Tabla de Contenidos: “…The sketches of North American travellers and their influence on residential architecture in Los Angeles.El dibujo de viaje de Fernando García Mercadal; Salerno nei disegni degli architetti-viaggiatori tra Sette e Ottocento; Architettura e paesaggio nei disegni dei viaggi in Sicilia di Schinkel e di Goethe; Aprendiendo de los urban sketchers. El tiempo en el dibujo; Piranesi. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Iniciativa Comunitaria EQUAL 2000 - 2006Iniciativa Comunitaria LEADER + 2000 - 2006; Iniciativa Comunitaria INTERREG III 2000 - 2006; Iniciativa Comunitaria URBAN II 2000 - 2006; LIFE 2001 - 2002; B.- INCENTIVOS DE ÁMBITO ESTATAL.; Ayudas para actuaciones de reindustrialización en áreas de formación, infraestructuras e industria.; Línea PYME 2001; Línea de Creación de Empresas; Creación de Empresas I+E; Ayudas al Empleo Autónomo; Ayudas Sociedades Laborales y Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado; SOCIEDAD LABORAL:; COOPERATIVA DE TRABAJO ASOCIADO:; 1.; 2.; 3.; 4.; 5.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Author's Preface; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction and Overview; Essay 1 - The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991-2007; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Macroeconomic environment, liberalization and trade imbalance; 1.1.2 Sector-related changes in earnings: tradebles versus non-tradables; 1.1.3 Workers' heterogeneity and capital-skill complementarity; 1.1.4 A dysfunctional and highly dualistic educational system; 1.1.5 Education reforms and crisis during the 1990's; 1.1.6 Rural-urban migration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3 Low income trends3.1 Low income and household composition; 3.2 Is low income affected by rural/urban factors?; 3.3 The links of low income and Ethnicity; 3.4 Continuing cycles of disadvantage?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.5.1 GIC in the Rural vs. Urban Divide 231.5.2 Regions 25; 1.6 Conclusions 26; 1.7 Tables 29; 1.8 Figures 33; 2 Pro Poor Growth Using Non-Income indicators 45; 2.1 Introduction 45; 2.2 Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Concept and Measurement Issues 47; 2.2.1 Concept and Use 47; 2.2.2 Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics: Pro-Poor Growth 49; 2.3 Application to Colombia 52; 2.3.1 Macroeconomic Issues and their Expected Relation to Multidimensional Poverty 52; 2.3.2 Non-Income Indicators 55; 2.3.3 Data 59; 2.4 Results 60; 2.4.1 Inequality and Distribution by Deciles 60…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Our City as Ahupuaʻa: For Justice-Advancing Futures -- ʻOhana Urbanism -- Prisons—Has COVID-19 Offered Hawaiʻi the Road to Redemption? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3 A Survey of Community-Based Adaptation in Developing Countries -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Core Properties of CBA -- 3.3 CBA in Academic Literature -- 3.4 CBA in Gray Literature -- 3.5 Barriers and Challenges to CBA -- 3.6 CBA in Practice -- 3.6.1 Urban Resilience in the Philippines -- 3.6.2 Coastal Resilience in Thailand -- 3.6.3 Livelihood Resilience in Ethiopia -- 3.7 CBA Beyond 2020 -- References -- 4 What Motivates Farm-Level Adaptation in India? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Assessment of the role of housing tax policies in addressing current housing challenges and reform options -- Tax support for homeownership should be carefully evaluated against local housing market characteristics, as some of these tax measures may be counterproductive when supply is inelastic -- A careful blend of tax and non-tax policies may be needed to increase supply of affordable housing -- Well-targeted tax incentives for energy efficient housing could help reduce energy use in the residential sector -- Recurrent taxes on vacant homes can help increase housing supply, though more research is needed to assess their effectiveness relative to alternative policies -- Split-rate taxes could help enhance housing supply and contain urban sprawl, but their success will partly depend on interactions with other land-use policies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface to "Feature Papers of Drones-Volume II" ix -- Pasture Productivity Assessment under Mob Grazing and Fertility Management Using Satellite and UAS Imagery 1 -- A Review of Unmanned System Technologies with Its Application to Aquaculture Farm Monitoring and Management 19 -- The Relationship between Drone Speed and the Number of Flights in RFID Tag Reading for Plant Inventory 61 -- Comparison of RGB and Multispectral Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Monitoring Vegetation Coverage Changes on a Landslide Area 73 -- Quantifying the Spatial Variability of Annual and Seasonal Changes in Riverscape Vegetation Using Drone Laser Scanning 87 -- UAV-Based Classification of Cercospora Leaf Spot Using RGB