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1. The Science and Technology of Plasma and Vacuum Processing

   By William George Graham, Timo Gans, Philip Gordon Steen, Miles Turner, Kenneth Frances Dunn, David Vender

   This book presents the fundamental principles of vacuum technology. It introduces the working principles and operating regimes of different vacuum pumps and vacuum sensors and discusses vacuum systems design concepts and trouble-shooting of vacuum problems. Demonstrating the wide range of vacuum...

   To Be Published April 25th 2014 by Taylor & Francis
2. Urban Growth in Emerging Economies

   Lessons from the BRICS

   Edited by Gordon McGranahan, George Martine

   This book examines the role of urbanization and urban growth in the emerging economies, taking the ‘BRICS’ countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as case studies. It analyses how their different approaches towards urbanization have shaped their historical development paths and...

   To Be Published March 29th 2014 by Routledge
3. Road Vehicle Performance

   By George Gordon Lucas

   First published in 1986...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Enhancing Quality in Higher Education

   International perspectives

   Edited by Ray Land, George Gordon

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   Interest in the quality of higher education provision has been steadily increasing over the last twenty years. This has been driven largely by the international creation of explicit policies and reporting requirements to review, audit and evaluate provision. The interest is associated in many...

   To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education

   The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce

   Edited by Celia Whitchurch, George Gordon

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education Series, Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education: The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce, reviews the implications of new forms of academic and professional identity, which have emerged largely as a...

   Published October 1st 2012 by Routledge
6. The New Global Frontier

   Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century

   Edited by George Martine, Gordon McGranahan, Mark Montgomery, Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla

   The world?s developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligently and humanely, this growth can pave the way to sustainable development; otherwise, it will favour higher levels of poverty and environmental stress. The...

   Published August 19th 2008 by Routledge