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Urban Private Housing in Nigeria : Understanding Residential Quality and Housing Preference Dynamics in Metropolitan Lagos
| Urban Private Housing in Nigeria : Understanding Residential Quality and Housing Preference Dynamics in Metropolitan Lagos |
| Autore | Aliu Ibrahim Rotimi |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Collana | The Urban Book Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-47432-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction to Housing -- 1.1 Background to Residential Quality and Housing Preference -- 1.2 The Housing Research Problem -- 1.3 The Focus and Scope of the Book -- 1.4 Summary -- References -- 2 Lagos Metropolitan Area: Physical, Historical and Housing Development -- 2.1 Lagos Metropolitan Area Location and Physical Attributes -- 2.2 Lagos Climate and Microclimate -- 2.3 Urbanization in Lagos -- 2.4 Historical Accounts of Lagos Settlements -- 2.5 Lagos Economic and Regional Development -- 2.6 Housing Development in Lagos -- 2.7 The Nature of Urban Private Housing Market in Lagos -- 2.8 Summary -- References -- 3 Residential Quality and Housing Preference Theories -- 3.1 Existing Housing Theories -- 3.1.1 Meaning of Housing -- 3.1.2 Residential Quality -- 3.1.3 Housing Need and Housing Demand -- 3.1.4 Housing Preference -- 3.1.5 Theory of Urban Residential Spatial Pattern -- 3.2 Theoretical Basis-Residential Choice Decision Theory -- 3.3 Research Hypotheses -- 3.4 Summary -- References -- 4 Empirical Perspectives on Residential Quality and Housing Preferences -- 4.1 Spatial Polarization, Environmental Attachment and Housing Preferences -- 4.2 Residential Quality, Housing Preferences and Socioeconomic Dynamics -- 4.3 Modeling of Housing Preferences -- 4.4 Summary -- References -- 5 Methods for Assessing Residential Quality and Housing Preferences in Lagos -- 5.1 Nature and Sources of Housing Quality and Preference Data -- 5.2 Research Design and Methods of Data Collection -- 5.2.1 Strategy for Collecting Revealed Housing Preference Data-Observed Choices -- 5.2.2 Strategy for Collecting Stated Housing Preference Data-Conjoint Design -- 5.2.3 Sampling Techniques (Sample Size and Administration of Questionnaires).
5.3 Measures of Variables and Specification of Models -- 5.3.1 Residential Quality Variables for Revealed Preference -- 5.3.2 Residential Quality Variables for Stated Preference -- 5.3.3 Household Characteristics Variables -- 5.3.4 Dependent and Independent Variables -- 5.3.5 Specification of Models -- 5.4 Analytical Techniques -- 5.4.1 Univariate and Bivariate Analysis -- 5.4.2 Multivariate Analysis -- 5.4.3 SMART Analysis -- 5.4.4 Residential Quality and Housing Preference Mapping -- 5.5 Summary -- References -- 6 Lagos Households' Sociodemographic and Housing Characteristics -- 6.1 Demographic Characteristics of Households -- 6.2 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Households -- 6.3 Experiential and Familiarity Attributes of Households -- 6.4 Residential Quality Variables that Shape Housing Choice Formation -- 6.5 Analysis of Association Between Residential Choices and Households' Characteristics -- 6.6 Correlation Between Housing Attributes and Households Characteristics -- 6.7 Testing of Hypotheses -- 6.8 Summary -- References -- 7 Residential Quality and Revealed Housing Preferences in Lagos -- 7.1 Principal Residential Quality Components that Shape Revealed Housing Choices -- 7.1.1 Zero-Order Bivariate Analysis of Residential Quality Variables -- 7.1.2 Extraction of Important Residential Quality Components -- 7.2 Spatial Pattern of Residential Quality Component Scores on LGAs -- 7.2.1 Variations in Dwelling Facility Quality Component Across LGAs -- 7.2.2 Variations in Location Proximity Quality Component Across LGAs -- 7.2.3 Variations in Exterior Quality Component Across LGAs -- 7.2.4 Variations in Interior Quality Across LGAs -- 7.2.5 Variations in Neighborhood Integrity Across LGAs -- 7.2.6 Variations in Social, Barrier and Security Components Across LGAs -- 7.3 Revealed Housing Choice Modeling Results. 