Palmer The European Parliament

What It Is · What It Does · How It Works
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7931-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Web PDF

The European Parliament: What it is? What it does? How it works? is a seven-chapter text that describes the fundamentals and functions of the European Parliament. This book begins with a revolutionary event of direct elections of the nine member countries of the European Community for the 410 members of the European Parliament. The next chapter provides a brief overview of the creation of the European Parliament, which is a product of the confused but dynamic movement to achieve European unity that marked the late 1940s and early 1950s. Other chapters describe the functions, institutional role, structure, and operation of the Parliament. A chapter relates the experience of a Parliament member. The final chapters consider the potential developments concerning the functions of the European Parliament.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Spatial Analysis and Planning under Imprecision;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;12
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;8
7;CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION;18
7.1;1.1. On Systems Complexity and Imprecis;18
7.2;1.2. On Uncertainty in Spatial Systems;22
7.3;1.3. Purpose and Structure of the Monograph;27
8;CHAPTER 2. BASIC CONCEPTS OF FUZZY SET THEORY;31
8.1;2.1. Introduction;31
8.2;2.2. A Brief Review of Ordinary Set Theory;32
8.3;2.3. Concepts and Operations of Fuzzy Subsets;35
8.4;2.4. Linguistic Variables and Possibility Distribution;71
8.5;2.5. A Remark on Fuzzy Set Theory, Probability;75
9;CHAPTER 3. REGIONAL CONCEPTS AND REGIONALIZATION;83
9.1;3.1. A Critique of the Two-valued Logic Approach;83
9.2;3.2. Characterization of a Region;86
9.3;3.3. Assignment to a Region;109
9.4;3.4. Grouping for Regions;126
10;CHAPTER 4. IMPRECISIONS OF SPATIAL PREFERENCE, UTILITY, AND CHOICE;170
10.1;4.1. A Note on the Imprecision of Choice;170
10.2;4.2. Unconstrained Spatial Choice with Imprecise Preference Structures;172
10.3;4.3. Constrained Spatial Choice with Imprecise Preference Structures;181
10.4;4.4. Spatial Partial Equilibrium under Imprecision;187
10.5;4.5. Spatial General Equilibrium under Imprecision;192
11;CHAPTER 5. FUZZY MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING AND SINGLE OBJECTIVE SPATIAL PLANNING PROBLEMS;201
11.1;5.1. An Examination of Spatial Planning Problems;201
11.2;5.2. Precise-Objective-Fuzzy-Constraints Spatial Planning Problems;203
11.3;5.3. Fuzzy-Objective-Precise-Constraints Spatial Planning Problems;213
11.4;5.4. Fuzzy-Objective-Fuzzy-Constraints Spatial Planning Problems;217
11.5;5.5. Robust Programming for Spatial Planning Problems;238
12;CHAPTER 6. FUZZY MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING AND MULTIOBJECTIVE SPATIAL PLANNING PROBLEMS;250
12.1;6.1. A Remark on Multiobjective Spatial Planning Problems;250
12.2;6.2. Multiobjective Spatial Planning Problems under Certainty;251
12.3;6.3. Multiobjective Spatial Planning Problems in a Fuzzy Environment;269
12.4;6.4. Dynamic Conflict Resolution in a Fuzzy Environment;290
13;CHAPTER 7. DYNAMICS AND OPTIMAL CONTROLS OF FUZZY SPATIAL SYSTEMS;302
13.1;7.1. On Fuzzy Spatial Systems;302
13.2;7.2. A General Framework of Fuzzy Dynamic Spatial Systems;303
13.3;7.3. Multistage Spatial Decision Problems with Fuzzy Goals and Fuzzy Constraints;317
13.4;7.4. Concluding Remarks on the Analysis of Fuzzy Dynamic Spatial Systems;338
14;CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSION;341
14.1;8.1. Summary;341
14.2;8.2. Directions for Further Research;342
15;APPENDIX 1;358
15.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chapter 2;358
16;APPENDIX 2;360
16.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chapter 3;360
17;APPENDIX 3;364
17.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chapter 4;364
18;APPENDIX 4;366
18.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chaper 5;366
19;APPENDIX 5;372
19.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chaper 6;372
20;APPENDIX 6;375
20.1;Proofs of Theorems in Chaper 7;375
21;BIBLIOGRAPHY;377
22;INDEX;385