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Legare Street Press Voyages Discoveries in the South Seas 17921832
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Legare Street Press Birds of the New York City Region Handbook Series
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LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD A Bengal Atlas
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LEGARE STREET PR The Travels of Ibn Batuta
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Globalization Health and the Global South
Book SynopsisGlobalization is a form of social change, reshaping the socio-spatial milieu in which humans strive, and in which health and disease are managed and controlled. And yet the effects of globalization are distributed unevenly, with opportunities open for some but not for all.Globalization, Health and the Global South is an important textbook for any student of this fascinating area. Examining the dynamics of globalization through the lens of the Global South, it highlights risks and vulnerabilities that affect different regions and contexts, exacerbating inequalities despite the continuing speed of global processes. The books takes a critical approach to the topic, offering readers a deep understanding of health discourses and discusses a range of key topics, including migrant health, the role of politics and diplomacy and the Coronavirus pandemic.Including further reading and end of chapter discussion questions, this essential textbook will be important reading Trade ReviewGiven the multidisciplinary character of globalisation and health, this textbook could be of use to a number of students in different disciplines from health social sciences to areas such as public health, bioethics and epidemiology. As an undergraduate student in International Relations and Development, this textbook would have served me well as an introduction to globalisation, encouraging me to take a critical approach to consider the myriad of factors that influence health. The final two chapters, Global Health Targets and the Global South and Global Health Initiatives in the Global South would be of particular interest to anyone studying in a similar field . . . The real strength of this textbook is its ability to explain sophisticated ideas in an accessible way, encouraging critical reflection from the reader. Overall, an excellent addition to many students' bookshelves, providing rich ground for interdisciplinary enquiry into globalisation and health. Sociology of Health and IllnessTable of Contents1.Conceptualizing Globalization and Health. 2.Many Faces of Globalization of Health. 3.Understanding Social and Global Determinants of Health. 4.Globalization and Health: A Theoretical Lens. 5.Globalization and the Rise of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Global South. 6.Globalization and Infectious Diseases in the Global South. 7.Globalization and Health: The Case of Coronavirus of 2019. 8.Global Health Politics and Diplomacy. 9.Globalization and Migrants' Health: A Global South Perspective. 10.Global Health Targets and Healthcare Situation in the Global South. 11.Global Health Initiatives in the Global South
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Health Management
Book SynopsisThe second edition of this leading textbook provides the definitive guide to disaster health management. From the key concepts, principles and terminology, to systems for mitigation, planning, response and recovery, it gives readers a comprehensive overview of every aspect of this emerging field. Split into eight parts, the book begins by drawing the parameters of disaster health management before outlining key elements such as communication, community engagement and legal issues. It then moves on to discuss preparing for potential disasters, managing and mitigating their impact, and then recovering in the aftermath. Offering key insights into evaluation, leadership and the psychosocial aspects of disaster health management, the new edition also features a range of international case studies, including those outlining the management of COVID-19.It is essential reading for both students and practitioners engaging in this important work.Table of ContentsPart 1 – The Conceptual Basis of Disaster Management. 1.Definitions and Terminology. 2.Disaster Trends and Impact. 3.Concepts and Principles. Part 2 – Key Elements of Disaster Management. 4.Disaster Management Frameworks. 5.Risk and its Management. 6.Business Continuity Management (BCM). 7.Risk and Crisis Communication During Health Disasters. 8.Community Engagement. 9.Legal and Ethical Aspects of Disaster Management. Part 3 – Healthcare Considerations. 10.Health System Impacts and Responses to Disasters. 11.Physical Health Impacts of Disasters. 12.Psychosocial Impacts of Disasters. Part 4 – Getting Ready. 13.Prevention and Mitigation. 14.Planning. 15.Preparedness. Part 5 – Incident Management and Response. 16.Principles of Incident Management. 17.Incident Management Practice. 18.External Assistance in Disasters. Part 6 – Recovering. 19.Community Recovery. 20.Recovery of Physical and Social Infrastructure: Rebuilding a Stronger Community. Part 7 – Unique Challenges of Particular Disasters. 21.Natural Disasters. 22.Manmade (Technological) Disasters. 23.Conflict, Terrorism and CBRNE. 24.Pandemics. 25.Complex Humanitarian Emergencies. Part 8 – Strategic Considerations. 26.Leadership. 27.Evaluation and Lessons Management. 28.Education, Training and Research. 29.Future Challenges.
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Routledge Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a comprehensive overview and holistic analysis of the intersection between tourism and popular culture. It examines current debates, questions and controversies of tourism in the wake of popular culture phenomena and explores the relationships between popular culture, globalization, tourism and mobility. In addition, it offers a cross-disciplinary, cutting edge review of the character of popular cultural production and consumption trends, analyzing their consequences for tourism, spatial strategies and destination competitiveness. The scope of the volume encompasses various expressions of popular culture such as cinema, TV shows, music, literature, sports and heritage. Featuring a mix of theoretical and empirical chapters, the handbook problematizes and conceptualizes the ties and clusters of popular cultural actors, thereby positioning tourism within the wider context of creative economies, cultural planning and multimodal technologies. Written Trade Review‘The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism takes an interdisciplinary and global view of the growing phenomenon of fan tourism, alternating and integrating lenses ranging from economics to politics, geography to identity, media studies to leisure studies. Each essay takes the reader along on a journey to many corners of the world, to discover the various expressions of popular culture that inspire our fascination and our passions.’ Lynn Zubernis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA‘Paying particular attention to media/sports/music fandom, along with varied definitions of popular culture, Christine Lundberg and Vassilios Ziakas have collected together a host of important, innovative studies. Whether defining videogame tourism, analysing the fan-as-flâneur, or developing work on royal tourism, this Handbook offers a timely, authoritative, and international guide to the (academic) journeys and (synontological) destinations that are generated across contemporary pop culture.’ Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Setting the Stage: Foundations of Popular Culture Tourism 1. What is Popular Culture? 2. Tourism and Popular Culture: Socio-cultural Considerations. 3. Synontological Spaces. 4. Apocalypto and the End of Days: Basking in the Maya’s Shadow. 5. The Commodification of Narco-violence through Popular Culture and Tourism in Medellin, Colombia. Part 2 Broadening the Scope: Popular Culture Tourism Expressions 6. Popular Culture Tourism: Films and Tourist Demand. 7. Film Tourism in the Golden Age of Television. 8. Imagining the Medieval in the Modern World: Film, Fantasy and Heritage. 9. Tuning in – Setting the Scene for Music Tourism. 10. Fado as a Popular Culture Expression in the Context of a Tourist City. 11. Transactional Bodies: Dance, Tourism, and Idea(l)s of Cubanness. 12. The Voyeur at Leisure: Flânerie in a Miniature city – The Urban Phenomena of Madurodam. 13. Technology Adoption and Popular Culture Sport Tourism. 14. Hunters, Climbers, Flâneurs: How Video Games Create and Design Tourism. 15. The Peculiar Attraction of Royalty for Tourism and the Popular Culture Construction of ‘Royal Tourism’. 16. Sun, Surf, Sex, and the Everyday: Subverting the Tourist Gaze with Gold Coast Narrative Fiction. 17. Fandom and its Afterlife: Celebrity Cemetery Tourism. Part 3 Performing Fan Cultures: Popular Culture Tourism Fandoms 18. Passing Through: Popular Media Tourism, Pilgrimage, and Narratives of Being a Fan. 19. A Thai Star’s Appeal to Chinese Fans and its Impact on Thailand Popular Culture Tourism. 20. On the Road —Again: Revisiting Pop Music Concert Tourism. 21. Music Fans as Tourists: The Mysterious Ways of Individual and Social Dimensions. 22. "There Were Only Friendly People and Love in the Air": Fans, Tourism and the Eurovision Song Contest. 23.The (Promotional) Value of Public-Spiritedness: Irish Football Fans at Euro 2016. Part 4 Getting on the Map: Popular Culture Tourism and Place-making 24. #LiteraryMe: The Legacy of the Bloomsbury Group on London’s Literary Village. 25. "I Went to India to Find Myself": Tracing World Cinema’s Neoliberal Orientalisms. 26. The Force Meets the Kittiwake: Shooting Star Wars on Skellig Michael. 27. The Narrative Capital of the Place: How the Millennium Narratives Generate Place-related Values and Attract Tourists to Sweden. 28. A ‘Touristed Landscape’: Speculations about ‘Consuming History’, Using a Case Study of an Australian Folk Hero. 29. Spain as the Scenery of Mass Tourism Phenomena – Between Elite Tourism and Popular Culture Tourism: The Image of the Country through Cinema and Photography. 30. Playing at Home: Popular Culture Tourism and Place-making in Japan. 31. Travelling to Icons or Icons on Travel: Displacement and Representation of Places in Movies. 32. The Indianization of Switzerland: Destination Transformations in the Wake of Bollywood Films. Part 5 Establishing a Common Ground: Popular Culture Tourism and Destination Management 33. Film Tourism Stakeholders and Impacts. 34. Film Tourism Collaborations: A critical Analysis of INTERREG Destination Development Projects. 35. Growing Competition for Screen Tourists Activates New Destination Marketing Tactics. 36. (G)A(i)ming at the Throne: Social Media and the Use of Visitor-Generated Content in Destination Marketing. 37. The Influence of Culinary Movies as a Popular Culture Tourism Phenomenon in Shoot Destinations. 38. Visitor Experiences of Popular Culture Museums in Islands: A Management and Policy Approach. 39. Lifestyle Tourism: Combining Place Attachment and Involvement in a Destination Management Approach. 40. Destination Development in the Wake of Popular Culture Tourism: Proposing a Comprehensive Analytic Framework. Conclusion: Building a Research Agenda for Popular Culture Tourism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Volcanoes
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface PART I INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Eruptions, Jargon, and History PART II THE BIG PICTURE Chapter 2 Global Perspectives – Plate Tectonics and Volcanism Chapter 3 The Nature of Magma – Where Volcanoes Come From Chapter 4 The Physical Properties of Magma and Why it Erupts PART III VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND THEIR PRODUCTS Chapter 5 Classifying Volcanic Eruptions Chapter 6 Effusive Volcanic Eruptions and Their Products Chapter 7 An Overview of Explosive Eruptions and Their Products Chapter 8 A Closer Look at Large-scale Explosive Eruptions PART IV VOLCANIC LANDFORMS AND SETTINGS Chapter 9 Constructional (“Positive”) Volcanic Landforms Chapter 10 “Negative” Volcanic Landforms – Craters and Calderas Chapter 11 Mass-wasting Processes and Products Chapter 12 Volcanoes Unseen and Far Away PART V HUMANISTIC VOLCANOLOGY Chapter 13 Volcanoes: Life, Climate, and Human History Chapter 14 Volcanic Hazards and Risk – Monitoring and Mitigation Chapter 15 Economic Volcanology Epilogue References Index Appendix 1 List of Prominent World Volcanoes Appendix 2 Fun Reading
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John Wiley & Sons Inc How Cities Learn
Book SynopsisHow Cities Learntraces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners Trade Review'This carefully written and researched study offers detailed analysis of South African cities’ uneven implementation of bus rapid transit systems. Scholars who participate in the lively global conversation on urban policy will find much to contemplate within this thoughtful book.'Garth Myers, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies, Trinity College, Hartford'Urban problems are becoming increasingly complex requiring the actors and institutions of governance to continually learn, adapt and innovate. But how does this learning happen? This book provides an extraordinary case study. It describes with uncommon clarity an intricate process of policy transfer involving global actors and circulations but also embedded local concerns, politics and governmental arrangements. It is essential reading for urban scholars and public policymakers.'Philip Harrison, South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg “…the book is a significant contribution to urban studies