7.3.1 Spatial Polarization of Residential Quality and Revealed Housing Choices -- 7.3.2 Determinants of Housing Preferences in Lagos -- 7.3.3 Estimating Residential Quality Choices Based on the Marital Status of Households -- 7.3.4 Estimating Residential Quality Choices Based on Households' Age -- 7.3.5 Estimating Residential Quality Choices Based on Income Groups -- 7.3.6 Estimating Residential Choices by Metropolitan Location -- 7.4 Testing of Hypotheses -- 7.5 Summary -- References -- 8 Residential Quality and Conjoint Housing Preferences in Lagos -- 8.1 Analysis of Residential Quality Variables that Drive Stated Housing Preferences -- 8.1.1 Variation in Residential Quality Preferences in the Housing Density Areas -- 8.1.2 Analysis of Stated Housing Preferences by the SMART Method -- 8.2 Stated Housing Preference Modeling Results -- 8.3 Spatial Polarization of Residential Quality and Stated Housing Preferences -- 8.4 Testing of Hypotheses -- 8.5 Summary -- 9 Discussion and Implications of Empirical Findings on Residential Quality and Housing Preferences -- 9.1 Discussion of Findings -- 9.1.1 Households' Sociodemographic and Residential Characteristics -- 9.1.2 Association Between Residential Quality and Household's Characteristics -- 9.1.3 Spatial Pattern of Residential Quality and Housing Preferences Exhibited in Lagos -- 9.1.4 Households' Characteristics that Determine Housing Preferences in Lagos -- 9.1.5 Comparative Analysis of RP and SP Outcomes: Convergence and Divergence -- 9.2 Implications of Research Findings -- 9.2.1 Study's Implications for Policy -- 9.2.2 Study's Implications for Professional Practice -- 9.2.3 Study's Implications for Theory -- References -- 10 Recommendations and Conclusions on Residential Quality and Housing Preferences -- 10.1 Recommendations -- 10.2 Contributions to Knowledge. 10.3 Conclusions and Areas of Further Research -- References -- Appendix A Study Sampling Units by Wards, LGAS and Neighborhoods -- Appendix B Residential Density Areas and Wards -- Appendix C Multi-attribute Residential Preference (MARP) Survey Questionnaire. |
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Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality : A Global Perspective
| Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality : A Global Perspective |
| Autore | van Ham Maarten |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (518 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TammaruTiit
UbarevičienėRūta JanssenHeleen |
| Collana | The Urban Book |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban & municipal planning
Social issues & processes Economic geography Sociology: work & labour Human geography Population & demography |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)
Social Structure, Social Inequality Economic Geography Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology Human Geography Demography Urban Geography and Urbanism Social Structure Economic Sociology Population and Demography Socio-Economic Segregation Residential Segregation Dissimiliarity Index Income Inequality Occupational Categories Socio-Economic Groups GINI-index Large Cities / Metropoles Neighbourhood Change Open Access Book Urban & municipal planning Social & ethical issues Sociology: work & labour Population & demography |
| ISBN | 3-030-64569-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Rising Inequalities and a Changing Social Geography of Cities. An Introduction to the Global Segregation Book -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Approach and Justification -- 1.3 Income Inequality and Segregation -- 1.4 Main Results in Five Conclusions -- 1.5 A Global Segregation Thesis -- Appendix 1: Guidelines for Authors, Data, and Methods -- Appendix 2: Summary Table of Data Used for Each Case Study City -- Appendix 3: Occupational Structure of Comparable Case Study Cities (Source Individual Chapters in This Book) -- Appendix 4: Dissimilarity Indices Between Top and Bottom Socio-economic Status Groups, in All Years Provided by the Authors (Source Individual Chapters in This Book) -- References -- 2 Residential Segregation Between Income Groups in International Perspective -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Challenges of Comparing Segregation Across Borders -- 2.3 Method and Data -- 2.4 Results -- 2.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part II Africa -- 3 Income Inequality, Socio-Economic Status, and Residential Segregation in Greater Cairo: 1986-2006 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Social Geography of GCR -- 3.3 GCR as a Case in Point -- 3.4 Factors Influencing Residential Segregation in GCR -- 3.4.1 Income Inequality -- 3.4.2 Welfare Regime Politics -- 3.4.3 Centralized Urban Governance -- 3.4.4 Settlement Types: Formal and Informal -- 3.4.5 Housing Policies -- 3.5 Landscape of Residential Segregation in GCR, 1986-2006 -- 3.6 Spatial Distribution of Occupational Groups -- 3.7 Neighborhoods' Leading Specializations -- 3.8 Patterns of Socio-Economic Intermixing -- 3.9 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Social Inequality and Spatial Segregation in Cape Town -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Determinants of Residential Patterns -- 4.2.1 Racial Segregation: 1950s-1980s.
