This book addresses the crucial climate change challenges faced by rural communities, with a focus on how climate change affects their livelihoods. Those who are involved in developing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, particularly in resource-poor rural areas, will find this book to be invaluable.The book explores region-specific adaptation studies to provide insights into the potential for these solutions to be adapted to other rural regions globally, leading t...

This book will guide you through the process of building an application and customizing it with the help of lucid instructions on development, configuration, and administration with a practical, step-by-step approach. If you are a developer who wants to create mobile applications quickly, this is the book for you. Some basic knowledge about of web technologies and client -side languages such as JavaScript, CSS and HTML will serve you well.

Wireless networks are facing growing demand for high capacity, better coverage, support of new applications and broad range of services. In this book, the authors first present an overview of beamforming antennas and millimeter wave communications followed by a discussion on the challenges and issues facing MAC and multi-hop routing in the wireless networks with beamforming antennas. Then, they discuss various MAC and routing protocols that are specifically designed to address those issues...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Islamic Financial Institutions, exploring current issues, including governance, Shariah compliance frameworks and regulatory aspects, as well as the principles involved in product structuring.It offers a basic understanding of Islamic financial instruments and their implementation in different regions. The book begins by introducing the Islamic financial system, its objectives, the financial intermediation process, the philosophy and m...

Considers the role of fertiliser use in agriculture as a major contributor to the imbalance of the global nitrogen cycleReviews the effectiveness of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers and organic sources of nitrogen in optimising nitrogen use efficiencyHighlights recent developments in the use of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions