Visual Arts Practice and Affect brings together a group of artist scholars to explore how visual arts can offer unique insights into the understanding of place, memory and affect.
Caribbean Island Movements explores the different ways in which being mobile is central to the production and reproduction of social identities on the Caribbean island of Culebra.
Theorising Literary Islands is a literary and cultural study of both how and why the trope of the island functions within contemporary popular Robinsonade narratives.
The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report (2000) "e;Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making"e; set a landmark in the ongoing controversy over large dams.
This book offers insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry and analyses current challenges in the aviation and hospitality industry, destination management and general travel behaviour.
Das Handbuch Offenlandmanagement bietet Grundlagen und Konzepte, mit deren Hilfe wertvolle Offenlandschaften in der Kulturlandschaft Mitteleuropas erhalten, gestaltet und entwickelt werden können.
Stark bearbeitet und erweitert stellt das Buch industriespezifische und branchenübergreifend gültige logistische Designprinzipien erfolgreicher Netzmodelle in den Bereichen Industrie, Handel und Transportdienstleistung vor.
Employing state-of-the art quantitative models and case studies, Location Theory and Decision Analysis provides the methodologies behind the siting of such facilities as transportation terminals, warehouses, housing, landfills, state parks and industrial plants.
Preface - Introduction 1 Heiderose Kilper "e;New Disparities in Spatial Development in Europe"e; - several topics are included in both the title and theme of the German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy for the Year 2009.
Eine ernsthafte Diskussion über die Problematik des Klimawandels ist schwierig - vor allem wegen der wissenschaftlichen Unsicherheit über Ausmaß und Geschwindigkeit, aber ebenso wegen der Komplexität der Materie, die nur disziplinübergreifend erfolgversprechend bearbeitet werden kann.
Modern Iran is a country with two significant but competing discourses of national identity, one stemming from ancient pre-Islamic customs and mythology, the other from Islamic Shi'i practices and beliefs.
Modern Iran is a country with two significant but competing discourses of national identity, one stemming from ancient pre-Islamic customs and mythology, the other from Islamic Shi'i practices and beliefs.
This book explores contemporary migration by boat through the intertwined, and under-explored, elements of empirical data, governance and geopolitics, and discourses.
Spaces and Politics of Motherhood offers a fresh perspective on maternity based on original qualitative research from the United Kingdom and the United States.
African Independence highlights the important role Africa has played in recent history and the significant role it will continue to play in the future of America and the globe.
We have been living and working in the information society for decades, yet still we struggle to understand and keep up in the face of its constant flux and vast scope.
Ethnic diversity has marked the United States from its inception, and it is impossible to separate ethnicity from an understanding of the United States as a country and "e;Americans"e; as a people.
During the past decade, the world reached the point of becoming more urban than not, as the majority of people on the planet now live not in small towns or villages but in provincial, national, and global cities.
African Independence highlights the important role Africa has played in recent history and the significant role it will continue to play in the future of America and the globe.
The rivalry between India and Pakistan has proven to be one of the world's most intractable international conflicts, ever since 1947 when the British botched their departure from the South Asian subcontinent.
This thematic encyclopedia examines contemporary and historical Saudi Arabia, with entries that fall under such themes as geography, history, government and politics, religion and thought, food, etiquette, media, and much more.
Sustainable Planet is a two-volume resource that provides comprehensive coverage on the world's most pressing environmental issues, their impact in countries around the world, and how-or if-they are being addressed.
This two-volume set offers a comprehensive overview of major challenges faced by cities worldwide in the 21st century, and how cities in different geographic, economic, and political conditions are finding solutions to them.
This one-volume thematic encyclopedia examines life in contemporary India, with topical sections focusing on geography, history, government and politics, economy, social classes and ethnicity, religion, food, etiquette, literature and drama, and more.
This two-volume encyclopedia looks at the lives of teenagers around the world, examining topics from a typical school day to major issues that teens face today, including bullying, violence, sexuality, and social and financial pressures.
This extensive reference examines extreme political movements and the political, cultural, and economic conditions that breed them, from the alt-right in the United States to the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen and the question of Taiwan's independence.
