Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Books

Book SynopsisCan we âsave the Planetâ? For a resilient, durable and sustainable future for human society, we need to repurpose, reinvent, redesign, remake and recover our human-made world so that our built environment is benignly and seamlessly biointegrated with Nature to function synergistically with it. These are the multiple tasks that humanity must carry out imminently if there is to be a future for human society and all lifeforms and their environments on the Planet. Addressing this is the most compelling question for those whose daily work impacts on Nature, such as architects, engineers, landscape architects, town planners, environmental policy makers, builders and others, but it is a question that all of humanity needs to urgently address.Presented here are two key principles as the means to carry out these tasks â âecocentricityâ being guided by the science of ecology, and âecomimesisâ as designing and making the built environment including all artefacts based on the emulation aTrade Review"...Yeang’s goal is to restore the broken link between human and natural systems. Biointegration makes architecture a "prosthetic" to nature. This aligns Yeang with the idea of ecological engineering, the hybridisation of the natural and human-made. His projects, even where they do not reach full potential, are prototypes, he says, to refine ideas that – for the potency of what they promise –challenge the design profession at a time when the restoration of natural systems has a newfound urgency..." - Dr. Nirmal Kishnani, National University Singapore"Without wildlife there is no life. Dr. Yeang’s concept of ‘bio-integration’ gifts people with an invitation to survive on the planet. Dr. Yeang sits uniquely in the midst of shifting the very concepts of architecture and sustainable design through ‘ecomimicry’, crucial in showing how humanity can thrive by emulating and replicating the attributes of the ecosystems around us". - Dr. James Karl Fischer, Architect and Zoologist"This is a critical time for our planet, and the design of the built environment is essential in addressing these challenges. This book is timely as it centers the debate on the importance of holistic ecological design." - Ali Malkawi, Professor of Architectural Technology, Founding Director of Harvard Center for Green Building and Cities, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA"Ken Yeang has been a leader in bio-climatic architecture for decades. His pioneering research and buildings, combining architecture and nature, have provided inspiration for a generation of architects and planners concerned with ecology and the future of the built environment. His latest publication is an eloquent argument for the role that design, as a form of ‘ecomimesis,’ can and should play in helping us construct a more resilient and sustainable world." - Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design"CAN WE ‘SAVE THE PLANET’ by reinventing, redesigning and remaking our human-made world to be truly resilient and sustainable? This is arguably the most compelling issue confronting designers given the current state of impairment of the global environment. Ken Yeang maintains that preventive action needs to be replaced by an environmental ‘race and rescue’ mission. Presented here are a set of ecology-driven design approaches intended to provide a "compass" for architects, designers, planners, policy makers — and indeed anyone involved in the human-made world — on how to protect and restore planet Earth effectively. Approaching design through ‘ecomimesis’— a ‘nature-centric’ idea based on the science of ecology— Yeang proffers a built environment that harmoniously integrates the characteristics of natural and semi-natural ecosystems in a way that combines the characteristics of both to design a human-made world capable of emulating these attributes. The call is to strive for an ‘ecotopia’— a world in which human society and its artefacts co-exist with nature in a dynamic and harmonious partnership — and in which net positive socio-environmental consequences are achieved wherever possible. KEN YEANG trained at the Architectural Association School (UK) and Cambridge University. He has been awarded Malaysia’s Merdeka Award, the Malaysian Institute of Architects Gold Medal, and the Architectural Society of China Liangsicheng Award. He has been a Council Member of the RIBA, is Distinguished Plym Professor (Illinois University) and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University. Ken Yeang articulates a set of design approaches based on the function and structure of natural and semi-natural ecosystems that all designers should consider. He envisages the urban realm dominated by purpose-designed 'hybrid urban ecosystems' in which designed abiotic and biotic components interact synergistically to support and restore biodiversity and support humankind in the long term. It is a passionately expressed vision addressing an urgent challenge. " - Dr. Michael John Wells Ecologist & Ecourbanist, Founding Director, Biodiversity by Design Ltd. "You will learn a new language when you read this book. You will be drawn into thinking differently about everything around you. You will, in short, be made "eco-aware" when you finish and gain, perhaps, an understanding of the impact you have on people and things around you.What is refreshing about Yeang’s writing is he is forthcoming about how his learnings have evolved into a way of consideration of all things made by us, and not made by us. His writing is poetry in a sense, and poetry has always been quiet intensity in shaping the way we think and feel about things. As Ezra Pound put it, literature is "language charged with meaning." And that’s exactly what Yeang’s book is." - Jim Nowakowski, President of Interline Creative Group, Inc. in a review on behalf of KB-Resource.com."...Yeang’s goal is to restore the broken link between human and natural systems. Biointegration makes architecture a "prosthetic" to nature. This aligns Yeang with the idea of ecological engineering, the hybridisation of the natural and human-made. His projects, even where they do not reach full potential, are prototypes, he says, to refine ideas that – for the potency of what they promise –challenge the design profession at a time when the restoration of natural systems has a newfound urgency..." - Dr. Nirmal Kishnani, National University Singapore"Without wildlife there is no life. Dr. Yeang’s concept of ‘bio-integration’ gifts people with an invitation to survive on the planet. Dr. Yeang sits uniquely in the midst of shifting the very concepts of architecture and sustainable design through ‘ecomimicry’, crucial in showing how humanity can thrive by emulating and replicating the attributes of the ecosystems around us". - Dr. James Karl Fischer, Architect and Zoologist"This is a critical time for our planet, and the design of the built environment is essential in addressing these challenges. This book is timely as it centers the debate on the importance of holistic ecological design." - Ali Malkawi, Professor of Architectural Technology, Founding Director of Harvard Center for Green Building and Cities, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA"Ken Yeang has been a leader in bio-climatic architecture for decades. His pioneering research and buildings, combining architecture and nature, have provided inspiration for a generation of architects and planners concerned with ecology and the future of the built environment. His latest publication is an eloquent argument for the role that design, as a form of ‘ecomimesis,’ can and should play in helping us construct a more resilient and sustainable world." - Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design"CAN WE ‘SAVE THE PLANET’ by reinventing, redesigning and remaking our human-made world to be truly resilient and sustainable? This is arguably the most compelling issue confronting designers given the current state of impairment of the global environment. Ken Yeang maintains that preventive action needs to be replaced by an environmental ‘race and rescue’ mission. Presented here are a set of ecology-driven design approaches intended to provide a "compass" for architects, designers, planners, policy makers — and indeed anyone involved in the human-made world — on how to protect and restore planet Earth effectively. Approaching design through ‘ecomimesis’— a ‘nature-centric’ idea based on the science of ecology— Yeang proffers a built environment that harmoniously integrates the characteristics of natural and semi-natural ecosystems in a way that combines the characteristics of both to design a human-made world capable of emulating these attributes. The call is to strive for an ‘ecotopia’— a world in which human society and its artefacts co-exist with nature in a dynamic and harmonious partnership — and in which net positive socio-environmental consequences are achieved wherever possible. KEN YEANG trained at the Architectural Association School (UK) and Cambridge University. He has been awarded Malaysia’s Merdeka Award, the Malaysian Institute of Architects Gold Medal, and the Architectural Society of China Liangsicheng Award. He has been a Council Member of the RIBA, is Distinguished Plym Professor (Illinois University) and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University. Ken Yeang articulates a set of design approaches based on the function and structure of natural and semi-natural ecosystems that all designers should consider. He envisages the urban realm dominated by purpose-designed 'hybrid urban ecosystems' in which designed abiotic and biotic components interact synergistically to support and restore biodiversity and support humankind in the long term. It is a passionately expressed vision addressing an urgent challenge. " - Dr. Michael John Wells Ecologist & Ecourbanist, Founding Director, Biodiversity by Design Ltd. "You will learn a new language when you read this book. You will be drawn into thinking differently about everything around you. You will, in short, be made "eco-aware" when you finish and gain, perhaps, an understanding of the impact you have on people and things around you.What is refreshing about Yeang’s writing is he is forthcoming about how his learnings have evolved into a way of consideration of all things made by us, and not made by us. His writing is poetry in a sense, and poetry has always been quiet intensity in shaping the way we think and feel about things. As Ezra Pound put it, literature is "language charged with meaning." And that’s exactly what Yeang’s book is." - Jim Nowakowski, President of Interline Creative Group, Inc. in a review on behalf of KB-Resource.com.Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1. Reinventing the human-made world to address the sustainability equation 2. Redefining design to include the ecological sciences: The principle of ecocentricity 3. Reinventing the built environment by 'ecomimicry' 4. Ecological Design as the biointegration of a set of 'infrastructures': The 'quatrobrid' constructed ecosystem 5. Nature-based infrastructure - Earth's 'life support system' 6. Hydrological infrastructure 7. Technological infrastructure 8. Anthropocentric infrastructure 9. Being 'at one' with Nature Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe value of design for contributing to environmental solutions and a sustainable future is increasingly recognised. It spans many spheres of everyday life, and the ethical dimension of design practice that considers environmental, social and economic sustainability is compelling.Approaches to design recognise design as a practice that can transform human experience and understanding, expanding its role beyond stylistic enhancement. The traditional roles of design, designer and designed object are therefore redefined through new understanding of the relationship between the material and immaterial aspects of design where the design product and the design process are embodiments of ideas, values and beliefs.This multi-disciplinary approach considers how to create design which is at once aesthetically pleasing and also ethically considered, with contributions from fields as diverse as architecture, fashion, urban design and philosophy. The authors also address how to teaTable of Contents1. Framing Perspectives on Design and Ethics 2. Design-Ing Ethics: the Good, the Bad and the Performative 3. Design, Ethics and Group Myopia 4. From Allure to Ethics: Design as a ‘Creative Industry’ Part 2: Communication Design 5. Hybridity, Hegemony, and Design in a Globalized Economy 6. Values and Pragmatic Action 7. Designing Well 8. Design and Ethics in Digital Mental Health Promotion 9. Interaction Design, Mass Communication And The Challenge Of Distributed Expertise Part 3: Built Environment 10. Living With Strangers 11. The Social Responsibility of Educational Institutions 12. Rethinking Practice: Architecture, Ecology and Ethics Marci 13. Delivering Sustainable Housing Part 4: Fashion 14. Fashion, Ethics, Ethos 15. Nourishing And Polluting: Redefining the Role of Waste in the Fashion System. Looking Back, Forward And Elsewhere: An Afterword

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Book SynopsisThe TransNav 2011 Symposium held at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland in June 2011 has brought together a wide range of participants from all over the world. The program has offered a variety of contributions, allowing to look at many aspects of the navigational safety from various different points of view. Topics presented and discussed at the Symposium were: navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship's manoeuvrability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio-navigation and anti-collision systems and many others.This book is part of a series of six volumes and provides an overview of International recent issues about ECDIS, E-Navigation and Safety at Sea and is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation and sea transportation.Table of Contentse-Navigation ConceptECDISVisualization and Presentation of Navigational InformationData Transmission and Communication SystemsSafety at Sea

