Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Books

Book SynopsisPresents an introduction to the weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected trends. This book offers a comprehensive coverage of global meteorology and climatology.Trade Review"A comprehensive introduction to weather and climate, describing phenomena from cloud scale to global scale in a very accessible way." Dave Gutzler, University of New Mexico"This book provides an excellent overview of the climate system from the global to the local scale. It is excellently written at a level that provides detail, whilst being accessible at the introductory level. It is my first choice for the core text for my intermediate level undergraduate climatology course." Julie Jones, Sheffield University, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction and History of Meteorology and Climatology 2. Atmospheric Composition, Mass and Structure 3. Solar Radiation and the Global Energy Budget 4. Atmospheric Moisture Budget 5. Atmospheric Instability, Cloud Formation and Precipitation Processes 6. Atmospheric Motion: Principles 7. Planetary-Scale Motions in the Atmosphere and Ocean 8. Modelling the Atmospheric Circulation and Climate 9. Mid-Latitude Synoptic Systems 10. Weather and Climate in Temperate and High Latitudes 11. Tropical Weather and Climate 12. Boundary Layer Climates 13. Climate Change

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Book SynopsisOne of the key features of agricultural development in the last five decades has been intensive groundwater use in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and in the Yellow River Basin (China). Groundwater irrigates almost 60% of the net irrigated area in South Asia and 70% in the north China plains. Groundwater use for agriculture is still increasing. Despite the growing significance of groundwater to agricultural growth, food security and rural livelihoods globally, and at the same time significant signs of limitations and constraints for further use, knowledge of the subject has remained limited. The subject includes the wider issues of socioeconomic impacts, political economy, groundwater institutions, access to other resources like energy and land, approaches to resource governance and management and specifically integrating evidence-based science into management decisions.This book addresses these information shortfalls and provides a consolidateTrade ReviewIf the world's water crisis is "mainly a crisis of governance", groundwater represents the grimmest side of this crisis in Asia. - Tushaar Shah, International Water Management Institute, IndiaTable of ContentsSection 1: INTRODUCTION 1. The role of groundwater in agriculture, livelihoods, and rural poverty alleviation in the Indo-Gangetic and yellow river basins: A review K.G. Villholth, A. Mukherji, B.R. Sharma and J. Wang 2. Towards better management of groundwater resources - lessons from an integrated capacity building project in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins K.G. Villholth 3. A comparative analysis of the hydrogeology of the Indus-Gangetic and Yellow River basins S.K. Jain, B.R. Sharma, A. Zahid, M. Jin, J.L. Shreshtha, V. Kumar, S.P. Rai, J.Hu, Y. Luo, and D. Sharma 4. Groundwater resource issues and the socio-economic implications of groundwater use: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan S.M. Kori, A. Rehman, I. Ahmed, A. Nazeer and A.H. KhanSection 2: REGION SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES 5. Groundwater resources and the impact of groundwater sharing institutions: Insights from Indian Punjab V. Selvi, D. Machiwal, F. Shaheen and B.R. Sharma 6. Groundwater resource conditions, socio-economic impacts and policy-instituional options: A case study of Vaishali district of Bihar, India A. Islam and R.S. Gautam 7. Groundwater resource conditions and groundwater sharing institutions: Evidence from Eastern Indo-Gangetic basin, India K.H. Anantha, D.R. Sena and A. Mukherji 8. The impact of shallow tubewells on irrigation water availability, access, crop productivity and farmers’ income in the lower gangetic plain of Bangladesh A. Zahid, M.A. Haque, M.S. Islam and M.A.F.M.R. Hasan 9. Reaching the poor: Effectiveness of the current shallow tubewell policy in Nepal D.R. Kansakar, D.R. Pant and J.P. Chaudhary 10. Agricultural groundwater issues in North China: A case study from Zhengzhou Municipal Area R. Sun, Y. Liu, Y. Qian and K.G. Villholth 11. Groundwater use and its management: Policy and institutional options in rural areas of North China J. Cao, X. Cheng and X. LiSection 3: THEMATIC ISSUES ON GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION 12. Anthropological perspectives on groundwater irrigation: Ethnographic evidence from a village in Bist Doab, Punjab R. Tiwary and J.L. Sabatier 13. Social regulation of groundwater and its relevance to the existingregulatory framework in Andhra Pradesh, India R.V. Rama Mohan 14. Using the living wisdom of well drillers to construct digital groundwater data bases across Indo-Gangetic basin S. Krishnan, A. Islam, D. Machiwal, D.R. Sena and K.G. Villholth 15. Crop per volume of diesel? The energy-squeeze on India’s small-holder irrigation T. Shah, A. Dasgupta, R. Chaubey, M. Satpathy and Y. Singh 16. Managing the energy-irrigation nexus in West Bengal, India A. Mukherji, P.S. Banerjee and S. Daschowdhury 17. Groundwater markets in the North China plain: Impact on irrigation water use, crop yields and farmer income L. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Huang, S. Rozelle and Q. Huang

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Book SynopsisThis is an introduction to the secrets of Urban Design Management (UDM). The book examines the roles of the players involved in land-use projects and describes good collaborative methods of practice in project-based urban design and planning, putting emphasis on the creative co-operative skills and the wide knowledge of the participants in a working group. The role of the architect is examined in relation to design, planning and project management with particular emphasis on collaboration and negotiation skills. Specific issues considered include: The make-up of a good project team Ways to make the project team function together Objectives and benefits of project-orientated planning The need to take local characteristics into account in project-orientated planning The preparation required for a co-operative planning process and how initial information can be collected and used Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part 1: The Perfect Match Part 2: Togetherness Part 3: Creating Attractiveness Part 4: Setting Things in their Context Part 5: Starting Slow in order to Go Fast Part 6:Project Tools Part 7: Fitting in a Player's Strategy Part 8: Urban Design Management

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Book SynopsisNow in full colour, the third edition of this well established book provides a readable and highly illustrated overview of the aspects of geology that are most significant to civil engineers.Sections in the book include those devoted to the main rock types, weathering, ground investigation, rock mass strength, failures of old mines, subsidence on peats and clays, sinkholes on limestone and chalk, water in landslides, slope stabilization and understanding ground conditions. The roles of both natural and man-induced processes are assessed, and this understanding is developed into an appreciation of the geological environments potentially hazardous to civil engineering and construction projects. For each style of difficult ground, available techniques of site investigation and remediation are reviewed and evaluated.Each topic is presented as a double page spread with a careful mix of text and diagrams, with tabulated reference material on parameters such as bearing strengTrade Review"A useful source for a quick insight into the subject or a reminder for the practising engineer when difficult ground is encountered."—Ground Engineering"This is an excellent book that will be invaluable not only as a textbook for students taking an engineering geology, geology or civil engineering course but also as a reference book/aide memoire in later years as they (and we more advanced practitioners) follow their careers."—Geological MagazineTable of ContentsGeology. Igneous Rocks. Surface Processes. Sedimentary Rocks. Metamorphic Rocks. Geological Structures. Geological Maps. Map Interpretation. Tectonics. Boundary Hazards. Rocks of Britain. Rocks of the US. Weathering and Soils. Floodplains and Alluvium. Glacial Deposits. Climatic Variants. Coastal Processes. Groundwater. Ground Investigation. Desk Study. Ground Investigation Boreholes. Geophysical Surveys. Assessment of Difficult Ground. Rock Strength. Rock Mass Strength. Soil Strength. Ground Subsidence. Subsidence on Clays. Subsidence on Limestone. Subsidence Over Old Mines. Mining Subsidence. Slope Failure and Landslides. Water in Landslides. Soil Failures and Flowslides. Landslide Hazards. Slope Stabilization. Ground Conditions. Rock Excavation. Tunnels in Rock. Stone and Aggregate. Appendices. Rock Mass Quality Q System. Abbreviations and Notation. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe pursuit of regeneration and renewal has played an important role in the history and development of the worldâs cities, and the theoretical and applied issues around these critical concepts are of increasing importance to governments and local populations, as well as to urban professionals and scholars. Particularly in postwar North America and Western Europe, this growing concern has often resulted from the decay and deterioration of cities associated with the decline in traditional industries and the associated loss of employment, and populations, to the suburbs and beyond.This new title in the Routledge series, Critical Concepts in Urban Studies, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the explosion in research output on regeneration and renewal as a significant historical and contemporary urban process of economic, social, cultural, and political importance. Edited by a leading scholar, this Routledge Major Work brings together in four volumes the canonical and the best cutting-edge scholarship on the topic.The collection is divided into three principal parts. Part 1 (âCities in Transitionâ) covers the wider social, economic, political, and urban geographical context for urban regeneration and renewal, and documents the nature of changing cities. These processes and changes are inextricably linked with urban regeneration and renewal initiatives, and an understanding of these transitions is essential to place Parts 2 and 3 in perspective. Part 2 (âResponses to Urban Change from National Governmentsâ) brings together the best overviews and critiques of urban policy initiatives implemented by central governments in developed countries during the postwar period. The materials gathered here span experiences and city examples from advanced economies across the world.The final part (âCity Responses to Urban Changeâ) draws on the approaches taken by cities themselves in response to urban problems, particularly those designed to improve economic competitiveness and to combat social exclusion. Key research on the wide array of thematic approaches that have been followed is assembled in this part. Within the wider urban processes explored in Part 1, this part examines particular policy responses that have arisen in many cities, and considers a number of case-study cities from the UK, North America, continental Europe, and Australasia.With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Urban Regeneration and Renewal is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource.