scholarship. It would make an excellent read for anyone interested in the political economy of knowledge transfer, decolonial perspectives on urban transport, and southern urbanism.” – Urban Studies, 2023, Vol. 60(14) Table of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Abbreviations x Series Editors’ Preface xii Acknowledgements xiii 1. Introduction 1 BRT Arrives in South Africa 1 Understanding the South African City 2 Transport Geography, Policy Mobilities and Learning in and from the South 5 Using Policy Mobilities as a Methodology 9 Structure of the Book 13 2. Geographies of Knowledge 16 Building an Analytic for Tracing 16 Tracing through Policy Models 18 Tracing through Actors and Associations 20 Tracing through Cities 23 Tracing through Temporalities 25 3. Translating BRT to South Africa 27 Introduction 27 The Geography of BRT 28 Forming the Bogotá Model of BRT 31 Introducing BRT in South African Cities 35 Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya 36 Cape Town’s MyCiTi 39 Tshwane’s A Re Yeng 41 Rustenburg’s Yarona 44 Nelson Mandela Bay’s Libhongolethu 45 eThekwini’s Go Durban! 46 A South African Interpretation of BRT 48 About the Station Platform 51 About the Bus 52 About the Bus Lane 53 About the Route 55 BRT and Taxi Transformation 58 The South African Taxi Industry 59 State Intervention in Transportation 61 Negotiating with Taxi Operators 65 Conclusion 68 4. Actors and Associations Circulating BRT 70 Introduction 70 An Analytic for Studying Policy Actors 71 Redefining the Role of Policy Actors 74 Policy Mobilizers of BRT Circulation 75 Intermediaries of BRT Circulation 78 Local Pioneers of BRT Circulation 81 Learning through Networks 85 Networks of Internationals 86 Networks of South Africans 88 Power Dynamics of Networks 94 Conclusion 96 5. The Local Politics of BRT 97 Introduction 97 The International Context of BRT Circulation 98 Learning from South America 99 Learning from Africa 102 Learning from India 105 Learning from the North 106 The National Context of BRT Circulation 107 Political Interactions between South African Localities 108 Technical Exchanges between South Africa Localities 111 The Municipal Context of BRT Circulation 114 Conclusion 117 6. Repetitive Processes of BRT Adoption 119 Introduction 119 Tracing Transportation Innovation in South Africa 120 Planting the Seeds of BRT in South Africa 124 Gradual Processes of Learning 127 Repetitive Processes of Circulation 128 Delayed Processes of Adoption 130 Transportation Innovations Not Adopted 133 Conclusion 138 7. Conclusion 140 Introduction 140 Reflecting on How Cities Learn 141 Reflecting on BRT in South Africa 145 Appendix A: Interview Schedule 147 Appendix B: Features of BRT systems in South Africa 154 References 166 Index 185
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Geography of Defence
Book SynopsisDefence against military attack has had a considerable geographical impact. Urban morphology frequently owes more to the defence function than to any other, whilst local, regional and national economies are often intricately dependent on defence expenditure. It is also clear that the social geography of cities, both recently and in the past, has been affected by the presence of the military. Despite its importance, defence as a major government function has not been the focus of geographical analysis in the same way as housing , transport, health or education. This volume, originally published in 1987, redresses this imbalance by demonstrating the geographical importance of defence in these vital areas. Table of Contents1. The Geography of Defence – An Overview Michael Bateman 2. Urban Form and the Defence Functions of Cities Gregory Ashworth 3. Military and Naval Land Use As a Determinant of Urban Development – The Case of Portsmouth Raymond Riley 4. The Defence Town in Crisis: The Paradox of the Tourism Strategy John Bradbeer and Graham Moon 5. Government and the Specialized Military Town: The Impact of Defence Policy on Urban Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century Trevor Harris 6. The Evolution of a Naval Shipbuilding Firm in a Small Economy: Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness Keith Grime 7. Married Quarters in England and Wales: A Census Analysis and Commentary Kelvyn Jones 8. British Overseas Military Expenditure and the Balance of Payments Michael Asteris 9. Military Training in National Parks: A Question of Land Use Conflict and National Priorities Mark Blacksell and Fiona Reynolds
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Observations on the Topography of the Plain of
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British Library, Historical Print Editions The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the
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Pearson Education Understanding Weather Climate Global Edition
Book SynopsisEd Aguado is Professor of Geography and Master's Program Advisor in the Department of Geography of San Diego State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of WisconsinMadison, and his M.A. and B.A. from the UCLA. His research interests are in the precipitation and hydrology of western U.S. mountains. He regularly teaches introductory and advanced meteorology, climatology, and physical geography, and often serves as a consultant and expert witness on climatology and weather.Table of Contents I. ENERGY AND MASS 1. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere 2. Solar Radiation and the Seasons 3. Energy Balance and Temperature 4. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind II. WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE 5. Atmospheric Moisture 6. Cloud Development and Forms 7. Precipitation Processes III. DISTRIBUTION AND MOVEMENT OF AIR 8. Atmospheric Circulation and Pressure Distributions 9. Air Masses and Fronts IV. DISTURBANCES 10. Midlatitude Cyclones 11. Lightning, Thunder, and Tornadoes 12. Tropical Storms and Hurricanes V. HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL TOPICS 13. Weather Forecasting and Analysis 14. Human Effects on the Atmosphere VI. CURRENT, PAST, AND FUTURE CLIMATES 15. Earth's Climates 16. Climate Changes: Past and Future 17. Chapter 17: Atmospheric Optics (online only in Mastering Meteorology) VII. APPENDICES Appendix A: Unit of Measurement and Conversions Appendix B: The Standard Atmosphere Appendix C: Weather Map Symbols Appendix D: Weather Extremes Cloud Guide
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Pearson Education Target Grade 9 Edexcel GCSE 91 History Medicine in Britain c1250present Workbook
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Pearson Education Target Grade 9 Edexcel GCSE 91 History AngloSaxon
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this new series of intervention workbooks. Target workbooks are available for the schools' price of only £2.49 (RRP £4.99) when you quote 568OTHR at checkout.