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Book SynopsisThe TransNav 2011 Symposium held at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland in June 2011 has brought together a wide range of participants from all over the world. The program has offered a variety of contributions, allowing to look at many aspects of the navigational safety from various different points of view. Topics presented and discussed at the Symposium were: navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship's manoeuvrability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio-navigation and anti-collision systems and many others.This book is part of a series of six volumes and provides an overview of Problems in Maritime Navigation, Transport and Shipping and is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation and sea transportation.Table of ContentsWeather Routing and Meteorological AspectsIce NavigationShip ConstructionShip Propulsion and Fuel EfficiencySafe Shipping and Environment in the Baltic Sea RegionOil Spill ResponseLarge Cetaceans

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the regenerative leadership framework that has emerged from doctoral research and consulting work with successful sustainability leaders and their organizations in business, education, and community. The framework synthesizes the levels of awareness, the leadership styles and behaviours, and the organizational arrangements that correlate most significantly across these domains. Most importantly, the overwhelming majority of the leaders in this work agree that individual and collective consciousness development is critical to transforming the culture of organizations for sustainability and beyond. The term regenerative has not been chosen arbitrarily, but to provide an alternative to the notion of sustainability, which many of the leaders featured here indicate has become insufficient to describe what needs to be done, economically, socially, and environmentally, if we are to ensure a flourishing world for present and future generations. This work in turn haTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Regenerative Leadership Framework 3. The Inner Journey 4. Leading Regeneration in the Organization 5. In the Field 6. Cultivating Regenerative Leaders in the Organization

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Book SynopsisExamining the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, this bookquestions the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility and greater democracy.The Transparent State traces the development of transparency in German political and architectural culture, tying this lineage to the relationship between culture and national identity, a connection that began before unification of the German state in the eighteenth century and continues today. The Weimar Republic and Third Reich periods are examined although the focus is on the postwar period, looking at the use of transparency in the three projects for a national parliament - the 1949 Bundestag project by Hans Schwippert, the 1992 Bundestag building by Gunter Behnisch and the 1999 Reichstag renovation by Norman Foster.Transparency is an important issue in contemporary architectural practice; this book will appeal to both the practising architect and the architectural historian.Trade Review'Barnstone's aim is as ambitious as it is fascinating.' - Domus'[Barnstone] offers a stimulating argument which will engage readers interested in the debates about both German history and architecture in the twentieth century.' – The Art Book'Barnstone's aim is as ambitious as it is fascinating.' - Domus'[Barnstone] offers a stimulating argument which will engage readers interested in the debates about both German history and architecture in the twentieth century.' – The Art BookTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Transparency Ideology 2. Transparency in German Architecture before and after the War 3. The Quest for an Open Society 4. Looking in the Mirror: Transparency after 1989 5. A Metaphor for the New Germany 6. House of Openness, Architecture of Encounter 7. Coming to Terms with the Past: Transparency in Norman Foster's Reichstag 8. Why Transparency? Appendix 1: Biography of Hans Schwippert Appendix 2: Biography of Günter Behnisch Appendix 3: Biography of Sir Norman Foster Appendix 4: Glück und Glas, Hans Schwippert Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing evidence base that documents the social, environmental and economic benefits that urban trees can deliver. Trees are, however, under threat today as never before due to competition for space imposed by development, other hard infrastructures, increased pressure on the availability of financial provision from local authorities and a highly cautious approach to risk management in a modern litigious society. It is, therefore, incumbent upon all of us in construction and urban design disciplines to pursue a set of goals that not only preserve existing trees where we can, but also ensure that new plantings are appropriately specified and detailed to enable their successful establishment and growth to productive maturity.Aimed at developers, urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects and arboriculturists, this book takes a candid look at the benefits that trees provide alongside the threats that are eliminating them from our towns and cities. ItTable of Contents1. The Benefits of Trees in Cities, 2. Tree Structures and Function - How do Trees Work? 3. Urban Soils and Functional Trees, 4. Site Assessment and Analysis, 5. Plant Production, 6. Tree Planting and Establishment: Technical Design, 7. Disorders Pests and Diseases, 8. Trees, Regulations and the Law, 9. An Integrated Approach to Green Infrastructure

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment gathers together state-of-the-art theoretical reflections and empirical research from leading researchers and practitioners working in this transdisciplinary and transnational academic field. Over the course of the book, these contributors provide critical analyses of the gender dimensions of a wide range of timely and challenging topics, from sustainable development and climate change politics, to queer ecology and interspecies ethics in the so-called Anthropocene. Presenting a comprehensive overview of the development of the field from early political critiques of the male domination of women and nature in the 1980s to the sophisticated intersectional and inclusive analyses of the present, the volume is divided into four parts: Part I: Foundations Part II: Approaches Part III: Politics, policy and practice Part IV: Futures. Comprising chapters written by forty contributors with different perspectives and working in a wide range of research contexts around the world, this Handbook will serve as a vital resource for scholars, students, and practitioners in environmental studies, gender studies, human geography, and the environmental humanities and social sciences more broadly. Trade Review"This impressive collection breaks new theoretical, political and policy ground in the exploration of gender and environment. In challenging us to look beyond conventional narratives, the authors chart new feminist ways forward in this critical time of climate change and right-wing ascendancy. The keys to the future found here unlock our imaginations, allowing us to envision and start building a more just, peaceful and sustainable world." – Betsy Hartmann, Professor Emerita of Development Studies and Senior Policy Analyst, Population and Development Program, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA"More than 30 years of exploring gender and environment interfaces have brought us many different insights and interpretations. This inspirational handbook offers a wide and in-depth overview of feminist analyses and approaches on environment. It will help scholars, students, activists and policymakers to comprehend related politics, policies and practices and build a just and sustainable future." – Irene Dankelman, Radboud University/IRDANA Advice, Netherlands"This remarkable, insightful, and comprehensive Handbook analyses the history, problems, and frameworks that characterize the complex relationships between gender and environment. An impressive assemblage of feminist writers from around the world provide powerful insights into the meanings of connections between women, gender, and nature as they have emerged in recent decades. Anyone interested in the history, politics, and real life examples surrounding ecofeminism will want to read this book." – Carolyn Merchant, Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley, USA"This book goes well beyond categorical framings of gender and environment as ‘women and nature’ to embrace trans-disciplinary, postcolonial and intersectional analyses of heteronormativity, masculinism, racism, transgender and speciesism in the environment-gender nexus. In emphasising how gender is done and undone, it provides strategies of resistance to environmentally destructive practices and it offers critical hope to enable us to reimagine our relationship with the planet." – Bob Pease, Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia"This is the book I’ve been waiting for. Its focus on gender and environment brings together a hugely impressive range of scholars to explore how gender inequalities and environmental crises are intertwined. The argument that masculinities are associated with exploitative environmental practices is an essential part of developing the policies we need to avoid environmental disaster. Given current political developments it could not be more timely and is certain to become essential reading for scholars and activists alike." – Nickie Charles, Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick, UK"Sherilyn MacGregor’s Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment is more than a reference work, it’s a great read. It encompasses the full gamut of gender and environment scholarship over more than three decades. The articles range from meditative and reflective to incendiary and revolutionary, each conveying key insights from engagement with a mix of social movements, activists, and theorists committed to social and ecological justice. MacGregor’s introduction is a peerless summary of the issues and debates, and Giovanna Di Chiro’s concluding chapter on the white (M)anthropocene is a stunner!" – Dianne Rocheleau, Professor of Geography, Clark University, USA."The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment is a thoughtful and expansive work that critically analyses key concepts and frameworks of this transdisciplinary field as well as the history and unfolding debates that have characterized the complex relationships between gender and environment. It is an essential and academically rigorous resource for scholars working on gender and environment issues and it fills a significant gap by providing an excellent reference text for those seeking a broad, yet thorough, introduction to this area of study." - Andreea Raluca Torre, Gender, Technology and Development Journal, Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand Table of ContentsGender and environment: an introduction PART I: FoundationsChapter 1. Rachel Carson was right – then and now Chapter 2. The Death of Nature: foundations of ecofeminist thought Chapter 3. The dilemma of dualism Chapter 4. Gender and environment from ‘women, environment and development’ to feminist political ecology Chapter 5. Ecofeminist political economy: a green and feminist agenda Chapter 6. Naturecultures and feminist materialism Chapter 7. Posthumanism, ecofeminism, and inter-species relations PART II: Approaches Chapter 8. Gender, livelihoods, and sustainability: anthropological research Chapter 9. Gender’s critical edge: feminist political ecology, postcolonial intersectionality, and the coupling of race and gender Chapter 10. Gender and environmental justice Chapter 11. Gender differences in environmental concern: sociological explanations Chapter 12. Social ecology: a transdisciplinary approach to gender and environment research Chapter 13. Gender and environmental (in)security: from climate conflict to ecosystem instabilityChapter 14. Gender, environmental governmentality, and the discourses of sustainable developmentChapter 15. Feminism and biopolitics: a cyborg account Chapter 16. Exploring industrial, eco-modern, and ecological masculinities Chapter 17. Transgender environments Chapter 18. A fruitless endeavour: confronting the heteronormativity of environmentalism PART III: Politics, policy and practice Chapter 19. Gender and environmental policy Chapter 20. Gender politics in Green parties Chapter 21. Good green jobs for whom? a feminist critique of the green economy Chapter 22. Gender dimensions of sustainable consumptionChapter 23. Sexual stewardship: environment, development, and the gendered politics of population Chapter 24. Gender equality, sustainable agricultural development, and food security Chapter 25. Whose debt for whose nature? gender and nature in neoliberalism’s war against subsistence Chapter 26. Gender and climate change politics Chapter 27. Changing the climate of participation: the gender constituency in the global climate change regime Chapter 28. Planning for climate change: REDD+SES as gender-responsive environmental action PART IV: FuturesChapter 29. Pragmatic utopias: intentional gender-democratic and sustainable communities Chapter 30. Feminist futures and ‘other worlds’: ecologies of critical spatial practice Chapter 31. Orca intimacies and environmental slow death: earthling ethics for a claustrophobic world Chapter 32. The end of gender or deep green trans-misogyny? Chapter 33. Welcome to the white (m)Anthropocene? a feminist-environmentalist critique