4.2.2 Market-Led Development: 1990s-2020 -- 4.2.3 State-Led Housing: 1990s-2020 -- 4.3 Inequality in the Labour Market -- 4.3.1 Data and Methods -- 4.3.2 Occupational Structure -- 4.3.3 Index of Dissimilarity -- 4.4 Socio-economic Segregation -- 4.4.1 Occupational Location Quotients -- 4.4.2 Socio-economic Status -- 4.4.3 Distribution of the Top Socio-economic Group -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Income Inequality and Socio-economic Segregation in the City of Johannesburg -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Drivers of Dominant Residential Patterns -- 5.2.1 Racial Segregation -- 5.2.2 Housing -- 5.2.3 Suburbs -- 5.3 Inequality in Johannesburg -- 5.3.1 Data Sources -- 5.3.2 Changes in Occupational Structure -- 5.3.3 Income Inequality -- 5.4 Socio-economic Segregation in Johannesburg -- 5.4.1 Dissimilarity Index -- 5.4.2 Location Quotient -- 5.4.3 Classification of Neighbourhoods by Socio-economic Composition -- 5.4.4 Location of Top Socio-economic Status Groups in 2001 and 2011 -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Asia -- 6 Dual Land Regime, Income Inequalities and Multifaceted Socio-Economic and Spatial Segregation in Hong Kong -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Context -- 6.2.1 Dual Land Regime -- 6.2.2 Housing System -- 6.2.3 Welfare System and Inequality -- 6.3 Census Data and Spatial Units -- 6.4 Spatial Patterns of Occupational and Income Disparities -- 6.4.1 Changing Occupational Structure and Growing Income Disparity -- 6.4.2 Socio-Economic Segregation -- 6.4.3 Residential Locations of Top and Bottom SES Workforce -- 6.4.4 Socio-Economic Composition of Neighbourhoods -- 6.5 Underlying Causes for Socio-Spatial Segregation -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Income Inequality and Socioeconomic Segregation in Jakarta -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Jakarta: The Core, Inner Peripheries and Outer Peripheries -- 7.3 Rapid Urbanization and Income Inequality. 7.4 Changes in Occupational Structures -- 7.5 Levels of Residential Segregation Between Socioeconomic Groups -- 7.6 Geography of Residential Segregation Between Socioeconomic Groups -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Socio-spatial Segregation and Exclusion in Mumbai -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Data and Methods -- 8.3 Real Estate and Increase of Slums in the City -- 8.4 Inter-religious Conflicts and the Segregation of Muslims -- 8.5 Segregation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes -- 8.6 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Social Polarization and Socioeconomic Segregation in Shanghai, China: Evidence from 2000 and 2010 Censuses -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Residential Segregation in Large Cities in China -- 9.3 Data and Methods -- 9.3.1 Data -- 9.3.2 Methods -- 9.4 Results -- 9.4.1 Level of Segregation in Shanghai -- 9.4.2 Spatial Pattern of Occupation-Based Segregation in Shanghai -- 9.4.3 Spatial Pattern of Hukou-Based Segregation in Shanghai -- 9.5 Drivers of Changing Patterns of Residential Segregation in Shanghai -- 9.6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- 10 Increasing Inequality and the Changing Spatial Distribution of Income in Tel-Aviv -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Increasing Income Inequality in Israel and Socio-spatial Implications -- 10.3 Inequality Among Socio-demographic Groups in Israel -- 10.4 The Tel-Aviv MA: Development and Transition -- 10.5 Data and Methods -- 10.6 The Segregation Between Income Classes in the Tel-Aviv MA -- 10.7 Changing Spatial Distributions of Top and Bottom Income Quintiles in the Tel-Aviv MA -- 10.8 Changing Socioeconomic Compositions in Tel-Aviv Neighbourhoods -- 10.9 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Changes in Occupational Structure and Residential Segregation in Tokyo -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Context -- 11.2.1 Income Inequality -- 11.2.2 Welfare System -- 11.2.3 Housing System -- 11.2.4 Urban Policy. 