Human geography

Published in the year 1986, Uneven Development and Regionalism is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.

This book is intended as a philosophical introduction to geo-ontologies, in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, where philosophy plays a fundamental, though still unexplored, role.

The principal barrier to the introduction of more sustainable disposal methods has previously been thought to be the lack of both available knowledge and an awareness of the benefits and ease of these systems.

Presenting a broad range of case studies, this book explores rural social movements contesting natural resource development initiatives.

This book examines domestic extremism and what is popularly referred to as radicalization.

This book, originally published in 1983, drawing material from Europe, the USA, the Soviet Union and the Developing World, provides a comprehensive review of the key issues in medical geography.

Census data is widely used by practitioners to understand demographic change, allocate resources, address inequalities, and make sound business decisions.

The texts of the book focus on the problems and challenges of urban change, especially in Europe, in the contemporary context of intense mobility.

Water is an essential element in the future of cities.

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies.

This book provides an outstanding collection of interdisciplinary and international essays examining the food-place relationship.

In 1878 Karl Marx developed the reproduction schema: his model of how total capital is produced and reproduced.

With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, this work represents a unique and important resource that examines the many relationships between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe.

Urban planning is undergoing a period of transformation across Europe, with a major trend towards increased urban competition, national deregulation and greater private sector influence.

Rural Regeneration in the UK provides an accessible yet critical overview of rural regeneration policy and governance in the UK.

This edited collection explores the notion of Italianness - or Italianita - through migration history.

The book provides the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics restructuring China's manufacturing industries from the evolutionary economic geography perspective.

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.

Contemporary processes of economic, social, political and cultural restructuring are having profound impacts on the form and function of rural areas within the countries of the European Union and beyond.

This book was first published in 1980.

Economic geographers increasingly consider the significance of history in shaping the contemporary socio-economic landscape, and increasingly believe that experiences and competencies, acquired over time by individuals and entities in particular localities, to a large degree determine present configurations as well as future regional trajectories.

For decades now we have been told that we are living through a governance revolution.

First published in 1979.

This book highlights the new urban-rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China.

Explores the political and social consequences of establishing a new legal system in the wake of violent conflict.

Most architectural books written by practising architects fall into two categories: theoretical texts, or monographs that describe and illustrate the author's projects.

The Caribbean is made up of a complex, enigmatic region, characterised by great disparities in size, population, geography, history, language, religion, race and politics.

This book presents new conceptual and methodological approaches to studying religiosity in Europe.

The Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme was a seven-year research and development programme in Malawi that concluded in March 2017.

Groundwater is becoming increasingly scarce while the demand for water continues to grow at a global scale.

This book provides empirically driven discussions and investigations in the relevance of Actor Network Theory (ANT) and its theoretical concepts.

The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned, and governed 'reality' of the state apparatus at both the local and national level.

From our earliest schooldays, we are shown the world as a colorful collage of countries, each defined by their own immutable borders.

This book explores connections between activist debates about food sovereignty and academic debates about alternative food networks.

This book considers the full sweep of Haitian community invention and recreation in a multitude of national territories, with an eye toward the "e;place"e; factors that shape the everyday lives of Haitian migrants.

Faced with significant security challenges, in recent years Japan and South Korea have both sought to raise their international profile through peacebuilding, development, humanitarian assistance, and human security.

This book project highlights creative approaches to planning and local development.

This book presents what is the state-of-the-art in the field of the food waste phenomenon at consumer level, including a thorough literature review, and it highlights trends in the field.

Flächenverbrauch sowie Störungen und Zerschneidungen in der Landschaft führen für viele Tier- und Pflanzenarten zu einschneidenden Konsequenzen.

Converging Social Justice Issues and Movements argues that multiple contemporary converging crises have significantly altered the context for and object of political contestations around agrarian, climate, environmental and food justice issues.

The shortcomings of traditional regional policies led to a major policy.

This book has been initiated by the workshop on Cultural heritage in changing landscapes, held during the IALE (International Association for Landscape Ecology) European Conference that started in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 200 1 and continued across the Baltic to Tartu, Estonia, in JUly.

What factors contribute to tourism and recreation development?

The importance of small-scale fisheries for sustainable livelihoods and communities, food security, and poverty eradication is indisputable.

Mind and Body Spaces highlights new international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, on bodily impairment, mental health and disabled peoples social worlds.

This book examines the political economy of devolution in Britain from the postwar period to the present.

Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being among older people in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income country settings.

Gender, Mediation, and Popular Education in Venice, 1760-1830, examines how women with enough cultural capital could turn their identity as representatives of "e;the public"e; - those on the receiving end of education - to their advantage, producing knowledge under the guise of relaying it.