Cities around the world are undergoing profound changes. In this global era, we live in a world of rising knowledge economies, digital technologies, and awareness of environmental issues. The so-calle
A hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to live with water. Nearly every human endeavor on the planet was conceived and constructed with a relatively stable climate in mind. But as new climate disasters remind us every day, our world is not stable--and it is changing in ways that expose the deep dysfunction of our relationship with water. Increasingly severe and frequent floods and droughts inevitably spur calls for higher levees, bigger drains, and longer aqueducts. But as we grapple with extreme weather, a hard truth is emerging: our development, including concrete infrastructure designed to control water, is actually exacerbating our problems. Because sooner or later, water always wins. In this quietly radical book, science journalist Erica Gies introduces us to innovators in what she calls the Slow Water movement who start by asking a revolutionary question: What does water want? Using close observation, historical research, and cutting-edge
As both the societies and the world in which we live face increasingly rapid and turbulent changes, the concept of resilience has become an active and important research area. Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides a critical review of the ways in which resilience of social-ecological systems, and the ecosystem services they provide, can be enhanced. With contributions from leaders in the field, the chapters are structured around seven key principles for building resilience: maintain diversity and redundancy; manage connectivity; manage slow variables and feedbacks; foster complex adaptive systems thinking; encourage learning; broaden participation; and promote polycentric governance. The authors assess the evidence in support of these principles, discussing their practical application and outlining further research needs. Intended for researchers, practitioners and graduate students, this is an ideal resource for anyone working in resilience science and for those in t
We live in a world that is known, every corner thoroughly explored. But has this knowledge cost us the ability to wonder? Wonder, Caspar Henderson argues, is at its most supremely valuable in just suc
While some have argued that we live in a ‘postfeminist’ era that renders feminism irrelevant to people’s contemporary lives this book takes ‘feminism’, the source of eternal debate, contestation and a
Have you ever wondered what ancient civilizations looked like? Or where they were in comparison to where we live today? This unique atlas will take you on an incredible journey around the world and t
A first in English,?this book engages with the ways in which Hegel and Sartre answer the difficult questions: What is it to be human? What place do we have in the world? How should we live? What can w
Confused? Frustrated? Perplexed? You're not alone. Today these are common reactions to the often baffling world we live in. But this plague isn't restricted just to the secular world; it has seeped in
Confused? Frustrated? Perplexed? You're not alone. Today these are common reactions to the often baffling world we live in. But this plague isn't restricted just to the secular world; it has seeped in
This book intends to make you laugh and feel good. I dedicate it to everybody who believes in or who would like to believe that we live in a world full of magic and fantastic beings such as fairies, g
"The poetic voice of his generation."—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"Etan Thomas is breaking it down for our young minds on how to be a vital part of this challenging world we all live in. Let's give it up for E
We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovativ
The meaning of life has long been the source of mankind’s greatest longing. Having the answer to this question offers us a much greater understanding of ourselves and the world we live in and in turn
The digital virtual communities have exploded in recent years - this phenomenon is enabled by social media and the changing world we live in. In some cases these communities have created their own cur
We live in a world that works tirelessly to assimilate us to be "normal". This collective pressure has the ability to dampen our spirit and give up the dreams we have in our souls in search of what we
We live in an uncertain world, is a truism most of us hear more often than we would like. What one usually means to say by this is that we do not know what will happen in the future. Since changes, ev
This book can be read as a standalone read.It's also part of a dark erotic fiction series and may disturb some readers. In this dirty, bloody world we live in, the answers to prayers aren't always pre
We live in a world of science. Yet this is impossible without a legally guaranteed freedom to practise it. Findings with regard to the elements of such freedom can be deduced from an analysis of inter
For anyone restless to find their place in the world, the question looms large: How can we live out this grand theory of calling in our everyday, ordinary lives?Award-winning social entrepreneur Justi
