Human geography

This book introduces a pathbreaking approach called ‘Avoidable Disaster Deaths’ (ADD) to reduce disaster deaths.

Volume 8 explores children and young people's lives at a time of rapid and profound change, through the lens of diverse global processes: economic globalisation, environmental degradation, international development, cultural change, climate change and environmental hazards.

Building on previous work in rural criminology, this book casts a global and comparative look across 19 countries, drawing on themes of crime and victimisation, safety and fear, practices of policing and police trust, and crime prevention practices.

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.

The aim of this monograph is to examine the impact of a new set of uncertainties on the socio-economic situation of people and societies and to provide research-based innovative approaches and methods for building socio-economic resilience in order to reduce vulnerability and promote the resilience of people and societies to shocks.

Post-development advocates and decolonial thinkers are calling for radical alternatives to development, but how do these ideals sit with the day-to-day reality of marginalised communities struggling with poverty, precarity, and the deprivation of human rights?

Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this book discusses the complexities of rebuilding cities amid wars and conflicts, highlighting the importance of harnessing global knowledge.

This book brings together diverse perspectives from a range of geographic settings and feature contributions from some of the key thinkers in the field.

Ethnography: The Basics introduces a broad and beginner audience to ethnography as a research methodology with diverse applications.

Auf über 270 Seiten bringt dieses Buch ein sehr komplexes Thema dem Leser näher.

El libro aborda cómo las organizaciones sociales de migrantes, las agencias estatales y las entidades supraestatales definen los intereses en torno de la migración, las vías legítimas para reclamar por recursos y reconocimientos y los criterios para determinar pertenencias y exclusiones.

Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern?

Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern?

Irland als europäisches Land lässt sich auf dem See- und mittlerweile auch auf dem Luftweg günstig erreichen und fasziniert durch seine einzigartigen Landschaften.

Stages of LiteratureThe sorcerer dawned with skills of voodoo.

The Art of Making Stone Love Stone was born of my inner journey through love, loss, and redemption; through the light at the end of grief and the resurrection through creativity.

In-spite of uninterrupted prosperity from 2003 until 2008 the main characteristic of the transition period in South-East European countries has been a plight and suffering of majority of population.

Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, offers a very full, intelligent and witty exploration into a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and the history of land ownership.

This book deals with foodscapes, which are still a relatively young field of research in the social sciences and were first addressed in the context of questions of spatial inequality in the mid-1990s.

Das Buch befasst sich mit Nahrungslandschaften, sogenannten ‚foodscapes‘, die ein noch recht junges Forschungsfeld der Sozialwissenschaften darstellen und im Kontext von Fragen der räumlichen Ungleichheit ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre erstmals thematisiert wurden.

The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area encompasses 292,500 acres in an 85-mile run of the Columbia River, beginning at the Sandy River about 17 miles east of Portland, Oregon, extending just beyond the Deschutes River to the east.

Das Buch befasst sich mit Nahrungslandschaften, sogenannten ‚foodscapes‘, die ein noch recht junges Forschungsfeld der Sozialwissenschaften darstellen und im Kontext von Fragen der räumlichen Ungleichheit ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre erstmals thematisiert wurden.

Parler de croissance conomique pour rduire la pauvret dans laquelle Hati se trouvecondamne parait inadquat aux nouvelles thories avances en macroconomie.

This book deals with foodscapes, which are still a relatively young field of research in the social sciences and were first addressed in the context of questions of spatial inequality in the mid-1990s.

Heretical Economics examines important economic questions of the day such as the effect of government spending and deficits, fluctuations in the construction of housing, the economic effects of immigration, and a variety of others.

What force compels people who are deeply concerned about the state of the earth to pollute on a daily basis?

The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), as the apex of the Coral Triangle, is considered the center of the center of marine biodiversity where the highest number of colorful reef and marine fishes, various sizes of corals and shells, myriad shapes of algae, and protective mangrove forests are found.

The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), as the apex of the Coral Triangle, is considered the center of the center of marine biodiversity where the highest number of colorful reef and marine fishes, various sizes of corals and shells, myriad shapes of algae, and protective mangrove forests are found.

Published in association with the RSPCA, the UK's leading animal welfare charity, this practical family guide is full of expert advice on how to choose tropical fish and how best to look after them.

Die Wiege des modernen Menschen stand in Afrika.

Estudio exploratorio y orientativo que permite conocer y describir la importancia que otorga el alumnado de la Universitat de València a las principales dimensiones que conforman el concepto del desarrollo humano, su relación con la formación universitaria que recibe y su percepción respecto a su internalización y vigencia en la vida universitaria.

La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha tenido un gran impacto sobre la vida de las personas.

Este libro los lectores encontrarán una guía de alto valor empírico y conceptual para emprender sus propios proyectos de investigación y discusión acerca de la planificación y ordenamiento territorial en Colombia.

Ever thought about all the people who lived in your house before you?

Este libro integra quince trabajos que aportan diferentes aspectos del problema del suelo en las ciudades de la región, desde una definición más precisa de la problemáticas a la luz de la Agenda, hasta la explicación de instrumentos político – normativos novedosos, promotores de una gestión urbana distinta implementados incluso con anterioridad a la aparición de la Nueva Agenda Urbana (NAU), pero acordes con sus principios y orientaciones.

La movilidad humana es un proceso que involucra constantes transformaciones sociales y espaciales.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Sasol Eerste Veldgids tot die Paddas van Suider-Afrika is ’n interessante gids tot die paddas van die streek.

Sasol Eerste Veldgids tot die Paddas van Suider-Afrika is ’n interessante gids tot die paddas van die streek.