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The Psychology of Dog Ownership

The Psychology of Dog Ownership

What are the benefits of owning a dog on health and well-being? Why does a problem dog behave as it does and how can owners deal with unwanted behaviour? How do dogs communicate with humans and each other? The Psychology of Dog Ownership explores the nature of our unique relationship with dogs and its effect on our mental and physical welfare. The book uses psychological learning theory to examine dog behaviour and highlights the importance of determining between typical dog behaviour and behaviour disorders that need treatment. Focusing on how dog owners can communicate effectively with their pets and always with the dogsbest interests in mind The Psychology of Dog Ownership enhances our understanding of the modern human-canine bond and shows how important and enjoyable this relationship can be.

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The Gift Economy

The Gift Economy

Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book first published in 1988 David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology particularly those of Durkheim and Weber and to the social constructionism of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This volume is the result of a major study of gift rituals carried out by David Cheal and his associates in which general themes are richly illustrated with details from individual case histories gathered during the research. It is highly significant that in western society women are more active gift givers than men and while their voices explain how emotions and interests are interrelated within the gift economy the author shows how that in turn is related to current theories about family gender and religion.

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The Gift of Story Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life

The Gift of Story Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life

With the rise of teacher stressors new and changing state standards and high-stakes testing it is more important than ever to remind literacy teachers and teacher-librarians about the reason that brought them to this profession: the love of story. The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life by John Schu (affectionately known as Mr. Schu all over reading communities) invites readers to consider literacy beyond its academic benefits and explore how universal truths found in stories can change us inspire us connect us to others answer our deepest questions and even help us heal along the way. Using his experience as a teacher librarian book lover and story ambassador Mr. Schu asks readers to reflect on what it means to share their hearts through stories and how it can connect us to individuals and learning communities. The Gift of Story is presented through a study of five affective elements: Healer Inspiration Clarifier Compassion and Connector. Along the way readers will encounter insightful contributions from educators children's writers and illustrators as well as recommendations for sharing the gift of story with learning communities including: treasured book suggestions that stir reflection engaging tips for celebrating literacy and heart-growing applications to lift classroom and library practices. Celebrate the way we define and imagine ourselves through literacy by using stories to connect to others build and strengthen community and honor the children we were called to teach. | The Gift of Story Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life

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Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

The Koreans according to the Chinese chronicles are ‘the people who enjoy singing and dancing’ and who regaled their gods with dance and song. Since then poetry has been an essential part of Korean life and has been regarded as the highest of the arts. In this first comprehensive anthology of Korean poetry in English first published in 1974 Peter Lee has selected and translated a wide variety of poems ranging from the Silla Dynasty in 57 BC to the middle of the twentieth century. The poems chosen reflect not only the native Korean tradition but also the great tradition of Chinese poetry. They often possess a deep lyrical quality many are rich in religious overtones or derive their beauty from contemplation of nature and through many of the poems runs the feeling of the closeness of Korean life to the earth. | Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

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Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat A Color Handbook

Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat A Color Handbook

The field of infectious diseases in veterinary medicine is both rewarding and challenging and this book offers small animal veterinarians a lifeline by balancing relevant background guidance and optimizing efficiency. It provides a pathway for clinicians through this complex field by highlighting the most clinically relevant aspects of a wide range of diseases and granting them consideration for placement on dog and cat differential lists. Organized according to a system-based structure all the major clinically affected systems are covered along with a catch-all multisystem chapter for infectious diseases that escape easy classification. The book is clinically oriented based on experience underpinned by published research data. Pathogen-specific information enables rational choice of diagnostics therapy and prognostication for a complete list of small animal infectious diseases that includes bacterial viral parasitic/protozoal and fungal pathogens. This concise reference guide will be an invaluable tool for clinicians as they develop their understanding of and ability to communicate about infectious diseases of the dog and cat. Key features:Provides a clinically oriented quick reference guide Includes all major small animal infectious diseasesContains over 300 superb color illustrations | Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat A Color Handbook

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The History of Pompey the Little Or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog

The History of Pompey the Little Or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog

Originally published in 1974 this volume of The History of Pompey the Little includes a critical introduction and a biographical sketch of the author based on new material from unpublished documents together with explanatory notes for the novel's many classical and contemporary allusions. Francis Coventry's The History of Pompey the Little was the talk of London in 1751; it continued to captivate readers throughout the century. Satirizing notable persons and events of its day it startled the public by having as its 'hero' a Bologna lapdog and created a new and popular form in English fiction - the 'spy'-novel with a non-human observer. | The History of Pompey the Little Or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog

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The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination

The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination

Fascinated by them unable to ignore them and imaginatively stimulated by them Charles Dickens was an acute and unsentimental reporter on the dogs he kept and encountered during a time when they were a burgeoning part of the nineteenth-century urban and domestic scene. As dogs inhabited Dickens’s city so too did they populate his fiction journalism and letters. In the first book-length work of criticism on Dickens’s relationship to canines Beryl Gray shows that dogs real and invented were intrinsic to Dickens’s vision and experience of London and to his representations of its life. Gray draws on an array of reminiscences by Dickens’s friends family and fellow writers and also situates her book within the context of nineteenth-century attitudes towards dogs as revealed in the periodical press newspapers and institutional archives. Integral to her study is her analysis of Dickens’s texts in relationship to their illustrations by George Cruikshank and Hablot Knight Browne and to portraiture by late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists like Thomas Gainsborough and Edwin Landseer. The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination will not only enlighten readers and critics of Dickens and those interested in his life but will serve as an important resource for scholars interested in the Victorian city the treatment of animals in literature and art and attitudes towards animals in nineteenth-century Britain.

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Charlotte Brontë from the Beginnings New Essays from the Juvenilia to the Major Works

Charlotte Brontë from the Beginnings New Essays from the Juvenilia to the Major Works

Composed of serialized works poems short tales and novellas Charlotte Brontë's juvenilia merit serious scholarly attention as revelatory works in and of themselves as well as for what they tell us about the development of Brontë as a writer. This timely collection attends to both critical strands positioning Brontë as an author whose career encompassed the Romantic and Victorian eras and delving into the developing nineteenth century's literary concerns as well as the growth of the writer's mind. As the contributors show Brontë's authorship took shape among the pages of her juvenilia as figures from Brontë's childhood experience of the world such as Wellington and Napoleon transmuted to her fictional pages while her siblings' works and worlds both overlapped with and extended beyond her own. | Charlotte Brontë from the Beginnings New Essays from the Juvenilia to the Major Works

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Canine-Assisted Interventions A Comprehensive Guide to Credentialing Therapy Dog Teams

Canine-Assisted Interventions A Comprehensive Guide to Credentialing Therapy Dog Teams

Covering principles of therapy dog team training assessment skills and ongoing monitoring Canine-Assisted Interventions provides guidance on the most evidence-based methods for therapy dog team welfare training and assessment. The authors offer a linear approach to understanding all aspects of the screening assessment and selection of dog-handler teams by exploring the journey of dog therapy teams from assessment of canines and handlers to the importance of ongoing monitoring recredentialing and retirement. In addition to reviewing key findings within the field of human-animal interactions each chapter emphasizes skills on both the human and dog ends of the leash and makes recommendations for research-informed best practices. To support readers the book culminates with checklists and training resources to serve as a quick reference for readers. This book will be of great interest for practitioners in-service professionals and researchers in the fields of canine-assisted interventions and counseling. | Canine-Assisted Interventions A Comprehensive Guide to Credentialing Therapy Dog Teams

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Don't Feed the Dog Targeting the d Sound

Don't Feed the Dog Targeting the d Sound

Speech Bubbles 1 is the first set in an exciting new series of picture books designed to be used by Speech Language Therapists/Pathologists parents/caregivers and teachers with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development children receiving speech therapy or by those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for their children. The set includes eleven picture books that each target a different speech sound within the story. The set is also accompanied by a user guide with notes for professionals and caregivers alike. Eleven different speech sounds have been chosen that are early developing sounds or sounds commonly targeted in speech language therapy. With titles such as Who Bit My Tail? Crocodiles Can’t Climb Trees and Ben the Bubble Bear the stories are light and engaging with colourful and fun pictures on every page to keep the child interested. Perfect not just for therapy but also for encouraging early sound awareness and development Speech Bubbles 1 will create the perfect relaxed learning and practice environment for children beginning their journey into phonological awareness speech sounds and their positions in words. | Don't Feed the Dog Targeting the d Sound

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Cultural Memory From the Sciences to the Humanities

