Geography

Why are bilateral migration agreements (BMAs) concluded the way they are?

Why are bilateral migration agreements (BMAs) concluded the way they are?

In 1700, a Roman citizen transported through time would have recognized the world around them.

What if everything you use today — your phone, your building, your medicine, your legal system — traces back to a single thousand-year window in human history?

This multidisciplinary book examines the interactions between agriculture, farmland use and the environment in the farming regions of China through the frame of “theoretical explanations-spatial pattern and process analysis-mechanism analysis-simulation of future trajectories-policy recommendations”.

One of the main objectives of nature conservation in Europe is to protect valuable cultural landscapes characterized by a mixture of open habitats and hedges, trees and patchy woodland (semi-open landscapes).

Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems including:key processes of the earth system such as the CO2 fertilization effect, shifts in disturbances and biome distribution, the saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink, and changes in functional biodiversity,ecosystem services such the production of wheat, pest control, and carbon storage in croplands, and sensitive regions in the world threaten by rapid changes in climate and land use such as high latitudes ecosystems, tropical forest in Southeast Asia, and ecosystems dominated by Monsoon climate.

This multidisciplinary book examines the interactions between agriculture, farmland use and the environment in the farming regions of China through the frame of “theoretical explanations-spatial pattern and process analysis-mechanism analysis-simulation of future trajectories-policy recommendations”.

This book highlights empirical evidence of how African continent is confronting extreme climate events, focusing on understanding and mitigating climate-induced Loss and Damage.

The world is experiencing a widespread and accelerated geodigitalization.

Urban and peri-urban agriculture currently attracts considerable attention from citizens, policymakers and researchers.

This book explores how food shapes urban identity, through people and practices, and reflects the cultural and social experiences of urban gastronomy.

Urban and peri-urban agriculture currently attracts considerable attention from citizens, policymakers and researchers.

At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset.

This book explores how food shapes urban identity, through people and practices, and reflects the cultural and social experiences of urban gastronomy.

At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset.

This book offers a comparative and multidisciplinary examination of the formulation and implementation of public policy within the Nordic region.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of morpho-hydro-sediment interactive processes to explain channel planform dynamics, integrating advanced quantitative techniques and assessing flood risks, including model-based mitigation strategies.

This book highlights empirical evidence of how African continent is confronting extreme climate events, focusing on understanding and mitigating climate-induced Loss and Damage.

Major cities in China have witnessed unprecedented expansion towards outer suburban areas through various forms of mixed-use, clustered development.

Bridging theory and empirical analysis, this book offers a comprehensive and data-driven exploration of urban-rural labour markets across advanced economies, shedding light on their structure, efficiency, and evolving dynamics.

Bridging theory and empirical analysis, this book offers a comprehensive and data-driven exploration of urban-rural labour markets across advanced economies, shedding light on their structure, efficiency, and evolving dynamics.

This book argues that addressing sustainability challenges requires insights from multiple disciplines, diverse perspectives, and collaboration across sectors.

As urban populations continue to grow, so too does the demand for efficient, sustainable, smart urban solutions.

This book argues that addressing sustainability challenges requires insights from multiple disciplines, diverse perspectives, and collaboration across sectors.

This book offers a comparative and multidisciplinary examination of the formulation and implementation of public policy within the Nordic region.

As urban populations continue to grow, so too does the demand for efficient, sustainable, smart urban solutions.

Major cities in China have witnessed unprecedented expansion towards outer suburban areas through various forms of mixed-use, clustered development.

From the earliest human journeys guided by stars and landmarks to the precision of satellite-based systems, A Short History of Navigation charts the remarkable story of how humanity learned to find its way across land and sea.

A series of world events and civilizations, believed to be deliberately erased, and that started from a rumored original map of Piri Reis.

Tradicionalmente asociado a figuras masculinas y a ideales de aventura, conquista y descubrimiento, el relato de viajes ha invisibilizado la aportacion de numerosas escritoras que encontraron en el desplazamiento una via de emancipacion personal, intelectual y politica.

In this nonfictional narrative, the author, Rudolf K.

Tradicionalmente asociado a figuras masculinas y a ideales de aventura, conquista y descubrimiento, el relato de viajes ha invisibilizado la aportacion de numerosas escritoras que encontraron en el desplazamiento una via de emancipacion personal, intelectual y politica.

This book explores a simple but powerful idea.

This book explores a simple but powerful idea.

Above the Oxbow is a journey through the tangle of rich narratives surrounding Mount Holyoke, a locally cherished mountain in Western Massachusetts.

This is the interdisciplinary book combining environment, educational psychology, health issues, social aspect of governance & leadership and economics.

This is the interdisciplinary book combining environment, educational psychology, health issues, social aspect of governance & leadership and economics.

This book assesses the opportunities and outcomes for shared-action learning, participatory approaches, and university-community partnerships to support climate adaptation and climate justice in the US Caribbean.

This book assesses the opportunities and outcomes for shared-action learning, participatory approaches, and university-community partnerships to support climate adaptation and climate justice in the US Caribbean.

This book examines the political circumstances of Chinese immigrants in France within a broader political climate.

This book examines the political circumstances of Chinese immigrants in France within a broader political climate.

This volume presents biogeochemical research linked to climate change, soil and water acidification, and ecosystem eutrophication, highlighting the impact of human activities on biogeochemical cycles in coastal ecosystems.

This volume presents biogeochemical research linked to climate change, soil and water acidification, and ecosystem eutrophication, highlighting the impact of human activities on biogeochemical cycles in coastal ecosystems.

This book demonstrates how Africa’s celebrated green-energy transition rests on hidden structures of exploitation and inequality.

The application of resilience in spatial and urban planning is typically narrow: it usually focuses on urban ecosystems and infrastructures as objects for implementing resource-efficient settlement strategies.

This book comprehensively explores the design and use of railway systems through theoretical, spatial, economic, and regional lenses.

This book comprehensively explores the design and use of railway systems through theoretical, spatial, economic, and regional lenses.