Settlement, urban and rural geography

The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications.

The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications.

This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo.

This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo.

Since the 1970s, the field of political geography has undergone a significant transformation, where new methodologies have been implemented to investigate the exercise of the power of the state within the urban environment.

Since the 1970s, the field of political geography has undergone a significant transformation, where new methodologies have been implemented to investigate the exercise of the power of the state within the urban environment.

In the second half of the twentieth century, significant changes were occurring within the agricultural industry, including an increase in efficiency and government intervention, as well as expanded and more complicated patterns of trade.

In the second half of the twentieth century, significant changes were occurring within the agricultural industry, including an increase in efficiency and government intervention, as well as expanded and more complicated patterns of trade.

This wide-ranging volume, first published in 1983, reflects the increasing scope of the field of rural geography in the second half of the twentieth century.

This wide-ranging volume, first published in 1983, reflects the increasing scope of the field of rural geography in the second half of the twentieth century.

Urban problems and their resolution represent one of the major challenges for planners and decision makers in the modern world.

Urban problems and their resolution represent one of the major challenges for planners and decision makers in the modern world.

Hong Kong is a small city with a big reputation.

Hong Kong is a small city with a big reputation.

This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.

This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.

Urban conditions are crucial to our experience of modernity, and, as reflected by art, literature and popular culture, have influenced contemporary ideas of what urban life is about.

Urban conditions are crucial to our experience of modernity, and, as reflected by art, literature and popular culture, have influenced contemporary ideas of what urban life is about.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification.

The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification.

Architecturally Speaking is an international collection of essays by leading architects, artists and theorists of locality and space.

Architecturally Speaking is an international collection of essays by leading architects, artists and theorists of locality and space.

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

In 1800 London was already the largest city in the world, and over the course of the next century its population grew rapidly, reaching over seven million by 1914.

The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and scholars in urban studies and allied fields.

The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and scholars in urban studies and allied fields.

Cities continue to be key sites for the production and contestation of inequalities generated by an ongoing but troubled neoliberal project.

Cities continue to be key sites for the production and contestation of inequalities generated by an ongoing but troubled neoliberal project.

When this title was first published in 1981, growing concern for the future of cities and those who inhabited them, stimulated by trends in global urbanisation, had resulted in much emphasis being placed on a problem-solving approach to the study of the city.

When this title was first published in 1981, growing concern for the future of cities and those who inhabited them, stimulated by trends in global urbanisation, had resulted in much emphasis being placed on a problem-solving approach to the study of the city.

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concerns of the modern society.

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concerns of the modern society.

Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the country's main urban region.

Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the country's main urban region.

This edited collection, first published in 1981, presents a discussion of the urban problems faced in the developed world, and addresses the plans and policies devised by governments to solve them.

This edited collection, first published in 1981, presents a discussion of the urban problems faced in the developed world, and addresses the plans and policies devised by governments to solve them.

There is endless talk about the need for an urban renaissance; can it happen in the real world?

There is endless talk about the need for an urban renaissance; can it happen in the real world?

A substantial proportion of the world's population now live in towns and cities, so it is not surprising that urban geography has emerged as a major focus for research.

A substantial proportion of the world's population now live in towns and cities, so it is not surprising that urban geography has emerged as a major focus for research.

Urban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to urban culture, form and society.

Urban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to urban culture, form and society.

Writing Spaces examines some of the most important discourses in spatial theory of the last four decades, and considers their impact within the built environment disciplines.

Writing Spaces examines some of the most important discourses in spatial theory of the last four decades, and considers their impact within the built environment disciplines.

To date, no one volume in the Innovations in GIS series has been given over to solely highlighting the use of up-to-date GIS-based techniques in a range of socio-economic applications.