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Free Download Prof Jonathan Wolff, "City of Equals" English | ISBN: 0198894732 | 2024 | 224 pages | PDF | 4 MB When we think about equality in the city, we are very likely to think first of the wide and growing divide between rich and poor, in material terms. Yet when we think more about a 'city of equals' it becomes apparent that how people feel treated by the city and those around them, and whether they can live according to their values, are much more central. Accordingly, combining their own reflections, a multi-disciplinary literature review, and, distinctively, more than 180 interviews in 10 cities in 6 countries, Wolff and de Shalit have derived an account of a city of equals based on the idea that it should give each of its city-zens a secure sense of place or belonging.  Free Download Antonios Karvounis, "City Diplomacy and the Europeanisation of Local Government: The Prospects of Networking in the Greek Municipalities" English | ISBN: 3031294998 | 2023 | 333 pages | PDF | 7 MB This book assesses the processes and outcomes of international urban networks in Europe from 2007 to the present day. Focusing on Greece in particular, it examines 162 municipalities involved in more than 240 European city networks to shed light on the various factors that affect cities' capacities to act as international actors. The book demonstrates that the participation of Greek municipalities in European city networks has entailed changes to local political structures, policies and procedures, as well as the strengthening of a 'European' identity and the creation of long-term partnerships. At the same time, these changes have often clashed with bureaucratic traditions and unfavorable economic conditions, which have mitigated the reformatory potential of European city networking. Providing important insights into city diplomacy and Europeanization, the book will appeal to scholars and students of public administration, European integration and political science, as well as professionals and practitioners.  Free Download Pranab Kumar Panday, "Citizen Charter and Local Service Delivery in Bangladesh" English | ISBN: 9819906733 | 2023 | 118 pages | PDF | 2 MB This book illuminates the importance of the citizen charter (CC) in local service delivery in Bangladesh. It describes how CC was implemented into the service delivery process and its impact. In the 1970s, the transition from traditional public administration to new public management was inspired by globalization, the emergence of an information and technological society, and many economic theories, such as public choice, principal-agent theory, and transaction cost. The purpose of the government in a welfare state is to serve the citizens by providing essential services. However, public service delivery in most developing nations is ineffective owing to corruption, waste of public funds, a lack of responsibility on the part of public employees, etc. In this context, CC emerged as a means of educating individuals on many elements of services, so they may hold service providers accountable. Thus, the issue of framing and implementation of CC has been put in place due to the persistent pressing of academicians, politicians, and practitioners advocating for better local service delivery.  Free Download Diana Soeiro, "Cities, Health and Wellbeing: Global Governance and Intersectoral Policies " English | ISBN: 3030893472 | 2021 | 196 pages | PDF | 2 MB On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 70/1, "Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". Also known as 2030 Agenda, the document lays out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the realm of ecology, society and economy. The current book focuses on three of these goals: SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; SDG 3: Health and Wellbeing; SDG 11: Cities and Sustainable Communities.  Free Download Cities' Vocabularies and the Sustainable Development of the Silkroads by Stella Kostopoulou, Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Jacob Wood, Kheir Al-Kodmany English | EPUB (True) | 2023 | 961 Pages | ISBN : 3031310268 | 236.8 MB This book discusses how cities' identities are formed and developed over time and portrays architecture and the arts as the embodiment of the historical, cultural, and economic characteristics of cities. Furthermore, it explores strategies and solutions to preserve the cultural heritage along the Silk Road, representing a compilation of research addressing the economic and social opportunities and challenges related to the development of a more sustainable and responsible approach to tourism development and the preservation of heritage. As such, it covers a wide range of audiences including economists, architects, planners, tourism experts, and decision-makers interested in making use of cities' available resources and features, offering strategies to explore development opportunities through sustainable and responsible tourism along the Silk Road.  Free Download Peter J Taylor, "Cities Demanding the Earth: A New Understanding of the Climate Emergency" English | ISBN: 152921047X | 2020 | 164 pages | PDF | 6 MB This urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.  Free Download Circular Economy for the Built Environment: Research and Practice English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032573759 | 295 Pages | PDF (True) | 43 MB This book provides an overview of the circular economy in the built environment, presenting a fusion of insights from esteemed researchers and seasoned practitioners. The chapters cover pivotal themes, including the transformative concept of buildings as material banks, innovative design approaches, and the potential of digitalization for a circular built environment. Beyond these foundational themes, the book critically addresses the integration of low-tech solutions and some principles of sobriety in the built environment. It also takes an informed look at the role of standardization, providing nuanced insights into its driving influence on circular practices and the associated challenges and opportunities.  Free Download Carole Taylor, "Christmas Eve: The Nativity Story in Engravings, Verses, and Song" English | 2010 | ISBN: 1423616898 | EPUB | pages: 32 | 1.3 mb This timeless book lets you celebrate the Christmas story each season with family and loved ones. Reproduced here to read aloud is the well-loved text taken directly from the King James Version of the Bible that tells the story of the babe in the manger. It is accompanied by the verse to such favorite Christmas carols as "Silent Night," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," along with nine beautiful engravings that tell the story.  Free Download Susanne Komfort-Hein, "Christian Kracht's Aesthetics" English | ISBN: 347605957X | 2023 | 281 pages | PDF | 8 MB The contributions to this volume are devoted to Christian Kracht's aesthetics under two main aspects: On the one hand, with regard to sometimes irritatingly twisted actualizations of that self-reference and reservation which, since Kant, is to be evaluated as a central mode of the aesthetic; on the other hand, with regard to interferences with areas that are usually perceived as extra-aesthetic, but which can be evaluated as ferments of contemporary aesthetics: Stagings in the field of the literary establishment, the aesthetic under media and market conditions, and in the focus of canonization and criticism. Kracht's Frankfurt Poetics Lectures, which were intensively commented on by the media, form the background to this discussion. |
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