Regional geography

Originally published in 1979.

Women's work is central to the social and economic aspirations of the countries of South Asia.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

This book provides a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the Sami society and its histories and people, offering valuable insights into how they live and see the world.

This title was first published in 2000.

This title was first published in 2002.

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.

Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape.

The purpose of this book is to present a new proposal for landscape management labor accounts.

The wine industry appears to be an anomaly within the modern global economy.

This book explores the interplay and dialogue between faith communities and the humanitarian-development community.

International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations: Politics, Principles and Identity examines the often discordant relationship between states and international non-governmental organisations working in the humanitarian sector.

The existence and persistence of regional disparities between European regions require context-tailored policies to promote structural change.

This book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world's largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock.

This book analyses how people in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, relate to their environment in different political and historical contexts.

This book investigates the multifaceted nature of change in today's Nordic Arctic and the necessary research and policy development required to address the challenges and opportunities currently faced by this region.

Participatory Development (PDev) has been embraced by Third World governments and international organizations such as the World Bank as a means to reduce poverty and empower disadvantaged communities.

Originally published in 1986, this book focusses on life within global cities in the developing world, analysing on a city-level the circulation and consumption of goods and services within them.

This book provides the state of the art of ethnobiology in Argentina and related Latin American countries, highlighting timely trends and topics.

Colossus unpacks the intricacies and inequalities of economic, social and political life in India''s capital, Delhi.

The study is aimed at reconstructing the historical process at the base of any significant theatre architecture.

It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required.

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

This book addresses a gap in the present literature on the role that geography plays in the distribution of entrepreneurial activity.

In the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges.

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the transformative journey toward smart cities and the implementation of cutting-edge technologies in urban development.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book investigates how mineral resources can be governed to promote people-centred development in Ghana, focusing on the three main human development variables: living standards, education and health.

Although the academic study of development is well established, as is also its policy implementation, less considered are the broader, more popular understandings of development that often shape agendas and priorities, particularly in representative democracies.

Drawing from military geography's spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and multi-disciplinary ways of acting in a complex world, while making the case for a resurgence of strategic and military geography in Australia.

During the past two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in issues of land reform in developing and transitional countries.

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.

This title was first published in 2003.

Although it still has a low urban population when compared with the rest of the world, Ethiopia nevertheless has been experiencing one of the most rapid urbanization processes of recent years.

Drawing on Australian and comparative case studies, this volume reconceptualises non-metropolitan creative economies through the 'qualities of place'.

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

Australien ist nicht einfach ein Land, sondern gleich ein riesiger Kontinent.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world.

This book explores the fundamentals of smart cities along with issues, controversies, problems and applications concerning security and privacy in smart city development.

Over the course of the last half century, the growth economies of Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - have transformed themselves into middle income countries.

Loss of biodiversity is one of the great environmental challenges facing humanity but unfortunately efforts to reduce the rate of loss have so far failed.

First published in 1998 this boo responds to the dynamics of Industrializing Asia and the behavioural changes of actors which, in response to changing internal and external forces, have given rise to and are constantly giving rise to alterations in patterns of growth.

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

Border Urbanism presents a global array of authors' research that tackles the perception, interpretation, and nature of borders from a transdisciplinary perspective.

This book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment.

In this book, the authors present a combination of research-by-design, place-based, and policy-oriented approaches to the territorial fragilities of Nicosia.

The rural landscape of the Third World is generally seen as one worked by the impoverished.

By January 2015 the world's richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per cent of the world's population.

This book is the outcome of an interdisciplinary research process aimed at capturing the complexity of the social mobilisation for climate change.