Geography Books

Book SynopsisIndia has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century. In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, and political changes occurring in India today, and their implications for the people of India and the world. Each of the book’s fourteen chapters seeks to answer a key question: Is India’s democracy under threat? Can India’s Growth be sustained? How are youth changing India? Drawing on a wealth of scholarly and popular material as well as their own experience researching the country during this period of major transformation, the authors draw the reader into key debates about economic growth, poverty, environmental justice, the character of Indian democracy, rights and social movements, gender, caste, education, and foreign policy. India, they conclude, has undergone some extraordinary and positive changes since the early 1990s but deeply worrying threats remain: increasing authoritarianism, growing inequality, entrenched poverty, and environmental vulnerability. How India responds to these crucial challenges will shape the world’s largest democracy for years to come.Trade Review�As a book that covers a tremendous range of issues and refuses to fall for easy explanatory traps, India: Continuity and Change in the 21st Century offers an original, unique and comprehensive coverage of the economy, society and politics in 21st century India.� Philippa Williams, Queen Mary University of London �This book asks some of the most compelling questions about politics, society and the economy in contemporary India, and offers answers with historical depth, a comprehensive engagement with the latest scholarship on the subject, and nuanced analysis. An indispensable guide to understanding the multiple complexities of India today.� Niraja Gopal Jayal, Jawaharlal Nehru University �A crisply written account of key issues in the study of contemporary India. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.� Rob Jenkins, City University of New York

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Book SynopsisIndia has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century. In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, and political changes occurring in India today, and their implications for the people of India and the world. Each of the book’s fourteen chapters seeks to answer a key question: Is India’s democracy under threat? Can India’s Growth be sustained? How are youth changing India? Drawing on a wealth of scholarly and popular material as well as their own experience researching the country during this period of major transformation, the authors draw the reader into key debates about economic growth, poverty, environmental justice, the character of Indian democracy, rights and social movements, gender, caste, education, and foreign policy. India, they conclude, has undergone some extraordinary and positive changes since the early 1990s but deeply worrying threats remain: increasing authoritarianism, growing inequality, entrenched poverty, and environmental vulnerability. How India responds to these crucial challenges will shape the world’s largest democracy for years to come.Trade Review�As a book that covers a tremendous range of issues and refuses to fall for easy explanatory traps, India: Continuity and Change in the 21st Century offers an original, unique and comprehensive coverage of the economy, society and politics in 21st century India.� Philippa Williams, Queen Mary University of London �This book asks some of the most compelling questions about politics, society and the economy in contemporary India, and offers answers with historical depth, a comprehensive engagement with the latest scholarship on the subject, and nuanced analysis. An indispensable guide to understanding the multiple complexities of India today.� Niraja Gopal Jayal, Jawaharlal Nehru University �A crisply written account of key issues in the study of contemporary India. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.� Rob Jenkins, City University of New York

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Book SynopsisThe first book of its kind, Decolonizing Geography offers an indispensable introductory guide to the origins, current state and implications of the decolonial project in geography. Sarah A. Radcliffe recounts the influence of colonialism on the discipline of geography and introduces key decolonial ideas, explaining why they matter and how they change geography’s understanding of people, environments and nature. She explores the international origins of decolonial ideas, through to current Indigenous thinking, coloniality-modernity, Black geographies and decolonial feminisms of colour. Throughout, she presents an original synthesis of wide-ranging literatures and offers a systematic decolonizing approach to space, place, nature, global-local relations, the Anthropocene and much more. Decolonizing Geography is an essential resource for students and instructors aiming to broaden their understanding of the nature, origins and purpose of a geographical education.Trade Review‘Decolonizing Geography is both a landmark textbook and a compelling scholarly manifesto. It offers a wide and wise reckoning with geography’s colonial past and lingering imperial and racist substance – with the promise of something better.’James Sidaway, National University of Singapore ‘This book provides an overview of the issues, presents the stakes and suggests admirably concrete and feasible steps towards producing broad decolonization in the academy. This will become an indispensable text for students, academics and perhaps even university administrators, including BAME/DEI officers. The author should be congratulated for the accomplishment.’Jovan Scott Lewis, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsAuthor’s note Preface List of Tables, Textboxes and Figures Chapter 1 Why decolonize geography? Chapter 2 Postcolonialism and Decoloniality Chapter 3 Decolonizing Geographies Chapter 4 Decolonizing Geographical Concepts Chapter 5 Decolonizing Geography's Curriculum Chapter 6 Decolonizing geographical research practice Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWe all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world’s population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy in recent decades has highlighted a number of vulnerabilities and contradictions inherent in the way we currently organize this vital sector. Extremes of both undernourishment and overnourishment affect a significant proportion of humanity. And attempts to increase production through the spread of an industrial model of agriculture has resulted in serious ecological consequences. The fully revised and expanded third edition of this popular book explores how the rise of industrial agriculture, corporate control, inequitable agricultural trade rules, and the financialization of food have each enabled powerful actors to gain fundamental influence over the practices that dominate the world food economy and result in uneven consequences for both people and planet. A variety of movements have emerged that are making important progress in establishing alternative food systems, but, as Clapp’s penetrating analysis ably shows, significant challenges remain.Trade Review“Jennifer Clapp has done it again. Bravo! A true classic, Food is breathtaking in its scope and insight. In bringing this brilliant work up to the moment, Clapp demystifies the global food economy so we can all realize our power to transform it.”Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and co-author of World Hunger: 10 Myths “The global food economy may seem remote from daily experience, but Jennifer Clapp explains how it affects every aspect of what we eat and, therefore, our health and welfare. Best of all, she provides the information and tools advocates can use to redesign the global food economy to promote fair trade, food justice, and food sovereignty.”Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of Soda Politics“In the third edition of this invaluable text, Jennifer Clapp synthesizes the latest literature in a rapidly changing and vital field, in ways that are rigorous, accessible, and always thought-provoking. From the end of the Second World War to the thick of the climate emergency, Food tells the story of the modern food system with signature clarity and sophistication.”Raj Patel, University of Texas at Austin “Food is detailed, it is engrossing, and it is clear. The documentation of the political and economic motivations that have shaped the current food system over the past decades is enlightening for the scientific food community and the general public.”Nature FoodTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Figures and Tables Chapter 1: Unpacking the World Food Economy Chapter 2: The Rise of a Global Industrial Food Market Chapter 3: Expanding Food Trade Chapter 4: Growing Corporate Control Chapter 5: The Financialization of Food Chapter 6: Justice and Sustainability in the World Food Economy? Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world’s most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues “ecological civilization”? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of state-led environmentalism which concentrates decisive political, economic, and epistemic power under centralized leadership. On the face of it, China seems to embody hope for a radical new approach to environmental governance. In this thought-provoking book, Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro probe the concrete mechanisms of China’s coercive environmentalism to show how ‘going green’ helps the state to further other agendas such as citizen surveillance and geopolitical influence. Through top-down initiatives, regulations, and campaigns to mitigate pollution and environmental degradation, the Chinese authorities also promote control over the behavior of individuals and enterprises, pacification of borderlands, and expansion of Chinese power and influence along the Belt and Road and even into the global commons. Given the limited time that remains to mitigate climate change and protect millions of species from extinction, we need to consider whether a green authoritarianism can show us the way. This book explores both its promises and risks.Trade Review“A clearly written, comprehensive and timely volume, China Goes Green will help students, researchers, and the general public understand how to think about China’s ’authoritarian environmentalism’ — or more accurately, as Li and Shapiro argue — ‘environmental authoritarianism’ under Xi Jinping. A concise guide to a very important issue.” Emily Yeh, University of Colorado Boulder “China Goes Green brilliantly redefines our understanding of modern Chinese governance, dismantling a simplified portrait and illuminating the force, and the flaws, of the centralized approach that some officials call the ‘era of coercion.’ These insights are vital to understanding not only China’s environmental policy but also its handling of public-health emergencies and other issues of urgent global interest.” Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China“Even as someone well versed in this material, I learned a great deal from this impressive text. I would absolutely use it with my students.”Matto Mildenberger, University of California, Santa Barbara“Faith in the capacity of western forms of governance to meet the rising challenges of the Anthropocene is waning. Many find in China's brand of authoritarian environmentalism an appealing alternative. But can the appeal of this alternative withstand close scrutiny? Without denying or downplaying China's environmental achievements, Li and Shapiro subject China's environmental record to a systematic assessment. The result is a sobering account of what the authors describe as environmental authoritarianism in contrast to authoritarian environmentalism. An important argument that is particularly timely at this moment.”Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara‘Li and Shapiro trenchantly explore environmentalism as an element of China’s deepening and globalizing authoritarianism, while also showing that a measure of citizen involvement, or “supervision by the masses,” is required for such projects to succeed. Through nuanced case studies from urban air quality to reforestation, China Goes Green inspires us to focus on the relationship between sustainability and freedom – an endangered species in our increasingly illiberal world.’Jesse Ribot, American University “China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet is a nuanced account of what China has done so far, and what lessons the world can learn from the authoritarian tone of environmentalism in China.”The Earthbound Report“broad and deep, well documented and clear”Asian Review of Books “an important work that recasts the trade-offs of tackling catastrophic climate change.”Journal of Political Ecology “Highly recommended for China scholars, those interested in the impact of China's growing global role, and everyone looking to understand how much coercion is necessary in environmental politics.”Jessica C. Teets, Governance “a deeply perceptive book”Mahesh Rangarajan, The Telegraph India “timely…a deep exploration of the environmental governance system under China’s characteristic authoritarian regime.”International Journal of Asian Studies“[A]n in-depth analysis of the Chinese approach to solving environmental issues.”Europe-Asia Studies"(a) remarkable and long overdue book... its enormous strength is its comprehensive and well-balanced combination of ambitious theorizing and hard empirics." The China Quarterly

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Book SynopsisCapitalism has become so dominant that it is difficult to ever imagine a world in which its injustices and inequalities are not violently present. In this ambitious and compelling book, Oli Mould turns his diagnosis of capitalism's perversions towards defining the new set of ethics we need to succeed in organizing a more just society. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, capitalism has been rocked to its foundations and 'the commons' as a means of providing for all people in our world has come crashing into the foreground. However, in order for the commons to be a viable alternative to the injustices of capitalism, it needs to be grown to a planetary scale. This is not an easy process, but if we can commit to act ethically in the world, then suddenly anything is possible. Blending theoretical thinking and real-life examples of commoning in action, Mould guides the reader through a suite of ethical mindsets – mutualism, transmaterialism, minoritarianism, decodification, slowness, failure and love – which can stand firm against capitalism's seemingly inexorable ability to co-opt and subsume all before it. When thought of collectively, these ethics can offer tantalizing visions and practical approaches towards a world beyond capitalism.Trade Review"[B]old and original … an invitation into a more compassionate and generous way of being in the world."Jeremy Williams, The Earthbound Report"A very readable and thought-provoking contribution to what is surely the most important debate of the modern era."Christians on the Left"Seven Ethics Against Capitalism sharply reveals the multiple crises being generated by the capitalist mode of production – from climate breakdown, to inequality, to the erosion of democracy – and how impossible it would be to fix any of these problems without a radical transformation in the way we organize society. Mould convincingly argues that values such as solidarity, stewardship and radical love must be at the heart of this new vision for the world, as well as the movements aiming to bring it into being."Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation "In times when everything from nature to desire is being privatized, to shift our attention towards planetary commons is an essential ethical duty. Oli Mould's timely Seven Ethics Against Capitalism is an urgent and passionate call not only to deeply rethink our dire present but to create the conditions for our common future beyond capitalism."Srećko Horvat, author of After the Apocalypse "A conceptual toolkit and survival guide for outliving capitalism. Through an original, compelling and readable account of the commons, Mould distils a set of ethical dispositions for building a more convivial and democratic future."David Madden, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction Ethic 1: Mutualism Ethic 2: Transmaterialism Ethic 3: Minoritarianism Ethic 4: Decodification Ethic 5: Slowness Ethic 6: Failure Ethic 7: Love Conclusion: The State of the Commons

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Book SynopsisCapitalism has become so dominant that it is difficult to ever imagine a world in which its injustices and inequalities are not violently present. In this ambitious and compelling book, Oli Mould turns his diagnosis of capitalism's perversions towards defining the new set of ethics we need to succeed in organizing a more just society. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, capitalism has been rocked to its foundations and 'the commons' as a means of providing for all people in our world has come crashing into the foreground. However, in order for the commons to be a viable alternative to the injustices of capitalism, it needs to be grown to a planetary scale. This is not an easy process, but if we can commit to act ethically in the world, then suddenly anything is possible. Blending theoretical thinking and real-life examples of commoning in action, Mould guides the reader through a suite of ethical mindsets – mutualism, transmaterialism, minoritarianism, decodification, slowness, failure and love – which can stand firm against capitalism's seemingly inexorable ability to co-opt and subsume all before it. When thought of collectively, these ethics can offer tantalizing visions and practical approaches towards a world beyond capitalism.Trade Review"[B]old and original … an invitation into a more compassionate and generous way of being in the world."Jeremy Williams, The Earthbound Report"A very readable and thought-provoking contribution to what is surely the most important debate of the modern era."Christians on the Left"Seven Ethics Against Capitalism sharply reveals the multiple crises being generated by the capitalist mode of production – from climate breakdown, to inequality, to the erosion of democracy – and how impossible it would be to fix any of these problems without a radical transformation in the way we organize society. Mould convincingly argues that values such as solidarity, stewardship and radical love must be at the heart of this new vision for the world, as well as the movements aiming to bring it into being."Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation "In times when everything from nature to desire is being privatized, to shift our attention towards planetary commons is an essential ethical duty. Oli Mould's timely Seven Ethics Against Capitalism is an urgent and passionate call not only to deeply rethink our dire present but to create the conditions for our common future beyond capitalism."Srećko Horvat, author of After the Apocalypse "A conceptual toolkit and survival guide for outliving capitalism. Through an original, compelling and readable account of the commons, Mould distils a set of ethical dispositions for building a more convivial and democratic future."David Madden, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroductionEthic 1: MutualismEthic 2: TransmaterialismEthic 3: MinoritarianismEthic 4: DecodificationEthic 5: SlownessEthic 6: FailureEthic 7: LoveConclusion: The State of the Commons

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Book SynopsisEmerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. Pandemic Urbanism critically investigates these relationships in a world faced with its first pandemic on a majority urban planet. The authors reveal the social and historical context of recent infectious disease events and how they have variously transformed the urban fabric. They highlight the important role played by socio-ecological processes associated with the global urban periphery – suburban or post-suburban zones and hinterland areas of “extended” urbanization – changing mobility patterns, and new forms of urban governance and pandemic response. The book develops novel insights for post-pandemic urban governance and planning grounded in the quest for social and spatial justice. In doing so, it reveals a paradox at the heart of pandemic urbanism: urban life enables contagion to spread easily, yet at the same time offers unique possibilities to contain and respond to disease outbreaks. Multidisciplinary in approach and written by experts in the field, this book is an invaluable primer on the origins, pathways, and management of infectious disease.Trade Review“This ground-breaking contribution to the field of urban epidemiology will be of lasting significance for our understanding of the post-COVID city.”Matthew Gandy, University of Cambridge“With a sophisticated grasp of urban theory, astute historical sensibilities, and a shrewd eye for paradoxical outcomes, the authors of this timely book show how urbanization processes have produced and been transformed by infectious disease transmission. There are powerful lessons for rectifying the disastrous decisions of the past by embracing new forms of city-making.”Diane E. Davis, Harvard University“[The book] offers a rich and welcome synthesis in the various perspectives it covers (historical, geographical, critical). The clarity of its structure and its accessibility make it a work intended as much for an academic audience (students, doctoral students and researchers in the social sciences) as for professionals and decision-makers in the field of planning and development, and more widely in the field of public health policy on an urban and international scale.”Elisabeth Peyroux, MétropolesTable of Contents1 Introduction: Emerging Infectious Disease and the �Urban� Condition 2 Landscape Political Ecologies of Disease: Tracing Patterns of Extended Urbanization 3 SARS and the Global City 4 Ebola and African Urbanization 5 COVID-19 and Extended Urbanization 6 Health Governance on a Planet of Cities 7 Urban Planning and Infectious Disease Revisited 8 The City after the Plague

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Book SynopsisEmerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. Pandemic Urbanism critically investigates these relationships in a world faced with its first pandemic on a majority urban planet. The authors reveal the social and historical context of recent infectious disease events and how they have variously transformed the urban fabric. They highlight the important role played by socio-ecological processes associated with the global urban periphery – suburban or post-suburban zones and hinterland areas of “extended” urbanization – changing mobility patterns, and new forms of urban governance and pandemic response. The book develops novel insights for post-pandemic urban governance and planning grounded in the quest for social and spatial justice. In doing so, it reveals a paradox at the heart of pandemic urbanism: urban life enables contagion to spread easily, yet at the same time offers unique possibilities to contain and respond to disease outbreaks. Multidisciplinary in approach and written by experts in the field, this book is an invaluable primer on the origins, pathways, and management of infectious disease.Trade Review“This ground-breaking contribution to the field of urban epidemiology will be of lasting significance for our understanding of the post-COVID city.”Matthew Gandy, University of Cambridge“With a sophisticated grasp of urban theory, astute historical sensibilities, and a shrewd eye for paradoxical outcomes, the authors of this timely book show how urbanization processes have produced and been transformed by infectious disease transmission. There are powerful lessons for rectifying the disastrous decisions of the past by embracing new forms of city-making.”Diane E. Davis, Harvard University“[The book] offers a rich and welcome synthesis in the various perspectives it covers (historical, geographical, critical). The clarity of its structure and its accessibility make it a work intended as much for an academic audience (students, doctoral students and researchers in the social sciences) as for professionals and decision-makers in the field of planning and development, and more widely in the field of public health policy on an urban and international scale.”Elisabeth Peyroux, MétropolesTable of Contents1 Introduction: Emerging Infectious Disease and the �Urban� Condition 2 Landscape Political Ecologies of Disease: Tracing Patterns of Extended Urbanization 3 SARS and the Global City 4 Ebola and African Urbanization 5 COVID-19 and Extended Urbanization 6 Health Governance on a Planet of Cities 7 Urban Planning and Infectious Disease Revisited 8 The City after the Plague

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Book SynopsisThe Adriatic is ‘the small Mediterranean’ – a sea within a sea, part of the Mediterranean and at the same time detached from it, a largely enclosed sea with stunning coastlines and a long history of commercial, political and cultural exchange. Silent witness to the flow of civilizations, the Adriatic is the meeting point of East and West where many empires had their frontiers and some overlapped. With Italy on one side and the Balkans on the other, the Adriatic is the area where the Latin West became intertwined with the Greek and Ottoman East. This book tells the history of the Adriatic from the first cultures of the Neolithic Age through to the present day. All of the great civilizations and cultures that bordered and crossed the Adriatic are discussed: Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium and the Holy Roman Empire, Venice and the Ottomans, Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Islam. Byzantium was replaced by Venice, queen of the Adriatic, which reached its zenith at the beginning of the sixteenth century and maintained commercial and military hegemony in its Gulf, sharing the sea with the Turks, the Habsburgs, the Pope and the Spanish vice-kingdom of Naples. It was Napoleon who ended Venice’s reign in 1797. In the nineteenth century, the Austrian Empire prevailed, and Central Europe reached the Mediterranean through the Adriatic. United Italy placed its most symbolic frontier in the eastern Adriatic, clashing with Austria-Hungary in the First World War. The twentieth century was marked by the prolonged conflicts and eventually peace between Yugoslavia, Albania and Italy. Today the Adriatic is a region increasingly integrated into the European Union, experiencing a new era of cooperation following the dramatic collapse of Yugoslavia. Across centuries, this book illustrates the rich cultural and artistic heritage of diverse civilizations as they left their mark on the cities, shores and states of the Adriatic.Trade Review"a definitive history of this ancient body of water and the people who lived around it and sailed upon it… an exceptionally well researched, written, organized and presented work of meticulous scholarship… unreservedly recommended"Midwest Book Review"This is a deeply interesting yet also intimate gulf, a storied sea within the greater tale of the Mediterranean — much-contested, much-trafficked waters quietly awash with epics all of their own."The Irish Times“For Fernand Braudel, the Mediterranean’s most famous biographer, the Adriatic was ‘perhaps the most unified of all the regions of the Mediterranean Sea’. But it still posed ‘all the problems implicit in the study of the whole Mediterranean.’ A Mediterranean within the Mediterranean. Egidio Ivetic tackles those problems head on in his long awaited History of the Adriatic. Following the model laid out by Braudel in his 1949 study of the Mediterranean, Ivetic explores the history of the Adriatic as a single historical space.”History Today Table of ContentsTable of contents:Preface Introduction: The Historical Sense of a Sea Chapter 1: A Minimal Mediterranean Chapter 2: The Upper Sea (1000 BC-500 AD) Chapter 3: The Third Antiquity (500-1000) Chapter 4: The Carrier Sea (1000-1500) Chapter 5: The Antemural (1500-1797) Chapter 6: Imperial Borders, National Frontiers (1797-1914) Chapter 7: Contrasts and Integrations (1914-2018) Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIt is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever. While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost anywhere today, the vast majority of the world’s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus nature of globalization more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.Trade Review‘Elegantly written and sharply argued, Steffen Mau’s book examines the changed function of borders in the era of globalization. Selective citizenship, algorithmic governance and the securitization of mobility are some of the mechanisms through which freedom of movement is shown to be the privilege of only a few wealthy elites. An essential and eye-opening analysis of territorial authority in the 21st century.’Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science‘Territorial borders are complex institutions by which states organize hierarchies of (un)desirability of non-citizens. Steffen Mau employs his great analytical sensitivity to investigate border regimes in policy areas such as migration, labour markets and health, EU integration, separatism and war. As the building of fences and walls has again become a global growth industry, this timely and highly readable book offers important insights on the politics of territoriality.’Claus Offe, Hertie School of Governance "[C]ompelling and eminently readable"European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Borders are back! 2. Statehood, territoriality and border control 3. Opening and Closing: The Dialectic of Globalization 4. Fortification: Border walls as bulwarks of globalization 5. Filtering borders: Granting unequal opportunities for mobility 6. Smart borders: Informational and biometric control 7. Macroterritories: Dismantling internal borders, upgrading external borders 8. Extraterritorializing control: The expansion of the border zone 9. Globalized borders Notes

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Book SynopsisIt is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever. While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost anywhere today, the vast majority of the world’s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus nature of globalization more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.Trade Review‘Elegantly written and sharply argued, Steffen Mau’s book examines the changed function of borders in the era of globalization. Selective citizenship, algorithmic governance and the securitization of mobility are some of the mechanisms through which freedom of movement is shown to be the privilege of only a few wealthy elites. An essential and eye-opening analysis of territorial authority in the 21st century.’Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science‘Territorial borders are complex institutions by which states organize hierarchies of (un)desirability of non-citizens. Steffen Mau employs his great analytical sensitivity to investigate border regimes in policy areas such as migration, labour markets and health, EU integration, separatism and war. As the building of fences and walls has again become a global growth industry, this timely and highly readable book offers important insights on the politics of territoriality.’Claus Offe, Hertie School of Governance"[C]ompelling and eminently readable"European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Borders are back! 2. Statehood, territoriality and border control 3. Opening and Closing: The Dialectic of Globalization 4. Fortification: Border walls as bulwarks of globalization 5. Filtering borders: Granting unequal opportunities for mobility 6. Smart borders: Informational and biometric control 7. Macroterritories: Dismantling internal borders, upgrading external borders 8. Extraterritorializing control: The expansion of the border zone 9. Globalized borders Notes

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Book SynopsisHuman history has always been marked by the mobility of people and populations, from the earliest movement of human beings out of Africa to the flows of migrants and refugees today. While mobility is intrinsic to human nature, migration is not always voluntary: it can be the result of free choice, but it can also be forced, in different ways and to varying degrees. In this book, Massimo Livi-Bacci examines migrations past and present with reference to the degree of free choice behind them. The degree can be minimal, as when migration is compelled by war, natural disaster or the actions of a tyrant, but in other cases the decision to migrate can be fully voluntary and deliberate, as when individuals and groups weigh up their options and decide whether to move. Between these two poles there is a continuum of different situations, with gradually increasing or decreasing degrees of freedom and choice. Livi-Bacci explores these variations by focusing on fifteen stories of migration from Antiquity to the present day, ranging from the Greek colonization of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Ancient world to the great migration of millions of people from Europe to the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taken together, these stories of human movement shed fresh light on the millennia-long history of migration and its motivations, causes and consequences.Trade Review‘A wide-ranging, erudite and original meditation on the extraordinary and ordinary act of human migration. Livi-Bacci uses analytic rigour and personal stories to counter the “migration crisis” myths of our current age.’Peter Leese, author of Migrant Representations: Life Story, Investigation, PictureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction I. Antiquity 1.1. Seneca, two thousand years ago 1.2. Settlers and founders: ápoikoi and oikistés 1.3 Augustus’s Res gestae 1.4. Peoples on the march II. In the Hands of the State 2.1. Forced migration 2.2. Peru: up and down the Andes 2.3. The end of an empire 2.4. The Soviet Union and its internal enemies III. Misdeeds of Nature 3.1. Unkind nature 3.2. Drought 3.3. A Caribbean odyssey 3.4. Ireland: the blight of diaspora IV. Organised Migration 4.1. On the road, not alone 4.2. The filles du roi in the laboratory of Nouvelle France 4.3. The Drang nach Osten and the Germanisation of Eastern Europe 4.4. From the Rhine to the Volga with Catherine the Great V. Free Migration 5.1. A Rare Phenomenon 5.2. Moving freely 5.3. The Great Transoceanic Migration 5.4. America: the “advancing wave” of migration Reconsiderations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe changing climate poses serious dangers to human and non-human life alike, though perhaps the most urgent danger is one we hear very little about: the rise of climatism. Too many social, political and ecological problems facing the world today – from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the management of wildfires – quickly become climatized, explained with reference to ‘a change in the climate’. When complex political and ethical challenges are so narrowly framed, arresting climate change is sold as the supreme political challenge of our time and everything else becomes subservient to this one goal.In this far-sighted analysis, Mike Hulme reveals how climatism has taken hold in recent years, becoming so pervasive and embedded in public life that it is increasingly hard to resist it without being written off as a climate denier. He confronts this dangerously myopic view that reduces the condition of the world to the fate of global temperature or the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to the detriment of tackling serious issues as varied as poverty, liberty, biodiversity loss, inequality and international diplomacy. We must not live as though climate alone determines our present and our future.Trade Review“Hulme takes us on an intellectual journey in which he illuminates the social and political handling of the climate issue. He […] explains why he considers dogmatizing the climate issue to be dangerous and finally presents a solution that he believes could lead to a globally viable climate protection policy without being in conflict with other UN sustainability goals, such as combating poverty.”GlobKult Magazin“Hulme has put his finger on a contemporary obsession that transforms all of human affairs into a Manichean struggle to address climate change, turning solvable problems into a singular battle for the planetary future, diverting our focus away from all of the incremental struggles that comprise human progress toward one true struggle to remake human societies and harmonize them with Nature.”Ted Nordhaus, Breakthrough Institute“Today’s monomaniac climate gladiators may view this book with suspicion, but history will judge Mike Hulme to be the best mind and the wisest, most humane voice in the late-20th/early-21st-century climate change discourses.”Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University “A concise digest of the current climate discourse and […] where things are going wrong. Hulme is a skillful writer; his lines of thought are clear, his language intelligible. Hulme makes a strong case for recognizing climate change as a ‘wicked problem’, unsolvable with a simplistic and totalizing master-narrative that puts climate above everything else.”Volker Han, The Honest BrokerTable of ContentsIntroduction Civil War, Racist Tweets and Flood Devastation Chapter 1. From Climate to Climatism How an Ideology is Made Chapter 2. How did Climatism Arise? Fetishizing Global Temperature Chapter 3. Are the Sciences Climatist? The Noble Lie and Other Misdemeanours Chapter 4. Why is Climatism So Alluring? Master-narratives and Polarizing Moralism Chapter 5. Why is Climatism Dangerous? The Narrowing of Political Vision Chapter 6. If Not Climatism, Then What? Wicked Problems Need Clumsy Solutions Chapter 7. Some Objections ‘You Sound Just Like ….’ Further Reading Notes