Cultural Memory From the Sciences to the Humanities

Bringing together neuroscientists social scientists and humanities scholars in cross-disciplinary exploration of the topic of cultural memory this collection moves from seminal discussions of the latest findings in neuroscience to variegated specific case studies of social practices and artistic expressions. This volume highlights what can be gained from drawing on broad interdisciplinary contexts in pursuing scholarly projects involving cultural memory and associated topics. The collection argues that contemporary evolutionary science in conjunction with studies interconnecting cognition affect and emotion as well as research on socially mediated memory provides innovatively interdisciplinary contexts for viewing current work on how cultural and social environments influence gene expression and neural circuitry. Building on this foundation Cultural Memory turns to the exploration of the psychological processes and social contexts through which cultural memory is shaped circulated revised and contested. It investigates how various modes of cultural expression—architecture cuisine poetry film and fiction—reconfigure shared conceptualizing patterns and affectively mediated articulations of identity and value. Each chapter showcases research from a wide range of fields and presents diverse interdisciplinary contexts for future scholarship. As cultural memory is a subject that invites interdisciplinary perspectives and is relevant to studying cultures around the world of every era this collection addresses an international readership comprising scholars from the humanities social sciences and natural sciences from advanced undergraduates to senior researchers. | Cultural Memory From the Sciences to the Humanities

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Fifty Songs from the Yüan Fifty Songs from the Yüan: Poetry of 13th Century China

Fifty Songs from the Yüan Fifty Songs from the Yüan: Poetry of 13th Century China

This book first published in 1967 gives us a rich sampling of ch’ü the characteristic poem of the time of Yüan when China was under Mongol rule. The ch’ü was a popular form of poetry in the sense that although it was written by literati they wrote in the vernacular rather than in Classical Chinese. Each poem was written to be sung to an already popular tune. In addition to the ‘final translations’ the steps by which the translators proceeded from a literal character-by-character translation through several intermediate stages to the final version are revealed in detail. | Fifty Songs from the Yüan Fifty Songs from the Yüan: Poetry of 13th Century China

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Leadership Lessons from a Global Health Crisis From the Pandemic to the Climate Emergency

Leadership Lessons from a Global Health Crisis From the Pandemic to the Climate Emergency

This book explores the key learning concepts for global leadership in the face of modern international health crises and argues the need for fundamental reform to governance paradigms within the global security sphere and policymaking circles. Beginning with an analysis of the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic the book provides insights from evolution history and human behaviour to explain how our current leadership paradigms have contributed to today’s global health challenges and draws lessons for the much larger crisis of climate change with the threat of massive biodiversity collapse. The second part of the book outlines tangible solutions to transform leadership and policy to enhance global security for both people and the planet with the aim of averting future pandemics and our planetary emergency. This book: Will be among the first published works to examine the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic and draws valuable lessons for our climate crisis. Directly addresses the nexus between scientific advice and policymaking highlighting recommendations for future leaders. Provides a bridge between public health the environment and leadership. This book will prove an insightful resource for current and future world leaders politicians and policymakers as well as environmental and public health professional bodies think tanks and institutions shaping the next generation of leadership. | Leadership Lessons from a Global Health Crisis From the Pandemic to the Climate Emergency

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HIV in the UK Voices from the Epidemic

HIV in the UK Voices from the Epidemic

This book explores the thoroughly human dimension of the health care and prevention responses to the HIV crisis in the UK and the impact that such initiatives had on the progression of the epidemic. This book presents a compelling account of the unfolding of the epidemic and the initiatives that made all the difference in the care and prevention of HIV in the UK from the early 1980s to the present time. Drawing on interviews with people with HIV doctors and nurses involved in their care leaders of AIDS charities activists and politicians it identifies and describes the models of care developed in response to the onset of the HIV epidemic and its impact on NHS and voluntary organisations. It goes on to explore the political responses the evolution of HIV stigma and the personal impact of the early high mortality rates. Finally it discusses recent organisational changes in the provision of care and prevention services. In doing so this volume identifies the lessons learnt from the care and prevention of HIV both in relation to HIV infection and other conditions such as COVID-19 and discusses future challenges. This book will be of great value to those working in services dealing with HIV charities and Clinical Commissioning Groups and GP organisations as well as social historians and medical sociologists. | HIV in the UK Voices from the Epidemic

