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Drone Futures UAS in Landscape and Urban Design

Drone Futures explores new paradigms in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in landscape and urban design. UAS or drones can be deployed with direct application to the built environment; this book explores the myriad of contemporary and future possibilities of the design medium its aesthetic mapping agency AI mobility and contribution to smart cities. Drones present innovative possibilities operating in a ‘hover space’ between human scales of landscape observation and light aircraft providing a unique resolution of space. This book shows how UAS can be utilised to provide new perspectives on spatial layout landscape and urban conditions data capture for construction monitoring and simulation of design proposals. Author Paul Cureton examines both the philosophical use of these tools and practical steps for implementation by designers. Illustrated in full colour throughout Drone Futures discusses UAS and their connectivity to other design technologies and processes including mapping and photogrammetry AR/VR drone AI and drones for construction and fabrication new mobilities smart cities and city information models (CIMs). It is specifically geared towards professionals seeking to understand UAS applications and future development and students seeking an understanding of the role of drones and airspace in the built environment and its powerful geographic imaginary. With international contributions multidisciplinary sources and case studies Drone Futures examines new powers of flight for visualising interpreting and presenting landscapes and urban spaces of tomorrow. | Drone Futures UAS in Landscape and Urban Design

GBP 31.99

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Terrorism and the US Drone Attacks in Pakistan Killing First

This book analyses the US drone attacks against terrorists in Pakistan to assess whether the ‘pre-emptive’ use of combat drones to kill terrorists is ever legally justified. Exploring the doctrinal discourse of pre-emption vis-à-vis the US drone attacks against terrorists in Pakistan the book shows that the debate surrounding this discourse encapsulates crucial tensions between the permission and limits of the right of self-defence. Drawing from the long history of God-given and man-made laws of war this book employs positivism as a legal frame to explore and explain the doctrine of pre-emption and analyses the doctrine of the state’s rights to self-defence as it stretches into pre-emptive or preventive use of force. The book investigates why the US chose the recourse to pre-emption through the use of combat drones in the ‘war on terror’ and whether there is a potential future for the pre-emption of terrorism through combat drones. The author argues that the policy to ‘kill first’ is easy to adopt; however any disregard for the web of legal requirements surrounding the policy has the potential to undercut the legal claims of an armed act. The book enables the framing and analysis of such controversies in legal terms as opposed to a choice between law and policy. An examination of the legal dilemma concerning drone warfare this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of international relations Asian politics South Asian studies and security studies in particular global security law new wars and emerging technologies of warfare. | Terrorism and the US Drone Attacks in Pakistan Killing First

GBP 38.99

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The Big Book of Drones

Drones are taking the world by storm. The technology and laws governing them change faster than we can keep up with. The Big Book of Drones covers everything from drone law to laws on privacy discussing the history and evolution of drones to where we are today. If you are new to piloting it also covers how to fly a drone including a pre-flight checklist. For those who are interested in taking drones to the next level we discuss how to build your own using a 3D printer as well as many challenging projects for your drone. For the truly advanced The Big Book of Drones discusses how to hack a drone. This includes how to perform a replay attack denial of service attack and how to detect a drone and take it down. Finally the book also covers drone forensics. This is a new field of study but one that is steadily growing and will be an essential area of inquiry as drones become more prevalent.

GBP 26.99

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Optimizing Small Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aircraft A Practical Design Guide

This design guide was written to capture the author’s practical experience of designing building and testing multi-rotor drone systems over the past decade. The lack of one single source of useful information meant that the past 10 years has been a steep learning curve a lot of self-tuition and many trial and error tests. Lessons learnt the hard way are not always the best way to learn. This book will be useful for the amateur drone pilot who wants to build their own system from first principles as well as the academic researcher investigating novel design concepts and future drone applications. | Optimizing Small Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aircraft A Practical Design Guide

GBP 56.99

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Agricultural Drones A Peaceful Pursuit

