Human geography

Debate still rages over some of the questions Doreen Massey provoked in the classic first edition of Spatial Divisions of Labor, such as the nature of theory, the importance of contingency and uniqueness, and the relationship of Marxism.

This book studies human settlements in China in terms of Human Settlements Trialism in 4 typical human settlement types: valley, plain, hilly, and arid regions.

This book reviews photographic portrayals of contemporary Italian migrants living in the area between Lausanne and Geneva in Switzerland (Arc Lemanique).

During the twentieth century, especially during World War II, female geologists were potrayed as having a glamourous and unique job.

From the vantage point of rural grandparents' mediated structure of feelings, this book explores changing family intimacy and dynamics in contemporary rural China in relation to media.

To subvert the metronormativity of queer urban studies and re-place queer suburbanism, Queerburbia examines LGBTQ2S place-making/unmaking/remaking on the peripheries of Canada's three largest city-regions (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal), investigating print media and census representations, civic and para-public allyship, individual and collective activism, and everyday practices of living and dreaming as revealed through photo-elicitation interviews and collective counter-mapping that together unmake and remake suburban places as queer.

This international and interdisciplinary handbook offers a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of contemporary research, theory, and practice in the geographies of religion in various parts of the world and with different populations.

In the age of climate change, psychology and design have been employed through impromptu collaborations to validate solutions and future scenarios.

This international and interdisciplinary handbook offers a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of contemporary research, theory, and practice in the geographies of religion in various parts of the world and with different populations.

The Lowland South American World showcases cutting-edge research on the anthropology of Lowland South America, providing both an in-depth knowledge of Lowland South American life ways and engaging readers in urgent social, environmental, and political issues in the contemporary world.

During the twentieth century, especially during World War II, female geologists were potrayed as having a glamourous and unique job.

A Times Best Art Book of the Year, 2024'A riot of a book' Country Life's Books of the Year, 2024The modern art market was born on a single night.

This title was first published in 2000.

This timely and innovative book delves into the complex interplay of human activities and natural limits in generating today's sustainability challenges.

Takezawa, Harrison, Tanabe, and their contributors present a multi-sited, transnational, and intercultural perspective on racism, shifting its emphasis away from the conventional North Atlantic interpretive frameworks to better understand its fundamental nature.

Originally published in 1985, Women Attached was one of the first empirical studies in geography to deal with the special problems of women with young children.

Love and Sexuality in Social Theory considers the role that love and sexuality play in private and public life.

Kriging can be used to determine optimal unbiased predictions for regionalized variables and has been shown to be a powerful tool in slope reliability analysis for reliability-based design.

The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns.

In this book, the author explains the major strategies pursued by the United States of America, which govern its vision of itself and define the features of its role in the international system.

The book project strives to establish and interpret the experiences and realities of African migration using African epistemology and philosophy.

The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world's vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps.

India is the fastest growing and the world's third-largest economy in terms of GDP in PPP terms.

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In Plantation Worlds, Maan Barua interrogates debates on planetary transformations through the histories and ecologies of plantations.

Water is an integral part of our daily lives, yet most of us have little idea about how much water we use to maintain our lifestyles and the extent to which our lifestyles pollute and degrade water resources.

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores and analyses the field of the blue humanities through an Australian lens.

In the scholarship of urbanism, small towns are overlooked and understudied.

Designed Forests: A Cultural History explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest's influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and pitfalls of "e;forest thinking"e; for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today.

This book investigates African philosophical contributions to the concept of deep ecology, which advocates for rethinking human and non-human relationships within our ecosystems, by promoting the inherent and earned worth of all beings.

The TransNav 2013 Symposium held at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland in June 2013 has brought together a wide range of participants from all over the world.

This second edition focuses on Tropical Dry Forests (TDF) in the Americas and provides a comprehensive overview of new studies conducted in the last decade, giving new insights into the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics.

As human and machine agency become increasingly intermingled and digital media is overlaid onto the urban landscape, The machinic city argues that performance art can help us to understand contemporary urban living.

This innovative textbook on the theories, approaches and methodologies that inform political geography is brought together by past and present editors of the journal of the same name.

This innovative textbook on the theories, approaches and methodologies that inform political geography is brought together by past and present editors of the journal of the same name.

The Handbook for the Future of Work offers a timely and critical analysis of the transformative forces shaping work and employment in the twenty-first century.

Originally published in 1985, Women Attached was one of the first empirical studies in geography to deal with the special problems of women with young children.

Fully revised and updated in its third edition, this timely book brings together the study of conflict and war and the problems surrounding the economic development of developing societies that are most prone to experiencing problems in moving on after war.

The book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic.

Contested Airport Land draws attention to the accelerating airport development in the Global South.

This edited collection investigates gender-sensitive spaces, design practices, and provocations that challenge the complex social and material structures that shape inequities of access and inclusion in the urban environment.

Economic diplomacy has become more notable in recent years, helping developing nations like Bangladesh maximise their national interests.