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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) From historic gardens and private gardens to parkland, botanical gardens and roadside greenery: the structuring presence of greenery in the city is playing an ever greater role in planning practice today. Areas of greenery within urban space are not only very important ecologically and socially. Green spatial elements also play an important role in master planning on a municipal and regional level and are subject to participatory processes.This book examines new approaches to the planning of greenery in various European countries (Germany, England, Finland, France, and the Netherlands). Ten selected cases highlight various geographical aspects in each of the national contexts and show the influences on spatial, ecological, economic, and socio- political transformations.The aim of this publication is to observe innovative processes in nature and housing and to present insights that can be applied to new approaches to planning.

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Wieso schaffen nur 10% der gegründeten Unternehmen weltweit das wirtschaftliche Überleben? Weshalb fühlen sich immer mehr Unter-Dreißigjährige schon ausgelaugt? Warum liegt die Scheidungsrate international bei knapp 50%? Die Antworten darauf liefert dieses Buch, das den gedanklichen Befreiungsschlag unternimmt, der viele Probleme lösen kann in Beziehungen, Firmen und Organisationen jeglicher Art. Der Weg führt über die innere Einstellung. Lebensglück und Erfolg sind damit untrennbar verbunden. Ergänzt und untermauert wird der Mindset-Ansatz des Autors durch praktische, unterhaltsame und alarmierende Anekdoten aus seiner langjährigen Seminar- und Unterrichtspraxis in Firmen und Hochschulen - dort, wo die Menschen stark fremdbestimmt und ihr Denken sowie ihre Haltung entsprechend beeinflusst sind.

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Simulating Good and Evil shows that the moral panic surrounding violent videogames is deeply misguided, and often politically motivated, but that games are nevertheless morally important. Simulated actions are morally defensible because they take place outside the real world and do not inflict real harms. Decades of research purporting to show that videogames are immoral has failed to produce convincing evidence of this. However, games are morally important because they simulate decisions that would have moral weight if they were set in the real world. Videogames should be seen as spaces in which players may experiment with moral reasoning strategies without taking any actions that would themselves be subject to moral evaluation. Some videogame content may be upsetting or offensive, but mere offense does not necessarily indicate a moral problem. Upsetting content is best understood by applying existing theories for evaluating political ideologies and offensive speech.

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Good lighting is essential to a building. An effective design is not just about introducing light into a space, but rather an appreciation of how the space will be used. A good lighting design is so intertwined with the building that it is only noticed in its absence. This book introduces the tools of the lighting designer and explains how to produce a lighting design for a home. Looking at the nature of light and introducing different lamps and light fittings available, it explains the basics of lighting design and how to provide atmosphere through the play of light and shadow. It gives room-by-room analysis of good lighting design and gives advice on controls, plus an overview of the pitfalls of dimming and energy saving. Residential Lighting Design explains the nature and quality of light, how to use it in the home and how to create a beautiful space.

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