11.3 Data and Methods -- 11.4 Occupational Structure -- 11.5 Residential Segregation -- 11.6 Spatial Distribution of Occupational Groups -- 11.6.1 Concentration of the Top Occupational Groups -- 11.6.2 Location Quotient for the Top and Bottom Occupational Groups -- 11.6.3 Classification of Neighborhoods by Socio-economic Composition -- 11.7 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV Australia -- 12 The Land of the 'Fair Go'? Mapping Income Inequality and Socioeconomic Segregation Across Melbourne Neighbourhoods -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Welfare in Australia -- 12.3 Income Inequality in Australia -- 12.4 The Australian Housing System -- 12.5 Greater Melbourne -- 12.6 Neighbourhoods in the Australian Context -- 12.7 Change in Occupational Structure in Melbourne -- 12.8 Socioeconomic Segregation in Melbourne -- 12.8.1 Dissimilarity Index -- 12.8.2 Location Quotients (LQs) -- 12.8.3 Local Moran's I (LM-I) -- 12.8.4 Classification of Neighbourhoods by Socioeconomic Composition -- 12.8.5 Location of the Top Socioprofessional Group -- 12.9 Socioeconomic Segregation and Ethnic Segregation Patterns -- 12.10 Conclusions -- References -- Part V Europe -- 13 Making Sense of Segregation in a Well-Connected City: The Case of Berlin -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 From Divided to Gentrified City -- 13.3 Methods -- 13.4 Socioeconomic Segregation -- 13.5 Segregation by Foreigner/Migration Background -- 13.6 How Does Segregation Matter? -- 13.7 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Socio-spatial Disparities in Brussels and its Hinterland -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Background -- 14.3 Space, Data and Methods -- 14.3.1 Space Delimitation and Spatial Units -- 14.3.2 Data and Definitions -- 14.3.3 Methods -- 14.4 Findings -- 14.4.1 Location Quotients -- 14.4.2 Income Classification of Neighbourhoods -- 14.4.3 Location of High-Income Earners. 14.4.4 Dissimilarity Indices -- 14.4.5 The Local Spots of Change -- 14.5 Discussion -- References -- 15 Residential Segregation in a Highly Unequal Society: Istanbul in the 2000s -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Background: Frantic years of 2000s -- 15.3 Studying Segregation in Istanbul -- 15.4 Data and Method -- 15.5 Results -- 15.5.1 Classification and Mapping of Neighbourhoods -- 15.5.2 From 2000 to 2017: Exodus of the Poor -- 15.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 16 Segregation in London: A City of Choices or Structures? -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.1.1 Ethnicity -- 16.1.2 Economic -- 16.1.3 Housing -- 16.1.4 Chapter Outline -- 16.2 Inequality and Occupational Segregation -- 16.3 Location Quotient Maps -- 16.4 Maps of Typologies -- 16.4.1 Location of the Top Occupational Group -- 16.5 Contrasting Dimensions of Segregation -- 16.6 Conclusions -- References -- 17 Income Inequality and Segregation in the Paris Metro Area (1990-2015) -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Background -- 17.2.1 The Role of Immigrant Residential Segregation -- 17.2.2 The Role of Urban Policy and Public Housing -- 17.2.3 The Role of Rising Income Inequality -- 17.3 Data and Methods -- 17.4 Results -- 17.4.1 Changes in Occupational Structure and Inequality -- 17.4.2 Residential Patterns of Occupational Groups in the Paris Metro Area -- 17.4.3 Occupational and Immigrant Segregation -- 17.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part VI North America -- 18 Growing Income Inequality and Socioeconomic Segregation in the Chicago Region -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The Chicago Region -- 18.2.1 The Economy -- 18.2.2 The Welfare System -- 18.2.3 Demographics -- 18.2.4 The Housing System -- 18.3 Analysis and Results -- 18.3.1 Income Inequality -- 18.3.2 Occupational Structure -- 18.3.3 Dissimilarity Index -- 18.3.4 Location of Top Occupational Groups -- 18.3.5 Location Quotients (LQs). 18.3.6 Residential Segregation Based on Socioeconomic Status. |
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Urinary Stents : Current State and Future Perspectives
| Urinary Stents : Current State and Future Perspectives |
| Autore | Soria Federico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (450 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RakoDuje
de GraafPetra |
| Soggetto topico |
Urology & urogenital medicine
Surgery |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Urinary biomaterials
Coating stents Antifouling Hydrodynamics urinary tract Bacterial adhesion |
| ISBN | 3-031-04484-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586622703321 |
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US Economic Policy in the 21st Century
| US Economic Policy in the 21st Century |
| Autore | Mourmouras Alexandros |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RangazasPeter |