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Book SynopsisCan the British plan? Sometimes it seems unlikely. Across the world we see grand designs and visionary projects: new airport terminals, nuclear power stations, high-speed railways, and glittering buildings. It all seems an unattainable goal on Britain's small and crowded island; and yet perhaps this is too pessimistic. For the British have always planned, and much of what they have today is the result of past plans, successfully implemented. Ranging widely, from London's squares and the new city of Milton Keynes, to High Speed One', the motorways, and the secret first electronic computers, Ian Wray's remarkable book puts successful infrastructure plans under the microscope. Who made these plans and what made them stick? How does this reflect the defining characteristics of British government? And what does that say about the individuals who drew them up and saw them through? In so doing the book casts refreshing new light on how big decisions have actually been made, rTrade Review‘A hugely ambitious and equally entertaining treatise that offers considerable insight into the the practice of planning in Britian’Town Planning Review‘A rich, lively and interesting foray into the history and culture of planning in Britain… an engaging, diverse overview… always asking what makes British planning unique’Planning Perspectives‘An excellent book demonstrating the status of planning in the UK… designed to make the reader reflect on their own interpretations. The case studies are interesting stories in their own right’Journal of Urban Affairs‘Ian Wray’s superb historical review of some major British achievements and the way they were planned provides an excellent context for considering how to improve the process…Academy of Urbanism Journal‘The stories which Wray tells are fascinating’Journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation‘Highly readable... I recommend that (Ministers) read Wray’s excellent book to understand that good planning seems to mean giving local institutions and the innovative individuals that serve them the space to put their plans into effect’Town and Country PlanningTable of ContentsForeword by the Right Honourable the Lord Heseltine CH, Part I: Context, 1. Manoeuvre Well Executed? On Rational Plans and British Plans, Part II: Case Studies, 2. Landlords and Objectors: London’s Roads and Squares, 3. The Making of an English Landscape: Capability Brown and the New Aesthetic, 4. Urban Pastoral: The Building of Birkenhead Park, 5. The Uses of Disorder: Bletchley Park and the World’s First Computer, 6. The Cambridge Paradox: Phenomenal Growth; Planned Restraint, 7. Driving Ambitions: Engineering the British Motorways, 8. The City as Chessboard: Constructing the New City of Milton Keynes, 9. The Dream of Caligula: The Channel Tunnel and Its Rail Link, 10. The Pedaller’s Tale: Pioneering the National Cycle Network, Part III: Explanations and Implications, 11. Common Threads: Drawing Together the Case Studies, 12. Who’s in Charge? The British Government Machine, 13. How Britain Works: Pluralism, Autonomy and Individualism, 14. British Futures, British Plans: Conclusions and Implications

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Book SynopsisHinduism: The Basics introduces readers to the third largest, and arguably the oldest, living religious tradition. It opens a vista into the rich and dynamic ethos of the Hindu religious tradition in India and other parts of the world. The book explores the variety of philosophical schools, priestly rituals, and popular practices common in the Hindu faith, presenting the layered diversity of its traditions and how they function in everyday life.Chapters unpack key concepts from the tradition and discussions about its various aspects, including: The historical development of Hinduism Religious practices such as pilgrimage, meditation, and life cycle rituals The organisation of Hindu society into castes and related social justice issues The spread of Hinduism around the world, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and other challenges of modernity The continuum between sacred texts in both elite Sanskrit and in South Asian vernacularTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Hinduism in History 2. Foundational and Formative Sacred Texts and Concepts 3. Functional Sacred Texts: Vernacular Performativity 4. Social Organization and Goals for Individual Life 5. Religious Action and Expressions 6. Embracing Modernity 7. Hinduism Beyond India Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship. It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, including recent attempts to measure energy security progress at the national level, with a special emphasis placed on countries within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), countries within Asia, and industrialized countries worldwide. This Handbook:â Broadens existing discussions of energy security that center on access to fuels, including oil security and coal secuTrade Review'The Routledge handbook of energy security is a comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field. The contributors bring to bear a wide range of perspectives. Collectively, they do a wonderful job at transcending the narrow oil-centric, supply-oriented and national prisms through which energy security has traditionally been viewed. A powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' - Thijs Van de Graaf, International Affairs, Vol. 87, 6, November 2011'Sovacool has assembled a highly qualified set of contributors. Recommended.' -- Choice, January 2012'a substantial and original scholarly achievement.' -- Energy Policy'A comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field … a powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' -- International AffairsTable of ContentsPart 1: Definitions and Concepts Introduction: Defining, Measuring, and Exploring Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool 1. Energy Security and Climate Change: A Tenuous Link Gal Luft, Ann Korin and Eshita Gupta 2. The Fuzzy Nature of Energy Security Scott Valentine 3. Evaluating the Energy Security Impacts of Energy Policies David von Hippel, Tatsujiro Suzuki, James H. Williams, Timothy Savage and Peter Hayes Part 2: Dimensions 4. The Sustainable Development Dimension of Energy Security Ami Indriyanto, Dwi Ari Fauzi and Alfa Firdaus 5. The Maritime Dimension of Energy Security Caroline Liss 6. The Public Policy Dimension of Energy Security Andreas Goldthau 7. The Diversification Dimension of Energy Security Andy Stirling 8. The Environmental Dimension of Energy Security Michael Dworkin and Marilyn Brown 9. The Energy Poverty Dimension of Energy Security Shonali Pachauri 10. The Social Development Dimension of Energy Security Anthony D’Agostino 11. The Energy Efficiency Dimension of Energy Security Nathalie Trudeau 12. The Energy Services Dimension of Energy Security Jaap Jansen and Adriaan J. Van der Welle 13. The Industrial Dimension of Energy Security Geoffrey Pakiam 14. The Competing Dimensions of Energy Security Martin J. Pasqualetti Part 3: Metrics and Indexing 15. Indicators for Energy Security Bert Kruyt, D.P. van Vuuren, H.J.M. de Vries and H. Groenenberg 16. Measuring Security of Energy Supply with Two Diversity Indexes John Kessels 17. Measuring Energy Security: From Universal Indicators to Contextualized Frameworks Aleh Cherp and Jessica Jewell 18. Applying the Four ‘A’s of Energy Security as Criteria in an Energy Security Ranking Method Larry Hughes and Darren Shupe 19. Measuring Energy Security Performance in the OECD Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown 20. Measuring Energy Security Vulnerability Edgard Gnansounou. Conclusion: Exploring the Contested and Convergent Nature of Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool and Tai Wei Lim

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention through an interdisciplinary approach to conservation, one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.Table of ContentsIntroduction to World Heritage Conservation 1. World Heritage and Sustainable Development 2. Defining World Heritage 3. Governing World Heritage 4. Implementing the World Heritage Convention 5. Using World Heritage 6. Managing World Heritage 7. Creating World Heritage Capacities 8. Endangered Heritag Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Approach

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Book SynopsisThis handbook describes the modelling effort, methodological contributions and results of the SustainCity project.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart 1. Who is the Author of this Map? 1. Whose Maps from Whom? (Stéphane Roche & Michael Goodchild) 2. Traces as Collective Sign Production (Boris Beaude) 3. Mapping Otherness (Emanuela Casti) 4. Author, Communicator and the Map (Patrick Poncet) Part 2. Ethics and Aesthetics 5. Maps, Perspective and the Philosophy of Space (Patrice Maniglier) 6. Images of the City and Political Intrigue (Michel Lussault) 7. Layar and the Reality of Dreams (André Ourednik) Part 3. Ethics and Politic: Where is "Us" on the Map? 8. The Map between Morals and Ethics (Jacques Lévy) 9. Semiology of Controversies (Elsa Chavinier, Jacques Lévy) 10. Where is the Individual in Statistical Cartography (Hervé Le Bras)

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Book SynopsisFollowing decades of neglect and decline, many US cities have undergone a dramatic renaissance. From New York to Nashville and Pittsburgh to Portland governments have implemented innovative redevelopment strategies to adapt to a globally integrated, post-industrial economy and cope with declining industries, tax bases, and populations. However, despite the prominence of new amenities in revitalized neighborhoods, spectacular architectural icons, and pedestrian friendly entertainment districts, the urban comeback has been highly uneven. Even thriving cities are defined by a bifurcated population of creative class professionals and a low-wage, low-skilled workforce. Many are home to diverse and thriving immigrant communities, but also contain economically and socially segregated neighborhoods. They have transformed high-profile central city brownfields, but many disadvantaged neighborhoods continue to grapple with abandoned and environmentally contaminated sites. As urban cores boom, Trade Review'In this boldly comprehensive book, Carl Grodach and Renia Ehrenfeucht provide a wonderful historical and theoretical overview of urban revitalization, offering at the same time real-life planning and policy tools, data collection techniques and methodologies to help reinvent and reconfigure our cities and suburbs. Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World is an excellent, fresh and illuminating book that works as truly solid scholarship for the classroom as well as more general reading.'Bernadette Hanlon, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsChanging Regions, Local Lives; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The uneven landscapes of urban development in the US; Local Change in a Global Economy; Chapter 3 Urban revitalization in historical perspective; Chapter 4 Urban restructuring, neoliberalism, and the changing landscape of urban revitalization; Chapter 5 Urban politics and development; Section II Strategies, Policies, and Projects; Chapter 6 Reinventing downtown and the urban core; Chapter 7 Revitalizing neighborhoods with affordability and opportunity; Chapter 8 Reconfiguring the suburbs; Chapter 9 Re-envisioning shrinking cities; Chapter 10 Cleaner and greener urban environments; Chapter 11 Rebuilding people-oriented places; Urban Revitalization Methods; Chapter 12 Data sources and community assessment tools; Chapter 13 Field methods; Chapter 14 Public Part Icipation; Looking Forward; Chapter 15 Localism, regionalism, global governance, and beyond;

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Book SynopsisThis companion to Introduction to Oil and Gas Operational Safety will help you to prepare for the written assessment of the NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety. Aligned directly to the NEBOSH syllabus, this revision guide includes learning outcomes and key revision points to help you consolidate your knowledge to enable you to effectively discharge workplace safety and responsibilities.With reference to the textbook, this revision guide provides complete syllabus coverage in bite sized chunks to help you pass the certificate and become an efficient practitioner in the Oil and Gas industry. Small, handy size making it ideal for use at home, in the classroom or on the move Includes revision exercises and answers to check your understanding Everything you need for productive revision in one handy reference source Table of Contents1. Health, Safety and Environmental Management in Context - Learning from Incidents, 2. Health, Safety and Environmental Management in Context - Hazards Inherent in Oil and Gas, 3. Health, Safety and Environmental Management in Context - Risk Management Techniques used in the Oil and Gas Industries, 4. Health, Safety and Environmental Management in Context - An Organization's Documented Evidence to Provide a Convincing and Valid Argument that a System is Adequately Safe, 5. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Contract Management, 6. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Process Safety Management, 7. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Role and Purpose of a Permit-to-Work system, 8. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Key Principles of Safe Shift Handover, 9. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Plant Operations and Maintenance, 10. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 1 - Start-Up and Shutdown, 11. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Failure Modes, 12. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Other Types of Failures, 13. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Safety Critical Equipment Controls, 14. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Safe Containment of Hydrocarbons, 15. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Fire Hazards, Risks and Controls, 16. Hydrocarbon Process Safety 2 - Furnace and Boiler Operations, 17. Fire Protection and Emergency Response - Fire and Explosion in the Oil and Gas Industries, 18. Fire Protection and Emergency Response - Emergency Response, 19. Logistics and Transport Operations - Marine Transport, 20. Logistics and Transport Operations - Land Transport