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Book SynopsisMathematics is a universal language. Differential equations, mathematical modeling, numerical methods and computation form the underlying infrastructure of engineering and the sciences. In this context mathematical modeling is a very powerful tool for studying engineering problems, natural systems and human society. This interdisciplinary book contains a comprehensive overview, including practical examples, of the progress achieved to date in the modeling of coupled phenomena, computational mathematics and mechanics, heat transfer, fluid-structure interactions, biomechanics, and the flow of mass and energy in porous media. Numerical subjects such as grid generation, optimization, finite elements, finite differences, spectral methods, boundary elements, finite volumes and meshless methods are also discussed in detail using real examples.The book provides a thorough presentation of the existing numerical techniques with specific applications to concrete, practical topics. The mTable of ContentsPREFACE - General Introduction to Coupled Phenomena. Karsten PruessPART 1. COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS, MODELING AND NUMERICAL METHODS PART 2. COUPLED PROBLEMS IN FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS AND IN HEAT TRANSFER PART 3. COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS OF FLUIDS AND SOLIDS, MULTIPHYSICS, BIOMECHANICS PART 4. FLOW OF MASS AND ENERGY IN POROUS MEDIA PART 5. BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, SPECTRAL AND MESHLESS METHODS. NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION.

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Book SynopsisThe Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan. The volume draws on a wide range of relevant sources to analyse the legal status of international cooperation in contemporary international law, before exploring the domestic application of the right to development looking at the example of Pakistan, a country that is undergoing radical transformation in terms of its internal governance structures and the challenges it faces for enforcing the rule of law. Of particular importance is the examination of the RTD and Shariâah law in Pakistan which adds a new perspective to the RTD debate and enriches the discussion about human rights and Shariâah across the world.Through focusing on Pakistan the book links international perspectives and the international human rights framework with the domestic constitutional apparatus for enforcing the RTD within that jurisdiction. In doing so, Khurshid Iqbal argues that the RTD may be promoted through existing constitutional mechanisms if fundamental rights are widely interpreted by the superior courts, effectively implemented by the lower courts and if Shariâah law is progressively interpreted in public interest. Iqbalâs work will appeal to researchers, professionals and students in the fields of law, human rights, development, international law, South Asian Studies, Islamic law and international development studies. Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Concept and Challenges of the Right to Development 2. The History, Politics and the Concept of the Right to Development 3. The Jurisprudence of the Right to Development 4. The Declaration and the Working Groups Part 2: The Right to Development in International Law 4. The Legal Status of the Right to Development in Public International Law Part 3: The Right to Development in Pakistan 6. The Nature and Extent of the Realisation of the Right to Development in Pakistan 7. Re-Conceptualising the RTD in Islamic Law 8. Pakistan’s Poverty Reduction and the Right to Development 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisReviewing the limitations of various planning options, this book addresses the debate on how to preserve open space in the context of a growing metropolis. The importance of open spaces for well-being in urban life is well-established. With case studies on internalization and valuation methods, this book critically examines the liberal discourse that urges the transfer of responsibility for open space from government to the market. European and American expert authors confront political rhetoric with grounded analysis and conclude that the market needs to be combined with governmental efforts. They scrutinize the connection between open space and the planning institutions designed to implement its policy. The book provides practical pieces of insight in how to structure an open space problem, information on what to expect from instruments, and new ideas on alternative approaches. Table of Contents1. Rethinking Open Space Planning in Metropolitan Areas 2. Planning and Development of the Fringe Landscapes: On the Outer Side of the Copenhagen ‘fingers’ 3. Threats to Metropolitan Open Space: The Netherlands Economic and Institutional Dimension 4. Development Constraints Reduce Urban Open Space: Actual Conditions and Future Requirements in England 5. Viability of Cross-Subsidy Strategies: A Netherlands Case Study 6. Does Proximity to Open Space Increase the Value of Dwellings? Evidence from Three Dutch Case Studies 7. Government or Market: Competing Ideals in American Metropolitan Regions 8. Maintaining the Working Landscape: The Portland Metro Urban Growth Boundary 9. The Impact of Open Space Preservation Policies: Evidence from the Netherlands and the US 10. Spaces of Engagement for Open Space Advocacy: A Grounded Theory on Local Opposition in the Netherlands 11. Formalisation of ‘Open Space’ as ‘Public Space’ in Zoning: The Belgian Experience 12. Aesthetic Approaches to Active Urban Landscape Planning: European Exemplars 13. Flächenhaushalt Reconsidered: Alternatives to the German Federal Thirty Hectares Goal 14. Planning Open Spaces: Balancing Markets, State and Communities

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Book SynopsisThe philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908â1961) has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Steven Holl and Peter Zumthor, as well as informing renowned schools of architectural theory, notably those around Dalibor Vesely at Cambridge, Kenneth Frampton, David Leatherbarrow and Alberto PÃrez-GÃmez in North America and Juhani Pallasmaa in Finland. Merleau-Ponty suggested that the value of peopleâs experience of the world gained through their immediate bodily engagement with it remains greater than the value of understanding gleaned through abstract mathematical, scientific or technological systems. This book summarizes what Merleau-Pontyâs philosophy has to offer specifically for architects. It locates architectural thinking in the context of his work, placing it in relation to themes such as space, movement, materiality and creativity, introduces key texts, helps decode difficult terms and provides quick reference for further reading.Trade Review'The phenomenological features of Merleau-Ponty’s notion of embodiment have today received extensive support by contemporary biological and neuroscientific research. Hale’s book, which highlights and distills the pivotal insights of the French philosopher, is essential reading for every architect who might ponder how people actually perceive their designed environments.' - Harry Francis Mallgrave, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology, USATable of ContentsSeries Editor Preface. Acknowledgements. Illustration Credits. Introduction. 1. Embodied Space – It’s Not What You Think 2. Expressive Form – Since Feeling is First 3. Tectonics and Materials – The Flesh of the World 4. Creativity and Innovation – From Spoken to Speaking Speech Postscript. Further Reading. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisWith the progress in communication and transport technologies, it has never been easier for migrants to stay connected with their country of origin. Facing the wide range of activities in which immigrants are involved, governments in the country of origin and the country of destination have endeavoured to respond to these activities. Up until now, the question of the nature of political engagement across borders that migrants may pursue has yet to be studied in a broad sense.The purpose of this book is to establish to what extent the place in which immigrants settle (namely the region or country) might determine the types of political activity in which they engage. More precisely, it ascertains whether and for what reasons different forms of transnational political activity develop in the United States and Europe.Looking at a series of case studies from Europe and the USA, it identifies the full range of political activities and various similarities in the actions undeTable of Contents Towards a transatlantic dialogue in the study of immigrant political transnationalism Marco Martiniello and Jean-Michel Lafleur Migrant political transnationalism and the practice of democracy: Dominican external voting rights and Salvadoran home town associations Jose Itzigsohn and Daniela Villacres The reinvention of political community in a transnational setting: framing the Kabyle citizens’ movement Michael Collyer Contradictions of diasporic institutionalization in Mexican politics: the 2006 migrant vote and other forms of inclusion and control Robert Courtney Smith The waxing and waning of the political field in Burundi and its diaspora Simon Turner Religion as a path to civic engagement Peggy Levitt Representing voiceless migrants: Moroccan political transnationalism and Moroccan migrants’ organizations in France Antoine Dumont

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Book SynopsisSixty years after the birth of Israel, this fascinating and original book of essays brings together a number of the leading experts on Zionism and Israel to examine the domestic and international context of Israel's transition from community to state in 1948. With contributions on a wide range of historically important topics that are no less relevant now than they were six decades ago, the book examines how countries as diverse as France, the United States, Turkey, Britain and Ireland viewed the partition of Palestine in 1947 and the subsequent establishment of Israel in 1948. It also looks at the involvement of the UN, Zionist and Arab leaders in the events immediately preceding Israel's birth. While controversial issues such as the role of the Holocaust in the creation of Israel and the attitude of the Zionist movement to Palestinian Arabs, from its onset to the 1948 war, are examined in order to set the record straight after decades of mistaken and misleading research.ThiTable of ContentsArabs and Jews in Palestine 1. On the Unspoken Principles of Herzlian Diplomacy and their Contemporary Relevance David Vital 2. Zionism and the Palestinians Efraim Karsh 3. Israel's Midwife: Golda Meir in the Closing Years of the British Mandate Meron Medzini 4. A Small Consolation for a Big Loss: King Abdallah and Jerusalem During the 1948 War Ronen Yitzhak 5. The Army of Sacred Jihad: An Army or Bands? Eliezer Tauber The International Context 6. On the Myth of the Connection Between the Holocaust and the Creation of Israel Evyatar Friesel 7. 'The Rhetoric of Reaction': British Arabists, Jewish Refugees and the Palestine Question Rory Miller 8. France and the Partition Plan: 1947-1948 Tsilla Herscho 9. 'Showdown in the Oval Office': 12 May 1948 in History Henry D. Fetter 10. Ralph Bunche and the Establishment of Israel Elad Ben-Dror 11. The Genesis of Turkish Views on Partition and Conciliation Howard A. Patten 12. Israel at Sixty: Some Reflections David Vital

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsEditorial: On Performatics/RICHARD GOUGH &. GRZEGORZ ZIOEKOWSKI -- Towards an Anthropology of Performance(s)/LESZEK KOLANKIEWICZ -- The Performative Matrix: Alladeen and Disorientalism/JON MCKENZIE -- My Performatics/TOMASZ KUBI KOWSKI -- The Ceramic Age: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of Performance Studies/ALAN READ -- Song from Beyond the Dark/DARIUSZ KOSIISISKI -- Surrogate Stages: Theatre, Performance and the Challenge of New Media/CH RISTOPH ER BALM E -- A Debate between Wlodzimierz Staniewski and Leszek Kolankiewicz, led by Grzegorz Ziolkowski -- The Key to All Locks: Conversation between Wojciech Dudzik, Dariusz Kosinski, Tomasz Kubikowski, Malgorzata Leyko and Dobrochna Ratajczakowa -- Back of Beyond/RICHARD GOUGH -- Raft and Mooring/DARIUSZ KOSIISISKI -- Notes on Contributors.

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Book SynopsisPierre Bourdieu is arguably one of the twentieth century's greatest socio-philosophical thinkers and his writings have much to offer anyone interested in the ways that people value, consume and produce architecture. Bourdieu spent much of his life attempting to understand cultural consumption and production through detailed empirical research that included studies of dwellings, art, museums, photography and aesthetics. This book introduces the architectural reader to Bourdieu's key writings on culture and outlines the ways in which they offer powerful practical tools and novel conceptual frameworks for understanding architectural value, taste, and practice.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Social Construction of Space 3. The Anatomy of Taste 4. Towards a Theory of Cultural Practice 5. Fields of Cultural Production 6. Cultural Practice, Reflexivity and Political Action. Further Reading

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Book SynopsisEvidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year. This second edition of Environmental Policy explains how policy can respond and bring about greater sustainability in individual lifestyles, corporate strategies, national policies and international relations. The book discusses the interaction between environmental and human systems, proposing environmental policy as a way to steer human systems to function within environmental constraints.The second edition has been completely updated to reflect advances in scholarship (for example developments in governance theory) and the increasing primacy of climate policy within environmental policy as a whole. Key political, social and economic concepts are used to explain how effective environmental policies can be designed, implemented and evaluated. Environmental problems, the role of human beings in creating them and sustainable development are all introduced. Environmental policy formulation, implementation and evaluation are discussed within three specific contexts: the firm, the nation state and at an international level. The book reviews the relationship of economics, science and technology to environmental policy. It ends by reflecting upon the predicament of humankind in the twenty-first century and the potential of achieve sustainability through the use of the environmental policy âtoolboxâ.Environmental Policy is an accessible text with a multi-disciplinary perspective. Lively case studies drawn from a range of international examples â and completely updated for this second edition â illustrate issues such as climate change, international trade, tourism and human rights. It includes chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and links to relevant web resources.Trade Review"This book (1st ed., 2004), part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment series, reflects the more matter-of-fact and cooperative ways that the EU deals with environmental issues....This well-written book will therefore be valuable to American universities as an introductory resource that can be used alongside American works to provide a more balanced treatment of the subject."—F. T. Manheim, George Mason University, Highly recommended title, CHOICETable of Contents1. So, What's the Problem? 2. The Roots of Environmental Problems 3. Sustainable Development and the Goals of Environmental Policy 4. Science and Technology: Policies and Paradoxes 5. Corporate Environmental Policy Making 6. Environmental Policy Making in Government 7. International Environmental Policy Making 8. Environmental Economics 9. Conclusion: Making Policy for the Planet

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsCommentary -- The Importance of the Financial Crisis /Alexander Nicoll -- Ukraine Since the War in Georgia /Dominique Arel -- Noteworthy -- Trauma and Transition... -- Securing the Peace: Presidents and Nation Building from FDR to George W. Bush /James Dobbins -- A New American Middle East Strategy? /Robert E. Hunter -- Fragile States: Securing Development /Robert B. Zoellick -- in Asia -- Why War in Asia Remains Thinkable /Hugh White -- Why East Asian War is Unlikely /Richard A. Biizinger and Barry Desker -- in the Middle East -- The Gulf's Renewed Oil Wealth: Getting it Right This Time? /Suzanne Maloney -- Is the Arab World Immune to Democracy? /Volker Perthes -- Plus -- The Evangelical Roots of US Africa Policy /Asteris Huliaras -- Review Essays -- Al-Qaeda 2.0 /Raffaello Pantucci -- Reports from the Revolution /Russell Crandall -- Book Reviews -- United States /John L. Harper -- Europe Hanns / W. Maull -- Russia and Eur0asia /Oksana Antonenko -- Brief Notices -- From the Archives -- Survival 1998-2007 -- Closing Argument -- Real America /Dana H. Allin.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsCommentary -- What the Torture Memos Tell Us /Karen J. Greenberg -- Sovereignty at Sea /James Kraska -- Iran: Breaking the Deadlock /Jean-Louis Gergorin -- Noteworthy -- The Unravelling of Pakistan /John R. Schmidt -- Europe, Guantanamo and the 'War on Terror': An Exchange /Nigel Inkster, -- Robert Whalley, Matthew C. Waxman and Sibylle Scheipers -- A New Era of Food Insecurity? /Alan Dupont and Mark Thirlwell -- The Limits of Chinese-Russian Partnership /Rajan Menon -- Occupying Iraq: A Short History of the CPA /James Dobbins -- The Case for No First Use /Scott D. Sagan -- Review Essays -- On War and Peace /Bruno Tertrais -- More With Less /Ian Bremmer Future Imperfect /Sara Robinson -- Book Reviews -- Economics, Resources and the Environment /Bill Emmott -- Latin America /Russell Crandall -- Europe /Erik Jones -- Brief Notices -- Letters to the Editor -- Closing Argument -- Elusive Power, Essential Leadership /Erik Jones.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsCommentary -- Iran: Diplomacy and Deterrence /Andrew Parasiliti -- Noteworthy -- Nuclear Options -- The Case for No First Use: An Exchange /Morton H. Halperin, Bruno Tertrais, -- Keith B. Payne, K. Subrahmanyam and Scott D. Sagan -- Rethinking Afghanistan -- Afghanistan: How Much is Enough? /Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson -- Afghan Q&A: Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- Germany's Options in Afghanistan /Timo Noelzel and Thomas Rid -- The Roots of Iran's Election Crisis /Amin Saikal -- Turkey's War at Home /Steven A. Cook -- The New Problem of Arctic Stability /Margaret Blunden -- The Future of European Defence Policy /Pierre-Henri d'Argenson -- Review Essays -- Lincoln's Grim Realism /Eliot A. Cohen -- Turkey, Islam and Europe /Erik Jones -- Australia's Different Defence Policy /Hugh White -- Sino-Russian Myths /Andrew C. Kuchins -- Book Reviews -- Middle East /Steven Simon -- United States /David Calleo -- Politics and International Relations /Pierre Hassner -- South Asia /Teresita C. Schaffer -- War, Conflict and the Military /H.R. McMaster -- Closing Argument -- Mr Obama Goes to Moscow /Oksana Antonenko.

