Gaat de elektrische auto niet een te groot beslag leggen op de mondiale grondstoffenvoorraad, zeker als het aantal auto’s in de wereld nog gaat verviervoudigen. Dat is namelijk wat er gebeurt als tien miljard aardbewoners even welvarend worden als de gemiddelde EU burger in 2023. Tegelijkertijd zal in dat eerlijke scenario ook het aantal moderne goed geïsoleerde huizen, elektronische apparaten, wasmachines, vaatwassers, airconditioners, vliegtuigen, windturbines, zonnepanelen en noem maar ...

Geographies of Embodiment provides a critical discussion of the literatures on the body and embodiment, and humanism and post-humanism, and develops arguments about "otherness" and "encounter" which have become key ideas in urban studies, and studies of the city.

Tackling the questions raised by twenty-first century urbanization, this handbook engages with contemporary debates and contributions to policy as well as looking at recent empirical and methodological shifts in the area

Statistical Methods for Geography is the essential introduction for geography students looking to fully understand and apply key statistical concepts and techniques.

The function of cognitive communication is to enable people and machines to acquire knowledge. The gain in knowledge lies in the information gained from the signals received. The links between information theoretical entropy and thermodynamic entropy and energy are explained in detail.

This series of booklets is particularly valuable for lecturers and students of communication and cognitive sciences and border areas, as well as brain researchers, philosophers, media technicians, linguists and...

The work of 40 innovative and influential thinkers are profiled in this text to provide students with an engaging introduction to and intellectual survey of those who are and have been instrumental in the way we interact with cities