Climate change can no longer be ignored. It is globally recognised that the evidence for climate change is unequivocal and that action needs to be taken in order to address its negative effects. These effects, such as warmer and drier summers and more extreme rainfall, may threaten the quality of life of those living in urban environments. To limit these threats, a number of climate change adaptation measures can be taken to pre-empt the negative effects of climate change.

The challenge of in...

This book addresses the question of how to design in a historical context. How to get a grip on a site? How can a designer incorporate actual qualities of the heritage in the design? In three chapters, it is described how the conservation of heritage has increasingly become an issue of planning and intervention, with the specific cultural heritage qualities of a site as the starting point for transformation.

There are several different approaches to embed the design in the site: focussing on ...

Wie weet meer over ons brein en hoe het werkt dat dokter Steven Laureys? Hij geniet wereldfaam als neuroloog

gespecialiseerd in ernstige bewustzijnsstoornissen zoals coma. Maar verder is Laureys vooral gepassioneerd door alles wat onze hersenen doen en kunnen.

In dit boek legt hij de werking van ons brein uit aan de hand van 100 illustraties: de samenstelling ervan, onze

zintuigen, de verhouding met andere organen, geheugen, bewustzijn, genetica, slapen en dromen, pijn, taal, emoties,

aandoen...