Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government and governance and a re-ordering of the international...

Als met de oorlog in Oekraïne een wereldwijde energiecrisis uitbreekt, wordt Nederland hard met z’n neus op de feiten gedrukt. Het kabinet kondigt ‘Gascrisis niveau 1’ af. Maar er zijn meer zorgen. Heel andere zorgen.

Ambitieus gaat Nederland deze eeuw aan de slag met energie en klimaat. Er zijn doelen en die doelen gaan omhoog. Maar vrijwel alles waarmee ze kunnen worden gehaald, komt onder vuur. Aardgas, biomassa, kernenergie, CO2-opslag, windmolens, zonneparken. Nederland wil vooral...

Gaat de elektrische auto niet een te groot beslag leggen op de mondiale grondstoffenvoorraad, zeker als het aantal auto’s in de wereld nog gaat verviervoudigen. Dat is namelijk wat er gebeurt als tien miljard aardbewoners even welvarend worden als de gemiddelde EU burger in 2023. Tegelijkertijd zal in dat eerlijke scenario ook het aantal moderne goed geïsoleerde huizen, elektronische apparaten, wasmachines, vaatwassers, airconditioners, vliegtuigen, windturbines, zonnepanelen en noem maar ...

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Automatic Translation for Sign and Spoken Languages (AT4SSL 2023), hosted by the 24th Annual Con- ference of The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2023). This workshop is a venue for presenting and discussing (complete, ongoing or future) research on automatic translation between sign and spoken languages.

In de derde herziene druk zijn de hoofdstukteksten bijgewerkt tot in 2021 (zoals de Europese Unie en Brexit, toerisme, milieu en natuur, landbouw en cultuurlandschap) kaders vervangen en full colour kaarten en figuren geactualiseerd. Geografisch bezien gaat dit boek over de landen van de Europese Unie, plus de landen op de Balkan die het lidmaatschap hebben aangevraagd en de landen waarmee de EU sterk verbonden is, zoals Groot-Brittannië, Noorwegen, Zwitserland en IJsland.

Europa kent een gr...

The function of cognitive communication is to enable people and machines to acquire knowledge. The gain in knowledge lies in the information gained from the signals received. The links between information theoretical entropy and thermodynamic entropy and energy are explained in detail.

This series of booklets is particularly valuable for lecturers and students of communication and cognitive sciences and border areas, as well as brain researchers, philosophers, media technicians, linguists and...

More than any other book for the introductory human geography course, Contemporary Human Geography shows what geographers actually do—how they conduct research, develop new insights, teach us about the world from a geographer’s perspective, and apply their skills in a wide range of academic and professional pursuits.

Contemporary Human Geography is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creat...

This book covers the many renewables technologies implemented worldwide by harnessing sustainable resources, mitigating pollution and climate change, and providing cost effective services. It supports multi-disciplinary master's degrees in science and engineering, and specialist modules at undergraduate level.

Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying fro...

For courses in Human Geography. Strengthening readers' connection to geography through active, discovery-based learning Trusted for its timeliness, readability, and sound pedagogy, The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography emphasises the relevance of geographic concepts to human challenges. The relationship between globalisation and diversity is woven throughout; Rubenstein addresses these themes with a clear organisation and presentation that engages students and appeals to ...