Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet

Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet by Thomas W. Hertel
English | 14 Nov. 2015 | ISBN: 3319226614 | 208 Pages | PDF | 5.04 MB
This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security. The book is designed around
Respectable Deviance and Purchasing Medicine Online: Opportunities and Risks for Consumers

Respectable Deviance and Purchasing Medicine Online: Opportunities and Risks for Consumers By Lisa Sugiura
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 180 Pages | ISBN : 3319744844 | 3.39 MB
This is a unique interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary phenomenon of online medicine purchasing. In this research, Sugiura provides a criminological understanding of the sale of online medicines as well as the traditional illegal markets. Crucially, the practice is investigated from the perspective of web users, moving beyond the headlines and warning campaigns to contextualise the provision of medicines online, to describe this practice and subjective accounts of purchasing medicines from the Web.
Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Millennium

Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Millennium By Yngvar Kjus
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 190 Pages | ISBN : 3319703676 | 2.32 MB
This book uncovers how music experience-live and recorded-is changing along with the use of digital technology in the 2000s. Focussing on the Nordic region, this volume utilizes the theory of mentalization: the capacity to perceive and interpret what others are thinking and feeling, and applies it to the analysis of mediated forms of agency in popular music.
Behavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America (Directions in Development)

Behavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America (Directions in Development) by Oscar Calvo-González
English | Sep. 29, 2017 | ISBN: 1464811202 | 133 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Behavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America brings together a set of experiences that applied behavioral insights to different areas of public policy in some cases through randomized control trials, and in others using surveys or behavioral games. These experiences collectively show the promise of public policies that are informed by a better understanding of what drives individual behavior.