Settlement, urban and rural geography

This book takes it as a given that the city is made of multiple partially localized assemblages built of heterogeneous networks, spaces, and practices.

This book takes it as a given that the city is made of multiple partially localized assemblages built of heterogeneous networks, spaces, and practices.

Photographs display attitudes, agency and vision in the way cities are documented and imagined.

Photographs display attitudes, agency and vision in the way cities are documented and imagined.

This original collection examines how architectural ideas, social models and building forms circulate round the world and become mediated and adapted to local conditions.

This original collection examines how architectural ideas, social models and building forms circulate round the world and become mediated and adapted to local conditions.

During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times - both a symptom and a symbol of new social values.

During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times - both a symptom and a symbol of new social values.

From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable.

From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable.

Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban environments.

Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban environments.

"e;Through artistic imaginaries, media productions, social practices and spatial mappings, this book offers an insightful and original contribution to the understanding of Rio de Janeiro, one of the highly contested urban terrains in the world.

"e;Through artistic imaginaries, media productions, social practices and spatial mappings, this book offers an insightful and original contribution to the understanding of Rio de Janeiro, one of the highly contested urban terrains in the world.

A unique comparative study based on funded research, of eleven city regions across three continents looking at changes over the last 30 years.

A unique comparative study based on funded research, of eleven city regions across three continents looking at changes over the last 30 years.

An Introduction to Population Geographies provides a foundation to the incredibly diverse, topical and interesting field of twenty-first-century population geography.

Transcultural Cities uses a framework of transcultural placemaking, cross-disciplinary inquiry and transnational focus to examine a collection of case studies around the world, presented by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and activists in architecture, urban planning, urban studies, art, environmental psychology, geography, political science, and social work.

Transcultural Cities uses a framework of transcultural placemaking, cross-disciplinary inquiry and transnational focus to examine a collection of case studies around the world, presented by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and activists in architecture, urban planning, urban studies, art, environmental psychology, geography, political science, and social work.

Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West.

Democracy, Citizenship and the Global City focuses on the controversial, neglected theme of citizenship.

Democracy, Citizenship and the Global City focuses on the controversial, neglected theme of citizenship.

Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West.

Asylum seeking and the global city are two major contemporary subjects of analysis to emerge both in the literature and in public and official discourses on human rights, urban socioeconomic change and national security.

Asylum seeking and the global city are two major contemporary subjects of analysis to emerge both in the literature and in public and official discourses on human rights, urban socioeconomic change and national security.

This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance.

This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance.

Does the concept of ethnicity divide the oppressed or unite minorities?

Does the concept of ethnicity divide the oppressed or unite minorities?

After millions of migrants moved from China's countryside into its sprawling cities a unique kind of 'informal' urban enclave was born - 'villages in the city'.

After millions of migrants moved from China's countryside into its sprawling cities a unique kind of 'informal' urban enclave was born - 'villages in the city'.

In the twentieth century, urban growth was one of the most powerful catalysts of geographical, social and demographic change in the Western world.

In the twentieth century, urban growth was one of the most powerful catalysts of geographical, social and demographic change in the Western world.

Southeast Asia: A Region in Transition, first published in 1991, is a contemporary human geography of the 'market' economies of the region usually defined by membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Southeast Asia: A Region in Transition, first published in 1991, is a contemporary human geography of the 'market' economies of the region usually defined by membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention.

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention.

Over the last century, psychoanalysis has transformed the ways in which we think about our relationships with others.

Over the last century, psychoanalysis has transformed the ways in which we think about our relationships with others.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs.

The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs.

This book is an investigation of the cultural phenomenon of branding and its transformational effects on the contemporary spatial - and urban - reality.

This book is an investigation of the cultural phenomenon of branding and its transformational effects on the contemporary spatial - and urban - reality.

The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.

The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.

In a groundbreaking longitudinal study, researches studied seven similar social housing neighbourhoods in Ireland to determine what factors affected their liveability.

In a groundbreaking longitudinal study, researches studied seven similar social housing neighbourhoods in Ireland to determine what factors affected their liveability.

Published in 1998, Societies In Making IIs 89 is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.