This book explores all the issues behind the creation of new infrastructures and examines the effects they will have on the shape of the cities in the twenty-first century.

Globalisation and technological innovation have changed the way people, goods, and information move through and about cities. To remain, or become, economically and environmentally sustainable, cities and their regions must adapt to these changes by creating cutting-edge infrastructures that integrate advanced technologies, communications, and multiple modes of transportation. The book defines cutting-edge infrastructures, details their importance to cities and their regions, and addresses the obstacles to creating those infrastructures.

The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.

• Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics
  
• Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further readings
  
• Topics addressed include the nature of meaning, speech acts and pragmatics, figurative language, and naturalistic theories of reference

The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.

• Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics
  
• Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further readings
  
• Topics addressed include the nature of meaning, speech acts and pragmatics, figurative language, and naturalistic theories of reference

Trey Parker and Matt Stone's long-running Comedy Central hit cartoon South Park has been equally cheered and reviled for its edgy humor, poited satire of current events and celebrities, and all-around obnoxiousness. But is there more to Kyle, the lonely Jew, Timmy and the Crips, Cartman's bitchiness, Chef's inappropriate advice, and Kenny's continued violent deaths than meets the eye? This collection of essays affirms that possibility. Individual chapters take a sometimes witty, often provocative look at "Is South Park a Libertarian Manifesto?," "That's So Gay ," and "Why Is Cartman...