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High-Tech Fantasies: Science Parks in Society, Science and Space
by Doreen Massey David WieldScience parks are becoming established in increasing numbers in almost all parts of the world. Promoted as places on the frontiers of science where a new breed of scientist-entrepreneur invents a new future, extolled as high-status workplaces where a new style of employee and flexible labour process is in the making, they are seen as the potential saviours of local and national economies. High-Tech Fantasies criticises the divisive hype of science parks arguing that both the theory and practice are unproductive for the economy and for any socially progressive science and technology. Questioning responsibility, innovation and symbolism, the authors explore the mutual determination of society, science and space.
High-Technology Development in Regional Economic Growth: Policy Implications of Dynamic Externalities (Bruton Center For Development Studies Ser.)
by Byung-Rok ChoiThis title was first published in 2003. Korea has had considerable success in developing its high technology industries and these have become significant employers in this region. By analysing the situation in Korea, this book explores the effects of dynamic externalities on the growth of regional employment in the high-technology industries. It puts forward innovative simultaneous equation models to test three sets of hypotheses related to so-called 'Jacobs', and 'MAR' effects, differentiated by firm size, organizational type and product. Clear evidence is found for endogenous technological progress marked by positive feedback, especially for small firms in diversified high-technology enclaves. There are technological externalities associated with knowledge spillovers, and local employment has indirect effects on employment growth via dynamic externalities. The implications for local economic development policy are outlined in a concluding section. -
Higher Education: Progress for Management and Engineering (Higher Education and Sustainability)
by Carolina MachadoIncreasing corporate social responsibility demands professionals possess the necessary knowledge, abilities, and competencies to answer the needs of a diverse organization’s stakeholders. This book highlights the most recent issues related to higher education in the fields of management and engineering. It explains why a sustainable education is a requirement for professionals, as well as the organizations they collaborate with.Higher Education: Progress for Management and Engineering focuses on the latest research findings in the field of higher and sustainable education. It discusses the progress, shares knowledge and insights on an international scale, and highlights the challenges faced to obtain and secure a more responsible and sustainable management system. Selecting different options and strategies, how to set priorities on managing competition, and how to succeed as an organization that can lead to successes in both national and international markets are covered within this book.This book can be used as a reference for researchers, academics, managers, engineers, and other professionals involved in higher and sustainable education in management and engineering.
Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa: The geography and power of knowledge under changing conditions (Routledge Studies in African Development)
by Hanne Kirstine Adriansen Lene Møller Madsen Stig JensenHigher education has recently been recognized as a key driver for societal growth in the Global South and capacity building of African universities is now widely included in donor policies. The question is; how do capacity building projects affect African universities, researchers and students? Universities and their scientific knowledges are often seen to have universal qualities; therefore, capacity building may appear straight forward. Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa contests such universalistic notions. Inspired by ideas about the ‘geography of scientific knowledge’ it explores what role specific places and relationships have in knowledge production, and analyses how cultural experiences are included and excluded in teaching and research. Thus, the different chapters show how what constitutes legitimate scientific knowledge is negotiated and contested. In doing so, the chapters draw on discussions about the hegemony of Western thought in education and knowledge production. The authors’ own experiences with higher education capacity building and knowledge production are discussed and used to contribute to the reflexive turn and rise of auto-ethnography. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in education, development studies, African studies and human geography, as well as anthropology and history.
Higher Education and the Creative Economy: Beyond the campus (Regions and Cities)
by Roberta Comunian Abigail GilmoreSince the DCMS Creative Industries Mapping Document highlighted the key role played by creative activities in the UK economy and society, the creative industries agenda has expanded across Europe and internationally. They have the support of local authorities, regional development agencies, research councils, arts and cultural agencies and other sector organisations. Within this framework, higher education institutions have also engaged in the creative agenda, but have struggled to define their role in this growing sphere of activities. Higher Education and the Creative Economy critically engages with the complex interconnections between higher education, geography, cultural policy and the creative economy. This book is organised into four sections which articulate the range of dynamics that can emerge between higher education and the creative economy: partnership and collaboration across Higher Education institutions and the creative and cultural industries; the development of creative human capital; connections between arts schools and local art scenes; and links with broader policy directions and work. While it has a strong UK component, it also includes international perspectives, specifically from Australia, Singapore, Europe and the USA. This authoritative collection challenges the boundaries of creative and cultural industry development by bringing together international experts from a range of subject areas, presenting researchers with a unique multidisciplinary approach to the topic. This edited collection will be of interest to researchers and policy makers working in the area of creative and cultural industries development.
Higher Education for Sustainable Development
by Kerry ShephardHigher Education for Sustainable Development.
Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals (River Publishers Series In Management Sciences And Engineering Ser.)
by Carolina MachadoThis book looks to cover the issues related to advances in higher education for sustainable development goals. Nowadays, sustainable development is an important concept in higher education. One of the most widely recognized definitions is based in the Brundtland report as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The three core pillars of sustainable development are environment, society and economy. Currently, higher education in the context of sustainable development goals (SDGs) is a great challenge. The information about higher education for sustainable development presents great interest to improve communication between professors, researches and students in universities, institutes, colleges, etc. This research book covers all aspects of higher education for sustainable development goals, namely, no poverty, zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry, innovation, and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace, justice and strong institutions and partnerships.
Higher Geography: Practice Papers for SQA Exams
by Sheena WilliamsonPractise for your SQA exams with three specially-commissioned Hodder Gibson Practice Exam Papers.- Practise with model papers written and checked by experienced markers and examiners- Get extra advice with specially-written study-skills guidance sections- Gain vital extra marks and avoid common mistakes with examiner tips
Higher Geography for CfE: Global Issues
by Ian Geddes Calum CampbellWe are working with SQA towards endorsement of this title. The only textbook to concentrate on the three most popular options in Section 3 of the CfE Higher Geography exam. This book is a complete guide to the most popular options in the Global Issues section of the course, two of which account for 50% of the final external exam in Higher Geography. - Blends theoretical content and processes with detailed guidance on practical aspects - Offers geographical perspectives on environmental and social issues and their significance - Encourages students to interact with their environment and develop an interest in, understanding of, and concern for the environment and sustainable development - Provides exam style questions in every chapter and new, contemporary case studies and exemplars for a fresh and inspirational examination of well-known geographical themes The three topics covered are River Basin Management, Development and Health and Global Climate Change. A companion volume, Higher Geography for CfE: Physical and Human Environments, provides material for Sections 1 and 2 of the CfE Higher examination.
Higher Geography: Global Issues, Second Edition
by Ian Geddes Calum CampbellExam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Geography First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 This book is a complete guide to the most popular options in the Global Issues area of the CfE Higher Geography course. - Blends theoretical content and processes with detailed guidance on practical aspects - Offers geographical perspectives on environmental and social issues and their significance - Encourages students to interact with their environment and develop an interest in, understanding of, and concern for the environment and sustainable development - Provides exam style questions in every chapter and new, contemporary case studies and exemplars for a fresh and inspirational examination of well-known geographical themes A companion volume, Higher Geography: Physical and Human Environments: Second Edition, provides material for the other areas of the course.
Higher Geography: Global Issues, Second Edition
by Ian Geddes Calum CampbellExam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019 This book is a complete guide to the most popular options in the Global Issues area of the CfE Higher Geography course. - Blends theoretical content and processes with detailed guidance on practical aspects - Offers geographical perspectives on environmental and social issues and their significance - Encourages students to interact with their environment and develop an interest in, understanding of, and concern for the environment and sustainable development - Provides exam style questions in every chapter and new, contemporary case studies and exemplars for a fresh and inspirational examination of well-known geographical themes A companion volume, Higher Geography: Physical and Human Environments: Second Edition, provides material for the other areas of the course.
Higher Geography: Physical and Human Environments: Second Edition
by Calum Campbell Ian GeddesExam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Geography First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 A fully updated, full colour textbook for areas 1 and 2 of SQA Higher Geography, providing a complete guide to all components of the Physical and Human elements of the course. - Blends theoretical content and processes with detailed guidance on practical aspects - Offers regular 'What you need to know' sections, consolidation questions, reflection tasks, key words and definitions, plus Assignment links and ideas for the non-examination sections of the course- Geographical and Mapping Skills are explained and illustrated throughout the text, which also provides: - exam style questions in every chapter - new, contemporary case studies and exemplars - fresh and inspirational examination of well-known geographical themes A companion volume, Higher Geography: Global Issues, provides material for area 3 of the Higher course.
Higher Geography: Physical and Human Environments: Second Edition
by Calum Campbell Ian GeddesExam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Geography First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 A fully updated, full colour textbook for areas 1 and 2 of SQA Higher Geography, providing a complete guide to all components of the Physical and Human elements of the course. - Blends theoretical content and processes with detailed guidance on practical aspects - Offers regular 'What you need to know' sections, consolidation questions, reflection tasks, key words and definitions, plus Assignment links and ideas for the non-examination sections of the course- Geographical and Mapping Skills are explained and illustrated throughout the text, which also provides: - exam style questions in every chapter - new, contemporary case studies and exemplars - fresh and inspirational examination of well-known geographical themes A companion volume, Higher Geography: Global Issues, provides material for area 3 of the Higher course.
