Regional geography

Contrary to their masculine portrayal, mines have always employed women in valuable and productive roles.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the social geography of Western Europe.

This title was first published in 2000.

This title was first published in 2001.

From the re-emergence of Japan as an industrial power in the 1950s through to the contemporary rise of China as a potential economic and political behemoth, the story of East Asian development has been central to any serious analysis of the dynamics and trajectory of the global political economy.

Very few studies have been conducted to explore the vulnerability of women in the context of climate change.

Originally published in 1984 Planning Urban Europe is a volume of essays reviewing the systems of town and country planning that operate within the member-states of the European Economic Community.

The contributors to this volume examine the actual workings and on-the-ground effects of contemporary political economic shifts in the Global South, and implications for reconfiguring social networks, conceptions and practices of governance, and burgeoning social movements.

This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries.

Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration provides readers with a brief but comprehensive overview of topics related to the process of European integration in the post-World War II period.

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.

At a time when there is major reorientation of rural economies in Europe, and the emergence of new possibilities both for governance and for conflict, this book brings together a group of leading academics in the fields of geography, sociology and anthropology to examine how such changes are taking place in the west of Europe.

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

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

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.

Globally climate-induced disasters have been impacting marginalised communities' lives, livelihood and gendered relations.

Analysing the ongoing changes and dynamics in rural development from a functional perspective through a series of case studies from the global north and south, this volume deepens our understanding of the importance of new functional and multifunctional approaches in policy, practice and theory.

This Monograph focuses on the new approaches that urban agriculture offers to grow food in cities.

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

Geographies of Globalization 2nd edition offers an animated and fully-updated exposition of the geographical impacts of globalization and the contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this area.

The LEADER programme, initiated in 1991, aims to improve the development potential of rural areas in the European Union by drawing on local initiatives and skills.

Originally published in 1989, this book is a unique examination of subsistence farming in the developing world, and its potential for development.

First published in 1999, this volume explores the issue of rural planning, which has become a complex activity in which policies in one area have important ramifications in other policy areas.

Originally published in 1986.

Governance of Europe's City Regions considers the changing role of the European Union in regional issues, explores how national governments have become increasingly involved at the regional scale and examines the constitutional and political contexts in which regional and local governments operate.

Human civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, where the first writing and the first technologies originated.

Bringing together a wide range of empirical studies from around the world (Sweden, Norway, Austria, Germany, France, UK, Israel, Russia, China, Taiwan, Argentina, Canada), framed in related contemporary theoretical frameworks, this book examines the question of the significance of proximate vs.

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.

*Winner of the Best Book Award from Researchers and Students and Study Abroad Programmes at the CIES2019 conference 2019This book examines learning-mobility tensions and ties caused by convergences and divergences of social, organizational and cognitive forces in global higher education.

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.

This book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, from global and specific approaches, combining different views, perceptions and senses.

This book presents recent advances in landscape analysis and landscape planning based on selected studies conducted in different parts of Europe.

Feminism has re-shaped the way we think about equality, power relations and social change.

Worldwide, disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development, resulting in escalating human and economic costs.

This handbook presents an extensive new overview of African development - past, present and future.

This book introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning.

This edited volume surveys how current local governance policies and development strategies across Africa and the Middle east are advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Geographies of Developing Areas is a thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate.

Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa.

This book analyses the cultural politics of urban development in Gwangju, South Korea, and illustrates the implementation of state-led arts-based urban boosterism efforts in the context of political trauma and the desire for economic growth.

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.

This book provides a comprehensive review of drilling technologies in the polar regions, from the portable drilling equipment for shallow sampling and coring, to heavy drilling equipment for deep onshore and offshore drilling.

This groundbreaking book delves deep into the history of AI, the major techniques and algorithms of machine learning and deep learning, and the critical role of data sources and processing in these disciplines.

This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations, and contestations.

In the emerging new collaborative economic order, innovation is achieved by an integrated process of collaboration between policymakers, business and society.

This volume presents a comprehensive survey of the dynamics of conflict and climate induced forced displacement and organisational response across Asia and the Pacific.

Originally published in 1980, this book was written by consultants in urban development with wide experience in the developing world and is a source book aimed at advisers (often from developed countries) who assist with urban planning matters on behalf of multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank.

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term "e;natural disaster"e; can be.

An introductory overview of spatial analysis and statistics through GIS, including worked examples and critical analysis of results.

The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography.