This book draws together case studies from across the Indonesian archipelago to give a bottom-up perspective on reform in the local domain and asks whether these changing configurations are producing more sustainable and equitable outcomes for Indonesia's population.
This book draws together case studies from across the Indonesian archipelago to give a bottom-up perspective on reform in the local domain and asks wh...
We all have a need to belong, but how come one can find these feelings of belonging in a place that one has never visited before? With sections on language, literature, music, politics and religion, we follow John McCarthy as he explores his own past and his relationship with Ireland.
We all have a need to belong, but how come one can find these feelings of belonging in a place that one has never visited before? With sections on lan...
Approaches to urban regeneration have changed dramatically throughout Europe and the USA over recent decades, drawing on notions of public-private partnership, growth coalitions and local spatial alliances. In this engaging book John McCarthy provides critical consideration of such theories in terms of their application to practice. He shows how these notions are used to explain the nature and underlying processes of urban development and to further objectives for urban regeneration. To test their applicability, he examines the case of Dundee, including the role of the Dundee Partnership, a...
Approaches to urban regeneration have changed dramatically throughout Europe and the USA over recent decades, drawing on notions of public-private par...
The ancient places and stories of the Holy Land are so etched into our cultural and mental landscapes that it is hard to separate ancient tales from modern realities. Of course, this is part of the potency of the place, but also part of the illusion.
The ancient places and stories of the Holy Land are so etched into our cultural and mental landscapes that it is hard to separate ancient tales from m...
In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary constraints, demands for community involvement and rapid urbanization in the Global South. Urban regeneration remains a high profile and important field of government-led intervention, and policy and practice continue to adapt to the fresh challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, as well as confronting long standing intractable urban problems and dilemmas. This Companion provides cutting edge critical review and synthesis of recent...
In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary ...
An anthology of poems, prose poems and flash fiction centering on the theme of things that are extinguished or extinct, from jukeboxes to insects to languages, and more. Editor John McCarthy has brought into existence the work of 37 contributors.
An anthology of poems, prose poems and flash fiction centering on the theme of things that are extinguished or extinct, from jukeboxes to insects to l...
Experience-centered design, experience-based design, experience design, designing for experience, user experience design. All of these terms have emerged and gained acceptance in the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design relatively recently. In this book, we set out our understanding of experience-centered design as a humanistic approach to designing digital technologies and media that enhance lived experience. The book is divided into three sections. In Section 1, we outline the historical origins and basic concepts that led into and flow out from our understanding of...
Experience-centered design, experience-based design, experience design, designing for experience, user experience design. All of these terms have emer...