Agricultural drones are expected to revolutionize the way we conduct agronomic procedures and maintain natural vegetation on earth. This book explores the increasing importance of the role of aerial robots in managing agricultural farms and natural resources. Agricultural Drones: A Peaceful Pursuit provides a wealth of information on drone usage in agriculture. The book discusses the advanced sensors and imaging capabilities of drones that give farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage. An introductory chapter provides historical data with details about various models of drones as well as the most recent and popular agricultural drones in usage. The book goes onto look at such topics as the use of drones for soil fertility production agronomy irrigation weed control pest and disease control grain yield forecasting and economic advantages from drone use. This timely and useful volume will be a valuable resource for faculty agricultural extension officers and farmers and farm consultancy agencies. This book would also serve as an excellent textbook for students in agriculture engineering geography etc. Key features:• outlines the advantages of using drones in agriculture such as for the management of soil fertility the study of natural resources and vegetation the maintenance of adequate irrigation and the control of weeds and pests• covers the economic advantages of using drones in agriculture• examines the regulatory aspects of agricultural drones• provides actual examples of drone usage in agriculture | Agricultural Drones A Peaceful Pursuit

GBP 82.99

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The United States and Great Power Responsibility in International Society Drones Rendition and Invasion

This book evaluates American foreign policy actions from the perspective of great power responsibility with three case studies: Operation Iraqi Freedom American drone strikes in Pakistan and the post- 9/11 practice of extraordinary rendition. This book argues that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 American drone attacks in Pakistan and the practice of extraordinary rendition are the examples of irresponsible actions undertaken by the U. S. acting as a great power in international society. Focusing on a major theoretical approach of International Relations the English School this book considers the responsibilities of great powers in international society. It points to three obligations of great powers: to act according to the norm of legality to act according to the norm of legitimacy and to adhere to the principles of prudence. The author applies the criteria of legality legitimacy and prudence to analyse the three foreign policy endeavours of the U. S. and developing a normative framework clarifies the implications for future U. S. foreign policy. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of international relations international relations theory American politics foreign policy studies international law South Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies. | The United States and Great Power Responsibility in International Society Drones Rendition and Invasion

GBP 39.99

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Legitimacy and Drones Investigating the Legality Morality and Efficacy of UCAVs

Unmanned combat air vehicles or in common parlance 'drones' have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter an objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threat with lethal force. As a result critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidisciplinary essays by scholars with an extensive knowledge of international norms this book explores the question of legitimacy through the conceptual lenses of legality morality and efficacy it then closes with the consideration of a policy proposal aimed at incorporating all three indispensable elements. The importance of this inquiry cannot be overstated. Non-state actors fully understand that attacking the much more powerful state requires moving the conflict away from the traditional battlefield where they are at an enormous disadvantage. Those engaging in terrorism seek to goad the ruling government into an overreaction or abuse of power to trigger a destabilization via an erosion of its legitimacy. Thus defending the target of legitimacy”in this case insuring the use of deadly force is constrained by valid limiting principles”represents an essential strategic interest. This book seeks to come to grips with the new reality of drone warfare by exploring if it can be used to preserve rather than eat away at legitimacy. After an extensive analysis of the three key parameters in twelve chapters the practical proposition of establishing a 'Drone Court' is put forward and examined as a way of pursuing the goal of integrating these essential components to defend the citizenry and the legitimacy of the government at the same time. | Legitimacy and Drones Investigating the Legality Morality and Efficacy of UCAVs

GBP 35.99

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A First Course in Aerial Robots and Drones

A First Course in Aerial Robots and Drones provides an accessible and student friendly introduction to aerial robots and drones. Drones figure prominently as opportunities for students to learn various aspects of aerospace engineering and design. Drones offer an enticing entry point for STEM studies. As the use of drones in STEM studies grows there is an emerging generation of drone pilots who are not just good at flying but experts in specific niches such as mapping or thermography. Key Features: Focuses on algorithms that are currently used to solve diverse problems. Enables students to solve problems and improve their science skills. Introduces difficult concepts with simple accessible examples. Suitable for undergraduate students this textbook provides students and other readers with methods for solving problems and improving their science skills.