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Book SynopsisNo engineering structure can be built on the ground or within it without the influence of geology being experienced by the engineer. Yet geology is an ancillary subject to students of engineering and it is therefore essential that their training is supported by a concise, reliable and usable text on geology and its relationship to engineering. In this book all the fundamental aspects of geology are described and explained, but within the limits thought suitable for engineers.It describes the structure of the earth and the operation of its internal processes, together with the geological processes that shape the earth and produce its rocks and soils. It also details the commonly occurring types of rock and soil, and many types of geological structure and geological maps. Care has been taken to focus on the relationship between geology and geomechanics, so emphasis has been placed on the geological processes that bear directly upon the composition, structure and mechanics of soil and rocks, and on the movement of groundwater. The descriptions of geological processes and their products are used as the basis for explaining why it is important to investigate the ground, and to show how the investigations may be conducted at ground level and underground. Specific instruction is provided on the relationship between geology and many common activities undertaken when engineering in rock and soil.Trade ReviewThis well-known textbook...remains the doyen of the field: a book for all seasons...written with balance, care and understanding.*GeotechniqueTable of ContentsThe Earth: Surface, structure and age; Geological history; Surface processes; Minerals; Igneous rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Metamorphic rocks; Geological structures; Strength of geological material; Ground investigations; Laboratory investigations; Geological maps; Groundwater; Slope stability; Reservoirs and dams; Excavations; Ground treatment and support; Development and redevelopment

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Book SynopsisThe past decade has been one of the most volatile periods in global petroleum markets in living memory, and future oil supply security and price levels remain highly uncertain. This poses many questions for the professional activities of planners and urbanists because contemporary cities are highly dependent on petroleum as a transport fuel. How will oil dependent cities respond, and adapt to, the changing pattern of petroleum supplies? What key strategies should planners and policy makers implement in petroleum vulnerable cities to address the challenges of moving beyond oil? How might a shift away from petroleum provide opportunities to improve or remake cities for the economic, social and environmental imperatives of twenty-first-century sustainability?Such questions are the focus of contributors to this book with perspectives ranging across the planning challenge: overarching petroleum futures, governance, transition and climate change questions, the role ofTrade Review"When future generations look back on today’s struggle to move off oil as the lifeblood of global society, they will wonder why it took so long for people to see the writing on the wall and find a better way to power the engines of human endeavor. This volume makes an important contribution to that writing on the wall and presents promising tools needed to deal with our energy problems. If contemporary economic and political leaders can learn from the thoughtful approaches in this book, the inevitable post-carbon future that awaits will bring a brighter day for human civilization."Anthony Perl, Professor of Urban Studies & Political Science, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsForewordBrendan GleesonIntroduction1. Investigating Cities After Oil: Planning for Systemic Urban Oil VulnerabilityJago Dodson, Neil Sipe and Anitra NelsonPart I. Energy Horizons2. A Stormy Petroleum Horizon: Cities and Planning Beyond Oil Jago Dodson3. The Paradox of Oil: The Cheaper it is, the More It CostsSamuel Alexander 4. Institutional Planning Responses to a Confluence of Oil Vulnerability and Climate ChangeTony Matthews and Jago Dodson 5. Energy Security and Oil Vulnerability ResponsesJago Dodson and Neil Sipe6. Post-Petroleum Urban JusticeWendy Steele, Lisa de Kleyn and Katelyn SamsonPart II. Transport and Land Use7. Walking the CityJohn Whitelegg8. Cycling Potential in Dispersed CitiesJennifer Bonham and Matthew Burke 9. Children’s Active Transport: An Upside of Oil Vulnerability?Scott Sharpe and Paul Tranter10. Public Transport Networks in the Post-Petroleum EraJohn Stone and Paul Mees11. Oil and Mortgage Vulnerability in Australian CitiesJago Dodson and Neil Sipe12. Outer Suburbs, Car Dependence and Residential Choice in FranceBenjamin Motte-Baumvol and Leslie Belton-Chevallier13. Greenspace After Petroleum: From Freeways to GreenwaysJason ByrneIII. Urban Systems14. Local Energy Plans for Transitions to a Low Carbon FutureBrendan F.D. Barrett and Ralph Horne15. Motor Vehicle Fleets in Oil Vulnerable Suburbs: A Prospect of Technology InnovationsTiebei Li, Neil Sipe and Jago Dodson16. Energy for CitiesCheryl Desha and Angela Reeve17. The Role of Telecommunication in Post-Petroleum Planning Tooran Alizadeh18. Peak Oil: Challenges and Changes for the Air Transport IndustryDouglas Baker, Nicholas Stevens and Md. KamruzzamanConclusion19. Planning and Petroleum Futures: Research DirectionsNeil Sipe, Jago Dodson and Anitra NelsonIndex

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Book SynopsisExploring our immediate sensuous experience of the world, this book challenges us to reconsider the role of the sensuous as not merely the physical basis of understanding, but as an integral part of the cultural definition of geographical knowledge.Table of ContentsPart 1 Sense and Geography; Chapter 1 Sensuous Geography; Chapter 2 Perception Theory and the Senses; Chapter 3 The Character of Sense; Part 2 Sense, Space, Place; Chapter 4 Haptic Geographies; Chapter 5 Olfactory Geographies; Chapter 6 Auditory Geographies; Chapter 7 Visual Geographies; Part 3 Sense and Reality; Chapter 8 Sensuous Geography and Transformation; Chapter 9 Images, Themes and Postmodern Geographies; Chapter 10 Sense and Hyper-Reality;

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Book SynopsisModern society is beginning to re-examine its whole relationship with animals and the natural world. Until recently issues such as animal welfare and environmental protection were considered the domain of small, idealistic minorities. Now, these issues attract vast numbers of articulate supporters who collectively exercise considerable political muscle. Animals, both wild and domestic, form the primary focus of concern in this often acrimonious debate. Yet why do animals evoke such strong and contradictory emotions in people - and do our western attitudes have anything in common with those of other societies and cultures? Bringing together a range of contributions from distinguished experts in the field, Animals and Society explores the importance of animals in society from social, historical and cross-cultural perspectives.Trade Review'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material. The book consists of ten chapters, six on historical aspects of human-animal relations, three on contemporary issues, and a concluding commentary. The book is enriched by excellent design and graphics.' – Applied Animal Behaviour Science'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material.' – David FraserTable of ContentsTim Ingold, Manchester Uni; Juliet Clutton-Brock, Natural History Museum; Calvin W Schwabe, USA; Esther Cohen,Israel; Andreas-Holger Maehle, Wellcome Inst, London NW1; Harriet Ritvo, USA; James Serpell, USA; Elizabeth Paul, Cambridge; Arnold Arluke, USA; Stephen Kellert, USA; Mary Midgely, Newcastle

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil. Long-standing uses of rural space are in crisis and, unsurprisingly, political processes in rural areas are marked by conflicts between groups, such as farmers, environmentalists, developers and local residents. Using an innovative theoretical approach based on ''networks of conventions'', this book investigates the ''regionalisation'' of the English countryside through a series of case-studies. These studies are based on a set of ''ideal types'': ''the preserved'' countryside, where environmental pressures are strongly expressed; the ''contested'' countryside, where development processes are shaped by disputes between agrarian and environmental interests; and the ''paternalistic'' countryside, where large landowners continue to oversee patterns of land development. It looks in detail at landowners, residents, politicians, planners, farmers, and environmTrade Review'A useful reference book for researchers in related fields.' - GeographyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Differentiated Countryside? 2. Regionalising the Rural 3. Theorising Differentiation 4. The 'Preserved' Countryside 5. The 'Contested' Countryside 6. The 'Paternalistic' Countryside 7. The Differentiated Polity 8. The Dynamics of Differentiation

