary President of UAUIM Guillermo CISNEROS – Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Luis Maldonado - Director de le Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid Carlos Alberto Esteves Guimarães – President of Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto – FAUP Promoting Committee Farid AMEZIANE, National Superior School of Architecture of Marseille (ENSAM), Founder of EURAU Roberta AMIRANTE, University of Naples Federico II Joaquin IBAÑEZ MONTOYA, Madrid Polytechnic University Madalena PINTO DA SILVA, Porto University Javier SÁNCHEZ MERINA, Alicante University Gulsun SAĞLAMER, Former Rector, Istanbul Technical University Organizing Committee from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest General Chair Zeno BOGDĂNESCU, Former UAUIM Rector Local arrange chair Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Dean Faculty of Interior Architecture Daniel COMŞA, Head of International Relations Office Andra PANAIT, Visual Identity and Publications Coordinator Sections 1. Actions, permeability, reflexivity Chair: Prof. Augustin IOAN, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Lecturer Oana DIACONESCU, Arch, PhD, UAUIM 2. Actors, processes, constraints Chair: Prof. Ana-Maria DABIJA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Research assist. Anda SFINTEȘ, Arch, PhD, UAUIM 3. Projects, methods, results Chair: Assoc.Prof. Françoise PAMFIL, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Assoc.Prof. Iulius CRISTEA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Lecturer Mihaela ZAMFIR, Arch, PhD, UAUIM 4. Future challenges Chair: Assoc.Prof. Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Lecturer Marina MIHĂILĂ, Arch, PhD, UAUIM Assistant chair: Assoc.Prof. Marius VOICA, Arch, PhD, UAUIM From Partner Institutions Meltem AKSOY, ITU Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Ainhoa DIEZ DE PABLOS, ETSAM Carla GARRIDO, Faculty of Architecture, Porto University Manuel MONTENEGRO, Faculty of Architecture, Porto University Maria Luna NOBILE, University of Naples Federico II Maria José PIZARRO, ETSAM, Madrid Polytechnic University Conference secretariat at UAUIM Daniel ARMENCIU Scientific Committee Meltem AKSOY, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture Farid AMEZIANE, National Superior School of Architecture of Marseille (ENSAM) Roberta AMIRANTE, University of Naples Federico II Ozan AVCI, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture Francisco BARATA, Faculty of Architecture, Porto University Zeno BOGDĂNESCU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Cosmin CACIUC, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Teresa CÁLIX, Faculty of Architecture, Porto University Rodrigo COELHO, Faculty of Architecture, Porto University Iulius CRISTEA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Daniel COMŞA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Ana-Maria DABIJA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Pelin DURSUN, ITU Faculty of Architecture Codina DUŞOIU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Cristina ENACHE, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Arzu ERDEM, Faculty of Architecture, Abdullah Gul University Fatma ERKÖK, ITU Faculty of Architecture Orfina FATIGATO, National Superior School of Architecture Paris Malaquais (ENSAPM) Tiberiu FLORESCU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Ştefan GHENCIULESCU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Celia GHYKA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Ángel Benigno GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, Alicante University Joaquin IBAÑEZ MONTOYA, Madrid Polytechnic University Augustin IOAN, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Beatrice-Gabriela JÖGER, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Nurbin Paker KAHVECIOGLU, ITU Faculty of Architecture Arda INCEOGLU, Faculty of Architecture, University of MEF Rafael GURIDI, Madrid Polytechnic University Prof. Marta OLIVEIRA, Porto University Zina MACRI, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Marius MARCU LAPADAT, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest José PARRA MARTÍNEZ, Alicante University Marina MIHĂILĂ, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Anca MITRACHE, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Marian MOICEANU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Elodie NOURRIGAT, National Superior School of Architecture of Marseille (ENSAM) Françoise PAMFIL, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Andra PANAIT, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Gabriel PASCARIU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Alexandru PETRIŞOR, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Madalena PINTO DA SILVA, Porto University Carmine PISCOPO, University of Naples Federico II Rui PÓVOAS, Porto University Monica RĂDULESCU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Javier RUÍZ, Madrid Polytechnic University Claudiu RUNCEANU, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Javier SÁNCHEZ MERINA, Alicante University Gulsun SAĞLAMER, Former Rector, Istanbul Technical University Paola SCALA, University of Naples Federico II Federico SORIANO, Madrid Polytechnic University Jose María TORRES NADAL, Alicante University Marco TRISCIUOGLIO, Politecnico di Torino Fernando VELA COSSÍO, ETSAM, Madrid Polytechnic University Marius VOICA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Ana Maria ZAHARIADE, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest Mihaela ZAMFIR, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning Bucharest
Download or read book The Fourth Industrial Revolution written by Klaus Schwab and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Download or read book Mega events and social change written by Maurice Roche and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new ‘second phase’ of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other ‘emerging’ countries.
