Embedding climate resilient development principles in planning, urban design, and architecture means ensuring that transformation of the built environment helps achieve carbon neutrality, effective adaptation, and well-being for people and nature. Planners, urban designers, and architects are called to bridge the domains of research and practice and evolve their agency and capacity, developing methods and tools consistent across spatial scales to ensure the convergence of outcomes towards ...

A unified framework for analyzing urban sustainability in terms of cities' inflows and outflows of matter and energy.Urbanization and globalization have shaped the last hundred years. These two dominant trends are mutually reinforcing: globalization links countries through the networked communications of urban hubs. The urban population now generates more than eighty percent of global GDP. Cities account for enormous flows of energy and materials—inflows of goods a...

Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the broad issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides a focused review of the state of the art materials. It also provides designers with the tools they need to evaluate and select from the thousands of different materials that are available to them. The book is organized into three sections; ‘Time’ looks at how the materials used in architectural design have changed over the years showing how we have come to use ...

Empowering Guide: Uniting and Amplifying Political Influence for Latinos in the US - Strategies, Data, Solutions, and Media Insights for Election Success.This comprehensive guidebook is a beacon of hope for the 19% of the US population who are of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino descent. It aims to increase unity, political power, and representation, addressing the stark disparity that sees this vibrant community making up only 2% of US elected officials.Towards Unity & Pol...

Empowering Guide: Uniting and Amplifying Political Influence for Latinos in the US - Strategies, Data, Solutions, and Media Insights for Election Success.This comprehensive guidebook is a beacon of hope for the 19% of the US population who are of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino descent. It aims to increase unity, political power, and representation, addressing the stark disparity that sees this vibrant community making up only 2% of US elected officials.Towards Unity & Pol...

Undoubtedly, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is considered one of the most influential books of all time. For many, it is second only to the Holy Bible and has been enjoyed by generations for more than 340 years. This whimsical allegory follows the adventures of a man named Christian who, after discovering a book and, subsequently, having a great burden grow on his back, journeys beyond the forbidden borders of his home in search of the Celestial City and its King.

The Second Edition of The Handbook of Financing Growth has been designed to help leaders and advisors gain a solid understanding of the financing strategies, sources, and transactions that will allow them to excel in such an unpredictable environment.Written by an experienced group of practitioners who operate within this dynamic market-and fully updated to reflect new market realities-this reliable resource outlines the full spectrum of funding alternatives curre...

The Mexican/Latino Struggle for Educational Equity in California, 1492-2022 offers an in-depth history of the struggle of Mexican/Latinos for educational equity under Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. rule.Dr. John Fernandez, a retired teacher of 31 years, independent scholar, and community activist, crafts a guidebook for academic scholars that conducts historical research and offers best practices for promoting educational equity in the California public school...

DostoevskySober Hope: Finding Faith in the Bleak MidwinterAs winter descends to end the year 2023, it is a time for contemplation: a time to revel in the joys and find balm for the woes of the past year, a time to find the courage to hold on, and the hope to thrive in the new year. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) faced his own bleak (and Russian!) winters, from childhood play amongst the impoverished at his father's medical clinic to a last...

First printed in 1948, High John the Conqueror, John W. Wilson's only published book, was considered a breakthrough novel for its attention to racism, sexual politics, and the oppressive nature of agribusiness. It has since become a classic depiction of the arduous life and work of African American cotton farmers in southeast Texas. "Mr. Wilson seems to have grasped the same sense of slowmoving inevitable force, beyond man himself, that can so easily lift or destroy him."-New York Times Bo...

Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines current research and innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it work, what are its critical “active ingredients” and does it represent value for money? The book covers a ...

Jeffty Kittredge is a small-time Hollywood con in deep debt to a shark with a need to collect. If he can just come up with a plan--or maybe even only a partner--Jefty is sure he'll be on his way to salvation. What he comes up with instead is Mona. The best-selling author of Everybody Smokes in Hell leads you to a place where desire has a body count, trust can take you down from point-blank range, and love is the biggest racket in town.