As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature of geographic information.
For the late great Mike Davis, the ravaging of the climate by capital-and his prescient analysis of its consequences for those of us left to deal with the resulting crises-was always a central part of his urban geography.
The significance of modeling in managing the environment is well recognized from scientific and engineering perspectives as well as in the political arena.
The population census is the primary data source for any demographic analysis, the execution of social and economic development programmes, administrative activity, as well as for policy decisions, special surveys and scientific research.
Since the issues and discourses surrounding sustainable development entered its phase in our contemporary world, the political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural existence of our modern world has inevitably adopted varied measures to respond better to the demands of our time.
This book offers an extensive critical overview of eco-socialism, one of the most generative and significant aspects of contemporary debates within socialism.
This book offers an extensive critical overview of eco-socialism, one of the most generative and significant aspects of contemporary debates within socialism.
The Palgrave Handbook of Zero-Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of information, analysis and recommendations on the multi- and inter-disciplinary subject of zero carbon energy systems.
The third edition of the bestselling Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data covers current state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and developments in the analysis of remotely sensed data.
The Palgrave Handbook of Zero-Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of information, analysis and recommendations on the multi- and inter-disciplinary subject of zero carbon energy systems.
During the "e;long"e; 19th century, a technological revolution occurred, leading to the emergence of new means of transport such as steamships, railways, cars, aeroplanes, bicycles, and rickshaws.
Recent studies of Chinese voluntary associations (CVAs) have attempted to highlight the theoretical significance of CVAs for understandings of community (re)making.
Digital Twin Computing for Urban Intelligence focuses on new and ongoing discourses in interdisciplinary research and practice in urban system and smart city development pathways.
Digital Twin Computing for Urban Intelligence focuses on new and ongoing discourses in interdisciplinary research and practice in urban system and smart city development pathways.
As a continuation of our award-winning book, 'China's City Cluster Development in the Race to Carbon Neutrality' and our recent book, '30 Years of Urban Change in China's 10 Core Cities', this book delves into China's recent progress in reshaping its cities through holistic urban transformation strategies.
The South China Sea is a geopolitical hotspot where China and the US compete for dominance and the adjacent countries try to improve their position by hedging between these two superpowers.
This book aims to develop an account of living together with difference which recognises the tension that we are inescapably with others - both human and non-human - but at the same time are always differing from and with those with whom we find ourselves.
This book uniquely bridges the conceptual gap between the history of geographic, cartographic thought, and film theory with the technological and cultural shifts that shaped the emergence of cameras and cinema.
First Published in 1953, Geography from the Air is the first book in English to explain and illustrate fully the use of air photographs in the study of geography.
First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America.
The TransNav 2011 Symposium held at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland in June 2011 has brought together a wide range of participants from all over the world.
Prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in close collaboration with the East African Herbarium and in liaison with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and the Makerere University, this series is designed to the highest academic standards and is a useful reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilizatio
Retaining all the material from the second edition and adding substantial new material, this third edition presents models and statistical methods for analyzing spatially referenced point process data.
The concept of smart cities holds environmental promises: that digital technologies will reduce carbon emissions, air pollution and waste, and help address climate change.
The population census is the primary data source for any demographic analysis, the execution of social and economic development programmes, administrative activity, as well as for policy decisions, special surveys and scientific research.
Since the first edition of this book in 1995, there has been a worldwide innovation-led economic boom and a subsequent slump, meaning enormous change has also occurred at the level of regional economies.
