1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003362520203316

Autore

KERR, Philip

Titolo

Straightforward : upper intermediate workbook : [with key] / Philip Kerr & Ceri Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

978-1-4050-7528-2

Descrizione fisica

175 p. : ill. ; 28 cm + 1 Cd-Rom

Altri autori (Persone)

JONES, Ceri

Disciplina

428

Soggetti

Lingua inglese - Manuali [per] Studenti

Collocazione

VII.3.D. 621

VII.3.D. 621 a

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148633703321

Autore

Oneill Therese

Titolo

Unmentionable : the Victorian lady's guide to sex, marriage, and manners / / Therese Oneill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Little, Brown and Company, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-35804-5

0-316-39565-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.4209034

Soggetti

Women - England - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hello, slattern -- Getting dressed : how to properly hide your shame -- Bowels into buckets : nature is an obscene caller -- The treacherous art of bathing -- Menstruation : you're doing it wrong -- Diet : you're a little bag of pudding -- Beauty : scorch, slather, and stuff -- Courtship : not-talking your way into his heart -- The wedding night, or : A bad bit of bumbo -- Birth control and other affronts to God -- Being a good wife : how to avoid his eventual resentment for as long as possible -- Running a proper household : the gentle art of dictatorship -- Public behavior : avoiding scorn, dangers, and museums -- It's hysterical : the least funny thing about Victorian life -- The secret vice : "Where warts and tiny nipples come from" -- Conclusion : I miss pants.

Sommario/riassunto

"A scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood. "If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged. Therese Oneill opens the doors to everything we secretly wanted to know about the Victorian era, but didn't think to ask. Knickers with no crotches? Check. Arsenic as a facial scrub? Check. The infrequency of bathing and the stench of the Victorian human body? Check mate"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910866588903321

Autore

Freestone Robert

Titolo

Australian Urban Policy : Prospects and Pathways

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781760466305

1760466301

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RandolphBill

SteeleWendy

Disciplina

307.1160994

Soggetti

City planning - Australia

Urban policy - Australia

Cities and towns - Australia - Growth

Sustainable urban development - Australia

Politique urbaine - Australie

Villes - Australie - Croissance

Urbanisme durable - Australie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- List of figures -- Figure 3.1 COAG urban policy integration framework -- Figure 3.2 National urban policy goals, objectives, and principles -- Figure 5.1 Urban-relevant SDG targets -- Figure 5.2 Australian city SDG indicator benchmark data -- Figure 12.1 Public open space before being upgraded according to GOD -- Figure 12.2 After GOD: Urban densification correlated with upgraded parks -- Figure 12.3 Upgraded public open space -- Figure 13.1 Gartner Hype Cycle: Smart city technology and solutions, July 2021 -- Figure 13.2 Google Trends: Smart cities, 2004-2021 -- Figure 13.3 Publications on smart cities: Scopus search for the terms 'smart' and 'cities' -- Figure 13.4 Word cloud of all plans funded by the 2016 Smart City Plan -- Figure 15.1 The Uluru Statement from the Heart -- Figure 15.2 Model for parity and coexistence between Indigenous and settler-state land rights and interests, land use, and land tenure -- Figure 16.1 Social



Progress Index framework -- Figure 16.2 Australian Social Progress Index 2018 scores and rankings -- Figure 17.1a Dominant housing tenure in Sydney by Statistical Area Level 2, 2001-2006 -- Figure 17.1b Dominant housing tenure in Sydney by Statistical Area Level 2, 2011-2016 -- Figure 17.2 Dominant tenure and dwelling type for households headed by 25-34-year-olds, 2016 -- List of tables -- Table 2.1 Urban policymaking and research links -- Table 4.1 Climate change adaptation: Relevant policy sectors and co‑benefits -- Table 4.2 A timeline of Australian national climate change adaptation policy, 1972-2023 -- Table 5.1 Targets within the 'urban' Sustainable Development Goal 11 -- Table 7.1 National Heritage Criteria, 2000 -- Table 8.1 Component parts of population growth for Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, 2015-2019.

Table 8.2 Quarterly net internal migration for Australian capital cities, March 2020 to March 2021 -- Table 14.1 Estimated cost of supplying urban infrastructure for Melbourne's greenfield growth areas (A) -- Table 14.2 Principal funding sources by infrastructure type -- Table 14.3 Funding principles by infrastructure category -- Table 14.4 Selected events in the Commonwealth Government's involvement in infrastructure funding -- Table 15.1 Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights and interests in Australian planning legislation -- Table 16.1 Greater Sydney Region Plan: District boundaries in the west -- Table 16.2 Western Sydney district indexes of relative socioeconomic disadvantage -- Table 16.3 Key demographics of western Sydney communities -- Table 17.1 Tenure breakdown by dwelling type in three Australian capital cities, 2016 -- Table 17.2 Capital city change in tenure of 25-34-year-olds (household heads), 2006-2016 -- Table 17.3 Capital city change in share of tenure of 25-34-year-olds (household heads), 2006-2016 (per cent) -- Table 20.1 Overview of proposed pathways for low-carbon urban transitions in Australia -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgement of Country -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part 1: Introductory -- 1. Whither Australian urban policy? -- 2. Uneasy bedfellows: Integrating urban research and policymaking in Australia -- 3. National policy for an urban nation: Establishing sustained Commonwealth attention to Australia's cities, 2008-2021 -- Part 2: Sustainability, the environment, and conservation -- 4. Climate change adaptation and resilience as a metapolicy framework -- 5. The UN Sustainable Development Goals: Australia's de facto national urban policy? -- 6. Potable water: Pay more, use less -- 7. Saving heritage policy: The past and future of conservation in the Australian city.

Part 3: Population, settlement, and urban form -- 8. Changing Australia's settlement geography: The repopulation of regional cities and towns -- 9. Prospects and policies for new urban settlements in Australia -- 10. In absentia: Urban renewal policy in the Australian city -- 11. Addressing the unanticipated consequences of compact city policies -- 12. In GOD we trust: Tracking density, greenspace, and wellbeing in Australian cities -- Part 4: Productivity and infrastructure -- 13. Mobilising smart city infrastructure in the Australian context -- 14. Funding urban infrastructure: What role for the Commonwealth Government? -- Part 5: Justice and wellbeing -- 15. Voice, treaty, truth: Planning for coexistence in Australia's cities and towns -- 16. Towards a social progress index for urban liveability, productivity, and sustainability -- 17. Housing, income, and precarity: The Australian suburban settlement in an age of uncertainty -- 18. Towards a national housing policy for the 2020s -- 19. Planning, housing, and affordability: Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic -- Part 6: Transitional needs and challenges -- 20. Accelerating low-carbon



urban transitions in Australia -- 21. Australian urban transport: Generating solidarity in a landscape of crisis and change -- 22. Inequality, sustainability, and public policy: Historical and spatial perspectives -- Part 7: Conclusion -- 23. Australian urban policy futures -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Urban Australia confronts numerous challenges in the 21st century: climate change, housing, transport, greenspace, social inequality, and governance, among them.