Geography

Innovative Cities presents a unique international comparison of innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart.

A cross-disciplinary collection of 20 essays describing the journey to public scholarship, exploring the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide.

Over the past two decades, population mobility has intensified and become more diverse, raising important questions concerning the health and well-being of people who are mobile as well as communities of origin and destination.

This title was first published in 2000.

Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, "e;Changing Forests"e; explores how the indigenous Lenca community of La Campa, Honduras, has conserved and transformed their communal forests through the experiences of colonialism, opposition to state-controlled logging, and the recent adoption of export-oriented coffee production.

Environment as a Weapon  considers how the confluence of war and nature from the time of the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 BCE) to our present day has been represented in works of history, geography, and literature.

Much work has been done on port governance yet little has addressed intermodal terminal governance, despite the clear similarities.

This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe.

This book examines the nature of statelessness in the India-Bangladesh enclaves.

This volume offers a snapshot of anthropological perspectives on global challenges.

The spread of newly 'invented' places, such as theme parks, shopping malls and revamped historic areas, necessitates a redefinition of the concept of 'place' from an architectural perspective.

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development.

Illuminating the experiences of immigrants to Australia in the late twentieth century, this book uses oral history to explore how identity and belonging are shaped through migration.

Systematic structural and behavioural changes are essential to institutionalize district development planning as a full-fledged and viable system within the framework of multilevel planning.

Tourism is characterized by diversity, enormous growth, and multidimensional impacts on several levels.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

Given the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster Research provides a much-needed multidisciplinary perspective of the area.

This volume presents a global view of today's most pressing issues through an analysis of the twelve major regions of the world.

An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

The true story of a legend of Canadian pop culture broadcasting and the way he got his start in the 1970s: working as a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company in the Northwest Territories and then moving on to DJing in disco-era Vancouver.

"e;Originally published in 1985, this book has stood the test of time and is considered a classic of biking literature.

Fast urbanizing countries like China have experienced rapid - albeit geographically uneven - local and regional economic growth during the past few decades.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

As India celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its independence, much praise was lavished on its emergence as a major player on the global stage.

This book brings an innovative study of marriage migration in Australia, offering new insights into issues of intimacy and authenticity online.

First published in 2005, this book examines the contribution of planning and integrated landscape management to the process of reversing the continuing deterioration of our natural environment.

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.

This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisation before and after the tsarist conquest of the region.

This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil.

An original discussion and analysis of the meaning and scope of citizenship.

This book describes and analyses various aspects of Israeli climate.

Geomorphology is the study of the Earth's diverse physical land-surface features and the dynamic processes that shape these features.

This title was first published in 1986 during a recession much like that faced in recent years, which placed immense pressure on the British planning system and led to social unrest in the inner cities and in many disadvantaged areas.

This book is the first attempt to highlight the Great Divergence between Europe and China from the perspective of environmental change.

Policy issues relating to forestry have been the subject of much debate in recent years, and many countries and international agencies have recently, or are currently in the process, of revising their policies for forestry.

No analysis of migration in Europe today can avoid consideration of the role of the EU institutions, as well as the member states, in policy-making.

This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the degradation process of an ecosystem, drawing upon the Mar Menor as a case study to highlight the damage human pressure causes to the environment.

Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions.

Engaged Urbanism showcases the exciting ways in which urbanists are responding to this question and working towards fairer cities.

This book is a contribution to the scholarly engagement with the wider problem of governing through risk and the politics of uncertainty.

City authorities in recent years have competed vigorously to gain the right to host international festivals.

The history of sport in socialist Yugoslavia is a peculiar lens through which to examine the country's social, cultural and political transformations.

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region.

Examining the social response to the mounting impacts of climate change, Feeling Climate Change illuminates what the pathways from emotions to social change look like-and how they work-so we can recognize and inform our collective attempts to avert further climate catastrophe.

This book explores the innovative workplaces, namely coworking spaces and makerspaces, that are emerging as a consequence of digital innovations and the related development of the knowledge economy and society in the wake of deindustrialization.

First published in 1993.

This book explores the moral and political significance of gastrospaces: the spaces where we eat.

This book brings together African and European experts from a variety of disciplines to examine the origins and current state of the East African Community (EAC).