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Book SynopsisFor the first time in English, a key work of critical geography Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese, For a New Geography is a milestone in the history of critical geography, and it marked the emergence of its author, Milton Santos (1926–2001), as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and one of the foremost global theorists of space.Published in the midst of a crisis in geographical thought, For a New Geography functioned as a bridge between geography’s past and its future. In advancing his vision of a geography of action and liberation, Santos begins by turning to the roots of modern geography and its colonial legacies. Moving from a critique of the shortcomings of geography from the field’s foundations as a modern science to the outline of a new field of critical geography, he sets forth both an ontology of space and a methodology for geography. In so doing, he introduces novel theoretical categories to the analysis of space. It is, in short, both a critique of the Northern, Anglo-centric discipline from within and a systematic critique of its flaws and assumptions from outside.Critical geography has developed in the past four decades into a heterogenous and creative field of enquiry. Though accruing a set of theoretical touchstones in the process, it has become detached from a longer and broader history of geographical thought. For a New Geography reconciles these divergent histories. Arriving in English at a time of renewed interest in alternative geographical traditions and the history of radical geography, it takes its place in the canonical works of critical geography. Trade Review"For a New Geography presents an incisive critique of twentieth-century geography rooted in an anti-colonial, Third-Worldist perspective, and makes the case for a new geography linked to global social justice. As the perceptive translator’s introduction makes clear, this volume is an important historical text that continues to hold significant insights for today."—Ruth Craggs, King’s College London"It is great to see this commented translation of a key work by Milton Santos, one of the most iconic radical geographers from the Global South. This book anticipated several critical approaches to the philosophy and history of geography and is now available thanks to the commitment of Archie Davies, who is at the same time a great scholar and a great translator, two qualities that it is rare to see combined in today’s Anglophone scholarship."—Federico Ferretti, University of BolognaTable of ContentsContentsTranslator’s Introduction: The Newness of Geography Archie DaviesIntroduction: From a Critique of Geography to a Critical GeographyPart I. The Critique of Geography1. The Founders: Scientific Pretensions2. Philosophical Inheritance3. Postwar Renovation: “A New Geography”4. Quantitative Geography5. Models and Systems: The Ecosystems6. The Geography of Perception and Behavior7. The Triumph of Formalism and Ideology8. The Balance of the Crisis: Geography, Widow of SpacePart II. Geography, Society, Space9. A New Interdisciplinarity 10. An Attempt to Define Space11. Space: Reflection of Society or Social Fact?12. Space: A Factor?13. Space as Social OrderPart III. For a Critical Geography14. In Search of a Paradigm15. Total Space in Our Time16. State and Space: The Nation-State as a Geographical Unit of Study 17. The Ideas of Totality and Social Formation and the Renovation of Geography18. The Idea of Time in Geographical Studies Conclusion: Geography and the Future of Man AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTraditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.Trade Review"The strengths of this text are its breadth of coverage of the main debates in the field, the author's continuing and lively engagement with his subject and his genuine attempts to cross paradigms in discussion of what constitutes different understandings of urban orders. The comparative material... is a welcome change from the usual northern hemispheric focus of texts written in English." Urban Policy and Research "The first thing to say about this text is that it is clearly aimed at undergraduate students... Short and his publishers have put in a great deal of effort to ensure the book's accessibility. At a time when the demands placed upon students are growing, the ease with which information can be traced is an increasingly important consideration. This textbook achieves this remarkably effectively." Paul Teedon, The Geographical Journal. "This is an excellent book and has relevance for all academic fields concerned with urban dynamics. As an introduction to, and overview of, urban events during this last century it is thorough and presented in a very readable and accessible form." Lone Poulsen, University of WitwatersrandTable of Contents1. Introduction. Part I: The City and Economy:. 2. Cities and Economic Development. 3. The Urbanization of the Economy. 4. The City and the Global Economy. 5. The Political Economy of Urbanization. 6. Capital, Labor and the City; Case Study 1: Part 1. 7. Capital, Labor and the City: Case Study 1: Part 2. 8. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order: Case Study II. Part II: The City and Society:. 9. The Housing Market. 10. The Social Arena. 11. Life in the City. 12. The Political Arena. 13. Residential Mobility in the City: Case Study III. 14. Gender, Space and Power: Case Study IV. 15. Race, Ethnicity and the City: Case Study V. Part III: The Production of the City:. 16. City as Investment. 17. City as Text. 18. City Images. 19. Reconstructing the Image of a City: Case Study VI. 20. Conflict and Compromise in the Built Environment: Case Study VII. 21. Postscript: Barcelona. Concluding Comments. Index.

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Book SynopsisTraditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.Trade Review"The strengths of this text are its breadth of coverage of the main debates in the field, the author's continuing and lively engagement with his subject and his genuine attempts to cross paradigms in discussion of what constitutes different understandings of urban orders. The comparative material... is a welcome change from the usual northern hemispheric focus of texts written in English." Urban Policy and Research "The first thing to say about this text is that it is clearly aimed at undergraduate students... Short and his publishers have put in a great deal of effort to ensure the book's accessibility. At a time when the demands placed upon students are growing, the ease with which information can be traced is an increasingly important consideration. This textbook achieves this remarkably effectively." Paul Teedon, The Geographical Journal. "This is an excellent book and has relevance for all academic fields concerned with urban dynamics. As an introduction to, and overview of, urban events during this last century it is thorough and presented in a very readable and accessible form." Lone Poulsen, University of WitwatersrandTable of Contents1. Introduction. Part I: The City and Economy:. 2. Cities and Economic Development. 3. The Urbanization of the Economy. 4. The City and the Global Economy. 5. The Political Economy of Urbanization. 6. Capital, Labor and the City; Case Study 1: Part 1. 7. Capital, Labor and the City: Case Study 1: Part 2. 8. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order: Case Study II. Part II: The City and Society:. 9. The Housing Market. 10. The Social Arena. 11. Life in the City. 12. The Political Arena. 13. Residential Mobility in the City: Case Study III. 14. Gender, Space and Power: Case Study IV. 15. Race, Ethnicity and the City: Case Study V. Part III: The Production of the City:. 16. City as Investment. 17. City as Text. 18. City Images. 19. Reconstructing the Image of a City: Case Study VI. 20. Conflict and Compromise in the Built Environment: Case Study VII. 21. Postscript: Barcelona. Concluding Comments. Index.

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Book SynopsisRichard Peet looks in detail at the main trends in human geographic thought over the last thirty years, relating these to broader themes in philosophy and social theory. Beginning with existential phenomenology and humanistic geography, the book covers Marxism and radical geography, structuralism, structuration theory, realism, locality studies, various streams of poststructuralism and postmodernism, and feminism. Each chapter examines a few theories in depth, concentrating on the major works and the nature of their contribution. Many of the ideas covered are dense and complex, but the reader is drawn gradually into the text through notions understandable to students. After spending time with this book the reader should be able to tackle virtually any philosophical theme in contemporary geographic thought. The book will be central to courses in geographical thought and the history of geographical thought, and as part of virtually all courses in human geography whcih entail philosophy and theory.Trade Review"Perhaps not since David Harvey's Explanation in Geography (1969) had the field been so thoroughly and rigorously examined through literatures both within and outside the discipline." ANNALS of the Association of American Geographers. "This is a very useful book for students and others who are unfamiliar with the current 'isms' in contemporary radical thought - not just in geography, but in the social sciences in general ... contains an excellent survey of the origins and growth of radical human geography ... relatively jargon free and very readable." Andrew Ryder, University of Portsmouth "This is an impressive work of erudition, written with authority and conviction." Progress in Human Geography "Modern Geographical Thought is the last, great and definitive work translating philosophy into human Geography" Alisdair Rogers,School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University.Table of ContentsList of Figures. Preface. 1. Introduction: Geography, Philosophy and Social Theory. 2. Existentialism, Phenomenology and Humanistic Geography. 3. Radical Geography, Marxism, and Marxist Geography. 4. Structuralism and Structural Marxist Geography. 5. Structuration, Realism and Locality Studies. 6. Poststructuralism, Postmodernism and Postmodern Geographies. 7. Feminism Theory and the Geography of Gender. 8. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the state of the Earth and its inhabitants at the close of the twentieth century. More than fifty scholars from all over the world present new, concise and accessible accounts of the present state of humanity and the prospects for its social and natural environment. The subjects range from deforestation, water pollution and ozone layer depletion to poverty, homelessness, mortality and murder. Each contributor considers the present situation, historical trends, likely future prospects, and the efficacy or otherwise of current activity and policy. The coverage is worldwide, with a particular emphasis on North America. The State of Humanity is a magnificent and eye-opening synthesis of cultural, social, economic and environmental perspectives. It will interest all those - including geographers, economists, sociologists and policy makers - concerned to understand some of the most pressing problems of our time.Trade Review"The State of Humanity will become essential reading for anyone who wants to put today's policy debates into a larger context." Business Week " This book provides a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the state of the Earth and its inhabitants at the close of the twentieth century." Population Index, Vol 62 No. 2Table of Contents1. Introduction. Part I: Life, Death and Health:. 2. Human Mortality throughout History and Prehistory: Samuel Preston (University of Pennsylvania). 3. The Decline of Childhood Mortality: Kenneth Hill (The Johns Hopkins University). 4. Disease and Health Throughout the Ages: Michael Haines (Colgate University). 5. The Contribution of Improved Nutrition to the Decline in Mortality Rates in Europe and America: Robert W. Fogel (University of Chicago). 6. Trends in Health of the US Population 1957-1989: Eileen M Crimmins (University of Southern California) and Dominique G. Ingegneri. 7. Mortality and Health in the Soviet Union: Murray Feshbach (Georgetown University). 8. Worldwide Historical Trends in Murder and Suicide: Jean-Claude Chesnais (Institute National d'Etudes Demographiques). 9. The History of Accident Rates in the United States: Arlene Holen (Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review). 10. World Trends in Smoking: Allan Brandt (Harvard Medical School). 11. Long Term Trends in the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: James S. Roberts (Duke University). Part II: Standard of Living, Productivity and Poverty:. 12. Trends in the Agricultural Labor Force: Richard Sullivan (Holy Cross College). 13. The Standard of Living throughout the Ages: Joyce Burnett and Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University). 14. Long Trends in the US Standard of Living: Stanley Lebergott (Wesleyan University). 15. Long Trends in Productivity: Jeremy Atack (University of Illinois). 16. The Extent of Slavery and Freedom throughout the Ages in the World as a Whole and in Major Sub-Areas: Stanley Engerman (University of Rochester). 17. Black Americans: Income and Standards of Living from the Days of Slavery to the Present: Robert Higgs (Seattle University) and Robert A. Margo (Vanderbilt University). 18. The Long Term Course of American Inequality, 1647-1969: Peter H. Lindert (University of California) and Jeffrey G. Williamson (Harvard University). 19. Trends in Unemployment in the United States: Alexander Keyssar (Duke University). 20. Trends in Costs and Quality of Housing: Richard F. Muth (Emory University). 21. Trends in the Quantities of Education: Julian L. Simon (University of Maryland). 22. Trends in Free Time: John Robinson (University of Maryland). 23. Trends in Poverty in the United States: Rebecca M. Blank (Northwestern University). 24. How 'Poor' are America's Poor?: Robert Rector (The Heritage Foundation). 25. Homelessness in America: Randall K. Flier (City University of New York). 26. The Recent US Economy: Alan Reynolds (The Hudson Institute). Part III: Natural Resources:. 27. Long Term Trends in Energy Process: William J. Hausman (The College of William and Mary). 28. Trends in the Price and Supply of Oil: Morris A. Adelman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 29. The Costs of Nuclear Power: Bernard Cohen (University of Pittsburgh). 30. Trends in Availability of Non-Fuel Minerals: John G. Myers and Stephen Moore (Joint Economic Committee of the Congress). 31. Trends in Non-Renewal Resources: H. E. Goeller. 32. Trends in Availability and Usage of Outdoor Recreation: Robert H. Nelson. 33. Global Forests Revisited: Roger A. Sedjo (Resources of the Future) and Marion Clawson (Resources for the Future). 34. Species Loss Revisited: Julian L. Simon (University of Maryland) and Aaron Wildavsky (University of California). Part IV: Agriculture, Food Land and Water:. 35. Agricultural Productivity Before the Green Revolution: George W. Grantham (McGill University). 36. Trends in Food Productivity: Dennis T. Avery (The Hudson Institute). 37. Recent Trends in Food Availability and Nutritional Well Being: Thomas T. Poleman (Cornell University). 38. Trends in Grain Stocks: William Hudson. 39. Trends in Seafood Production: John P. Wise. 40. Trends in Soil Erosion and Farmland Quality: Bruce L. Gardner (University of Maryland) and Theodore W. Schultz (University of Chicago). 41. Water Water Everywhere, But not a Drop to Drink: Terry L. Anderson (Political Economy Research Centre). 42. Land Use Trends in the United States: Thomas Frey. Part V: Pollution and the Environment:. 43. Long Run Trends in Environmental Quality: William J. Baumol (C. V. Starr Centre for Applied Economics) and Wallace E. Oates (University of Maryland). 44. Atmospheric Pollution Trends in the United Kingdom: Derek M. Elsom (Oxford Brookes University). 45. Trends in Air Pollution in the United States: Hugh W. Ellsaesser (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). 46. Comparative Trends in Resource Use and Pollution in Market and Socialist Economies: Mikhail S. Bernstam (Hoover Institution). 47. Acid Rain: J. Laurence Kulp (University of Washington). 48. Stratospheric Ozone: Science and Policy: S. Fred Singer. 49. The Greenhouse Effect and Global Change: Patrick J. Michaels (University of Virginia). 50. Greenhouse Scenarios to Inform Decision Makers: Lester Lave (Carnegie-Mellon University). 51. The Hazards of Nuclear Power: Bernhard Cohen (University of Pittsburgh). 52. Pesticides, Cancer and Misconceptions: Bruce Ames (University of California). 53. The Carcinogen or Toxin of the Week Phenomenon: The Facts Behind the Scares: Elizabeth M. Whelan (American Council on Science and Health). Part VI: Thinking About these Issues:. 54. American Public Opinion: Environment and Energy: William M. Lunch (Oregon State University) and Stanley Rothman (Smith College). 55. Public Opinion About and Media Coverage of Population Growth: Rita Simon. 56. Risk within Reason: Richard J. Zeckhauser (Harvard University) and W. K. Viscusi (Duke University). 57. Natural Ecology Today and in the Future: Kenneth Mellanby. Conclusion: From the Past to the Future. 58. What does the Future Hold?: Julian L. Simon (University of Maryland). Index.

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Book SynopsisExplore the city, its environment, and human roles in shaping the meaning and condition of bothTrade Review"Boone and Modarres' analysis of the relationship of cities with their environments incorporates a variety of important topics relevant to several disciplinary fields. Beginning with descriptions of different city types across history, the authors draw on a wealth of data...and convincingly demonstrate the importance of exploring how cities can be made into livable, desirable places." Choice "Boone and Modarres provide a reasonable account and explanation of urban morphology through time...present[ing] supporting details that assert urban design has evolved for the demands of a few decision makers with the welfare of both environment and common citizen removed from the process." Professional Geographer "A timely discussion of the most likely dangerous consequences that mass urbanization with lave for the environment, before suggesting some of the possible solutions...This book has provided useful evidence in this direction" Area "The book is best seen as a compilation of essays around topics somehow related to city and environment... rich in information on specific themes... the individual chapters may be interesting to students of a specific topic." The Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, December 2008 "[C]risply written... it is a strength of the volume that it produces debate rather than closing it down by reaching constantly for the moral high ground. The authors are to be congratulated for producing an evenhanded treatment that will work well in advance undergraduate and introductory graduate courses." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 2008, Volume 35, No. 6.Table of Contents1: Urban Morphology and the Shaping of an Urban Ideal"; 2: Population, urbanization and environment; 3: Feeding Cities that Consume Farmland; 4: Urban Infrastructure: Living with the Consequences of Past Decisions and Opportunities for the Future; 5: Healthy Cities and Environmental Justice; 6: Green spaces, green governance, and planning

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Book SynopsisExplore the city, its environment, and human roles in shaping the meaning and condition of bothTrade Review"Boone and Modarres' analysis of the relationship of cities with their environments incorporates a variety of important topics relevant to several disciplinary fields. Beginning with descriptions of different city types across history, the authors draw on a wealth of data...and convincingly demonstrate the importance of exploring how cities can be made into livable, desirable places." Choice "Boone and Modarres provide a reasonable account and explanation of urban morphology through time...present[ing] supporting details that assert urban design has evolved for the demands of a few decision makers with the welfare of both environment and common citizen removed from the process." Professional Geographer "A timely discussion of the most likely dangerous consequences that mass urbanization with lave for the environment, before suggesting some of the possible solutions...This book has provided useful evidence in this direction" Area "The book is best seen as a compilation of essays around topics somehow related to city and environment... rich in information on specific themes... the individual chapters may be interesting to students of a specific topic." The Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, December 2008Table of Contents1: Urban Morphology and the Shaping of an Urban Ideal"; 2: Population, urbanization and environment; 3: Feeding Cities that Consume Farmland; 4: Urban Infrastructure: Living with the Consequences of Past Decisions and Opportunities for the Future; 5: Healthy Cities and Environmental Justice; 6: Green spaces, green governance, and planning

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Book SynopsisNo longer does the study of geography mean just memorizing names and locations of places. Today, geography is the understanding the characteristics of places and the complex interconnections among them. This new edition of World Geography is arranged into six volumes by world region: North America and the Caribbean; South and Central America; Africa; Europe; Asia; Australia; Oceania, and the Antarctic.