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Cambridge University Press A Historical and Topographical Guide to the
Book SynopsisThe Geography of Strabo is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author's The Geography of Strabo, the first English translation of the work in many years.Trade ReviewThe publication of this guide concludes one of the major achievements of contemporary classical scholarship: the first complete English translation in almost a century of Strabo's Geography that reflects current scholarship on its text and content. Strabo's Geography is one of the most important surviving works of ancient Greek scholarship. It is the principal source for the history of ancient geography and Greek knowledge of the cultural and historical geography of the inhabited world from India to Britain. Roller published his translation, The Geography of Strabo, in 2014. In this massive new volume, he provides a detailed exegesis of Strabo's text; each of the 17 chapters is devoted to one book of the Geography, explicating paragraph by paragraph Strabo's geographical, zoological, botanical, historical, and mythical allusions. Three maps, a comprehensive bibliography, and indexes of ancient sources cited in the text and proper names complete the work. Additional maps would have been desirable, but their absence does not detract from the value of this outstanding work. All university and college libraries. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; Maps: 1. The ancient world as known to Strabo; 2. The inhabited world (Oikoumene); 3. The geographical extent of the books of the Geography; The guide to the Geography: Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; Book 7; Book 8; Book 9; Book 10; Book 11; Book 12; Book 13; Book 14; Book 15; Book 16; Book 17; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Neoliberalization
Book SynopsisThe book is an analysis of cultural, social as well as political economic expressions of neoliberalization and argues for an appreciation of the relational geographies of neoliberalization. In-depth empirical research spanning a variety of world regions A range of topics including homelessness, comparative politics, economic development and social policy Reviews how neoliberalism is enacted as a way to highlight the complexity and contingency of this economic model Engages in debates within anthropology, gender studies, geography, health studies, international studies, planning, political science and sociology Trade Review“Neoliberalism is a word that can easily come to mean everything and so nothing. And yet the process and relations of ‘neoliberalization’ are far more significant than either of these meanings. By focusing on places in which neoliberalization is shaped and experienced, and on critical analyses of the processes and relations of which it is constituted, this book reveals its profound importance.” Roger Lee, Queen Mary, University of London “This excellent collection of essays brings substance to processes of neoliberalization and their impacts in different parts of the globe, from Argentina to Canada, Nepal to China, and New Zealand to Japan. It illuminates, from diverse intellectual and disciplinary traditions, the complexity and contingency of neoliberalisms through a detailed analysis of economic and political institutions, people, places, and networks involved in their (re)production and dissemination. This needs to be understood if we are to gain a better theorized account of concrete historical realities and gain leverage for alternative political directions.” Helga Leitner, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Plates. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Introduction: Reading Neoliberalizations (Kevin Ward and Kim England). Part I: "Mainstream" Economic Development and its Alternatives. Introduction to Part I. 2. Competing Capitalisms and Neoliberalism: the Dynamics of, and Limits to, Economic Reform in the Asia-Pacific (Mark Beeson). 3. Neoliberalizing the Grassroots? Microfinance and the Politics of Development in Nepal (Katherine N. Rankin and Yogendra B. Shakya). Part II: Within and between State and Markets: the Role of Intermediaries. Introduction to Part II. 4. Learning to Compete: Communities of Investment Promotion Practice in the Spread of Global Neoliberalism (Nicholas A. Phelps, Marcus Power, and Roseline Wanjiru). 5. Temporary Staffing, "Geographies of Circulation," and the Business of Delivering Neoliberalization (Kevin Ward). 6. Neoliberalizing Argentina? (Pete North). Part III: States and Subjectivities. Introduction to Part III. 7. Neoliberalizing Home Care: Managed Competition and Restructuring Home Care in Ontario (Kim England, Joan Eakin, Denise Gastaldo, and Patricia McKeever). 8. Spatializing Neoliberalism: Articulations, Recapitulations, and (a Very Few) Alternatives (Catherine Kingfisher). 9. Co-constituting "After Neo-liberalism": Political Projects and Globalizing Governmentalities in Aotearoa, New Zealand (Wendy Larner, Richard Le Heron, and Nicholas Lewis). 10. Conclusion: Reflections on Neoliberalizations (Kim England and Kevin Ward). Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Decolonizing Development
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural and Political Ecology)) Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power. Based on novel interpretations of postcolonial and Marxist theory and applied to original research data Amply supplemented with maps and illustrations An intriguing and invaluable resource for scholars of postcolonialism, development, geography, and the Maya Trade Review"Wainwright is to be applauded for marshalling his considerable intellectual skills to advancing our understanding of Maya colonial experiences (past and present) in the confines of Belize." (Social & Cultural Geography, February 2009) "Theoretically sophisticated.... It has some important things to say that are relevant to both scholars and practitioners concerned with development practices in the South today." (Geographical Journal, 2009) "Culture studies sometimes receive a hasty, often incoherent introduction.... Fortunately, this book is an exception. Wainwright provides a meticulous and actually readable explanation of the culture studies 'manifesto.' One of the interesting issues discussed was the Mayas' 'development' into settled farming, as opposed to their original milpa (i.e., slash and bum) agriculture. Recommended." (CHOICE, December 2008)Table of ContentsList of figures. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Colonizing the Maya. 1. The territorialization of southern Belize. 2. The matter of the Maya farm system. 3. An archaeology of Mayanism. Part II: Aporias of development. 4. From colonial to development knowledge. 5. Settling: fieldwork in the ruins of development. 6. Finishing the critique of cultural ecology. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Value Chain Struggles
Book SynopsisAdopting a ''global value chain'' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India. Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producers Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restructuring Reveals the ways that the restructuring triggers a series of political and economic struggles across a range of economic, social, and environmental arenas Puts into perspective claims about the impacts of recent changes to global trading relations on rural producers in developing countries Trade Review Table of ContentsList of Figures vi List of Tables viii Series Editors’ Preface x Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Re-inserting Place and Institutions within Global Value Chain Analysis 27 3 How to Make a (South Indian) Cup of Tea or Coffee 66 4 The Institutional Environment of the South Indian Tea and Coffee Industries 107 5 Struggles over Labour and Livelihoods 130 6 Struggles over Environmental Governance in the Coffee Forests of Kodagu 162 7 Smallholder Engagement in Global Value Chains: Initiatives in the Nilgiris 186 8 Making a Living in the Global Economy: Institutional Environments and Value Chain Upgrading 210 9 Conclusion: What We Brewed 230 Appendix A: The Role of Managing Agents 240 Appendix B: The Operation and Intended Reform of South India’s Tea Auctions 241 Appendix C: Restructuring of Tata Tea’s Munnar Operations 246 Notes 248 Bibliography 263 Index 291
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Guilford Publications The Social Geographies of Mexico
Book SynopsisExamining the links between society, space, and place, this unique text introduces students to the ecological and cultural richness of Mexico and the diversity, tenacity, and resilience of its people. David M. Walker presents compelling ethnographic case studies of Mexico City's historic center and the adjacent Tepito neighborhood; life in the border city of Tijuana; and urban Mexican garbage networks. Cases also explore Afromexican identity in the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca, as well as the Indigeneous Zoque people's stewardship of the remote Chimalapas region. Readers are immersed in the stories of real individuals and their livelihood strategies; natural and built environments; values and faith practices; leisure activities; foodways; involvements in local to global cultural, political, and economic processes; and more. Instructive features include topical vignettes, discussion questions, and suggested readings and online resources related to each case.
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Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Physical Geography Laboratory Manual
Book SynopsisDesigned for a one or two semester laboratory course in physical geography or environmental science. The book will complement most introductory physical geography and environmental texts. The exercises are self-explanatory and include maps, aerial photographs, and worksheets.
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Hodder Education CCEA AS Unit 1 Geography Student Guide 1 Physical
Book SynopsisReinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
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Hodder Education CCEA A2 Unit 1 Geography Student Guide 4 Physical
Book SynopsisExam Board: CCEALevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
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Hodder Education OCR ASAlevel Geography Student Guide 2 Earths
Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
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Hodder Education OCR ASAlevel Geography Student Guide 1 Landscape
Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
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Hodder Education CCEA AS Unit 2 Geography Student Guide 2 Human
Book SynopsisExam Board: CCEALevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by a teacher with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
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Taylor & Francis Inc Simple Statistical Tests for Geography
Book SynopsisThis book is aimed directly at students of geography, particularly those who lack confidence in manipulating numbers. The aim is not to teach the mathematics behind statistical tests, but to focus on the logic, so that students can choose the most appropriate tests, apply them in the most convenient way and make sense of the results. Introductory chapters explain how to use statistical methods and then the tests are arranged according to the type of data that they require. Diagrams are used to guide students toward the most appropriate tests. The focus is on nonparametric methods that make very few assumptions and are appropriate for the kinds of data that many students will collect. Parametric methods, including Student's t-tests, correlation and regression are also covered. Although aimed directly at geography students at senior undergraduate and graduate level, this book provides an accessible introduction to a wide range of statistical methods and will be of value to studTrade Review"This is an unusual and exceptional book! It is designed for geography students who want to carry out statistical tests. It is not for teachers or lecturers, and certainly not for practising statisticians. It is for budding geographers who have interesting data, collected as part of, say, an undergraduate (or even postgraduate) project, who need to derive wider meaning from their results and give their study its due significance. In order to achieve this aim it is written in a most engaging fashion, directed at the student colleague, and is designed around the experiments that the students are likely to encounter in their undergraduate course. The book is functional throughout. It starts with the geographical question (i.e. when is the statistical test useful?), and then takes the student through the rationale, and the process of how to carry out the test. Functionality persists, and the student is directed how to carry out the test in a variety of ways: manually, with a range of calculators, or with the appropriate or convenient statistical package such as SPSS. To wrap up each method, the book gives worked examples, of interest to both physical and human Geographers.Because Geographers deal with complex problems that are unlikely to yield appropriate distributions with sound, probabilistic assumptions, this book is focussed on non-parametric tests and concentrates on issues such as the inevitably unsuitable sample size, or complex and maybe extreme distributions. With this in mind, Professor Danny McCarroll takes his student ‘colleagues’ through the basics and reality of what is needed to do their work. In so doing, the book introduces them to hypotheses, probability, data and distributions that underpin their experiment and leads them through the practicalities of deriving their statistical implications. The book has even included a series of spreadsheets, accessible through a hyperlink that can be used to input data and carry out the statistical test without need to use the usual specialised software. With this structure, the book takes the user through, for instance: Chi-Square Tests, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests, Mann-Whitney U-Test, Siegel-Tukey Test and correlation with, for instance, Spearman’s Rank and Regression Analysis. Retaining its practicality to the end, the book concludes with tables of Critical Values for the various tests explained in the preceding text. This is an outstanding book that will not only bring satisfaction for coming generations of students, but is likely to greatly increase the value of early research carried out by geography undergraduates, wherever they may be."—Emeritus Professor Jim Rose, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Visiting Research Associate, British Geological Survey"Prof. Danny McCarroll is an excellent geographer with a lot of experience in teaching statistical methods for geographers. In this book, Prof. McCarroll aims to overcome the fear of numbers; instead encouraging students to focus on the geographical problems that interest them and use whatever statistical tools they need in order to tackle such problems. In comparison to traditional statistics books, the author focuses mainly on nonparametric (distribution-free) methods, which are the most appropriate for geography students to work with due to the scale of study and the type of data that they encounter. However, the last chapters do also introduce widely-used parametric methods such as correlation and regression. Each technique taught in this book can be adopted and utilized quickly and easily using a range of tools including free online calculators, free add-ins or using specialist software (SPSS, R). This is a fantastic book for students, who can design the sampling scheme to fit the desired test before collecting data and look for clear guidance on how to analyse collected data."—Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, Director Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany"This is an unusual and exceptional book! It is designed for geography students who want to carry out statistical tests. It is not for teachers or lecturers, and certainly not for practising statisticians. It is for budding geographers who have interesting data, collected as part of, say, an undergraduate (or even postgraduate) project, who need to derive wider meaning from their results and give their study its due significance. In order to achieve this aim it is written in a most engaging fashion, directed at the student colleague, and is designed around the experiments that the students are likely to encounter in their undergraduate course. The book is functional throughout. It starts with the geographical question (i.e. when is the statistical test useful?), and then takes the student through the rationale, and the process of how to carry out the test. Functionality persists, and the student is directed how to carry out the test in a variety of ways: manually, with a range of calculators, or with the appropriate or convenient statistical package such as SPSS. To wrap up each method, the book gives worked examples, of interest to both physical and human Geographers.Because Geographers deal with complex problems that are unlikely to yield appropriate distributions with sound, probabilistic assumptions, this book is focussed on non-parametric tests and concentrates on issues such as the inevitably unsuitable sample size, or complex and maybe extreme distributions. With this in mind, Professor Danny McCarroll takes his student ‘colleagues’ through the basics and reality of what is needed to do their work. In so doing, the book introduces them to hypotheses, probability, data and distributions that underpin their experiment and leads them through the practicalities of deriving their statistical implications. The book has even included a series of spreadsheets, accessible through a hyperlink that can be used to input data and carry out the statistical test without need to use the usual specialised software. With this structure, the book takes the user through, for instance: Chi-Square Tests, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests, Mann-Whitney U-Test, Siegel-Tukey Test and correlation with, for instance, Spearman’s Rank and Regression Analysis. Retaining its practicality to the end, the book concludes with tables of Critical Values for the various tests explained in the preceding text. This is an outstanding book that will not only bring satisfaction for coming generations of students, but is likely to greatly increase the value of early research carried out by geography undergraduates, wherever they may be."—Emeritus Professor Jim Rose, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Visiting Research Associate, British Geological Survey"Prof. Danny McCarroll is an excellent geographer with a lot of experience in teaching statistical methods for geographers. In this book, Prof. McCarroll aims to overcome the fear of numbers; instead encouraging students to focus on the geographical problems that interest them and use whatever statistical tools they need in order to tackle such problems. In comparison to traditional statistics books, the author focuses mainly on nonparametric (distribution-free) methods, which are the most appropriate for geography students to work with due to the scale of study and the type of data that they encounter. However, the last chapters do also introduce widely-used parametric methods such as correlation and regression. Each technique taught in this book can be adopted and utilized quickly and easily using a range of tools including free online calculators, free add-ins or using specialist software (SPSS, R). This is a fantastic book for students, who can design the sampling scheme to fit the desired test before collecting data and look for clear guidance on how to analyse collected data."—Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, Director Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, GermanyTable of ContentsIntroduction; How to use statistics; Types of data and types of test; Tools of the trade; Single sample tests: is my sample representative or biased?; Two-sample tests for counts in categories data; Two-sample tests for individual measurements; More than 2 samples: are these 3 or more samples different?; Looking at relationships; 10 Conclusions; Appendices.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How To Think About Cities
