A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

Author: Lisa Benton-Short

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-07-25

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 144227719X

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Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text offers a comprehensive examination of North America’s physical and human geography, weaving in the key themes of environment and sustainability throughout. The authors explore the challenges each region faces, such as water shortages, climate change, increased migration and diversity, urbanization, and continued economic changes. The book also highlights the positive actions that Americans and Canadians are taking to move toward a more sustainable future. New features in the second edition include sections on population, immigration and diversity, and urban trends. Each chapter also features a case study that examines a national park (representing natural and cultural heritage), how the region is coping with climate change, how geospatial technologies are applied to environmental challenges, iconic images and/or cultural festivals, urban sustainability best practices, and global connections and networks. Designed for ease of teaching and learning, the book features full-color photographs and maps throughout; chapter highlights; lists of key terms, places, and major cities for each chapter; discussion questions; and a glossary.


Cognitive Systems and Information Processing

Cognitive Systems and Information Processing

Author: Fuchun Sun

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-12-06

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 9819980216

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The two-volume set CCIS 1918 and 1919 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Systems and Information Processing, ICCSIP 2023, held in Luoyang, China, during August 10–12, 2023. The 52 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 136 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Volume I : Award; Algorithm & Control; and Application. Volume II: Robotics & Bioinformatics; and Vision.


Handbook of Whale Optimization Algorithm

Handbook of Whale Optimization Algorithm

Author: Seyedali Mirjalili

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2023-11-24

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 0323953646

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Handbook of Whale Optimization Algorithm: Variants, Hybrids, Improvements, and Applications provides the most in-depth look at an emerging meta-heuristic that has been widely used in both science and industry. Whale Optimization Algorithm has been cited more than 5000 times in Google Scholar, thus solving optimization problems using this algorithm requires addressing a number of challenges including multiple objectives, constraints, binary decision variables, large-scale search space, dynamic objective function, and noisy parameters to name a few. This handbook provides readers with in-depth analysis of this algorithm and existing methods in the literature to cope with such challenges. The authors and editors also propose several improvements, variants and hybrids of this algorithm. Several applications are also covered to demonstrate the applicability of methods in this book. Provides in-depth analysis of equations, mathematical models and mechanisms of the Whale Optimization Algorithm Proposes different variants of the Whale Optimization Algorithm to solve binary, multiobjective, noisy, dynamic and combinatorial optimization problems Demonstrates how to design, develop and test different hybrids of Whale Optimization Algorithm Introduces several application areas of the Whale Optimization Algorithm, focusing on sustainability Includes source code from applications and algorithms that is available online


OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Spain 2015

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Spain 2015

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9264226885

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This report evaluates Spain's progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on biodiversity and the environmental performance of the private sector.