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Measuring Transportation Network Performance

• 1st Edition
• April 1, 2026
• Mahdi Amiripour
• English

Measuring Transportation Network Performance: Analysis and Practice is a comprehensive guide for defining and constructing performance measures for transportation networks. It introduces the technical requirements necessary for establishing a successful transportation network performance measurement system, enabling transportation professionals to define, analyze, and interpret changes in the transportation network more effectively. It employs practical examples to highlight challenges encountered in network performance monitoring and to point out common errors and ultimately enhance their comprehension of the network. Transportation science is undergoing significant transformations with the integration of big data into various aspects of the field. Network performance measures are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of transportation networks, and they can be significantly enhanced with big data. Incorporating big data allows engineers to analyze transportation networks with greater precision, enabling decision-makers to make more informed choices. This book is specifically designed to aid professionals in the development, analysis, and interpretation of transportation network performance measures by presenting and explaining the most significant performance measures across various modes of transport. Readers from a range of backgrounds—from transportation planners and engineers in the industry sector, to people in transport departments and consultancies that provide professional services to the public sector—will find this a valuable resource for gaining the confidence to use transportation data to narrate stories about what has happened within the transport network, bridging the gap between data and storytelling for efficient problem solving.

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics

• 3rd Edition
• March 2, 2026
• Hilary Nesi + 1 more
• English

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics is the most authoritative, comprehensive and international reference work of its kind. Ground-breaking in its sheer scope – the 2nd edition had almost 3,000 chapters – no other linguistics reference work matches it for sheer broadness of coverage. Over the years it has been a much-loved and invaluable resource for researchers, academics, students and professionals in linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition and pathology, cognitive science, sociology and media/cultural studies. Led by a brand new and outstanding international editorial team, the 3rd edition will be thoroughly modernized to address the considerable growth and development in this field since the previous edition published in 2005. Existing chapters will be revised and updated, obsolete material removed and approximately 300 brand-new chapters will be commissioned to cover newer areas of research such as machine learning and natural language processing. Significant multimedia such as high-quality figures, audio files (highlighting differences in accent and dialects within languages) will be available to complement the text content, and chapters will follow a consistent chapter template in order to provide a logical reading experience for the user. The end-result will be an outstanding and market-leading reference work: modern, fully up to date, easy to navigate via its electronic platform, and logistically and consistently structured. Once again it will be the perfect resource for the modern-day language scholar.

Smart Cities, Data Economy, and the Metaverse

• 1st Edition
• March 1, 2026
• Katerina Zalamova
• English

"Smart Cities, Data Economy, and the Metaverse: Creating Sustainable Futures" explores the economic opportunities of new technological concepts from the prism of social impact and cultural shifts. It discusses digital citizenship, digital personal identity, and their relationship to personal freedom, privacy, and wealth. A holistic vision of the opportunities and challenges of the Data Economy and the monetization of data is presented with an introduction of new professional business profiles which are suggested to open the Data industry to the public and to democratize its employment opportunities among social classes, genders, and age groups. This book widely explores the business opportunities and the social interactions of different theoretical platform designs, defining a new framework for the Data Economy. It begins by discussing the Metaverse and its similarities and differences with the Digital Twin from technological, economic and social perspectives. Specific focus is given to the integration of AI with the Metaverse platforms; AI integration strategies at different levels of the platforms are discussed, and a high-level assessment of their social impact is proposed. A chapter is dedicated to the impact of the Metaverse platforms on personal freedom and privacy. It proposes a thought framework for a wide public debate through different implementation use cases where positive and negative social impact are weighed. Researchers, students, and practitioners alike will find this a valuable resource for building strong awareness about the benefits and threats of these emergent technologies, and Artificial Intelligence in particular. They will appreciate its practical tools for social impact assessment of different implementation scenarios of these technologies on a city level. Finally, they will be able to build strong personal criteria and opinions about the impact of emergent technologies, allowing them to actively participate in the public debate shaping their future large-scale adoption.

