Regional geography

Presenting an updated overview of transformational entrepreneurship, this book explores how critical concepts can be contextualised for different regions and countries, underlining the fact that no one system fits all.

This monograph explores the nature of corruption around the world from a geographic perspective.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of several urban related aspects that are of central importance to successful territorial cohesion processes.

This monograph explores the nature of corruption around the world from a geographic perspective.

The book draws upon the expertise and international research collaborations forged by the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group to critically engage with the intersection, in theory and practice, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa's development agendas and needs.

This book explores lithium extraction in Chile as part of the global energy transition, unravelling the ontological, ecological, and economic dimensions behind this type of extractivism.

Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis explores the existing spatial variability of crime committed against women in West Bengal and steadily excavates the underlying determinants accountable for specific crimes against women.

This volume discusses the patterns and trends of urbanization in West Bengal - one of the most urbanized states of India in the early part of the 20th Century.

Many traditional approaches to rural land management are strictly sectoral, with a rigid introspective focus.

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

This book explores lithium extraction in Chile as part of the global energy transition, unravelling the ontological, ecological, and economic dimensions behind this type of extractivism.

This book considers the importance of African values, not only in catalysing development, but in sustaining it.

Space and place are at the heart of how geographers and sociologists think.

This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba.

Turkey's economy is a complex mix of modern industry, a traditional agricultural sector, and a rapidly growing private sector.

The Countries of the World in Minutes is the quickest way to understand the modern world and every country in it.

A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who traveled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time to improve their health or simply to enjoy the experience.

A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who traveled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time to improve their health or simply to enjoy the experience.

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?

Rocks of nation reveals how the imagination of nations and races is grounded in the landscape.

Rocks of nation reveals how the imagination of nations and races is grounded in the landscape.

The focus of this book is the processes through which industries and regions grow and decline in capitalist economies via an investigation of the trajectory of change in the North East of England.

Today, the new Indonesian capital city, Nusantara, planning is being anticipated as "e;representing national identity,"e; "e;a model city,"e; or "e;a gift to the world,"e; and many other extraordinary labels.

This book constructs a number of discourses, dialectics and analyses across the disciplines of urban form, architecture and urban experience, thus incorporating both conservation and design issues.

As water's significance as a geopolitical resource is poised to surpass that of oil, this book explores the adaptation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the Middle East to climate change challenges, leveraging the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus for a sustainable transition and resilient solutions.

The book addresses the situation of the urban world in Spain and Portugal in the first quarter of the 21st century.

Armenia is a small landlocked mountainous country located in the Southern Caucasus.

This book represents a reflection on the policies of preservation that were established and interventions for restoration that occurred in Iran before and in the years after the Khomeinist Revolution, as well as being an analysis of the impact that Italian restoration culture has had in the country.

Brazil has famously been called a country of contradictions.

The Freshwaters of Patagonia adopts a socioecological approach, in which experts from across Patagonia review recent, scientifically rigorous literature and data of their own, thus synthesizing the current knowledge directly relevant to understand the present state and future trends of icefields, freshwater and wetland ecosystems in this region.

This book provides an institutional interpretation of state-facilitated gentrification in Chengdu, an emerging central city of China.

This book is an in-depth study of the Indo-Pacific region for effective interventions in the megacities system.

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

Despite Africa's vast and diverse natural resources, the developmental challenges plaguing the continent still remain.

This accessible book offers a vivid geographic portrait of Cuba, exploring the islands streetscapes, sugar cane fields, beaches, and rural settlements; its billboards, government buildings, and national landmarks.

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

This book offers conceptual and empirical insights from economic geography to explore how uncertainties, crises, and risks, shape, reshape, and ultimately transform the spatial arrangements of companies and regions.

The focus of this book is the processes through which industries and regions grow and decline in capitalist economies via an investigation of the trajectory of change in the North East of England.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems.

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This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning 60 years and 2 distinct political regimes.

This volume focuses on how, why, under what conditions, and with what effects people move across space in relation to mining, asking how a focus on spatial mobility can aid scholars and policymakers in understanding the complex relation between mining and social change.

This book conceptualizes and synthesizes worldwide research on the quality of urban life.

This book critically explores how the water-energy-food nexus can be used as an organising framework to address environmental degradation and promote sustainable development.

Space and place are at the heart of how geographers and sociologists think.

This volume discusses the patterns and trends of urbanization in West Bengal - one of the most urbanized states of India in the early part of the 20th Century.

';A wonderful book: Nancy Campbell is a fine storyteller with a rare physical intelligence.