This introductory textbook with a global scope aims to train students of geography, sustainability, and urban and environmental studies to re-imagine and transform cities to meet climate, biodiversity, and sustainability challenges. A dedicated team of authors critically examine the relationships between nature and urban areas, sharing an inspiring account of how nature helps us re-think our cities and their futures. Prior to this textbook, literature for courses covering urban nature was ...

'BLISTERING' Heat Book of the Week'UNMISSABLE' Crime MonthlyIt starts with the knife. Found at the bottom of a hidden lake in the Norfolk Broads, covered in blood and heart tissue so fresh the water hasn't yet washed it all away. What salvage diver Cam Killick has found is a murder weapon from a very recent crime – but how do you solve a murder without a body?The remoteness of the s...

'The most brilliant Norfolk-set thriller since Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway books' DAILY MIRRORCam Killick has made a promise to a dead man. And he's going to keep it if it kills him.Another day on the Norfolk Broads, and another underwater problem for salvage diver Cam Killick to solve. Today, it's removing the huge rock jamming the mechanism of a crucial swing bridge. The knots have been double checked; the winches are set. And then the ...

A deal has gone sour between two rival gangs from Manchester and Liverpool. Caught in the violent crossfire is a thirty mile gap, Brendan Foley and Warrington nick.Brendan left the police force under a dark cloud. Driven to stop the gangs who destroyed his family and his career, the old rules no longer apply and he's determined to bring them down. Iona Madison, his former deputy, has stepped up with Brendan's blessing to take his place leading the committed but under-resourced Warr...

'Compelling and so atmospheric ... the perfect new crime series to dive into' HEAT'Rob Parker is a master of the stone-cold twist' JANICE HALLETT'Brilliant pacing ... a great addition to your to-be-read stacks' PRIMA'The very definition of a one-sitting read' ROBERT RUTHERFORDCam Killick left the special forces with a handful of medals, stories he can't share and PTSD so bad h...

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 ...

Two rival gangs are reeling after one leader is found murdered.And two brothers, never two more unalike brothers, have unfinished business with one another.Former detective Brendan Foley and his successor DI Iona Madison are determined to bring the gangs plaguing Warrington to justice. Combining their knowledge with National Crime Agency resources in Jeremiah Salix and an IT genius, they are hell-bent on stopping the bloodshed.But af...

Brendan Foley has defied his family to become a DI, but your origins are inescapable...The Warrington nick is home to some of the brightest and most ambitious officers. While they possess a unique knowledge of the town and its citizens, they are also working with a lack of resources. When a mass grave is discovered on their patch and 27 bodies are discovered, a jarring connection will call DI Foley's authority into question.DS Iona Madison, a loyal officer ...

Jeffrey stak het versleten, zwarte schrift omhoog. 'Dus dit hadden wij nooit onder ogen mogen krijgen.' Hij zorgde dat Tom de handgeschreven titel op een vergeelde ovale sticker ook kon lezen. "De nieuwe generatie" Wat doe je als je tweelingzus, die niet spreekt, ineens verdwijnt? Tara raakt niet in paniek, maar is bereid om alles in het werk te stellen, zelfs haar verborgen talent, om Devi te vinden. Ook haar moeder, Jacky, zet alles op alles. Zelfs haar vader, Jacques, die officier van j...

Bloomsbury presents Forbidden Waters by Rob Parker, read by Luke R. Francis.It starts with the knife. Found at the bottom of a hidden lake in the Norfolk Broads, covered in blood and heart tissue so fresh the water hasn't yet washed it all away. What salvage diver Cam Killick has found is a murder weapon from a very recent crime – but how do you solve a murder without a body?The remoteness of the setting is itself a clue. Only a handful of people k...

Bloomsbury presents The Troubled Deep by Rob Parker, read by Luke R. Francis.'Compelling and so atmospheric ... the perfect new crime series to dive into' HEAT'Rob Parker is a master of the stone-cold twist' JANICE HALLETT'Brilliant pacing ... a great addition to your to-be-read stacks' PRIMA'The very definition of a one-sitting read' ROBERT RUTHERFORDCam Kill...

Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental value through the seamless connection of urban services and infrastructure by digital technologies. However, there is scant evidence of how these activities can enhance social well-being and contribute to just and equitable communities.Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to environmental and social issues. It ad...