Search

This volume employs an urban lens to provide a critical analysis of the North Korean style of sustainable urban development in the face of severe sanctions and a scarcity of vital resources.With a focus on five major areas—population, economics, architecture, urban planning, and culture—the authors examine the preconditions that led to the emergence of ideas related to urban sustainability, assess and reassess the trends in sustainable development brought about by market forces, and recommend paths for their further intensification. Since this work covers a variety of topics, ranging from geomancy and social control to economic issues and green architecture (both locally and in comparison with European post-socialist cities and South Korea), it will point to lessons that other countries could learn from.This book will be a valuable reference for scholars, researchers, students, and the general public who have a regional interest in North Korea, Korean unification, and East Asia as a whole; and/or a topical interest in urban studies, urban sustainability, and post-socialist urban transformation.

This handbook comprehensively covers topics in international relations, with a specific focus on China-Europe-Africa relations. This triangular relationship brings substantial contribution for the formation of an emergent new international order. With China being the second largest economy, and a growing power in military, technology, trade and cultural relations, the book provides decisive research on the key aspects that ground the country's external relations with Europe and Africa. The first three parts of the book covers issues related to strategy, economy, and security, with specific case studies. In addition, the fourth part, not only focuses on China-Europe-Africa, but also extends to chapters on multilateralism and relations with other countries, regions, and economic communities. In doing so, the book also addresses topics on the Ukraine war, Covid-19, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Gateway, and the balance of major powers.

'Weightlifting Titans'presents a fascinating journey through the evolution of competitive weightlifting, masterfully weaving together the stories of legendary athletes with the scientific principles that revolutionized the sport.From Vasily Alekseyev's groundbreaking 500-pound clean and jerk in 1970 to the incredible feats of Naim Süleymanoğlu, the book examines how these remarkable athletes pushed the boundaries of human strength while transforming training methodologies and competitive techniques. The narrative skillfully balances technical analysis with compelling biographical storytelling, exploring how weightlifting evolved from basic strength work to sophisticated periodization programs.Through extensive research, including Olympic archives, competition records, and firsthand accounts from champions and coaches, readers gain unprecedented insight into the physical and mental elements that created these athletic legends. The book particularly shines in its examination of how sports science, biomechanics, and nutrition have influenced modern training methods.Drawing from verified records and documented training approaches, this comprehensive work serves both as a historical document and a practical resource for strength enthusiasts. The text progresses chronologically while examining three core elements: scientific principles, historical development of techniques, and detailed profiles of record-setting athletes. This approach makes complex concepts accessible while maintaining the accuracy and depth that serious sports enthusiasts and historians demand.

How universities can become centers of healing and social justice.In Liberating the Classroom, Tessa Hicks Peterson shows how universities can transform into places that directly disrupt injustice and work toward personal and collective liberation. Instead of reproducing social inequity, higher education institutions could become engines of healing. This transformation, however, requires a major conscience shift at the level of the individual (student, educator, leader), the classroom (teaching and learning), administration (culture and policy), and the institution (structures and systems). Peterson examines innovative models, practices, and theories that students, teachers, and administrators can apply to implement both personal and systemic change. This book represents a major contribution in placing the claims of social justice, personal and social healing, and holistic pedagogy in a dialogue that is at once passionate and deeply considered. Peterson presents a vision of teaching and learning in which these three claims are mutually transformative. This guide offers a cadre of thinkers and practitioners who provide distinct but connected resources for realizing that vision and explores what changes in pedagogical practice, campus culture, academic-community relationships, and institutional structures would be needed to create spaces in higher education that could fully braid these values together.