Published in 1989, Blueprint for a Green Economy presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for 'greening' modern economies and putting them on a path to sustainable development. This new book, written by two of the Blueprint for a Green Economy authors, revisits and updates its main m[...]

SMS Uprising provides a unique insight into how activists and social change advocates are addressing Africa's many challenges from within, and how they are using mobile telephone technologies to facilitate these changes. This collection of essays by those engaged in using mobile phone technologies [...]

HIGHLIGHTThe first and only book on Apache Mahout, an open source tool forleveraging machine learning techniques in large-scale applications. DESCRIPTIONTo benefit from prior experience in the use of a website, machinelearning techniques are increasingly used. The Apache Mahout projectis focused on[...]

Prostate Pathology concentrates on the salient H&E histopathology of each entity discussed with brief descriptors of the clinical features, differential diagnosis, and relevant literature references for each entity. The book features a bulleted format with H&E illustrations to match histopathologic [...]

Tourism is emerging as a leading sector in the world and is considered by some as the number one industry. Demographic, socio-structural and socio-cultural developments have always led to changes in tourist demands, and service providers in tourism are faced with a substantial need to adjust.[...]