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Front Cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures, tables and box; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The privatization of the land; 2 Reclaiming the common good2; 3 The ends of the Earth; 4 Shifting conceptual landscapes; 5 A landscape at our service; 6 The great food challenge; 7 Valuing land and landscapes; 8 Living landscapes; 9 Lessons for tomorrow's world; 10 The people's land; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Amsterdam's North-South Metro Line (NZL) megaproject has had a long eventful history. From the initial proposal in the 1990s, through construction in the 2000s to 2010s, to its opening in 2018, the NZL overcame many challenges. Several geotechnical incidents in the Vijzelgracht neighbourhood in 2008 cost the City of Amsterdam and the Dutch government millions of Euros. These incidents required complex recovery management actions, and there was a complete re-evaluation of the project, resulting in extensive reformulation of the project's communications and impact management strategies, and in more-transparent public participation. Despite NZL's significance, it never underwent any formal Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), thus it provides an interesting case to consider how social impacts are addressed when there is no formal ESIA. Drawing on document review, semi-structured interviews, and a focus group, we considered the experiences of key decision-makers and project team members to learn how social impacts were assessed and managed over time in the absence of ESIA. We conclude that, when combined with appropriate urban governance frameworks, applying ESIA in urban and transport planning would improve the assessment and management of the social impacts of future megaproject infrastructure developments.

Shoddy rags and relief blankets : perceptions of textile recycling in north India / Lucy Norris -- Death, the phoenix, and Pandora : transforming things and values in Bangladesh / Mike Crang ... (et al.) -- One cycle to bind them all? : geographies of nuclearity in the uranium fuel cycle / Romain Garcier -- The shadow of the global network : e-waste flows to China / Xin Tong and Jici Wang -- Devaluing the dirty work : gendered trash work in participatory Dakar / Rosalind Fredericks -- Stitching curtains, grinding plastic : social and material transformation in Buenos Aires / Karen Ann Faulk -- Trash ties : urban politics, economic crisis and Rio de Janerio's garbage dump / Kathleen M. Millar -- Sympathy and its boundaries : necropolitics, labour and waste on the Hooghly river / Laura Bear -- 'No junk for Jesus' : redemptive economies and value conversions in Lutheran medical aid / Britt Halvorson -- Evident excess : material deposits and narcotics surveillance in the USA / Joshua Reno -- Remont : work in progress / Catherine Alexander.

AbstractEnvironmental issues have been well-documented in recent years, paying particular attention to the anthropogenic climate change impact. To date, research addressing the relationship between environmental issues, environmental justice and sustainability within social work education has been scarce. The importance of these topics in education, especially in social work programmes must be well understood and research being generated on these subjects must increase. The primary goal of this article is to help increase the conversation and debates about environmental issues, environmental justice and sustainability within the social work academic community. Social work scholars must analyse and discuss opportunities and difficulties that are presented by the necessity to make the subjects mentioned, key concepts of the core curriculum and base for social work education. The secondary goal is to describe practical ways that environmental issues, environmental justice and sustainability content can be integrated into social work education to better equip professionals with the tools to assist in the continuously growing global environmental issues.

As awareness of social and environmental issues becomes more central to business and reputational success, communications and marketing professionals need to be able to make the most of opportunities to communicate effectively about these issues. This is the definitive guide to planning and delivering great communications on complex social and environmental issues. Outlining the steps needed to plan, risk-proof and execute effective communications strategies, the book provides a clear framework to help leaders, communications managers and marketing practitioners build the knowledge and skills needed to spot risks and opportunities around complex issues, such as climate change and ethical supply chains. Including real-world case studies, practical exercises and further reading, each chapter offers a beginning-to-end framework: from making the business case and mapping stakeholders, to messaging, framing relevant tactics, and then risk-assessing the plan. Whether a local authority, brand, educational institution or senior leader, this guide will equip you with all the necessary skills to make your communications effective.

Introduction : Taiwan at a crossroads / Cal Clark, Alexander C. Tan, and Karl Ho -- Public policy preferences revealed in referendum voting : the case of Taiwan / Chi Huang, Tzu-ching Kuo, and Yu-heng Jung -- Leftist proclivity in Taiwan's political development / Wei-chin Lee -- In the eye of the storm : Taiwan, China, and the U.S. in challenging times / Steve Chan -- Taiwan's military posture toward China's confrontational stance / Elizabeth Freund Larus and Agata Wictoria Zietek -- Inconsistent struggle shadowed by the dragon : Taiwan's defence under the Tsai Ing-wen administration / Shang-su Wu -- U.S.-China relations from Trump to Biden : a systems theory assessment / John F. Copper -- Partisan polarization and fragmentation in the Taiwanese electorate : evidence from the 2020 elections / Cal Clark, Alexander C. Tan, and Karl Ho -- An etiology of party system development and voter alignments in democratic Taiwan : stability before the storm / Alexander C. Tan -- Taiwanese party manifestos and their purposes : some initial findings and thoughts / Alexander C. Tan and Boyu Chen -- Revisiting Taiwan's semi-presidentialism at a critical juncture / Yu-shan Wu -- Institutional resilience and change : the case of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh -- Mr. President Democracy : a political life in modern constitutionalism / David K.C. Huang and Nigel N.T. Li -- Opposition to gender equity in Taiwan : a linguistic perspective of social conservative language on Facebook / Ping-Hsuan Wang.

ITALY SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL ISSUES -- ITALY SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL ISSUES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CENTRAL ITALY: HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND CURRENT MIGRATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND -- ETRUSCAN PEOPLE: AN UNRESOLVED ENIGMA? -- THE PERMEABLE BARRIER OF LANGUAGE: THE CROATIAN-SPEAKING MINORITY OF MOLISE -- GENETIC INSIGHTS OF FORGOTTEN HISTORICAL EVENTS IN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL ITALY -- REFERENCES

"In Romania: Environmental, Social and Economic Issues, the authors highlight the diversity of geosites in Anina Mountains, Romania and the role of this high geodiversity in environmental protection, education and socio-economic development. Next, the authors discuss the interest in "green" technology from the authorities and inhabitants of Romania. Additionally, in Romania there is an increasing interest in building with low pollution, high efficiency and environmental friendliness. In closing, the authors discuss the political crisis of December, 1937 in Romania which caused the formation of the government of O. Goga, the chairman of the National Christian Party. The activities of the government were also interrupted by the King's decision to establish authoritativeness on February 11, 1938."--Provided by publisher