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...

Climate change, population increase, and the demands made by the growing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western diets threaten the world's supply of freshwater, edging us closer to a global water crisis, with dire implications for agriculture, the economy, the environment, and human health. Completely revised and updated, The Atlas of Water is a compelling visual guide to the state of this life-sustaining resource. Using vivid graphics, maps, and charts, it explores the comple...

The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice will equip clinical psychologists in training with the skills necessary to complete a clinical placement in the field of intellectual disability. Building on the success of the previous edition this handbook has been extensively revised. Throughout, the text, references, and website addresses and have been updated to reflect important developments since the publication the first edition.

Recent research findings on the e...

Calculations in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Third Edition, helps researchers utilizing molecular biology and biotechnology techniques-from student to professional-understand which type of calculation to use and why. Research in biotechnology and molecular biology requires a vast amount of calculations. Results of one data set become the basis of the next.

An error of choosing the wrong type of equation can turn what would have been a successful research project or weeks of labor and ...

Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact, while critics and bureaucratic competitors make use of social media to blame incumbent rulers and their policies. In this extreme environment, policymakers must somehow establish a sense of normality, and foster collective learning from the crisis experience.

In the new edition of this uniquely comprehensive analy...

Systematically and comprehensively covering the management of life-threatening emergencies of pregnancy, this updated revision of the third edition gives readers the skills they need to save both mother and fetus. The clear step-by-step advice is invaluable for anyone facing obstetric emergencies, whether in training or experienced.

La vie de Camille, adolescente surdouée, bascule quand elle pénètre accidentellement dans l’univers de Gwendalavir avec son ami Salim. Là des créatures, les Ts’liches, la reconnaissent sous le nom d’Ewilan et tentent de la tuer. Originaire de ce monde, elle est l’unique héritière d’un don prodigieux, le Dessin, qui peut s’avérer une arme fatale dans la lutte de son peuple pour reconquérir pouvoir, liberté et dignité. Épaulée par le maître d’armes de l’empereur et...

Avec des questionnaires de lecture pour une approche méthodique du texte. Le cahier iconographique. Une approche des grands thèmes de Candide par l'image (la guerre, le Nouveau Monde, l'esclavage...). Des questions de lecture de l'image sont proposées dans la rubrique " Le texte et ses images ". L'appareil critique. Biographie de l'auteur et genèse de l'oeuvre. La lutte philosophique et la censure. Candide, oeuvre réaliste ou parabole ? Des groupements de textes sur l'Inquisition (Thomas...

In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry, rulers and ...

Cijfers spreken behandelt de opzet van een onderzoek in combinatie met statistiek en de interpretatie van de resultaten. Het accent ligt daarbij op de praktische toepassing en logische begripsvorming, niet op formules.

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accent ligt op praktische toepassing en logische begripsvorming;

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