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Book SynopsisDo traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How are differences between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Beyond addressing many fields in the academy, the book discusses learned individuals interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.Table of ContentsContents,- Introduction to the book series „Knowledge and Space':Peter Meusburger,-: Introduction to this volume Clashes of Knowledge inside, outside, and at the Threshold of Science: Edgar Wunder,- Chapter 1: Forms of Knowledge: Problems, Projects, Perspectives: Günter Abel,- Chapter 2: The Nexus of Knowledge and Space: Peter Meusburger,- Chapter 3: Cultural boundaries: Settled and unsettled: Thomas F. Gieryn,- Chapter 4: Actor’s and Analysts’ Categories in the Social Analysis of Science: Harry Collins,- Chapter 5: Science and the Limits of Knowledge: Mikael Stenmark,- Chapter 6: Science and Religion in Popular Publishing: Aileen Fyfe,- Chapter 7: Reason, Faith, and Gnosis: Potentials and Problematics of a Typological Construct: Wouter J. Hanegraaff,- Chapter 8: The Demarcation Problem of Knowledge and Faith. Questions and Answers from Theology: Michael Welker ,- Chapter 9: Types of Sacred Space and European Responses to New Religious Movements: Eileen Barker,- Chapter 10: When Faiths Collide: The Case of Fundamentalism: Roger W. Stump,- Chapter 11: The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: State of the Science and Directions for Future Research: Peter Fischer, Dieter Frey, Claudia Peus and Andreas Kastenmüller,- Chapter 12: Turning Persuasion from Art into a Science: Robert B. Cialdini,- Abstracts of the contribution,- Addresses of the contributors,- On the Klaus Tschira Foundation

