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The main risk-minimisation strategy in the construction phase is trust, which plays a major role in the success of key working relationships across the construction industry. This book investigates this phenomenon, and goes on to show that once developed, trust outshines all other risk minimisation strategies and is essential for project success. Drawing on many years of empirical research involving project managers working internationally, Tr...

Processes of globalization, economic restructuring and urban redevelopment have placed events at the centre of strategies for change in cities. Events offer the potential to achieve economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes within broader urban development strategies.This volume:* analyzes the process of cultural event development, management and marketing and links these processes to their wider cultural, social and economic conte...

This book first provides a comprehensive critical review of the analytic tools and theories of linguistics and systematically surveys major concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Having established the basic nature and structure of language, the final part of the book engages some of the wider issues concerning the use of language in speaking and understanding (psycholinguistics), language development in children, ...

Critical Issues in Ecotourism seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights provided by pre-eminent scholars in the field it identifies and comprehensively addresses current critical issues. Accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences, it provides the reader with the following:* A critical, direct and hard hitting analysis of the real issues ...

Robert Browning (1812 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his elopement and marriage to Elizabeth Barratt, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Brownings mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as My Last Duchess and Porphyria to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Person...

This book draws together a number of different approaches to teaching young children that combine the experience of thinking with the act of expression through art.

New in paperback, this Companion provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. A prestigious editor leads an international team of acknowledged experts in each field.

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A complete rewrite of best-selling and award-winning text The Reflective Educator's Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities, this revamped text will show teachers the ways being a productive and active member of a PLC can help them reclaim their own profession and create a successful PLC to improve student learning.

On a hidden island in the far western sea, two children are born to the goddess Iranor and her mortal lover. In the city of Sen-Mar, a boy is born fatherless, and he and his mother are condemned as apostates. These three children are fated to wander as exiles over the lands of Skorn, seeking peace and consolation. From island to island, oversea and undersea, through forests and grasslands, they seek what they have lost.

Hypocrisy and integrity, arrogance and humility, indifference and empathy are only a few of the many opposing poles that people often grapple with in their daily lives. Approaching these opposing poles adaptively can energize us, approaching them in ways that are maladaptive only serves to drain us of our energy and spirit!In Adaptive Tensions, poet Ron Rubin reveals the tensions that are intrinsic in these dichotomies, embracing the adaptive,...

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The profession of astrology is evolving as our world in transition brings rapid changes, causing people and organizations to seek reliable guidance. What better way to navigate the times than to rely on the celestial clock of planetary cycles. Today, we are witnessing a revival in Astrology, with the enhancement of educational programs, community events, and research, creating better astrologers and a higher quality of service. But what does i...

Religion and Urbanism contributes to an expanded understanding of the notion of 'sustainable cities' in the context of South Asia by demonstrating that religion exerts a significant influence on the nature of urban development in the region. The book argues that the multiple, often conflicting and complicated ways in which religion or the multiplicity of religions enable or challenge socially equitable and ecologically sustainable urbanisation...

This book explores the specific role of government institutions and agencies, notably the police, in controlling organised crime and cross-border crime in Greater China. Drawing heavily on original empirical data, it compares the both the states of the People¿s Republic of China and Taiwan, as well as city-states Hong Kong and Macao. It argues that the capacity of crime control across Greater China has been expanded through regional and intern...

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This book analyses the "China Impact" on Taiwan in terms of its social, political and security space from both an empirical and conceptual point of view. It is the first comprehensive account of Chinäs multifaceted impact on the politics and society of contemporary Taiwan. The book covers a wide range of topics including Taiwan¿s party alignment, elections, generational politics, cross-strait political economy, immigration policy and security....

Throughout the history of psychoanalysis, the study of creativity and fine art has been a special concern. Psychoanalytic Studies of Creativity, Greed and Fine Art: Making Contact with the Self makes a distinct contribution to the psychoanalytic study of art by focusing attention on the relationship between creativity and greed.

Cosmology - the science of the Universe at large - has experienced a renaissance in the decades bracketing the turn of the twenty-first century. Exploring our emerging understanding of cosmology, this text takes two complementary points of view: the physical principles underlying theories of cosmology, and the observable consequences of models of Universal expansion. The book develops cosmological models based on fundamental physical principle...

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