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Book SynopsisDoing Research in Urban and Regional Planning provides a basic introduction to methodology and methods in planning research. It brings together the methods most commonly used in planning, explaining their key applications and basic protocols. It addresses the unique needs of planners by dealing with concerns which cut across the social, economic, and physical sciences, showing readers how to mobilise fresh combinations of methods, theoretical frameworks and techniques to address the complex needs of urban and regional development. It includes illustrative case studies throughout to help planning students see how methods can be operationalised on the ground and connect research with urban and regional planning practice to build foundations for action.The book pays attention to contemporary trends â such as the growth in information technology, and general shifts in urban and environmental governance â that are affecting the practicalities and protocols of doing planniTrade Review"At last, a research methods textbook aimed specifically at planners! Combining guidance on all aspects of the research process with detailed coverage of methods vital for understanding spatial change, Doing Research in Urban and Regional Planning will prove invaluable to students and practitioners alike." -Sue Brownill, Reader in Urban Policy and Governance, Oxford Brookes University, UK"This a very timely and accessible book which focuses specifically on the methods that are most useful to and used by planning researchers and practitioners. It provides a new and exciting way of combining theories, methods and applications; a welcome addition to research method textbooks especially those directly related to urban and regional planning." -Professor Simin Davoudi, Director of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at Newcastle University, UK"Doing Research in Urban and Regional Planning is a highly recommended guide to the methods, theories and techniques used by planning researchers in academia and practice. Covering the full spectrum of qualitative and quantitative research methods, as well as textual analysis and participatory techniques, this book will become a valued reference for educators, students, and practitioners." -Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Sydney, Austrailia"The fields of urban and regional planning consistently draw motivated students and young professionals who are committed to making the world a better place. But far too often, the embrace of normative ideals compels newcomers to the field to preoccupy themselves with the modalities of action before undertaking the necessary steps to actually learn how and why people, institutions, and places operate the way they do. This comprehensive and valuable text corrects this state of affairs by putting research at the center of meaningful planning practice. Not only does it show that planning is much more than the adoption of a pre-formulated toolkit of action. This text offers a wide range of research techniques and methodologies that planning professionals can use to assess, represent, and critically interrogate cities, regions, and their residents. You can find everything here: from a discussion of primary and secondary documents or the utility of GIS and land use surveys, to how to conduct an interview or operate a focus group, to how to deploy photography and cognitive mapping to reveal the oft-hidden social constructs that impact both people and places. A valuable companion to both planning theory and action." -Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of DesignTable of ContentsPart I: Conceptualising Research Chapter 1 Introduction: why a special textbook for planning? Chapter 2 What are methods? What is methodology? Chapter 3 Theories in planning research: how they can help you Chapter 4 The big divide? Quantitative vs. qualitative approaches Chapter 5 The case study approach Part II: Methods 2.1: Understanding Places Chapter 6 Describing places from secondary data – and some cautionary tales Chapter 7 Evaluating places: auditing and site analysis techniquest Chapter 8 Understanding urban change: Land use surveys 2.2: Working with People Chapter 9 Gauging public opinion: Questionnaires Chapter 10 Interrogating stakeholder ideas: focus groups and iterative methods Chapter 11 Exploring information, opinions and attitudes: In-depth interviews 2.3 Interrogating Practice Chapter 12 People in place, people in practice: non-verbal methods Chapter 13 What can documents tell you about planning practice? Three types of text analysis Chapter 14 Planning research as practical action: Participatory methods Part III: Putting it Into Practice Chapter 15 Looking after yourself and others: ethical and personal issues in planning research Chapter 16 Pulling it all together

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Book SynopsisLivestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution. This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications. Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the AmeTrade Review"In a world where food has become the focal point of environmental politics, it’s high time for an unflinching survey of meat. From the economy of farmed fish and livestock genetics to the politics of rainforest ranching and Halal slaughter, Emel and Neo’s superlative collection has something to surprise and engage everyone: researchers, activists and consumers." – Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and author of Lawn People and Political Ecology. "With meat squarely on the public agenda, this book could not come at a better time. Constituting a range of case studies on the many dimensions of industrial meat production, this book pushes beyond the simple debates of meat or no meat and asks readers to think more deeply of how we as human animals want to live with our non-human animal co-inhabitants." – Julie Guthman, University of California – Santa Cruz, USA and author of Agrarian Dreams: the Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism. "If the project of animal geography is to make non-humans and our relations with them visible and accountable in our socio-spatial understanding, then this excellent volume does just that, placing the industrialised lives and deaths of farmed livestock, without alibi, at the centre of a critical bio-political ecology." – Henry Buller, University of Exeter, UK, appointed member of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) and Chair of the FAWC/Defra Welfare at Killing group."By broaching topics of systematic exploitation and injustice within the livestock industry, the book brings a multitude of environmental, political, and economic contradictions into the spotlight. Perhaps exposure is the first step towards advocacy." – Heide K. Bruckner, University of Graz, AustriaTable of ContentsForeword Alice J. Hovorka 1. Introduction Jody Emel and Harvey Neo Part 1: The ‘Livestock Revolution’: Geographies and Implications 2. Evolution of a Revolution: Meat Consumption and Livestock Production in the Developing World Ian MacLachlan 3. Cattle ranching development in the Brazilian Amazon: Looking at Long-term Trends to Explore the Transition towards Sustainable Beef Cattle Production Pablo Pacheco and Rene Poccard-Chapuis 4. The Political Ecology of Factory Farming in East Africa Elizabeth Waithanji 5. A Changing Environment for Livestock in South Africa Emma R.M. Archer van Garderen, Charles L. Davis and Mark A. Tadross Part 2: Environmental Justice and Meat Production/Consumption 6. Meat and Inequality: Environmental Health Consequences of Livestock Agribusiness Ryan Gunderson 7. Can’t Go to the Fountain No More: Pigs, Nitrates and Spring Water Pollution in Catalonia David Sauri and Hug March 8. Environmental Injustice in the Spatial Distribution of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: A Case Study from Ohio, USA Julia Lenhardt and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger 9. Neoliberal Governance and Environmental Risk: ‘Normal Accidents’ in North Carolina’s Hog Industry Elizabeth Stoddard Part 3: Biopolitics, Knowledge, and the Materialism of Meat 10. Breed Contra Beef: the Making of the Piedmontese Cattle Annalisa Colombino and Paolo Giaccaria 11. Biopower and an Ecology of Genes: Seeing Livestock as Meat via Genetics Lewis Holloway 12. Cows, Climate and the Media Keith Lee, Joshua P. Newell, Jennifer R. Wolch and Pascale Joassart Marcelli 13. The Political Science of Farm Animal Welfare in the US and EU Connie Johnston 14. Battling the Head and the Heart: Constructing Knowledgeable Narratives of Vegetarianism in Anti-meat Advocacy Harvey Neo Part 4: The Governance of Meat Production Systems 15. Producing Halal Meat: the Case of Halal Slaughter Practices in Wales, UK Mara Miele and Karolina Rucinska 16. Roundtabling and the Greening of the Global Beef Industry: Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Adrienne Johnson 17. Contesting Urban Agriculture: the Politics of Meat Production in the License-Buy-Back Scheme (2006-2007) in Hong Kong Kin Wing Chan 18. Complications and Implications of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Chris Rosin and Mark H. Cooper 19. Domestic Farmed Fish Production: An Overview of Governance and Oversight in the US Aquaculture Industry Paula Daniels and Colleen McKinney 20. Conclusion Jody Emel and Harvey Neo

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Book SynopsisLivestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution. This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications. Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the AmeTrade Review"In a world where food has become the focal point of environmental politics, it’s high time for an unflinching survey of meat. From the economy of farmed fish and livestock genetics to the politics of rainforest ranching and Halal slaughter, Emel and Neo’s superlative collection has something to surprise and engage everyone: researchers, activists and consumers." – Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and author of Lawn People and Political Ecology. "With meat squarely on the public agenda, this book could not come at a better time. Constituting a range of case studies on the many dimensions of industrial meat production, this book pushes beyond the simple debates of meat or no meat and asks readers to think more deeply of how we as human animals want to live with our non-human animal co-inhabitants." – Julie Guthman, University of California – Santa Cruz, USA and author of Agrarian Dreams: the Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism. "If the project of animal geography is to make non-humans and our relations with them visible and accountable in our socio-spatial understanding, then this excellent volume does just that, placing the industrialised lives and deaths of farmed livestock, without alibi, at the centre of a critical bio-political ecology." – Henry Buller, University of Exeter, UK, appointed member of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) and Chair of the FAWC/Defra Welfare at Killing group."By broaching topics of systematic exploitation and injustice within the livestock industry, the book brings a multitude of environmental, political, and economic contradictions into the spotlight. Perhaps exposure is the first step towards advocacy." – Heide K. Bruckner, University of Graz, AustriaTable of ContentsForeword Alice J. Hovorka 1. Introduction Jody Emel and Harvey Neo Part 1: The ‘Livestock Revolution’: Geographies and Implications 2. Evolution of a Revolution: Meat Consumption and Livestock Production in the Developing World Ian MacLachlan 3. Cattle ranching development in the Brazilian Amazon: Looking at Long-term Trends to Explore the Transition towards Sustainable Beef Cattle Production Pablo Pacheco and Rene Poccard-Chapuis 4. The Political Ecology of Factory Farming in East Africa Elizabeth Waithanji 5. A Changing Environment for Livestock in South Africa Emma R.M. Archer van Garderen, Charles L. Davis and Mark A. Tadross Part 2: Environmental Justice and Meat Production/Consumption 6. Meat and Inequality: Environmental Health Consequences of Livestock Agribusiness Ryan Gunderson 7. Can’t Go to the Fountain No More: Pigs, Nitrates and Spring Water Pollution in Catalonia David Sauri and Hug March 8. Environmental Injustice in the Spatial Distribution of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: A Case Study from Ohio, USA Julia Lenhardt and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger 9. Neoliberal Governance and Environmental Risk: ‘Normal Accidents’ in North Carolina’s Hog Industry Elizabeth Stoddard Part 3: Biopolitics, Knowledge, and the Materialism of Meat 10. Breed Contra Beef: the Making of the Piedmontese Cattle Annalisa Colombino and Paolo Giaccaria 11. Biopower and an Ecology of Genes: Seeing Livestock as Meat via Genetics Lewis Holloway 12. Cows, Climate and the Media Keith Lee, Joshua P. Newell, Jennifer R. Wolch and Pascale Joassart Marcelli 13. The Political Science of Farm Animal Welfare in the US and EU Connie Johnston 14. Battling the Head and the Heart: Constructing Knowledgeable Narratives of Vegetarianism in Anti-meat Advocacy Harvey Neo Part 4: The Governance of Meat Production Systems 15. Producing Halal Meat: the Case of Halal Slaughter Practices in Wales, UK Mara Miele and Karolina Rucinska 16. Roundtabling and the Greening of the Global Beef Industry: Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Adrienne Johnson 17. Contesting Urban Agriculture: the Politics of Meat Production in the License-Buy-Back Scheme (2006-2007) in Hong Kong Kin Wing Chan 18. Complications and Implications of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Chris Rosin and Mark H. Cooper 19. Domestic Farmed Fish Production: An Overview of Governance and Oversight in the US Aquaculture Industry Paula Daniels and Colleen McKinney 20. Conclusion Jody Emel and Harvey Neo