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Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book proposes that a better understanding of the bond between people and forests as integrated part of a landscape may be helpful in landscape planning, and may contribute to the discussion of changes in forest cover which has been motivated by land use changes, rural development and the global climate debate. To this end, people’s perception of forest landscapes, the reasons for different perceptions, and future perspectives are discussed. Given the wide range of forest landscapes, and cultural perspectives which exist across the world, the book focuses on Europe as a test case to explore the various relationships between society, culture, forests and landscapes. It looks at historical evidence of the impacts of people on forests and vice versa, explores the current factors affecting people’s physical and emotional comfort in forest landscapes, and looks ahead to how changes in forest cover may alter the present relationships of people to forests. Drawing together a diverse literature and combining the expertise of natural and social scientists, this book will form a valuable reference for students and researchers working in the fields of landscape ecology and landscape architecture, geography, social science, environmental psychology or environmental history. It will also be of interest to researchers, government agencies and practitioners with an interest in issues such as sustainable forest management, sustainable tourism, reserve management, urban planning and environmental interpretation.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is the exploration of the cultural, biological, spiritual, economic, and emotional components of the forested landscape of northern Europe from the earliest records of interactions between humans and forests to the present day. … This volume should certainly be considered as part of the literature of landscape ecology, as it considers throughout the interactions between humans, forests, and forested landscapes. … For those with a humanistic or philosophical bent, it is likely a worthwhile read … .” (Ralph E. J. Boerner, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)Table of ContentsPrefaceContentAbout the authorsContributorsPART I1 Introduction – The crooked timber of humanityDainis Dauksta2 Forests in landscapes – The myth of untouched wildernessEva Ritter2.1 People and forests in prehistoric times2.1.1 Hunter-gatherers in Europe2.1.2 The mid-Holocene elm decline2.1.3 The Great Transition2.1.4 Early agricultural impacts on forests2.2 Forest development in historical times2.2.1 The great deforestation of the Ancient World2.2.2 Impacts on forests in Northern and Central Europe2.2.3 Forest protection and forest expansion2.3 Conclusion3 Overcoming Physicophobia – Forests as the sacred source of our human originsRoy Jackson3.1 The forest as nothing more than useful3.2 Rousseau: Friend of the forest3.2.1 The demystification of the forest3.2.2 The “Savage Man”3.3 Nietzsche and the sacredness of nature3.3.1 Nietzsche’s criticism of modernity3.3.2 Nietzsche’s “religious” experience3.4 ConclusionPART II4 Royal forests – Hunting and other forest use in Medieval EnglandDella Hooke4.1 Forests as game reserves4.1.1 The location of forests4.1.2 Forest rights and administration4.2 Medieval hunting4.2.1 Anglo-Saxon hunting and game reserves4.2.2 Medieval hunting methods4.2.3 Hunting iconography in medieval literature4.3 The use of other forest resources4.3.1 Forest pasture4.3.2 Other forest products4.4 The decline of the forests4.5 Hunting in post-medieval times4.6 Conclusion5 Forests as commons – Changing traditions and governance in EuropeChristopher Short5.1 Introduction to the commons5.2 History of forests as commons in Europe5.2.1 Northwestern Europe and the Alps5.2.2 Southern Europe5.2.3 United Kingdom5.3 How the role and use of forests is changing5.4 The relationship between people and forest commons5.5 Conclusion6 New forest owners – Small scale forestry and changes in forest ownershipÁine Ní Dhubháin6.1 What is small-scale forestry?6.2 Characteristics of small-scale forests6.3 Owners of small-scale forests6.3.1 Ownership structure6.3.2 Objectives of small-scale forest owners6.4 Nature of small-scale forests6.5 Consequences of the changing ownership structure6.5.1 Forest fragmentation6.5.2 Recreation and access6.5.3 Timber production6.5.4 Nature conservation6.6 Conclusion7 Forest and recreation – New functions of afforestation as seen in DenmarkCarla K. Smink7.1 Forest recreation: a policy perspective7.2 Forest use in Denmark7.3 Afforestation: creation of recreation opportunities7.4 ConclusionPART III8 From post to pillar – The development and persistence of an arboreal metaphorDainis Dauksta8.1 The wooden post in prehistory and the growth of symbols8.1.1 Timber circles8.1.2 Celtic and La Tène sites8.2 The layering of connected symbols8.2.1 The anthropomorphic tree8.2.2 The lopped tree, the axe and the thunder god8.2.3 The Maypole8.3 The Classical column8.4 Two modern vestiges of the sacred pillar8.5 Conclusion9 Landscape painting and the forest – The influence of cultural factors in the depiction of trees and forestsDainis Dauksta9.1 Medieval symbolic and factual landscapes9.1.1 Symbols of Christ, crucifixion and redemption9.1.2 Perspective, nature and classical mythology9.1.3 Hunting, forestry and country life9.2 Poetic landscapes as concept9.3 New symbolic and factual landscapes9.4 Modern transcendentalism and symbolism9.4.1 David Jones; a coalescence of ancient themes9.4.2 Modern symbolism: irony, the sacred and the secular9.5 Conclusion10 Space and place – Popular perceptions of forestsCarl Griffin10.1 Space and place10.1.1 A range of perceptions, a range of perspectives10.1.2 Understanding popular perceptions of forests10.2 Forests in the landscape and the popular imagination10.2.1 Changing meanings, changing contexts10.2.2 Forests as places apart10.3 The cultural distinctiveness of forests10.3.1 Floral and faunal cultures10.3.2 Everyday cultures10.4 Conclusions: persistences and reimaginings11 Materiality and identity – Forests, trees and senses of belongingOwain Jones11.1 Introduction11.2 Identity11.3 Forests, identity and place11.3.1 Forests as material places of becoming11.3.2 Forests of places of (sensed) dwelling11.4 Forests and practices of identities11.4.1 Global sense of identity11.4.2 National sense of identity11.4.3 Regional sense of identity11.4.4 Local and individual sense of identity11.5 Complex and contested identities11.5.1 Forests as spaces of otherness11.5.2 Forests as places to lose identity11.5.3 Forests as places to find identity11.5.4 Forests: Gender and identity11.6 Conclusion12 Definition and concepts – The etymology and use of the concepts forests and landscapeHanna Byskov Ovesen and Kirsten Krogh Hansen12.1 The use of concepts12.2 Forest12.2.1 Etymology12.2.2 Present use12.3 Landscape12.3.1 Etymology12.3.2 Present use12.4 ConclusionPART IV13 Tree use and landscape changes – Development of a woodland area in SwedenMårten Aronsson and Eva Ritter13.1 The area of Bråbygden13.2 Tree species in the Bråbygden area13.2.1 The natural tree vegetation13.2.2 The function and use of tree species13.3 Human impact on forests, trees and the landscape13.3.1 Grazing and browsing13.3.2 Forest fires and slash-and-burn cultivation13.3.3 Tar distillation and charcoal production13.3.4 Pollards and leaf-fodder harvesting13.3.5 Population growth13.4 Landscape development during medieval times13.5 Landscape development since the 18th century13.5.1 Forest description and forest functions13.5.2 Landscape development13.5.3 Land us changes during the 20th century 13.6 Some thoughts about the future14 Forest landscapes in Europe – Visual characteristics and the role of arboricultureEva Ritter14.1 Landscape perception and analysis14.1.1 Landscape perception and preferences14.1.2 Concepts of landscape analysis14.2 Visual landscape characteristics14.2.1 Degree of openness14.2.2 Complexity and contrast14.3 Tree use and landscape development14.4 Aesthetics in landscape management14.5 ConclusionPART V15 Conclusions – Towards a symbiotic relationshipEva Ritter and Dainis Dauksta15.1 Contradicting forest values15.2 Changing attitudes and relationships15.3 Future perspectivesIndex

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Book SynopsisA New Thinking: The Idea of Advanced City Thinking.- The Future of Cities vs. The Future Cities.- Just Because Smart Cities DO NOT Imply Smart People.- Advanced City Thinking (ACT): Development, Determination and Dimensions.

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Book SynopsisSection I: Insights Into The Theory of Recursion.- How Minimalism Captures the Emergence of Categorical Recursion in Acquisition.- Recursion, Coordinate NPs, and the Acquisition Path.- Toward the Construction of a Formal Definition/Classification System for Recursion.- The Category Hybridization Hypothesis and Poss-ing Gerunds.- Recursion in Language and Beyond: A Biolinguistic Perspective.- Section II: Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Recursion.- The Grammar of ‘Unanalyzable’ Sentences in Early Child Language Production: Production Mismatches in the Development of Recursion in English.- The Cat’s (and) Dog’s Bear: Children’s Planning of Conjoined and Embedded Recursive Possessives.- Not Noticing the Evidence: How Big are Illusion Effects on Coordination, Adjunction and Embedding?.- The Recursive Set-Subset Ordering Restriction and adjectives in child Romanian.- Relative Gradable Adjective Recursion is More Challenging for Acquisition than Possessive Recursion in English.- Generic Possessives and the Acquisition of Recursive Possessives in English.- Tamil Children’s Comprehension of Recursive phrases: Evidence from Possessives, Locatives and Relativized Sentences.- Recursion and Verb stacking in Tamil and Their Acquisition.- Sound, Meaning and Recursion.- A Shared Developmental Path of Recursion: Evidence from DeP Recursion in Mandarin.- Recursion in Children’s Hungarian. The Acquisition of Complex PPs and Recursive Possessives.

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Book SynopsisPreface.- PART 1 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION.- Development of Conservation Biogeography.- Conservation Biogeography and Social Sciences.- Multitherapeutic Attributes of Ethnomedicinal Plants, Use and Marketing by Indigenous Communities in the Northeastern Hotspots of India.- Ethno-Veterinary Practices by Rural and Indigenous Communities Across India.- PART 2 CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND FOREST COMMUNITIES.- Forest Communities, Threatened and Near-Threatened Medicinal Trees and Climate-Imposed Threats in Central India.- Exploring socio-ecological interactions, including the role of formal & informal rules, in forest management outcomes: A case study from selected forests in Central India.- Rehabilitation and Reclamation of Iron and Manganese Mines in Bellary, India: Theory and Practices.- Impact of Landuse Change on Forest Fringe Communities: Cases from India and Africa.

