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  • Lethal Vanity: The Deadly Chemistry of Aristocratic Pallor

    Belladonna, Lead, and Willful Self-Destruction in Victorian High Society, 1850–1890

    by Irene G. Howes ...
    To achieve the highly coveted aesthetic of fragile, translucent purity, the upper-class women of the nineteenth century willingly transformed their boudoirs into lethal chemical laboratories. The relentless pursuit of beauty required daily rituals involving heavy metal toxins, neurotoxic eye drops, and systemic biological sabotage in the name of aristocratic fashion. Beneath the velvet gowns and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Heritage Education for Climate Action

    Edited by Irene G. Curulli, Deniz Ikiz Kaya, Arghavan Khaefi ...
    Cultural heritage is increasingly recognized for its contributions to the transition to climate action, and heritage education can play an important role in developing climate adaptation competencies. These can foster positive dialogs surrounding climate change, shift attitudes and inspire actions. However, achieving these goals requires bridging the gap between policy, practice and local capacity ... Read more

    $136.00 USD

  • Thresholds in Architectural Education

    Edited by Irene G. Curulli, Lazaros Mavromatidis, Nur Caglar, Isil Ruhi Sipahioglu ...
    The book explores, discusses, and considers new and innovative perspectives on the crossings, interactions, and transformations of non-formal, informal learning, and formal learning within or prior to FADS and Internship. The contributions provide a wider perspective on the alternating Final Architectural Design Studios and Internship programs as interfaces and interaction zones among different ... Read more

    $142.00 USD

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  • The Ecosystem Approach

    Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability

    by David Waltner-Toews, James Kay, Nina-Marie Lister ...
    Series series Complexity in Ecological Systems
    Is sustainable development a workable solution for today's environmental problems? Is it scientifically defensible? Best known for applying ecological theory to the engineering problems of everyday life, the late scholar James J. Kay was a leader in the study of social and ecological complexity and the thermodynamics of ecosystems. Drawing from his immensely important work, as well as the research ... Read more

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  • Strengthening European Climate Policy

    Governance Recommendations from Innovative Interdisciplinary Collaborations

    Edited by Ester Galende Sánchez, Alevgul H. Sorman, Violeta Cabello, Sara Heidenreich, Christian A. Klöckner ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open-access book foregrounds 10 novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, for strengthening European climate policy.Part of a three-volume collection covering climate, energy, and mobility policy. ... Read more

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  • Sustainability Science

    Key Issues

    Edited by Ariane König, Jerome Ravetz ...
    Series series Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability
    Sustainability Science: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduates, postgraduates, and participants in executive trainings from any disciplinary background studying the theory and practice of sustainability science. Each chapter takes a critical and reflective stance on a key issue or method of sustainability science. Contributing authors offer perspectives from diverse disciplines, ... Read more

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  • CyberParks – The Interface Between People, Places and Technology

    New Approaches and Perspectives

    Edited by Carlos Smaniotto Costa, Ina Šuklje Erjavec, Therese Kenna, Michiel de Lange, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Gabriela Maksymiuk, Martijn de Waal ...
    Series Book 11380 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the centre of sciences and strategies – the penetration of digital technologies in the urban space. As the main outcome of ... Read more

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  • Beyond Territory

    Dynamic Geographies of Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Innovation

    Edited by Harald Bathelt, Maryann Feldman, Dieter F. Kogler ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities. The book brings together scholars who are working on these topics. Rather than focusing on established concepts and theories, ... Read more

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  • Integrative Contemporary Art and Science Practices

    Building Catalytic Structures

    Edited by J.D. Talasek, Barbara Stauffer ...
    Series series Science and the Arts since 1750
    Contributors investigate the motivation behind scientifically-embedded contemporary art practices as well as art-based scientific research and engagement that attempt to shape society.This edited volume reflects the rapidly developing practices comprising integrative and collaborative work across different knowledge domains (including art and science), the benefit of those processes to the ... Read more

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  • Tourist Clusters, Destinations and Competitiveness

    Theoretical issues and empirical evidences

    Edited by Francesco Capone ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world economy. Increasingly, research on tourism destinations has been at the centre of debates concerning destination competitiveness, governance, policies and destination management and marketing.This book investigates tourist destinations from two different perspectives. First, it approaches destinations using the concept ... Read more

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  • The Caring City

    Ethics of Urban Design

    by Juliet Davis ...
    In this important contribution to urban studies, Juliet Davis makes the case for a more ethical and humane approach to city development and management.With a range of illustrative case studies, the book challenges the conventional and neoliberal thinking of urban planners and academics, and explores new ways to correct problems of inequality and exclusion. It shows how a philosophy of caring can ... Read more

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