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Book SynopsisThe Geographic South Pole is a place of paradox. It is a point around which the Earth, quite literally, pivots; yet it has a habit of falling off the edge of our maps. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, but is nonetheless a much sought-after location. The endpoint of exploration's most famous 'race' between teams led by Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen, the Pole has more recently become a favoured destination of 'extreme' tourists. Like the whole of Antarctica, '90 South' does not belong to any nation, but six national claims meet there, and for nearly sixty years the US has occupied the site with a series of scientific stations. The Pole is a deeply political place.In South Pole Elizabeth Leane explores the important challenges that this strange place poses to humanity. What is its lure? How and why should people live there? How can creative artists respond to its apparent blankness? What can it teach us about our planet and ourselves? Along the way, she considers the absurdities and banalities of human engagement with the Pole.Ranging from the ancient Greeks to the present, and featuring spectacular images of the South Pole, this book offers a fascinating history of the symbolic 'heart' of the Antarctic.

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Book SynopsisThe modeling of cities and territories has progressed greatly in the last 20 years. This is firstly due to geographic information systems, followed by the availability of large amounts of georeferenced data – both on the Internet and through the use of connected objects. In addition, the rise in performance of computational methods for the simulation and exploration of dynamic models has facilitated advancement. Geographical Modeling presents previously unpublished information on the main advances achieved by these new approaches. Each of the six chapters builds a bibliographic review and precisely describes the methods used, highlighting their advantages and discussing their interpretations. They are all illustrated by many examples. The book also explains with clarity the theoretical foundations of geographical analysis, the delicate operations of model selection, and the applications of fractals and scaling laws. These applications include gaining knowledge of the morphology of cities and the organization of urban transport, and finding new methods of building and exploring simulation models and visualizations of data and results.Table of ContentsIntroduction ixDenise PUMAIN Chapter 1. Complexity in Geography 1Denise PUMAIN 1.1. A first bifurcation in the epistemology of geographic modeling 3 1.1.1. “Vertical” explanations for the “science of places, not people” 4 1.1.2. “Horizontal” explanations for the science of the spatiality of societies 5 1.1.3. The discussed status of modeling 7 1.2. Modeled regularities 10 1.2.1. Proximity and distances 11 1.2.2. The scale 15 1.2.3. Concentration and accumulation: geographical inequalities and scaling laws 19 1.2.4. Spatial change and trajectory dependence 21 1.2.5. Territorial drifts, space-time compression, and globalization 25 1.3. Conclusion 29 Chapter 2. Choosing Models to Explain the Dynamics of Cities and Territories 31Lena SANDERS 2.1. Introduction 31 2.2. Explaining by reasons or laws: choosing an epistemological framework 32 2.3. The modeling approach: diversity of models 36 2.4. Explaining through statistical relationships or mechanisms 38 2.5. Choosing the level of abstraction for the phenomenon to be explained: general versus particular 41 2.6. Choosing the level of abstraction for the model: stylized or realistic, KISS or KIDS 44 2.6.1. Modes of representation of space: from a stylized space to a realistic space 45 2.6.2. Formalizing spatial mechanisms: from stylized to realistic 48 2.7. Conclusion 50 Chapter 3. Effects of Distance and Scale Dependence in Geographical Models of Cities and Territories 53Cécile TANNIER 3.1. Three fundamental principles for modeling cities and territories 55 3.1.1. Effects of distance 57 3.1.2. Effects of scale dependence 58 3.2. Role of distance in spatial simulation models 61 3.3. Modeling scale dependence 76 3.3.1. Scale dependence as a result of processes acting at different scales 77 3.3.2. Scale invariance for the description of geographical phenomena 83 3.3.3. Scale dependence as a generative mechanism for simulated spatial configurations 88 3.4. Conclusion 93 Chapter 4. Incremental Territorial Modeling 95Clémentine COTTINEAU, Paul CHAPRON, Marion LE TEXIER and Sébastien REY-COYREHOURCQ 4.1. The map and the territory 96 4.1.1. Modeling as one map: selection and schematization 96 4.1.2. The representation of territory as an input of the model 100 4.1.3. The representation of territory as an output of the model 102 4.2. Generality and specificity: explaining by ways of geographical models 106 4.2.1. Historical contingency and non-ergodicity 106 4.2.2. General/specific/singular 109 4.3. Incremental territorial modeling 110 4.3.1. Identifying the object, scale, configuration, and stylized facts 111 4.3.2. Gathering the different theoretical explanations 112 4.3.3. Hierarchizing the interaction processes between agents 113 4.3.4. Hierarchizing the interaction processes between agents and their environment 114 4.3.5. Implementing mechanisms and their formal alternatives 115 4.3.6. Combining, simulating, and comparing 116 4.4. Challenges and limits of multi-modeling 117 4.4.1. The combinatorial curse 118 4.4.2. Human and technical costs 118 4.4.3. Subjectivity in the choice of building blocks 119 4.4.4. Comparing models of different structures 119 4.4.5. Sharing and accumulation of knowledge 121 4.5. Conclusion 121 Chapter 5. Methods for Exploring Simulation Models 125Juste RAIMBAULT and Denise PUMAIN 5.1. Social sciences and experimentation 126 5.2. Geographical data and computer skills 127 5.3. New generation simulations 130 5.3.1. A virtual laboratory: the OpenMOLE platform 131 5.3.2. The SimpopLocal experiment: simulation of an emergence in geography 134 5.3.3. Implementation of SimpopLocal, from NetLogo to OpenMOLE 137 5.3.4. Calibration and validation 139 5.4. Other examples of OpenMOLE applications: network–territory interaction models 143 5.5. Perspectives 147 5.5.1. Methods 147 5.5.2. Tools 148 5.6. Conclusion 149 Chapter 6. Model Visualization 151Robin CURA 6.1. Introduction 151 6.2. Visualization as modeling 153 6.2.1. Visualization as a tool for interdisciplinarity 155 6.2.2. Visualization and reproducibility 160 6.2.3. Visualizing a model means learning 162 6.3. Visualize to evaluate 163 6.3.1. Visualize before modeling 164 6.3.2. Visualize during the simulation 166 6.3.3. Visualizing after the simulation 169 6.4. Visualizing to compare 172 6.4.1. Which models should be compared? 172 6.4.2. How should visual comparison be done? 174 6.5. Visualizing to communicate 178 6.5.1. Visualizing to disseminate 179 6.6. Some obstacles inherent in model visualization 182 6.6.1. Producing and visualizing massive data 183 6.6.2. Visualization of aggregated data 187 6.7. Conclusion 191 References 193 List of Authors 221 Index 223

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Book SynopsisOur current situation, marked simultaneously by the Anthropocene, global warming, digitization and exponential artificial intelligence, leads us to sudden and total change in global civilization and, de facto, to rebuilding the foundations of the international economy. Innovation Ecosystems explores the risks and opportunities facing the contemporary world by analyzing, comparing and categorizing the world’s most dynamic innovation ecosystems by region and city. This includes the identification of key characteristics – common or original – and learning from them in terms of culture, management, system and structure, in order to meet current challenges and think about civilizations of the future.Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxvii Introduction xxix Chapter 1 Looking Backwards To Look Forwards: Why a Change of Civilization? 1 1.1 What is a civilization? 1 1.2 The great waves of civilization in history 1 1.2.1 The notion of dominant activity 2 1.2.2 The characteristic domains of each era 3 1.2.3 The evolution grid 4 1.2.4 The era of creation and communication 10 1.3 Considerations on the evolution of civilizations 18 1.3.1 An exponential evolution 18 1.3.2 From mass duplication to customized production 21 1.3.3 Questions around the creation–communication era 22 1.3.4 Evolution and fragmentation of value systems and representations of the world 25 1.3.5 The couple as a matrix of societal transformations 29 1.3.6 The alternative of blocking or fleeing 31 1.3.7 Moving towards the future 32 Chapter 2 Creation and Communication as the Basis of the Civilization of the Future 35 2.1 The value of otherness 35 2.2 The creative strategy 40 2.3 Personal development, knowing how to create and communicate around our vocation: the mutation of professions 45 2.4 Information literacy and creativity 48 2.4.1 Freeing up time to be 49 2.4.2 Differentiation of ego, personality and genius in the creative process 49 2.4.3 The three levels of consciousness 51 2.4.4 Materialism and idealism back to back 53 Chapter 3 The Transformation of Organizations Towards More Collective Intelligence 55 3.1 Let human imagination and inspiration take over 55 3.1.1 The evolution of human beings’ position and their reference points 57 3.1.2 The four relational principles 58 3.1.3 Culture, management, systems and structures 59 3.1.4 Evolution of companies 61 3.1.5 Missions of the human resources function 62 3.1.6 Attitudes towards the customer 62 3.1.7 Old laws and avant-garde organization 63 3.2 Mimicry and singularity 65 3.2.1 Mimicry, a still under-exploited force 65 3.2.2 A mimicry that benefits the leader, but for how long? 67 3.3 Singularity and creative strategy 69 3.3.1 Ideological enterprises 70 3.3.2 How can we develop creative emergences? 71 3.3.3 The leader between mimicry and singularity: the art of overcoming paradoxes 72 3.4 The extended enterprise 74 Chapter 4 International Foresight on Innovative Ecosystems 77 4.1 Why a forward-looking view? 79 4.2 Why innovation? 79 4.3 Why have an international foresight institute on innovative ecosystems? 83 4.4 Introduction to innovative ecosystems 84 4.5 The importance of startups and venture capital 93 4.6 Criteria for measuring innovative startup ecosystems 94 4.6.1 Rankings to measure the dynamics of territorial innovation 96 Chapter 5 A Global Overview of Innovative Ecosystems 97 5.1 Silicon Valley, the digital capital 97 5.1.1 Spectacular and preserved nature 98 5.1.2 An international reference and an outstanding position 98 5.1.3 The largest concentration of start-ups and venture capital in the world 100 5.1.4 Focus on Palo Alto 101 5.1.5 The home of GAFAM 103 5.1.6 Focus on San Francisco 103 5.1.7 The cradle of an emerging culture: a culture of adventure and exploration 104 5.1.8 The cost of living and soaring real estate prices 104 5.2 New York: the capital of the world of finance, media, art, publishing and advertising 104 5.2.1 History 106 5.2.2 General description 107 5.2.3 Museums 108 5.2.4 Talents 109 5.2.5 Universities 110 5.3 London, capital of the British Empire 111 5.4 Beijing: capital of the Chinese Empire 113 5.5 Boston: the capital of strategy and consulting 116 5.6 Berlin: capital of the German Empire 117 5.7 Shanghai: the international capital of Asia 119 5.8 Los Angeles: the film capital of the world 121 5.9 Seattle: capital of the Microsoft empire 123 5.10 Paris: capital of culture, humanism and luxury 124 5.11 Singapore: the financial capital of Asia 127 5.12 Tokyo: capital of Japan 129 5.13 Stockholm: capital of perfectionism 130 5.14 Munich: the capital of expertise 131 5.15 Copenhagen: capital of happiness 134 5.16 Taipei: capital of manufacturing 136 5.17 Geneva: the international capital of NGOs 139 Chapter 6 Learning from Global Innovation Systems 143 6.1 Digitalization: technological convergence and artificial intelligence 143 6.2 Concentration 143 6.3 The Triad: epicenter of global innovation 144 6.3.1 North America 144 6.3.2 Western Europe 145 6.3.3 East Asia 146 6.3.4 What do the poles of the Triad have in common? 147 6.4 Center and periphery 147 6.4.1 Africa 148 6.4.2 South America 149 6.4.3 India 149 6.4.4 Australia 150 6.4.5 Living in the ocean? 151 6.4.6 The conquest of space: colonizing the Moon and Mars 152 6.5 The shared values of the Triad 152 6.5.1 Think global and act local 152 6.5.2 Team and process 153 6.5.3 The importance of the pitch 154 6.6 The “11 Fs” culture 154 6.6.1 The “5 F’s” according to Rosabeth Moss Kanter 155 6.6.2 The other “Fs” observed 158 6.6.3 The dark side of the “Fs” 160 6.7 The middleground 161 6.8 The triple helix 162 6.8.1 Repetitive innovation 164 6.8.2 From closed to open innovation 164 6.8.3 From technological innovation to systemic innovation 165 6.8.4 From individual innovation to collaborative and interdisciplinary innovation 165 6.8.5 From spontaneous to systematic innovation 166 6.8.6 From exchange-based innovation to co-creation in innovation spaces 167 6.8.7 Innovation projects with common innovation cultures 167 6.9 The one-man band 168 Chapter 7 Systemic Risks and the Emergence of the New Civilization 169 7.1 Demography, urbanization and economic disparities 169 7.2 The Anthropocene 172 7.3 The end of oil 173 7.4 Global governance and the rise of extremes 174 7.5 The limits of planetary resources 176 7.6 Evolutionary scenarios 178 7.6.1 The scenarios of decline 181 7.6.2 Scenarios that do not have an environmental priority 181 7.6.3 Voluntary scenarios with an environmental priority 181 Chapter 8 The Beginnings of the New Civilization 183 8.1 How should we respond to existential systemic risks? 183 8.2 Towards a clash of civilizations or a new civilization? 184 8.3 Draw me a happy and sustainable humanity 185 8.3.1 Infinite exponential growth? 188 8.3.2 Present and future manifestations of the crisis 191 8.3.3 What can be done? 191 8.3.4 Imagining a new sustainable social and ecological economic system 192 8.4 Six axes of development for an ecological civilization 195 8.4.1 Radically increase raw material productivity 195 8.4.2 Practicing production models inspired by nature: biomimicry 195 8.4.3 Establishing a service and rental economy 196 8.4.4 Investing in natural capital 196 8.4.5 Dematerialization of production 196 8.4.6 Digital virtualization 197 8.5 Reconciling economic, social and ecological objectives 197 8.6 A plural interpretation of the civilization of the future 199 8.7 Innovative ecosystems as the cradle of the new civilization, but how? 200 8.8 The new civilization: a puzzle in the making 201 8.8.1 Seventeen goals for sustainable development 201 8.8.2 Auroville 201 8.8.3 Information society 202 8.8.4 Biomimicry 202 8.8.5 Circular economy 204 8.8.6 Sharing economy 205 8.8.7 Complementary and alternative currencies 205 8.8.8 Basic income 207 8.8.9 Club of Rome 207 8.8.10 Fondation 2100 208 8.8.11 Drawdown organization 209 8.8.12 Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) 209 8.8.13 Transhumanism 210 8.8.14 Burning Man 212 8.8.15 The Factory of the Future 213 8.8.16 Tellus Institute 214 8.8.17 Mosaic 214 8.8.18 Université Catholique de Lille 215 8.9 The new civilization: a patchwork of eclectic personalities 215 8.9.1 Sri Aurobindo 215 8.9.2 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 216 8.9.3 Alvin Toffler 216 8.9.4 Edgar Morin 217 8.9.5 Ervin László 218 8.9.6 Manuel Castells 218 8.9.7 Jarett Diamond 219 8.9.8 Duane Elgin 219 8.9.9 Gunter Pauli 219 8.9.10 Bruno Latour 220 8.9.11 Joël de Rosnay 220 8.9.12 Jeremy Rifkin 220 8.9.13 Paul Hawken 221 8.9.14 Kenneth Wilber 222 8.9.15 Yuval Noah Harari 223 Conclusion 225 References 245 Index 263