Hospital and Healthcare Security

• 7th Edition
• March 1, 2026
• Tony W York
• English

Hospital and Healthcare Security, 7th Edition builds on the foundation of the previous six editions and includes new material to reflect the current state of healthcare security, particularly in data security and privacy, patient-generated violence, new technologies, and regulatory changes. It explains the basics as well as higher expertise concerns, such as the roles of design, emergency management, and policy. Conveying a wide spectrum of topics in an easy-to-comprehend format, it provides a thorough understanding of how the modern healthcare security program should be structured, resourced, and integrated around the principles of people, processes, and technology. This industry leading reference discusses best practices when assessing the security vulnerabilities of a healthcare environment, security master planning and layering in protection philosophies into the built environment, and leveraging security systems and innovation and focuses on operationally proven practices, policies, and procedures. Due to rapid changes in violence in healthcare, regulatory requirements, litigation, accreditation standards, advancements in technology and new healthcare security issues and topics, the new edition is rewritten in most areas and contains approximately 25-30% new and updated data and corresponding examples. This book is deemed by healthcare executives, accrediting agencies, and industry associations to set the standard of care for healthcare security systems and programs. Its scope, purpose, and objective do just that—set the standard of care in healthcare security in both a legal and operational sense. It serves as a comprehensive resource for those new to the industry, recently promoted and seasoned professionals alike.

Contemporary Financial Intermediation

• 5th Edition
• March 1, 2026
• Stuart I. Greenbaum + 2 more
• English

Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Fifth Edition by Greenbaum, Thakor, and Boot continues to offer a distinctive approach to the study of financial markets and institutions by presenting an integrated portrait that puts information and economic reasoning at the core. Such reasoning is used in this revised edition to understand the implications of information technology revolution that characterizes the financial services industry with digitization and fintech as important manifestations. Contemporary Financial Intermediation explores the subtlety, plasticity, and fragility of financial institutions and credit markets, and the ramifications for risk management (including cyber risk). In this new edition every chapter has been updated and pedagogical supplements have been enhanced. For the financial sector, the best preprofessional training explains the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators evolve the way they do, why we suffer recurring financial crises, how we typically react to them, and how digitization and fintech will affect financial services and the industry at large. This textbook demands more in terms of quantitative skills and analysis, but its ability to teach about the forces shaping the financial world is unmatched. Students receive a complete foundation on the subject, providing a strong basis for learning and understanding key challenges in the management and operations of financial institutions, and their competitive environment.

Introduction to Homeland Security

• 7th Edition
• March 1, 2026
• George Haddow + 2 more
• English

Introduction to Homeland Security, Seventh Edition, offers a trusted, practical overview of core concepts and bedrock principles of homeland security. Written by renowned experts in the field, this book thoroughly considers the broad range of topics that fall within homeland security and how and why they are so closely interconnected. The text also provides an overview of the evolution of modern homeland security structures, why each homeland security function exists, and how it contributes to national and local security efforts. Unlike most books that focus solely on terrorism, this text covers an expansive range of homeland security topics, including all-hazards emergency management, cybersecurity, border and transportation security, immigration and customs enforcement, and others. Students and new professionals alike will gain an enhanced understanding of key terminology and concepts in the field, while applied case studies demonstrate how to put knowledge into practice.  Fully updated throughout, the new edition includes revised workflows and communications, and explanations of FEMA and legislative homeland security policies, along with fully updated sections on evolving terrorist threats,  expanded forms of terrorism, major terrorist incidents in recent history, revised strategic planning directives, counterterrorism approaches, border security, transportation security and safety, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection, All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery, and homeland security communication and security technology. Student and faculty use is supported by an expanded ancillary package, featuring a fuller instructor manual, lecture PowerPoint Slides, and linked documents, data sets, references, and video examples.