| Collana | Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-36437-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Twenty-First Century Economics -- The Fiscal Crisis -- Slowing Economic Growth -- Diminishing Returns -- Slowdown in the Rate of Capital Investment -- Technological Progress to the Rescue? -- Increasing Income Inequality -- Geopolitical Tensions and Globalization -- Climate Change -- Connections -- Failed Education Policy Causes Slow Growth, Rising Wage Inequality, Economic Frustration, and the Rise of Populism -- Economic Frustration Creates Popular Resistance to Needed Reforms of Fiscal, Climate Change, and International Policies -- Current Fiscal Policies Crowd Out Private and Public Investment, Reduce Economic Growth, and Are the Primary Source of the Fis... -- Needed Policy Reforms Face Major Political Obstacles -- Political Advantage to Comprehensive Reforms -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Fiscal Policy -- The Unsustainable US Fiscal Path -- The Government Intertemporal Budget Constraint -- Sustainable Fiscal Policies -- Economic Effects of Sustainable Intergenerational Redistribution -- The Government Investment Gap -- Money Financing and the COVID-19 Recession -- Long-Run Economic Effects -- New Generational Tensions -- Public Health Policy -- The Crucial Role of Interest Rates -- Why Are Interest Rates Low? -- Will Interest Rates Remain Low? -- If Interest Rates Do Remain Low, Does the Fiscal Crisis Disappear? -- If Interest Rates Do Remain Low, What Should the Government Do to Exploit the Opportunity? -- Waiting for Fiscal Reforms -- Fiscal Reform Suggestions -- Aging and Healthcare Costs -- Improving Tax Compliance -- Removal of Tax Expenditures -- Tax Rates and Tax Revenue -- Efficiency-Promoting Taxation -- Consumption Taxes -- Short-Run Effects of Fiscal Consolidation -- Summary of Policy Reforms -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Chapter 3: Human Capital Policy.
The Good -- The Bad -- The Ugly -- Making of the Public University Corporation -- Education and Wage Inequality -- Other Candidates for Rising Wage Inequality -- Education and the Fiscal Gap -- Technological Progress and Wage Inequality -- Education Deniers -- Education and Labor Force Participation -- Human Capital Policy Reforms -- Pre-school Investments -- Vocational Training -- Less Funding and Higher Standards in Public Universities -- Student Loan Forgiveness? -- Summary of Reforms to Human Capital Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: International Economic Policy -- The Trade of Goods and Services -- Effects of Trade on the Average Household -- Total Economic Effects from US Trade -- Marginal Effects from Changes in Trade Policy -- The Welfare Effects of US Trade: Summary -- Distributional Effects from Trade -- Standard Argument for a Link Between Trade and Inequality -- Other Ways Trade May Raise Inequality -- Distributional Effects of Trade: Summary -- International Trade of Assets -- 1800-1880 The US Industrial Revolution -- 1980-Present -- Problematic Persistent Trade Deficits? -- Offshoring -- Immigration -- Economic Effects of Immigration -- Physical Capital Adjustment -- Heterogeneous Labor and Complementarity of Inputs -- Externalities and Technological Progress -- Empirical Evidence -- Summary -- Border Crises -- Policy Suggestions to Benefit More from International Activity -- Foreign Aid -- Unconditional Aid Is Not Growth-Promoting -- Domestic Conflict over Growth Policies -- Prohibitive Aid Cost -- Humanitarian Aid -- Reforming Foreign Aid -- Needed: Accountants Without Borders -- Alternative Pre-conditions for Aid -- Multilateral Aid -- A Knowledge Bank of Development Projects -- Deal with Corruption First -- Appendix -- Basic Model -- Production with Heterogeneous Labor -- What Has Caused the Rise in Inequality? -- References. Chapter 5: Climate Policy -- The Climate Change Target -- Economic Effects of Climate Change -- The Marginal Social Cost of Carbon Emissions -- The Marginal Abatement Cost of Limiting Climate Change -- The Optimal Level of Carbon Emissions -- Climate Policy in Theory -- Issues in Setting Climate Policy -- Rising Carbon Tax -- Carbon Pricing: Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade -- Costs of Taxation -- International Dimension -- Carbon Border Tax -- Uncertainties and Optimal Climate Policy -- Climate R& -- D -- Climate Policy in Practice -- The Climate Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis -- What Should (Can) the USA Do? -- References -- Chapter 6: Policy Reforms Summary -- Is Government Failure Inevitable? -- Economic Challenges -- Slowing Long-Run Economic Growth -- Rising Income Inequality -- Looming Fiscal and Financial Crises -- Geopolitical Tensions -- Climate Change -- Policy Reforms -- Step 1: Human Capital Reforms -- Step 2: Resist De-Globalization -- Step 3: Fiscal Consolidation and Climate Policy -- Emergency Actions -- Changes in Tax Policy -- Raising the Tax Base -- Cutting Government Spending -- References -- Index. |
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Using 137Cs Resampling Method to Estimate Mean Soil Erosion Rates for Selected Time Windows
| Using 137Cs Resampling Method to Estimate Mean Soil Erosion Rates for Selected Time Windows |