Higher Mathematics for Science and Engineering
by Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi Abburi Anil Kumar Dimitar P. MishevThis textbook provides a comprehensive, thorough and up-to-date treatment of topics of mathematics that an engineer and scientist would need, at the basic levels that contents of engineering and sciences are built by. For this purpose, natural readers would be junior and senior undergraduate students, who normally have the content of this book under different names on their degree plans. Also, engineers and scientists will benefit from this book since the book is a comprehensive volume for such audiences.This book is written in a way that it balances both theory and practical applications of topics from linear algebra, matrix theory, calculus of multivariable, theory of complex variables, several transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, optimization, probability, statistics, theory of reliability and finally, applications from variety of areas of sciences and engineering.
Higher-Order Systems (Understanding Complex Systems)
by Federico Battiston Giovanni PetriThe book discusses the potential of higher-order interactions to model real-world relational systems. Over the last decade, networks have emerged as the paradigmatic framework to model complex systems. Yet, as simple collections of nodes and links, they are intrinsically limited to pairwise interactions, limiting our ability to describe, understand, and predict complex phenomena which arise from higher-order interactions. Here we introduce the new modeling framework of higher-order systems, where hypergraphs and simplicial complexes are used to describe complex patterns of interactions among any number of agents. This book is intended both as a first introduction and an overview of the state of the art of this rapidly emerging field, serving as a reference for network scientists interested in better modeling the interconnected world we live in.
Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics
by Ping Xu Anthony Giaquinto Alberto S. CattaneoThis book is centered around higher algebraic structures stemming from the work of Murray Gerstenhaber and Jim Stasheff that are now ubiquitous in various areas of mathematics-- such as algebra, algebraic topology, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, mathematical physics-- and in theoretical physics such as quantum field theory and string theory. These higher algebraic structures provide a common language essential in the study of deformation quantization, theory of algebroids and groupoids, symplectic field theory, and much more. Each contribution in this volume expands on the ideas of Gerstenhaber and Stasheff. The volume is intended for post-graduate students, mathematical and theoretical physicists, and mathematicians interested in higher structures.
Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated
by HRH The Prince of Wales Bunny GuinnessHIGHGROVE: A GARDEN CELEBRATED is a commemoration of the beautiful, mature gardens planned and planted by The Prince of Wales over thirty years ago. The gardens at Highgrove evoke intense emotion. In January, the dramatic light and early snowdrops of the Stumpery are exquisite; the glistening emerald lawns and tree blossoms in Spring lift the spirits with a promise of what is to come; in Summer, the longed-for delphiniums in the Sundial Garden stand proudly to attention and dramatic leaf colours welcome Autumn to the Arboretum as the harvesting in the Kitchen Garden begins. In Winter the structural elements of the garden have their moment of glory as the year comes to a close and the cycle of the seasons continues.Lavishly illustrated with photographs that capture both the light and detail of this magisterial space, this beautiful book will delight and inspire gardeners of every level. It is an exquisite celebration of garden design, passion and inspiration.
Highwall Mining: Applicability, Design & Safety
by John Loui Porathur Pijush Pal Roy Baotang Shen Shivakumar KarekalThis comprehensive technical book on highwall mining covers theory and practice coupled with practical examples and design aspects. It contains eight extensive chapters elaborating broad-spectrum functionalities of highwall mining and its operational aspects, covering world scenario, economic potential, methods of coal extraction, design methodology including empirical web pillar design, numerical modelling for stress analysis, safety factor for web pillars, panel and barrier design, small-and large-scale numerical modelling, multiple seam interaction and design, coal web pillar strength, equivalent width concept, laboratory testing, new web pillar strength formula, effect of weak bands in coal seam, slope stability, safety and ground monitoring, hazards and regulatory requirements, case examples, norms and guidelines for practice. It also summarizes the results of research carried out by the CSIR Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR), India and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia on the subject. The book will equip readers in understanding the complex, multiple seam scenarios for highwall mining, and its design for maximum coal recovery from any given site with better economics, which will aid the mining companies in extracting locked-up coal following the safety norms to avoid hazards and minimise instability issues. A large number of case studies is included to illustrate the application of numerical modelling for prior estimation and viability of highwall mining operations under varying geomining conditions. The book will be of interest to professionals and academics in the field of mining engineering specifically, but will also interest civil, geomechanical and geological engineers as well as rock mechanics professionals.
The Highway Capacity Manual: Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections (Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic #12)
by Elena S. Prassas Roger P. RoessSince 1950, the Highway Capacity Manual has been a standard used in the planning, design, analysis, and operation of virtually any highway traffic facility in the United States. It has also been widely used around the globe and has inspired the development of similar manuals in other countries. This book is Volume II of a series on the conceptual and research origins of the methodologies found in the Highway Capacity Manual. It focuses on the most complex points in a traffic system: signalized and unsignalized intersections, and the concepts and methodologies developed over the years to model their operations. It also includes an overview of the fundamental concepts of capacity and level of service, particularly as applied to intersections. The historical roots of the manual and its contents are important to understanding current methodologies, and improving them in the future. As such, this book is a valuable resource for current and future users of the Highway Capacity Manual, as well as researchers and developers involved in advancing the state-of-the-art in the field.