Images 109 -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildland Fires: Sensing, Perception, Cooperation and Assistance 125 -- Spray Deposition on Weeds (Palmer Amaranth and Morningglory) from a Remotely Piloted Aerial Application System and Backpack Sprayer 151 -- An Approach for Route Optimization in Applications of Precision Agriculture Using UAVs 169 -- High Resolution Geospatial Evapotranspiration Mapping of Irrigated Field Crops Using -- Multispectral and Thermal Infrared Imagery with METRIC Energy Balance Model 193 -- Vegetation Extraction Using Visible-Bands from Openly Licensed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery 211 -- Comparing UAS LiDAR and Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry for Peatland Mapping -- and Virtual Reality (VR) Visualization 227 -- Application of Drone Technologies in Surface Water Resources Monitoring and Assessment: A Systematic Review of Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Global South 253 -- Monitoring Dynamic Braided River Habitats: Applicability and Efficacy of Aerial Photogrammetry from Manned Aircraft versus Unmanned Aerial Systems 275 -- Assessing the Potential of Remotely-Sensed Drone Spectroscopy to Determine Live Coral Cover on Heron Reef 293 -- The Use of UAVs for the Characterization and Analysis of Rocky Coasts 313 -- Modeling Streamflow and Sediment Loads with a Photogrammetrically Derived UAS Digital Terrain Model: Empirical Evaluation from a Fluvial Aggregate Excavation Operation 331 -- Temperature Profiling of Waterbodies with a UAV-Integrated Sensor Subsystem 49 -- Implementing Mitigations for Improving Societal Acceptance of Urban Air Mobility 359 -- The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences 379 -- On the Dominant Factors of Civilian-Use Drones: A Thorough Study and Analysis of Cross-Group Opinions Using a Triple Helix Model (THM) with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) 391 -- Drone Control in AR: An Intuitive System for Single-Handed Gesture Control, Drone Tracking, and Contextualized Camera Feed Visualization in Augmented Reality 423 -- Demystifying the Differences between Structure-from-MotionSoftware Packages for Pre-Processing Drone Data 449 -- Determining the Optimal Number of Ground Control Points for Varying Study Sites through Accuracy Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial System-Based 3D Point Clouds and Digital Surface Models 471 -- Drone Magnetometry in Mining Research. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Giralt-Miracle: La curiosidad científica de Salvador Dalí — G. Jaén i Urban: Un poema còsmic: Poema de l’angle recte (1947-1953), de Le Corbusier — F. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Transició energètica cap a la sostenibilitat / Sergi Saladié Gil i Òscar Saladié Borraz -- IV, CONFLICTES URBANS -- 22. La petjada de la crisi immobiliària / Aaron Gutiérrez i Antoni Domènech -- 23. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I Discovering the Arab World Chapter 1 Drinking Red Bull in Dahiye The Arab market is vibrant and globally interconnected Arab consumers control more spending power than you think The shadow economy Shades of India and China Arab wealth beyond the crude oil Arab wealth beyond the abaya Household spending in the Arab World Consumer brands in both Israel and the Arab countries Chicken fights: Local competition in the Arab market The global emergence of Arab brands A worldwide hub: The Arab world is globally connected The Arab world is neither CNN's nor Al Jazeera's Chapter 2 The Diversity of the Arab World No harm in haram Not all the consumers in Arab countries are Arab The diversity of Arab consumers Segmenting the Arab consumer markets Embracing the diverse habits of Arab consumers The language differences The market dominance of Saudi Arabia and the GCC Think regional, act local Chapter 3 Islam Matters: How the Five Pillars of Islam impact consumers in the Arab World The difference between culture and religion Why shahada matters Why salah matters Why sawm matters Why zakat matters Why hajj and umrah matter Islam in the everyday Part II Tapping the well of Arab consumers Chapter 4 The shabab: tapping the Arab youth market The shabab demographic dividend The shabab crave the best brands, wherever they come from The shabab generation is molding the consumer market The shabab generation is changing the Arab workforce The shabab and education The shabab and marriage Chapter 5 Tapping the Arab Middle Class The rise of the middle class is changing the Arab consumer markets Identifying the Arab middle class Tapping into Arabia Two Tapping into Arab consumer power at all levels Urbanization, modern trade and Arabia Two Arabia Two and the balance between tradition and modernity Chapter 6 Tapping into the Arab women market Arab women have money to spend Educated women are reshaping the Arab market The Arab woman as a consumer Inside and outside: The dual identities of Arab women Tapping into the Arab beauty market The Arab woman as wife and mother The veil doesn't hide the Arab woman's mind Arab women as business leaders Arab women are reshaping the region on their own terms Chapter 7 Tapping into the Arab technology market The spread of Internet use opens up new paths to consumers The rise of social media Tapping into Arab e-commerce Using technology to recapture a Golden Age On the go: The market for mobile phones Building the high-tech industry in Jordan The technological Arab spring Chapter 8 Tapping into the Arab media and entertainment market Television advertising in the Arab world Arab cinema and film Dancing in the desert: Music in the Arab world Art in the Arab world Books and bookstores The birth of an Arab superhero Chapter 9 Tapping into the Arab diaspora Linking the diaspora to the Arab world Remittances constitute a critical piece of many Arab economies Tapping into the Arab diaspora The Arab diaspora has made a name for itself Tapping into opportunities around the world You can go home again The diaspora is bringing different worlds together Part III Conclusion Rebranding the Arab World Yalla Arabia! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- List of figures and tables -- List of text boxes -- About the contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Systems -- Introduction to systems -- Systems and elements -- Highlight: urban or rural planning -- Interdependence -- Highlight: exploring interdependence -- Feedback loops -- Guest coursebook contribution from Kate Pickett -- Highlight: a short history of GDP as a measurement to guide nations -- Highlight: money, income and happiness: the Easterlin paradox -- Highlight: why certain nations are happier -- Highlight: why some poor nations are happier than you would expect -- Leverage points -- Highlight: beekeeping as a leverage point for sustainability and prosperity -- Entry points for systems change -- Change agents -- Highlight: different approaches to change agentry -- Guest coursebook contribution from Lester Kurtz -- 2 Values -- Introduction to values: setting the stage for a thought experiment -- The value of values -- Guest coursebook contribution from Tom Crompton -- What are values? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Small States: From Intuitive To Smart Diplomacy (Vesko Garčević) -- 30. Urban Diplomacy: How Cities Will Leverage Multilateralism (Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez) -- Part VII. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….; 2.1 Introduction: a wider perspective on sustainability and the built environment; 2.2 Ecosystem services analysis and whole building or urban design 2.3 Ecosystem services analysis and materials selection2.4 Benefits and difficulties of applying the ecosystem services concept to built environment design and materials selection; 2.5 Potential impacts on ecosystem services of common building materials; 2.5.1 Materials that are grown; 2.5.2 Materials that are extracted or mined; 2.5.3 Materials that are made or processed; 2.6 Conclusion: Materials selection and ecosystem services. …”

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“…Will these technologies increase the attractiveness of rural and remote areas or will they reinforce the influence of urban ones? ICTs and Rural Development sets out to answer these questions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “… Waveforms with Ricean Fading 636 / /18.6 Generation of Ricean Random Variables 639 / /18.7 Relationships Between Fading Channel Parameters 641 / /18.8 Diversity Techniques for Fading Channels 643 / /19 Atmospheric Propagation 649 / /19.1 Introduction 649 / /19.2 Communication Link Geometry for Curved Earth 650 / /19.3 Reflection 652 / /19.4 Case Study: LEO Satellite Multipath Propagation 654 / /19.5 Refraction 656 / /19.6 Diffraction 660 / /19.7 Longley-Rice Propagation Loss Model 661 / /19.8 Urban Suburban and Rural Environment Propagation Loss Models 663 / /19.9 Land Mobile Satellite Propagation Loss Models 665 / /19.10 Impulsive Noise Channel 667 / /19.11 Ocean Wind Wave Channel 676 / /19.12 Laser Communications Using Photomultiplier Detector 684 / /20 Ionospheric Propagation 699 / /20.1 Introduction 699 / /20.2 Electron Densities: Natural Environment 700 / /20.3 Electron Densities: Nuclear-Disturbed Environment 703 / /20.4 The Refractive Index and Signal Propagation 704 / /20.5 Signal Propagation in Severe Scintillation Environment 706 / /20.6 Propagation Disturbances Following Severe Absorption 712 / /20.7 Rayleigh Scintillation Channel Model 715 / /20.8 Scintillation Mitigation Techniques 721 / /20.9 Case Study: BPSK and DCBPSK Performance in Rayleigh Fading Channel 722 / /Appendix 20A 727 / /Appendix A: Classical Filters and Applications 733 / /Appendix B: Digital Filter Design and Applications 747 / /Appendix C: Detection of Signals in Noise 755 / /Index 769.…”