| Autore | Porto Paolo |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 pages) |
| Disciplina | 519.54 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FulajtarEmil
Kheng HengLee |
| Collana | Environmental Science and Engineering Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-52807-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Geographical Overview of 137Cs Resampling Studies -- 2.1 Using 137Cs Resampling Method in North America and Australia: A Review -- 2.1.1 Contributions from Canada -- 2.1.2 Contributions from the USA -- 2.1.3 Contribution from Australia -- 2.1.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- 2.2 Using 137Cs Resampling Approach in Europe -- 2.2.1 Contributions from Italy: Using a 137Cs Resampling Technique to Investigate Soil Erosion and Sediment Mobilisation in Small Uncultivated Catchments -- 2.2.2 Comparing Soil Redistribution Estimates of Two Selected Time Windows Using the 137Cs Resampling Approach in Mountain Agroecosystems of Northern Spain -- 2.3 Contributions from Asia: Using the 137Cs Resampling Approach to Investigate Soil Erosion Rates in the Loess Plateau, China -- 2.3.1 Soil Redistribution Estimated by 137Cs Responding to Land Use Change -- 2.3.2 Soil Redistribution Changes Assessed Using 137Cs Resampling Under Persisting Land Use -- 2.4 Contribution from Africa: Use of 137Cs Resampling Approach to Assess Changing Soil Erosion and Deposition Rates in Morocco -- References -- 3 Validating 137Cs Resampling Approach by Comparing with Conventional Erosion Plot Measurements: An Example of Cultivated Site in Italy -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Study Area Selection (Step 1) -- 3.2.1 Conventional Measurements of Soil Loss at Experimental Plots -- 3.3 First and Second Sampling Campaign for 137Cs Measurements (Steps 2 and 3) -- 3.4 Data Analysis and Evaluation (Step 4) -- 3.4.1 Radiometric Analyses -- 3.4.2 Depth Distribution of 137Cs Inventories -- 3.4.3 Choice of 137Cs Reference Inventories: Earlier Values or New Sampling?.
3.5 Problems Due to the Different Locations of the Samples Collected During the Two Sampling Campaigns and the Effects of Spatial Micro-Variability (Step 5) -- 3.6 Selection of the Conversion Model to Convert the 137Cs Data into Soil Erosion Rates (Step 6) -- 3.7 Results of Conventional Measurements of Soil Erosion Rates at the Experimental Plot -- 3.8 Comparing Erosion Rates Obtained by Conventional Measurements at Erosion Plots and by the 137Cs Resampling Technique: A Validation Exercise (Step 7) -- 3.8.1 Spatial Reference Approach -- 3.8.2 Traditional Reference Approach -- 3.9 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Step-By-Step Protocol to Apply the 137Cs Resampling Approach to Assess Soil Erosion During Chosen Time Periods -- 4.1 Protocol for Application of 137Cs Resampling Method -- 4.2 Possible Study Objectives, Opportunities and Advantages of Using 137Cs Resampling Technique -- References. |
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Using Literature to Learn and Teach Language : The L3 Approach
| Using Literature to Learn and Teach Language : The L3 Approach |
| Autore | Griffiths Carol |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| ISBN | 9783031545542 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910855375503321 |
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Using social theory in higher education / / Remy Y. S. Low, Suzanne Egan, Amani Bell, editors
| Using social theory in higher education / / Remy Y. S. Low, Suzanne Egan, Amani Bell, editors |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Disciplina | 370.72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Education - Study and teaching (Higher)
Education, Higher - Research Social sciences - Philosophy |
| ISBN | 3-031-39817-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910753397103321 |
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Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts : Fair and Unfair Cities
| Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts : Fair and Unfair Cities |
| Autore | Kelly Michael G |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.93321732 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PazMariano |
| Collana | Literary Urban Studies |
