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"Fantasies of Hong Kong Disneyland: Attempted Indigenizations of Space, Labor, and Consumption examines the attempt to transplant Disney's "happiest place on earth" to Hong Kong-with unhappy results. Focusing on the theme of attempted localization / indigenization in a globalized transnational park, the book delves into the three-way dynamics of American culture-corporation intentions, Hong Kong, China government investment and Hong Konger audience, and Hong Kong Chinese locale. The triple actors introduce an especially complex case as two of the world's most power entities, the nominally Communist state of China and corporate behemoth Disney, come together for a project in the third space of Hong Kong. The situation poses special challenges for Disney's efforts to manage space, labor and consumption to achieve local adaptation and business success."

"The experiences we enjoy, endure, or miss out on are influenced by what our surroundings allow and invite us to do. Just like our food diet, our experience diet plays a critical role in determining whether we find happiness and fulfil our potential. A healthy experience diet offers inspiration, reassurance, delight, and play. It nurtures physical, cognitive, and emotional health, builds resilience, and fosters confidence and self-esteem. An unhealthy experience diet consigns people to lives diminished in quantity and quality. Recipes for Urban Happiness offers an innovative way of looking at the relationship between people and place and redefines what good urban design is. The book outlines what designers and non-designers can do to create urban places where nurturing behaviours are both possible and preferable. Recipes for Urban Happiness will be relevant to public health, community development, and design practitioners, as well as students and academics"--

Front Cover -- Half-title -- Dark Tourism and Rural Crime: Crime and Punishment in Rural Australia -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Dark tourism and cultural criminology -- Development of sites -- Types of sites -- Presentation of sites -- Motivations and reactions -- Tours -- Promotional material, gift shops and souvenirs -- Creating identity -- Ethical considerations -- Dark tourism in Australia -- Rural dark tourism -- Rural idyll and rural dystopias -- Distinguishing aspects of rural dark tourism -- PART I Australia's Colonial Tourism Destinations -- 2 Colonial Violence -- Colonial violence: warfare tourism -- Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site -- Incarceration in Western Australia: prison boab trees -- Wyndham Boab Prison Tree -- Derby Boab Prison Tree -- Creating the myth -- The impact of inauthentic tourism -- Urban representations -- Australian Museum -- Regional representations: McCrossin's Mill Museum -- Tensions between cultural tourism and dark tourism -- Conclusion -- 3 Convict Tourism -- Port Arthur Historic Site -- Port Arthur as a convict settlement -- Early tourism -- Carnarvon - the distancing -- Tourism forces a reconnection to the convict past -- Organised tourism - Port Arthur as a 'dark dungeon' and a 'dark fun factory' -- Local economy -- Rural idyll tainted with dystopia -- Conclusion -- 4 Bushrangers -- Ned Kelly -- Ned Kelly touring route -- Stringybark Creek -- Glenrowan -- Beechworth -- Melbourne -- Captain Thunderbolt -- Museums, memorials and natural locations -- 'Trailscape' dark tourism -- Conclusion -- PART II Tourism Sites of Recent Controversy -- 5 Carceral Tourism -- Penal sites -- Ararat's Old Gaol and J Ward -- Old Beechworth Gaol.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ECS as an academic study -- Who is this book for? -- The structure of the book -- Part I Understanding Early Childhood Studies -- 1 Studying early childhood -- Introduction -- Why study 'early' childhood? -- Studying early childhood -- A multidisciplinary subject -- 'Early childhood' as a social construct -- A child-centred model of ECEC -- Approaches to early childhood -- The voice of the child -- The future of ECEC -- Summary -- Topics for further discussion -- Challenges -- Further reading -- Useful websites -- References -- 2 Early childhood in a global context -- Introduction -- Globalization -- A global village -- The 'mobile' child -- A global charter for children's rights - the UNCRC -- Multiculturalism -- International aid and ECEC -- Models of ECEC around the world -- Summary -- Topics for further discussion -- Challenges -- Further reading -- Useful websites -- References -- 3 Some theories of child development -- Introduction -- Thinking about theories -- Changing views of child development -- The emergence of scientific theories in the West -- Theories of heredity and development -- Social dimensions of development -- The child study movement and theories of 'normal development' -- Psychoanalytic theories of development -- Constructivist theories of development -- Ecological theories of child development -- Neuroscientific theories of development -- Epigenetic theories of development -- Understanding child development -- Summary -- Topics for further discussion -- Challenges -- Further reading -- References -- Part II Understanding Child Development: Supporting the Unique Child -- 4 Physical development - the interplay of body and brain -- Introduction -- Stages of development -- Body and brain -- Antenatal environments -- Birth -- Infancy.

"Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects. With extensive experience in answering questions from clients in the solar, finance and energy industries, Chase focuses on the practical and financial aspects of solar power, making this book suitable for those wanting to work in clean energy or who have a strong interest in the subject, particularly those without a business background. Since the first edition was published in 2019, solar capacity has only grown bigger and cheaper, opening up new markets. Most significantly, Russia invaded Ukraine, igniting an energy crisis across the world which made countries glad of any renewable energy capacity they had built, as well as amplifying calls for a diversified and resilient global supply chain for renewable energy components. This second edition of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon is considerably more detailed and optimistic about batteries and hydrogen. It extensively updates readers on the rapidly-changing price and energy landscape, the latest industry thinking on the effects of large volumes of renewable energy on the grid and the path to deep decarbonisation of human civilisation"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- Introduction: A Barbados Family -- CHAPTER 1. The Place Called Rendezvous -- CHAPTER 2. Household Intimacies -- CHAPTER 3. Rites of Passage -- CHAPTER 4. A Great and Numerous Family in England -- CHAPTER 5. Courting Legitimacy -- CHAPTER 6. Bloodlines and Birthrights -- Conclusion: The Legacies of Rendezvous -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Surveying the Shadows of Uncertainty -- 2. Ten Years in Balaka: The Excellent and Imperfect Data of Longitudinal Studies -- 3. Uncertainty Demography -- 4. The Scope of HIV Uncertainty -- 5. HIV Uncertainty and the Limits of Testing -- 6. Relationship Uncertainty and Marriage Instability -- 7. Call the Ankhoswe -- 8. Ultimate Uncertainties and the Mortality Landscape -- 9. Conclusion: Varieties of Uncertainty in Balaka -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Mortality Trends in Malawi, 1990- 2020 -- Glossary of Chichewa and Technical Terms -- Notes -- References -- Index.