This book investigates why and how cycle and walking paths can help to promote the regeneration of marginalized areas facing depopulation and economic decline. In addition, it offers a broad overview of recent scientific research into slow tourism and marginality/spatial inequality and explores the linkages between these topics. Key issues are addressed by experts from various disciplinary back…
This book explores the advantages of and challenges concerning Special Religious Education (SRE) in multicultural Australia and argues for the need for General Religious Education (GRE) as well. Through the lens of the most recent scholarship, and drawing on an in-depth qualitative study and specific case studies, the book examines the current debate on the role of religious education within go…
This book presents a series of analyses of educational policies – largely in the UK, but some also in Europe – researched by a team of social scientists who share a commitment to social justice and equity in education. We explore what social justice means, in educational policy and practice, and how it impacts on our understanding of both ‘educational science’ and ‘the public good’.…
This study aims to: 1) Analyze the economic and non-economic impacts on rice farmers affected by flooding in Rantau Durian II Village, Lempuing Jaya District, Ogan Komering Ilir District. 2) Measuring farmers' perceptions of efforts to deal with flooding on rice fields in Rantau Durian II Village, Lempuing Jaya District, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency. 3) Knowing the relationship between rice farmi…
Collaborative Governance the process of managing, organizing, and supervising an affair by involving many stakeholders in a network or group. This study aims to determine the success of Collaborative Governance in the development of Kayuagung Golden Triangle Park Tourism Object. This study used qualitative research methods. Balogh describes in detail the steps involved in the collaborative proc…
Tanah lempung mempunyai daya dukung yang rendah dan sangat sensitive terhadap kadar air. Hal ini sangat merugikan apabila digunakan sebagai tanah dasar untuk menopang konstruksi bangunan. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut perlu dilakukan suatu perbaikan atau stabilisasi tanah. Salah satu cara stabilisasi yaitu dengan menambahkan abu tandan sawit pada tanah lempung. Oleh karena itu, dalam penelit…
The Public Service Innovation Competition Progam (KIPP) is a national program created by the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenPan-RB) which is an innovation competition program in the field of public services. This program is intended to be followed by public service units to helps accelerate the improvement of the quality of public service in Indonesia. Implement…
The book provides background information about technical solutions, processes and methodology to develop future automated mobility solutions. Beginning from the legal requirements as the minimum tolerable risk level of the society, the book provides state-of-the-art risk-management methodologies. The system engineering approach based on todays engineering best practices enhanced by principles d…
This book discusses the latest advances in manufacturing and process control, with a special emphasis on digital manufacturing and intelligent technologies for manufacturing and industrial processes control. The human aspect of the developed technologies and products, their interaction with the users, as well as sustainability issues, are covered in detail. Development of new products using 3…
This book covers the history and recent developments of stochastic computing. Stochastic computing (SC) was first introduced in the 1960s for logic circuit design, but its origin can be traced back to von Neumann's work on probabilistic logic. In SC, real numbers are encoded by random binary bit streams, and information is carried on the statistics of the binary streams. SC offers advantages su…
This monograph presents an introduction to Harmonic Balance for nonlinear vibration problems, covering the theoretical basis, its application to mechanical systems, and its computational implementation. Harmonic Balance is an approximation method for the computation of periodic solutions of nonlinear ordinary and differential-algebraic equations. It outperforms numerical forward integration …
This book explores how lighting systems based on LED sources have the ability to positively influence the human circadian system, with benefits for health and well-being. The opening chapters examine the functioning of the human circadian system, its response to artificial lighting, potential health impacts of different types of light exposure, and current researches in circadian photometry. A …
This book approaches cultural landscape as a driver for societal challenges, economic development, social inclusion, place assessment and heritage conservation. It explores issues stemming from the relation between conservation and emergencies, and identifies descriptive tools for conveying knowledge and generating new expertise, heritage skills, seismic culture and social resilience. The do…
This book offers a new, practical approach to healthcare reform. Departing from the priorities applied in traditional approaches, it instead assesses – both theoretically and practically – the successful lessons learned in other safety-critical industries, and applies them to healthcare settings. The authors focus on the importance of human factors and performance measures to establish proa…
Food is everything that comes from plants, livestock and fish that is filled with carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Diversification of staple food consumption is a food selection process that does not depend on just one type, but rather on various food ingredients such as rice which can be replaced with staple foods, namely corn and cassava (cassava). This means that the mor…