Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks at the universal human requirement to balance individual flexibility and strategies designed to make a living with the social expectations that impose particular rules of conduct but also enable mutual trust and cooperation to emerge.
Rural Settlement in Britain (1977) examines the roots of rural settlements prior to the Domesday Book of 1086 and their evolution and changes up to the twentieth century.
Rural Settlement in Britain (1977) examines the roots of rural settlements prior to the Domesday Book of 1086 and their evolution and changes up to the twentieth century.
This book for the first time thoroughly investigates the extent of economic and institutional integrations and the underlying governance reshuffling process of China's city-regionalism.
This book for the first time thoroughly investigates the extent of economic and institutional integrations and the underlying governance reshuffling process of China's city-regionalism.
Bringing a needed perspective on African Epistemologies on the critical topics of higher education in relation to knowledge systems, this book highlights how knowledge creation processes influence higher education systems, society, and African development.
Bringing a needed perspective on African Epistemologies on the critical topics of higher education in relation to knowledge systems, this book highlights how knowledge creation processes influence higher education systems, society, and African development.
The Russia-Ukraine war that began in 2022 turned the world's attention on Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe and one of the leading global exporters of wheat and other valuable commodities.
The Russia-Ukraine war that began in 2022 turned the world's attention on Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe and one of the leading global exporters of wheat and other valuable commodities.
This book concerns the values and practices of participation in municipal public parks, and the connections they have with cultural policy, urbanism, and social life.
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.
Originally published in 1986, this book explores many important aspects of the relationship between population change and planning, exploring the impact of population change on service provision and its impact on the policy-making process.
This book provides a critical account, a state-of-the-art review, as well as novel research methods of information technology development and the corresponding changes of socio-economic spatial organization in China.
This book discusses the development of the rural tourism industry in the Himalayan region, specifically in the region of Himachal Pradesh (HP), from the perspective of different stakeholders in the tourism industry.
This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses.
This book contains the first comprehensive history using extensive primary sources to trace the 1977 earthquake disaster response by the Ceausescu communist regime, contextualizing its contribution to the public risk that remains in Romania's capital Bucharest.
This book describes observed features of urban climate and its long-term variations as well as the relationship of climate to heat stroke in Japan, based on observational data and statistical analyses.
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.
In recent years, there has been a growing debate on the various ways that architecture and urbanism have served the triad of colonialism, nationalism and modernity.
El arte rupestre del arco del Mediterraneo supone, sin duda, un gran potencial como valor turistico tanto por su riqueza como por la variedad de los conjuntos documentados.
This Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development explores how global development agendas and economic development influence children's lives.
Originally published in 1991, the focus of the contributions in this book is the relationships between rurality and small-scale production, particularly in Europe.
Originally published in 1994, this volume brings together a set of essays reflecting the complex political, social and institutional problems encountered by modern states in seeking to manage their agricultural sectors.
Originally published in 1994, this volume brings together a set of essays reflecting the complex political, social and institutional problems encountered by modern states in seeking to manage their agricultural sectors.
Originally published in 1990, this volume addresses issues surrounding global ecological changes and sustainability of present patterns of urbanisation and industrialisation.
Originally published in 1991, the focus of the contributions in this book is the relationships between rurality and small-scale production, particularly in Europe.
Originally published in 1994, this book brings together papers developing feminist analyses of the rural condition from a wide range of industrialised countries, informed by the national and local cultural constructions of gender and rurality which they interpret.
This book provides an assessment of the impacts of human intervention on the natural environment and peoples' livelihoods through land-use conversion due to industrialization.
This book, with contributions from leading academics - and including reviews and case studies from Ethiopian Church forests - provides a valuable reference for advanced students and researchers interested in forest and other natural resource management, ecology and ecosystem services as well as restoration options.
The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, principally as water for agriculture and hydropower.
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.