| ISBN | 3-031-25855-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Fair and Unfair Cities: Equity, Ideology, Utopia -- Locating Utopia and Dystopia -- Utopia as Method and the Specificity of the Urban -- Volume Structure and Composition -- Works Cited -- Part I: Histories of the Future -- Chapter 2: The Dialectics of Revery: Daydreaming and the (Un)Fair City, 1794-1922 -- Beauty and Justice -- Daydreaming as Mode of Literary Cognition -- Revery and Totality: Between Dystopia and Utopia -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3: Utopia as Urban Testing Ground: Spatial and Social Forms in the Works of Ebenezer Howard and H.G. Wells -- Two Utopian Proposals -- A Transdisciplinary Definition of Utopia -- Comparative Scales -- Small Scale-The Lack of the Individual -- Medium Scale-The City as a Solution to Class Struggles -- Large Scale-An Overarching System -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 4: Utopia and Agoraphobia in 1920s Marseilles: Empty Space in the Work of László Moholy-Nagy and Siegfried Kracauer -- Modernism and the Void: Agoraphilia and Agoraphobia -- Modernism in Marseilles: Moholy-Nagy -- Agoraphobia in Marseilles: Kracauer -- Demolition in Marseilles: A Context for Moholy-Nagy and Kracauer -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5: Ideological Troubles in the Proletarian Paradise: The Four Cities of Werner Illing's Utopolis (1930) -- Plot Outline -- A Tale of Four Cities -- Futura: The Ideal Proletarian City -- Utopolis: The Hubris of the Tower -- U-Privat: Zeitkritik of the Weimar Republic -- Utopolis and Metropolis: The City as Countertext -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 6: Prince Charles' A Vision of Britain as Populist Retrotopia -- A New Urbanist's Mission against the Modern Movement -- The Royal Populist -- A Nostalgist's Retrotopia for Reinstating the Architecture of the Past.
The Case of Poundbury: Retrotopia Realised -- Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Part II: Reclaiming and Remaking -- Chapter 7: 'Another World is Plantable': Community Gardening and Urban Planning -- Clearing: Creating the Garden -- Enclosure: Fencing the Garden -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 8: Imaginaries of the Future City: Envisioning Climate Change and Technological Cityscapes through Dutch Contemporary Speculative Fiction -- The Rise of the 'Future Novel' in the Netherlands -- Questioning the 'Absence of Climate' in Dutch Fiction -- Spatial Referentiality: The 'Randstad' Versus the Hinterlands -- Temporal Referentiality: Recognizably Near -- Looking for Utopian Hope -- Works Cited -- Chapter 9: Both Kinds of Occupation: Reclaiming and Remaking the City in Contemporary Poetry -- Meaningful Occupation in Everyday Life -- Occupying Social Space -- Works Cited -- Chapter 10: Navigating Beyond Gender: The City in Feminist Science Fiction -- Our Texts -- Running Away from Home -- Blinded by the (Street) Light -- Claiming the Right to the City -- Not Around, But Through -- Works Cited -- Chapter 11: Pathways Towards Utterance in Contemporary French Poetic Practice: Framing the Urban Real -- Works Cited -- Part III: Fictional Fieldwork -- Chapter 12: Aztecs and Angels in Mexico City: Urban Palimpsests and Social Critique in Fictions by Homero Aridjis and Edgar Clement -- Urban Stratification and Oppression -- Authoritarianism and Spatial Resistance -- Urban Memory, Identity and Regeneration -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 13: Utopianism and the Writing of Lisbon in José Saramago's Historical Fiction -- Lisbon Imaginaries, Saramago's Utopianism, and Types of Historical Fiction -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 14: Unruly Utopia: Divergent Spatialities in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities -- From Amaurot to Venice. Kaleidoscopic Urban Space -- The Desert and the City: Two Logics of Space -- Space and Perspectivism -- The Utopian Whatever -- Works Cited -- Chapter 15: Confronting Otherness: The Built Environments in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt -- A Network of Special Cities -- The Framework for Interpretation: Strategy and Tactics, Visual and Tactile -- The Interpretation: Places and the Confronted Otherness -- Conclusion: A Collective and Its Otherness -- Works Cited -- Chapter 16: 'City Which Holds All Times and Places': On Urban Landscape in Maggie Gee's The Flood -- Landscape as Presentation and Representation -- The Flood in Literary Criticism -- The Perceived Landscape of Anthropogenic Violence and Environmental Agency -- The Conceived Landscape: Cultural Allusion in the Anthropocene -- The Lived Landscape, from the Anthropocene to Alterity -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Vaccine Communication Online : Counteracting Misinformation, Rumors and Lies
| Vaccine Communication Online : Counteracting Misinformation, Rumors and Lies |
| Autore | Ginossar Tamar |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| Disciplina | 615.372 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ShahSayyed Fawad Ali
WeissDavid |