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Book SynopsisFor decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction both internally and between the local communities, the wider urban society and political world. SINGOCOM - Social INnovation GOvernance and COMmunity building is the acronym of the EU-funded project on which this book is based. Sixteen case studies of socially-innovative initiatives at the neighbourhood level were carried out in nine European cities, of which ten are analysed in depth and presented here. The book compares these efforts and their results, and shows how grass-roots initiatives, alternative local movements and self-organiziTrade Review"A common criticism of edited volumes is that they can sometimes be little more than a loosely connected series of chapters. However, Can Neighbourhoods Save the City does not fall into this trap. Not only are the empirical chapters, which form the body of the book, connected through a commonly considered analytical framework, but a solid narrative draws the reader through from conception to conclusion. Ultimately, it is clear that sub-city initiatives provide hugely generative sites of social cohesion that co-exist alongside official state-driven forms of city governance. Many of these initiatives are not new, although the invocation of innovation and enterprise within their analysis may not have been so emphasised in previous eras."–Professor Anna Davies, Trinity College DublinTable of Contents1. Social Innovation and Community Development: Concepts and Theories 2. Historical Roots of Social Change: Philosophies and Movements 3. ALMOLIN: How to Analyse Social Innovation at the Local Level 4. Kommunales Forum Wedding – Innovation in Local Governance in Berlin 5. Arts Factory, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales 6. Social Exclusion/Inclusion and Innovation in the Neighbourhood of Epeule (Roubaix). The Case of the Association Alentour 7. The End of Social Innovation in Urban Development Strategies? Neighbourhood Development Corporations in Antwerp 8. How do you Build a Shared Interest? Olinda - a Case of Social Innovation Between Strategy and Organizational Learning in Milano 9. Centro Sociale Leoncavallo - Milan - Italy. A building-block for an Enlarged Citizenship in Milan 10. Associazione Quartieri Spagnoli (AQS) - Naples 11. New Deal for Communities in Newcastle 12. The Ouseburn Valley. A Struggle to Innovate in the Context of a Weak Local State 13. The Contradictions of Controlled Modernisation: Local Area Management in Vienna 14. Self-determined Urban Interventions as Tools for Social Innovation: The Case of City Mine(d) in Brussels 15. Creative Designing the Urban Future: Building on Experiences - A Transversal Analysis of Socially Innovative Case-Studies 16. Socially Innovative Projects, Governance Dynamics and Urban Change: A Policy Framework

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Book SynopsisGarden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turnerâs books on Asian gardens (2010) and European gardens (2011), it uses almost 1000 colour photographs, plans and style diagrams to provide a word and image history of garden design. Individual chapters cover the Celtic, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Arts and Crafts, Modern and Postmodern periods. Additional information about the gardens in the book is available on the Gardenvisit.com website, which the author edits http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/british_gardens_companionTrade Review"A guide to an understanding of the ideas we bring to bear in making our own gardens and enjoying those of others" - The RHS Garden magazine"Tom Turner appears to be on a mission to write the definitive historical account of gardens. He has already covered European and Asian gardens, and has now delivered an account of the development of gardens closer to home. The latest arrival delivers a narrative mix of academic research interspersed with idiosyncratic observations, balanced with photos and diagrams articulating the key design principles of the reviewed sites and historical periods."— Darryl Moore, Garden Design Journal Review of Asian Gardens:"Here Turner—with his characteristic use of summary diagrams and tightly structured analyses—charges through polytheist, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist, and Shinto gardens of West, South, East, and North Asia, with a welcome concluding chapter on abstract modernism. Some readers may be troubled by Turner’s reductionist approach, yet his books pack much between their covers in a manner that is at once quirky, refreshing, and stimulating." - Journal of Australian Garden HistoryTable of ContentsPreface 1. Neolithic gardens & landscapes: 3500BCE-43 2. Romano-British gardens & landscapes: 43-1066 3. Medieval gardens & landscapes: 1066-1485 4. Renaissance gardens & landscapes: 1485-1660 5. Baroque gardens & landscapes: 1660-1750 6. Neoclassical gardens & landscapes: 1730-1794 7. Romantic gardens & landscapes: 1794-1880 8. Arts and Crafts gardens & landscapes: 1880-1970 9. Abstract modern gardens: 1925-1972 1925-1980 10. Post-Abstract and sustainable gardens: post-1980 Appendix I: Asia, Europe and the British Isles Appendix II: Names for styles and periods Appendix III Wollaton Hall: Garden history and creative conservation Michael Simonsen

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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and Development examines the historical emergence of development as a form of governmentality, from the end of empire to the Cold War and the War on Terror. It illustrates the various ways in which the meanings and relations of development as a discourse, an apparatus and an aspiration, have been geopolitically imagined andTable of Contents1. Introduction: geopolitics and the assemblage of development 2. Post-colonialism, geopolitics and the periphery 3. Modernising the Third World 4. Cold War geopolitics and Foreign Aid 5. The State and Development 6. The political geographies of contemporary US foreign assistance 7. The rise of the South 8. Conclusions: development and (counter)insurgency

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Book SynopsisGraphic Design for Architects is a handbook of techniques, explanations and examples of graphic design most relevant to architects. The book covers a variety of scales of graphic design, everything from portfolio design and competition boards, to signage and building super-graphics â to address every phase of architectural production. This book combines and expands on information typically found in graphic design, information design, and architectural graphics books. As architectural communication increases to include more territory and components of a project, it is important for designers to be knowledgeable about the various ways in which to communicate visually. For instance, signage should be designed as part of the process â not something added at the end of a project; and the portfolio is a manifestation of how the designer works, not just an application to sell a design sensibility. In thinking about architecture as a systematic and visual project, the graphic design techniques outlined in this book will help architects process, organize and structure their work through the lens of visual communication.Each chapter is titled and organized by common architectural modes of communication and production. The chapters speak to architects by directly addressing projects and topics relevant to their work, while the information inside each chapter presents graphic design methods to achieve the architectsâ work. In this way, readers donât have to search through graphic design books to figure out whatâs relevant to them â this book provides a complete reference of graphic techniques and methods most useful to architects in getting their work done.Trade Review‘By clearly demonstrating, both as an example itself as well as through explaining its procedures, the numerous formats and techniques within architecture's extended field of production and reproduction (Portfolios, RFQs, Proposal Books – the extensive combinations of images, texts, diagrams, and spreadsheets that are, in total, and in various permutations, the architect's mode d'emploi) Graphic Design for Architects is not only a useful subject, but also a required skill, and now a necessary volume for any architect’s studio bookshelf.’ - John McMorrough, Associate Professor, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, USA'Graphic Design for Architects - A Manual for Visual Communication is a comprehensive overview that is compelling for both written content and the wide-ranging use of graphic examples in the book. The combination of interviews together with numerous contributors adds a wealth of experience and knowledge into this work. I'm fairly certain that most readers will learn something from this book as it is filled with examples and alternative approaches. For the non-architect, this book will reveal some the architectural secret-sauce that is commonly seen on project sights - thereby helping the reader to appreciate what the architect was trying to do with his presentation.' - Jeff Thurston, 3D Visualization World Magazine Table of ContentsIntroduction: Architects for Graphic Design Part 1: Presenting Yourself 1. Portfolios 2. Resumes Part 2: Presenting to an Audience 3. Competitions 4. Presentations 5. Books Part 3: Architectural Communication 6. Diagrams 7. Information Graphics 8. Maps Part 4: Communication as Architecture 8. Signage and Wayfinding 9. Super Graphics

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Book SynopsisThe Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye is the first volume of literary criticism to be co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic. The result of this unique collaboration is a lively conversation that not only demonstrates what is most fundamental to each discipline, but creates a joint perspective on reading literature that neither discipline alone can achieve. This book radically redefines the relationship between psychoanalysis and literary studies in a way that revitalizes the conversation between the two fields. This is achieved, in part, by providing richly textured descriptions of analytic work. These clinical illustrations bring to life the intersubjective dimension of analytic practice, which is integral to the book's original conception of psychoanalytic literary criticism. In their readings of seminal works of American and European literature, the authors address questions that are fundamental to psychoanalysis, literary studies, and the futuTrade Review"What does it mean to read? The Analyst’s Ear and the Critic’s Eye is a book that is probably best read backwards. Full versions or extended extracts of previously published essays on Kafka, Frost, and Philip Roth are reprinted in the appendices, and I think it helps to start with these essays before turning to the three main chapters. It would be a mistake to take the appended texts as read and, therefore, to ignore the context in which they are being re-read. In a book that is primarily concerned with engaged reading, where the interpellation of the individual as a reader may be seen as the main criterion of the book’s achievement, it is important for readers to participate actively in the reading experience."- Steven Groarke, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis"This book represents cutting edge work that will be of interest to psychoanalytic and literary critics. It will be of interest to literary scholars and those applying psychoanalysis to literature."- Ronald N.Turco, Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2014“The premise of the book is that aspects of psychoanalytic listening and reading can uniquely enhance literary criticism and, secondarily, that psychoanalysts can enhance their literary readings by knowing what academics do.” -Ellen Handler Spitz, PhD, Writer, Lecturer, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyTable of ContentsThe Analyst's Ear. How the Analyst Thinks. The Critic's Eye.

