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The Social Sciences collection forms a definitive resource for those entering, researching, or teaching in any of the many disciplines making up this interdisciplinary area of study. Written by experts and researchers from both Academic and Commercial domains, titles offer global scope and perspectives.

Key subject areas include: Library and Information Science; Transportation; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning, and Development; Security; Emergency Management.

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Smart Infrastructure Management

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Shi Qiu + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 0 1 7 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 0 1 8 - 5
Smart Infrastructure Management provides an inter-disciplinary exploration of this intricate and dynamic landscape, with an overarching aim of providing theoretical and practical understanding of state-of-the-art technologies that can effectively support a variety of stakeholders. The book examines the evolutionary trajectory, inherent challenges, and pivotal methodologies for modern-day infrastructure management, with a narrative that traverses the complex frameworks of different domains to coordinate a transformative, fully integrated approach. The appeal of the investigation is thus expanded from researchers and students to professionals across diverse fields, ensuring that actionable strategies are also incorporated in industry practice.Data collection and sensors, spatial modeling and simulation tools, asset management, preventative or predictive maintenance measures, computational techniques, cybersecurity, decision support systems, and the transformative influence of smart cities contribute to the book’s breadth and depth. Real-world case studies are strategically interwoven throughout, offering tangible examples of encouragingly successful implementations and valuable lessons learned.

Smart Nation

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Abdullah Alfaiz
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 1 2 7 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 1 2 8 - 1
Smart Nation: Redefining Nations for Global Sustainability demonstrates how embracing full-scale adoption and purposeful application of digital, interoperable instruments, and ecosystems can help shape integrated and streamlined governance, leading to more efficient and equitable administrative efforts while fostering collaborative strategies to achieve sustainable outcomes that transcend national boundaries. This comprehensive reference resource not only offers the latest research in this innovative context but also reviews successful international cases, with very practical insights into these countries’ revolutionary, future-forward trajectories that are making pivotal waves in addressing multi-layer challenges across social, economic, and environmental spheres and enhancing living standards.The volume, written by an expert with decades of experience in both the education sector and in professional practice, aims to cater to a variety of audiences across disciplines who seek an invaluably detailed development blueprint bolstered by continued innovation benefitting the collective and our planet.

Assembling Smart Cyber-Physical Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Zakaria Benomar + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 8 3 7 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 8 3 8 - 7
Assembling Smart Cyber-Physical Systems: Heterogeneous, Diffuse and Green Technological Infrastructures for Cities and Industries offers a comprehensive approach on how to design, implement, and use Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs)-computing systems with a strong interaction between the physical environment (equipped with sensors and actuators) and the cyber realm (the Cloud). Through a carefully structured methodological approach to systems design, readers will learn how the infrastructure continuum represents our environment, where we can move from edge computing to the Cloud, going through fog resources to set up an entire framework for services deployment and application in smart cities and industries.As dealing with complex systems has become increasingly difficult, CPSs are increasingly critical to cope with integrating software, which people are used to, with hardware, which is distributed among different domains. This book shows how to deal with such systems where there is no distinction among the different parts: computing, storage, networking, and IoT all contribute to setting up the modern processing environments, thus it is mandatory to keep them simultaneously under control.

Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Simon Elias Bibri + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 3 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 4 - 7
Innovative approaches to urban development are transforming cities worldwide. Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Innovations in Urban Planning and Climate Resilience explores the advanced convergence of smart city technologies, digital twin applications, smart urban metabolism, and circular economy principles. This comprehensive resource offers insights into sustainable urban practices, environmental planning, and innovative approaches to address the multifaceted challenges posed by rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, and climate change.In a rapidly changing world where smart cities are becoming the norm, this book provides a detailed and nuanced understanding of how digital twin technologies, smart urban metabolism frameworks, and circular economy models can be applied to foster sustainable urban development. As the field of smart cities and sustainability expands, the need for an integrative resource that captures the latest advancements, practical applications, and theoretical frameworks has become more pressing. This book meets this need by offering a holistic perspective that bridges urban planning, environmental sustainability, and the transformative potential of digital twins and smart urban metabolism within smart circular city frameworks.Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Innovations in Urban Planning and Climate Resilience equips readers with practical insights and solutions to navigate the complexities of contemporary urban development. It is an invaluable resource for urban planners, environmental scientists, policymakers, and technology experts interested in sustainable development practices. Through real-world applications, foundational theory, and forward-thinking strategies, it empowers readers with the knowledge to address the pressing environmental and infrastructural challenges associated with the future of smart cities.