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kennedy here presents a full study, the first, of immigrant – metic – women in Classical Athens, seeking to delineate their legal status, their vulnerabilities and their work. In so doing she must also identify and strip away the prejudices with which these women were viewed, prejudices so powerful and widespread that most previous scholars have taken them as statements of fact. In this effort she has been, in my judgment, very successful. This book, brisk and clear, makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of both metic status and the position and perceptions of women in Athens." - Journal of Hellenic Studies"This book certainly raises many questions about metic women, who they were individually as well as their identification as a group. By bringing metic women to the foreground of analysis, it successfully highlights the ancient ideological biases, allowing modern scholars to see the evidence with fresh eyes." - Polis, The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought“[Kennedy’s] interpretation breaks down Athenian ideological constraints that have over-influenced modern scholarship on metic women. By distinguishing metic women from citizen women and prostitutes, this book does an important service to studies of women in Athens." - The Classical Journal Online"This book is an important contribution because studies of gender in Graeco-Roman antiquity rarely account for racial or ethnic difference. Throughout the book, there is a great deal of source criticism and, at the same time, an excellent self-reflexive perspective on classical scholarship…an insightful analysis on the complexity of difference in classical Athens." - Rosetta"With clear and punchy prose, Kennedy provides a helpful overview ofthe experiences of immigrant women and the structures that emerged to classify them. Her key concerns are to demystify the idea that they were all prostitutes, and to unpack Athenian social prejudices affecting female metics and our (mis)perceptions of these women." - David Roselli, Scripps College, Classical WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Metic Women, Citizenship, and Marriage in Athenian Law 2. The Ideology of the Metic Woman 3. Aspasia, Athenian Citizen Elites, and the Myth of the Courtesan 4. The Dangers of the Big City 5. Working Women, not ‘Working Girls’

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Book SynopsisEnergy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate the social significance of energy systems in the global North and South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploys contemporary geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections between energy and significant socio-economic and political processes, such as globalisation, urban isation, international development and social justice, and connects important issues that are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability, energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition.Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society presents a distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It is an essential resource for upperlevel undergraduates and Masterâs students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy studies and related fields.Trade Review"With an extraordinarily impressive list of prominent authors, Energy and Society offers a critical yet much needed interdisciplinary approach that is richly detailed and meticulously researched. Although intended primarily for students and geographers, its contributions are by no means limited to those spheres. Everyone concerned about topics as diverse as resources, energy landscapes, security, sustainability, poverty, and transitions ought to read this book." - Benjamin K. Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex, UK"A timely and much-needed critical examination of energy across the globe. This innovative textbook draws together cutting edge social science approaches to examining the social, cultural, and technical dynamics of energy in a compelling and accessible manner. As such, Energy and Society: A Critical Perspective is must-read for both students and researchers seeking to understand the changing worlds of energy." - Conor Harrison, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, USA"Energy and Society provides an insightful and resolutely socio-technical perspective on contemporary energy dilemmas, taking cutting edge research from the social sciences – especially geography, science & technology studies, history and sociology – and making it accessible to undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of programs. Deftly moving from the scale of households to cities and transnational infrastructures, the authors place justice at the center of questions about energy, encouraging readers to consider who benefits and who bears the burdens of energy systems – both those that currently shape our everyday lives and those that we debate for the future." - Jessica M. Smith, Associate Professor, Engineering, Design & Society Division, Colorado School of Mines, USA"Energy and Society is a brilliant contribution to scholarship at the intersection of technology and society, demonstrating the importance of a social science analysis of energy, an area historically deemed to be purely technical. The authors skilfully weave together a number of different topics to show how energy is an important matter of global social concern. Energy and Society provides an incredibly useful text for teaching, as well as a call to action for more established energy researchers through its laudable focus on social justice." - Heather Lovell, University of Tasmania, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Definitions Introduction: a critical perspective on energy-society relations PART 1 ENERGY, SPACES AND FLOWS Chapter 1 Resource landscapes Chapter 2 Economic landscapes Chapter 3 Infrastructural landscapes Chapter 4 Geopolitical landscapes PART 2 SECURITIES, VULNERABILITIES AND JUSTICE Chapter 5 Energy poverty and vulnerability Chapter 6 Energy consumption, inefficiency and excess Chapter 7 Energy controversies and conflicts Chapter 8 Energy securities PART 3 TRANSITIONS, GOVERNANCE AND FUTURES Chapter 9 Past transitions Chapter 10 Future transitions Index

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Book SynopsisAt the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of media revolutions' throughout the developing world beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the late-1960s, followed by the rapid expansion of satellite television networks in the 1990s, and the more recent explosion of mobile telephony, social media and the internet a majority of people living in the Global South now have access to a wide variety of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), and live in media saturated environments. Yet how can radio, television and mobile phones be most effectively harnessed towards the goals of purposive economic, social, and political change? Should they be seen as primarily a provider of channels through which useful information' can be delivered to target populations in the hope that such information will alter those populations' existing behaviours? Or should they be Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Media and Development, A Complicated Relationship 1. The Rise and Rise of Media for Development 2. Development in the News: From Iconographies of Disaster to Post-Humanitarian Communication 3. Media, Empowerment and Agency: The Promises of Participatory Communication 4. Structural-Adjustment and Media Globalization 5. ICT4D in New Media Worlds 6. Development and Celebrity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBeginning Design Technology introduces how design technologies work together, including tools, materials, and software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk AutoCAD, and others. It teaches you how to think about each design tool, whether a software program or physical modelmaking, so that you will select one for its strengths for a specific task and know when and how to combine it with other tools.Topics include working with building information, texturing digital and physical artifacts, translating information from one form or file format to another, constructing at full-scale, and making digital and physical models. Chapter Summaries, exercises, discussion questions, a glossary, an appendix of common software commands, and an annotated bibliography will help you find what you need quickly and put the information into practice.Trade ReviewMike Christenson has done an invaluable service with this book, explaining in clear and concise ways the complete and sometimes confusing array of technologies that beginning design students face in college. He doesn’t just describe these technologies and explain how they work; he also guides the reader in how to think about them and when to use – or not use – them, depending upon the situation. This is a must-have book for every design student just starting out. - Thomas Fisher, University of MinnesotaBeginning Design Technology makes a timely addition to any architecture school library. Unlike the typical 'how-to' introductory textbook, this publication helps architecture students to ask important 'why-to' questions about the use of various digital and analog design tools. - Andrzej Piotrowski, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Selection: Learning About Remote Buildings Through Media 2. Grain: Understanding the Inherent Texture of Digital and Physical Objects 3. Translation: Moving Between and Among Architectural Media 4. Operation: The Impact of Scale on Representation 5. Gravity: Testing the Limits of Simulation and Representation 6. Reflection Appendix A Appendix B Glossary Bibliography Image Credits Index

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction Part 1. Three Cities In West Africa: Nouakchott, Dakar And Abidjan 2. The African City 3. Nouakchott: New City, Old Concept 4. Dakar: The City; Pikine: The Suburbs 5. Abidjan: The Capital of French-Speaking West-Africa 6. The Three Cities Compared Part 2. Urban Planning 7. Master Plan for Urban Development of Nouakchott 8. Urban Master Plan for Dakar (2025) 9. Master Plan for Greater Abidjan 10. Three Cities, Three Plans Part 3. The Press 11. Public Space As Seen Through the Media 12. The Media, Public Space and the City of Nouakchott 13. The Media, Public Space and the City of Dakar 14. The Media, Public Space and the City of Abidjan 15. Commonalities and Differences Part 4. Images and Cities 16. Photographing Public Space 17. The Streets of Nouakchott 18. The Streets of Dakar 19. The Streets of Abidjan 20. Frames: City Summaries Part 5. Cities That Are Different, But Similar 21. Virtually Identical Cities 22. Urban Planning and Urban Models 23. Planning, the Media, Photography and Public Space 24. Recommendations

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Book SynopsisIt is generally accepted â the US administration excepted - that the emissions reduction targets agreed in the Kyoto Protocol are only the beginning of what needs to be achieved in international climate negotiations. While studies suggest that major emission reductions by industrialized countries can be achieved at low economic cost, both these and early reductions by developing countries are inevitably a major political challenge. This book focuses on European policy toward climate change, specifically its ramifications for the aviation industry. With air travel predicted to grow enormously in the coming years, the issue of climate change is hugely topical for this important industry.Accessible to students, academics and practioners, this book is useful reading for all those with an interest in climate change, the aviation industry, or both.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Flying into Heavy Weather 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Aviation’s Past, Present and Future 1.3 Climate Change and Cumulative Emissions 1.4 Opportunities for Aviation 1.5 Climate and Aviation Policy 1.6 Comparative Assessment 1.7 Aviation in the Wider Energy Context 2. Aviation: Past, Present and Future 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Past 2.3 The Future 2.4 The Wider Context 2.5 Summary 3. Climate Change & Cumulative Emissions 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Global Climate Change 3.3 Climate Targets in the EU 3.4 Summary 4. Opportunities for Aviation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Shifting Environmental Focus 4.3 Aircraft Engine Technology 4.4 Airframe Design 4.5 Low-Carbon Fuels 4.6 Operations 4.7 Contrails and Cirrus Clouds 4.8 Summary 5. Climate and Aviation Policy 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Global Policies and Drivers 5.3 EU Policies and Drivers 5.4 UK Policies and Drivers 5.5 Summary 6. Comparative Assessment 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Aviation Emission Scenarios for the EU 6.3 Aviation Emission Scenarios for the UK 6.4 Summary 7. Aviation in the Wider Energy Context 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Tyndall Scenario Method 7.3 The Energy Policy Context 7.4 Scenario Method 7.5 Tyndall’s 60% Energy Scenarios 7.6 Tyndall’s Cumulative Carbon Scenarios 8. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn South Asia and beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. Each successive Human Development Report (HDR) and the pervasive global failure to achieve the Millennium Development Goals are constant reminders of this crisis. An equally, and even more distressing dimension of human development is its great unevenness. Even in countries with high levels of human development it was noted that gender differences were significant. Levels of educational attainment and incomes remain significantly unequal between social groups, constituted along other categories of difference such as race, ethnicity and religion, as do levels of economic and political participation.This book explores the unevenness of human development with respect to the question of difference. The author develops a conceptual framework that focuses on social power, whereby human development is seen as a process/es of reconstruction of the matrices of social power. The approach builds on three mTrade Review"This volume will be an eye opener...the book has a number of promising discussions on the South Asian development experience" - V. Lakshmi Narayanan, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 11: 3, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Development - Has the Paradigm Failed Us? 1. Conceptualising Human Development: Towards a Social Power Approach 2. Human Development in India: A Profile of Unevenness 3. Uneven Human Development in India: A Social Power Perspective 4. Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Profile 5. Uneven Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh 6. Conclusions: Agency, Human Development & Social Power

