Human geography

Global warming reveals that world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path.

Human impact on natural landscapes through urbanization and agricultural expansion are becoming more and more dramatic and are the cause of serious environmental problems.

It must be acknowledged that any solutions to anthropogenic Global Climate Change (GCC) are interdependent and ultimately inseparable from both its causes and consequences.

From tourist paradises to immigrant detention camps, from offshore finance centres to strategic military bases, islands offer distinct identities and spaces in an increasingly homogenous and placeless world.

Space is the first accessible text which provides a comprehensive examination of approaches that have crossed between such diverse fields as philosophy, physics, architecture, sociology, anthropology, and geography.

Religious diversity is an ever present, and increasingly visible, reality in cities across the world.

Rural regions in Europe are evolving under powerful boundary conditions such as globalisation, socio-cultural transformations and climate change, which in turn increases natural hazards.

Environmental Impact Assessments and Mitigation examines various assessments for developmental projects in the housing, mining, energy, and waste management areas.

This book examines interreligious dialogue from a European perspective.

The purpose of the book is to elaborate a planning theory which departs from the plethora of theories which reflect the conditions of developed countries of the North-West.

In all cultures and times, the poetic imagination has fed on the natural attributes of islands.

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism?

This book is the latest and most comprehensive reference to the regional geography of Spain, taking into account emergent issues such as biodiversity, climate change and nationalism.

Focusing on democratization, flexibilization, ethnic diversity and restructuring of transitional and emerging states, this volume analyzes the changes and challenges for administrative structures at the beginning of the 21st century, from a geographical perspective.

Geology and Natural Resources of Nigeria is an up to date and comprehensive overview of the geological framework of the continental crust of Nigeria, its evolution, and the natural resources it holds.

This book is an effort to draw attention to the resilience of traditional knowledge systems for a sustainable future in the Himalayas with a particular focus on agriculture and food practices.

Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe examines the transformation of post-industrial cities after the precipitous collapse of big industry in the 1980s on both sides of the Atlantic, presenting a holistic approach to restoring post-industrial cities.

This book addresses two interrelated discourses of crisis in contemporary Europe: the migrant crisis vs.

Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationals is overwhelmingly local, in spite of their global operations in manufacturing and sales through case studies of produce development by three global players: Toyota, Sony, and Canon.

The consequences of recent floods and flash floods in many parts of the world have been devastating.

Securitizing Immigration deals with the growing concern for immigration as a matter of security at the EU level.

It is increasingly argued that a focus on environmental sustainability is fundamental to effective and equitable governance, and ultimately for the good of mankind.

COVID-19, a novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted our society in many ways.

This book presents fresh ways of thinking about the future for all those involved in conceiving, planning, designing, funding, constructing, occupying and managing the built environment, to face the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that lie ahead over the next few decades.

This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India's many place names.

This book examines Africa-Europe relationships and intra-Africa relationships vis-a-vis migration.

In light of its upcoming centenary in 2016, the time seems ripe to ask: why, how and in what ways has memory of Ireland's 1916 Rising persisted over the decades?

Originally published in 1961, this book was the first comprehensive work on South African geography that also presented a balanced account of all facets of the economic life.

Detention and deportation have become keystones of immigration and border enforcement policies around the world.

This one-volume handbook explores the history of Taiwan, from its prehistory to its Japanese colonization to its tumultuous relationship with China in the 21st century.

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.

First published in 1999, the main feature of this book is its multidisciplinary nature, since the book focuses on the complexity of spatial/ economic networks from several methodological points of view.

This volume is a multidisciplinary approach to the subject of Indian international emigration and comprises contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists and historians.

How can human communities sustain a long-term existence on a small planet?

This volume introduces the notion of 'relational planning' through a collection of theoretical and empirical contributions that explore the making of heterogeneous associations in the planning practice.

CROSS REF DEV STUDIES Both Africa and the Middle East have sought alternatives to Western models of development.

This book examines geographical names, place-names, and toponymy from philosophical and cultural evolutionary perspectives.

This book surveys and critiques existing empirical and theoretical literature on the Bourdieu-informed concept of transnational habitus.

This book focuses on the intersection of place and overall community health thereby focusing on some of the most critical contemporary social problems, including the opioid crisis, suicide, socioeconomic status and ethnicity, mental illness, crime, homelessness, green criminology, and social and environmental justice.

This timely volume discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment.

This book addresses how economic spaces dynamically change within the context of the global knowledge-based economy.

Since a great variety of topics covering the economic aspects of human societies have been discussed, it is hoped that the work shall be of immense help to the planners, policy makers, regional planners, students, teachers, and experts of environmental protection and management.

This book is a collection of selected papers presented in the 2012 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in New York honoring James O.

Foreign Policy in Greenland will shed light on what kind of competences Greenland has in IR and how Greenland undertakes foreign policy, while still being a self-governing territory underneath Danish jurisdiction.

The environmental setting within the Central Sahara was subject to considerable changes during Late Quaternary, mainly driven by major global climate variations, although human impact increased constantly since Early Holocene.

Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic and social issues on a global scale is not only characterized by complex problems and long-term strategies but also by differences and disagreements with regard to its meanings and how they should be realised.

American Colonial Spaces in the Philippines tells the story of U.

This volume discusses the entry of Greece and Turkey to NATO in 1952 from the perspective of history and international relations.