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The Limitless City

A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate

By: Oliver Gillham

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The Limitless City

A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate

By: Oliver Gillham

One of the great debates of our time concerns the predominant form of land use in America today -- the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development known as sprawl. But what do we really know about sprawl? Do we know what it is? Where did it come from? Is it really so bad? If so, what are the alternatives? Can anything be done to make it better? The Limitless City offers an accessible examination of those and related questions. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines current debates about the issue. The book: offers a comprehensive definition of sprawl in America traces the roots of sprawl and considers the factors that led to its preeminence as an urban and suburban form reviews both its negative impacts (loss of open space, increased pollution, gridlock) as well as its positive aspects (economic development, personal freedom, privacy) considers responses to sprawl including "smart growth," urban growth boundaries, regional planning, and the New Urbanism looks at what can be done to improve and counterbalance sprawl The author argues that whether we like it or not, sprawl is here to stay, and only by understanding where it came from and why it developed will we be able to successfully address the problems it has created and is likely to create in the future. The Limitless City is the first book to provide a realistic look at sprawl, with a frank recognition of its status as the predominant urban form in America, now and into the near future. Rather than railing against it, Gillham charts its probable future course while describing critical efforts that can be undertaken to improve the future of sprawl and our existing urban core areas.

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Island Press

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1597263494

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Cultures of Optimism

The Institutional Promotion of Hope

By: Oliver Bennett

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Cultures of Optimism

The Institutional Promotion of Hope

By: Oliver Bennett

What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy.

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Springer

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1137484810

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9781137484819

Mitigating Conflict

The Role of NGOs

By: Henry F. Carey,Oliver P. Richmond

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Mitigating Conflict

The Role of NGOs

By: Henry F. Carey,Oliver P. Richmond

Drawing upon the writings of academics and activists, this collection explores the roles that have emerged for NGOs as they have engaged more with peacekeeping and peacebuilding initiatives in various locations around the world.

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201

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Routledge

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1135758190

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9781135758196

Ancient Tahitian Society

By: Douglas L. Oliver

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Ancient Tahitian Society

By: Douglas L. Oliver

“Tahiti is far famed yet too little known.” Thus wrote J. M. Orsmond in 1848, and the same assertion can be made in 1972. Thousands of pages had been published about Tahiti and its neighboring islands when Orsmond uttered his judgment, and tens of thousands have been published since that time, but a unified, comprehensive, and detailed description of the pre-European ways of life of the inhabitants of those Islands is yet to appear in print. The present work, lengthy as it is, makes no such claim to comprehensiveness; rather, it is concerned mainly with the social relations of those inhabitants, and it serves up only enough about their technology, their religion, their aesthetic expressions, and so forth to place descriptions of their social relations in context and render them more comprehensible. Volumes 1 and 2 of this work are a reconstruction of the Islanders’ way of life as it was believed to have been just before it began to be transformed by European influence—a period labeled the Late Indigenous Era. Volume 3 covers events in Tahiti and Mo‘orea from about 1767 to 1815—a period labeled the Early European Era.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824884531

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9780824884536

Applied Social Science for Early Years

By: Ewan Ingleby,Geraldine Oliver

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Applied Social Science for Early Years

By: Ewan Ingleby,Geraldine Oliver

Applying social science subjects such as psychology, sociology, social policy and research methods to Early Years can help to raise standards and ensure good practice. These subjects inform much of the academic curriculum within many Early Years programmes and are subjects that make an important contribution to understanding children′s behaviour, growth and development. The book identifies, analyses and assesses how social science enriches Early Years as opposed to regarding Early Years and social science as distinct. Each chapter imaginatively introduces the main learning objectives and includes formative activities, which apply social science to particular themes to aid students′ cognitive skills.

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SAGE

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1844455726

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9781844455720

Rails in the Road

A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland

By: Oliver Green

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Rails in the Road

A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland

By: Oliver Green

There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided, considered both wildly futuristic and hopelessly outdated by politicians, planners and the public alike. Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were developed in nearly every urban area from the 1890s and revolutionised town travel in the Edwardian era.A century ago, trams were at their peak, used by everyone all over the country and a mark of civic pride in towns and cities from Dover to Dublin. But by the 1930s they were in decline and giving way to cheaper and more flexible buses and trolleybuses. By the 1950s all the major systems were being replaced. Londons last tram ran in 1952 and ten years later Glasgow, the city most firmly linked with trams, closed its network down. Only Blackpool, famous for its decorated cars, kept a public service running and trams seemed destined only for scrapyards and museums.A gradual renaissance took place from the 1980s, with growing interest in what are now described as light rail systems in Europe and North America. In the UK and Ireland modern trams were on the streets of Manchester from 1992, followed successively by Sheffield, Croydon, the West Midlands, Nottingham, Dublin and Edinburgh (2014). Trams are now set to be a familiar and significant feature of twenty-first century urban life, with more development on the way.