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Book SynopsisThe Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind's relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial approach to something more overtly collaborative, until a series of ecological crises in the late Middle Ages. With the advent of shattering events such as the Great Famine and the Black Death, considered efflorescences of the climate downturn known as the Little Ice Age that is comparable to our present global warming predicament, medieval people began to think of and relate to their natural environment in new and more nuanced ways. They now were made to be acutely aware of the consequences of human impacts upon the environment, anticipating the cyclical, new ecology approach of the modern world.Exploring the Trade Review"This environmental history shows that our struggles with climate change, environmental pollution, deforestation, pandemics, and many other aspects of nature are not new. Thanks to this timely book, our future decisions can be informed by what people learned over 1000 years ago." - Joyce E. Salisbury, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA"Independent scholar Aberth is a Vermont farmer with a doctorate in medieval history, and he provides information that would enrich any survey course on the European Middle Ages... Recommended. All levels/libraries." - A.C. Reeves, emeritus, Ohio University, CHOICE magazine"Anyone interested in medieval Europe's environmental history must cheer the publication of John Aberth's newest book... It is as tool for historical understanding of environments and particularly their impact on medieval written culture." -Paola Squatriti, University of Michigan, The HistorianIndependent scholar Aberth is a Vermont farmer with a doctorate in medieval history, and he provides information that would enrich any survey course on the European Middle Ages. He writes about academic theories of disease, and thus provides insight into medieval science based on both theory and an experiential understanding of nature. Medieval thinkers wanted explanations for such events as the great famine of 1315-22 and the cycle of plague that began with the Black Death. Most of the examples Aberth provides come from England, supplemented by research from the Continent. The author writes of medieval thinking about the ecology of air, water, the earth, forests, and animals. The subtitle is truly appropriate. The book demonstrates that the medieval approach to nature was not merely a battle for conquest and domination, as with, for example, the systems developed for managing woodlands. The text is supported by endnotes and illustrations. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.CHOICE by A. C. Reeves, emeritus, Ohio UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Air, Water, Earth Part 2: Forest Part 3: Beast. Afterword.

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Book SynopsisThis book makes indicators more accessible, in terms of what they are, who created them and how they are used. It examines the subjectivity and human frailty behind these quintessentially hard' and technical measures of the world.To achieve this goal, The Rise and Rise of Indicators presents the world in terms of a selected set of indicators. The emphasis is upon the origins of the indicators and the motivation behind their creation and evolution. The ideas and assumptions behind the indicators are made transparent to demonstrate how changes to them can dramatically alter the ranking of countries that emerge. They are, after all, human constructs and thus embody human biases. The book concludes by examining the future of indicators and the author sets out some possible trajectories, including the growing emphasis on indicators as important tools in the Sustainable Development Goals that have been set for the world up until 2030.This is a valuable resource for unTrade Review"Despite all good intentions indicators remain a tricky topic for students, policy makers and public alike, and are often subject to misinterpretation. This book deals with the most common indices which now are used, or should be used, by a range of disciplines but also often find their way in the media, in an attempt to compare countries, cultures, and life philosophies. The author is among the few internationally who knows the topic so well to be able to get through self-reflection, and beyond the technicalities, to the real essence of indices." -- Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Professor and Deputy Dean, School of Pure & Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus"This book provides an excellent introduction to the history, context and purpose of many of the most widely used indices today. In doing so, it highlights the strength of each index as well as its weaknesses and the assumptions underlying it. Stephen Morse is an authority on indices and has published widely in this area. He writes in a clear and engaging manner that brings these indices to life and makes a technical subject accessible to all." -- Uma Kambhampati, Professor and Head of School, University of Reading, UK"This book does a remarkable and admirable job of simplifying this complexity; Stephen Morse has provided a very valuable guide to indicators for the uninitiated. The book shows the wide spectrum of application of indicators, ranging from ecological to economic, to political and health fields, and touching in detail on some commonly-used composite indices. It covers theory and design aspects, but also offers very valuable reflections on the practice and use - or mis-use - of such indicators, as well as on future developments in this field. It is an instructive textbook that will successfully encourage students to reflect more critically and constructively on these widely-used measures. It is a very useful contribution to the literature and one which I will certainly be adopting for my courses." -- Louis F Cassar, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Earth Systems, University of MaltaTable of ContentsForeword: Triffids as indicators 1. The World in Numbers 2. Economic Indices 3. Human Development Index 4. Ecological Footprint 5. Environmental Performance Index 6. Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability indices 7. Happy Planet Index 8. Corruption Perception Index 9. Seeking relationships 10. Where are we going?

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators. In this growing profession, there is a need for a book which focuses on the configuration process from a design perspective. The book delves into the practical application of configurators using case studies of selected firms that present their most significant works. It offers the reader tips, suggestions, technical details and critical issues which need to be considered, from experienced actors and pioneers worldwide, which include: Unfold, Belgium In-flexions, France Nervous System, USA Okinlab, Germany SkimLab, France Twikit, Belgium INDG, The Netherlands ZeroLight, United Kingdom 3Dimerce, The Netherlands 3DSource, USA Bagaar, Belgium MyCustomizer, Canada Combeenation, Austria Table of ContentsPart 1: The Context 1. Strategic foundations and capabilities of mass customization Frank T. Piller and Ning Wang 2.The evolutionary process of product configurators and characteristics of configurable products Paul Blažek 3. The role of representation and technology in product configuration Fabrizio Avella and Saverio Albano 4. Digital ArtsandCrafts: Encouraging mass customization as a relational model of production Fabio Schillaci Part 2: The gallery: From conceptual to commercial applications 5. Unfold L’Artisan Electronique 6. In-Flexions Vase#44 series and KiLight 7. Nervous System Kinematics 8. Okinlab form.bar 9. SkimLab Jweel, online personalized jewelry 10. Twikit Mr. Maria Night Lamp Configurator 11. INDG Amikasa 3D Room Designer 12. ZeroLight Pagani Huayra 13. 3DiMerce Leolux Creator 14. 3DSource Elkay configurator 15. Bagaar BekaertDeslee configurator 16. MyCustomizer SUUNTO configurator 17. Combeenation SaaS Configurator Management System Part 3: Behind the scenes 18. How we built a configurator Reyk Buchenberg Contributors Index Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on mediated cities and urban communication. The volume brings together diverse perspectives and global case studies to map key areas of research within media, cultural and urban studies, where a joint focus on communications and cities has made important innovations in how we understand urban space, technology, identity and community.Exploring the rise and growing complexity of urban media and communication as the next key theme for both urban and media studies, the book gathers and reviews fast-developing knowledge on specific emergent phenomena such as: reading the city as symbol and text; understanding urban infrastructures as media (and vice-versa); the rise of global cities; urban and suburban media cultures: newspapers, cinema, radio, television and the mobile pTable of ContentsGeneral Introduction Part I: Trajectories of Mediated Urbanity Chapter One: An Archaeology of the Media City: Towards a Critical Cultural History of Mediated Urbanism Chapter Two: The Semiotics of Urban Space Chapter Three: Understanding Urban Screen Media and Cultures Chapter Four: Urban Cinema and Photography: On Cities and "Cityness" Chapter Five: Television and the City Chapter Six: Journalism: An Urban Affair Chapter Seven: Outdoor Advertising and the Remediation of Public Space(s): Commercialization and Beyond Chapter Eight: Consumption-centered Urban Restructuring and the Mediation of Urban Life: From Spaces of Production to the Worlds of Seduction Chapter Nine: On the Move: On Mobile Agoras, Networked Selves, and the Contemporary City Chapter Ten: Cities of Feet and Hands: Urban Habitations Chapter Eleven: Subjectivity in the Media City: The Media Life and Representation of the Cosmopolitan Stranger Part II: Media as Urban Infrastructure; City Spaces as Media Chapter Twelve: The City Is Not a Computer: On Museums, Libraries, and Archives Chapter Thirteen: Urban Monuments and the Spatialization of National Ideologies Chapter Fourteen: Artificial Light and the Modernist Redefinition of Urban Space: Reading the "Electropolis" Chapter Fifteen: Urban Transport and Telecommunications: Dual Forms of the Communicative Skeleton of the City Chapter Sixteen: Global Cities as Mediated Spaces: The Role of Media in Forming Contradictory Places Chapter Seventeen: Our Own Devices: Living in the Smart Home Chapter Eighteen: Surveillance as an Urban Way of Life Chapter Nineteen: Urban Media as Infrastructure for Social Change Chapter Twenty: In the Air Tonight: The Struggles of Communicating About Urban Environmental Quality Chapter Twenty-One: The Promises and Pitfalls of Cyber Urbanism: Governance and Participation Chapter Twenty-Two: Tools of the Trade: Urban Planning, Urban Media, and theRefashioning of Urban Space Part III: Media Cities as Sites of Creative Industries and Post-Industrial Urbanism Chapter Twenty-Three: From "Creative Cities" to "Media Cities": The Cases of Manchester and Shanghai Chapter Twenty-Four: Branding, Promotion, and Urban Tourism Chapter Twenty-Five: "European Capital of Culture" and the Primacy of Cultural Infrastructure in Post-Industrial Urbanism Chapter Twenty-Six: The Mediat(izat)ion of Urban Leisure: Screening the Event Chapter Twenty-Seven: Media Architecture: Post screens, Ante [Insert here] Chapter Twenty-Eight: Fashion: An Urban Industry of Style Chapter Twenty-Nine: Digital Public Art: Installations and Interventions Chapter Thirty: Urban Nightlife Cultures Chapter Thirty-One: Urban Gaming: Mobile Media, Spatial Practices and Everyday Play Chapter Thirty-Two: From Subculture to Scene: Urban Media Practices from Below Chapter Thirty-Three: Documenting Urban Neighborhoods and Claiming the Right to the City Part IV: Spaces and Practices of Daily Life in Mediated Cities Chapter Thirty-Four: The Senses and the City: Attention, Distraction and Media Technology in Urban Environments Chapter Thirty-Five: Navigating Hybrid Urban Spaces: Smartphones and Locative Media Practices Chapter Thirty-Six: Media Audiences in the Urban Context Chapter Thirty-Seven: Temporary Inscriptions: Exploring Graffiti and Street Art in the Age of Internetization of Everyday Urban Life Chapter Thirty-Eight: Creating a Situation in the City: Embodied Spaces and the Act of Crossing Boundaries Chapter Thirty-Nine: Mediated Urban Protest: Practicing Dissent in Hybrid City Spaces Chapter Forty: Community, Media, and the City Chapter Forty-One: "The Street is the Message": Racial Violence and the White Control of Mobility Chapter Forty-Two: Living in the Disadvantaged End of "Dual Cities": Understanding the Urban Poor and the Precariat Chapter Forty-Three: The Politics of Sexuality in Mediated Cities Chapter Forty-Four: Methodological Approaches in Urban Media and Communication Research