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Book SynopsisHistorical Tracing: The Accumulation and Development Origin of Subject Data of Ethnic Geography in China.- Ethnic Geography: Object, Content, Concept, Disciplinary System, Method.- Great Migration of Eurasian Nationalities: Regional Differentiation and Spatial Changes in Ethnic Communities.- Nation and Nature: Ethnic Ecological Views on the Relationship Between Man and Land.- Geographical Background of the Formation, Development and Evolution of Ethnic Culture.- Ethnogeography in China.

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Book SynopsisHuman Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions.The book addresses early cultures, languages, religions, the rise of capitalism, and globalisation as components of human geographical systems. Students read about developed and underdeveloped societies, population, political geography, urban geography, agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Each chapter includes a preview of the main points, a post-reading summary, a glossary of key terms, and study questions to be used for in-class discussions or as writing assignments.The fourth edition features a new chapter on economic geography concerned with industrial agriculture, manufacturing, and services. It includes refreshed statistics and figures regarding world populations, groups, and geography to provide students with the most up-to-date information possible. It also contains new data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on world geography.By reading Human Geography, students gain a historically contextualised understanding of how the world's geographies have been formed, from hunting and gathering societies to cyberspace. The book is an idea resource for freshman-level human geography courses.

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Book SynopsisLivelihoods in rural Africa are changing in response to disappearing job prospects, falling agricultural output and collapsing infrastructure. This book explains why the responses to these challenges are so different in different parts of Africa. Making a Living uses case studies from commercial farming regions in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and from much poorer areas within eastern and southern Africa.to give a broad comparative study of rural livelihoods. These case studies reveal how household relations, poverty and gender all play a part in the changing political economy of rural Africa.Trade Review'It is a thoughtful and concise book. A sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of rural livelihoods, the household, gender relations and general poverty.' - Journal of Development Studies 'This book can be recommended to serious students of livelihood diversification. It is also useful for Women in Development Studies, as it makes good use of life histories and discusses the impacts on interfamily relationships, undogmatically.' - Progress in Development Studies Table of ContentsPART 1 Changing livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1 Making a living: commercial farming, 2 Farming and rural livelihoods in South Africa: a case study, 3 Making a living: migrancy and multiple livelihoods, 4 Rural livelihoods and gender, PART 2 Poverty and livelihoods in Western Kenya, 5 Koguta and Western Kenya, 6 Migration, accumulation and poverty, 7 Poverty and livelihoods, 8 Gender and livelihoods in Koguta, Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.Trade Review`Readable - accessible to undergraduates and certainly interesting to postgraduates...good range of questions and is up-to-date and relavant to current concerns.' - - Malcolm Miles, Oxford Brookes University, UK`Very good on current social theory, good case studies...excellent photographs and global coverage.' - - Dr David Sibley, Hull University, UK`...this text provides an illuminating and intelligent understanding of where, how and why such cities persisit.It's use of seminal works and critical analysis is simply inspiring.' - - Dr M Gillen, Northumbria University"An excellent insight into the city - economically, socially, politically and culturally. Essential undergraduate reading" Heidi Grainger, Liverpool UniversityTable of Contents1. The heterogenity of Cities Steve Pile , Urban 'Disorders' Gerry Mooney , 3. Walled Cities Eugene McLoughlin and John Muncie 4. Divisive Cities Jenny Robinson 5. City Politics Sophie Watson , 6. The Unsustainable City Andy Blowers and Kathy Pain 7. Administered cities Allan Cochrane 8. On Orderings and the City Gerry Mooney, Steve Pile and Christopher Brook

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Book SynopsisAs Geographic Information Systems (GIS) develop, there is a need to demystify the complex geographical world to facilitate computerization in GIS by the inaccuracies that emerge from man-machine interactions in data acquisition and by error propagation in geoprocessing. Users need to be aware of the impacts of uncertainties in spatial analysis andTable of ContentsPreface. Geographical Information and Uncertainty. Geographical Perspectives. Geographical Measurement and Data. Exploring Geographical Uncertainty. Uncertainty in Continuous Variables. Uncertainty in Categorical Variables. Uncertainty in Objects. Uncertainty-Informed Geographics. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisNew urban applications are emerging for remote sensing, in particular with the use of high-resolution data for measuring, monitoring and analysis. This comes through the use of high spatial resolution imaging, such as for precision mapping of cities; new techniques for population mapping; extracting urban land use features, and evaluating the city energy patterns; and through the use of night-time imagery for determining populations and economic activity, particularly on a global scale. Remotely Sensed Cities helps to redress the balance with remote sensing books, most of which are dedicated to the physical environment. It is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, along with research scientists and brings together a good deal of topical work applying remote sensing to the understanding of urban features, their behavior and growth.Table of ContentsPreface Remotely-Sensed Cities: An Introduction. High Spatial Resolution Data. Cities by Day. Cities by Night.

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Book SynopsisCritics of urban and regional planning argue that it is best suited to manage incremental change. Can a planner's skills and expertise be effective in handling a major crisis and large-scale change? The mass immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s offers the opportunity to study one of the largest-scale (non-disaster) crisis situations in a democratic, advanced-economy country. This book recounts the fascinating saga of how policymakers and planners at both the national and local levels responded to the formidable demand for housing and massive urban growth. Planners forged new housing and land-use policies, and applied a streamlined (but controversial) planning law. The outputs were impressive. The outcomes and impacts changed the landscape and human-scape of Israel, heightening dilemmas of land use and urban policy in this high-density country.Trade Review'Alterman illustrates that there really is not anything quite as practical as a good theory. Profeesor Alterman displays considerable knowledge of European and North American Planning. Planning in the Face of Crisis makes a significant contribution to the theory of planning. Much can be gleaned that should be helpful to other situations.' Frederick Steiner, Journal of Planning Education and Research'Taken as a whole, this is a very readable and well-illustrated book that provides much food for thought about the ways in which we deal with unexpected events.' - Duncan Sim, Planning Perspectives'This significant work does ... apply broadly to developed societies with strong planning institutions and capacities.' - Deborah F. shmueli, APA Journal'Alterman Illustrates that there really is not anything quite as practical as a good theory. Profeesor Alterman displays considerable knowledge of European and North American Planning. Planning in the Face of Crisis makes a significant contribution to the theory of planning. Much can be gleaned that should be helpful to other situations.' - Frederick Steiner, Journal of Planning Education and Research'Alterman has written a "page turner" ... leading to the wholesome conclusion that planning does not necessarily fail us during crises.' - TPR'Taken as a whole, this is a very readable and well-illustrated book that provides much food for thought about the ways in which we deal with unexpected events.' - Duncan Sim, Planning PerspectivesTable of ContentsPart I: Theories about Planning During Crises. Part II: Land Policy, Housing, and Planning on the Eve of the Crisis. Part III: Phases and Modes of Policy Response to the Crisis. Part IV: The Local Government Perspective. Part V: Planning in the Face of Crisis.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the processes and relationships that underpin the delivery of new homes across the United Kingdom, focussing primarily on the land use planning system in England, the way that housing providers engage with that system, and how the processes of engagement are changing or might change in the future.Planning, market and social house building - the three key processes - are first dissected and explored individually, then brought together to study the key areas of interaction between planning and the providers of social and market housing by way of the range of tensions that have consistently dogged those interactions. Extensive illustrative case study material provides a platform to the consideration of developing more integrated, realistic and proactive approaches to planning.Proposing evolutionary, and sometimes radical proposals for change, Delivering New Homes makes a bold contribution to finding a better way of delivering the newTable of ContentsPart 1: Processes 1. Introduction 2. Planning Process 3. Housing Development Process 4. Social Housing Process Part 2:Tensions 5. Land 6. Delay 7. Discretion 8. Design 9. Gain 10. Co-ordination Part 3:Solutions 11. Streamlined Implementation 12. Inclusive Planning and Decision Making 13. Integrated and Realistic Working Practices 14. Certainty and Transparency 15. Positive and Proactive Planning 16. Moving On References Index

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Book SynopsisGeoSensor Networks addresses multiple research challenges related to real-time geosensor data collection, management, analysis, and delivery. It examines these issues in a collection of papers submitted by experts in diverse research domains. Providing a cross-disciplinary forum that will foster collaboration and development, this volume has four sections, each of which represents a major aspect of geosensor networks: databases; image processing; computer networks; and applications. Combined, these papers deliver an excellent snapshot of the state-of-the-art in these fields, and offer a thoughtful and balanced evaluation of the potential and emerging challenges of these networks.Table of ContentsGeoSensor Networks and Virtual GeoReality, Databases and Sensor Networks, Image Processing and Sensor Networks, Computer Networks and Sensor Networks, Geospatial Applications of Sensor Networks, Author Index, Index

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Book SynopsisTransport policy is an increasingly difficult area for all national governments and regional/local authorities. Tackling car use and realising a sustainable transport system appears to be very difficult. Developing public transport is seen as an increasingly important element in improving the transport system, especially in densely populated areas. At the same time however, governments are under increasing pressure to cut taxation. As a result there is a growing gap between increasing policy need for public transport and government resources to fund that need. This timely book explores one solution to this dilemma, which is the use of local charges and taxes dedicated to support public transport. Unfare Solutions examines how and why such charges have evolved and how they do (or do not) relate to modern transport policy developments and theory. It shows innovative funding techniques developed by both public transport providers and federal and local authorities.Trade Review'...a book that is rich in content and which presents a methodical (if at times slightly over-academic) review of the possible solutions for funding public transport in the present-day environment. It is also well-illustrated and well-written. Special attention should be drawn to the boxed passages highlighting the lessons to be learnt from each type of LET, and providing further insight into the areas covered in the multifarious case studies.'Table of ContentsIntroductory Preface 1. Transport in a Sustainable Society 2. New Finance for Public Transport 4. Polluter Pays 5. Spreading the Burden 6. Evaluating LETs 7. LETs it be. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is consumption moulded by cities? Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life: between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a critical review of the ways in which urban development has been conceptualized, this book critiques urban regeneration initiatives, examines ordinary and spectacular consumption, and describes the relationship between consumption and development of the modern and post-modern city. It investigates: consumption and the city consumption and everyday life consumption, cities and identity Table of Contents1. Introduction to Cities and Consumption 2. Consumption and the Modern Day City 3. Consumption and the Post-Modern City 4. Consumption and Everyday Life 5. Cities, Consumption and Identity 6. Consuming the City 7. Consumption and Urban Regeneration 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisInternational contributors provide the first examination of the growing subject of regional knowledge-economy development. Illustrated by data and ''stylized'' accounts, the international contributors chart the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work and criticize accepted theories and inform how places can cope in the knowledge economy.Based in concept on Cooke''s Knowledge Economies (Routledge, 2002), Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy is a well-grounded work exploring this increasingly important theme with relevance to innovation systems and related economic development literature.Trade Review'The book is written in "academic" but as editor Philip Cooke says, it raises good questions for policy-makers.' – Public"[This] book deserves to be well consulted by academics and policy-makers." - Regional Studies'The book is written in "academic" but as editor Philip Cooke says, it raises good questions for policy-makers.' – Public"[This] book deserves to be well consulted by academics and policy-makers." - Regional StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction: Regional Asymmetries, Knowledge Categories and Innovation Intermediation 2. Localised Knowledge Spillovers: The Key to Innovativeness in Industrial Clusters? 3. Knowledge-Intensive Industries and Regional Development: The Case of the Software Industry in Norway Arne Isaksen (STEP Group, Oslo) 4. The Impact of Geography on the Innovative Productivity of Software Firm in the Netherlands 5. Constructing Regional Innovation Systems through a Triple Helix: Lessons and Inspiration from the Northern Hemisphere 6. Sourcing of Market Knowledge in Biotechnology 7. Knowledge Access at Distance: Strategies and Practices of New Biotechnology Firms in Emerging Locations 8. Linking Less-Favoured Finnish Regions to the Knowledge Economy Through University Filial Centres 9. Economic Growth in Emerging Knowledge Intensive Areas: The High-Tech Cluster in Pisa 10. An Emerging ICT Cluster in a Marginal Region: The Sardinian Experience 11. Cooperation Networks and Regional Development: Case of Multisectoral Partnership for Innovation 12. The New Knowledge Regions: From Simple to Complex Innovation Theory 13. Conclusions. Variety and Miracles for Successful Regional Innovation Policies: From 'Copy and Paste' to 'Copy and Paste Special'