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Book SynopsisAt the heart of tourismophobia, past and present, is the question of the masses and the differentiation between those who call themselves travellers, denying their own tourism, and tourists. Tourismophobia studies the persistence of the repulsion for them, and though their number is infinitely greater today, they are no longer socially the same and practices have radically changed. This book brings this cultural invariant out of the shadows to understand the driving forces behind this social posture, which has taken a new turn with climate change. Without overlooking the negative effects of tourism, this book is a response to the current debate on overtourism, which is the most contemporary form of tourismophobia.

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Book SynopsisOffering a cutting-edge, transdisciplinary approach to bio-physical and bio-cultural scales of sustainability, this Companion explores diverse understandings of the what, how, why and where questions of sustainability. It examines the key notion of how to optimize human quality of life whilst minimizing environmental suffering. Integrating a range of disciplines through the social sciences, natural sciences and arts and humanities, this Companion focuses on the human component of sustainability, using a place-based and life-scape approach to environmental questions. Chapters analyze critical topics including: urbanization and city life, environmental conservation and rural landscapes, long-term interactions with natural life, climate change and the importance of mountain regions. Looking beyond an economic analysis of sustainability and well-being, this Companion incorporates cross-cutting social, cultural, judicial and spiritual dimensions of sustainability and regenerative development. With a combination of international case studies and an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the topic, this will be an interesting read for those studying sustainability from a range of disciplinary bases including ecological economists, human ecologists and geographers. It will also be beneficial to urban planners and ecologists interested in how the profoundly impactful evolutionary trend towards the urban environment is impacting human geographies around the world. Contributors include: B. Antaki, J. Balsiger, A. Barreau, S. Boillat, B. Boley, A. Borsdorf, F. Boyer, M. Bush, J.B. Campbell, M. Carré, R. Cheddadi, T.J. Christoffel, B. Debarbieux , M.E. Donoso-Correa, N. Dudley, W. Dunbar, F. Ficetola, L. François, L.M. Frolich, E. Guevara, J.A. González, A. Haller, C.P. Harden, D. Harmon, A.-J. Henrot, S.L. Hitchner, G.A. Holdridge, K. Huang, J.T. Ibarra, K. Ichikawa, E.A. Macdonald, C. Mena, C. Merchant, A. Michaels, C. Monterrubio-Solís, E. Müller, M. Navarro, H. Norberg-Hodge, M. Oliva, S. Padgett-Vasquez, S.E. Pilaar Birch, D. Quiroga, J.K. Reap, L.M. Resler, A. Rhoujjati, R. Rozzi, F.O. Sarmiento, J.W. Schelhas, Y. Shao, C. Stadel, P. Taberlet, K. Taylor, S.J. Walsh, K.R. Young, Z. Zheng, F.M. Zimmermann, S. Zimmermann-JanschitzTrade Review'This Elgar Companion offers a long-awaited combination of geography and sustainability, where the notions of time and scale are brought together with the concept of intra- and inter-generational equity, and the need to underlay this with a transdisciplinary scientific approach that goes way beyond scientific disciplines.' --Hans Hurni, University of Bern, Switzerland'Crossing and connecting a variety of disciplines and scales, from the smallest to the largest, from the most peripheral to the most urban settings, this book is a must for everyone interested in modern geography.' --Andrea Fischer, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors viii Introduction: the scale of sustainability—the limiting universe where everything and nothing is sustainable 1 Larry M. Frolich, Esmeralda Guevara and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART I FOUNDATIONAL BINARIES OF GEOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABILITY 1 Packing transdisciplinary critical geography amidst sustainability of mountainscapes 15 Fausto O. Sarmiento 2 A binary South to North world: the geography of sustainability for a high-energy, urbanizing, digitalized human species 31 Esmeralda Guevara and Larry M. Frolich 3 Sustainable development and the concept of scale 49 Bernard Debarbieux and J.rg Balsiger 4 Multidisciplinary approaches for conservation issues 67 Rachid Cheddadi, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Alain Hambuckers, Ali Rhoujjati, Pierre Taberlet, Francesco Ficetola, Alexandra-Jane Henrot, Louis Fran.ois, Fr.d.ric Boyer and Majda Nourelbait 5 The dance of sustainability: a call to engage geographers in local- and global-scale research 79 Carol P. Harden 6 Sustainability and globalization 93 Helena Norberg-Hodge 7 The climate framework in sustainability research: a geographic critique from the Global South 110 Kenneth R. Young PART II INTEGRATION OF DISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY 8 Why sustainability matters in geography 117 Friedrich M. Zimmermann and Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz 9 Urban montology: mountain cities as transdisciplinary research focus 140 Axel Borsdorf and Andreas Haller 10 The Satoyama Initiative for landscape/seascape sustainability 155 William Dunbar and Kaoru Ichikawa 11 A biocultural ethic for sustainable geographies 172 Ricardo Rozzi 12 Values in place: protected areas as a geography of commitment 190 David Harmon PART III RESOURCE EXPLOITATION AND CYCLING OF ACCOMMODATION 13 Regenerative development as natural solution for sustainability 201 Eduard Müller 14 Sustainable relationships and ecological authenticity 219 Nigel Dudley 15 Feeding futures framed: rediscovering biocultural diversity in sustainable foodscapes 235 Genevieve A. Holdridge, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch, Bynum Boley, James K. Reap, Eric A. Macdonald, Mar.a Navarro, Sarah L. Hitchner and John W. Schelhas 16 Sustainable urbanism or amenity migration fad: critical analysis of urban planning of Cuenca cityscapes, Ecuador 252 Mario E. Donoso-Correa and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART IV COUNTRY EXAMPLES: NON-TRADITIONAL ACTORS/TEK 17 Land cover and land use change in an emerging national park gateway region: implications for mountain sustainability 270 Lynn M. Resler, Yang Shao, James B. Campbell and Amanda Michaels 18 Listening to the campesinos : sustaining rural livelihoods in the tropical Andes 293 Christoph Stadel 19 Decolonizing ecological knowledge: transdisciplinary ecology, place making and cognitive justice in the Andes 307 S.bastien Boillat 20 Cultural sustainability and notions of cultural heritage: a review with some reference to an Asian perspective 320 Ken Taylor 21 Threats to sustainability in the Galapagos Islands: a social–ecological perspective 342 Carlos F. Mena, Diego Quiroga and Stephen J. Walsh 22 Celestial bird’s eye view: tracking forest cover change in the Bellbird Biological Corridor of Costa Rica 359 Steve Padgett-Vasquez 23 Andean indigenous foodscapes: food security and food sovereignty in mountains’ sustainability scenarios 378 Juan A. Gonz.lez and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART V POSTCRIPT 24 Montology: an integrative understanding of mountain foodscapes for strengthening food sovereignty in the Andes 391 Jos. Tom.s Ibarra, Antonia Barreau, Carla Marchant, Juan A. Gonz.lez, Manuel Oliva, Mario E. Donoso-Correa, Berea Antaki, Constanza Monterrubio-Sol.s and Fausto O. Sarmiento 25 Sustainability: Cooperation Industry Earth 2300 – “Think local planet, act regionally” 406 Thomas J. Christoffel PART VI EPILOGUE 26 Sustainability thinking: the road ahead 415 Fausto O. Sarmiento and Larry M. Frolich Index 419

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Book SynopsisThis exemplary Handbook provides readers with a novel synthesis of international research, evidence-based practice and personal reflections to offer an overview of the current state of knowledge in the field of teaching geography in higher education. Chapters cover the three key transitions - into, through, and out of higher education - to present a thorough analysis of the topic. With key contributions from top scholars, the Handbook investigates student transitions, exploring how students require different pedagogical approaches as they progress through university or college. A wide range of learning contexts relevant to the breadth of spaces and places in which geography teaching takes place is used to provide examples of how teaching and learning in geography can be enhanced. It identifies key principles including working in partnership and acknowledging the whole student, calling for the adoption of courageous pedagogy. With a useful resources section included in each chapter, this Handbook is a vital reference source for those teaching geography in higher education settings. Written in an accessible style, it will also be of use to early career geographers and those who are new to teaching, including postgraduate students. Contributors: C. Arrowsmith, K. Barton, S. Brail, J. Bullard, G. Butt, W. Cartwright, L. Clarke, D. Conradson, M. DeMers, S. Dyer, J. Esson, M. Finn, E.H. Fouberg, D. France, I.C. Fuller, A.L. Griffin, M. Haigh, R.L. Healey, J. Hill, R. Hodgkins, P. Hopkins, M. Horswell, A. Hovorka, A. Hughes, N.T. Huynh, J. Kerski, P. Klein, P.E. Kneale, A. Last, J. Lee, A. Maddrell, N. McDuff, G. Miller, L. Mol, N. Moore-Cherry, C. Mott, A. Parton, E. Pawson, M. Poskitt, K. Ramdas, C. Ribchester, B. Rink, Z.P. Robinson, J. Salo, D.M. Schultz, I.D.H. Shepherd, M. Solem, R. Spronken-Smith, S. Tate, T. Vowles, H. Walkington, R.I. Waller, K. Whalen, E. Wigley, P. Wolf, N. WorthTrade Review'This book is a much-needed comprehensive overview of recent research and practices on teaching geography in higher education. Written by leading researchers, it provides not only insights but also practical applications for lecturing, assessment and innovation in geography pedagogy.' --Jongwon Lee, Ewha Womans University, South Korea'Written by an acclaimed team of international scholars, this Handbook is invaluable for both early career and established geography faculty in higher education internationally, as well as for individuals, course teams and departments. It provides practical and research-based advice on a wide range of disciplinary and wider higher education issues.' --Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes, UK and co-founding editor of the Journal of Geography in Higher EducationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Geography 1 Helen Walkington, Jennifer Hill and Sarah Dyer PART I PEDAGOGIES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION 2. Student perspectives on the importance of both academic and social transitions to and through their undergraduate geography degree 16 Simon Tate and Peter Hopkins 3. Bridging the divide between school and university geography – ‘mind the gap!’ 31 Graham Butt 4. Embodied teaching and learning through a large lecture: strategies for place-based pedagogies 46 Matt Finn and Carrie Mott 5. Measuring learning for the masses: assessment strategies for large classes 59 Bradley Rink 6. Finding your way in liminal space: threshold concepts and curriculum design in geography 71 Erin H. Fouberg 7. Fieldwork as transition pedagogy for non-specialist students in geography: promoting collaborative learning amidst uncertainty 87 Kamalini Ramdas 8. Supportive learning environments and the transition to university 99 David Conradson 9. Teaching in a multi- or interdisciplinary context 110 Amy L. Griffin 10. Co-pedagogy: teaching together for successful student learning 123 Sarah Dyer 11. Pedagogies for developing undergraduate ethical thinking within geography 139 Ruth L. Healey and Chris Ribchester 12. Information literacy: benefits, challenges and practical strategies 151 Richard I. Waller, Gill Miller and David M. Schultz PART II PEDAGOGIES TO FACILITATE MORE AUTONOMOUS LEARNING 13. Inclusive teaching and learning practices in geography 168 Annie Hughes and Nona McDuff 14. Developing and integrating a student-researcher pedagogy within the geography curriculum 183 Helen Walkington 15. Who owns the curriculum? Co-production of an evolving research-informed module 198 Richard Hodgkins and Joanna Bullard 16. Conveying geographic concepts through issues-based inquiry 211 Phil Klein, Karen Barton, Jessica Salo, Jieun Lee and Timothy Vowles 17. Learning and teaching about race and racism in geography 227 James Esson and Angela Last 18. Teaching challenging material: emotional geographies and geographies of death 241 Avril Maddrell and Edward Wigley 19. Geography as responsibility: sustainability through teaching and learning within geography 256 Zoe P. Robinson 20. Enhancing internationalisation in the geography undergraduate curriculum 269 Ash Parton and Martin Haigh 21. Heutagogy, personal learning environments, and multi-path entry into GIS education 284 Michael DeMers 22. Field-based pedagogies for developing learners’ independence 299 Ian C. Fuller and Derek France PART III CAPSTONE AND BRIDGING PEDAGOGIES FOR THE FINAL YEAR 23. Pedagogical partnerships, identity building and self-authorship in geography higher education 314 Niamh Moore-Cherry 24. Taking ownership: active learning and student engagement 329 Eric Pawson and Mark Poskitt 25. Examining the potential of experiential learning as pedagogy for senior undergraduate students 342 Shauna Brail and Kate Whalen 26. Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography curriculum: developing graduate skills 357 Lisa Mol, Michael Horswell and Lucy Clarke 27. Authentic assessment and feedback to develop lifelong learning 371 Jennifer Hill and Nancy Worth 28. Capstones in geography 386 Alice Hovorka and Peter Wolf 29. Learning for work 399 Ifan D.H. Shepherd 30. Embedding employability skills in the curriculum and extending into postgraduate programs 414 Colin Arrowsmith and William Cartwright 31. Graduate attributes in geography higher education 430 Rachel Spronken-Smith 32. Teaching geography students about careers 443 Michael Solem, Niem Tu Huynh and Joseph Kerski 33. Exploring pedagogic tensions in final year programme design 458 Pauline E. Kneale 34. Teaching, learning and assessing in geography: a foundation for the future 474 Jennifer Hill, Helen Walkington and Sarah Dyer Index 487

