The Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment (BRCA) is a methodology to help countries, and cities assess their building and land use regulatory framework and identify opportunities for priority reforms and improvements. This is a pressing issue, as in many countries, rapid urbanization is...

Today's workplaces create unprecedented challenges for young professionals, particularly Zillennials. This chapter explores how clinical hypnotherapy addresses stress, burnout, identity struggles, and relationship difficulties among business professionals. The author examines how hypnotherapy...

Power transmission systems are emerging as one of the most vulnerable parts of the power sector as climate change intensifies the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme weather events and multiplies system-wide risks. Following the first in a three-part series on the global stocktaking of...

Natural disasters and extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity globally. Local governments, including intermediary cities, are on the frontline of disaster risk management. Increasing their resilience is critical to protect lives and support economic development. This is...

This chapter explores how organizations manage employer branding during times of crisis. Drawing on theories from human resource management, crisis communication, corporate reputation, and organizational resilience, it examines how crises impact internal and external perceptions of an employer...

"Building Sites addresses the urgent need to advance the critical understanding of relations between architectural design and the labour of building. Whilst recognising that in many parts of the world building takes place through self-organised processes and traditional skills, the book...

Smart cities use emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain to make urban environments more sustainable, efficient, and livable. This chapter explores global smart city examples and explains how software project management supports...

Climate-related extreme weather events are increasingly displacing communities across Southern Africa, with negative implications for social cohesion, livelihoods, and community resilience. Understanding how displacement erodes social cohesion is important for developing strategies for restoring...