This handy book brings together a wealth of useful information that building surveyors need on-site or in the office. It provides clear guidance and fundamental principles in key practice areas such as building pathology, building performance, and building forensics. The book is not overly bound by the regulation and legislation of one region, and the principles can be applied internationally. Compact, portable and easy to use, the Building Surveyor’s Pocket Book helps surveyors, anyone studying for their RICS APC and students get access to the basics, fast.
This revised edition of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats offers up to date and evidence-based information about the menopause and about hot flushes and night sweats, which are the main reason that women seek medical help. The four-week self-help guide uses cognitive behavior therapy providing information and strategies for managing hot flushes and night sweats, as well as stress and sleep. The guide is interactive with exercises and homework tailored to women's individual circumstances and lifestyles. It challenges myths about menopause and aging and provides better understanding of flushes which in turn reduces stress and improves post-menopausal wellbeing. The various chapters discuss processes of identification and modification of triggers of hot flushes and offers tips to women on dealing with hot flushes in social and work situations. The guide was as effective as eight hours of group CBT and would help women who want to try a non-medical treatment that is brief, effective without side effects, or just want to be better informed.
The third edition of this book offers a crucial framework for understanding the complexities of cultural tourism and its globalization across various destinations. It emphasizes the importance of creative tourism strategies that blend localized cultural products with innovative global attractions to differentiate destinations. The text addresses key issues in heritage, arts, festivals, and experiential cultural tourism in both urban and rural settings. Since the previous edition, significant developments have occurred, prompting a complete revision to include new insights on demand and motivation for cultural tourism, sustainable practices, and ethnic cultural tourism. It features updated case studies from a broader global perspective and presents a revised framework reflecting recent research and industry trends. New pedagogical elements enhance comprehension and critical thinking, including questions at the end of case studies and a further reading section. Advocating for a sustainable, people-centered approach to cultural tourism planning, the book aims to maximize local benefits while preserving place and identity. It uniquely synthesizes major global cultural tourism issues through accessible international case studies, making it essential reading for tourism students.
Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today’s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments.A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism.This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.
