The banking sector has a fundamental role in promoting sustainable development. Due to its
performance as an intermediary, it can influence the pace and direction of this development …

In our review of the literature concerning sustainable architecture, we find a remarkably
diverse constellation of ideas that defy simple categorization. But rather than lament the …

This article critically examines the approach of technical experts, including engineers,
natural scientists, architects, planners, and other practitioners, who are attempting to create …

• Describes the history of global environmental politics as a discipline and explains the
various theories and perspectives used by scholars and students to understand it.• …

Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this
book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation processes. In doing …

You are roused from a deep slumber by the buzzing of your digital alarm clock. It's 6 am,
time to get up. You begrudgingly comply, reach for the light switch, and stagger to the …

The dominant role of technology in contemporary societies requires the public to rely on
individuals with specialized knowledge to invent, design, manufacture and maintain …

“IF you want your subordinates to do or not to do certain things, build a city” Machiavelli
might have recommended to his prince. Indeed, there are numerous historical examples of …

Abstract “Sustainable development” has been a topic of public discourse for over two
decades, but despite many efforts to implement this ideal, a breakthrough is not in sight. I …

(Loyalist/Unionist) and Catholic( Nationalist/Republican) communities about identity,
national belonging, and political representation. The bombing campaigns, arson attacks …