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Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Calling for systemic change, the authors invite the reader to engage in the analysis and practice of socially innovative initiatives and, by doing so, contribute to the co-construction of a sustainable, solidarity-based and regenerative society. This book will not only be an inspiration for many academics and researchers broadly interested in social innovation, but also for social movements and their protagonists challenging the dominance of the status quo. In addition, it will appeal to policymakers and politicians who want to appreciate contemporary ways of thinking and gain inspiration on how to better meet the needs of the communities they serve. Contributors: L. Albrechts, I. Andre, I. Calvo Mendieta, S. Cameron, L. Cavola, D. Coimbra de Souza, G. Cotella, A. Da Rosa Pires, S. De Blust, P.M. Delladetsimas, M. Edwards, B. Galvan-Lopez, M. Garcia, H. Gulinck, P. Healey, J. Hillier, F. Hillmann, B. Jessop, M. Kaethler, G. Karametou, C. Kesteloot, A.Z. Khan, J.-L. Klein, A. Kuhk, M. Loopmans, D. MacCallum, M. Macharia, A. Martens, F. Martinelli, A. Mehmood, K. Miciukiewicz, E. Midheme, K. Morgan, E. Morlicchio, F. Moulaert, A. Novy, S. Oosterlynck, A. Paidakaki, C. Parra, M. Pradel, J. Pratschke, P. Rego, A. Rehman Cheema, C. Rodrigues, J. Schreurs, R. Segers, L. Servillo, N.-L. Sum, E. Swyngedouw, C. Tornaghi, P. Van den Broeck, B. Van Dyck, H. Verschure, T. Werquin, P. Widyatmi PutriTrade Review'Social Innovation as Political Transformation makes a major contribution by going beyond critique of neoliberalism to offering positive proposals for social innovation. It brings together a group of distinguished scholars who show both the weaknesses of current identifications of progress with capitalist entrepreneurship and describes paths to more just societies.' --Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design, US and author of The Just City'This book is an inspiration for all who want to critically engage with social innovation. Unpacking complex processes in a clear way, it not only presents sophisticated theories but it also energises the willingness to act for a better world.' --Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: 01 INTRODUCTION 01 1. Social innovation as an alternative narrative 02 Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki and Constanza Parra 02 FROM KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS TO SOCIAL INNOVATION 07 2. Animating social change: Political transformation and/or 08 social innovation? Erik Swyngedouw 03 MIGRATION AND INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT 13 3. The metamorphoses of a research field: Foreign labour 14 migration in Belgium 1945-2016 Albert Martens 4. Combating poverty and local integrated area development 22 Pavlos-Marinos Delladetsimas 5. Migration and urban regeneration 27 Felicitas Hillmann 04 SOCIAL INNOVATION: PUTTING THE MARKET BACK 29 IN ITS PLACE 6. From technological to social innovation: Rehabilitating the state and 30 civil society in the development debate Kevin Morgan and Flavia Martinelli 7. Political economy and regulation theory 38 Stijn Oosterlynck 8. Social innovation: A Polanyian reinterpretation 39 Maarten Loopmans and Chris Kesteloot 05 THE GLOBALIZED CITY 45 9. Producer services and regional development in the Aegean 46 with particular focus on Lesvos and Chios Pavlos-Marinos Delladetsimas 10. Naples 49 Jonathan Pratschke, Lucia Cavola and Enrica Morlicchio 11. Euralille at the service of an unaccomplished Lille metropolitan area 52 Thomas Werquin 12. A postcard from London 56 Michael Edwards 06 NEIGHBOURHOODS AND COMMUNITIES 61 13. Reflecting on the BOM: The transformative potential of neighbourhood 62 initiatives Patsy Healey and Jean Hillier 14. Social innovation and community development: A personal reflection 68 Diana MacCallum 15. Évora 74 Patricia Rego and Isabel André 07 SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH CULTURE AND ARTS 77 16. Inspiration and emotions: Culture and arts engendering 78 new urban places Isabel André 17. Action research with an artistic turn: The “Welcome (W)all–MURO” 85 project for youth in Bairro da Cruz Vermelha, Lisbon Ruth Segers 08 SOLIDARITY AS GOVERNANCE 89 18. Putting solidarity in its place in metagovernance 90 Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum 19. Bottom-linked approach to social innovation governance 97 Marisol García and Marc Pradel 09 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 99 20. From social innovation to spatial development analysis and planning 100 Seppe De Blust and Pieter Van den Broeck 21. Radical strategic planning meets social innovation 106 Louis Albrechts 22. Design as socially innovative co-production 108 Ahmed Z. Khan 23. Moving is knowing. Knowing is moving 110 Jan Schreurs 10 SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 111 24. Transformative social innovation, critical realism and 112 the good life for all Andreas Novy 25. Transdisciplinary problematization 118 Konrad Miciukiewicz 26. Curating the meta-framework 119 Michael Kaethler 27. Collective learning 120 Annette Kuhk 11 THE SOCIALLY ENGAGED UNIVERSITY 121 28. Social innovation and universities: The challenge of 122 social transformation Juan-Luis Klein 29. Partnering with a young planning school: Nurturing a socially 128 innovative planning approach in the University of Aveiro, Portugal Artur Da Rosa Pires and Carlos Rodrigues 30. Newcastle: Making the local international 131 Stuart Cameron 12 LEARNING THROUGH CRITICAL THINKING 133 31. The Erasmus Intensive Programme: Enjoying the challenges of 134 teaching and learning in/from a multicultural approach to planning Artur Da Rosa Pires, Carlos Rodrigues and Stuart Cameron 32. ‘EquaTerritoria’: A catalyst offspring from the European Module 137 in Spatial Development Planning (EMSDP) Chiara Tornaghi, Barbara Van Dyck, Brenda Galvan-Lopez, Daniela Coimbra de Souza, Giancarlo Cotella, Giota Karametou and Pieter Van den Broeck 33. Social innovation and strategic spatial planning pedagogically 143 interacting in Leuven Loris Servillo 13 BRIDGING SOCIETY AND ECOLOGY 147 34. Bringing the social back in sustainable socio-ecological development 148 Constanza Parra, Angeliki Paidakaki, Abid Mehmood and Pieter Van den Broeck 35. ‘Theorie des cités’ and water conflicts 155 Iratxe Calvo Mendieta 36. Understanding land use rights. Building landed commons 156 Pieter Van den Broeck 37. Land use between spaces and times 158 Hubert Gulinck 14 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 159 38. Learning from community dynamics in Kenya’s ‘informal’ livelihood 160 and housing strategies Emmanuel Midheme and Margaret Macharia 39. PUSH in the Kampung: Social innovation in the Global South 162 Prathiwi Widyatmi Putri 40. ‘Business-in-a-Box’ as transformative social innovation 165 Abdur Rehman Cheema and Abid Mehmood 15 WAYS FORWARD 167 41. When innovation lost its social character. Or not? 168 Frank Moulaert 42. A frank story about a conversation that (n)ever took place 180 Han Verschure Bibliography 188 Index 205

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Book SynopsisThe volcanic island of Iceland is a unique geological place due both to its position in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and its repeated glaciations. It has been an accurate recorder of geodynamic and regional climatic evolutions for at least the last 15 million years.This book traces the history of Iceland, which is linked to the opening of the North Atlantic and the reactivation of the ancient suture of the Iapetus Ocean. It gives a view of climate evolution that is partly controlled by the dynamics of the ocean floor and analyzes the movement of the Jan Mayen tectonic plate and the progressive insularization of the Greenland–Faroe Ridge, which gave birth to Iceland. It also tries to understand the formation and migration of the deep Iceland hotspot and the lava flows that have, for millions of years, shaped this island.This book brings together the internal and external geodynamics of our planet to understand how Iceland functions and its role as a recorder of the paleoclimatic evolution of the Northern Hemisphere.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ix Preface xvBrigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and Françoise BERGERAT Introduction xixBrigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and René MAURY Chapter 1. Iceland, in the Lineage of Two Oceans 1Brigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and Françoise BERGERAT 1.1. Geographic and geodynamic context 5 1.2. Components of the North Atlantic domain 7 1.2.1. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge 7 1.2.2. The North Atlantic Igneous Province 7 1.2.3. The Icelandic hot spot 8 1.2.4. The Greenland–Iceland–Faroe Ridge 11 1.3. Geodynamic characteristics of Iceland 11 1.3.1. Seismicity 12 1.3.2. Icelandic volcanism 13 1.3.3. Eustatism and the Icelandic glaciers 14 1.4. References 18 Chapter 2. Iceland, an Emerging Ocean Rift 21Françoise BERGERAT 2.1. Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Icelandic hot spot interactions 21 2.2. Present-day deformations in Iceland 23 2.2.1. Seismicity 24 2.2.2. Motions at plate boundaries 39 2.3. Iceland’s main structural features 40 2.3.1. The paleo-rifts and the active rift 41 2.3.2. The transform zones 58 2.4. Geothermal energy and hydrothermalism 86 2.4.1. Geothermal systems 86 2.4.2. Geysers and hydrothermalism 94 2.5. References 97 Chapter 3. Iceland, A legacy of North Atlantic History 115Laurent GEOFFROY 3.1. Bathymetry of the Northeast Atlantic domain and geoid anomalies 115 3.2. The North Atlantic and the continental breakup of Laurussia 117 3.2.1. Passive margins and large igneous provinces 118 3.2.2. The early beginnings of the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean 125 3.2.3.Thulean magmatism in the Paleocene and the continental breakup of the Northeast Atlantic 133 3.2.4. Chronology and kinematics of the opening of the Northeast Atlantic 142 3.2.5. The Northeast Atlantic region: mantle plume or not? 151 3.3. The origin of Iceland 159 3.3.1. The anomalous crust of the GIFR ridge and the deep structure of Iceland 159 3.3.2. Icelandic SDRs 162 3.3.3. Interpretations of GIFR and Iceland 165 3.4. References 170 Conclusion 179Françoise BERGERAT and Laurent GEOFFROY References 185 List of Authors 199 Index 201 Summary of Volume 2 207

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Book SynopsisThe volcanic island of Iceland is a unique geological place due both to its position in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and its repeated glaciations. It has been an accurate recorder of geodynamic and regional climatic evolutions for at least the last 15 million years.This book studies the Quaternary magmatism associated with the deep Iceland hotspot and, in particular, its distinctive geochemical and volcanological characteristics. It also analyzes that Arctic glacierization as it relates to the opening of the North Atlantic and the appearance of today’s ocean currents. We will also investigate the Quaternary glaciation as it affected Iceland in its oceanic context, particularly on the basis of radiometric dating, looking at the formation of the Greenland and Scandinavian ice sheets and data from marine sediment. Finally, it explores the specific environmental features of the island, from the end of the last ice age to global warming today.This book brings together the internal and external geodynamics of our planet to understand how Iceland functions and its role as a recorder of the paleoclimatic evolution of the Northern Hemisphere.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ix Preface xvBrigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and Françoise BERGERAT Introduction xixBrigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and René MAURY Chapter 1. Young Icelandic Volcanism and its Implications 1René MAURY and Brigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Icelandic magma series 3 1.2.1. Lava types 3 1.2.2. Geochemical diversity of young Icelandic basalts and their sources 8 1.2.3. Some geochemical constraints concerning the origin and geodynamic evolution of Iceland 13 1.3. Central volcanoes and active fissural systems 14 1.3.1. Central volcanoes 14 1.3.2. Fissural volcanism and subaerial lava flows 17 1.3.3. Hydromagmatism 26 1.4. Volcanic hazards in Iceland 31 1.4.1. Hazards related to lava flows 31 1.4.2. Hazards related to explosions and gas emissions 32 1.4.3. Jökulhlaups and associated hazards 37 1.4.4. Icelandic dust: a consequence of volcanism 44 1.5. References 51 Chapter 2. Volcanism and Glaciations: Forcings and Chronometers 57Hervé GUILLOU, René MAURY and Brigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË 2.1. Subglacial volcanic landforms 57 2.1.1. Subglacial isolated volcanoes or tuyas 58 2.1.2. Hyaloclastite ridges or tindar 61 2.2. Volcanism, deglaciation and climate 65 2.2.1. General features: deglaciation, discharge and partial melting 65 2.2.2. Deglaciation and climate feedback 69 2.3. The hypothesis of a link between volcanism and climate and its test by dating 70 2.3.1. The K-Ar chronometer 71 2.3.2. The combination of K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar methods for dating Icelandic volcanism 80 2.3.3. A link between volcanism and climate according to K-Ar ages? 86 2.3.4. A rhyolitic volcanism synchronous with deglaciations? 88 2.4. References 95 Chapter 3. Cenozoic Evolution of Iceland and the Cryosphere 103Brigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË and Hervé GUILLOU 3.1. Ice ages and the opening of the Atlantic 103 3.1.1. The Middle and Final Miocene cooling 108 3.1.2. The acceleration of the Middle Pliocene 109 3.1.3. The Middle Pleistocene Transition 112 3.1.4. The initiation of thermohaline circulation 114 3.2. Iceland’s Quaternary glaciations 116 3.2.1. Conditions for the development and functioning of ice caps 116 3.2.2. Glacio-isostasy 119 3.2.3. Icelandic data 123 3.2.4. The Icelandic record 126 3.3. The last glacial episode and its deglaciation 142 3.3.1. The Weichselian 142 3.3.2. The Last Glacial Maximum 144 3.3.3. Deglaciation and the Holocene 150 3.4. Iceland today, its climate and vegetation 161 3.4.1. The climate 161 3.4.2. Ocean circulation and climate 162 3.4.3. Soil, people and climate 167 3.4.4. Soils and erosion 173 3.5. References 179 Conclusion 193Brigitte VAN VLIET-LANOË, René MAURY and Hervé GUILLOU References 199 List of Authors 213 Index 215 Summary of Volume 1 221

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Book SynopsisThe Anthropocene refers to all societies’ current era of environmental challenges. For the social sciences, the Anthropocene represents a historical “moment” with huge potential: it offers people new ways of considering the human condition, as well as how they interact with the rest of the living world and with the planet on all levels. At the turn of the 21st century, the idea of the Anthropocene burst onto the older, diverse and varied scene of risk studies.This “new geological era”, which is entirely created by humanity, went on to revive our understanding of environmental issues, as well as the analysis of the social and political problems that constitute risk situations.Drawing together contributions from specialists in social sciences concerning risks and the environment, Risks and the Anthropocene explores the advantages that the idea of the Anthropocene can offer in understanding risks and their management, as well as the limitations it presents.Table of ContentsPart 1. Toward Unprecedented Risks?.1. Coastal Risks: Coastlines Always Under Pressure, Catherine Meur-Ferec.2. Forest Fires in the Anthropocene: Issues of Scale, Christine Bouisset.3. Urban Climate: Agenda and Perspectives of a Climate Risk, Julia Hidalgo.Part 2. Recompositions for the Study and Management of Risks?4. Permanence and Specificities of Risks and Their Management in the Anthropocene Era, Patrick Pigeon.5. The International World of Disasters: Beyond Reflexivity, Surpassing Naturalism?, Sandrine Revet.6. The Difficult Birth of the Risk Society and the Relegation of Social Sciences, Pascale Metzger and Julien Rebotier.Part 3. What Consequences for a Changing Modernity?.7. Understanding the Political Fabric and Effects of Ensemble Flood Forecasts in Europe, Sébastien Nobert, Kristian Krieger and Florian Pappenberger.8. Toward a New Security Deal? Reflexive Modernity, a Complex Turn and Shift to Uncertainty, Magali Reghezza-Zitt.9. The Imperative of Practical Wisdom in the Face of Anthropocene Emergencies: The Case of Climate Change, Florent Champy.

