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Cover Configured by Consumption
Configured by Consumption
How Consumption–Demand Will Reshape Supply Chain Operations
Booi Kam and Peter Rimmer

With the paradigm shift in consumption habits during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the digital transformation of supply-chain operations, Configured by Consumption is a timely reflection on the technological evolution of production-consumption cycles since the genesis of industrialization. Forward-thinking, it contemplates the digital future of logistics and supply chain operations in the face of evolving consumer demand.

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Monograph Book
Published:
06 May 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789905731
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
Innovation, Concepts and Cases
Edited by Matthias Finger and Numan Yanar

A comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Chapters examine the challenges facing urban infrastructure systems, including financial, economic, technological, social, ecological, jurisdictional and demand. 

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Handbook
Published:
22 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375611
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
A Rebirth of Theory?
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Daniel Czamanski, and Roberto Patuelli
This ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial and temporal scales.
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Handbook
Published:
17 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100598
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
The Political Economy of the European Infrastructure System
Colin Turner
This timely book explores the long-standing process of infrastructural integration across Europe, with a particular focus on the EU member states. It illuminates the main economic infrastructure sectors, including transport, energy and information, examining how the process of infrastructural integration reflects an alignment of the needs of the states that are the main drivers behind this process.
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839105487
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
Edited by Juan Montero and Matthias Finger
Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries, including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal services.
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Monograph Book
Published:
23 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106057
Collection:
Economics 2021
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Transport in Human Scale Cities
Edited by Miloš N. Mladenović, Tuuli Toivonen, Elias Willberg, and Karst T. Geurs
This timely book calls for a paradigm shift in urban transport, which remains one of the critically uncertain aspects of the sustainability transformation of our societies. It argues that the potential of human scale thinking needs to be recognised, both in understanding people on the move in the city and within various organisations responsible for cities.
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Monograph Book
Published:
12 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370517
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
Edited by Thomas Sigler and Jonathan Corcoran
Providing a comprehensive overview of the urban sharing economy, this Modern Guide takes a forward-looking perspective on how sharing goods and services may facilitate future sustainability of consumption and production. It highlights recent developments and issues, with cutting-edge discussions from leading international scholars in business, engineering, environmental management, geography, law, planning, sociology and transport studies.
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Monograph Book
Published:
10 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909562
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
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Handbook of Cities and Networks
Edited by Zachary P. Neal and Céline Rozenblat
This Handbook of Cities and Networks provides a cutting-edge overview of research on how economic, social and transportation networks affect processes both in and between cities. Exploring the ways in which cities connect and intertwine, it offers a varied set of collaborations, highlighting different theoretical, historical and methodological perspectives.
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Handbook
Published:
20 Jul 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114714
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
Public Policy, Innovation and Strategy
John D. Graham
We may be standing on the precipice of a revolution in propulsion not seen since the internal combustion engine replaced the horse and buggy. The anticipated proliferation of electric cars will influence the daily lives of motorists, the economies of different countries and regions, urban air quality and global climate change. If you want to understand how quickly the transition is likely to occur, and the factors that will influence the predictions of the pace of the transition, this book will be an illuminating read.
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Monograph Book
Published:
23 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880139
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Handbook of Public Transport Research
Handbook of Public Transport Research
Edited by Graham Currie
Providing a comprehensive overview and analysis of the latest research in the growing field of public transport studies, this Handbook looks at the impact of urbanisation and the growth of mega-cities on public transport. Chapters examine the significant challenges facing the field that require new and original solutions, including congestion and environmental relief, and the social equity objectives that justify public transport in cities.
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Handbook
Published:
22 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978668
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021