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Worldwide, urbanization is steadily increasing, yet many modern
cities are becoming less and less able to accommodate the growth in
their population. Congestion, pollution, low-quality housing,
social fragmentation, noise, crime and inadequate social services
all contribute to a declining quality of urban life. Planners and
policy makers are battling to alleviate the problems with a variety
of urban renewal initiatives, and energy-environmental policies
have become central to their quest for urban
sustainability."Sustainable Cities in Europe" gives a comprehensive
introduction to the available urban energy and environmental
policies. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the CITIES programme of
the Commission of the European Communities, the book includes
detailed case studies of European cities which are devising and
implementing alternative strategies for sustainable growth and
development. The cities discussed include: Amsterdam, Besancon,
Braganca, Cadiz, Dublin, Esch/Alzette, Gent, Mannheim, Newcastle,
Odense, Thessaloniki and Turin.The policy discussions and case
studies in this book will be invaluable for all those
professionally or academically involved in the pressing issue of
city planning development.
A practical guide to nurturing healthy, loving non-monogamous
relationships using attachment theory. Attachment theory has
entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can
cultivate secure monogamous relationships. What if, like many
people, you're striving for secure, happy attachments with more
than one partner? Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks
new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of
consensual non-monogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and
trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional experiences
can influence our relationships. Then, she sets out six specific
strategies to help you move toward secure attachments in your
multiple relationships. Polysecure is both a trailblazing
theoretical treatise and a practical guide. It provides
non-monogamous people with a new set of tools to navigate the
complexities of multiple loving relationships, and offers radical
new concepts that are sure to influence the conversation about
attachment theory.
Have you forgotten how to relax and enjoy yourself? Do you run
around in circles mistaking dizziness for happiness? Your troubles
are over, for you hold in your hands the means to take control of
your destiny, to turn your back on obligation and conformity, or at
least hide from them in the toilets for a bit. Shirk, Rest and Play
is a comprehensive illustrated handbook for wannabe drop-outs,
dreamers, drifters and gadabouts. Authors Andrew Grumbridge and
Vincent Raison - along with their panoply of wastrel acquaintances
- offer ruminations about finding beauty in the ordinary, lessons
in tactical slacking and detailed advice on how to get more out of
life by doing less. They cover all aspects of modern existence,
moving smartly through Childhood, Work, Leisure, Home, Money,
Health & Beauty and, of course, Death, where even amid the
tears and sadness, you can still find plates of mini-burgers. This
book is the call to arms you've been waiting for, giving you all
the tips, shortcuts and (de)motivation you need to duck out of the
system and live life on your own terms.
Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award Winner of
the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the 2020
National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book
Finalist for the 2021 New England Society Book Award Finalist for
the 2021 New England Independent Booksellers Association Award A
New York Times Editors' Choice and Chicago Tribune top book for
2020 "Mill Town is the book of a lifetime; a deep-drilling,
quick-moving, heartbreaking story. Scathing and tender, it lifts
often into poetry, but comes down hard when it must. Through it all
runs the river: sluggish, ancient, dangerous, freighted with
America's sins." --Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland Kerri
Arsenault grew up in the small, rural town of Mexico, Maine, where
for over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that
provided jobs for nearly everyone in town, including three
generations of her family. Kerri had a happy childhood, but years
after she moved away, she realized the price she paid for that
childhood. The price everyone paid. The mill, while providing the
social and economic cohesion for the community, also contributed to
its demise. Mill Town is a book of narrative nonfiction,
investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the
rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and
leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease with
the central question; Who or what are we willing to sacrifice for
our own survival?
Voortrekkerstamouers 1835–1845 is die eerste keer in 2000 gepubliseer. Dié tweede, hersiende uitgawe is aangevul met 214 nuwe stamouers. Dit bring die aantal mense wat die Groot Trek meegemaak het, op 23 000 te staan, in plaas van die oorspronklik geskatte 20 000.
Wat hierdie databasis van Voortrekkers nog meer besonders maak, is die versameling uiters skaars foto’s en portrette wat aangebied word.
In hierdie fotokabinet kan ongeveer 150 afbeeldings van Voortrekkers gesien word.
The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex
embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been
underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This
Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban
social policies in context and bridges the gap in research. It
provides a novel perspective of social policy analysis, answering
the common debates such as: what is the role of local institutions
in welfare provisions? Do they exert an influence beyond their
jurisdiction? What difference can we trace among different types of
locales (e.g. urban vs. rural)? How does the role of cities change
in different national regulatory systems? Chapters disentangle the
interplay between jurisdictions, politics, policy instruments and
contexts in the spatial construction of social policies. Thanks to
the impressive selection of contributors, the volume discusses
urban social policies with broad geographical coverage including
cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, and
provides cursory references to the COVID-19 pandemic in different
policy fields. This book will be of interest to a broad range of
students in different fields from welfare to urban studies, as well
as those interested in multilevel governance and policy analysis.
Scholars interested in comparative social policy, but also in
social innovation, public administration and political science,
will also find this book a good companion.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A The Times Book of
the Year 2022 'Morland writes about nature and the changing
landscape with such lyrical precision that her prose sometimes
seems close to poetry' - Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times A
Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at
the life and work of a country doctor. Funny, moving and not afraid
of the dark, it will speak to readers everywhere. Polly Morland was
clearing her late mother's house when she found a battered
paperback fallen behind the family bookshelf. Opening it, she was
astonished to see an old photograph of the remote, wooded valley in
which she lives. The book was A Fortunate Man, John Berger's
classic account of a country doctor working in the same valley more
than half a century earlier. This chance discovery led Morland to
the remarkable doctor who serves that valley community today, a
woman whose own medical vocation was inspired by reading the very
same book as a teenager. A Fortunate Woman tells her compelling,
true story, and how the tale of the old doctor has threaded through
her own life in magical ways. Working within a community she loves,
she is a rarity in contemporary medicine: a modern doctor who knows
her patients inside out, the lives of this ancient, wild place
entwined with her own. Revisiting Berger's story after half a
century of seismic change, both in our society and in the ways in
which medicine is practised, A Fortunate Woman sheds light on what
it means to be a doctor in today's complex and challenging world.
