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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
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Digital Entrepreneurship
Disruption and New Venture Creation
Kisito Futonge Nzembayie and Anthony Buckley
Recognizing how the lines between digital and traditional forms of entrepreneurship are blurring, this forward-thinking book combines digital technology and entrepreneurship perspectives to advance knowledge on this paradigm-shifting typology of entrepreneurship.
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Monograph Book
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15 Mar 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802200584
Collection:
Business 2022
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Engaging Citizens in Policy Making
e-Participation Practices in Europe
Edited by Tiina Randma-Liiv and Veiko Lember
This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Exploring academic and policy thinking on e-participation, this book opens up the organizational and institutional 'black box' and provides new insights into how public administrations in 15 European states have facilitated its implementation.
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Monograph Book
Published:
15 Feb 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374362
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2022
Cover Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media
Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media
Edited by Silvia De Ascaniis and Lorenzo Cantoni
Exploring the impact of the rise of digital media over the last few decades, this timely Handbook highlights the major role it plays in preserving and protecting heritage as well as its ability to promote and support sustainable tourism at heritage sites. Particularly relevant at this time due to the diffusion of smartphones and use of social media, chapters look at the experience and expectation of being ‘always on’, and how this interacts with heritage and tourism.
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Handbook
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04 Feb 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970082
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Data Ethics of Power
Data Ethics of Power
A Human Approach in the Big Data and AI Era
Gry Hasselbalch
Data Ethics of Power takes a reflective and fresh look at the ethical implications of transforming everyday life and the world through the effortless, costless, and seamless accumulation of extra layers of data. By shedding light on the constant tensions that exist between ethical principles and the interests invested in this socio-technical transformation, the book bridges the theory and practice divide in the study of the power dynamics that underpin these processes of the digitalization of the world. 
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802203110
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
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Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Edited by Marie McAuliffe
This forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources. Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility.
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Handbook
Published:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100611
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
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19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Handbook of Digital Inequality
Handbook of Digital Inequality
Edited by Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.
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Handbook
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116572
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Transforming Energy Systems
Transforming Energy Systems
Economics, Policies and Change
Steven Fries
Recognizing the urgent need to transform energy systems to low-carbon alternatives, this timely book offers evidenced and credible ways to accelerate actions towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals and achieving net zero emissions. Steven Fries analyses through the lens of government, business and household actions—their policies and investments—the systemic changes needed to eliminate net carbon dioxide emissions from energy.
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Monograph Book
Published:
16 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370371
Collection:
Economics 2021
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A Modern Guide To Labour and the Platform Economy
Edited by Jan Drahokoupil and Kurt Vandaele
Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at digital labour platforms in their historical, economic and geographical contexts.
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Monograph Book
Published:
12 Oct 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975100
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021