Van 1998 tot 2011 deden Martin Bakker en Frank van Empel in en voor de provincie Noord-Brabant onderzoek naar attitudes, technologieën en methoden van besluitvorming die een duurzame ontwikkeling van economie, ecologie en samenleving naderbij brengen. Ze combineerden een uitgebreid literatuuronderzoek naar concepten met participatieve observatie en daaraan gekoppelde experimenten in de praktijk. Hun bevindingen brachten ze samen in een matrix en een werkmethode die (stads)regio's en provinci...

This key text offers a coherent conceptual framework for human ecology – a clear approach for understanding the many systems we are part of and for how we frame and understand the problems we face. Essential reading for students and scholars of human ecology, environmental ethics, and sustainability studies.

NYPD "Cop Doc" Rudofossi delves into what it meant to live as a deep-cover operative through narratives with Joe Pistone, the FBI agent who spent six years living as Donnie Brasco as a member of the Bonanno crime family.

This new edition links information on COVID-19 into each chapter, providing students with a solid understanding of the social history of medicine; social epidemiology; social stress; health and illness behaviour; the profession of medicine; medical ethnics; and the financing and organization of medical care.

Exploring how and why communication breakdowns occur during pandemics and world disasters, this book offers solutions for improving communication and managing future public health crises.

The eighth edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city to provide the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies and Planning old and new.

This book offers an existential understanding of the process of stuckness, exploring how we can soften stuckness and become more fluid in our work and world.

This fully updated fourth edition of Research Design and Statistical Analysis provides comprehensive coverage of the design principles and statistical concepts necessary to make sense of real data.

Responding to the growing need for integrative practice and the recent explosion of CBT, this book objectively compares and contrasts CBT and person-centred approaches. It subsequently shows how counsellors can incorporate relevant cognitive and behavioural skills into their work without betraying their humanistic values.