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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; What Is Predictive Policing?; A Criminological Justification for Predictive Policing: Why Crime Is "Predictable"; A Brief History of Predictive Policing; Background; Training; Study Objectives and Methods; Objectives; Approach; The Nature of Predictive Policing: This Is Not Minority Report; A Taxonomy of Predictive Methods; Prediction-Led Policing Processes and Practices; Data Collection; Analysis; Police Operations; Criminal Response; About This Report…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I Theories, Principles and Approaches -- Chapter 1 Economic Context, Policy Environment and the Changing Role of Design Economists -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The economic context -- 1.3 Globalisation of construction market -- 1.4 The policy environment and the construction industry -- 1.5 Current and emerging role of design economists -- References -- Chapter 2 Theories and Principles of Design Economics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Factors affecting design costs and benefits -- 2.3 Capital cost theory -- 2.4 Whole life cost theory -- 2.5 Value management theory -- 2.6 Value of design theory -- 2.7 Carter's model -- 2.8 Resource‐based theory -- References -- Chapter 3 New Approaches and Rules of Measurement for Cost Estimating and Planning -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The standardisation of cost estimating -- 3.3 The RICS NRM 1 -- 3.4 RIBA plan of work, RICS estimating, cost planning and NRM 1 -- 3.5 Cost estimating and cost planning -- 3.6 Elemental Standard Form of Cost Analysis (SFCA) -- 3.7 Benchmarking (cost limits) -- 3.8 Building information modelling -- 3.9 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 The Relationship between Building Height and Construction Costs -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Research in the 1970s and 1980s -- 4.3 More recent research in Hong Kong and Shanghai -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Appraisal of Design to Determine Viability of Development Schemes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Assessing costs and benefits of design alternatives -- 5.3 Appraisal of design using discounting methods -- 5.4 Appraisal of design using residual technique -- 5.5 Case study of the blackfriars development project -- 5.6 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 6 Eco-cost Associated with Tall Buildings -- 6.1 Introduction…”

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