This book presents a new childhood studies research program; namely Childhood Prism Research and offers unique childhood research contributions to the wider scholarly field.
This two-volume encyclopedia provides the science behind such heart-pumping geophysical hazards as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, cyclones, and floods, as well as authoritative entries on notable natural disasters around the world and the agencies that help those they impact.
In today's world, organizations face a multitude of problems that require an unprecedented need for tools to share information and work better together.
This authoritative volume examines the reasons for rainforest destruction, the effects of deforestation on indigenous plant and animal life, and the policies and actions that are currently being taken to protect rainforests.
Why Place Matters reassesses what is known and traditionally understood about the relationship older adults have with place over time and in later life.
Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together geographical modelling of population change and demographic analysis of population structures and pattern.
Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world's food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases.
This extensive reference examines extreme political movements and the political, cultural, and economic conditions that breed them, from the alt-right in the United States to the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen and the question of Taiwan's independence.
Au XIIe siècle, la cour sicilienne du roi normand Roger II est un véritable lieu de rencontre entre le monde byzantin, le monde arabe et le monde latin, ce qui fait de Palerme un important centre de production et de transmission de savoirs scientifiques et philosophiques.
Originally published in 1995, this book confronts the contentious political issues on all sides of the population debate, including immigration, demographic competition, gender ratios, reproductive research and children's rights.
Originally published in 1973, this book is an introduction to the study of population history since the Industrial Revolution and focuses on the experience of England and Wales.
Philosopher, sociologist and urban theorist, Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was one of the great social theorists of the twentieth century and pioneered the theorization of everyday life and space.
Originally published in 1975, this volume examines conceptual and theoretical aspects of the study of internal migration, both in chapters dealing specifically with theory and data and in case studies.
Originally published in 1924 and inevitably a product of the time in which it was published, the author assumes that people exercise their powers of reproduction near to capacity.
Originally published in 1980, this volume reviews the demographic patterns of fertility, marriage and mortality with reference to developed societies in the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe and North America.
Why Place Matters reassesses what is known and traditionally understood about the relationship older adults have with place over time and in later life.
Originally published in 1961, this book comprises of 14 studies by scholars and officials with first-hand experience of Africa and deals with the nature and organization of population censuses and with the many uses to which their results may be put.
This book provides an overview of interdisciplinary approaches that have applied social science to research focused on issues around food, agriculture and natural resource management.
The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration provides a wide survey of theatre and performance practices related to the experience of global movements, both in historical and contemporary contexts.
Dieses Buch vermittelt ausgehend von den aktuellen städtischen Herausforderungen ein elementares Grundverständnis und solides Basiswissen von den Aufgaben, Problemen und Handlungsansätzen der Stadterneuerung in der europäischen Stadt.
Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world's food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases.
Philosopher, sociologist and urban theorist, Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was one of the great social theorists of the twentieth century and pioneered the theorization of everyday life and space.
Originally published in 1961, this book comprises of 14 studies by scholars and officials with first-hand experience of Africa and deals with the nature and organization of population censuses and with the many uses to which their results may be put.
Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together geographical modelling of population change and demographic analysis of population structures and pattern.
This book explores the ways in which the study of the domestic and the international, far from being separate spheres, are in fact woven together in multiple ways.
Landscapes of Liminality expands upon existing notions of spatial practice and spatial theory, and examines more intricately the contingent notion of "e;liminality"e; as a space of "e;in-between-ness"e; that avoids either essentialism or stasis.
Originally published in 1973, this book is an introduction to the study of population history since the Industrial Revolution and focuses on the experience of England and Wales.
Originally published in 1956, this book considers the practical problems of economic development in countries in which the prevailing outlook and a recent or probable increase in population growth make it difficult to escape from a 'Malthusian situation.
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 explores the ways in which the study of the domestic and the international, far from being separate spheres, are in fact woven together in multiple ways.