Interweaving the doctor's story with those of her patients,
reflecting on the relationship between landscape and community, and
upon the wider role of medicine in society, a unique portrait of a
twenty-first century family doctor emerges. Illustrated throughout
with photographs by Richard Baker. 'Contains a profound message for
the future at a critical moment for general practice and us all' -
Wendy Moore, TLS 'I was consoled and compelled by this book's
steady gaze on healing and caring. The writing is beautiful' -
Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall 'A vibrant and
authentic portrait of the rural family doctor in these difficult
contemporary times' - Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care
at the University of Oxford
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Offering fresh
insights into the key emerging issues in the field, including the
changing socio-economic contexts brought about by the rise of the
millennial generation and the creative class, the Covid-19
pandemic, and a greater emphasis on social responsibility, this
forward-looking Research Agenda critically debates and rethinks
theories and practices in the property sector. Promoting
interdisciplinary approaches to the topic, chapters explore the
disruptive changes to the field brought about by technological
revolutions, before moving on to reflect upon the meaning of value,
risks and investment behaviours, and finally examining the
institutional contexts and stakeholders that shape the industry.
Leading scholars combine practice with in-depth theoretical
discussions, highlighting critical future avenues of research in
the field. Real estate, planning and economics scholars will find
this to be an important read, particularly with the blend of
conceptual and empirical perspectives. Real estate practitioners
and businesses will also find the practical guidance and discussion
of real-life challenges in the book helpful.
Published with a new preface, this innovative case study from Nova
Scotia analyzes the relationship between rural communities and
contemporary education. Rather than supporting place-sensitive
curricula and establishing networks within community populations,
the rural school has too often stood apart from local life, with
the generally unintended consequence that many educationally
successful rural youth come to see their communities and lifestyles
as places to be left behind. They face what Michael Corbett calls a
mobility imperative, which, he shows, has been central to
contemporary schooling. Learning to Leave argues that if education
is to be democratic and serve the purpose of economic, social, and
cultural development, then it must adapt and respond to the
specificity of its locale, the knowledge practices of the people,
and the needs of those who struggle to remain in challenged rural
places.
At the northern entrance to Prince Albert in the Great Karoo lies Northend, a neighbourhood home to a special group of people. They have a very special way of communicating with others through their stories, which indicate an inherent joy of life. However, judging by their environment and circumstances, it is clear that they have experienced many hardship, and for an outsider it is an enriching experience to meet them.
Every picture in Slow Down Look Again tells a story and is supported by explanatory text. These enable the reader to gain insight into the past and the present of this unique neighbourhood and its residents.
The joy and sorrows of the residents of Northend - as well as their scant earthly possessions - are illustrated through Louis Botha?s excellent choice of photographic backgrounds. And yet the absolute neatness of their homes illustrates a certain pride - poverty without dilapidation. The intimacy of the photographs ultimately leaves the reader enriched. We become witnesses not only to the extraordinary character of a close-knit community, but also of its trusting relationship with the person whom they have allowed to tell their story.
Louis Botha was born in Bloemfontein in 1955 and grew up on a small-holding north-east of Pretoria. After school he studied finance and followed a career in the Financial Services Industry. At the age of 40, and encouraged by his wife he pursued his hobby more seriously. He?s held several exhibitions and lives in Prince Albert.
Addressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes
affecting China's urban landscape, social organization and
community governance, Property Rights and Urban Transformation in
China thoroughly reviews the reform of property rights in changing
political and economic conditions. Zhu Qian presents a
comprehensive study highlighting the key theories and practices in
urban and social development processes and provides guidance on how
to understand both the parallels and differences that these reveal.
Utilizing a cross-sectoral and multi-scalar examination of property
rights in a property-led urban environment, the book illustrates
increasingly complex interactions between state and non-state
actors and examines the characteristics and consequences of
rural-urban land conversion. It further analyses the impacts of
resettled villagers' adaptation to urban society and the role of
property rights in China's recent high-profile urban-rural
integrated development. This insightful book will ensure a thorough
grasp of the pertinent issues for scholars, researchers and
practitioners within the fields of urban planning, human geography
and land economics. It will also provide a more general systemic
understanding for graduate students interested in the recent
challenges and strategies in a property rights regime with strong
state intervention.
This innovative book explores the foundations of the smart city
and, through a critique of its challenges and concerns, showcases
how to redefine the concept for increased sustainability,
liveability and resilience in urban areas. It undertakes a review
of the smart city concept, providing a new perspective on how
technology-based urban solutions must be centred around human
dimensions to render more liveable urban fabrics. Chapters
highlight how existing digital infrastructures can be coupled with
emerging ones, so that they can provide increased efficiency and
performance, with an ultimate objective of rendering safer, more
sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, aligning with the
needs of the SDGs. The book also covers emerging technologies and
concepts, such as 6G and the '15-minute city', underlining how
these can develop within smart city frameworks. This is an
invigorating look into the concept of the smart city and how it can
be improved and rethought, making it useful for urban studies and
human geography academics and researchers. It also offers helpful
insights for policy makers and planners on how to increase the
quality of life in modern cities.
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