Book SynopsisCities are raucous, cacophonous, and complex. Many dimensions of life play out and conflict across cities’ intricate landscapes, be they political, cultural, economic, or social. Urban policy makers and analysts often attempt to “cut through the noise” of urban disagreement by emphasizing a dominant lens for understanding the key, central logic of the city. How To Think About Cities sees this tendency to selective vision as misleading and ultimately unjust: cities are many things at once to different people and communities. This book describes the various ways of seeing the functions and landscapes of the city as place frames, and the constant process of negotiating which place frames best explain the city as place-making. Martin and Pierce call for an explicitly hybrid perspective that shifts between many different frames for making sense of cities. This approach highlights how any given stance opens up some lines of inquiry and understanding while closing off others. Thinking of cities as sites of contested perspectives promotes a synthetic approach to urban analysis that emphasizes difference and political possibility. This mosaic view of the city will be a welcome read for those within urban studies, geography, and social sciences exploring the many faces of urban life.Trade Review“We need to embrace cities in all their diversity and complexity while realizing that we can never truly grasp the infinitely radical plurality of urbanism. This is the core of Martin and Pierce’s captivating methodological narrative of place-framing as an analytical and political strategy for the urban age. A delightful book!”Elvin Wyly, University of British Columbia“This book will change how you think about cities and the urban. Martin and Pierce advance place-framing as a deeply compelling approach to studying cities. They draw from classical texts and concepts in urban studies and allied fields to offer a new and highly accessible way to untangle the messiness of the city.”Katherine Hankins, Georgia State University “In How to Think About Cities, Martin and Pierce provide a valuable contribution in reorienting urban analysis in a promising and productive direction. The book should occupy a prominent place in the reading list of every urban scholar, whether novice or established.”Robert W. Lake, Journal of Urban AffairsTable of Contents1. Introduction: Cities are Places 2. City of London: A Machine for Living / The Seat of Wealth 3. Tehran: Islamic Developmentalism / Diverse Cosmopolitanism 4. Worcester: Local Economic Engine / Regional Forest Under Threat 5. Portland: Paradise of Environmentalism / Legacy of Exclusionary Racism 6. Chongqing: International Cyberpunk Marvel / National Policy Innovator 7. Jerusalem: Religious Tourist Destination / Ethno-National Citadel 8. Conclusion: The Impossibilities of Fully Knowing a City
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Baby Professor Can I Cross the Sahara Desert in One Day? Explore
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Baby Professor Major Rivers of the World Earth Geography Grade 4
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Guilford Publications The Europeans, Second Edition: A Geography of
Book SynopsisThis leading text offers a comprehensive, richly nuanced, and authoritative introduction to European geography. Coverage encompasses the entire region: its physical setting and environment, population and migration, languages and religions, and political organization. Particular attention is given to historic and contemporary features of the diverse urban environments in which most Europeans live, work, and play. Combining vivid description, essential information, and cogent analysis, the text is illustrated with more than 200 photographs and 64 maps.New to This Edition *Fully updated to reflect ongoing changes in this dynamic region. *Expanded coverage of timely topics such as emissions and energy policy, aging of the population, migration, religiosity and secularization, ethnonationalism, health care, popular culture, and the future of the European Union. *Engaging vignettes in every chapter on European places, cultural issues, and daily life. *Over 45 new photographs and maps.Trade ReviewThis accessible text provides insights into historical and current issues in Europe, integrating concepts from physical, urban, political, and cultural geography. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of European geography and get useful suggestions for further reading. The new vignettes in the second edition illustrate concepts introduced in each chapter.--Micheline van Riemsdijk, Department of Geography, University of TennesseeWell written and admirably comprehensive, this book covers topics ranging from the retooling of the welfare state in formerly Communist countries, to continent-wide patterns of retailing, to religiosity and secularization. The authors reveal plenty of firsthand experience in the region. Updates in the second edition enhance what was already a fine textbook for undergraduate courses.--John Western, Department of Geography, Syracuse UniversityThe Europeans has quickly become the standard textbook for undergraduate geography courses on the region and its people. Retaining the clear structure, accessible writing, and appealing layout that characterized its predecessor, this second edition has been thoroughly revised to cover recent developments in the region. In addition to dozens of new images and maps, each chapter is accompanied by new vignettes on diverse topics--including urbanization and environmental change, immigration and nationalism, energy use, and health care--which help bring the region and its people to life for students.--Joshua Hagen, Department of Geography, Marshall UniversityA superb introduction to European geography, this text is impressive for its expansive breadth and meticulous attention to detail. Each chapter examines historic and contemporary features of a geographic theme, combining canonic knowledge of Europe with critical insights into the construction of our cultural perspectives. The clear and consistent structure, engaging writing, and informative illustrations make this book ideal for undergraduate education.--Paul Stangl, Department of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University- This volume is an excellent general text for undergraduate students of geography and all others interested in a thorough introduction to this most important region. It is very well written, tightly edited and nicely structured so that it holds the reader's attention....This book's structure is refreshing and engaging....Virtually every important point made in the text is supplemented by a map, table, or photograph. The maps are especially clear, well chosen, and useful. --Regional Studies, 3/9/2011Table of Contents1. Introduction: Europe as a Culture Realm I. People and Environment 2. European Environments 3. Population 4. Human–Environment Interaction II. Culture and Identity 5. Language 6. Religion and Values 7. The Political Landscape III. Towns and Cities 8. Cities and Urban Life to World War I 9. Modern and Postmodern Urbanism IV. Work and Leisure 10. Making a Living 11. Consumption, Leisure, and Popular Culture 12. Epilogue: European Futures
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ISTE Ltd Regionalization of the World
Book SynopsisOn the world map, macro-regions or global regions have gradually emerged, with varying degrees of success and following different trajectories. The authors of this book attempt to determine whether, within the context of globalization, these macro-regions have become an additional level in the spatial deployment of numerous actors, and whether they have come to stand between the national and global levels. This question has arisen because the increasing scales of trade, environmental problems, migration routes, energy distribution, the construction of major infrastructures etc. transcend national boundaries and are leading states to implement macro-regional cooperation. The authors ask whether these large regional groupings are becoming genuine territories and are the fruit of in-depth regional integration economic, institutional, legal, normative, political, cultural and in terms of identity. If so, these global regions would therefore become referents that make sense and take root in social representations.
