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The form and layout of a built environment has a significant influence on crime by creating opportunities for it and, in turn, shaping community crime patterns. Effective urban planners and designers will consider crime when making planning and design decisions. A co-publication with the American Planning Association, Crime and Planning: Building Socially Sustainable Communities presents a comprehensive discussion of the interconnections between urban planning, criminal victimization, and crime prevention.

An introduction into the main concerns at the...

Ein Roman mit Dauergrinse-Garantie vom Bestsellerautor von "Allein in der Wildnis". Nicht nur für Hundefans ab 10 Jahren.

Carl hat nur einen Wunsch: Endlich so aussehen wie alle anderen in seiner Klasse und nicht mehr auffallen. Doch das ist gar nicht so einfach mit einem Vater, dem es völlig egal ist, was andere denken. Das ist die absolute Voll-Katastrophe für Carl, denn "neue" Klamotten bekommt er nur vom Flohmarkt, das Familienauto ist die reinste Schrottmühle und auf ein neues Fahrrad wartet er auch schon seit Ewigkeiten. Wie peinlich ist das denn? Erst...

Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod -- the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race -- hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish.

Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life and inspired his award-winning...

"Telepresence" allows us to feel present -- through vision, hearing, and even touch -- at a remote location by means of real-time communication technology. Networked devices such as video cameras and telerobots extend our corporeal agency into distant spaces. In Here/There, Kris Paulsen examines telepresence technologies through the lens of contemporary artistic experiments, from early video art through current "drone vision" works. Paulsen traces an arc of increasing interactivity, as video screens became spaces for communication and physical, tactile intervention. She explores the...