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Book SynopsisThis book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? What can we learn from other countries, especially our near neighbours in Europe? And, in turn, can we provide lessons for other countries facing similar dilemmas? Urban Britain is not functioning as it should. Social inequalities and regional disparities show little sign of going away. Efforts to generate growth, and spread it to the poorer areas of cities, have failed dismally. Much new urban development and redevelopment is not up to standard. Yet there are cities in mainland Europe, which have set new standards of high-quality sustainable urban development. This book looks at these best-practice examples â in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Scandinavia, â and suggests ways in which the UK and other countries could do the same.The book is in three parts. Part 1 analyses the main issues for urban planning and development â in economic development and job generation, sustainable development, housing policy, transport and development mechanisms â and probes how practice in the UK has fallen short. Part Two embarks on a tour of best-practice cities in Europe, starting in Germany with the countryâs boosting of its citiesâ economies, moving to the spectacularly successful new housing developments in the Netherlands, from there to Franceâs integrated city transport, then to Scandinaviaâs pursuit of sustainability for its cities, and finally back to Germany, to Freiburg â the city that âdid it allâ. Part Three sums up the lessons of Part Two and sets out the key steps needed to launch a new wave of urban development and regeneration on a radically different basis.Trade Review[It] is already the book everyone is talking about as we see our cities’ planning departments decimated around us. It is a beacon of what is possible and gives hope. - Times Higher Education - Best books of 2013An acute analysis - Lord Andrew Adonis, Financial TimesIf you have ever wondered what a Catapult is or how it connects to the rest of the UK economy and political system, then this is the book for you. The writing is admirable and rich in human interest, with tales of multitasking French mayors, scandalous research disagreements and Scandi-noir all contributing to the integrity of the whole. - Flora Samuel, Times Higher EducationHall has a clear idea of what the planning discipline should be about: it should be grounded in an understanding of the real world; it should be informed by a deep knowledge of history and a sense of cultural possibility; and, above all, it should remain focused on improving lives. He is himself the consummate planner. - Ben Rogers, The Guardian"As usual, a book by Peter Hall takes a historic view, and is filled with erudite gems and facts. No doubt this self-designated city travelogue is addressed to urban designers." – Judith Ryser, Researcher, Journalist, Writer and Urban Affairs Consultant to Fundacion Metropoli, Madrid"In this book Peter Hall has distilled the wisdom of an illustrious academic career into an ambitious blueprint for future successful, sustainable, resilient and equitable places. In writing this normative vision Hall has passed on the baton and set down the challenge for the next generation of academics and practitioners, to attempt to surmount the governance and financial obstacles, and realise the vision of Good Cities, Better Lives." – David McGuinness, Northumbria UniversityGood Cities, Better Lives offers useful insights for policy makers, spatial planners and urban geographers. It is a timely and a stimulating read for anyone interested in understanding more about the current issues cities are facing. It provides a comprehensive set of inspiring examples of innovative and creative planning practice in the urban space. – Urban Studies, Eduardo Oliveira, University of Groningen, the Netherlands"I would not hesitate recommending this book as a ‘must have’ to anyone who is interested in urban and planning issues, including academics, students and policy-makers. It is a timely book that provides useful insights into how planning should be grounded in an understanding of reality that is informed by history and experiences with the aim of improving the lives of everyone. This book offers an excellent start to this project. Sadly, Sir Peter Hall passed away at the end of July 2014." – Housing Studies, Corina Buckenberger, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyTable of ContentsBuilding the New Jerusalem: Five Challenges for Cities Part 1: Facing the Challenges 1. The First Challenge: Rebalancing Our Urban Economies 2. The Second Challenge: Building New HomesNot Enough New Homes 3. The Third Challenge: Linking People and PlacesLondon: From Classic Public Transport Metropolis to Mega-City Region 4. The Fourth Challenge: Living with Finite Resources 5. The Fifth Challenge: Fixing Broken Machinery Part 2: Learning From Model Cities: A Twenty-First-Century Grand Tour 6. Going on Tour 7. Boosting Economic Growth in Germany 8. Building Sustainable Suburbs in the Netherlands 9. France Uses Transport to Develop and Regenerate Cities 10. Conserving Resources in Scandinavia: Stockholm and Copenhagen–MalmöStockholm’s Planned Satellite Towns 11. Freiburg: The City That Did It All Part 3: Lessons from Europe 12. Learning the Lessons

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Book SynopsisIn this book Gayle Souter-Brown explores the social, economic and environmental benefits of developing greenspace for health and well-being. She examines the evidence behind the positive effects of designed landscapes, and explains effective methods and approaches which can be put into practice by those seeking to reduce costs and add value through outdoor spaces. Using principles from sensory, therapeutic and healing gardens, Souter-Brown focuses on landscape's ability to affect health, education and economic outcomes. Already valued within healthcare environments, these design guidelines for public and private spaces extend the benefits throughout our towns and cities.Covering design for school grounds to public parks, public housing to gardens for stressed executives, this richly illustrated text builds the case to justify inclusion of a designed outdoor area in project budgets.  With case studies from the US, UK, Africa, Asia, Australasia and Europe, iTrade Review"You will not find a more comprehensive, informative, and well-researched compendium of healing, sensory, and therapeutic gardens, with real-life examples and case studies, written with a tangible passion for the subject. This book, containing answers to all your questions, is a definite must have!" - Marta Ratajszczak, Landscape Architects Network, landarchs.com"Presenting greenspace as a human lifeline, this is an excellent and accessible read for the practitioner and students alike. Concepts of architecture, design, sustainability and well being are blended with whole of life costing approaches to make the case for a supportive urban environment in which individuals, families, communities and business can thrive." - Teena Hale Pennington, CEO New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA)"A good, practical blueprint for creating urban spaces that offer health through nature." - Richard Louv, journalist, author and co-founder of the Children & Nature Network"Both comprehensive and informative, this publication adds immeasurably to the growing interest in the health-giving properties of green space to enhance liveable, sustainable cities. Covering design from school grounds to public parks, from public housing to private gardens, this richly illustrated text builds the case for including green spaces throughout our urban environments......It is refreshing to see coverage not just of the health benefits of urban green space but how interventions - large and small - provide social and economic benefits to communities. This is a rare, inclusive approach to thinking about how green nature can support us in our homes, neighbourhoods, schools, workplaces and healthcare facilities......This book is a rich and welcome addition to the debate." – World Health Design, Clare Cooper Marcus, University of California, Berkeley, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Origins And Evolution Of Healing Gardens 1. The History: What Were Gardens For? 2. Why Do We Need Gardens For Health And Well-Being Today?’ 3. Urban Space Degradation 4. Sustainable Communities Are Healthy Communities Part 2: Who Will Benefit From Healing Gardens? 5. Healing Gardens For Children 6. Healing Gardens For Adults 7. Healing Gardens And Cityscapes For Disabled Children And Adults 8. Healing Gardens For Stressed Executives 9. Cost Benefits Of Greening The Urban Environment Through Healing Gardens Part 3: Designing Healing Gardens Using An Inclusive, Salutogenic Approach 10. The Salutogenic Design Process 11. Salutogenic Design Guidelines - Simple Is Best 12. Inclusive Design - Key Design Elements Part 4: Additional Resources 13. Funding Sources For Public Sensory, Therapeutic And Healing Gardens 14. How And Where To Develop Community Green Space

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Book SynopsisGreen infrastructure integrates human and natural systems through a network of corridors and spaces in mixed-use and urban settings. Austin takes a broad look at green infrastructure concepts, research and case studies to provide the student and professional with processes, criteria and data to support planning, design and implementation.Key topics of the book include: The benefits of green infrastructure as a conservation and planning tool Requirements of ecosystem health Green infrastructure ecosystem services that contribute to human physical and psychological health Planning processes leading to robust green infrastructure networks Design of green infrastructure elements for multiple uses. The concept of ecosystem services is extensively developed in this book, including biological treatment of stormwater and wastewater, opportunities for recreation, urban agriculture and emersion in a naturalistic setting. It definesTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Physical and Psychological Health 3. Ecosystem Functions and Health 4. Ecosystem Services 5. Planning and Design Processes 6. Habitat and Ecological Corridors 7. Green Infrastructure Network 8. Stormwater Management and Treatment Services 9. Green Roofs 10. Integrating Community Agriculture into Green Infrastructure 11. Wastewater Treatment Wetlands 12. Stockholm – Green Infrastructure Case Study 13. Green Infrastructure in Context

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Book SynopsisIn seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction of China clearly reverberates with many African elites who seem to look on China as a positive development model. However, it should be noted that this has not been embraced solely by dictatorial or authoritarian regimes but in fact Chinaâs approach to non-interference has struck a chord even with those democratically elected leaders in Africa. While such practices clearly benefit African elites, it is remains doubtful that they do so for ordinary Africans, although sustained analysis suggests that potential exists, albeit hampered by the modalities of governance on the continent.This book brings together experts on the topic to throw light on some of the more contentious aspects of the relationship.This book was published as a special issue of tTable of Contents1. Contextualising Chinese engagement in Africa Dominik Kopinski, Andrzej Polus and Ian Taylor 2. From refusal to engagement: Chinese contributions to peacekeeping in Africa Wu Zhengyu and Ian Taylor 3. The ‘voracious dragon’, the ‘scramble’ and the ‘honey pot’: Conceptions of conflict over Africa’s natural resources Péter Marton and Tamás Matura 4. Uneasy allies: China’s evolving relations with Angola Lucy Corkin 5. Sino-Zambian relations: ‘An all-weather friendship’ weathering the storm Dominik Kopiński and Andrzej Polus 6. Sino-Indian co-operation in Africa: Joint efforts in the oil sector Karolina Wysoczanska 7. The European Union and China’s rise in Africa: Competing visions, external coherence and trilateral cooperation Maurizio Carbone 8. China’s ‘soft power’ in Africa? Łukasz Fijałkowski

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Tourism Geography develops a critical understanding of how different geographies of tourism are created and maintained. Drawing on both historical and contemporary perspectives, the discussion connects tourism to key geographical concepts relating to globalization, mobility, new geographies of production and consumption, and post-industrial change. The new edition has been fully updated to have an international focus, with global case studies and broader based content.

