Storms, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters seem not only more frequent but also closer to home. As the world faces this onslaught, we have placed our faith in sustainable development's which promises that we can survive and even thrive in the face of climate change and other risks. Yet while claiming to go green we have instead created new risks, continued to degrade nature, and failed to halt global warming.

Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on ou...

Nederland is door mensen gemaakt. In steden, polders, landinrichting, zelfs in natuurgebieden is de ordenende menselijk hand zichtbaar. De planmatige inrichting is even uniek als befaamd.

Dit boek beschrijft de intrigerende geschiedenis van de ruimtelijke ordening van Nederland, vanaf de late middeleeuwen tot nu. Waar komt de sterke neiging tot ordening en planning vandaan? Die duizenden plannen, ging dat altijd goed? Of sloegen de planologen en stedenbouwkundigen de plank wel eens mis?

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Vragen kunnen soms meer impact hebben dan een antwoord kan geven. Zij spelen een belangrijke rol bij intervisie.

Intervisie wordt gebruikt voor persoonlijke en professionele groei. Ook kan het een instrument zijn bij organisatieverandering. Een geslaagde intervisie legt in relatief korte tijd onderliggende (gedrags)patronen bloot die in het werk een rol kunnen spel...

Dit boek biedt een functionele beschrijving van verschillende typen bindweefsels en vertaalt die naar kennis over lichamelijke belasting, beschadiging en herstel. Het is bedoeld voor studenten fysiotherapie, bewegingstherapie, manuele therapie, ergonomie en kinesitherapie aan hogescholen en universiteiten. Ook voor professionals is het een handig naslagwerk.

De eerste versie van Dynamiek van het menselijk bindweefsel verscheen 30 jaar geleden. Deze zevende druk is inhoudelijk ingrijpend gewi...

Leren veranderen - Kennis voor veranderaars in opleiding en praktijk

'Leren veranderen' is al twintig jaar hét handboek voor de veranderkundige. Deze derde geheel herziene editie bestaat uit zowel het fysieke handboek als de kennissite www.lerenveranderen.nl. Het boek biedt een actueel, compact en samenhangend overzicht van belangrijke veranderlessen. Op de kennissite doen we recht aan alle extra materialen die in twintig jaar tijd zijn ontwikkeld door ons en anderen: oefeningen, cases, vide...

The growth of the multinational enterprise (MNE) has led to an increasing interest in international business strategy from scholars, professionals, and policy makers alike. MNEs must contend with challenges in both their home and host international markets, and increasingly uncertain conditions in the international business environment demand superior firm-level capabilities for multinational firms to achieve and maintain competitive advantages in the long-run. This Handbook explores the prog...

Build your skills in the assessment of musculoskeletal pathology! Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 7th Edition covers the principles of assessment for all of the body's structures and joints, including topics such as gait, posture, the head and face, amputees, primary care, and sports emergencies. The 7th edition offers additional functional assessment forms (e-tools), updated evidence-based reliability and validity tables, and hundreds of video clips demonstrating special tests on how to perf...

This open access book explores the global challenges and experiences related to digital entrepreneurial activities, using carefully selected examples from leading companies and economies that shape world business today and tomorrow. Digital entrepreneurship and the companies steering it have an enormous global impact; they promise to transform the business world and change the way we communicate with each other. These companies use digitalization and artificial intelligence to enhance the qua...

This book is a fresh approach to a calculus based, first course in probability and statistics, using R throughout to give a central role to data and simulation. The book introduces probability with Monte Carlo simulation as an essential tool. Simulation makes challenging probability questions quickly accessible and easily understandable.

Mathematical approaches are included, using calculus when appropriate, but are always connected to experimental computations. Using R and simulation gives a ...

"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever."

--Bill and Melinda Gates

The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: there's evidence that being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can becom...