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Book SynopsisBroad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity's responsibility for distant future life. John Nolt, a logician and environmental ethicist, interweaves contemporary science, logical analysis, and ethical theory into the story of the expansion of ethics beyond the human species and into the far future. Informed by contemporary environmental science, the book deduces concrete policy recommendations from carefully justified ethical principles and ends with speculations concerning the deepest problems of environmental ethics. Pedagogical features include chapter outlines, annotated suggestions for further readings, the explanations of key terms when first mentioned, and an extensive glossary. Trade Review"John Nolt’s Environmental Ethics for the Long Term is an invaluable addition to the literature in environmental ethics. Nolt’s emphasis on analytical thought and logical reasoning makes this book pleasingly rigorous, and his rich discussion of our responsibilities to distant human generations both clarifies and develops existing debates. Highly recommended!"Clare Palmer, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA"Prof. Nolt has an excellent grasp of the topics, and he deals with the most significant issues within these topics. His writing style is lucid and accessible to most undergraduate students. I highly recommend Environmental Ethics for the Long Term as a text for an introductory course in Environmental Ethics."Ernest Partridge, Retired Hulings Professor of Environmental Ethics, Northland College, USA"This book has important things to say about key issues of our time – climate change, biodiversity loss, resource security. Our responses will shape the future for humans, for other species, for the planet. Nolt weaves together science, ethics and policy analysis in a way that is accessible, engaging and challenging. He makes a compelling case for broad policies and individual actions that will make the future better and he demonstrates why environmental ethics matters."Robert Elliot, University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Scientific Background 2. Logic, Prescriptive Reasoning, and Ethical Theories 3. Near-term Anthropocentrism 4. Long-term Anthropocentrism 5. Animal Ethics 6. Ethics of Life 7. Applications and Speculations Glossary References

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Book SynopsisA global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future. Global environmental change, including climate change; increasing fuel prices; and growing criticism from environmental and social interest groups are posing substantial challenges to the belief that international tourism can be sustainable at current rates and patterns of growth. This book therefore aims to answer the questions of if and how tourism can be a sustainable industry. The book concludes that sustainable tourism is possible but that it requires fundamental shifts in operations, systems and philosophies. The various contributions identify a number of means by which this can be accomplished but stress that sustainable tourism still has a long way to travel before it can reach its destination.Table of Contents1. Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations Part 1: Theoretical Foundations: Re-thinking the Tourism System 2. 30 Years of Sustainable Tourism: Drivers, Progress, Problems – and the Future 3. Reflections on Sustainable Tourism and Paradigm Change Part 2: Restructuring the Tourism System: Practical Examples 4. Inaction More than Action: Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainable Tourism Policies 5. Transport and Tourism in Scotland: A Case Study of Scenario Planning at VisitScotland 6. Tourism and Climate Change Mitigation: Which Data is Needed for What Use? 7. Theory and Practice of Environmental Management and Monitoring in Hotel Chains 8. Sustainable Ski Resort Principles: An Uphill Journey 9. Piloting a Carbon Emissions Audit for an International Arts Festival Under Tight Resource Constraints: Methods, Issues and Results 10. Voluntary Carbon Offsets; a Contribution to Sustainable Tourism? Part 3: Innovation: Sustainable Tourism Futures 11.The Implementation of Sustainable Tourism: A Project Based Perspective 12. Carbon Labelling and Restructuring Travel Systems: Involving Travel Agencies in Climate Change Mitigation 13. Moving Towards Low-Carbon Tourism: New Opportunities for Destinations and Tour Operators 14. Sustainable Transportation Guidelines for Nature-Based Tour Operators 15. Tourism Firm Innovation and Sustainability 16. Synthesis and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisSome thirty years ago the small Metropolitan County of Grotton found itself bathed in the bright glare of publicity as The Grotton Papers lifted the lid on the inner workings of the six planning departments of this hitherto little remarked corner of England.The intervening years have seen Grotton's County Council aim at the admirable and mostly achievable target of becoming average with moderate prospects of remaining average in the Government rankings, and the struggles of the District Councils to come to terms with planning in the late twentieth â let alone twenty-first â century are once again under the spotlight.The original authors of The Grotton Papers have come together once more to offer an experienced and surprisingly unjaundiced look at the way the British planning system works. Their comprehensive survey allows real lessons to be learnt from what Grotton has â and just as importantly hasn't â done since they were last in town.Grotton Revisited is without doubt the finest (and indeed the only) satirical book on this vitally important subject. It is suitable for planners of all ages and abilities, and will be essential reading for anyone who has ever had contact with the planning system, or thinks they may know someone who has. First class entertainment and education for professionals and general readers alike.Published in association with the RTPI.Trade Review"Loved it , I almost had to be resuscitated – Grotton Revisited will immediately become the standard text on Planning Practice in every planning school in the UK and far beyond. The fact that it will cause every planning student in the land to abandon their courses, for alternative vocations in investment banking or alternative therapies, is unfortunate"– Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK"This book makes you laugh with the planning system, not at it! A timely reminder of the importance of planning in all our lives and the problems which always accompany attempts at perfection" – John Gummer, Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal and former Secretary of State for the Environment, UK"It gave me a great deal of pleasure to review my acquaintance with your area’s crumbling infrastructure, decaying terraces, and blighted Country Park" – Nick Raynsford, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich and Former Minister for Planning, UK"Grotton Revisited exposes with a biting satire and razor-sharp wit the inadequacies and inefficiencies of the planning system, and lays bare the dull, clumsy, two-dimensional box-ticking that underpins so much of the system... This is a wonderfully funny book... hopefully it will also act as a catalyst for reform" – Norman Baker, Lib Dem MP for Lewes, UK"Like a spoof April 1 general election poster (courtesy of The Guardian in 2010) which briefly fooled too many serious people, this classic satire-cum-parody-meets-real-life will - sadly - touch a raw nerve, as anyone dealing with officialdom, and its increasingly unfathomable language in the 90s and Noughties will attest!... A fabulous read!" – Peter Hetherington, former Guardian Regional Affairs Editor and TCPA Vice President"The funny thing is, it's no joke." – Michael Hebbert, University of Manchester, UK"It is an extremely funny book, but close enough to the reality of planning practice to be unsettling. It will certainly make you laugh, but it will be a rather nervous sort of laughter." – Australian Planner"Loved it , I almost had to be resuscitated – Grotton Revisited will immediately become the standard text on Planning Practice in every planning school in the UK and far beyond. The fact that it will cause every planning student in the land to abandon their courses, for alternative vocations in investment banking or alternative therapies, is unfortunate"– Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK"This book makes you laugh with the planning system, not at it! A timely reminder of the importance of planning in all our lives and the problems which always accompany attempts at perfection" – John Gummer, Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal and former Secretary of State for the Environment, UK"It gave me a great deal of pleasure to review my acquaintance with your area’s crumbling infrastructure, decaying terraces, and blighted Country Park" – Nick Raynsford, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich and Former Minister for Planning, UK"Grotton Revisited exposes with a biting satire and razor-sharp wit the inadequacies and inefficiencies of the planning system, and lays bare the dull, clumsy, two-dimensional box-ticking that underpins so much of the system... This is a wonderfully funny book... hopefully it will also act as a catalyst for reform" – Norman Baker, Lib Dem MP for Lewes, UK"Like a spoof April 1 general election poster (courtesy of The Guardian in 2010) which briefly fooled too many serious people, this classic satire-cum-parody-meets-real-life will - sadly - touch a raw nerve, as anyone dealing with officialdom, and its increasingly unfathomable language in the 90s and Noughties will attest!... A fabulous read!" – Peter Hetherington, former Guardian Regional Affairs Editor and TCPA Vice President"The funny thing is, it's no joke." – Michael Hebbert, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsMessage from the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute 1. Planning in Crisis 2. The County of Grotton and the Five Districts of Which it is Comprised 3. The Development Plan in Crisis 4. Development Management in Crisis: A Case Study from Dunromin 5. Regeneration in Crisis 6. The Countryside in Crisis 7. Transport in Crisis 8. The Environment in Crisis, or What’s Posterity Ever Done for Me? 9. Management in Crisis The Grotton Advertiser: a Special Supplement to mark the 31st Anniversary of the 1979 "Planning in Crisis" Conference Appendices 10. Notes for delegates to the "Planning in Crisis" Conference 2010 11. An Invitation to the Secretary of State to address the Conference 12. An Important Decision relating to a Planning Appeal 13. An Extract from the Grotton Design Guide 14. An Appeal on Behalf of the Patrick Abercrombie Home for Distressed Planners by Alexander Quibble CB. Index