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Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective material and social forms from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons. Typical definitions of care center around the maintenance of a livable life encompassing everything from shelter and welfare to health and safety. Architecture plays a fundamental role in these definitions inscribed in institutional archetypes such as the home the hospital the school and the nursery. However these spaces often structure modes of care that prescribe gender roles bodily norms and labor practices. How can architecture instead engage with an expanded definition of care that questions such roles and norms producing more hybrid entanglements between our bodies our collective lives and our environments? Chapters in this book explore issues ranging from disabled domesticities and nursing unbuilding whiteness in the built environment practices and pedagogies of environmental care and the solidarity networks within ‘The Cloud’. Case studies include Floating University Berlin commoning initiatives by the Black Panther party and hospitals for the United Mine Workers of America among many other sites and scales of care. Exploring architecture through the lenses of gender studies labor theory environmental justice and the medical humanities this book will engage students and academics from a wide range of disciplines. | Architectures of Care From the Intimate to the Common

GBP 35.99
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Vue 7 From the Ground Up: The Official Guide

Vue 7 From the Ground Up: The Official Guide

Create lush terrains and atmospheres in Vue and enhance your knowledge of all the features in this software such as lighting cameras and Python scripting. Ami and Vladimir Chopine from GeekAtPlay. com guide you through 17 stand-alone tutorials each with a different focus on the key components of Vue. The companion website includes brand new video tutorials from Geekatplay as well as materials atmosphere settings image maps models project files and completed images and animations. | Vue 7 From the Ground Up: The Official Guide

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The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

This current comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward concise style Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling from conservative to leftist in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools leading up to the educational ideas of the current U. S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump’s administration and the influence of the Alt-Right. | The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

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The Creative Process Stories from the Arts and Sciences

The Creative Process Stories from the Arts and Sciences

The Creative Process: Stories from the Arts and Sciences asks how celebrated works of art and breakthroughs in science came to be. What was the first inkling? What were the steps and missteps along the way? How was the process experienced by the creative person as it proceeded? And what are the implications for the psychology of the creative process? Each chapter focuses on a specific creative endeavor situating the work in the context of domain culture and historical era. Then it traces the development of the work—from what we know of its beginnings to its fulfillment. Qualitative materials—interviews notebooks diaries sketches drafts and other writings—allow a story of the creative process as lived to emerge. The narratives exemplify established concepts in the psychology of creativity propose broadening some reveal the need for modification and suggest new ones. Application of phenomenological frameworks illuminate the episodes in new ways as well. The case study approach proves again that each episode is unique yet themes and variations come into view when the episodes are considered together in a final reflection. From Darwin’s theory to an unusual jazz sound here are 11 fascinating stories of how specific works took shape. Psychologists students interested in creativity and all those intrigued by the process in any creative field will find this book essential reading. | The Creative Process Stories from the Arts and Sciences

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The Korean Economy From Growth to Maturity

The Korean Economy From Growth to Maturity

The Korean Economy: From Growth to Maturity takes an in-depth amalgamated look at the evolution of Korea’s globalization drive from the early 2000s (Kim Dae-jung regime 1998–2003) to the present period (Park Geun-hye 2013–2017). The book discusses the role of foreign companies on the sustainability of Korea’s economic growth the relationship between the chaebol and the MNCs the evolution of Korea's nation brand and the role of the state in Korea’s new economic trajectory (globalization) since the 2000s. With data collected from fieldwork the book provides both empirical and qualitative insights (economic socio-cultural and political economic analysis) into the Korean political economy and would be a very useful reference to other emerging economies experiencing similar globalization paths. | The Korean Economy From Growth to Maturity

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The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

As the world reels from the impact of a global pandemic and increasing intensity of climate-caused hazards the humanitarian sector has never been more relevant. But providing aid to those affected by disasters and crises is more complex than ever. In The Humanitarian Machine aid workers reflect on their own experiences of working in crisis. As they write about their work and the ways in which they each approach the challenges of helping people they comment on some of the most vexing issues facing the humanitarian sector. Each speaks from their own perspective asking tough questions sharing thoughtful reflections about their ongoing work and unpacking what it really means to be a humanitarian worker. The stories they tell whether recounting a specific experience or reflecting on years of practice reveal the dilemmas they face and demystify the overly romanticized aura that sometimes surrounds humanitarian practice. Complementing the candid accounts that humanitarian leaders contribute in this book the editors examine how their stories perceptions and understandings align with similar conversations that take place in other settings. Viewed together in this way the insights and reflections provided in this book will be invaluable for humanitarian practitioners students and researchers alike. | The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

