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Water Resource Systems Planning and Management An Introduction to Methods, Models, and Applications / by Loucks, Daniel P., van Beek, Eelco

Table of Contents: “…Water Resources Planning and Management: An Overview -- Water Resource Systems Modeling: Its Role in Planning and Management -- Models for Identifying and Evaluating Alternatives -- An Introduction to Optimization Models and Methods -- Data-Fitting, Evolutionary and Qualitative Modeling -- An Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Uncertainty -- Modeling Uncertainty -- System Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis -- Performance Criteria -- Water Quality Modeling and Prediction -- River Basin Modeling -- Urban Water Systems -- Planning and Analysis Projects: Putting it All Together.…”
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Environmental Leadership Capacity Building in Higher Education Experience and Lessons from Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders /

Table of Contents: “…Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders -- Concepts of EL -- How to teach EL in a class room - Environmental Challenges and Leadership in Asia -- APIEL resonance -- Leadership Education tackling Water Environmental Issues in Arid Regions -- IPoS: Intensive Program on Sustainability -- Cambodia Considering their sustainable future -- BKK: Sustainable solid waste management in Asian developing countries -- Sustainable urban development toward Green City of the Greater Pearl River Delta, China.…”
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Towards a Natural Social Contract Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation for a Sustainable, Healthy and Just Society / by Huntjens, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…Transition to a sustainable and healthy agri-food system -- 7. Governance of urban sustainability transitions -- Bibliography.…”
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British Columbia in a Global Context

Table of Contents: “…About the BookIntroduction -- 1. Urban Settlement in British Columbia -- 2. Socio-Economics in British Columbia -- 3. …”
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The Demography of Disasters Impacts for Population and Place /

Table of Contents: “…OR Reliance, vulnerability and disruption -- Exploring indigenous knowledge for assessing volcanic hazards and improving emergency communication -- Population urbanisation and disaster risks -- Conclusion.…”
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West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways

Table of Contents: “…"To become somebody in the future": Exploring the Content of Youth Aspirations in Urban Nigeria; Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima -- 6. Someone has to tell these children: You can be as good as anybody!…”
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Social Change in the Gulf Region Multidisciplinary Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…-- Where's the 'Bedouin' in 'Tribe'? Tribal Ruling in Urban Kuwaiti Society -- The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response -- Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? …”
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Elementary Swahili Lugha na Utamaduni by Mwangi, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Swahili -- Salamu za Kiswahili/Swahili Greetings -- Shuguli za Kila Siku/Daily Activities -- Nyakati za Kiswahili/Swahili Tenses -- Kumkaribisha Mgeni/Welcoming the Visitor -- Familia/Family -- Kazi/Occupation -- Familia, Nchi, Uraia, na Lugha/Family, Country, Nationality, and Language -- Nina Lakini Sina/I have but I do not have -- Ninapenda lakini sipendi/I Like but I Do Not Like -- Je, Unasoma Wapi?…”
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Um olhar da saúde sobre a violência by Paula Borges Jacques, Querubina Bringel Olinda

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Buildings for Education A Multidisciplinary Overview of The Design of School Buildings /

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: THE URBAN AND SOCIAL ROLE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, The open-air school typology in the Milanese experience: the Trotter and the Rinnovata Pizzigoni -- The topic of the school in the Milanese Professionalism -- Space and figuration of the school building in the construction of the metropolitan periphery: the school as a for social emancipation workshop -- Imagining the School of the future -- Modernist schools in the new rural landscape of the Pontine Plain -- Rural and urban schools: Northern Greece in the interwar period -- The schools as heritage and a tool for political and cultural integration. …”
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Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy? Views from the Basque Atalaia /

Table of Contents: “…The neoliberal commercialisation of citizen participation in Spain -- 4. Responses from urban democratization to global neoliberalism -- 5. …”
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Wadi Flash Floods Challenges and Advanced Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction /

Table of Contents: “…The ISFF Project -- Facts and Challenges -- Flood Analysis and Mitigation Strategies in Algeria -- Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Temperature and Precipitation Over India -- Analysis of The Hydrological Behavior of Watersheds in The Context of Climate Change -- Impact of Infiltration and Small-Scale Topographical Features -- An Early Warning System for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Hydrologic Assessment of The Uncertainty of Six Remote Sensing Precipitation Estimates Driven by A Distributed Hydrologic Model in The Blue Nile Basin -- Innovative Monitoring Techniques for Wadi Flash Flood by Using Image-Based Analysis -- A Temporally Varied Rainfall Simulator for Flash flood studies -- The Role of Urban Planning and Landscape Tools Concerning Flash Flood Risk Reduction within Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Measuring Vulnerability to Flash Flood Of Urban Dwellers -- Case studies from Oman and Brazil -- A Case Study of The Jeddah City Neighborhood Abruq Ar Rughamah, Saudi Arabia -- International Collaboration Project -- Sediment Transport in Shallow Waters: As A Multiphysics Approach -- Case Of Hodna Basin In Algeria -- Reservoir Sediment Management Practices in Sudan: A Case Study of Khashm El-Girba Dam -- Determining the Precipitation Intensity Threshold of Debris Flood Occurrence -- Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Water Spring Areas Using Geophysical Methods, Northern UAE -- Evaluation of the Effect of the Wadi Bih Dam on Groundwater Recharge, UAE -- Assess the impacts of groundwater over-drafting on water quality and environment degradation at Fares area, Aswan, Egypt.…”
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Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 3 Making Digital Mobility Inclusive and Accessible /

