**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ**'Riveting and vitally important' - Steven Pinker'A gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change' - Anjana Ahuja, New StatesmanEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape.
Over the last twenty-five years, garbage infrastructure in Dakar, Senegal, has taken center stage in the struggles over government, the value of labor, and the dignity of the working poor.
Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication.
Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems - from climate change to overpopulation - lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living This is going to be the century of the city.
The chapter entitled "e;Truth or Dare; Women, Politics, and the Symphysiotomy Scandal"e;, by Oonagh Walsh, was published in this book "e;GeoHumanities and Health"e; by Springer Nature AG.
The chapter entitled "e;Truth or Dare; Women, Politics, and the Symphysiotomy Scandal"e;, by Oonagh Walsh, was published in this book "e;GeoHumanities and Health"e; by Springer Nature AG.
We inhabit an increasingly interconnected world, yet too often policymakers and advisors view each issue in a vacuum, focusing primarily on short-term impacts.
Migration und Wanderungsbewegungen sind keine Phänomene der Neuzeit: Seit der Mensch den aufrechten Gang beherrschte, trieb es ihn aus seiner Heimat Afrika in die ganze Welt, auch nach Europa.
Asia continues to assert ist status as a major force in the global economy, as well as a formative influence on several key political, cultural and religious issues now affecting our daily lives.
The Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) 2011 make up the second and latest edition of this major study, and they build upon the work of the successful and widely acknowledged first edition, from 2009.
Der Aufstieg Asiens bestimmt heute die Lage der Weltwirtschaft ebenso wie die großen politischen Fragen der Zeit und viele kulturelle und religiöse Einflüsse, denen wir im Alltag unterliegen.
Despite the limiting effects of growing interdependencies in a globalized world, national governments still have a considerably broad scope of action when it comes to ensuring sustainable policy outcomes.
Para responder a las dinámicas de la vida contemporánea, es de suma importancia la mejora en la calidad de vida de los habitantes en su cotidianidad, a través de la generación de espacios dentro de la ciudad y que en la medida de lo posible propicien su desarrollo social e integral.
›Die Erfindung des Vollmonds‹ ist ein fesselndes Sachbuch, das sich in die Tiefen des menschlichen Bewusstseins wagt und dabei eine ebenso faszinierende wie wissenschaftlich fundierte Reise durch die Vielschichtigkeit der Wahrnehmung unternimmt.
Die Geschichte von Atlantis – eine sagenumwobene Insel, die von einer fortschrittlichen Zivilisation bewohnt und durch eine Katastrophe zerstört wurde – fasziniert und inspiriert die Menschheit seit mehr als zweitausend Jahren.
Australia and New Zealand edition From award-winning science journalist Dr Michael Mosley: The story of COVID-19, the greatest public health threat of our time .
The fourth edition of the bestselling Remote Sensing for Geoscientists: Image Analysis and Integration expands the scope of remote sensing to cover image systems that did not exist 11 years ago when the third edition was published.
In recent years, there has been an unprecedented shift in the attitudes of young individuals towards the key economic issues they encounter as they embark on their adult lives.