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By Henry H Perritt, Jr, Eliot O Sprague

The public debate over civilian use of drones is intensifying. Variously called "unmanned aircraft systems", "unmanned aerial vehicles", "remotely piloted aircraft", or simply "drones", they are available for purchase by anyone for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. They have strikingly…

Paperback – 2018-06-08
Routledge

Edited by Ben Jones

This is the second of three volumes covering the transformation of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. As the subtitle of this volume ‘The Fleet Air Arm in Transition’ suggests, the years 1942-1943 marked a stepping stone between the small pre-war cadre operating from a small number of…

Hardback – 2018-06-07
Routledge
Navy Records Society Publications

By Anne Graham

Managing Airports presents a comprehensive and cutting-edge insight into today’s international airport industry. Approaching management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective, rather than from an operational and technical viewpoint, the book provides an innovative insight into the…

Paperback – 2018-06-05
Routledge

Edited by Robin Warner, Stuart Kaye

With advances in technology and maritime transport, human use of the ocean now extends beyond the traditional activities of navigation and fishing. Emerging activities such as bioprospecting, deep seabed mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, offshore renewable energy developments…

Paperback – 2018-06-01
Routledge

By David Hodgkinson, Rebecca Johnston

The aviation industry is being transformed by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones – commercially, militarily, scientifically and recreationally. National regulations have generally failed to keep pace with the expansion of the fast-growing drone industry. Aviation Law and Drones:…

Hardback – 2018-05-29
Routledge

By Louis Brennan, Loizos Heracleous, Alessandra Vecchi

The global space sector has always been regarded as a cutting-edge field, futuristic and at the forefront of innovation. In recent years, the sector has undergone massive change, giving rise to a high-technology niche worth over $330 billion in revenues worldwide and growing. That process,…

Paperback – 2018-05-21
Routledge

By Aparajita Mukhopadhyay

This book explores the impact of railways on colonial Indian society from the commencement of railway operations in the mid-nineteenth to the early decades of the twentieth century. The book represents a historiographical departure. Using new archival evidence as well as travelogues written by…

Hardback – 2018-05-03
Routledge

Edited by César Ducruet

Maritime transport is one of the most ancient supports to human interactions across history and it still supports more than 90% of world trade volumes today. The changing connectivity of maritime networks is of crucial importance to port, transport, and economic development and planning. The way…

Paperback – 2018-04-27
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

By Ioannis Theotokas

The maritime sector is dynamic and volatile, creating the need for continuous monitoring of the latest developments and their effects on the organisation, management and strategies of shipping companies. This book analyses the business environment of these companies and the approaches they adopt in…

Paperback – 2018-04-20
Routledge
Routledge Maritime Masters

Edited by Jiangang Fei

Each industry faces unique human resource management challenges and opportunities and in shipping these include a global labour market and global unionism, long periods spent at sea, and health and safety issues resulting from a variety of risks. This book explores all the key aspects of human…

Paperback – 2018-04-06
Routledge
Routledge Maritime Masters

Edited by Nong Hong, Gordon Houlden

Many of the maritime disputes today represent a competing interest of two groups: coastal states and user states. This edited volume evaluates the role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in managing maritime order in East Asia after its ratification in 1994, while…

Hardback – 2018-04-05
Routledge

By Marten Boon

Multinational Enterprise and Transnational Regions offers an innovative approach to the study of the history of transnational economic regions. The Rhine valley is such a region comprising the cities and areas along the Rhine river and its tributaries. The transition from coal to oil that unfolded…

Hardback – 2018-03-26
Routledge
Routledge International Studies in Business History