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  • Acta Historiae Neerlandicae/Studies on the History of the Netherlands VI

    by W. Brulez, A. C. F. Koch, E. H. Kossman, F. C. Spits, Joh. de Vries, P. L. Geschiere, Alice. C. Carter, J. Dhondt ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The five previous volumes of the Acta Historiae Neerlandicae appeared under the auspices of the Netherlands Committee for Historical Sciences. When in 1970 this Committee merged with the Historical Society to form the Dutch Historical Society (Nederlands Historisch Genootschap) an opportunity arose to rethink the aims of the Acta's original promotors. Also this sixth and succeeding volumes became ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Flood Resilience of Private Properties

    Edited by Thomas Hartmann, Willemijn van Doorn-Hoekveld, Helena F.M.W. van Rijswick, Tejo Spit ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Flood Resilience of Private Propertiesexamines the division and balance of responsibilities between the public and the private when discussing flood resilience of private properties.Flooding is an expensive climate-related disaster and a threat to urban life. Continuing development in flood-prone zones compound the risks. Protecting all properties to the same standards is ever more challenging. ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • The Melting

    by Lize Spit ...
    Translated by Kristen Gehrman ...
    Series series
    'Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence . . . Spit knows no fear. It is we, the readers, that are left trembling.' - Leïla Slimani, author of LullabyEva can trace the route to Pim’s farm with her eyes closed, even though she has not been to Bovenmeer for many years. There she grew up among the rape fields and dairy farms. There lies ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Frontiers of Land and Water Governance in Urban Regions

    Edited by Thomas Hartmann, Tejo Spit ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    A society that intensifies and expands the use of land and water in urban areas needs to search for solutions to manage the frontiers between these two essential elements for urban living. Sustainable governance of land and water is one of the major challenges of our times. Managing retention areas for floods and droughts, designing resilient urban waterfronts, implementing floating homes, or ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Spitting at the Sun

    by Spitting at the Sun ...
    If I die of a lingering illness, nay even by as much as a boil or a pimple, it will be your duty to proclaim to the world, even at the risk of making people angry with you, that I was not the man that I claimed to be. If you do that it will give my spirit peace. Note down this also that if some one were to end my life by putting a bullet through me as someone tried to do with a bomb the other day ... Read more

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  • Standing in the Need of Prayer

    by Nikki Giovanni, Emily Thornton Calvo ...
    Borrowing the title of a traditional African American hymn, Standing in the Need of Prayer poetically describes the vulnerability of black men and the ongoing injustice they encounter in America. Noted poet, Nikki Giovanni speaks to participants of the Million Man March, Tupac's mother, and expresses her own trepidation felt in response to late-night callers who may or may not be the bearers of ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cities on Rails

    The Redevelopment of Railway Stations and their Surroundings

    by Luca Bertolini, Tejo Spit ...
    The development of railway stations and their surroundings is an emerging feature in current urban projects. Based on a series of the most inspiring contemporary European examples of station redevelopment, this book will help planners and urban designers understand the specific and complex nature of station locations. Based on their extensive research, the authors, pioneers of studies in the field ... Read more

    $309.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Drowning in the Open: A Final Letter to Our Brothers

    by Dxtr Spits, Nikki Giovanni ...
    Narrated by Dxtr Spits, Nikki Giovanni ...

    Unabridged

    35 min

    Every day, 100 men in the U.S. die by suicide, and many more deal with mental health challenges We are all in our own swimming pools with life's inputs, conditioning, and pressures. Sometimes we are swimming along just fine, and others we may be drowning without anyone realizing (including ourselves). Men's inner struggles often are misunderstood, and there aren't many clear ways to get and accept ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Cities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation

    by Christine Wamsler ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    Worldwide, disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development, resulting in escalating human and economic costs. Consequently, city authorities and other urban actors face the challenge of integrating risk reduction and adaptation strategies into their work. However, related knowledge and expertise are still scarce and fragmented.Cities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • Ecosystem Services

    Global Issues, Local Practices

    Edited by Sander Jacobs, Nicolas Dendoncker, Hans Keune ...
    Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices covers scientific input, socioeconomic considerations, and governance issues on ecosystem services. This book provides hands-on transdisciplinary reflections by administrators and sector representatives involved in the ecosystem service community. Ecosystem Services develops shared approaches and scientific methods to achieve knowledge-based ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Nature-Based Flood Risk Management on Private Land

    Disciplinary Perspectives on a Multidisciplinary Challenge

    Edited by Thomas Hartmann, Lenka Slavíková, Simon McCarthy ...
    This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-based solutions. These are assumed to be much more multi-purpose than traditional “grey infrastructures” and seem to be regarded as a panacea for many environmental issues. At the same time, such ... Read more

    Free

  • Climate Change and Cities

    First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

    Edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra ...
    Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of international researchers - the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) - was formed at the time of the ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD