Regional geography

This book explores European student migration from the perspectives of Eastern European students moving to Western Europe for study.

The 1970s was a decade of significant population change in Western Europe.

This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution.

Throughout history, maps have been a powerful tool in the constitutive imaginary of governments seeking to define or contest the limits of their political reach.

This collection adds to a burgeoning literature concerned with the roles played by religions in development.

Innovation is the main engine of competitiveness.

Written in an accessible language, this book is a fully updated and revised edition of Latin American Development, a text that provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century and is anchored in decolonial theory and other critical approaches.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities.

The essays in this collection show how electoral geography has shifted from empiricist activity towards a closer involvement with the wider issues addressed by social scientists.

Connectivity, as well as conflict, characterizes Eurasia.

The giant Asian monsoon has formed a diverse climate and natural environment.

This title was first published in 2000.

The definitions for 'marginality' and 'marginal regions' are vague and differ between academic disciplines.

This wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean offers broad coverage of culture and society in the region, taking into account historical developments as well as the roles of power and inequality.

The Alps have exerted a hold over the German cultural imagination throughout the modern period, enthralling writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and tourists alike.

This book explores the geographical, geomorphological, ecological, touristic and socioeconomic aspects of natural heritage, argues for the dynamic conservation of that heritage and explains its key characteristics, promotion, conservation and management to achieve sustainable development goals.

Originally published in 1965, this book subjected the economic performance of Scotland to close examination.

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be reduced through proven policy solutions.

This book conducts a systematic inquiry into the tragic deaths caused by natural disasters at different geographic scales.

Tackling issues surrounding post-development which is arguably one of the most significant debates in the field of north-south relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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

Contested Worlds provides an introduction both to a multitude of geographical worlds which are currently being actively constructed and contested, and to a range of different perspectives on these worlds being adopted and contested by geographers.

First published in 1981, British Regional Development Since World War I presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the problems of regional development in Britain.

In this book Arturo Almandoz places the major episodes of Latin America's twentieth and early twenty-first century urban history within the changing relationship between industrialization and urbanization, modernization and development.

The Pacific Basin: An Introduction is a new textbook which provides an interdisciplinary and comparative overview of the emerging Pacific world.

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

This internationally edited collection addresses the issues raised by multi-owned residential developments, now established as a major type of housing throughout the world in the form of apartment blocks, row housing, gated developments, and master planned communities.

Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist countries and an important critique of transition theory and policy.

This book provides an overview of the emergence of geography as a discipline in Bangladesh and the contributions made by local geographers towards the development of the country.

A philosopher, architect, astronomer, and polymath, Thomas Jefferson lived at a time when geography was considered the "e;mother of all sciences.

Originally published in 1992, the volume shows through the lens of labour processes how global forces are played out at the local level.

The Ethics of Development: An Introduction systematically and comprehensively examines the ethical issues surrounding the concept of development.

This book documents the experiences, development, and prospects of the construction industry in numerous developing countries.

This collection provides an overview of China's rural politics, bringing scholarship on agrarian politics from various social science disciplines together in one place.

Development in Crisis: Threats to human well-being in the Global South and Global North, is a provocative, engaging and interesting collection of real-world case studies in development and globalization focusing on under-emphasized threats to growth and human welfare worldwide.

Sweden, as many other prosperous nations, is presently reassessing its national goals, political culture and collective identity.

 

Published in 1998, Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century examines a number of related themes including: the traditional approach of local and regional planning initiatives developed within the context of national goals; the current decline of bi-polar political and ideological blocs; political decentralization and concurrent economic centralization including the growth of multi-national corporations; devolution of centralized planning powers to regions and localities, and the rise and acceptance of sustainable development concepts.

Until about 1970, Western Europe was regarded as the great food-importing region of the world.

First Published in 2004.

Markets are at the origin of urban life as places for social, cultural and economic encounter evolving over centuries.

This book explores the gendered dimensions of recent land governance transformations across the globe in the wake of unprecedented pressures on land and natural resources.

This book showcases how innovative state policy in Korea transformed Seoul from one of the world's most impoverished, polluted, and congested cities into a  global leader in green urban planning, smart city innovations, and social economy initiatives that have dramatically improved the local quality of life.

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

This book examines sustainability issues of 15 deltas in the world.

Colonial Trauma and Postcolonial Anxieties argues that economic decisions reflect unconscious anxieties about survival and dignity experienced in a cycle of repeat trauma tracing back to the original trauma of loss in colonialism.

This volume provides an overview of the climate change adaptation objectives set, actions taken, and challenges faced by several countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues of regional development.

The fact that Africa continues to lag behind all regions of the world on every indicator of development is hardly contentious.