Presents from a transdisciplinary view, climate and its changes, impact and perception. This book provides an account of the cultural history of climate and relates it to contemporary scientific knowledge about climate, climate change and its impact.

Describes the legacy of environmental and social problems that have arisen as a result of conventional business practices. This title details the coalescence of a broad-based contemporary movement that has been called 'The Next Industrial Revolution'.

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Cybercrime is one of the biggest growth industries around the globe, whether it is in the form of violation of company policies, fraud, hate crime, extremism, or terrorism. This book provides literature on e-security needs across applications, implementation, testing or investigative techniques, judicial processes and criminal intelligence.

An annual effort by the economists at the Nanyang Technological University to provide analysis, interpretations and insights of contemporary economic issues affecting Singapore and Asia. It covers two key themes: Global Financial Tsunami and other economic issues affecting Singapore and Asia.

The Yellow River basin in northern China is confronted with serious problems of water deficit as well as water pollution. This book explains the methods of modeling, mechanism of water circulation on each element and several technologies for water saving.

Although everyone is familiar with the concept of time in everyday life and has probably given thought to the question of how time began, scientific developments in this field have not been accessible in a simple understandable form. This book presents ideas about the role of time in theoretical cosmology.

Focuses on responses to climate change in Asia, one of the world's most populous region. This book addresses issues such as how the various Asian countries - highly disparate in their cultures, socio-economic conditions and political systems - are responding to climate change.

Combines the principles of business process management with strategic IT planning; the result being a groundbreaking work on strategic IT and process planning. This title focuses on the real world of organizations and offers extensive treatment to the politics of strategic planning.

Attempts to clarify and reconstruct the moral basis of social work. Against the mainstream current of doing social work with the technical-rational outlook, this title argues that value constitutes the very core of social work, and on that solid foundation of moral concepts rest social work techniques.

As China benefits from globalization, what is the impact on China's relations with countries in its neighbouring region when it seeks more oil importation from overseas sources? This book looks at the emergence of China as a major importer and consumer of energy as well as examines contemporary issues within the Chinese oil industry.

'An Introduction to Accounting and Managerial Finance'.

A Guide to Successful Aging.

Offers an insight into the United States' health system. This book illustrates the underlying structural problems that have produced disparities in treatment, escalating costs, unsafe and inadequate care, and the demoralization of the many decent and committed people who work within the system.

Focuses mainly on nanofabrication, nanomaterials and nanostructures, and energy application of nanomaterials. This review volume can serve dual purposes: either as an introduction to scientists whose expertise lie in different fields but who are interested in learning about nanotechnology, or as a quick reference for experts active in the field.

Presents an account of social policy initiatives in China. This book assesses the social impact brought about by the market-oriented changes in China's social policies, and contests the idea whether market-oriented development can result in a more sustainable society.

In diamond, a statement can be true yet false; an 'imaginary' state, midway between being and non-being. Diamond's imaginary values solve many logical paradoxes unsolvable in two-valued boolean logic. This title deals with 'diamond', a logic of paradox. It resolves paradoxes by Russell, Cantor, Berry and Zeno.

Intelligent materials are emerging composite materials that have boomed since the 1990s. This book gives a complementary introduction about biomimic intelligent micro/nanoscale interfacial materials, devoting largely to the intelligent materials with special wettabilities.

MURA was responsible for a number of important contributions to the science of particle accelerators, including the invention of fixed field alternating gradient accelerators (FFAG). This title presents a history of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) during its lifetime from the early 1950s to the late 1960s.

Presents a summary of the results of a research project on discreteness in modern physics. This book argues that in contrast with the expectation that discreteness is the result of mathematical tools for insertion into a continuous theory, this basic treatment builds up the world from the discrimination of discrete entities.