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Water societies and technologies from the past and present
Today our societies face great challenges with water, in terms of both quantity and quality, but many of these challenges have already existed in the past. Focusing on Asia, Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present seeks to highlight the issues that emerge or re-emerge across different societies and periods, and asks what they can tell us about water sustainability. Incorporat…
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- 9781911576693
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- xix, 311 p. : ill.
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- 333.911 ZHU w
Building innovation capabilities for sustainable industrialisation: renewable…
This book argues that renewable electrification in developing countries provides important opportunities for local economic development, but new pathways are required for turning these opportunities into successful reality. Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialisation offers a novel input into the debate on development of capabilities for sustainable industrialisation and …
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- 9781003054665
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- xxi, 280 p . : ill.
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- Pathways to Sustainability
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- 333.7091724 LEM b
The Jewish unions in America : pages of history and memories
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle th…
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- 9781783743551
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- 322 p. ; ill
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- 331.880973 WEI t
Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai Dabbawalas
Every day in Mumbai 5,000 dabbawalas (literally translated as "those who carry boxes") distribute a staggering 200,000 home-cooked lunchboxes to the city’s workers and students. Giving employment and status to thousands of largely illiterate villagers from Mumbai's hinterland, this co-operative has been in operation since the late nineteenth century. It provides one of the most efficient deli…
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- 9781909254022
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- xv, 214 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 394.12 RON f
Industry 0.4 and regional transformation
This volume brings together expert contributors to explore opportunities and challenges that Industry 4.0 is likely to pose for regions, firms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase in reshoring.
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- 9780429057984
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- xviii, 257 p. : ill.
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- 338.064094 BAI i
Empowering civil society in the industrial revolution 4.0
This article describes the efforts made by the government to increase the participation of beginner voters in the simultaneous general election held in 2019. The study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type. Data was collected through interviews, observations, and documentation. Data was analyzed using an interactive model with three activities flowing together, namely reducing …
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- 9781003180128
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- xv, 183 p.
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- 370.11509598 SUK e
Better work : the impact of automation, flexibilization and intensification o…
This is an Open Access book. How can we make work better? It is an important question, one that the Dutch government, employers’ organizations and trade unions have been grappling with. People work to make money. But work also inspires self-respect, shapes our identity and gives us a sense of belonging – especially when the work we do is good. Good work is essential to prosperity in the bro…
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- 9783030786823
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- x, 204p. : ill.
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- 331 KRE b
Parenting and work in Poland : a gender studies perspective
The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by individual preferences and choices, but significantly by the institutional context, in particular the family policy system, as we…
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- 9783030663032
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- xii, 107p. : ill.
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- 305 SUW p
The coupling of safety and security : exploring interrelations in theory and …
This open access book explores the synergies and tensions between safety and security management from a variety of perspectives and by combining input from numerous disciplines. It defines the concepts of safety and security, and discusses the methodological, organizational and institutional implications that accompany approaching them as separate entities and combining them, respectively. T…
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- 9783030472290
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- viii, 113p. : ill.
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- 363.11 COU c
Craftspeople and designer makers in the contemporary creative economy
This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers…
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- 9783030449797
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- xv, 259p. : ill.
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- 338.6425 LUC c
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