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Algebraic Number Theory for Beginners

John Stillwell

This book introduces algebraic number theory through the problem of generalizing 'unique prime factorization' from ordinary integers to more general domains. Solving polynomial equations in integers leads naturally to these domains, but unique prime factorization may be...

Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures

Andrew Allan , Stan Geertman , Chris Pettit , John Stillwell

This book offers a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) Conference, held in the second week of July 2017 at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.It provides a state-of-the-art overview of the...

Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities

Joseph Ferreira, Jr. , Stan Geertman , Robert Goodspeed , John Stillwell

This book is a selection of the best and peer-reviewed articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2015 at MIT in Boston, USA. The contributions provide state-of the art overview of the...

Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development

Stan Geertman , John Stillwell , Fred Toppen

This book collects a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2013 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The articles included were selected by external reviewers using a...

Population Dynamics and Projection Methods

Martin Clarke , John Stillwell

Although the human population growth rate of the world has been  declining since peaking in the early 1960s, the populations of individual countries are changing at different rates.  Population dynamics at national level are partly determined by levels of fertility and...

Ethnicity and Integration

John Stillwell , Maarten Van Ham

Spatial and Social Disparities

Paul Norman , John Stillwell , Paula Surridge , Claudia Thomas

Inequality is one of the major problems of the contemporary world. Significant geographical disparities exist within nations of the developed world, as well as between these countries and those referred to as the ‘South’ in the Bruntland Report. Issues of equity and...

Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility

Ernestina Coast , Dylan Kneale , John Stillwell

Many parts of the world are experiencing rapid demographic restructuring, resulting in an ageing population with increasingly significant work and care pressures on cohorts less able or willing to provide support. This book examines some of the important trends that...

Modelling Land-Use Change

Aldrik Bakema , Eric Koomen , Henk J. Scholten , John Stillwell

Models of land-use change incorporate a vast amount of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. Geography contributes to the understanding of land-use change whilst demography and economics help explain underlying trends. This book offers a cross-sectional overview...