Books in Social sciences

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.

Books Journals

Planning and Operation of Container Terminals

1st Edition
October 18, 2023
Kap-Hwan Kim
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Planning and Operation of Container Terminals provides methodologies to optimize the design of container handling systems. The book offers various optimization models and details how to apply the models. In addition, it captures key points of academic research to provide a thorough and up-to-date guide on this rapidly changing field. Sections cover various aspects of terminal operation and propose key issues for their optimization. In addition, the relationships among various operational problems are described, along with tactics for the efficient utilization of resources. Students and professionals alike will find this a useful resource for getting up-to-speed in this dynamic field. The efficiency of a container terminal highly depends on the design of handling systems and operation methods of the terminal. In recent decades, the development of ports has become large-scale, modern and automatic, so it is necessary to learn about the design and operation of modern ports quickly and to understand the research hotspots, research frontiers and research status in the current field, as well as the use and innovation of research methods.

The Renewable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus

1st Edition
August 31, 2023
Shahryar Jafarinejad + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The Renewable Energy-Water-Environ... Nexus: Fundamentals, Technology, and Policy explores the connections between renewable energy, water, and the environment, along with their integration in the context of awareness, technologies, challenges, opportunities, and solutions. The book introduces different renewable energy technologies, including the importance of their development, use for a sustainable future, and their interrelationships. In-depth chapters then examine specific sub-relationships, focusing on renewable energy and water, renewable energy and the environment, and water and the environment. Available methods and tools for analyzing the renewable energy-water-environ... nexus, including life cycle assessment of renewable energy systems are also covered. The last section of the book highlights key technologies and opportunities in the nexus, considering areas such as innovative cooling systems for thermoelectric plants to reduce or eliminate the use of water for cooling, reduction of water use in biofuels production, sea waves for desalination, grid management, energy storage systems, and hydrogen technologies, examining the integration of renewable energy, water, and environment-related policies, and discussing the application of artificial intelligence and nanotechnology techniques.

Part 1: Long-term impacts of COVID-19 on mobility and travel behaviour

1st Edition
Volume 11
August 22, 2023
Patricia L. Mokhtarian + 2 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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COVID-19: Implications for Policy and Planning, Volume Eleven in the Advances in Transport Policy and Planning series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on valuable topics such as the Impact of COVID-19 on teleworking, Retail after COVID: Impacts on accessibility, Equity implications of older adults' mobility in South Asia in the aftermath of COVID-19: A conceptual framework and literature review, COVID-19 and public transport response and challenges, Outlining the window of opportunity for the low carbon transition in transport: A review of impacts on walking practices in the COVID-19 pandemic, and much more. Additional sections cover the Impact of COVID-19 on micromobility, Examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ride-sourcing services: Findings from a literature review and case study, COVID-19 and long-distance travel, and much many policy and planning considerations.

Emotional AI and Human-AI Interactions in Social Networking

1st Edition
August 20, 2023
Muskan Garg + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Emotional AI and Human-AI Interactions in Social Networking makes readers aware of recent progress in this integrated discipline. Filling the existing vacuum in research in artificial intelligence with the application of social science, this book provides in-depth knowledge of human-AI interactions with social networking and increased use of the internet. Chapters integrating Emotional Artificial Intelligence, examining behavioral interventions, compassion, education, and healthcare, as well as social cognitive networking, including social brain networks, play a pivotal role in enhancing interdisciplinary studies in the field of social neuroscience and Emotional AI. This volume is a must for those wanting to dive into this exciting field of social neuroscience AI.

Urban High-Technology Zones

1st Edition
July 26, 2023
Ahoura Zandiatashbar
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Urban High-Technology Zones offers essential planning insights for our increasingly high-tech economy and society, looking at the role the built environment plays, the policy factors that contribute to their formation and growth, quality-of-life impacts of high tech clusters on their surrounding communities, and economic geography. Using a combination of advanced geospatial data-driven techniques with evidence-based insights, the book provides quantitative measures on high tech cluster’s social, environmental and economic impacts. While findings are from drawn cities in the US, the book’s spatial analyses, methodology, research conclusions and literature reviews are generalizable to cities around the world. Users will find numerous insights and guidance on the role high-tech clusters play in how cities reach their economic growth and social equity goals, making it a useful resource for academic research and policy guidance.

Forensic Victimology

3rd Edition
July 21, 2023
Brent E. Turvey
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Forensic Victimology: Examining Violent Crimes in Investigative and Legal Contexts, Third Edition introduces criminologists and criminal investigators to the idea of systematically gathering and examining victim information for the purposes of addressing investigative and forensic issues. The book continues the legacy of the first two editions with both theoretical and applied coverage of the subject of victimology. The specific applications discussed remain investigative and provide legal venues designed to assist investigators and forensic examiners with the task of performing victimological assessments. Sections delve into the areas of femicide and mass shootings, which are global problems that further emphasize related casework and research.

Digital Teaching, Learning and Assessment

1st Edition
June 15, 2023
Upasana Gitanjali Singh + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Digital Teaching, Learning and Assessment: The Way Forward is the result of the continuous discussion taking place in the teaching and learning space of what the future holds for academics and their stakeholders, post pandemic students. The editors of this book work in the teaching and learning domain and consider such discussion critical to ensure that students of the future are well serviced by all concerned. The book brings such discussions to one platform where academics, administrators and other stakeholders like researchers and regulatory bodies ponder ideas and practices and how the digital world will dominate and change the teaching/learning space.

Academic Quality and Integrity in the New Higher Education Digital Environment

1st Edition
June 13, 2023
Upasana Gitanjali Singh + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Academic Quality and Integrity in the New Higher Education Digital Environment: A Global Perspective provides discussions on the work of three editors who have significant experience in the quality assurance of teaching and learning and have been developing approaches during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Discussions on learning and teaching during the pandemic were concentrated on how academic institutions ensure quality of courses, and that academic integrity is maintained in all assessments in a digital environment, thus ensuring what is being delivered meets global standards and professional bodies have confidence in programs delivered by the higher education sector. The area of quality assurance and academic integrity is thus critical in this new digital environment where significant educational programs will be delivered.

Green Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Smart Cities

1st Edition
May 5, 2023
Saravanan Krishnan + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Green Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Smart Cities presents a detailed exploration of the adaptation and implementation of green blockchain technology for sustainable and eco-friendly smart city applications. This book covers all aspects of the topic and explores smart cities ecosystem applications of blockchain technology. Novel architectural and business blockchain use case solutions in smart city implementations are at the core of this book, which will be beneficial for all researchers, engineers, graduate students, smart city practitioners, and city administrators who are engaged in green blockchain and smart cities-related technologies.

Supply and Demand Management in Ride-Sourcing Markets

1st Edition
April 30, 2023
Jintao Ke + 3 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Supply and Demand Management in Ride-Sourcing Markets offers a fundamental modeling framework for characterizing ride-sourcing markets by spelling out the complex relationships among key endogenous and exogenous variables in the markets. This book establishes several economic models that can approximate matching frictions between drivers and passengers, describes the equilibrium state of ride-sourcing markets, and more. Based on these models, the book develops an optimum strategy (in terms of trip fare, wage and/or matching) that maximizes platform profit. While the best social optimum solution (for maximizing the social welfare) is generally unsustainable, this book provides options governments can use to encourage second-best solutions. In addition, the book's authors establish models to analyze ride-pooling services, with traffic congestion externalities incorporated into models to see how both new platforms and government designs can optimize operating strategies in response to the level of traffic congestion.

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