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...

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 ...

Responsible Tourism: Using tourism for sustainable development 2nd edition is about the globally vital necessity of realising sustainable tourism. It is a hugely important challenge to those who organise and sell travel and tourism, and those who consume it.

Rudolf Steiner zoals hij bekend is, hield zich bezig met het verdiepen van het esoterisch christendom, karma en reïncarnatie en met het ontwikkelen van inzichten die o.m. hebben geleid tot de vrijescholen, de antroposofische geneeskunde, organische architectuur of de biologisch-dynamische landbouw.

De 'onbekende Rudolf Steiner' hield zich intensief bezig met de vragen rondom het spanningsveld dat ontstaan is door de individualisering van de moderne mens. Hoe komt de moderne, geïndividualise...

De circulaire economie geniet groeiende belangstelling van burgers, bedrijven en overheden. Afval en verspilling worden steeds meer taboe. Als antwoord knopen groene ondernemers het uiteinde van de ene keten aan het begin van een andere, en ontwikkelen en passant nieuwe verdienmodellen. Ook bestaande bedrijven haken enthousiast aan. Eindelijk lijkt er een manier gevonden waarop de economie kan blijven groeien en toch duurzaam wordt.

De belofte wordt echter niet zomaar ingelost. De meeste aand...