Highways to Success or Byways to Waste
by A. Federico Barra Claudia Berg Rubaba Ali John Nash Jason Russ DamaniaRoads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. They connect sellers to markets, workers to jobs, students to education, and the sick to hospitals. Yet much of the developing world, Africa in particular, lacks adequate transportation infrastructure. Accordingly investments in transportation remain a cornerstone of the development agenda. Sub-Saharan Africa spends roughly $6.8 billion per year on paving roads, and the World Bank invests more on roads than on education, health, and social services combined. Despite the development focus on transportation, methodologies for evaluating which road projects to fund are often dis-jointed and unreliable. This report hopes to improve upon the current approaches by establishing a new methodology for prioritization which can be applied to a diverse set of scenarios, regions, and projects. This book demonstrates how modern econometrics and geospatial techniques can be combined to analyze the latest available geo-referenced datasets at the smallest possible scale to answer some of the most important questions in development. Uniquely this report attempts to shed light on some of the most profound puzzles in determining the impacts of roads and where to locate these. Does road infrastructure unleash a virtuous growth cycle? Is it advisable to improve roads in conflict prone zones? What is the effect of improving market access on farming practices? And what are the impacts of roads on forests and biodiversity? It is envisioned that the approach used in this book can be a reference guide to researchers from across the spectrum of international development, who are seeking new tools and insights into the many issues (technical and non-technical) of this important field.
Hijacking Sustainability
by Adrian ParrHow the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the “greening” of the American military.The idea of “sustainability” has gone mainstream. Thanks to Prius-driving movie stars, it's even hip. What began as a grassroots movement to promote responsible development has become a bullet point in corporate ecobranding strategies. In Hijacking Sustainability, Adrian Parr describes how this has happened: how the goals of an environmental movement came to be mediated by corporate interests, government, and the military. Parr argues that the more popular sustainable development becomes, the more commodified it becomes; the more mainstream culture embraces the sustainability movement's concern over global warming and poverty, the more “sustainability culture” advances the profit-maximizing values of corporate capitalism. And the more issues of sustainability are aligned with those of national security, the more military values are conflated with the goals of sustainable development.Parr looks closely at five examples of the hijacking of sustainability: corporate image-greening; Hollywood activism; gated communities; the greening of the White House; and the incongruous efforts to achieve a “sustainable” army. Parr then examines key challenges to sustainability—waste disposal, disaster relief and environmental refugees, slum development, and poverty.Sustainability, Parr says, offers an alternative narrative of the collective good—an idea now compromised and endangered by corporate, military, and government interests.
Hiking the High Desert
by Betsy JamesA young Zuni girl named Carlie teaches her friend Dan about hiking through the desert and the plants and animals they find there.
Hills (Earth's Landforms)
by Lisa J. AmstutzHills aren't as tall as mountains, but they are still amazing landforms. Movement of Earth's crust form some. Wind and rain move dirt to form others. Some are rocky while others are sandy. Give beginning readers all the need-to-know information about hills, including their characteristics, how they form, and where they can be found around the world.
Hillslope Form
by A. J. ParsonsThe study of hillslopes is a central element of geomorphology, and has been the cause of many of the major methodological disputes in the subject. This book describes the present state of knowledge of hillslope form, the results of measurements of hillslope form and points to unresolved problems in the understanding of it. The book deals with observed variations in hillslope form across the surface of the earth and concludes by examining the influence of man on hillslopes and assessing the contribution that the understanding of natural hillslopes may make to the management of man-made inclines.
Hillslope Hydrology and Stability
by Ning Lu Jonathan W. GodtLandslides are caused by a failure of the mechanical balance within hillslopes. This balance is governed by two coupled physical processes: hydrological or subsurface flow and stress. The stabilizing strength of hillslope materials depends on effective stress, which is diminished by rainfall. This book presents a cutting-edge quantitative approach to understanding hydro-mechanical processes across variably saturated hillslope environments and to the study and prediction of rainfall-induced landslides. Topics covered include historic synthesis of hillslope geomorphology and hydrology, total and effective stress distributions, critical reviews of shear strength of hillslope materials and different bases for stability analysis. Exercises and homework problems are provided for students to engage with the theory in practice. This is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in hydrology, geomorphology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geomechanics and for professionals in the fields of civil and environmental engineering and natural hazard analysis.