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Channel View Publications Ltd Challenges in Tourism Research
Book SynopsisIn this volume leading experts from different disciplines and diverse geographic regions discuss fundamental, often controversial topics in the field of tourism studies. The book attempts to understand, identify and analyse some of the perennial problems and challenges encountered by tourism researchers. The debates include topics such as the concept of the ‘tourist’, the long-term sustainability of tourism development, the growth of volunteer tourism and the vulnerability of tourism. Bringing together the collective wisdom of 37 renowned tourism scholars in a unique format, this is an important text for undergraduate and postgraduate students, tourism researchers and industry professionals.Trade ReviewThis book grabs your attention by probing into several of tourism's most intriguing and lively debates. It brings together contributions by leading tourism researchers about several of the subject's more important tensions, dilemmas, ambiguities and disputed relationships. It succeeds in encouraging readers to think more deeply and in more nuanced ways about tourism. -- Bill Bramwell, Emeritus Professor, Sheffield Hallam University, UKIn this stimulating volume, 37 leading scholars explore 11 carefully identified conceptual and definitional paradoxes of tourism. The juxtaposition of propositions with counter-arguments provides the reader with different perspectives and with highly focused insights into the knottiest of tourism problems. The search by the editor, Professor TV Singh, for scholarly convergence is challenging, worthwhile and rewarding. -- Brian King, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongThe first strength is the focus of the volume. It is not ‘‘everything tourism” and that is arguably a good thing. The coverage of topics is oriented towards tourist experience, tourism development, and planning issues with a solid substrate about sustainability (...) A second strength of the work lies in its educational value. The topics covered could serve a tourism development and planning course very well. Initial context statements, concluding remarks, and discussion questions reinforce the value of the work for students. -- Philip L. Pearce, James Cook University, Australia * Annals of Tourism Research 61 (2016) 268–278 *The book serves as a highly welcome collection of texts that help us to understand these well-selected research challenges and related nuances. We look forward to the next ‘fruits’. -- Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu, Finland * Annals of Leisure Research, 2016 *This book will provide the reader with an interesting insight into various tourism challenges. These are united under the umbrella of 11 theme-based chapters, which are discussed and debated across a total of 40 papers. The titles of the themes very well reflect some of the key issues of the multidisciplinary nature of tourism research. Although the editor is right in acknowledging that the first chapters are more appropriate for those at the beginning of their tourism careers (being either academic- or business-oriented), I would like to add that these are a must-read also for established researchers and practitioners, since here and then we all need to be reminded of the origin of the concepts we usually take for granted. -- Tina Šegota, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia * e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), Vol.12, No. 5/6 2015 *The book is an accessible, well-organised, informative, and sets itself apart from other tourism issue volumes because of its unique methodology. There is critical insight here, and it is reassuring that many of the authors not only call for change, but attempt to point us in the direction for change. -- David A. Fennell, Brock University, Canada * Tourism Recreation Research, 2016 *Table of ContentsErik Cohen: Foreword Tej Vir Singh: Preface Tej Vir Singh: Introduction 1. I am a Traveller, You are a Visitor, They are Tourists; ‘But who are Post-tourists’? 1.1 Scott McCabe: Are We all Post-tourists now? Tourist Categories, Identity and Postmodernity 1.2 David Dunn: Those People were a Kind of Solution: Post-Tourists and Grand Narratives 1.3 Natan Uriely: Exploring the Post-Tourist: Guidelines for Future Research 2. Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search of Pleasure? 2.1 Dan Knox and Kevin Hannam: The Secular Pilgrim: Are We Flogging a Dead Metaphor? 2.2 Peter Jan Margry: Whisky and Pilgrimage: Clearing Up Commonalities 2.3 Noel B. Salazar: To Be or Not to Be a Tourist: The Role of Concept-Metaphors in Tourism Studies 3. Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of ‘Self’ or to Search for the ‘Other’? 3.1 Gianna Moscardo: A Journey in Search of Self and the ‘Other’? 3.2 Graham Dann: The Quest for the Self or the ‘Other’ as Motivation for Travel: Simple Choice or Spoiled for Choice? 3.3 Bob McKercher: Tourism: The Quest for the Selfish 4. Is Volunteerism a New Avatar of Travelism? 4.1 Stephen Wearing, Simone Grabowski and Jennie Small: Volunteer Tourism: Return of the Traveller 4.2 Kevin Lyons: Reciprocity in Volunteer Tourism and Travelism 4.3 Daniel Guttentag: Volunteer Tourism: Insights from the Past, Concerns about the Present and Questions for the Future 4.4 Alexandra Coghlan: Volunteer Tourism: A New Narrative between Hosts and Guests 5. Tourism’s Invulnerability: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics 5.1 Julio Aramberri: Is Tourism Vulnerable? 5.2 Richard Sharpley: Tourism and Vulnerability: A Case of Pessimism? 5.3 Carson L. Jenkins: Is Tourism Vulnerable? An Ambiguous Question 6. Vanishing Peripheries: Does Tourism Consume Places? 6.1 C. M. Hall: Elaborating Core–Periphery Relations in Tourism 6.2 David Harrison: Vanishing Peripheries and Shifting Centres: Structural Certainties or Negotiated Ambiguities? 6.3 David Weaver: Moving in from the Margins: Experiential Consumption and the Pleasure Core 6.4 Geoffrey Wall: Tourism in Peripheries 7. Tourism is More Sinned Against than Sinning 7.1 Richard Sharpley: In Defence of Tourism 7.2 Noel Scott: Original Sin: A Lack of (Tourism) Knowledge 7.3 Jim Macbeth: Tourism: The Good, the Bad and the Sinner? 