Homeland Security

• 3rd Edition
• March 1, 2026
• George Haddow + 2 more
• English

Homeland Security: The Essentials, Third Edition concisely outlines the security risks facing the US today and the structures we have put in place to deal with them. The authors, renowned experts in the field, delineate the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters in a brief, accessible fashion, reinforced by applied case studies, key term definitions, critical thinking sections, and review questions. From cyberwarfare to devastating tornadoes and car bombs, all hazards currently fall within the purview of the Department of Homeland Security, yet the federal role must be closely aligned with the work of partners in the private sector. The book lays a solid foundation for understanding this collaboration, as well as the present and future threats to our communities and to national security, challenging readers to imagine more effective ways to manage these risks. Carefully updated throughout, the new edition includes revised workflows and communications, and explanations of FEMA and legislative homeland security policies, along with fully updated sections on evolving terrorist threats, expanded forms of terrorism, major terrorist incidents in recent history, strategic planning directives, counterterrorism approaches, border security, transportation security and safety, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection, All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery, and homeland security communication and technology. Student and faculty use is supported by an expanded ancillary package, featuring a fully updated instructor manual; lecture PowerPoint Slides; and linked documents, data sets, references, and video examples.

Encyclopedia of Ecology

• 3rd Edition
• January 16, 2026
• Brian D. Fath
• English

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Third Edition, updates and expands previous versions giving a complete account of current ideas and practices in ecology. Special focus is given to interdisciplinary work in socio-ecological systems. Ecology is the best field to deal with complex, adaptive, and self-organizing systems. We can learn much about sustainable systems by observing and understanding ecosystems. This helps facing questions related to land management, environmental policy development, urban metabolism, industrial symbiosis, global commons and renewable energies, to name a few. Traditionally, the science of ecology focused on measuring the abundance and distribution of species in a defined spatial area. This emphasis on field observations, inventorying, and accounting was a necessary step in acquiring a baseline understanding of the natural world. More recently, ecology emphasizes putting all the pieces together and the relations between organisms within one species (population ecology), among different species (community ecology), and with their environment (ecosystem ecology). It is these relations and interconnections—the networks of life—that are at the core of this encyclopedia. Understanding these ecological relations is foundational to sustainability science and the underpinnings of human-nature interactions. Recent research at multiple scales includes topics such as biodiversity loss, soil conservation and sustainable agriculture, emerging diseases, eco-mimicry, and climate change. Awareness of the importance of ecological education and environmental literacy is growing across curricula. Written and edited by an international team of experts, this encyclopedia aims at linking theory and application, serving students and those needing entry-level summaries of specific ecology topics. It helps them creating connections and find relevant, more in-depth resources.

Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics

• 1st Edition
• January 1, 2026
• Derek D. Reed + 2 more
• English

The field of behavioral economics is booming with exponential growth across science, practice, and policy designs. Operant behavioral economics is a specific approach that integrates operant learning and microeconomic principles to understand how environmental constraints impact consumption of goods and services that may function as rewards. This approach has become a major component in behavioral pharmacology, behavioral medicine, and applied behavior analysis. Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics Demand, Discounting, Methods, and Applications covers two major domains of operant behavioral economics: operant demand and reward discounting. This book reviews the historical foundations of this approach, both human and nonhuman research methods for studying demand and discounting, quantitative modeling of these processes, and educational and clinical applications. The last section provides the readers with a specific discussion on how to begin translating these concepts to policy development and resources for starting a line of research in these areas. Written for graduate students, clinicians, and academics, Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics Demand, Discounting, Methods, and Applications serves as a resource for readers both new to behavioral economics and those with specific expertise in the field.

Handbook of Traffic Psychology

• 2nd Edition
• January 1, 2026
• Bryan E. Porter
• English

The Handbook of Traffic Psychology 2nd Edition provides an overview of traffic psychology independent from general transport science. Coverage goes from micro-level topics (neuropsychology) through to macro-level, international ones (culture, public health, continental differences). The second edition has 85% content contributed by new authors and content is 100% revised, including 6 new chapters & 6 expanded chapters. Organized into 6 sections, section 1 covers theories, concepts, and methods. Section 2 covers variables to understand in traffic psychology. Section 3 covers driver problem behaviors. Section 4 covers problem road users. Section 5 covers countermeasures to reduce risk. Section 6 covers interdisciplinary issues of note.