This updated edition of British Urban Policy provides a comprehensive account of the policies, programmes, and effects of one of the most controversial urban policy programmes ever brought to bear upon British cities.

Mrs. Charnley, an American social worker, spent six months in Italy on a Fulbright grant as a consultant to Italian child welfare agencies and...

This proceedings volume of the ISEA 2008 examines sports engineering, an interdisciplinary subject which encompasses and integrates not only sports science and ...

This is a step by step guide to leaning how to ride a unicycle. Tips and secrets for the giraffe unicycle and the ultimate wheel ...

Sulfur is one of the most versatile elements in life due to its reactivity in different oxidation and reduction states. In phototrophic organisms, the redox properties of sulfur in proteins, and...

The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural ...

This book is a survey of exchange-rate economics. Using the latest econometric techniques, it covers the main theories that ...

This report is based on surveys by UNEP teams in the field working with other UN agencies, governments and ...

China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa - home to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most formidable development ...

Firms and entrepreneurs of all types¡ªfrom microenterprises to multinationals¡ªplay a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive ...

The World Economic and Social Survey 2007 analyses the challenges and opportunities associated with ageing populations and ...

The 2007 Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) assesses the contributions of developing countries, developed countries, and ...

The region's oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social developments forecasts the ...

The whole world wants to invest in India. But how to do this successfully? Written by two Indian financial experts with a seasoned expert of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this ...

Measuring metabolic rates is central to important questions in many areas of scientific research. Unfortunately these measurements are anything but straightforward, and ...