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The Polish Dilemma Views From Within

The Polish Dilemma Views From Within

Although much has been written about contemporary Poland discussions that provide a balanced assessment of the current situation are in short supply. To correct that problem this book offers a cross-section of intellectual opinion within Poland including original research and works of synthesis that draw on Polish research and writing that have been for the most part inaccessible to scholars outside Poland. The contributors' views avoid the extremes of condemnation or defense of the system and make possible a more complete understanding of present-day realities. Their perspectives are moderated by the fact that although the authors recognize the need for reform and change they also take into consideration the great constraints facing all who would confront serious national issues. The discussions range from examinations of social structure and class to evaluations of the significance of the state apparatus in the analysis of policy and assessments of economic performance. | The Polish Dilemma Views From Within

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Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

Dedicated to the tracing of continuity across sectarian divides Christopher Tadgell’s History of Architecture in India (1989) was the first modern monograph to draw together in one volume all the strands of India’s pre-colonial architectural history – from the Vedic and Native traditions of early India through Hindu Buddhist Islamic and secular architecture. This comprehensive revision Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals expands the structure to acknowledge the great advance in scholarship across this extremely complex subject over the last three decades. An understanding of Indian history and religion is the basis for understanding the complex pattern of relationships in the evolution of architecture in the subcontinent. Therefore background material covers major invasions migrations dynastic conflicts and cultural and commercial connections the main religious developments and their significance and repercussions and external architectural precedents. While avoiding the usual division of the subject into ‘Buddhist and Hindu’ and ‘Islamic’ parts in order to trace continuity the importance of religion symbolism and myth to the development of characteristic Indian architectural forms in all their richness and complexity is fully explained in this fully illustrated account of the subcontinent’s architecture. | Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

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Inequality Studies from the Global South

Inequality Studies from the Global South

This book offers an innovative interdisciplinary approach to thinking about inequality and to understanding how inequality is produced and reproduced in the global South. Without the safety net of the various Northern welfare states inequality in the global South is not merely a socio-economic problem but an existential threat to the social contract that underpins the democratic state and society itself. Only a response that is firmly grounded in the context of the global South can hope to address this problem. This collection brings together scholars from across the globe with a particular focus on the global South to address broad thematic areas such as the conceptual and methodological challenges of measuring inequality; the political economy of inequality in the global South; inequality in work households and the labour market; and inequalities in land spaces and cities. The book concludes by suggesting alternatives for addressing inequality in the global South and around the world. The pioneering ideas and theories put forward by this volume make it essential reading for students and researchers of global inequality across the fields of sociology economics law politics global studies and development studies. | Inequality Studies from the Global South

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The Secret Lives of Anthropologists Lessons from the Field

The Secret Lives of Anthropologists Lessons from the Field

This book addresses the difficult conditions researchers may face in the field and provides lessons in how to navigate the various social political economic health and environmental challenges involved in fieldwork. It also sheds important light on aspects often considered secret or taboo. From anthropologists just starting out to those with over forty years in the field these researchers offer the benefit of their experience conducting research in diverse cultures around the world. The contributions combine engaging personal narrative with consideration of theory and methods. The volume emphasizes how being adaptable and aware of the many risks and rewards of ethnographic research can help foster success in quantitative and qualitative data collection. This is a valuable resource for students of anthropological methods and those about to embark on fieldwork for the first time. | The Secret Lives of Anthropologists Lessons from the Field

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Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

Planning Practice: Critical Perspectives from the UK provides the only comprehensive overview of contemporary planning practice in the UK. Drawing on contributions from leading researchers in the field it examines the tools contexts and outcomes of planning practice. Part I examines planning processes and tools and the extent to which theory and practice diverge covering plan-making Development Management planning gain public engagement and place-making. Part II examines the changing contexts within which planning practice takes place including privatisation and deregulation devolution and multi-level governance increased ethnic and social diversity growing environmental concerns and the changing nature of commercial real estate. Part III focuses on how planning practice produces outcomes for the built environment in relation to housing infrastructure economic progress public transport and regeneration. The book considers what it means to be a reflective practitioner in the modern planning system the constraints and opportunities that planners face in their daily work and the ethical and political challenges they must confront. | Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

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