Net-Zero Transit

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Paul C. Okonkwo + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 7 3 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 7 4 - 3
Net-Zero Transit: The Future of Eco-Friendly Transportation thoroughly examines the possible future of environmentally friendly transportation, presenting creative approaches and tactics to attain a transit sector with no net emissions. The book explores the convergence of technology, politics, and consumer behavior to provide a comprehensive perspective on achieving environmentally friendly transportation worldwide. The authors illustrate the practicality and advantages of adopting environmentally friendly transportation systems through the examination of real-life examples and the analysis of data.The authors offer practical assistance for establishing sustainable practices in the transit sector by emphasizing successful efforts and innovative solutions. In addition, they provide valuable perspectives on possible obstacles and hurdles that may occur throughout the shift towards achieving net-zero emissions, as well as suggestions for effectively addressing and surmounting them. It uses theoretical analysis and case studies to explore the benefits and challenges of transitioning to a zero-net-carbon transportation system. The economic, social, and environmental impacts of transitioning to net-zero transit are discussed, including the role of government policies, public-private partnerships, and community engagement. The analytical framework of this book encompasses several scenarios, such as the implementation of carbon policy, carbon pricing, carbon offset programs, climate-conscious car-flight-marine pooling, climate-conscious car-flight-marine green gridlock, pedal-walking power progress, and future-proof transportation. It employs real historical datasets from different countries and regions across the globe to forecast future emissions from various transportation modes using a range of machine learning techniques.This book is an invaluable resource for legislators, industry experts, and individuals seeking to promote environmentally friendly transportation solutions and contribute positively to the environment. Its detailed analysis offers actionable insights to policymakers and stakeholders in the transportation industry, enabling them to make well-informed decisions regarding measures to reduce emissions.

Handbook on New Paradigms in Smart Charging for E-Mobility

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Abhishek Kumar + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 0 1 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 0 2 - 6
Handbook on New Paradigms in Smart Charging for E-Mobility: Global Trends, Policies and Practices provides a complete package for understanding and developing smart chargers for e-mobility applications. It discusses various concepts required for developing charging infrastructure and usage of different kinds of storage technologies, power electronics converters, controllers, communication requirements, grid infrastructure, sustainable technologies, policy frameworks, and all other related crucial aspects of E-mobility.Each part of the book covers a subdomain of e-mobility, beginning with an introductory chapter reviewing existing literature; the subsequent chapters are arranged to each follow the previous one. Other available books focus on specific technical subdomains of e-mobility, but none provides the wider outlook to meet the requirements of all audiences. This book uniquely brings together topics that are not otherwise easily accessible or available to these audiences.This book will be beneficial for engineers, scientists, and researchers, providing them with a comprehensive standard benchmark work to explore the evolving aspects of charging infrastructure for E-mobility. Further, it will also help policymakers, practitioners and government entities to formulate policies for successful implementations of E-motility for their masses. The techno-socio-economic focus will serve as standard literature for all.

Library Space Planning and Design

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Alexander H. Cohen
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 1 7 6 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 1 7 7 - 7
Library Space Planning and Design discusses library planning methods to improve academic libraries, learning commons, undergraduate and graduate studies, special collections, and archives. Often, these projects required difficult challenges. For example, how to integrate student success centers or create new learning commons into a library. The book shows how a library plan can be both sustainable and attractive to the users and how to integrate library functions, furniture, and equipment to enhance the learning environment. Case studies from the author's interactions with library staff, stakeholders, and community leadership in the planning process are also included for additional clarity.

The Visual Identity of the Book

  • 1st Edition
  • March 1, 2025
  • Christina Banou
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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The Visual Identity of the Book: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age provides a framework that considers the ‘materiality’ of the book (from printed to digital/electronic), the aspects of the stakeholders in the publishing chain, the traditional and ongoing promotion strategies, reader engagement, and personalized publishing services. The aim of the book is to interpret current issues in the publishing industry and to provide an overview of the evolution of the visual appearance/identity of the book in order to approach and explain current issues and to discuss aspects of visual information and aesthetics of the book.Other sections introduce promotion strategies, publish policies, and provide a methodological framework that can also be used in the book business.

Blockchain and Supply Chain Management

  • 2nd Edition
  • March 1, 2025
  • Nir Kshetri
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 1 5 5 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 1 5 6 - 8
Blockchain and Supply Chain Management, Second Edition combines discussions of blockchain and supply chains, linking technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, satellite imagery, and machine vision. The book examines blockchain’s basic concepts, relevant theories, and its roles in meeting key supply chain objectives. The book addresses problems related to inefficiency, opacity, and fraud, helping the digitization process, simplifying the value creation process, and facilitating collaboration. The book is balanced between blockchain and supply chain application and theory, covering the latest technological, organizational and regulatory developments in blockchain from a supply chain perspective.The book discusses the opportunities, barriers, and enablers of blockchain in supply chain policy, along with legal and ethical implications. The second edition has been thoroughly updated with a new chapter on the luxury good industry supply chains, as well as updated data and statistics; new examples, case studies, and In-Focus boxes; and added regularly updates throughout the book.As supply chain management faces massive disruption with the dynamic changes in global trade, the impact of Covid-19, and technological innovation, scholars, students, and researchers, as well as practitioners such as analysts, consultants, executives, engineers, and managers, will find this a valuable resource for addressing problems related to inefficiency, opacity, and fraud, helping the digitization process, simplifying the value creation process, and facilitating collaboration.

Walking and Pedestrians

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 15
  • February 1, 2025
  • Winnie Daamen + 3 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 3 9 6 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 3 9 7 - 9
Walking and pedrestrians series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

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