Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Reporting on the innovative, transdisciplinary research on sustainable urbanisation undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures, a highly influential research centre based in Sweden (2010-19), this book builds on the Policy Press title Rethinking Sustainable Cities to make a significant contribution to evolving theory about comparative urban research.Highlighting important methodological experiences from across a variety of diverse contexts in A...

This clear and timely book presents the first sustained and structured analysis of globalization in the East Asian context, exploring the strategies used by East Asian countries to cope with the forces of globalization. Eschewing both neoliberal “hyperglobalization” chants and neorealist “globaloney” castigation, the authors integrate a broad conceptual framework with region- and country-specific case studies.Specifically, the book poses and addresses three major questions about Ea...

Loch Ness is more than a dark strip of water in the Scottish Highlands. It is the stage for one of the modern world’s most persistent mysteries, where ancient legend, eyewitness terror, newspaper frenzy, and scientific ambition all collided.The story begins with a saint, a river beast, and a medieval account later pulled into a much larger legend. It erupts in 1933, when a new road opened the loch to passing eyes and a handful of sightings turned a remote Highland landscape into th...

Table of ContentsSam Meets the Loch Ness MonsterTable of ContentsFacts about the Loch Ness Monster for KidsFacts about the LochFacts about the Loch Ness MonsterNessie SightingsNessie Spotted on LandNessie Spotted in the WaterSonar EvidenceSearches for NessieThe Circus SearchSir Edward Mountain SearchOperation DeepscanProject UrquhartNessie HoaxesFact or Fiction? You decide!