Library and information sciences / Museology

This book introduces important reflections on understanding the meaning of cultural-religious heritage in an international context and their relationship with issues of sustainability at the local community level.

"e;This book uses Caenorhabditis elegans as model animal to introduce the toxicity induction of toxicants at environmentally relevant concentrations under different conditions.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of international cultural heritage law from the perspectives of non-state actors (NSAs).

This book outlines the latest research in Fanshan by the archaeologist, a man-made hathpace cemetery, on which is located the inner city of Liangzhu historical site at northwest area.

This thought-provoking book examines how the accumulated knowledge on past and present environmental issues and risks within Japan can be applied in order to help deliver the transformation to a sustainable and well-being society.

This book is the first comprehensive work on Chinese covered bridges study, covering fields of human geography, historical buildings, and transportation.

This book highlights the challenges and opportunities of (re)constructing a sustainable rural community on the outskirts of the urban community.

This book provides extensive information on craftsmen-built houses in China.

This book addresses questions about theories of heritage, its methodologies of research, and where its boundaries lie with tourism, urban development, post-disaster recovery, collective identities, memory, or conflict.

This transdisciplinary edited book explores new developments and perspectives on global Vietnam, touching on aspects of history, identity, transnational mobilities, heritage, belonging, civil society, linguistics, education, ethnicity, and worship practices.

This book reframes commemoration through distinctly geographical lenses, locating it within experiential and digital worlds.

This book focuses on the cohering elements across various texts and traditions of India.

This book shares the experiences of the Monash University and La Trobe University libraries in Melbourne, Australia, regarding the paths taken to transform and reposition these libraries within their institutions.

This book provides the first synthetic review of the literature on cultural roads and itineraries, providing a template for developing typologies and clarity on existing research.

This book offers an overview of Chinese medicine terminology translation, defining the central concepts in Chinese traditional medicine, providing simplified Chinese characters, Mandarin Pronunciation in pinyin, citations for 110 of the most key concepts in traditional Chinese medicine and culture.

This monograph is based on pollution control technologies available to deal with water and air pollution.

This book provides a substantial contribution to understanding the international legal framework for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage.

This book examines the making of the Goddess Durga both as an art and as part of the intangible heritage of Bengal.

This book introduces flood inundation area and flood risks assessment based on a comprehensive monitoring system using remote sensing and geographic information system technologies.

In light of the novel corona virus outbreak in December 2019 and its subsequent impact on entire world as a global pandemic, the book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on Covid -19 like pandemics, as well as to understand the societal, environment and economic impact of the outbreak in various sectors of development.

This book introduces readers to oracle bone inscriptions (OBI), the oldest known form of Chinese writing.

This book gathers the best papers presented at the 11th Tourism Outlook Conference, held in Eskisehir, Turkey, from 3 to 5 October 2018.

The richness of Africa's heritage at times stands in stark contrast to the economic, health, political and societal challenges faced.

Soil is a vital support system for all life forms, and is directly or indirectly exposed to various pollutants and harmful chemicals.

This book focuses on probiotics and gut microbiota, as well as their roles in alleviating the toxicity of various environmental pollutants, presenting the latest research findings and explaining advanced research methods and tools.

Our Earth is considered as a natural system which organizes and controls itself.

This book is the first-ever monograph on clustering patterns in prehistoric settlements.

This book explores the core value of Gulangyu's historical environment, using outstanding universal value and Sino-foreign cultural exchange as the framing aspects, based on the requirements for Gulangyu being recognized as a World Heritage Site.

This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the traditions, cultures, kinship norms, and other significant cultural aspects of the tribes, or otherwise named ethnic groups, of Indonesia, by an Indonesian anthropologist.

Microbial or biological degradation has long been the subject of active concern, and the rapid expansion and growing sophistication of various industries in the last century has significantly increased the volume and complexity of toxic residues of wastes.

This book examines the making of the Goddess Durga both as an art and as part of the intangible heritage of Bengal.

This book discusses population growth and the resultant problems, and highlights the need for immediate action to develop a set of planned satellite towns around Indian megacities to reduce their population densities and activity concentrations.

This book offers a scholarly perspective on heritage as a discourse, concept and lived experience in Malaysia.

This book is a compilation of the policy briefs produced by the International Science Council's program on Urban Health and Wellbeing: A Systems Approach over the past five years.

This book examines the impacts of tourism-led transformations on the industrial historical waterfront at Darling Harbour and The Rocks in Sydney, Australia in the context of urban restructuring and deindustrialisation.

Global climate change threatens human existence through its potential impact on agriculture and the environment.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the theoretical developments and technological breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of environmental pollution and human health, while also promoting a comprehensive strategy to address these problems.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of international cultural heritage law from the perspectives of non-state actors (NSAs).

This book presents the preservation principles and the current environmental challenges relating to monitoring heritage sites and buildings under the effects of climate change.

This book focuses on information literacy for the younger generation of learners and library readers.

This book focuses on the implementation of slum upgrading projects and the last generation of citywide programmes that define the future urban configuration of informal settlements, from a citywide perspective, in the Earth's tropical region.

This book traces the evolution of Singapore's parks system, from colonial to present times.

This book explores significant aspects of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region, and presents, from different contexts and perspectives, innovative interventions afoot for transforming the governance of 21st-century cities in two key areas: (i) urban planning and policy; and (ii) service delivery and social inclusion.

  Exploring archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection in South Asia, this book considers heritage management strategies through community engagement, bringing together the results of research undertaken by archaeologists, heritage practitioners and policy makers working towards the preservation and conservation of both cultural and natural heritage.

This book presents selected papers presented during the International Symposium on Earthen Structures held in IISc Bangalore.

This volume focuses on cadmium (Cd) exposure, its effects on human health, the mechanism of Cd accumulation and the development of mitigation technologies.

Far from heralding their demise, digital technologies have lead to a dramatic transformation of the public library.

Our Earth is considered as a natural system which organizes and controls itself.

Memory studies is a nascent and multidisciplinary research field, drawing from an impressive array of qualitative investigative methods deployed to do memory research.

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