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Book SynopsisThe glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of colonialism, war and Indonesian independence, and tourism have produced both modernizing changes and created an image of Bali as traditional'. Incorporating up-to-date ethnographic field work the book investigates the myriad of ways in which the Balinese has responded to the influx of outside influence. The book focuses on the fascinating interrelationship between tourism, economy, culture and religion in Bali, painting a twenty-first century picture of the Balinese. In documenting these diverse changes Howe critically assesses some of the work of Bali's most famous ethnographer, Clifford Geertz and demonstrates the importance of a historically grounded and broadly contextualized approach to the analysis of a complex society.Trade Review'This is a clearly written book about the complex relationship between religion, social change and cultural identity. It will be valuable for scholars of Southeast Asia, as well as students who wish to familiarise themselves with the world of Bali.' - Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 34 No.4 (2006)'The Changing World of Bali covers an impressive amount of information...Howe's expert and stimulating critical review of most of the issues that continue to absorb scholars on Bali, carried into his treatment of current concerns of Balinese, make this a valuable resource indeed.' - Lene Pedersen, Indonesia, 84, October 2007'The changing world of Bali represents a well-written account of the state-of-the-art anthropological research on Bali. Leo Howe asks the right questions about contemporary Balinese lide and gives enthnographically inspired answers... it is a 'must read' for those who teach the anthropology of Indonesia.' - Martin Slama, Social Anthropology, Vol. 15 Issue 2, June 2007'This is a clearly written book about the complex relationship between religion, social change and cultural identity. It will be a valuable for scholars of Southeast Asia, as well as students who wish to familiarise themselves with the world of Bali.'- Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 34 No.4 (2006).Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Colonialism, Caste and the Beginnings of Tourism 2. Balinese Character (Assassination?) 3. The Efficacy of Ritual Action and the Transformation of Religion 4. The New Religions of Bali: Agama Hindu and Sathya Sai Baba 5. Controversies over Hierarchy 6. Tourism, Culture and Identity

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Book SynopsisCoastal, estuarine, fluvial and submarine morphodynamics encompass some of the leading processes shaping our planet. They stem mainly, but not only, from the interaction of water in motion and movable sediment boundaries, resulting in morphological changes produced by erosion, transport and deposition of sediments that generate a variety of landscapes and seascapes over time. Morphodynamics allows for a better understanding and interpretation of self adjustments in drainage basins, longitudinal river profiles and shorelines shapes, as well as characteristic features such as beach cusps, bed forms such as dunes, and channel patterns. This collection of about 150 contributions should be invaluable to wetland ecologists, fish biologists, engineers, geomorphologists, fluvial engineers, coastal scientists , as well as to scientists interested in processes responsible for earth-surface landscape evolution.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide.Key features:* Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world''s most expert librarians and academics.* Breadth: Today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included.* International Coverage: The IBSS reviews scholarship published in over thirty languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world.* User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.

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Book SynopsisThis book primarily deals with the role of the regional and extra-regional actors in security issues in the Black Sea region. It assesses the security context of the region in the post-Cold War period and suggests some possible future developments.This book was published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.Table of ContentsPreface Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 1. The Security Paradoxes of the Black Sea Region Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 2. Geopolitics, (sub)Regionalism, Discourse and a Troubled ‘Power Triangle’ in the Black Sea Yannis Tsantoulis 3. Towards a Comprehensive Regional Security Framework in the Black Sea Region after the Russia-Georgia War Oksana Antonenko 4. Geographical Blessing versus Geopolitical Curse: Great Power Security Agendas for the Black Sea Region and a Turkish Alternative Mustafa Aydin 5. The Impact of the Caucasus Crisis on Regional and European Security Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova 6. The United States and Security in the Black Sea Region Stephen F. Larrabee 7. Russian and European Neighbourhood Policies Compared Andrew Wilson and Nicu Popescu 8. The European Union and Security in the Black Sea Region after the Georgia Crisis Sabine Fischer 9. Black Sea Security as a Regional Concern for the Black Sea States and the Global Powers Sergiy Glebov 10. Ukraine Needs to Decide its Strategic Alignment Jeffrey Simon

