The increasingly global nature of the World Wide Web presents new challenges and opportunities for technical communicators who must develop content for clients or colleagues from other cultures and in
Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistr
Since 1970, radar, sonar, and other techniques have discovered more than 145 lakes underneath the ice of Antarctica, the largest about the same size as Lake Ontario. Rivers, streams, swamps, and other
This publication takes stock of ongoing work relating to childhood lead exposure with a view to consolidating and disseminating scientific knowledge and experience as two important elements in the pro
A selection of 13 papers comprise the third and final volume that emerged from the November 2001 Knowledge and Learning conference in Groningen; the other two cover classical and Medieval periods. His
A tribute and guide to M. Powell Lawton's groundbreaking work! Dr. M. Powell Lawton, who died in January 2001, was arguably the most significant thinker, researcher, and practitioner in environment-b
The crash of an Amtrak train near Baltimore, the collapse of the Hyatt hotel in Kansas City, the incident at Three Mile Island, and other large-scale technological disasters have provided powerful exa
Building Product Models thoroughly presents the concepts, technology, and methods now used to work out what will become the building product model - a new, digital representation for architecture, civ
The Mediterranean countries of Europe have been undergoing rapid change and development over the last thirty years and especially during the last ten. These changes have occurred in all aspects of lif
A practical, thorough approach to the development of therapeutic special care settings Research has shown that physical surroundings strongly influence the behavior and quality of life of individu
The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the e
This book describes the kinds of latent variable models that can be applied to multivariate data and the purposes for which different analyses can be used. It outlines the steps in model estimation an
A book/CD-ROM package for nonprogrammers desiring to create virtual reality environments and 3D graphics on the Internet. Coverage includes OpenGL Graphics Standards and VRML standards, with discussio
Two major issues feature in this collection of papers which derives from two conference symposia held at the XIVth UISPP congress in Liege in 2001: how to identify Upper Palaeolithic domestic structur