7.4 Peter Smith: In Defence of Tourism: A Re-assessment 8. Is Concept of Sustainability Utopian? Ideally Perfect but Hard to Practice 8.1 Stephen McCool: Sustainable Tourism: Guiding Fiction, Social Trap or Path to Resilience? 8.2 Richard Butler: Sustainable Tourism – The Undefinable and Unachievable Pursued by the Unrealistic? 8.3 Ralf Buckley: Tourism and the Sustainability of Human Societies 8.4 David Weaver: Whither Sustainable Tourism? But First, a Good Hard Look in the Mirror 8.5 Brian Wheeller: Sustainable Tourism: Milestone or Millstone? 9. What is Wrong with the Concept of Carrying Capacity? 9.1 Ralf Buckley: Tourism Capacity Concepts 9.2 Sagar Singh: A Twist in the Tale of Carrying Capacity: Towards a Formula for Sustainable Tourism? 9.3 Gene Brothers: Tragedy of the Tourism Commons: A Need for Carrying Capacities 9.4 Simon McArthur: Why Carrying Capacity Should be a Last Resort? 10. Knowledge Management in Tourism: Are the Stakeholders Research-Averse? 10.1 Chris Cooper: Transferring Tourism Knowledge – A Challenge for Tourism Educators and Researchers 10.2 Lisa Ruhanen: Transferring Tourism Knowledge: Research on Climate Change and Sustainability 10.3 Noel Scott: A Market Approach to Tourism Knowledge 11. Tourism for Whom? – The Unmet Challenge 11.1 Richard Butler: What has Tourism Ever Done for Us? 11.2 C. M. Hall: What has Tourism Ever Done for Us? Depends Where You’re Looking from and Who’s Looking 11.3 Geoffrey Wall: Tourism has Done a Lot for Us, for Both Good and Ill 11.4 John Swarbrooke: Are we going to Use Tourism or to be Used by Tourism? Index
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The Dovecote Press Coast and Sea
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Ubiquity Press Ltd Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
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Insight & Perspective GCSE Geography Fieldwork for OCR: Geographical
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London Publishing Partnership Why Study Geography?
Book SynopsisAre you considering studying geography at university, having fallen in love with the subject at school? Are you a fan of in-depth discussion and independent research? Are you looking to support responsible citizenship? Are you ready to develop a variety of practical skills that employers need? Are you keen to have a wide range of career options after you graduate? Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That’s where the Why Study series comes in. This book, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of Geography at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. It will both enthuse the reader about this vital subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.Trade Review“Geography is the big-picture subject for our times. It encompasses subjects ranging from the microscopic – how soils form, and how those soils can be protected and managed well to grow food, for example – through to things as large-scale as the future trajectory of megacities and the threat of ever more warming of the planet. Alan Parkinson’s guide clearly and carefully explains why geography is worthy of study, at GCSE, at A level and at university. It is bang up to date. Students, their teachers and parents are all likely to find it essential reading.” Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford; “Why Study Geography? is an inspiring guide that any potential geography student should read, whether they are considering their GCSE or sixth-form choices, contemplating their UCAS application, or seeking to understand the broader value of geography within the world of work. Packed with real-life case studies and extension activities, this book demonstrates the richly diverse nature of geography and gives students the tools they need to help them make well-informed decisions that will serve to shape their future. This is a must-read for any budding geographer, and for teachers, careers advisors and parents/guardians wishing to offer their guidance and support.” Dr Claire E. Evans, geography teacher and Head of Careers & UCAS, Bloxham School; “If you want the low-down on studying geography today – where and how it happens, what it means, and where it might take you – this book is the one-stop shop for all you need to know from one of the best-informed working geographers around.” Carl Lee, associate lecturer at The University of Sheffield International School and co-author of Geography with Danny Dorling
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Peak Study Resources Ltd Geography SL&HL: Urban Environments: Study &
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The Conrad Press My Neighbour over the Border: Tales of towns and
Book SynopsisHow do towns and cities divided by the harsh reality of an international border manage to get on with each other when their closest neighbour lives just next door, but in another country? Are they thriving or surviving? Utterly dependent on each other or with backs turned, socially and economically? We visit towns and cities that you may not have heard of or know little about. Places like distant Blagoveshchensk and Heihe, Narva and Ivangorod and Gorlitz and Zgorzelec. But also the better known Nicosia, Europe’s only divided capital, Detroit with its Canadian neighbour Windsor, Geneva and its French suburb Annemasse and the cities of Sarajevo and Mostar, divided not by international borders but ethnic divisions baked into everyday life. This is a fascinating and well-researched study of thirty-_six towns and cities from across the world that are separated by borders. Paul Doe delves into the way in which these divisions came about and how the separated towns and cities manage to get along, or not, buffeted as they are by geopolitics, ethnic differences and historical animosities.Table of ContentsChapter One It all stops at the border 5 Chapter Two A borderless world 33 Chapter Three Life along the hardest of borders 65 Chapter Four Doing business on the far frontier 97 Chapter Five Rivalry over the border 130 Chapter Six Torn into two 164 Chapter Seven Living apart together 194 Chapter Eight The towns ‘doomed to each other’ 225 Chapter Nine Invisible borders 257 Bibliography 290 Acknowledgements 304
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Hachette Livre - BNF Guide À Nantes (Éd.1870)
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Hachette Livre - BNF Les Côtes de la France. de Cherbourg À
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