Economic geography

Locational research has long been concerned with industrial plants and the site selection of retail stores.

While creativity plays an important role in the advancement of computer science, great ideas are built on a foundation of practical experience and knowledge.

In social science terms, the `Arctic' is a relative, not an absolute concept, relating to several dimensions, such as constitutional and geographic status, remoteness, socioeconomic status, and demographic/anthropological factors.

This edited collection examines the various influences, relationships, and developments beer has had from distinctly spatial perspectives.

North-East India, comprising the seven contiguous states around Assam, the principal state of the region, is a relatively unknown, yet very fascinating region.

This book contributes to the literature on Geographical Indications (GIs) by providing key theoretical reflections from a five-year review process on the potential of GIs for agri-food products in Southern Africa.

The broad spectrum of topics surrounding what is termed the 'knowledge economy' has attracted increasing attention from the scientific community in recent years.

Today, India still remains a rural agricultural country although the share of urban population has also increased but these figures do not tell the whole story.

This volume of 18 chapters is the work of more than 30 authors, many of whom are natives of the Central Asian region or are researchers who have dedicated a large part of their working lives to studying the development dynamics in this vast and fascinating region.

This volume enables readers to understand the complexity associated with climate change policy and the science behind it.

The intellectual renaissance of human geography has included a widespread engagement between its economic and cultural subdisciplines.

Quality of life (QOL) research in tourism has gained much momentum over the last two decades.

This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level.

Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance.

Population ageing has been going on for many decades, but population shrinking is a rather new phenomenon.

Essays in Economics and Other Cheerful Themes is a collection of pieces on economy, polity and society, written by a social scientist over a number of years.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This 57th edition of the Development Co-operation Report is intended to align development co-operation with today's most urgent global priorities, from the rising threat of climate change to the flagging response to the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda.

For those in developed nations, suddenly being without electricity is a disaster: power cuts have us fretting over the food stored in the freezer, and even a few hours without lights, televisions, or air conditioning is an ordeal.

La agricultura periurbana está adquiriendo en los últimos tiempos un gran interés analítico y prospectivo en el marco de las renovadas políticas agroalimentarias y de planificación territorial.

Durante años, el principal objetivo de las investigaciones urbanas en España consistió en estudiar las raíces del intenso proceso urbanizador asociado a la burbuja inmobiliaria.

Todo el mundo percibe y relaciona la corrupcion con valores eticos y morales, pero es menos frecuente que el enfoque sea economico.