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Book SynopsisWhat form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and the average length of stay is three days? How will depopulating cities reclaim vacant space, reorganize infrastructure and redefine their economic identity? What type of architecture results from the prevalence of airborne contaminants? What kind of urbanism does Google Earth produce? Exploring the increasingly decentralized systems through which cities are organized and produced, Distributed Urbanism highlights the architectural practices that are emerging in response. Unlike early models of urbanism, in which centralized models of production, communication and governance were sited within a central business district, contemporary urbanism is shaped by remote, distributed mechanisms such as information technologies, (i.e. SatNav, Google Earth, E-trade, Photosynth or RSS web feeds) cooperative economic models and environmental networks, many of which are physically reTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The City You Can’t See on Google Earth 2. Rural Urbanism: Thriving Under the Radar – Beijing’s Villages in the City 3. Rotterdam 1979-2007: From Ideology to Market Communism and Beyond 4. MegaHouse 5. Borderland/Borderama/Detroit 6. Rubble in the Sand 7. Density of Emptiness 8. Antisepsis 9. Beyond Urbanism: Mumbai and the Cultivation of an Eye 10. Resurrecting Cities: Instant Urban Planning 11. Productive Residue: The Casting of Alternative Public Space 12. Bubble Cities: Airports, Islands and Nomads Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisIncludes contributions from the CIB W78 26th International Conference on 'Managing IT in Construction' and the MC4T09 International Conference 'Managing Construction for Tomorrow' (both held in Istanbul, Turkey, 1-3 October 2009). This title is of interest to academics, developers and end-users of construction management and IT in construction.Table of ContentsPreface, Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee, CIB W078 Managing IT in Construction Model based management tools, Communication and collaboration, Data acquisition and storage, Information and knowledge management, Architectural design, Managing IT strategies, Building information modelling, Visualization and simulation, Sustainability. MC4T Managing Construction for Tomorrow, Construction industry competitiveness, Innovative approaches to construction, Best practices in international construction, Health & Safety, Sustainable Construction.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFeedback on the second edition: A comprehensive, up-to-date and eminently readable critical exploration of the idea that as globalization marches on, geography and its core principles matter more than ever for understanding the process, its challenges, and its impacts on places from the local to the global scale. - Emeritus Professor Peter Daniels, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK‘Genuinely global, unlike much of its competition, the new edition of Geographies of Globalization continues to provide an extremely well-written, enjoyable, thoughtful and occasionally provocative analysis of globalization. Already highly successful, the book is well on the way to becoming a classic.’- Professor John Connell, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia'A first rate introduction to globalization encompassing economic, cultural, political and environmental processes and perspectives. This accessible and well-structured textbook combines a critical discussion of various theories of globalization with wide-ranging and up to date examples, presenting globalization as a dynamic and geographically unequal phenomenon that is central to understanding the modern world.' - Professor Michael Woods, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK'Globalization became a buzzword in the 1990s. Two decades on and writing from the southwestern Pacific, Warwick Murray and John Overton provide an excellent review of the debates: looking backwards, forwards and beyond the polemics' - Professor James D Sidaway, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore Reviews of the first edition:'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'A valid contribution to the globalisation literature as an introductory level or foundation text, combining key themes and empirical case studies with some key theoretical ideas. As part of the Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series the book serves its role as a teaching aid, providing a concise introduction to the subject while is also amenable to delivery as, or as an accompaniment to, an undergraduate lecture courses.'- Tim Vorley, University of Leicester'The book is very well written, carrying the reader along with all the zest and enthusiasm that characterise a winner of one of the 2006 national tertiary teaching awards. Reading it often seems like being in a high-energy classroom.' - New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences'Geographies of Globalization is written in a very clear, accessible and concise manner and is a book that offers students something of a route-map through the uncertainty, confusion and misunderstandings that surround this now widely debated phenomenon.' - New Zealand Geographer, 2006'This book will travel well beyond the discipline of geography and will be equally useful for students of a range of other social science disciplines.' - Marcus Power, Department of Geography, University of Durham'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'I am certain that Geographies of Globalization will make an excellent text for many geography courses that focus on globalization' - Annals of the AAG Feedback on the second edition: A comprehensive, up-to-date and eminently readable critical exploration of the idea that as globalization marches on, geography and its core principles matter more than ever for understanding the process, its challenges, and its impacts on places from the local to the global scale. - Emeritus Professor Peter Daniels, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK‘Genuinely global, unlike much of its competition, the new edition of Geographies of Globalization continues to provide an extremely well-written, enjoyable, thoughtful and occasionally provocative analysis of globalization. Already highly successful, the book is well on the way to becoming a classic.’- Professor John Connell, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia'A first rate introduction to globalization encompassing economic, cultural, political and environmental processes and perspectives. This accessible and well-structured textbook combines a critical discussion of various theories of globalization with wide-ranging and up to date examples, presenting globalization as a dynamic and geographically unequal phenomenon that is central to understanding the modern world.' - Professor Michael Woods, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK'Globalization became a buzzword in the 1990s. Two decades on and writing from the southwestern Pacific, Warwick Murray and John Overton provide an excellent review of the debates: looking backwards, forwards and beyond the polemics' - Professor James D Sidaway, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore Reviews of the first edition:'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'A valid contribution to the globalisation literature as an introductory level or foundation text, combining key themes and empirical case studies with some key theoretical ideas. As part of the Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series the book serves its role as a teaching aid, providing a concise introduction to the subject while is also amenable to delivery as, or as an accompaniment to, an undergraduate lecture courses.'- Tim Vorley, University of Leicester'Geographies of Globalisation is written in a very clear, accessible and concise manner and is a book that offers students something of a route-map through the uncertainty, confusion and misunderstandings that surround this now widely debated phenomenon.' - New Zealand Geographer 2006'This book will travel well beyond the discipline of geography and will be equally useful for students of a range of other social science disciplines.' - Marcus Power, Department of Geography, University of DurhamTable of ContentsPart I: Globalization in Three Dimensions – Place, Time and Space 1. Globalization and Place – Geography is Dead? 2. Globalization and Crisis – Three World Challenges 3. Globalization, Time and Space – History and Theory Part II: Globalization in Three Spheres – Economic, Cultural and Political 4. Globalizing Economic Geographies 5. Globalizing Cultural Geographies 6. Globalizing Political Geographies Part III: Globalization and Three Crises – Development, Environment and Uneven Capitalism 7. Inequality, Development and Globalization 8. Environment, Sustainability and Globalization 9. Uneven capitalism, globalization and recession 10. Progressive Globalization – Long Live Geography

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Population Geographies provides a foundation to the incredibly diverse, topical and interesting field of twenty-first-century population geography. It establishes the substantive concerns of the subdiscipline, acknowledges the sheer diversity of its approaches, key concepts and theories and engages with the resulting major areas of academic debate that stem from this richness.Written in an accessible style and assuming little prior knowledge of topics covered, yet drawing on a wide range of diverse academic literature, the bookâs particular originality comes from its extended definition of population geography that locates it firmly within the multiple geographies of the life course. Consequently, issues such as childhood and adulthood, family dynamics, ageing, everyday mobilities, morbidity and differential ability assume a prominent place alongside the classic population geography triumvirate of births, migrations and deaths. This broader framing of the field allows the book to address more holistically aspects of lives across space often provided little attention in current textbooks. Particular note is given to how these lives are shaped though hybrid social, biological and individual arenas of differential life course experience. By engaging with traditional quantitative perspectives and newer qualitative insights, the authors engage students from the quantitative macro scale of population to the micro individual scale.Aimed at higher-level undergraduate and graduate students, this introductory text provides a well-developed pedagogy, including case studies that illustrate theory, concepts and issues.Trade Review"Open, lively, and path-breaking - Barcus and Halfacree re-centre our understandings of population geographies through their life course framing and inspire and provoke in equal measure: brilliant!"Professor Adrian J. Bailey, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. "At the core of this textbook is the argument that population geography should center on human beings and the myriad ways human beings live their lives across space. It is a more intimate approach to demography than is found in most other textbooks. The authors introduce students to life course theory and incorporate stories from around the globe in a way that humanizes the field and widens its scope."John Cromartie, Geographer at Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of BoxesPrefaceChapter 1: Viewing Populations Spatially: Population Geography as Lives Across Space1.1 Introduction: Lives Across Space1.2 Of Populations and Population Geography1.3 A Short History of Population Geography1.4 Towards Relational Population Geographies1.5 Lives Across SpaceChapter 2: Population Geographies of the Life Course Introduction Lives Individual and Common Arenas of Differential Life Course Experience Conclusion: Representing Lives Across Space Chapter 3: Global Spatial Distributions of Population3.1 Introduction: Snapshots of People in the World3.2 The Populated World: a Global Demographic Perspective3.3 The Populated World: Urban, Intra-Urban, Rural Spaces3.4 Conclusion: Dynamism of Lives Across SpaceChapter 4: Fertility and Births4.1 Introduction: Production of Children 4.2 Modelling Geographies of Fertility4.3 Global Fertility Patterns 4.4 The "Value" of a Child4.5 Managing Timing and Spacing of Births4.6 State Policies and Fertility4.7 "New" Fertilities4.8 Conclusion: Fertility’s Multiple EntanglementsChapter 5: Placing Human Migration5.1 Introduction: Defining Migration5.2 The Era of Mobilities?5.3 Migration as Natural Expression5.4 Migration as Societal Expression5.5 Migration as Individual Expression5.6 Migration as Life Course Expression5.7 Conclusion: Broadening Understanding of Human MigrationChapter 6: From Everyday to Residential Mobilities6.1 Introduction: Mobilities to Migrations6.2 Everyday Mobilities6.3 Residential Mobility6.4 ConclusionChapter 7: Employment Migrations7.1 Introduction: Beyond Commuting7.2 Student Migrations7.3 General Employment Migrations7.4 Specialist Employment Migrations7.5 Employment Migrations as Family and Community Practices7.6 ConclusionChapter 8: Lifestyle Migrations8.1 Introduction: Migration for the Project of the Self8.2 The Lure of the City8.3 The Lure of the Country8.4 Lifestyle Retirement Migrations8.5 Conclusion: Relational Lifestyle MigrationsChapter 9: Forced Migrations9.1 Introduction: the Importance of Labels9.2 Recognizing Forced Migration and Mobilities9.3 Forced Mobilities9.4 Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Asylum-Seekers9.5 Conclusion: looking beyond victimhoodChapter 10: Mortality and Ageing10.1 Introduction: the Ageing Body and the End of a Life Course10.2 Elderly Lives10.3 Mortality: Measurement and Global Trends and Patterns10.4 Modeling Mortality Geographies10.5 Differentiating Mortality: Causes of Death10.6 Conclusion: Mortality, Resources and Access in an Ageing WorldChapter 11: 21st Century Lives Across Space11.1. 21st Century Perspectives 11.2 21st Century Challenges11.3 21st Century Populations11.4 Conclusion: 21st Century Population GeographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHuman Geography: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of the role that humankind plays in shaping the world around us. Whether itâs environmental concerns, the cities we live in or the globalization of the economy, these are issues which affect us all. This book introduces these topics and more including: global environment issues and development cities, firms and regions migration, immigration and asylum landscape, culture and identity travel, mobility and tourism agriculture and food. Featuring an overview of theory, end of chapter summaries, case study boxes, further reading lists and a glossary, this book is the ideal introduction for anybody new to the study of human geography.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Globalization, Environment and Development 2. States, Nations and Culture 3. Cities, Regions and Industries 4. People, Work and Mobility 5. Bodies, Practices and Identities

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