Human geography

'Traveller-specific' architecture in Ireland and permanently 'temporary' sites in the UK embody an insoluble contradiction - as systems of control, policing and strategic neglect, and as a cultural right, an alternative to housing that recognizes the dignity of choice.

This book provides insight into the importance and impacts that experiential learning has in geographic education.

What will the world be like in 2050?

This book looks at recent initiatives for river restoration and riverfront development intended to contribute to making Asian cities resilient, inclusive and less polluted.

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.

This book discusses how rural built heritage preservation and development in the Chinese ethnic area in Tongren, China has been strongly addressed by the labeling, planning, project-making, follow-up management characterized by different patterns of stakeholders.

Public Los Angeles is a collection of unpublished essays by scholar Don Parson focusing on little-known characters and histories located in the first half of twentieth-century Los Angeles.

The built environment is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the integration of cutting-edge geospatial technologies.

This book presents contemporary trends and challenges in agricultural land use, drawing on an array of global case studies.

What will the world be like in 2050?

Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field.

The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre.

Situating safari tourism within the discourses and practices of development, Selling the Serengeti examines the relationship between the Maasai people of northern Tanzania and the extraordinary influence of foreign-owned ecotourism and big-game hunting companies.

This visually compelling book delves into the urgent reality of our changing climate.

Based on sociolinguistic analysis methods, theoretical analysis or empirical research was conducted on 39 keywords related to rural reform, peasant behaviour and peasant politics in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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

'Traveller-specific' architecture in Ireland and permanently 'temporary' sites in the UK embody an insoluble contradiction - as systems of control, policing and strategic neglect, and as a cultural right, an alternative to housing that recognizes the dignity of choice.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully.

At the time of the publication of this book in its fourth edition in 1969, Ireland was alone globally in having experienced a decline of population for more than a century.

Reimagining the garden as a vital metaphysical framework for understanding the intricate relationships between health, well-being, and the environment, the book proposes a holistic, ecologically sensitive model that integrates mind, body, nature, and community.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.

This book presents approaches to landscape modelling not only from geography but also from various related disciplines, especially from applied mathematics, computer science, and geophysics.

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully.

Urban agriculture is increasingly considered an important part of creating just and sustainable cities.

This handbook brings together a collection of seminal research on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and investigates the effectiveness of the 17 goals for achieving transformative change toward sustainable development.

The Monumental is an interdisciplinary collection of original, cutting-edge contributions by international researchers pursuing the epistemology and ontology of monuments over time and geography.

European Immigration Policy is devoted to the problems of minorities and immigrants within the European Community.

Do, Die, or Get Along weaves together voices of twenty-six people who have intimate connections to two neighboring towns in the southwestern Virginia coal country.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) have become an essential technology used in navigation, positioning, and timing applications in meteorology, environmental monitoring, disaster management, and space exploration.

This book provides a rich analysis of the intangible legacies of mega-events and their impact on youth citizenship and civic engagement.

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.

Cet ouvrage se veut une synthèse de diverses connaissances sur les barrages dans le monde et une exploration d’autres voies susceptibles d’aider à la transition énergétique.

The problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters.

The book focuses on the urban dimension of "e;global China"e;, especially regarding the impacts of its urbanising dynamics on the (re)imaginings and manifestations of global urban futures.

Sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture.

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the worlds oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.