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Free Download The Socio-spatial Design of Community and Governance: Interdisciplinary Urban Design in China by Sam Jacoby
English | EPUB | 2020 | 230 Pages | ISBN : 9811568103 | 209.4 MB
This book proposes a new interdisciplinary understanding of urban design in China based on a study of the transformative effects of socio-spatial design and planning on communities and their governance.

Free Download Innovation and Research – A Driving Force for Socio-Econo-Technological Development: Proceedings of the CI3 2021 by Marcelo Zambrano Vizuete, Miguel Botto-Tobar, Angela Diaz Cadena, Benjamin Durakovic
English | EPUB(True) | 2022 | 644 Pages | ISBN : 303111437X | 100 MB
This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Innovation and Research-A Driving Force for Socio-Econo-Technological Development (CI3 2021). CI3 was held on September 1-3, 2021. It was organized by the Instituto Tecnológico Superior Rumiñahui and GDEON, in co-organization with Higher Institutes: Bolivariano de Tecnología, Central Técnico, Espíritu Santo, José Chiriboga Grijalva, ISMAC, Policía Nacional del Ecuador Vida Nueva; and sponsored by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru), Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil) and City University of New York (United States). CI3 aims to disseminate the research project results that are being carried out in different Higher Education Institutions, research centers, and the business sector.

Free Download The Socio-spatial Design of Community and Governance: Interdisciplinary Urban Design in China by Sam Jacoby
English | EPUB | 2020 | 230 Pages | ISBN : 9811568103 | 209.4 MB
This book proposes a new interdisciplinary understanding of urban design in China based on a study of the transformative effects of socio-spatial design and planning on communities and their governance.

Free Download Johannes Müller, "Perspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations in Ancient Europe "
English | ISBN: 3031533135 | 2024 | 388 pages | PDF | 20 MB
This open access book brings together key issues from transformative processes and events across Europe (and in some cases beyond) from 15,000 to 1 BCE. This volume covers the research output produced by the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1266 "Scales of Transformation" – the first interdisciplinary centre to diachronically investigate transformations in past societies with a summary of their individual aspects from the Late Palaeolithic to the Roman Period.

Free Download Ankur Konar, "Contextualizing Urban Narratives through the Socio-Spatial Dialectic"
English | ISBN: 103640093X | 2024 | 112 pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book examines how urban narratives explore the complexities of city life, including the diversity of its inhabitants, the challenges of urbanization, and the impact of social and economic disparities. They may delve into such topics as crime, poverty, gentrification, and the struggle for identity and belonging in different bustling metropolis settings like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Benaras, Edinburgh and Glasgow. This monograph provides a lens through which authors and storytellers examine and reflect upon the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of urban life. It seeks to reiterate how the discourse of urban narratives refers to the specific language, themes, and ideas that are commonly found in stories set in urban environments, and encompasses the ways in which urban spaces are portrayed, the issues and conflicts that arise within these settings, and the social, cultural, and political commentary that is often embedded in these narratives.

Free Download The Social Metabolism: A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change by Manuel González de Molina , Víctor M. Toledo
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 434 Pages | ISBN : 303148410X | 33.9 MB
This book helps readers to understand the fast growing and timely concept of social metabolism. The authors shed a light on the different existing terms and methodologies that have been developed over the years. Through the study of history, readers will get an understanding of the main currents or schools that exist around this concept and their main findings. Also provides examples of how to apply the metabolic approach at different territorial and temporal scales and using different methodological tools. The book presents a novel socio-metabolic theory of historical change, in which biophysical and social variables are combined in an integrated way to understand the dynamics of socio-metabolic transitions.

Free Download Navigating Europe’s Socio-Economic Crisis: The Impact of Inflation, the Energy Crisis, and the Conflict in Ukraine on the Czech Republic and Beyond by Robin Maialeh
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 189 Pages | ISBN : 3031448723 | 14.6 MB
This book provides an insightful guide to the economic challenges currently defining Europe. With a particular focus on the Czech economy, it examines the impact of rampant inflation, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis and evaluates the social impacts of them. Through an empirical analysis, the asymmetric effects of these shocks are highlighted in relation to different social groups. Furthermore, it engages with related issues such as migration and integration policies, the evolution of the labour market, disparities in inflation’s impact, and household energy expenditure.

Free Download Blockchain: Capabilities, Economic Viability, and the Socio-Technical Environment By Nils Braun-Dubler; Hans-Peter Gier; Tetiana Bulatnikova; Manuel Langhart; Manuela Merki; Florian Roth; Antoine Burret; Simon Perdrisat
2020 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 3728140163 | PDF | 9 MB
Blockchain is widely considered a new key technology. The Foundation for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) has proposed a comprehensive assessment of blockchain technologies. With this publication, TA-SWISS provides the much-needed social contextualisation of blockchain.The first, more technical part of the study takes an in-depth look at how blockchain functions and examines the economic potential of this technology. By analysing multiple real-world applications, the study sheds light on where the blockchain has advantages over traditional applications and where existing technologies continue to be the better solution.The second part of the study examines how blockchain became mainstream. It explores the origins of blockchain in the early history of information technology and computer networks. The study also reveals the impact blockchain has on industrial and public spaces. Finally, it discusses the social implications and challenges of blockchain against the background of a new socio-technical environment.

Free Download Architecture Modernization
by Nicholas Tune, Jean-Georges Perrin
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1633438155 | 490 pages | True PDF | 20.4 MB

Free Download Lena Tambs, "Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris (2-Vol. Set): A Network Analytical Approach to a Bilingual Community "
English | ISBN: 9004500251 | 2022 | pages | PDF | 10 MB
This study tackles pertinent questions about daily life and socio-economic interactions in the late Ptolemaic town of Pathyris (186-88 BCE) through an empirically grounded network analysis of 428 Greek and Demotic documents associated with 21 archives from the site.