All children, regardless of age, gender, geographical and social background, whether they are well functioning or mentally disabled, thrive under t...

This book raises a discussion in regard to architecture's role as a catalyst for urban development. Through studies of eight architectural projects...

In a metaphorical sense a thing is complex if it comprehends a magnitude of homogeneous or different things. However, it depends on the kind of com...

This book presents discussions of how information and communication technology (ICT) can play a vital role in developing education and thereby deve...

Human beings are inherently cultural beings -- growing up in an environment that is steeped in culture and developing our self-construal accordingl...

Culture is an all-pervasive concept and phenomenon that exerts influence on our social lives in many different ways, not least in business and work...

Human beings are inherently cultural beings -- growing up in an environment that is steeped in culture and developing our self-construal accordingl...

The book brings about the invincible process of internationalisation, encompassing various levels of analysis. Taking a holistic point of view, the...

The current climate of fiscal austerity poses significant challenges for the health of populations across Europe, and deteriorating social conditio...

In recent years, rapid changes to Arctic environments and conditions have spurred much anal-ysis into the melting of sea and inland ice, the openin...

How does one handle a concept like 'infrastructure', which seems, simultaneously, so vague and yet heavily technical? In this international researc...

"Tatiana Chemi's book is consistent in its argumentation and comprehensive in regards to the subject it deals with. It results in an original contr...

Latin American responses to neoliberalism and globalization have been varied and development strategies have changed over the past decades. The res...

Native and foreign language competences constitute a widespread object of study among different scholars both in more theoretically oriented framew...

Our century is the urban century -- a century in which the balance between urban and rural has been tipped with more than half of the world's popul...

The objective of this work is not to suggest complete theories, neither absolute design solutions. It much more takes the path of directing the att...

The rise of China has had a transformative impact on almost all areas of global political, economic and social life, and raises some very important...

This book is based on 18 life stories as told by women over the age of 70 with roots in 27 different countries. Each story is analysed as a unique ...

Talent identification. A concept dating back to Greek philosophers, now as it was then, is about the ability to identify talent in different contex...

In Roman religion, Terminus was an agrarian god who protected boundary markers. Stones were often used to provide an effective means for marking th...

Is there within the domains of morality a distinction that can be properly drawn by using the concepts of applied and theoretical ethics? Could not...

In today’s globalised society, people are travelling more than ever. But they do so for different reasons, to different extents, and – not least – ...

This book is based on a unique and novel technique, C5, which can improve your quality of life. C5 offers five basic key parameters for strengtheni...

This anthology is based on the Proceedings of the Third International Utzon Symposium held on 1 April 2012 in the Dar el Bacha palace, Marrakech, M...