Horses, Power and Place explores the evolution of humanity's relationship with horses, from early domestication through to the use of the horse as a draught animal, an agricultural, industrial and military asset, and an animal of sport and leisure.
Not your run-of-the-mill world history tome, this book takes readers on a fascinating journey through time to examine world history through the closely related discipline of geography.
Pour beaucoup, le développement durable est synonyme d'écologie, de protection de la nature ; or, comme le montre Yvette Veyret, professeur émérite de l'Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre la Défense, le développement durable est beaucoup plus que cela.
Écologie et Paysage : deux mots qui occupent une place centrale dans le débat environnemental et questionnent les enjeux de société qui leur sont liés.
This new edition introduces the fundamentals of passive microwave remote sensing of oceans, including the physical principles of microwave radiometry, novel observational data, their interpretation, and applications.
Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa - generating insights into its present and future trajectories, and assessing the freedom with which it is practiced.
Many applied researchers equate spatial statistics with prediction or mapping, but this book naturally extends linear models, which includes regression and ANOVA as pillars of applied statistics, to achieve a more comprehensive treatment of the analysis of spatially autocorrelated data.
This book addresses the intersections of gender, sexuality and social justice in relation to dominant development and policy discourses and interventions.
This book addresses the intersections of gender, sexuality and social justice in relation to dominant development and policy discourses and interventions.
This book provides designers, planners, educators, and therapists with the practical information required to remove inequity in outdoor spaces, by creating inviting and inclusive solutions so that all children and their families, regardless of situation or circumstance, can experience the joys and benefits of outdoor play without stigma.
This book provides designers, planners, educators, and therapists with the practical information required to remove inequity in outdoor spaces, by creating inviting and inclusive solutions so that all children and their families, regardless of situation or circumstance, can experience the joys and benefits of outdoor play without stigma.
Au XIIe siècle, la cour sicilienne du roi normand Roger II est un véritable lieu de rencontre entre le monde byzantin, le monde arabe et le monde latin, ce qui fait de Palerme un important centre de production et de transmission de savoirs scientifiques et philosophiques.
The uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in the midwest During the Great Migration, Black Americans sought new lives in midwestern small towns only to confront the pervasive efforts of white residents determined to maintain their area's preferred cultural and racial identity.
First published in 1988, Africa examines the varied pattern of development in the continent, the progress and the disappointments experienced, and the prospects.
Considering sustainability as a flawed and restrictive term in practice, Sustainable Futures for Climate Adaptation argues that we must radically adapt humanity and reform society, cities, buildings, and our approach to migration in order to coexist in harmony with our natural environments.
In the literature on forced migration, little is known about the experiences of Iraqi refugees resettled in the United States through the US Refugee Admissions, Reception and Placement Program.
This groundbreaking book delves deep into the history of AI, the major techniques and algorithms of machine learning and deep learning, and the critical role of data sources and processing in these disciplines.
Recurring and worsening flood incidence around the world has necessitated the understanding and strengthening of community-based flood risk management from an international perspective.
Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa - generating insights into its present and future trajectories, and assessing the freedom with which it is practiced.
First published in 1988, Africa examines the varied pattern of development in the continent, the progress and the disappointments experienced, and the prospects.
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.
This book is the first to focus on state-led 'extractive bargains,' designed to reach a social consensus on the extent of extractive activities, how they should be governed and their negative consequences mitigated.
Si hay una imagen que resume a Colombia es la idea de diversidad en cuanto a escenarios naturales y grupos sociales que la habitan, los cuales han creado imaginarios que apuntan más a la divergencia que a la unidad, dando forma a una cultura nacional que se escabulle en medio de la riqueza de expresiones locales de todo tipo.
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 volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria's Geographical Guide, whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography.
This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States.
This volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria's Geographical Guide, whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography.
Grand European Expresses (1962) examines the trains de luxe of the International Sleeping Car and European Express Trains Company, from the Orient Express of the 1880s to the car-sleepers of the 1960s.
Grand European Expresses (1962) examines the trains de luxe of the International Sleeping Car and European Express Trains Company, from the Orient Express of the 1880s to the car-sleepers of the 1960s.
The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance traces how manifestations of Latine self-determination in contemporary US theatre and performance practices affirm the value of Latine life in a theatrical culture that has a legacy of misrepresentation and erasure.
›Die Erfindung des Vollmonds‹ ist ein fesselndes Sachbuch, das sich in die Tiefen des menschlichen Bewusstseins wagt und dabei eine ebenso faszinierende wie wissenschaftlich fundierte Reise durch die Vielschichtigkeit der Wahrnehmung unternimmt.
Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society is a comprehensive guide that provides insights into the multifaceted relationship between climate change and society and covers a wide array of topics, disciplines, and cultures, from the latest trends in weather patterns to the issue of climate (in)justice.
