2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe High Line, an innovative promenade created on a disused elevated railway in Manhattan, is one of the world’s most iconic new urban landmarks. Since the opening of its first section in 2009, this unique greenway has exceeded all expectations in terms of attracting visitors, investment, and property development to Manhattan’s West Side. Frequently celebrated as a monument to community-led activism, adaptive re-use of...

Electoral systems are sets of formal rules that create incentives for strategic behavior on the part of voters, (pre-) candidates, party elites, and elected representatives, including legislators and their chamber leaders. Most simply, they translate the choices made by voters into seats won by candidates and parties. In the process, rules influence both how many and which parties are viable and how elected official will go about their time in office as representatives. All electoral syste...

How do formal institutions affect the extent to which democracies adopt policies that reflect the preferences of their citizens? Based on a chain of representation model in which electoral rules and policy-making powers link citizens, politicians, and policies, this book reveals the conditions under which citizen preferences and implemented policies diverge. Comparative quantitative analyses encompassing eighteen Latin American countries show that presidential democracies vary greatly in t...

Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a ‘how-to’ guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to numerous examples, that natural cooling is viable in most climates around the world.This completely...

Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first established in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. It's a doctrine that has vastly broadened police power the world over-to deadly effect.With contributions from #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, Ferguson activist and Law Professor Justin Hansford, Director...

Highlights the increasing role of soils as an important and dynamic part of the global carbon cycle and their potential role in counteracting increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrationsExplores key aspects of soil carbon sequestration in different environments and soil typesProvides a comprehensive review of socioeconomic, legal and policy issues surrounding the adoption of soil carbon sequestration practices across the globe

Det är den 19 maj 2003 och kommersen är i full gång som vanligt på Londons mest glamourösa shoppinggata - Bond Street. Längs med gatans trottoarer finns några av världens mest exklusiva butiker, som drar till sig ett exklusivt klientel. Just denna dag ska dock ta en ovanlig vändning för personalen i juvelbutiken Graff, när två maskerade rånare tränger sig in och lyckas roffa åt sig diamanter till ett värde av 18 miljoner dollar.Interpol är snart på jakt efter rånarna, som visar sig...

Reviews the development of CA systems globally and elaborates on science underlying the key CA system components.Assesses the latest evidence on improving soil and crop health and CA system resilience through the application of the core CA system principles.Includes case studies reviewing current science on optimising CA cropping systems involving cereal, legume, horticultural and tree crops as well as integrating livestock in CA systems.

Det är den 19 maj 2003 och kommersen är i full gång som vanligt på Londons mest glamourösa shoppinggata - Bond Street. Längs med gatans trottoarer finns några av världens mest exklusiva butiker, som drar till sig ett exklusivt klientel. Just denna dag ska dock ta en ovanlig vändning för personalen i juvelbutiken Graff, när två maskerade rånare tränger sig in och lyckas roffa åt sig diamanter till ett värde av 18 miljoner dollar.Interpol är snart på jakt efter rånarna, som visar sig tillhör...

Los siete ensayos, escritos por algunos de los más renombrados filósofos morales y jurídicos del mundo, ofrecen una perspectiva filosófica sofisticada acerca de sus asuntos relacionados con la objetividad de la interpretación jurídica y de la decisión judicial. Ellos examinan la intersección existente entre la objetividad en la ética y el derecho tanto en la tradición positivista como en la tradición del derecho natural, y desarrollan una variedad de enfoques constructivos y críticos de lo...

Cities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate.Drawing from case studies across the globe, this book explores how the pandemic and the policies it has prompted have caused changes in the ways cities function. The contributors examine the advancing social inequality brought on by the pandemic and suggest policies intended to contain contagion whilst managing the eco...