GBP 82.99

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Aquatic Environment Management

This reference book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring. It covers conventional assessment methods like sampling surveying and chlorophyll estimation. Advanced remote sensing technology provides timely spectral information for quantitative and qualitative assessment of water changes volume and vegetation. The book discusses space-borne airborne and drone geospatial data. The five sections broadly cover aquatic ecosystem monitoring vegetation management advanced modelling practices and challenges. Key features Covers different types of aquatic ecosystems like wetlands rivers lakes saline and brackish Reviews the latest applications of remote sensing in the monitoring and assessment of aquatic ecosystems Includes traditional methods like cartography sampling surveying phytoplankton assessment and chlorophyll estimation Discusses the application of artificial intelligence machine learning data fusion in monitoring aquatic systems Explores the prospects of future Earth observation space missions for aquatic ecosystem monitoring The book is meant for scientists professionals and policymakers working in environmental sciences remote sensing and geology. | Aquatic Environment Management

GBP 110.00

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The Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

This fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on cinematic composition provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively eloquent images using a unique approach that combines an analytical technical and aesthetic understanding of the essential visual grammar of the shot. Containing well over a hundred full-color case studies this second edition was expanded to include brand-new shot types and was completely updated to reflect developments in filmmaking technology and practices including the DSLR revolution the advent of mirrorless and compact cinema cameras improvements in CMOS sensor performance the introduction of 4K and higher video resolutions and drone cinematography. The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in motion media and cinematic storytelling including independent filmmakers directors producers cinematographers editors as well as those studying filmmaking media aesthetics and film studies. | The Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

GBP 28.99

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Design by Fire Resistance Co-Creation and Retreat in the Pyrocene

Across the world the risks of wildfires are increasing and expanding. Due to past and current human actions we dwell in the age of fire – the Pyrocene – and the many challenges and climate adaptation questions it provokes. Exploring our past and current relationships with fire this book speculates on the pyro futures yet to be designed and cared for. Drawing upon fieldwork mapping drone imagery and interviews this publication curates 27 global design case studies within the vulnerable and dynamic wildland-urban interface and its adjacent wildlands. The book catalogs these examples into three approaches: those that resist the creative and transformative power of fire and forces of landscape change those that embrace and utilize those forces and those that intentionally try to retreat and minimize human intervention in fire-prone landscapes. Rather than serving as a book of neatly packaged solutions it is a book of techniques to be considered tested and evaluated in a time of fire. | Design by Fire Resistance Co-Creation and Retreat in the Pyrocene

GBP 31.99

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Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector

Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector Second Edition thoroughly examines the world of transportation as it relates to public procurement stressing the importance of not only procuring the right goods materials and services but also ensuring their proper delivery to their final destination. Designed to educate the public procurement professional on ways to realize enhanced cost savings it offers an introduction to the history of transportation as well as industry terminology and accepted practices. Authors Darin Matthews and Linda Stanley explore recent transportation industry evolutions including the development of important technologies like package tracing delivery notification and drone delivery and ways to successfully integrate this technology. Sustainability in transportation—including product packaging material reuse and reduced emissions for delivery vehicles— is likewise examined. Through the use of case studies and transportation industry resources Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector Second Edition offers a complete package for professionals looking to enhance their knowledge of logistics and transportation as well as for university courses on transportation supply chain management and public procurement.

GBP 89.99

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Global Politics A New Introduction

The third edition of Global Politics: A New Introduction continues to provide a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in helping them to understand the key questions and theories and also to develop a critical and inquiring perspective. Completely revised and updated throughout the third edition offers up-to-date examples engaging with the latest developments in global politics including the Syrian war and the refugee crisis fossil fuel divestment racism and Black Lives Matter citizen journalism populism and drone warfare. Global Politics: examines the most significant issues in global politics – from war peacebuilding terrorism security violence nationalism and authority to poverty development postcolonialism human rights gender inequality ethnicity and what we can do to change the world; offers chapters written to a common structure which is ideal for teaching and learning and features a key question an illustrative example general responses and broader issues; integrates theory and practice throughout the text by presenting theoretical ideas and concepts in conjunction with a global range of historical and contemporary case studies. Drawing on theoretical perspectives from a broad range of disciplines including international relations political theory postcolonial studies sociology geography peace studies and development this innovative textbook is essential reading for all students of global politics and international relations. | Global Politics A New Introduction

GBP 42.99

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Handbook of Forensic Photography

