"The inaugural collection in an exciting new exchange between philosophers and geographers, this volume provides interdisciplinary approaches to the environment as space, place, and idea. Never before have philosophers and geographers approached each other's subjects in such a strong spirit of mutual understanding. The result is a concrete exploration of the human-nature relationship that embraces strong normative approaches to environm ..."
"While Greek tragedies are often studied as works of literature, they are less frequently examined as products of the social and political environment in which they were created. Rarely, too, are the visual and spatial aspects of these plays given careful consideration. In this detailed and innovative book, Lowell Edmunds combines two readings of the Oedipus at Colonus to arrive at a new way of looking at Greek tragedy. Edmunds sets fort ..."
"The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocative collection of essays, films as diverse as The Man with the Movie Camera, Annie Hall, Street of Crocodiles, Boyz N the Hood, Three Colors Red, and Crash are examined in terms of the relationship between cinema and the changing urban experience in Eur ..."
" Design disciplines are challenged by the condition of the zero point. “Zero-context,” “cities from scratch,” and “zero-carbon” developments all force designers to tackle fundamental questions regarding the strategic relevance and impact of a design intervention. As much as the zero point presents naïve innocence and embodies contradictory notions, it also creates a ground for doubt, self-critique, and rejuvenation for architecture and ..."
"Experience the pulse-pounding action and nail-biting drama of the Marvel Universe at your gaming table. It's one thing to stop an alien invasion or throw down with the Juggernaut, but sometimes you have to make the hard choices when you're saving the world. With the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game books, that great power and great responsibility is yours! Based on the acclaimed Cortex Plus system, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying takes the awar ..."
"Throughout the book, the cinema's artistic encounter with the city always intersects with a social and political engagement in which urgent issues of class, race, sexuality, the environment, liberty, capital, and totalitarianism are everywhere at stake.The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocati ..."
"The inaugural collection in an exciting new exchange between philosophers and geographers, this volume provides interdisciplinary approaches to the environment as space, place, and idea. Never before have philosophers and geographers approached each other's subjects in such a strong spirit of mutual understanding. The result is a concrete exploration of the human-nature relationship that embraces strong normative approaches to environm ..."
"As fear and paranoia about chemical weapons and bio-terrorism are ratcheted up by Western governments, a global health catastrophe threatens to undermine all efforts to eradicate poverty and human suffering. The resurgence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, along with the spread of new diseases such as HIV, are already having devastating consequences for ever increasing numbers of people worldwide. Tuberculosis, a disease ..."
Natura Urbana Ecological Constellations in Urban Space by MatthewGandy 432 Pages, Published 2022 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-36746-2, ISBN: 0-262-36746-7
"Laundon , for example , describes a steady disappearance of many lichen species during London's rapid nineteenth ... William Nylander , “ Les lichens du Jardin du Luxembourg , " Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 13 ( 7 ) ( 1866 ) ..."
"The removal of the iron curtain has dramatically and radically reshaped the geography of Europe. The end of the Cold War is undoubtedly the most fundamental element in the creation of the 'New Europe' but other important changes have also been taking place in recent years: economic restructuring, the process of European integration, large-scale population movements, ageing and low-fertility patterns, shifting patterns of regional ident ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners Includes both stand-alo ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners Includes both stand-alo ..."
Orthopedic Research and Therapy Ser. Orthopaedic Biomechanics : A Trainees Guide by MatthewGandy Hardcover, Published 2018 by Nova Science Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-5361-2877-2, ISBN: 1-5361-2877-5
"And how many times have you subsequently sought the answer in a text book on pure orthopaedic biomechanics only to wake up hours later wondering where the day has gone? This book focusses specifically on Orthopaedic Biomechanics."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting–edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both stan ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both stand-a ..."
The Fabric of Space(Reprint) Water, Modernity, and the Urban Imagination (The MIT Press) by MatthewGandy Paperback, 362 Pages, Published 2017 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-53372-0, ISBN: 0-262-53372-3
"A study of water at the intersection of landscape and infrastructure in Paris, Berlin, Lagos, Mumbai, Los Angeles, and London.Water lies at the intersection of landscape and infrastructure, crossing between visible and invisible domains of urban space, in the tanks and buckets of the global South and the vast subterranean technological networks of the global North. In this book, Matthew Gandy considers the cultural and material signific ..."
"The affluence of western society has given rise to unprecedented quantities of waste, presenting one of the most intractable environmental problems for contemporary society. This book examines recycling and municipal waste management in three major cities: London, New York and Hamburg. A range of political and economic issues are examined to illustrate how any reduction in the size of the waste stream in order to achieve more equitable ..."
Moth (Animal) by MatthewGandy Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-585-1, ISBN: 1-78023-585-2
"Unlike their gaudy day-flying cousins, moths seem to reside in the shadows as denizens of the night, circling around streetlights or caught momentarily in the glare of headlights on a country lane. As Matthew Gandy demonstrates in this book, however, there are many more species of day-flying moths than there are butterflies, and many rival butterflies in a dazzling range of markings. Gandy shows that the study of moths form ..."
Moth by MatthewGandy 208 Pages, Published 2016 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-612-4, ISBN: 1-78023-612-3
"... Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Gillingham, 2012)
Townsend, M., and P. Waring, Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and
Ireland (Gillingham, 2007) Wagner, D. L., Caterpillars of Eastern North America (
Princeton, NJ, 2005) ––, et al., Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America (
Princeton, NJ, 2011) Other excellent sources include the series on Japanese
moths edited by Yasunori Kishida, the mu ..."