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Book SynopsisIn both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasized the poor quality of design that characterizes many new public spaces; spaces that are dominated by parking, roads infrastructure, introspective buildings, a lack of enclosure and a poor sense of place, and which in different ways for different groups are too often exclusionary.Yet many well designed public spaces have also experienced decline and neglect, as the services and activities upon which the continuing quality of those spaces have been subject to the same constraints and pressures for change as public services in general. These issues touch upon the daily management of public space, that is, the coordination of the many different activities that constantly define and redefine the characteristics and quality of public space.This book draws on three empirical projects to examine the questions of public space management on an international stage. They are set within a context of theoretical debates about public space, its history, contemporary patterns of use and changing nature in western society, and about the new management approaches that are increasingly being adopted.Table of ContentsPart 1: Conceptualising Public Space and its Management 1. The Use and Nature of Public Space 2. Public Space through History 3. Contemporary Debates and Public Space 4. A Typology of Management Approaches Part 2: Investigating Public Space Management 5. Three Studies, Three Related Research Approaches 6. One Country, Multiple Endemic Problems 7. One Country, Twelve Innovative Authorities 8. Eleven Countries, Eleven Innovative Cities 9. Eleven Innovative Cities, Many Ways Forward 10. Two World Cities, Three Iconic Spaces 11. Three Iconic Spaces, Two In-Depth Analyses 12. Debates, Problems and Possible Solutions

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical framework, the New Global Bioeconomy', against which to test empirical characteristics of biotechnology. In this timely volume, Cooke unifies concepts from the sociology of science, economic sociology and evolutionary economic geography to focus on the problems and prospects for policy agencies worldwide trying to build biotechnology clusters'. He develops a superior policy approach of thinking in terms of platforms that integrate proximities and pipelines, which will be of significant interest for the scientific and technological communities as well as economic development policy communities. Growth Cultures will make fascinating reTable of Contents1. Growth Cultures: Meaning and Interpretation in the Knowledge Age 2. The Knowledge Economy and Growth Cultures: A Theoretical Framework 3. Bioscientific Research and the Emergence of Knowledge Domains 4. The Microbiology Revolution and the Crisis in Pharmaceuticals 5. Academic Growth Cultures: The Rise of Bioregional Knowledge Domains 6. The Shifting Landscape of Bioscience Policy 7. The Cluster Model in Biotechnology: Nodes in Global Networks 8. Healthcare Biotechnology in Developing Countries 9. Environmental, Energy and Agro-Food Biotechnology 10. The Financing of Biopharmaceuticals Firms 11. Conclusion: Biotechnology’s Proximities, Pipelines and Platforms

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have maintained or lost sustainability and how cities and regions of today might achieve sustainability in the future, it gives a clear definition, and an understanding of the true meaning, of sustainability provides a new conceptual framework for the assessment of the sustainability of cities and regions reveals what options are available for humankind to achieve or loose sustainability identifies research that will allow the systematic establishment of the appropriate indicators for sustainable development in cities and regions. Presenting a framework to guide and direct research in the measures needed to achieve and maintain sustainability, the book will be of considerable help to local authorities and political and Table of ContentsPart 1: The Quest for Sustainable Development 1. United Nations Frameworks for Sustainable Development 2. The EU Debate on Sustainable Development 3. The UK Guidance to Achieve Sustainable Development 4. Best Practice Case Studies 5. ConclusionsDevelopment Part 2: A Scientific Foundation for Sustainable Development 6. Science, Complexity and Sustainability 7. Settlements and Cities in History that correspond to Types 0, 1 and 2 of Sustainability 8. Challenges to Sustainability 9.Availability and Choice of Options

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

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

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

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

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