Regional geography

Discussion over celebrity engagement is often limited to theoretical critique or normative name-calling, without much grounded research into what it is that celebrities are doing, the same or differently throughout the world.

Originally published in 1985, Industrialization and Urbanization in Latin America focuses on the process of industrialisation in Latin America.

This volume lays the physical and conceptual groundwork for the Pacific World series, exploring both the constraints imposed and the opportunities offered to humanity by the physical environment of the Pacific region.

Regionalism has regained momentum in the post-Cold War era.

This book offers a unique and highly illustrated overview of the desert geomorphology of Iran.

Originally published in 1980, this book examines the 'self-government' constitution, administrative and party system of The Ciskei which was one of the black 'homelands' created by the government of the Republic of South Africa in its pursuit of 'separate development'.

Dogs in the North offers an interdisciplinary in-depth consideration of the multiple roles that dogs have played in the North.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

This book unpacks the links between oil energy, state power, urban space and culture, by looking at the Petro-Socialist Venezuelan oil state.

This book explores the design, communication and implementation of social change programmes aimed at solving various social problems, from reducing health-risk behaviour to 'green' consumption or financial literacy.

Japan - faszinierend in seinen Widersprüchen, mit einzigartigen Traditionen und zugleich ungebrochenem Glauben an den technischen Fortschritt, mit tiefer Liebe zur Natur trotz schier uferloser Metropolen zwischen Gebirge und Meer.

The ten years before this book was originally published in 1986 saw major restructuring in the economies of the developed world.

This book is about mountainurbanology grounded in Southwest China, where mountain is a typical landform for many towns and cities.

Religion has always played an important, if often contested, role in the public domain.

This book explores the complex legal, cultural, economic and human rights issues associated with development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) in Vietnam.

The fifth Millennium Development target of reducing infant mortality by two thirds by the year 2015 can only be achieved if mortality due to malaria is significantly reduced.

This book puts forward an institutional explanation of the recent dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China.

Saudi Arabia hosts at least six major volcanic fields located on the western margin of the Arabian Peninsula.

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While in recent years the burgeoning Higher Education (HE) sector has been set an agenda of widening participation, few HE institutions have strategies in place for reaching the full range of potential students most likely to benefit from (and successfully complete) their current subject and course offerings.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Creating cities inclusive of immigrants in Southern Africa is both a balancing act and a protracted process that requires positive attitudes informed by accommodative institutional frameworks.

This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the past and current political developments in the Gulf and Middle East region and the global geopolitical landscape.

Ranging from the poverty and exploding population of Bangladesh to the dazzling technology and ageing population of Japan, from the two most populous states of India and China to the tiny states of Singapore and the Maldives and to the emptiness of Siberia, Asia contains the greatest diversity of physical environments, cultures and levels of development of any of the continents.

At a time of extraordinary challenges confronting the world, this book analyses some of the profound changes occurring in the development of cities and regions.

Regional policy is an essential in any government's toolkit for promoting socioeconomic prosperity.

This book's point of departure rests on the premises that dimensions of the mainstream inclusive city discourse fail to capture in detail vulnerable clusters of society (being women, children, and the aging), the minority clusters (i.

As debates about migrants and refugees reverberate around the world, this book offers an important first-hand account of how migration is being approached at the highest levels of international governance.

Does poverty lead to environmental degradation?

Asia in Focus: The Koreas is the most complete, accessible, and up-to-date resource available on both North Korea and South Korea.

Dr Pechlaner and Dr Innerhofer, the editors of Competence-Based Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, argue that the industry operates within highly challenging and competitive environments.

As debates about migrants and refugees reverberate around the world, this book offers an important first-hand account of how migration is being approached at the highest levels of international governance.

This monograph presents a novel typology of relational and territorial perspectives on legitimacy and identity.

The book focuses on the processes of urban restructuring, power relations and the political economy of touristic authenticity.

First published in 1997, this volume from the Bruton Center for Development Studies examines urban productivity and the Korean urban system.

Using case studies from Africa, South America, Asia and the Caribbean, this book examines the progress made in uniting national aspirations of sustainable development strategies with their local implementation.

This book shows through historical data, diagrams and drawings, the design system of an Italian historic center, that of Vicenza, Italy.

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Bringing together case studies from Kenya, Benin, Cameroon and the Philippines, this volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of the economics of natural resource management in Tropical regions, at household and village level.

This volume brings together a unique set of interventions from a variety of contributors to bridge the gap between research and policy with a distinct focus on Africa, drawing on work conducted as part of multiple interconnected research projects and networks on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global policy implementation in African cities.

Virtually every city-region in West and Central Europe has developed policies and strategies to attract, retain and encourage creative industries and knowledge-intensive services.

This book brings together emerging insights from across the humanities and social sciences to highlight how postcolonial studies are being transformed by increasingly influential and radical approaches to nature, matter, subjectivity, human agency, and politics.

Big business, financial institutions, and capitalist powers have wreaked much havoc on the Third World in the name of development.

Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields.

Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from Kenya - one of the most popular country destinations in Africa for sex tourism - this book gathers much-needed statistics and data, and then critically examines the features of tourism and the sex trade, contextualizing this in relation to tourism development.

Big data is increasingly regarded as a new approach for understanding urban informatics and complex systems.

Addressing and conceptualizing the changing character of borders in contemporary Europe, this book examines developments occurring in the light of European integration processes and an on-going tightening of Europe's external borders.