Download or read book Reader s Guide to the Social Sciences written by Jonathan Michie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 2166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2-volume work includes approximately 1,200 entries in A-Z order, critically reviewing the literature on specific topics from abortion to world systems theory. In addition, nine major entries cover each of the major disciplines (political economy; management and business; human geography; politics; sociology; law; psychology; organizational behavior) and the history and development of the social sciences in a broader sense.
Download or read book After Industry The Economic and Social Consequences of Deindustrialization written by Jon Warren and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Recession and Beyond written by David Bailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of the recession on people and places and how it has affected local authorities in the UK and other OECD countries. The volume makes a fresh contribution to understanding local economic development and governance by providing a unique perspective and original data on the way local authorities have dealt with the recent economic shock across countries.
Download or read book The Historical Geography of Croatia written by Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-28 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph gives a comprehensive but in-depth analysis of the territorial development of Croatia and historical processes of significant spatial impact. It covers the millennial time span – from prehistory till the present, through relevant periods, e.g., prehistory, antiquity, Middle Ages, period of Ottoman progression and retreat, Post-Ottoman period of development of the Central European railway network, the period of South Slavic political associations (old and new Yugoslavia), and the post-Yugoslav period of independent Croatia. The book is highly illustrated with maps and figures. It is written by scholars from the region, based on the original research and the vast body of literature. It is one of the only books in English that interprets the overall development of the territory and cultural landscape of Croatia. Its scientific but comprehensive approach makes it of use to scholars, students and anyone interested in historical and geographical processes and features of Croatia and the Balkan region.
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 7278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context
Download or read book The Japanese City written by Pradyumna P. Karan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is one of the most crowded countries on earth, with three-fourths of its population now living in cities. Tokyo is easily the most populous city on the planet. And yet, though closely packed, its citizens dwell together in relative peace. In America, inner-city violence -- often attributed in part to overcrowding -- is frequently emphasized as one of the great social problems of the day. What might we learn from Japan's situation that could be applied to our own as we approach the twenty-first century? In this collection an interdisciplinary group of international scholars seek to understand and explain the process and characteristics shaping the modern Japanese city. With frequent comparisons to the American city, they consider such topics as urban landscapes, the quality of life in the suburbs, spatial mixing of social classes in the city, land use planning and control, environmental pollution, and images of the city in Japanese literature. The only book on the subject, The Japanese City surveys the important literature and highlights the current issues in urban studies. The numerous photographs, maps, tables, and graphs, combined with the high quality of the contributions, offer a comprehensive look at the contemporary Japanese city. Contributors: William Burton, David L. Callies, Roman Cybriwsky, Kuniko Fujita, Theodore J. Gilman, Richard Child Hill, P.P. Karan, Robert Kidder, Cotton Mather, and Kohei Okamoto.
Download or read book Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings written by Ibrahim Sirkeci and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the 3rd Turkish Migration Conference (TMC). TMC 2015 was hosted by Charles University Prague, Czech Republic from 25 to 27 June 2015. The TMC 2015 was the third event in the series that we were proud to organise and host at Charles University Prague. This selection of papers presented at the conference are only a small portion of contributions. Many other papers are included in edited books and submitted to refereed journals in due course. There were a total of about 146 papers by over 200 authors presented in 40 parallel sessions and three plenary sessions at Jinonice Campus of Charles University Prague. About a fıfth of the sessions at the conference were in Turkish language although the main language was English. Therefore some of the proceedings are in Turkish too. The keynote speakers included Douglas Massey of Princeton University, Caroline Brettell of Southern Methodist University, and Nedim Gürsel of CNRS.
