Product Description: Demands on the construction industry are changing, and it is now virtually essential for environmental management to be considered at all stages of a project. Many construction managers are finding a quantitative approach useful, and this book outlines four quantitative methods which can be applied at different construction stages, and which fit within a comprehensive framework of dynamic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)...read more

Product Description: Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry’s recent history. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18.5 percent, and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will generate approximately 100 million outbound trips a year, making China the fourth largest source of outbound travel in the world...read more

Product Description: Extended models, methods, and applications in power system risk assessment Risk Assessment of Power Systems: Models, Methods, and Applications, Second Edition fills the gap between risk theory and real-world application. Author Wenyuan Li is a leading authority on power system risk and has more than twenty-five years of experience in risk evaluation...read more

Product Description: Aging society is an urgent global issue that challenges almost all human societies in the world. When nations evolve into aging societies, they must establish and implement policies and approaches to meet the needs of the elderly population, such as elderly services, long-term care, health care policies, institutional facilities, illness and healing processes, financial support, and retirement life and leisure...read more

Product Description: This book explores the clinical principles, characteristics, and therapies of insomnia from a Chinese medicine perspective. Included are modern research results, quotes from classical texts, clinical experiences and case studies, and preventative healthcare tips.

Product Description: Following decades in which China's approach to technology has been to imitate, the country is now transforming itself to become innovation-oriented. This pioneering study examines whether patents play a similar role in promoting innovation in China as they do in the West, exploring the interplay between patents and China's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in particular...read more

Product Description: Sharing her experiences of living in both China and the United States, the author describes how life events have influenced and impacted her social values, attitudes, behaviors, and further discusses how she continues to be resocialized by both American and Chinese societies...read more

Product Description: This book is written by acknowledged experts in this field, who provide a state-of-the-art descriptions of the theoretical background and the practical aspects of the interventional neuroradiology. Based on practical cases, it places emphasis on the current methods, and techniques of the diagnosis and treatment, used in the region of the brain, spine, head and neck, to raising the practical ability of the specialists in their clinical work...read more

Product Description: Jiandan de Nanti is a part of the Wit and Humor: An Easy Chinese Reading Series. It includes short stories with pinyin pronunciation at the top of each sentence for easy reading. Each section has a list of questions, so it can be used in the classroom...read more