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Book SynopsisOne of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic change and development. Demographic Dynamics and Development reviews the dominant demographic theory, demographic transition, and then presents a thorough investigation covering aging, fertility, contraception, nuptiality, mortality and migration, which are all aspects that drive these changes. Each chapter combines the latest empirical data with theoretical reflections on the implications for development.This book thus offers an overview of worldwide demographic data, studied with a view towards development. In doing so, it provides researchers and specialists with clear information through in-depth case studies, focusing on a country, a region or a particularly important scientific sub-theme.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Demographic Dynamics xiYves CHARBIT Chapter 1. The Demographic Transition 1Maria Eugenia COSIO ZAVALA 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Genesis of the demographic transition 2 1.3. World population changes and trends (2019–2100) 4 1.4. The demographic transition in the world 8 1.4.1. The factors which can explain demographic transitions 9 1.4.2. Questions 11 1.5. The demographic transition in Latin America and the Caribbean 13 1.5.1. The modes of accelerated mortality reduction 14 1.5.2. The period of strong population growth 18 1.5.3. New reproductive behavior 18 1.6. Conclusion 21 1.7. References 22 Chapter 2. Demographic Dividend and Dependency Ratios 27Vincent TURBAT 2.1. Introduction 27 2.2. The dependency ratios, main indicators of the potential of a first demographic dividend 28 2.2.1. The demographic dividend 28 2.2.2. The dependency ratios 30 2.2.3. Data 32 2.2.4. Policies 35 2.3. Sub-Saharan Africa in search of a demographic dividend 38 2.4. Conclusion 43 2.5. References 44 Chapter 3. From the Demographic Dividend to Generational Economics 47Latif DRAMANI 3.1. Introduction: transition and demographic dividend, generational economics 47 3.2. Data and method for calculating the demographic dividend 50 3.3. Results and discussion 53 3.3.1. Demographic dividend profiles in Africa per region 55 3.3.2. Discussion 59 3.4. Conclusion 60 3.5. Appendix: country and survey year for consumption and income profiles 62 3.6. References 63 Chapter 4. Fertility and Nuptiality 65Yves CHARBIT 4.1. Introduction: the decline of fertility in the world 65 4.2. The sociodemography of fertility 68 4.2.1. Insularity 69 4.2.2. The decline in infant mortality 70 4.2.3. Religion is not in itself a factor for high fertility 74 4.2.4. Land tenure: land saturation 77 4.2.5. The modernization of behavior 79 4.2.6. The rationality of the large family 81 4.3. The sociodemography of precocious nuptiality 83 4.3.1. The vulnerability of young married women 83 4.3.2. The case of Benin 85 4.4. Conclusion 86 4.5. References 88 Chapter 5. Contraception and Reproductive Rights 91Aisha DASGUPTA 5.1. Introduction: population and the Sustainable Development Goals 91 5.2. Socially embedded preferences for childbearing 95 5.3. Trends in contraceptive and unmet need for family planning 99 5.4. Reproductive rights, fertility intentions, and socially embedded preferences 107 5.5. The relationship between fertility, contraception and abortion 110 5.6. Conclusion: the role of national policies in Bangladesh and Pakistan 113 5.7. References 115 Chapter 6. Mortality and Health, the Factors Involved in Population Dynamics 121Maryse GAIMARD 6.1. Introduction 121 6.2. Mortality around the world: deep inequalities 123 6.2.1. The decrease in mortality 124 6.2.2. Current disparities 127 6.2.3. The health of populations: a double burden of disease in developing countries 129 6.3. Children’s and female mortality 135 6.3.1. Infant and child mortality and health: a diversified evolution 135 6.3.2. Maternal mortality: too high in the developing world 138 6.4. Conclusion 142 6.5. References 144 Chapter 7. Dynamics of Migration History in Western Europe 147Leslie Page MOCH 7.1. Introduction 147 7.2. Migrations in preindustrial times (1650–1750) 149 7.2.1. The character of the age 149 7.2.2. Migration in the preindustrial countryside 150 7.2.3. Migration to the preindustrial city 151 7.3. Migration in the age of early industry (1750–1815) 152 7.3.1. Character of the age 153 7.3.2. Early industry and migration 155 7.3.3. The expansion of circular and chain migration 155 7.3.4. Migration to 18th-century towns and cities 156 7.4. Migration in an age of urbanization and industrialization (1815–1914) 157 7.4.1. The character of the age 159 7.4.2. Changing patterns of circular migration 161 7.4.3. Migration and urbanization (1815–1915) 162 7.4.4. Transoceanic migrations (1815–1914) 163 7.5. European migration in the 20th century 164 7.5.1. The character of the age 165 7.5.2. Wartime and interwar migrations 166 7.5.3. Post-war urbanization and international migration 168 7.6. References 170 Chapter 8. Current International Migrations 175Serge FELD 8.1. Introduction 175 8.2. Migration flows and migration stocks 177 8.2.1. Review of the last 25 years 177 8.2.2. Origins and destinations of major migration flows 180 8.2.3. The major migratory corridors 182 8.2.4. Migration trends and the Covid-19 virus 183 8.3. Emigration of HQ workforce from developing countries 184 8.3.1. Recent trends 185 8.3.2. The main countries of origin 188 8.3.3. The emigration rate of the HQ workforce: a relevant indicator for measuring brain drain 190 8.4. Theoretical perspectives 193 8.4.1. Brain drain or brain gain? 194 8.4.2. The new economics of labor migrations and the brain drain 195 8.5. Conclusion: HQ emigration, a growth engine for human capital? 197 8.6. References 199 Chapter 9. Aging 201Frédéric SANDRON 9.1. Introduction 201 9.2. The aging of the world population: a demographic revolution 202 9.2.1. The demographic dynamics of aging 202 9.2.2. The causes of aging 207 9.2.3. Main consequences and implications 209 9.3. A strong heterogeneity in aging and its consequences 213 9.3.1. Aging by region 214 9.3.2. Diversified social and economic issues depending on the country 218 9.4. Responding to population aging: three case studies 221 9.4.1. The health system in the face of aging in Cuba 222 9.4.2. The “Age-Friendly Cities” program, with a focus on southern countries 223 9.4.3. Living conditions of the elderly in rural sub-Saharan Africa 225 9.5. Conclusion 227 9.6. References 228 Conclusion: Complex Relationships Between Demographic Dynamics and Development 235Yves CHARBIT List of Authors 243 Index 245

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Book SynopsisInequalities are central to the public debate and social science research. They are inextricably linked to geographical space, shaping human mobility and migration patterns, creating diverse living environments and changing individuals’ perceptions of the society they live in and the inequalities that endure within it. Geographical space contributes to the emergence and perpetuation of inequalities between individuals according to their socioeconomic position, gender, ethno-racial origin or even their age. Inequalities in Geographical Space examines inequalities in education, in the workplace, in public and private spaces and those related to migration. Written by geographers, sociologists and economists, this book draws on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches and compares different spatial and temporal scales. It highlights the importance of geographical space as a vehicle for the expression, creation and reproduction of social, racial, economic and gender inequalities.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiClémentine COTTINEAU and Julie VALLÉE Chapter 1 The Spatial Dimension of Educational Inequalities 1Leïla FROUILLOU 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 School segregation as the central object of socio-geographical approaches to school inequalities 5 1.3 The spatial dimension of educational inequalities: from policies to trajectories 11 1.4 Conclusion: spatial dimension of inequalities and the interweaving of levels of analysis 19 1.5 References 20 Chapter 2 Socio-spatial Inequalities and Intersectionality 27Negar Élodie BEHZADI and Lucia DIRENBERGER 2.1 Relationships between power relations, inequalities and space 28 2.2 Work and socio-spatial inequalities 33 2.3 Othering processes and spaces: the place of the other 40 2.4 Agency and minority spaces 45 2.5 Conclusion 49 2.6 References 51 Chapter 3 Migration, Multi-situated Inequalities and the World Economy 61Laurence ROULLEAU-BERGER 3.1 Toward a sociology of inequalities and migrations 62 3.2 International cities and migrant workers 66 3.3 Multi-situated inequalities and biographical bifurcations 70 3.4 Moral careers and the struggle for recognition 72 3.5 The plurality and hierarchy of transnationalisms 74 3.6 Forced migration, downgrading and expulsions 78 3.7 Conclusion 80 3.8 References 80 Chapter 4 The Geographical Dimension of Inequalities in Access to Employment 85Philippe ASKENAZY and Verónica ESCUDERO 4.1 Introduction 85 4.2 Compensatory differences between territories 89 4.3 Immobility and spatial mismatch 91 4.4 The importance of couples' geographic trade-offs in individuals' access to employment 97 4.5 Labor market networks and access to employment 102 4.6 Digital space: the abolition of geographical constraints? 104 4.7 Conclusion 111 4.8 References 113 Chapter 5 The Perception of Inequality and Poverty in the Most Segregated, Affluent Neighborhoods 119Serge PAUGAM 5.1 Studying the perception of poverty 122 5.2 The constitution of a moral boundary 127 5.3 Keeping out the working class 130 5.4 Justifying class inequality and poverty 136 5.5 Conclusion 143 5.6 References 146 Chapter 6 Modeling Inequalities in Geographical Space 151Clémentine COTTINEAU 6.1 Introduction: different modeling formalisms for different purposes 151 6.2 Inequality in the distribution of economic resources and in its spatial distribution 152 6.3 Statistical regression models: estimating the effects of geographic location on inequality 160 6.4 Simulation models to explain and illustrate the dynamics of inequalities in geographical space 169 6.5 Conclusion 176 6.6 References 177 Chapter 7 A Critical Reading of Neighborhood-based Policies and their Geography 183Julie VALLÉE 7.1 A geography plagued by contradictions 184 7.2 Reductive policies 190 7.3 Temporal dynamics of priority neighborhoods 194 7.4 Conclusion 205 7.5 References 206 List of Authors 211 Index 213

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the geological record and the evolution of ideas concerning the Variscan orogenic belt in France and neighboring regions. Volume 1 is based on a general introduction concerning the imprint of the Variscan period on the geology of France, as well as on the particularities of the study of this ancient orogen. A history of the concepts applied to the Variscan belt is proposed in order to consider this orogen in the history of Earth Sciences. A paleogeodynamic analysis of the Variscan cycle sets the general framework for the evolution of the orogen, which is then tackled through the prism of the magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic record of the early phases (from Cambrian to Lower Carboniferous). Volume 2 proposes an analysis of the late evolution of the Variscan orogenic belt, reflecting its dismantling in a high-temperature context during the Upper Carboniferous and Permian. The sedimentary archives are described, as well as the questions raised by the specificities of this ancient orogen.Table of ContentsForeword xiColette CAUVIN-REYMOND Introduction xviiBoris MERICSKAY Chapter 1 The Multiple Facets of the Cartographer: Communication between Rules and Attraction 1Christine ZANIN 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The cartographer semiologist: how to use the map 4 1.3 The cartographer, a craftsman drawer 7 1.4 The cartographer, officer of political power 9 1.5 The cartographer, crossing borders from geography to social sciences 12 1.6 The cartographer, an expert in geographic data 16 1.7 The art of multiplying maps to communicate better 20 1.8 Conclusion 24 1.9 References 26 Chapter 2 Cartography as a Communication Tool: Thoughts on Models 31Laurent JÉGOU 2.1 Introduction 31 2.2 Are maps a simple means of communication? 33 2.2.1 The communication model in cartography 33 2.2.2 First extensions of the model 34 2.3 Variations of the traditional model of cartographic communication 37 2.3.1 The semiology of graphics, an essential element of the model 37 2.3.2 Integrating the notion of intention of communication 38 2.3.3 Context, operating modes and reception in cartography 40 2.3.4 Disruptions induced by the multiplicity of users 43 2.4 How to integrate the esthetical map function? 46 2.4.1 Consideration of esthetics from the cartographer’s side 48 2.4.2 Consideration of esthetics from the user’s side 50 2.5 Which places of innovations are in the cartographic communication model? 52 2.5.1 The designing of the map 52 2.5.2 Using the maps 54 2.5.3 Diversification of communication flows 54 2.5.4 A new esthetic functioning 54 2.5.5 Focus on the reception of the maps 54 2.6 Limitations and conclusion 55 2.7 References 57 Chapter 3 Communication Challenges in Reproducible Multi-representation 61Nicolas LAMBERT, Timothée GIRAUD and Ronan YSEBAERT 3.1 Introduction 61 3.2 Searching and communicating with maps 62 3.2.1 The map as a product of a scientific process 62 3.2.2 A highly political tool 63 3.2.3 Cartography: above all a matter of choice 65 3.2.4 The cartographic language and its rhetoric 65 3.2.5 Traceable and reproducible transformations 68 3.3 Multi-representation cartography: variation on a theme 68 3.3.1 Presentation of the multi-representation approach 68 3.3.2 Cartographic constants 72 3.3.3 Discourse and mode of cartographic representation 75 3.3.4 Breaking out of the geometric constraint 77 3.3.5 The public challenge 80 3.3.6 Cartographic representations for specific themes 82 3.4 Conclusion 85 3.5 References 88 Chapter 4 Mapping Flows and Movements 93Françoise BAHOKEN 4.1 Introduction 93 4.2 Theoretical and methodological considerations of the cartographic construction of flows 95 4.2.1 The flow line 95 4.2.2 The Links-Nodes logic of cartographic reasoning 97 4.2.3 From the type of matrix to the type of mapped flows 98 4.2.4 From flow to movement 103 4.3 The cartographic image of the flow: between continuity and technological disruptions 105 4.3.1 Permanence of an old method of representation 106 4.3.2 From a discrete approach to a continuous flow/movement approach 107 4.3.3 Mapping flows in the computerization era 109 4.3.4 Cartographic image of the flow on the Geoweb 110 4.4 Challenges related to flow mapping through the example of global maritime flows 113 4.4.1 Challenges of flow mapping at the global level 114 4.4.2 Geographical space in the representation of global flows 120 4.4.3 Approximating space in the representation of global flows 123 4.5 Conclusion 125 4.6 References 130 Chapter 5 Cartographic Communication on the Geoweb: Between Maps and Data 135Matthieu NOUCHER 5.1 Introduction 135 5.2 Is Geoweb a new word for a new reality? 138 5.2.1 A slow and progressive opening of the expert approach of geomatics 138 5.2.2 The Geoweb: a geospatial revolution? 140 5.2.3 The map’s place 142 5.3 The Geoweb era: new configurations between producers and users, amateurs and professionals 144 5.3.1 The malleability of maps (and data) in the Geoweb era 146 5.3.2 Individualization of sources and egocartography 150 5.4 Conclusion 153 5.5 References 155 Chapter 6 Rethinking Cartography on the Geoweb: Principles, Tools and Modes of Representation 159Boris MERICSKAY 6.1 Introduction 159 6.2 Coming back to cartography in the Geoweb 160 6.2.1 The Geoweb, an environment for reading and writing maps 160 6.2.2 Cartographic communication in the movement of data (geo)visualization 161 6.3 Base maps and interactivity: a look at the basic elements of Geoweb maps 163 6.3.1 Base maps as referential of web maps 164 6.3.2 Interactivity as a central element of online maps 166 6.4 Overview of the Geoweb cartographic language 168 6.4.1 Back to the Geoweb semiology 168 6.4.2 The hegemony of map markers 170 6.4.3 Thematic cartography representation modes 172 6.4.4 Spatial representation of big data 173 6.4.5 The representation of spatial data in three dimensions 179 6.5 The importance of technology for cartographic communication on the Geoweb 183 6.5.1 The thematic cartography toolbox on the Geoweb 184 6.5.2 Increasing technicalization of practices 187 6.6 Conclusion and perspectives 188 6.7 References 190 Chapter 7 Geovisualization and Cartographic Communication: Style and Interaction 195Sidonie CHRISTOPHE 7.1 Introduction 195 7.2 Geovisualization and cartographic communication 196 7.2.1 Geovisualization, a field of research and interdisciplinary practices 196 7.2.2 Challenges on data, user and usage 197 7.2.3 Linkages with cartography and data visualization 199 7.3 Geovisualization tools, between personalization and interaction 200 7.3.1 Map customization and visual data mining 200 7.3.2 Challenges around interaction with data 205 7.4 Interacting with style for more cartographic expressiveness 207 7.4.1 Back to the notion of style 208 7.4.2 Style in cartography, two levels of definitions 208 7.4.3 The example of topographic map styles 210 7.4.4 Pictorial, graphic and artistic styles 212 7.5 Diversification of representation modes and interaction for new forms of cartographic communication 215 7.5.1 Interaction with style to help visual focus 216 7.5.2 Interaction with styles for more realism 217 7.5.3 2D and 3D interactions to multiply points of view 218 7.5.4 Visual exploration in spatiotemporal scales 219 7.6 Conclusion 221 7.7 References 222 Conclusion 229Boris MERICSKAY List of Authors 233 Index 235

