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A comprehensive core text from the expert in the field introducing students to the main issues of spatial systems modelling and analysis.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Constructing a Model of Republican Empires -- 2 Early Constitutional Structures -- 3 Creating the Imperial Constitution -- 4 The Struggle Over the Form, Character, and Direction of the New Empire -- 5 The Republican Empire of Conquest -- 6 Chief Justice John Marshall's Hamiltonian Empire: Turning Constitutional Conventions into Constitutional Law -- 7 Imperial Competition During the Ante-Belleum Era -- 8 John C. Calhoun, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Turning Constitutional Theories and Conventions into Constitutional Law -- 9 The Formation of the Modern American Empire -- Conclusion -- Bibiliography -- Index

A world model: economies, trade, migration, security and development aid. This bookprovides the analytical capability to understand and explore the dynamics of globalisation. It is anchored in economic input-output models of over 200 countries and their relationships through trade, migration, security and development aid. The tools of complexity science are brought to bear and mathematical and computer models are developed both for the elements and for an integrated whole. Models are developed at a variety of scales ranging from the global and international trade through a European model of inter-sub-regional migration to piracy in the Gulf and the London riots of 2011. The models embrace the changing technology of international shipping, the impacts of migration on economic development along with changing patterns of military expenditure and development aid. A unique contribution is the level of spatial disaggregation which presents each of 200+ countries and their mutual interdependencies - along with some finer scale analyses of cities and regions. This is the first global model which offers this depth of detail with fully work-out models, these provide tools for policy making at national, European and global scales. Global dynamics: -Presents in depth models of global dynamics. -Provides a world economic model of 200+ countries and their interactions through trade, migration, security and development aid. -Provides pointers to the deployment of analytical capability through modelling in policy development. -Features a variety of models that constitute a formidable toolkit for analysis and policy development. -Offers a demonstration of the practicalities of complexity science concepts. This book is for practitioners and policy analysts as well as those interested in mathematical model building and complexity science as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level students

Lesson 1. Define your why -- Lesson 2. Create quality over quantity -- Lesson 3. Dig below the surface --Lesson 4. Have your authentic story ready to go -- Lesson 5. Give first -- Lesson 6. Upgrade your network, five levels of exchange -- Lesson 7. Learn to make great introductions -- Lesson 8. Expand your circles of connections -- Lesson 9. Make your progress and commitment visible to others -- Lesson 10. Inspire others

As our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. Without a sense of what open spaces such as parks and gardens contribute, it's difficult to argue for their creation and maintenance: in the face of schools needing resources, roads and sewers needing maintenance, and people suffering at the hands of others, why should cities and counties spend scarce dollars planting trees and preserving parks? In Constructed Climates, ecologist William G. Wilson demonstrates the value of urban green. Focusing specifically on the role of vegetation and trees, Wilson shows the costs and benefits reaped from urban open spaces, from cooler temperatures to better quality ground water-and why it all matters. While Constructed Climates is a work of science, it does not ignore the social component. Wilson looks at low-income areas that have poor vegetation, and shows how enhancing these areas through the planting of community gardens and trees can alleviate social ills. This book will be essential reading for environmentalists and anyone making decisions for the nature and well-being of our cities and citizens.