Human geography

Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life.

At the heart of this book is the argument that the fact that so many post-structuralist French intellectuals have a strong 'colonial' connection, usually with Algeria, cannot be a coincidence.

Diasporic Mobilities on Vacation is a nuanced exploration of the embodied and affective practices of Moroccans from Europe visiting Morocco for summer vacation.

Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written from a non-indigenous perspective.

This accessible and engaging text explores the relationship between philosophy, science and physical geography.

Does human mortality after age 110 continue to rise, level off, or start to decline?

South-South Development examines the historical background for the current situation: why it suddenly took off again approximately a decade ago; the various vectors of engagement and how they are interrelated; the actors involved; how the revitalisation of South-South development has affected development cooperation 'as it was'; and finally, how it affects the rest of the Global South.

Like the railroad and the automobile, the airliner has changed the very geography of the societies it serves.

Encounters in Planning Thought builds on the intellectual legacy of spatial planning through essays by leading scholars from around the world, including John Friedmann, Peter Marcuse, Patsy Healey, Andreas Faludi, Judith Innes, Rachelle Alterman and many more.

The inspiring story of a young ornithologist who reintroduced puffins where none had been seen for a century   Project Puffin is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast.

The last decade has seen important changes taking place in the tax regimes of many European countries.

The American Reaper adopts a network approach to account for the international diffusion of harvesting technology from North America, from the invention of the reaper through to the formation of a dominant transnational corporation, International Harvester.

The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.

This book looks at how Australia's migrant population composition is likely to change over coming decades.

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing amount of research on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and innovation.

Men and women experience the city differently: in relation to housing assets, use of transport, relative mobility, spheres of employment and a host of domestic and caring responsibilities.

This book outlines how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci, and methodological techniques of cultural geography make sense of the 'culture wars' that define our time.

This book considers the meaning of the term, considers the value and characteristics of Google Earth, and discusses the main driving forces of landscape change.

This book throws new light on the study of India's development through an exploration of the triangular relationship between federalism, nationalism and the development process.

How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind's most basic need to comprehend the universe it inhabits, both from a modern scientific perspective and from countless other cultural standpoints, extending right back to early prehistory.

This is the first attempt, using Canadian data and econometric techniques, to study property crime as rational economic behaviour.

This book introduces the beginning student to the major concepts, materials and tools of the discipline of geography.

This interdisciplinary volume links dis/ability and agency by exploring LatDisCrit's theory and activist emancipatory practice.

The frequency and intensity of climate shocks such as heatwaves and flooding, are expected to increase under a changing climate with severe implications across the food, energy, water, environment nexus.

Why is it that modern architects and planners - these benevolent and socially visionary experts - have created environments that can make one feel so uneasy?

This book critically explores the political ecology of human marginalization, wildlife conservation and the role of the state in politicizing conservation frameworks, drawing on examples from forests in India.

An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala.

This debate style textbook allows students to explore diverse, well-founded views on controversial African issues, pushing them to go beyond superficial interpretations and complicate and ground their understanding of the continent.

This book carries out a comparative analysis of the power struggles over the post-neoliberal social security reforms in Venezuela and Ecuador.

This book explores the relationship between the sciences of representation and the strategy of landscape valorisation.

Contemporary migration involves a dramatic paradox.

This textbook provides a comprehensive and very detailed insight into Chinese Contemporary Geography in English.

The first edition of Place and Experience established Jeff Malpas as one of the leading philosophers and thinkers of place and space and provided a creative and refreshing alternative to prevailing post-structuralist and postmodern theories of place.

The People's Property?

What kind of science do we need today and tomorrow?

This book explores diverse communities living in Central Asia and the Caucasus, who are generally gathered under the umbrella term of 'Gypsies', their multidimensional identities, self-appellations and labels given to them by surrounding populations, researcher and policy-makers.

Environmental and Human Security: Then and Now 1 2 ALAN D.

This book brings to life the remarkable stories of five exceptional international development leaders and influencers: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Domingo Cavallo, Ela Bhatt, Dzingai Mutumbuka, and Adolfo Figueroa.

This interdisciplinary book addresses the highly relevant debates about authenticity in North America, providing a contemporary re-examination of American culture, tourism and commodification of place.

Cultural geography is a major, vibrant subdiscipline of human geography.

This is the first book on social capital and trust informed by a critical geographical perspective.

Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2021 (The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain)"e;It will become the standard work on the subject.

This book offers a unique comparative assessment of the evolution of immigration detention systems in European Union member states since the onset of the "e;refugee crisis.

Workers who loaded and unloaded ships have formed a distinctive occupational group over the past two centuries.