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Book SynopsisNaming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization. As the subject of conflict or dispute, naming plays out in numerous ways that involve collective and individual relationships to space, whether functional or imaginary, as well as the identities related to them. Name traces also differ together with their inscription within landscapes and history. Names constitute a heritage, they bear witness, they mark places and thus contribute to the foundation of territories. Beyond place names, place naming reveals the functions and uses of names, but also the contradictory meanings that society bestows on them. With this framework in mind, that of critical toponymy, The Politics of Place Naming considers different points of view when studying place naming. These vary from linguistics to political and cultural geography, via history, anthropology, cartography, urban planning, digital humanities, subaltern studies and many other disciplines. This book honors this transversality by taking such studies into account in its examination of place naming.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements xiFrédéric GIRAUT and Myriam HOUSSAY-HOLZSCHUCH Chapter 1 Naming the World: Place-Naming Practices and Issues in Neotoponymy 1Frédéric GIRAUT and Myriam HOUSSAY-HOLZSCHUCH 1.1 Political/critical toponymy: an emerging field at the core of territorialization issues 2 1.2 Political toponymy: a recent history? 4 1.3 On the agenda of political/critical toponymy: contradictory promotion of functional, market and inclusive corpuses 8 1.4 Theory-in-progress: beyond hegemony and dispositif, a toponymic situationism? 11 1.5 References 18 Chapter 2 Commemorative Place Naming: To Name Places, to Claim the Past, to Repair Futures 29Derek H ALDERMAN 2.1 A renaming moment in Paris 29 2.2 Place naming as commemorative work 30 2.3 Narrative capacities 32 2.4 Affective capacities 34 2.5 Material capacities 36 2.6 Reparative possibilities and limits 39 2.7 References 42 Chapter 3 The Named, Lived and Contested Environment: Towards a Political Ecology of Toponymy 47Sébastien BOILLAT 3.1 Introduction 47 3.2 The decline of toponymy as a substitute for archeology 49 3.3 Toponymy and ecology: another divorce, another reconciliation 51 3.4 From cultural heritage to environmental ethics: indigenous place names and beyond 53 3.5 The disputed toponymy: critical perspectives 55 3.6 Towards a political ecology of toponymy 57 3.7 Conclusion 59 3.8 References 60 Chapter 4 Naming the Conquered Territories: Colonies and Empires -- Beneath and Beyond the Exonym/Endonym Opposition 65Frédéric GIRAUT 4.1 Toponymic colonization of settler frontiers (long-distance metropolitan projections): the fictitious model of the Mysterious Island and its extensions 67 4.2 Toponymic imperialism: the model of Roman super(im)position and Ottoman condescension 77 4.3 Who's in, who's out? Colonial hybridizations and relativity of the concepts of exonym and endonym 81 4.4 References 87 Chapter 5 "Addressing the World": A Political Genealogy of the Street Address 93Reuben ROSE-REDWOOD, Anton TANTNER and Sun-Bae KIM 5.1 Introduction 93 5.2 Street addressing as a technology of power 94 5.3 Genealogies of the street address 97 5.4 The future of street addressing and the making of a geocoded world 102 5.5 References 104 Chapter 6 Toponymic Commodification: Thematic Brandscapes, Spatial Naming Rights and the Property--Name Nexus 109Jani VUOLTEENAHO 6.1 Introduction 109 6.2 Thematic namescapes in branding neighborhoods: From Sun Cities to Icebar Saigon and a Brooklyn with distinction 112 6.3 Buying into and contesting spatial naming rights 118 6.4 Discussion: the property--name nexus as a commodification frontier 125 6.5 References 128 Chapter 7 The Toponymy of Tourism and Leisure: General Framework and Lessons from France 135Christophe GAUCHON 7.1 Introduction 135 7.2 The new names of tourist places 138 7.3 The evolution of the status and uses of toponyms: from designator to brand 140 7.4 Touristic toponymy as an element of territorial restructuring 142 7.5 Conclusion 145 7.6 References 146 Chapter 8 Transport Toponymy: For a Critical Study of the Toponomy of Places of Mobility 149Lucas DESTREM 8.1 A significant but still understudied fact 150 8.2 Research perspectives 159 8.3 References 170 Chapter 9 The Toponymy of Informal Settlements in the Global South 175Melissa WANJIRU-MWITA 9.1 Introduction 175 9.2 Toponymy and informality -- a theoretical background 177 9.3 Naming patterns in Nairobi's informal settlements 178 9.4 Actors involved in the toponymy of informal settlements 186 9.5 Conclusion -- towards a toponymic framework for informal settlements 186 9.6 References 187 Chapter 10 The Map, the Name and the Territory: Toponymic Struggles in the Era of Cartographic Post-Sovereignty 191Matthieu NOUCHER 10.1 Place names, an issue of information sovereignty 191 10.2 Cartographic post-sovereignty and place names: when the geoweb blurs the map 193 10.3 Toponymic struggles of yesterday and today: the exemplary case of Guiana 199 10.4 Research agenda: when the geoweb brings place names into the era of post-sovereignty 210 10.5 References 213 Chapter 11 What Africa Might Contribute to Critical Toponymy 217Michel BEN ARROUS and Liora BIGON 11.1 Official toponymy and others 219 11.2 A problem of places 226 11.3 A problem of hegemony 235 11.4 Making sense: a heuristic of practices 245 11.5 Final remarks 250 11.6 References 253 Conclusion 261Myriam HOUSSAY-HOLZSCHUCH and Frédéric GIRAUT List of Authors 273 Index 275

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Book SynopsisTerritories are currently faced with a wide range of environmental challenges, but suffer from a lack of access to the information and biophysical data that characterizes these challenges. Territorial Analysis of Environments sheds light on how the data produced on environmental change needs to be processed, completed and disseminated so that local players can take ownership of it. The aim is to present methods for developing local, regional or even global indicators of the changes underway, as well as to understand the logic of the players acting in a given area. To this end, this book places great emphasis on the notions of systems and the modeling approaches used to formalize them. It also presents the data available, and the methods for developing an analysis of their spatial dimension. This is based on a wide range of case studies, combining environmental data and stakeholder games.

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Book SynopsisThis exemplary Handbook provides readers with a novel synthesis of international research, evidence-based practice and personal reflections to offer an overview of the current state of knowledge in the field of teaching geography in higher education. Chapters cover the three key transitions - into, through, and out of higher education - to present a thorough analysis of the topic. With key contributions from top scholars, the Handbook investigates student transitions, exploring how students require different pedagogical approaches as they progress through university or college. A wide range of learning contexts relevant to the breadth of spaces and places in which geography teaching takes place is used to provide examples of how teaching and learning in geography can be enhanced. It identifies key principles including working in partnership and acknowledging the whole student, calling for the adoption of courageous pedagogy. With a useful resources section included in each chapter, this Handbook is a vital reference source for those teaching geography in higher education settings. Written in an accessible style, it will also be of use to early career geographers and those who are new to teaching, including postgraduate students. Contributors: C. Arrowsmith, K. Barton, S. Brail, J. Bullard, G. Butt, W. Cartwright, L. Clarke, D. Conradson, M. DeMers, S. Dyer, J. Esson, M. Finn, E.H. Fouberg, D. France, I.C. Fuller, A.L. Griffin, M. Haigh, R.L. Healey, J. Hill, R. Hodgkins, P. Hopkins, M. Horswell, A. Hovorka, A. Hughes, N.T. Huynh, J. Kerski, P. Klein, P.E. Kneale, A. Last, J. Lee, A. Maddrell, N. McDuff, G. Miller, L. Mol, N. Moore-Cherry, C. Mott, A. Parton, E. Pawson, M. Poskitt, K. Ramdas, C. Ribchester, B. Rink, Z.P. Robinson, J. Salo, D.M. Schultz, I.D.H. Shepherd, M. Solem, R. Spronken-Smith, S. Tate, T. Vowles, H. Walkington, R.I. Waller, K. Whalen, E. Wigley, P. Wolf, N. WorthTrade Review'This book is a much-needed comprehensive overview of recent research and practices on teaching geography in higher education. Written by leading researchers, it provides not only insights but also practical applications for lecturing, assessment and innovation in geography pedagogy.' --Jongwon Lee, Ewha Womans University, South Korea'Written by an acclaimed team of international scholars, this Handbook is invaluable for both early career and established geography faculty in higher education internationally, as well as for individuals, course teams and departments. It provides practical and research-based advice on a wide range of disciplinary and wider higher education issues.' --Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes, UK and co-founding editor of the Journal of Geography in Higher EducationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Geography 1 Helen Walkington, Jennifer Hill and Sarah Dyer PART I PEDAGOGIES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION 2. Student perspectives on the importance of both academic and social transitions to and through their undergraduate geography degree 16 Simon Tate and Peter Hopkins 3. Bridging the divide between school and university geography – ‘mind the gap!’ 31 Graham Butt 4. Embodied teaching and learning through a large lecture: strategies for place-based pedagogies 46 Matt Finn and Carrie Mott 5. Measuring learning for the masses: assessment strategies for large classes 59 Bradley Rink 6. Finding your way in liminal space: threshold concepts and curriculum design in geography 71 Erin H. Fouberg 7. Fieldwork as transition pedagogy for non-specialist students in geography: promoting collaborative learning amidst uncertainty 87 Kamalini Ramdas 8. Supportive learning environments and the transition to university 99 David Conradson 9. Teaching in a multi- or interdisciplinary context 110 Amy L. Griffin 10. Co-pedagogy: teaching together for successful student learning 123 Sarah Dyer 11. Pedagogies for developing undergraduate ethical thinking within geography 139 Ruth L. Healey and Chris Ribchester 12. Information literacy: benefits, challenges and practical strategies 151 Richard I. Waller, Gill Miller and David M. Schultz PART II PEDAGOGIES TO FACILITATE MORE AUTONOMOUS LEARNING 13. Inclusive teaching and learning practices in geography 168 Annie Hughes and Nona McDuff 14. Developing and integrating a student-researcher pedagogy within the geography curriculum 183 Helen Walkington 15. Who owns the curriculum? Co-production of an evolving research-informed module 198 Richard Hodgkins and Joanna Bullard 16. Conveying geographic concepts through issues-based inquiry 211 Phil Klein, Karen Barton, Jessica Salo, Jieun Lee and Timothy Vowles 17. Learning and teaching about race and racism in geography 227 James Esson and Angela Last 18. Teaching challenging material: emotional geographies and geographies of death 241 Avril Maddrell and Edward Wigley 19. Geography as responsibility: sustainability through teaching and learning within geography 256 Zoe P. Robinson 20. Enhancing internationalisation in the geography undergraduate curriculum 269 Ash Parton and Martin Haigh 21. Heutagogy, personal learning environments, and multi-path entry into GIS education 284 Michael DeMers 22. Field-based pedagogies for developing learners’ independence 299 Ian C. Fuller and Derek France PART III CAPSTONE AND BRIDGING PEDAGOGIES FOR THE FINAL YEAR 23. Pedagogical partnerships, identity building and self-authorship in geography higher education 314 Niamh Moore-Cherry 24. Taking ownership: active learning and student engagement 329 Eric Pawson and Mark Poskitt 25. Examining the potential of experiential learning as pedagogy for senior undergraduate students 342 Shauna Brail and Kate Whalen 26. Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography curriculum: developing graduate skills 357 Lisa Mol, Michael Horswell and Lucy Clarke 27. Authentic assessment and feedback to develop lifelong learning 371 Jennifer Hill and Nancy Worth 28. Capstones in geography 386 Alice Hovorka and Peter Wolf 29. Learning for work 399 Ifan D.H. Shepherd 30. Embedding employability skills in the curriculum and extending into postgraduate programs 414 Colin Arrowsmith and William Cartwright 31. Graduate attributes in geography higher education 430 Rachel Spronken-Smith 32. Teaching geography students about careers 443 Michael Solem, Niem Tu Huynh and Joseph Kerski 33. Exploring pedagogic tensions in final year programme design 458 Pauline E. Kneale 34. Teaching, learning and assessing in geography: a foundation for the future 474 Jennifer Hill, Helen Walkington and Sarah Dyer Index 487

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