Table of Contents: “…Urban mobility transition driven by new digital technologies -- Digital shared mobility services: operationalizing the Capabilities Approach to appraise inclusivity -- Non-digital travellers - Five personas to understand their drivers and needs -- Leaving no one behind: involving end-users in creating inclusive digital mobility -- A User-Centred approach to user interface languages and icons: co-evaluation and co-creation of accessible digital mobility services -- Framing the digital mobility gap: a starting point in the design of inclusive mobility eco-systems -- Integrating inclusive digital mobility solutions into German transport systems.…”
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Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- General reflections -- The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing: sustainability 'after the crisis' -- Impacts of global trade flows -- Stocks and flows in the performance economy -- The Embeddedness of carbon in UK Lifestyles -- Ethics of Industrial Ecology -- Complexity and prediction -- Urban metabolism -- Industrial Symbiosis -- Industrial Ecology and the Solidarity Economy -- Industrial Ecology in Developing Countries -- Material Flow Analysis and Waste Management -- Social sciences in Industrial Ecology -- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- Prospective Models of Society's Future Metabolism -- Planetary boundaries and sustainable business -- Working with policymakers -- Portugal's national waste plan -- The Industrial Ecology of the automobile.…”
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Introduction to Sociology by Conerly, Tonja R., Holmes, Kathleen, Tamang, Asha Lal

Table of Contents: “…1 An Introduction to Sociology -- 2 Sociological Research -- 3 Culture -- 4 Society and Social Interaction -- 5 Socialization -- 6 Groups and Organization -- 7 Deviance, Crime, and Social Control -- 8 Media and Technology -- 9 Social Stratification in the United States -- 10 Global Inequality -- 11 Race and Ethnicity -- 12 Gender, Sex, and Sexuality -- 13 Aging and the Elderly -- 14 Relationships, Marriage, and Family -- 15 Religion -- 16 Education -- 17 Government and Politics -- 18 Work and the Economy -- 19 Health and Medicine -- 20 Population, Urbanization, and the Environment -- 21 Social Movements and Social Change…”
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Social Problems Continuity and Change

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Understanding Social Problems -- Chapter 2: Poverty -- Chapter 3: Racial and Ethnic Inequality -- Chapter 4: Gender Inequality -- Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation and Inequality -- Chapter 6: Aging and Ageism -- Chapter 7: Alcohol and Other Drugs -- Chapter 8: Crime and Criminal Justice -- Chapter 9: Sexual Behavior -- Chapter 10: The Changing Family -- Chapter 11: Schools and Education -- Chapter 12: Work and the Economy -- Chapter 13: Health and Health Care -- Chapter 14: Urban and Rural Problems -- Chapter 15: Population and the Environment -- Chapter 16: War and Terrorism…”
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Chinese Water Systems Volume 4: Applied Water Management in China /

Table of Contents: “…The planning, management and decision support systems of Kunming's urban drainage system -- 6. Treatment of wastewater with high proportion of industrial wastewater with extreme requirements on the elimination of nutrients -- 7. …”
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Canadian History Post-Confederation by Belshaw, John Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Confederation and the Peoples of Canada -- Chapter 2: Confederation in Conflict -- Chapter 3: Urban, Industrial, and Divided: Socio-Economic Change, 1867-1920 -- Chapter 4: Politics and Conflict in Victorian and Edwardian Canada -- Chapter 5: Immigration and the Immigrant Experience -- Chapter 6: The War Years, 1914-45 -- Chapter 7: Reform Movements from the 1870s to the 1980s -- Chapter 8: The Economy since 1920 -- Chapter 9: Cold War Canada, 1945-1991 -- Chapter 10: This is the Modern World -- Chapter 11: First Nations from Indian Act to Idle No More -- Chapter 12: Canada at the End of History…”
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Circularity Assessment: Macro to Nano Accountability Towards Sustainability /

Table of Contents: “…Circularity at Macro Level: The Urban & National Perspectives -- Chapter 4. Circularity at Meso Level: A Sector Perspective -- Chapter 5. …”
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Freshwater Microplastics Emerging Environmental Contaminants? /

Table of Contents: “…Microplastics are contaminants of emerging concern in freshwater environments: an overview -- Aquatic ecotoxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics - lessons learned from engineered nanomaterials -- Analysis, Occurrence, and Degradation of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment -- Sources and fate of microplastics in urban areas: a focus on Paris Megacity -- Microplastic pollution in inland waters focusing on Asia -- Microplastics in inland African waters: presence, sources and fate -- Modelling the fate and transport of plastic debris in fresh waters. …”
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