Regional geography

Popular among students for its engaging, accessible style, this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin Americas human geography as well as its regional complexity.

In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwate, without considering their neighbors' needs.

In this unique book on housing in India, 11 leading scholars come together to offer a critical appraisal of current housing policies and programmes in India.

This book examines intellectual curiosity as the driving force in scholarly endeavor on the borderlands of geography, history, anthropology, and other disciplines.

For the past 9,000 years, people lived and flourished along the 1,000-mile Aleutian archipelago reaching from the American continent nearly to Asia.

Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization.

Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization.

New Europe: Imagined Spaces traces the radical transformation of European places and spaces over the last two decades.

First published in 1996, A History of Ukraine quickly became the authoritative account of the evolution of Europe's second largest country.

First published in 1996, A History of Ukraine quickly became the authoritative account of the evolution of Europe's second largest country.

'Many years ago, I decided to write a book about the Rideau Canal.

This anthology of research is divided into five sections: definition of the urban system, structural characteristics, distribution of urban growth, transportation networks and interaction between cities, and the impact of growth on urban behaviour and the rural economy.

From its establishment nearly 200 years ago as a village at the centre of an agricultural district, Hamilton has grown into one of Canada's biggest industrial centres, at the heart of a highly developed regional municipality.

Using ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific rationality.

The Ice Age (Quaternary) is a period of extreme climate fluctuations that led to the growth and melting of massive ice sheets in the high latitudes.

In this unique book on housing in India, 11 leading scholars come together to offer a critical appraisal of current housing policies and programmes in India.

Routes are arguably the most valuable of airline assets.

This book presents a set of chapters produced by six research groups that developed the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Thematic Project Environmental Governance of the Sao Paulo macrometropolis (SPMM) in the face of Climate Variability (2017-2022).

Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on an intriguing journey through Britain's largest county, uncovering the hidden places, legends, secrets and fascinating characters of this unique and compelling piece of England.

Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a fascinating journey through the Lake District, that majestic landscape in Cumbria beloved of poets and tourists, hill walkers, seekers of scenic beauty and those who mess about in boats.

This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry.

Justin O'Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years.

Planning Support Systems: Retrospect and Prospect It has been nearly twenty years since the term 'planning support systems' (PSS) first appeared in an article by Britton Harris (Harris 1989) and more than ten years since the concept was more broadly introduced in the academic literature (Harris and Batty 1993; Batty 1995; Klosterman 1997).

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development provides an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting survey of the fields of migration and development, bringing together over 60 expert contributors from around the world to chart current and future trends in research on this topic.

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development provides an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting survey of the fields of migration and development, bringing together over 60 expert contributors from around the world to chart current and future trends in research on this topic.

This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded empirical case studies of relevance for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world.

This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded empirical case studies of relevance for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world.

Recent technological advancements and other related factors and trends are contributing to the production of an astoundingly large and rapidly accelerating collection of data, or 'Big Data'.

Recent technological advancements and other related factors and trends are contributing to the production of an astoundingly large and rapidly accelerating collection of data, or 'Big Data'.

Learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom, embedded in local practices, traditions and interactions.

Learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom, embedded in local practices, traditions and interactions.

This book seeks to bring together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of human mobility within the discipline of geography.

This book seeks to bring together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of human mobility within the discipline of geography.

Athens is a well-known destination for those interested in discovering the birthplace of Western civilization.

Athens is a well-known destination for those interested in discovering the birthplace of Western civilization.

The UK has now joined a Europe-wide trend towards more devolved forms of government (e.

The UK has now joined a Europe-wide trend towards more devolved forms of government (e.

1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement.

1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement.

The main theme of this book is the adaptation process of the new EU member states from Central-Eastern Europe (Hungary and Poland) to the multi-level system of governance in public policy, particularly in the regional and environmental policy areas.

The main theme of this book is the adaptation process of the new EU member states from Central-Eastern Europe (Hungary and Poland) to the multi-level system of governance in public policy, particularly in the regional and environmental policy areas.

Sustainability notions have been widely embraced by planners.

Sustainability notions have been widely embraced by planners.