| ISBN | 3-031-24490-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Nature of the Problem -- Preview of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Vaccine Misinformation on Social Media: Historical Contexts, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward -- Variolation -- The Smallpox Vaccine -- The Polio Vaccine -- The Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP) Vaccine -- The MMR Vaccine -- The HPV Vaccine -- Vaccine Hesitancy in the Twenty-First Century -- COVID-19 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: HPV Vaccine Misinformation Online: A Narrative Scoping Review -- Prevalence of Online HPV Vaccine Misinformation -- Characteristics of Online HPV Vaccine Misinformation -- Susceptibility to Online HPV Vaccine Misinformation -- Impact of Online HPV Vaccine Misinformation -- Mitigating the Impact of Online HPV Vaccine Misinformation -- Discussion -- Summary of Findings -- Directions for Future Research -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Analyzing Social-Cyber Maneuvers for Spreading COVID-19 Pro- and Anti- Vaccine Information -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Vaccine Discussion on Social Media -- Social Cybersecurity -- Bend Framework -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Bot Annotation -- Linguistic Cues Annotation -- Stance Annotation -- Online Maneuvers Annotation Using the BEND Framework -- Results and Discussion -- Key Influencers -- Narratives Through Hashtags -- Comparing Narrative Maneuvers: Explain and Dismay -- Comparing Network Maneuvers: Back and Neutralize -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Vaccine Support and Hesitancy on Twitter: Opposing Views, Similar Strategies, and the Mixed Impact of Conspiracy Theories -- Literature Review -- Health Information Online -- Common Vaccination Themes -- Engagement -- Research Questions -- Methods -- Data -- Coding -- Findings -- Discussion.
Opposing Views, Similar Strategies -- Conspiracy Theories Are Not Successful for Everyone -- Vaccine Type Matters -- Limitations and Future Studies -- References -- Chapter 6: Online Foreign Propaganda Campaigns and Vaccine Misinformation: A Comparative Analysis -- Vaccine Misinformation and the (Renewed) Resistance to Vaccines -- Current Study: A Comparative Look at Vaccine Discourse in Foreign Propaganda -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 7: Online Public Outreach to Promote Public Health: Insights from Israeli Non-Governmental Organizations -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Deficit-model Communication of Evidence-based Information -- Dialogue -- Participation in Policymaking -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: From Polio to Covid-19: Anti-Vaccine Misinformation and Rumors in Pakistan -- Introduction -- Polio Endgame and Online Misinformation -- Misinformation and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Misinformation about the Origin and Severity of the Virus -- Playing Down the Severity of COVID-19 -- Misinformation about Treatment -- Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccine -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Promoting Dialogue by Thinking Differently about Framing and Correcting Misinformation -- Introduction -- Information from Sources Other Than Government Authorities Should Not Be Automatically Assumed to Constitute Misinformation or Disinformation -- Why Do People Seek Information from Unofficial Sources? -- Who Spreads Fake News? -- What Groups Are Responsible for Generating and Disseminating Misinformation? -- Who Are the Stakeholders That Correct Misinformation Disseminated on Social Media? -- The Debate Surrounding How to Correct Misinformation, Disinformation, and Fake News. Conclusion: Implementing Communication Strategies: in Conveying Their Messages, Health Authorities Should Apply the Same Tools They Ask Citizens to Apply in Examining Information -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Practical Implications -- State of the Field and Future Research -- Reference -- Index. |
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Ginossar Tamar
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The Valuation of Digital Intangibles : Technology, Marketing, and the Metaverse
| The Valuation of Digital Intangibles : Technology, Marketing, and the Metaverse |
| Autore | Moro-Visconti Roberto |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (821 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| ISBN |
9783031092374
9783031092367 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910590070503321 |
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Moro-Visconti Roberto
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