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563

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Pen and Sword

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1473869404

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9781473869400

Market Research in Practice

An Introduction to Gaining Greater Market Insight

By: Matthew Harrison,Julia Cupman,Oliver Truman,Paul Hague

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Market Research in Practice

An Introduction to Gaining Greater Market Insight

By: Matthew Harrison,Julia Cupman,Oliver Truman,Paul Hague

Market research has never been more important. As organizations become increasingly sophisticated, the need to profile customers, deliver customer satisfaction, target certain audiences, develop their brands, optimize prices and more has grown. Lively and accessible, Market Research in Practice is a practical introduction to market research tools, approaches and issues. Providing a clear, step-by-step guide to the whole process - from planning and executing a project through to analyzing and presenting the findings - it explains how to use tools and methods effectively to obtain reliable results. This fully updated third edition of Market Research in Practice has been revised to reflect the most recent trends in the industry. Ten new chapters cover topical issues such as ethics in market research and qualitative and quantitative research, plus key concepts such as international research, how to design and scope a survey, how to create a questionnaire, how to choose a sample and how to carry out interviews are covered in detail. Tips, and advice from the authors' own extensive experiences are included throughout to ground the concepts in business reality. Accompanied by a range of online tools, templates, surveys and guides, this is an invaluable guide for students of research methods, researchers, marketers and users of market research. Online resources include a range of tools, templates, surveys and guides.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749475862

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9780749475864

The National Curriculum and its Effects

By: Cedric Cullingford,Paul Oliver

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The National Curriculum and its Effects

By: Cedric Cullingford,Paul Oliver

This title was first published in 2001. What impact has the National Curriculum for England and Wales had on pupils, teachers, academic and social standards in the ten years since its introduction? The distinguished contributors to this volume examine the history and development of the National Curriculum to date and assess its effects.

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285

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Routledge

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1351755188

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9781351755184

Downstream Toward Home

A Book of Rivers

By: Oliver A. Houck

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Downstream Toward Home

A Book of Rivers

By: Oliver A. Houck

American rivers are among the most diverse and challenging in the world, and for many the excitement and escape they offer develops into a lifelong pursuit. In Downstream Toward Home, Oliver A. Houck recounts his six decades exploring America's waterways,from unnamed creeks and Louisiana swamps to the rivers of western canyons and the Alaskan tundra. This engaging travelogue leads readers down over thirty-two rivers found across the country. Along the way Houck provides quiet observations as he finds footprints of red wolves on a sandbank or paddles through an aqueous forest of cypress trees. Collectively, these moments of adventure and introspection reveal his distinct and extraordinary vision of the national landscape. From the thrill of approaching rapids to the peace of resting on a shoal, Houck's narrative draws from history and personal experience subtly to remind us how each body of water plays an outsized role in its surrounding environment. At once a journal, a primer, and a guide, Downstream Toward Home is an invitation to create our own experiences on America's rivers.

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LSU Press

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0807157473

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A G-Man's Journal

A Legendary Career Inside the Fbi; from the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: Oliver Revell,Dwight Williams

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A G-Man's Journal

A Legendary Career Inside the Fbi; from the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: Oliver Revell,Dwight Williams

From 1964 to 1994, Revell directed or participated in virtually every major FBI investigation--including the JFK assassination, Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, and Gulf War antiterrorist operations. Now he discloses why, after Hoover's death in 1972, he and other reform-minded agents moved to modernize the FBI, and how he championed special FBI units, such as Behavioral Sciences and Hostage Rescue. He also divulges his role as the senior FBI representative to the National Security Council and his direction of all international operations--including tracking the kidnappers and killers of hostages in Beirut, international mafias weapons smuggling, and French and Japanese industrial espionage. More importantly, Revell proposes drastic reforms for improving the current system of law enforcement and justice, and bluntly analyzes what went wrong at incidents like the Branch Davidian tragedy in Waco and the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings.

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0671568000

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9780671568009

The Limitless City

A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate

By: Oliver Gillham

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A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate

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The Limitless City

The Limitless City

Cultures of Optimism

Cultures of Optimism

Mitigating Conflict

Mitigating Conflict

Ancient Tahitian Society

Ancient Tahitian Society

Applied Social Science for Early Years

Applied Social Science for Early Years

Rails in the Road

Rails in the Road

Market Research in Practice

Market Research in Practice

The National Curriculum and its Effects

The National Curriculum and its Effects

Downstream Toward Home

Downstream Toward Home

A G-Man's Journal

A G-Man's Journal

The Limitless City

The Limitless City

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