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Book SynopsisThe essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.Real Estate Concepts provides built environment students with an easy to use guide to the essential concepts they need to understand in order to succeed in their university courses and future professional careers. Key concepts are arranged, defined and explained by experts in the field to provide the student with a quick and reliable reference throughout their university studies. The subjects are conveniently divided to reflect the key modules studied in most property, real estate, planning and construction courses.Subject areas covered include: Planning Building surveying Valuation Law Economics, investment and finance Quantity surveying Construction and regeneration Sustainability Property managemeTable of ContentsPreface 1. Agency, Andy Dunhill, Jane Stonehouse and Rachel Williams 2. Building Surveying, Stuart Eve, Minnie Fraser and Cara Hatcher 3. Commercial Property, Andy Dunhill, Dom Fearon, John Holmes and Becky Thompson 4. Construction, Graham Capper, Barry Gledson, Richard Humphrey, Eric Johansen, Ernie Jowsey, Mark Kirk, Cara Hatcher and John Weirs 5. Development, Hannah Furness, Ernie Jowsey and Simon Robson 6. Economics, Ernie Jowsey 7. Finance, Ernie Jowsey and Hannah Furness 8. Investment, Ernie Jowsey and Hannah Furness 9. Land Management, Dom Fearon and Ernie Jowsey 10. Law, Rachel Williams and Simon Robson 11. Planning, Andy Dunhill, Hannah Furness, Paul Greenhalgh, Carol Ludwig, Dave McGuinness, and Rachel Williams 12. Property Asset Management, Cheryl Williamson, Dom Fearon and Kenneth Kelly 13. Quantity Surveying, Glenn Steel 14. Regeneration, Julie Clarke, Hannah Furness, Paul Greenhalgh, Rachel Kirk and David McGuinness 15. Residential Property, Julie Clarke, Rachel Kirk and Cara Hatcher 16. Sustainability, Graham Capper, John Holmes, Ernie Jowsey, Sara Lilley, Dave McGuinness and Simon Robson 17. Taxation, Ernie Jowsey and Rachel Williams 18. Valuation, Lynn Johnson and Becky Thompson

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Book SynopsisSince the nineteenth century various housing solutions have evolved, such as sprawling Australian home ownership and compact Dutch social rental housing. This phenomenon cannot be adequately explained with simple descriptions of key events, politics and housing outcomes. Critical Realism and Housing Studies pushes debate forward, arguing that a new ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research. This book is clearly organized into three parts which: evaluate ontological and methodological alternatives for comparative housing research provide two historical case studies inspired by critical realist ontology compare the causal tendencies that explain diverging housing pathways in Australia and the Netherlands. Lawson proposes that we turn to critical realism for the solution. From this perspective the causal tendencies of complex, open and structured housing phenomena are Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Ontology, Methodology, Conceptual Issues 2. Ontology Matters 3. Methodology and Comparative Research 4. Alternative Theories for the Composition and Dynamics of Housing Provision 5. Postulating an Explanation for Housing Divergence Part 2: Diverging Housing Solutions: The Case Study Evidence 6. Explaining Divergent Tenure Patterns and Urban Form - The Australian Case of Low Density Home Ownership 7. Explaining Divergent Tenure Patterns and Urban for Part Three Part 3: Summary and Conclusions 8. Explaining and Comparing Housing 'Solutions'

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Book SynopsisThis book of contributed chapters by subject matter expertly provides an overview and analysis of salient contemporary and historical military subjects from the military geographer's perspective. Factors of geography have had a compelling influence on battles and campaigns throughout history; however, geography and military affairs have gained heightened attention during the past two decades, and military geography is the discipline best situated to explain them. Hence, the premise of this book and its contents are founded on the principle that geographical knowledge of space, place, people, and scale provide essential insights into contemporary security issues and promotes the idea that such insight is critical to understanding and managing significant military problems at local, regional, and global scales. Trade Review"A new generation of warrior-geographers have revisited the vital topic of military geography and produced a comprehensive and insightful overview of this sub-field of geography. This book will guide the reader to a new and deeper understanding of how the geographical perspective adds analytical value across the entire spectrum of military affairs."—Francis H. Dillon, Geography, George Mason University"I have been waiting for a book like this for years! I am pleased that there is "Military 101" for geographers AND "Geography 101" for military personnel. This fills in knowledge gaps for those needing information and will offer a review for those who already have a knowledge base (in either geography or military operations)." –L. Jean Palmer-Moloney, Chair of the Association of American Geographers' Military Geography Specialty GroupTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction to Military Geography 1. Military Geography in the United States: History, Scope, and Recent Developments 2. Military Science for the Non-Professional 3. An Introduction to Geography for Non-Geographers 4. Environmental Security: A Growing Force in Regional Stability 5. The Environment and Regional Security: A Framework for Analysis 6. Climate Change and Potential Regional Instability in the Arctic 7. The Legacy of Federal Military Lands in the U.S.: A Geographical Retrospective Part II: Historical and Operational Military Geography 8. Streams and Military Landscape 9. Methuen’s Northern Cape Campaign, Anglo Boer War, 1899 – 1902 10.The Battle for Attu: Physical Geographic Challenges of the Aleutian Campaign of WW II 11. Protecting the Force: Medical Geography and the Buna-Gona Campaign 12. The Geography of Amphibious Warfare 13. Bosnia & Herzegovina 1992-1995– Epitomizing Yugoslavia’s Bloody Collapse 14. Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom and Military Geographic Challenges 15.Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Military Geography Part III: Applied Military Geography 16. Military Lands as Spatial Analogs for a 21st Century Army: Natural Environments for Testing and Training 17.Aeolian Processes and Military Operations 18. Infrastructure Vulnerability in a Catastrophic CSZ Event and Implications on Disaster Response for the Oregon Coast 19. Khe Sanh, Vietnam: Examining the Long-Term Impacts of Warfare on the Physical Landscape 20.Napoleonic Know-How for Stability Operations 21. Identicide in Sarajevo: The Destruction of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina 22. Geopolitics and the Dragon’s Advance: An Exploration of the Strategy and Reality of China’s Growing Economic and Military Power and its Effect upon Taiwan 23. Ungoverned Space and Effective Sovereignty in the Global War on Terror: Western Pakistan

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Book SynopsisA major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels â villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource users and others â and taking seriously their aspirations, conflicts and collaborations. This book examines this challenge in two very disparate parts of our world, exploring what gender-equality, resource management and development mean in real terms for its inhabitants as well as for our environmental futures.Based on participatory research and in-depth fieldwork, Arora-Jonsson studies struggles for local forest management, the making of womenâs groups within them and how the womenâs groups became a threat to mainstream institutions. Insights from India, consistently ranked as one of the most gender-biased countries, are compared with similar situations in the ostensibly gender-equal Sweden. Arora-Jonsson also analyzes how dominant ideas about the environment, development and gender Trade Review'Telling, arguing, and analysing throughout this rich and original work, Seema Arora-Jonsson makes a strong theoretical case “for gender as integral to our analyses in order to be able to meet environmental and developmental challenges”'— Lars Rudebeck, Uppsala University, Development in Practice "Gender, Development and Environmental Governance is indeed an enlightening work in more ways than one. Especially admirable is the élan with which Arora-Jonsson pulls off a seemingly unsustainable project—comparing a highly developed and a developing society... Gender, Development and Environmental Governance is a valuable contribution to the corpus of the theoretical literature on gender and environmental studies and a must read for all gender and environment scholars."— Etee Bahadur, Journal of South Asian Development "The most significant contribution on of this book is its unconventional examination of daily life and informal networks, filtered through a gendered analysis... This is a great effort in undoing the sometimes artificial divide between the North and South. Because of its strengths in analyzing gender dynamics and its comparative nature, this book will be extremely interesting to those interested in issues of environmental governance, development, and gender."— Meenakshi Narayan, Michigan State University, Gendered Perspectives on International DevelopmentTable of Contents1. Introduction: Three Places and a Jigsaw World 2. Crafting New Relations and Theorizing Connections: Gender, Development and Environmental Governance 3. Policy Discourses and Material Places: Forests, Gender and the (Re)making of the Peripheries 4. Environmental Politics on the Ground 5. A Politics of the Possible: Gendered Subjectivities in Collective Organizing 6. Micropolitics of Rural Development and Environmental Governance: Resistance, Maintenance and Outside Intervention 7. Discordant Connections: Discourses on Gender and Grassroots Activism 8. Development Practice and Environmental Governance: Flexible Spaces for Political Action 9. Conclusion: Up-Close in a Jigsaw World: Guideposts from the Present

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Book SynopsisYou're overseeing a large-scale project, but you're not an engineering or construction specialist, and so you need an overview of the related sustainability concerns and processes. To introduce you to the main issues, experts from the fields of engineering, planning, public health, environmental design, architecture, and landscape architecture review current sustainable large-scale projects, the roles team members hold, and design approaches, including alternative development and financing structures. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainability within infrastructural systems, such as those for energy, water, and waste, so that you know what's possible. And best of all, they present here for the first time the Zofnass Environmental Evaluation Methodology guidelines, which will help you and your team improve infrastructure design, engineering, and construction. Trade Review"This book is brilliantly conceived and well needed internationally. Up to now the focus has been on individual sustainable building - a book of this scope dealing with the infrastructure on which most of them will depend for the foreseeable future is long overdue."George Baird, professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand"This book is a comprehensive guide to the unique challenges associated with planning, design, construction, operation, and eventual decommissioning of the complex infrastructure systems that are essential to sustaining civilization. It is a useful reference for industry professionals and government officials, as well as a valuable framework for continued academic research."Thomas Vautin, associate vice president for Facilities and Environmental Services, Harvard University"This book is brilliantly conceived and well needed internationally. Up to now the focus has been on individual sustainable building – a book of this scope dealing with the infrastructure on which most of them will depend for the foreseeable future is long overdue." – George Baird, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand"This book is a comprehensive guide to the unique challenges associated with planning, design, construction, operation, and eventual decommissioning of the complex infrastructure systems that are essential to sustaining civilization. It is a useful reference for industry professionals and government officials, as well as a valuable framework for continued academic research." – Thomas Vautin, Associate Vice President for Facilities and Environmental Services, Harvard University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Sustainability: A Broad Perspective Part 1: Dimensions of Sustainability 1. Climate Change and Infrastructure 2. Resource Allocation 3. Infrastructure and Nature: Reciprocal Effects and Patterns for our Future 4. Quality of Life 5. Sustainable Wellness: The Convergence of Social and Ecological Wellbeing Part 2: Sustainable Practices in Infrastructure Systems 6. Water Infrastructure and Sustainability Systems 7. The Evolution of Urban Water and Energy Infrastructure Systems 8. Sustainability Aspects of Large-Scale Wind Power Development 9. Sustainable Solid Waste Infrastructure 10. Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure 11. Transportation: Aviation/Airports 12. Sustainability in Ports, Freights and Logistics 13. Ecological Infrastructure Part 3: Assessing Urban Infrastructures 14. Issues in Assessing Urban Infrastructures 15. Current Environmental Evaluation Approaches 16. The Zofnass Rating System for Infrastructure Sustainability and Decision-Making 17. Economic Assessments of the Value of Sustainability Part 4: Design and Planning for Infrastructure Sustainability 18. Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? 19. Intelligent Infrastructures 20. Landscape Infrastructure: Urbanism Beyond Engineering 21. Shaping the Built Environment and Infrastructure to Improve our Quality of Life 22. Why Ecological Urbanism? Why Now?

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