Handbook of Forensic Photography is the most-comprehensive definitive reference for the use of photography in the capture and presentation of forensic evidence. The intent is to inform the reader about the most complete and up-to-date methods to capture and reproduce images that most accurately represent the evidence. With the rise in importance of forensic science crime and accident scene documentation has likewise increased in importance—not the least of which has been forensic photography. The need to use accepted practice and protocols to guarantee the authenticity of images for evidence documentation is paramount for using it in court. And as with any discipline there is an art to the science of forensic photography. Contributing authors from various backgrounds—each experts in their field—have provided numerous case examples best practices and recommendations for recognizing recording and preserving evidence using cameras and the latest digital image technology including video and other imaging technologies. Chapters present such topics as videography drone photography underwater photography crime scene photography autopsy photographs fire documentation forensic odontology and more. The book closes with coverage of courtroom displays presenting imaging evidence and expert witness testimony in the courtroom. Handbook of Forensic Photography is a must-have reference for experienced crime scene photographers death and crime scene investigators police and forensic professionals—including medical examiners odontologists engineers and forensic anthropologists—who frequently need to capture investigative photographs in the course of investigations.

GBP 99.99

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Securing Cyber-Physical Systems

Think about someone taking control of your car while you're driving. Or someone hacking into a drone and taking control. Both of these things have been done and both are attacks against cyber-physical systems (CPS). Securing Cyber-Physical Systems explores the cybersecurity needed for CPS with a focus on results of research and real-world deployment experiences. It addresses CPS across multiple sectors of industry. CPS emerged from traditional engineered systems in the areas of power and energy automotive healthcare and aerospace. By introducing pervasive communication support in those systems CPS made the systems more flexible high-performing and responsive. In general these systems are mission-critical—their availability and correct operation is essential. This book focuses on the security of such mission-critical systems. Securing Cyber-Physical Systems brings together engineering and IT experts who have been dealing separately with these issues. The contributed chapters in this book cover a broad range of CPS security topics including: Securing modern electrical power systemsUsing moving target defense (MTD) techniques to secure CPSSecuring wireless sensor networks (WSNs) used for critical infrastructuresMechanisms to improve cybersecurity and privacy in transportation CPSAnticipated cyberattacks and defense approaches for next-generation autonomous vehiclesSecurity issues vulnerabilities and challenges in the Internet of ThingsMachine-to-machine (M2M) communication securitySecurity of industrial control systemsDesigning trojan-resilient integrated circuitsWhile CPS security techniques are constantly evolving this book captures the latest advancements from many different fields. It should be a valuable resource for both professionals and students working in network web computer or embedded system security.

GBP 44.99

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International Law Our Common Future

International Law: Our Common Future offers a dynamic approach to the study of international law that actively engages students in ways that more traditional textbooks do not. One way this is achieved is by focusing on recent events including international terrorism extraordinary rendition the legality of drone strikes environmental devastation and human rights. Another is by having students wrestle with actual court rulings rather than being given short summaries of these decisions. These cases which are from a wide array of international regional and domestic tribunals are followed by a series of provocative and challenging questions and prompts that will naturally lead to classroom discussion and debate. The book recognizes the importance of visual media in terms of student learning. In addition to photographs of individuals and events that feature prominently in the development of international law each chapter has sections entitled International Law at the Movies which highlight feature films and documentaries that explore the topic at hand. What students will quickly come to realize is that international law is not a distant and abstract entity but rather is intimately connected to various aspects of their daily lives. The book shows some of the remarkable changes in international law most notably the declining importance of the role of the state. As a final point the book is written in an engaging almost conversational style that is accessible to students in a wide array of academic disciplines. FEATURES OF THIS INNOVATIVE TEXT This book is specifically designed to appeal to student interest to promote active learning and to integrate carefully edited court cases with explanatory text. Here are just a few of the features devoted to achieving these goals: Boxed text highlighting current events “International Law at the Movies” boxes Photos illustrating key moments and figures in international law Cases carefully edited and set off from the main text Notes and Comments following court case excerpts References for each chapter divided into key types of sources including Books and Articles Reports Agreements and Cases (international regional and domestic tribunals) Glossary of key terms putting terms in context with events Filmography Table of Cases with links to original sources A NOTE ABOUT THE COVER ART Title: “María inside since April 14 2014” Artist: Ben Betsalel The cover image is from a prison project in Colombia Human Beings Inside and Outside done in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). | International Law Our Common Future