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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Leading mobilities theorist Mimi Sheller offers an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the complex mobility disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath in this timely Advanced Introduction. It outlines the formation of the interdisciplinary field of mobility studies, arguing that mobilities theory is crucial to planning post-pandemic recovery, sustainable communities, and low-carbon transitions. From tourism to migration to urban infrastructure, to informal and reproductive mobilities, Sheller reveals how multiple im/mobilities are interconnected, as the novel coronavirus reminds us as it hitchhikes across the globe through its human hosts. Key features: Centres mobility justice as a key topic throughout, revealing the vast inequities in im/mobilities, structured by gender, race and nationality Challenges existing approaches to social science, calling for the extension of critical mobility studies to address complex contemporary challenges Offers up-to-date analysis of key policy programs such as the Green New Deal, and a comparative analysis of differing visions of alternative mobilities futures. This innovative Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read for students and scholars of mobilities research, tourism studies, migration studies, human geography, urban studies and sustainability.Trade Review'The ''new mobilities paradigm'' was announced 15 years ago. Here, one of the main figures in the development and phenomenal rise of mobilities work across the social sciences and humanities accounts for its progress since then, and shows why work on mobilities has never been more crucial for our understanding of the modern world. Linking low carbon transitions to social justice, tourism to migration, and the present to possible futures, there is no better summary of the state of the art than this.' -- Tim Cresswell, University of Edinburgh, UK'Once again, Mimi Sheller has succeeded in considering the mobile world in innovative and eye-opening ways. Sharp and precise social science at its best. This book is a milestone in mobilities research and critical theoretical thinking and makes progress in understanding the hopefully soon to come post-pandemic world.' -- Sven Kesselring, Nuertingen-Geislingen University (HfWU), Germany'Be forewarned. This amazing book is not just for budding scholars new to mobility studies, despite the title's introductory nomenclature. In addition to laying out the history of the inter-disciplinary field of critical mobility studies, Advanced Introduction to Mobilities offers an original and provocative way of reframing collective knowledge on the origins and effects of contemporary mobility transitions. Sheller not only ties her ''radical re-thinking of the relation between bodies, movement, and space'' to contemporary shifts in travel and movement associated with the pandemic, as well as other disruptions. She links these developments to ongoing political and philosophical debates about sustainability and the future of our planet. With both analytical rigor and projective aspirations, this book makes clear what is at stake in terms of mobility justice and how we might achieve it, despite the multi-scalar spatial formations and power relations that threaten to impede such priorities. Whether new to such debates or committed to their epistemological evolution in response to the societal shocks that continue to transform mobilities on a global scale, this book is an essential companion for the journey.' -- Diane E. Davis, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: 2020 mobility shock 2. The formation of an interdisciplinary field 3. Materiality, spatiality, and temporality 4. Mobility justice and Anthropocene mobilities 5. Tourism mobilities 6. Migrant mobilities 7. Informal and reproductive mobilities 8. Alternative mobility futures 9. Conclusion: Building a mobile commons References index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Leading mobilities theorist Mimi Sheller offers an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the complex mobility disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath in this timely Advanced Introduction. It outlines the formation of the interdisciplinary field of mobility studies, arguing that mobilities theory is crucial to planning post-pandemic recovery, sustainable communities, and low-carbon transitions. From tourism to migration to urban infrastructure, to informal and reproductive mobilities, Sheller reveals how multiple im/mobilities are interconnected, as the novel coronavirus reminds us as it hitchhikes across the globe through its human hosts. Key features: Centres mobility justice as a key topic throughout, revealing the vast inequities in im/mobilities, structured by gender, race and nationality Challenges existing approaches to social science, calling for the extension of critical mobility studies to address complex contemporary challenges Offers up-to-date analysis of key policy programs such as the Green New Deal, and a comparative analysis of differing visions of alternative mobilities futures. This innovative Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read for students and scholars of mobilities research, tourism studies, migration studies, human geography, urban studies and sustainability.Trade Review'The ''new mobilities paradigm'' was announced 15 years ago. Here, one of the main figures in the development and phenomenal rise of mobilities work across the social sciences and humanities accounts for its progress since then, and shows why work on mobilities has never been more crucial for our understanding of the modern world. Linking low carbon transitions to social justice, tourism to migration, and the present to possible futures, there is no better summary of the state of the art than this.' -- Tim Cresswell, University of Edinburgh, UK'Once again, Mimi Sheller has succeeded in considering the mobile world in innovative and eye-opening ways. Sharp and precise social science at its best. This book is a milestone in mobilities research and critical theoretical thinking and makes progress in understanding the hopefully soon to come post-pandemic world.' -- Sven Kesselring, Nuertingen-Geislingen University (HfWU), Germany'Be forewarned. This amazing book is not just for budding scholars new to mobility studies, despite the title's introductory nomenclature. In addition to laying out the history of the inter-disciplinary field of critical mobility studies, Advanced Introduction to Mobilities offers an original and provocative way of reframing collective knowledge on the origins and effects of contemporary mobility transitions. Sheller not only ties her ''radical re-thinking of the relation between bodies, movement, and space'' to contemporary shifts in travel and movement associated with the pandemic, as well as other disruptions. She links these developments to ongoing political and philosophical debates about sustainability and the future of our planet. With both analytical rigor and projective aspirations, this book makes clear what is at stake in terms of mobility justice and how we might achieve it, despite the multi-scalar spatial formations and power relations that threaten to impede such priorities. Whether new to such debates or committed to their epistemological evolution in response to the societal shocks that continue to transform mobilities on a global scale, this book is an essential companion for the journey.' -- Diane E. Davis, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: 2020 mobility shock 2. The formation of an interdisciplinary field 3. Materiality, spatiality, and temporality 4. Mobility justice and Anthropocene mobilities 5. Tourism mobilities 6. Migrant mobilities 7. Informal and reproductive mobilities 8. Alternative mobility futures 9. Conclusion: Building a mobile commons References index

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Book SynopsisIn this timely Handbook, people emerge at the centre of city and regional development debates from the perspective of leadership. It explores individuals and communities, not only as units that underpin aggregate measures or elements within systems, but as deliberative actors with ambitions, desires, strategies and objectivesDeepening the scholarly debate on leadership in cities and regions, the Handbook combines theoretical discussion and empirical evidence within methodological development to present a state-of-the-art view of a rapidly emerging field of study, highlighting paths for future research. Chapters explore power, politics, policy-making, social corporate responsibility and international city diplomacy through the lens of leadership, covering leadership in different countries from a broad range of theoretical perspectives.This Handbook is a valuable resource for academics and students of regional studies, human and economic geography, and policy studies. The conceptual discussion and case studies from different parts of the world will provide valuable examples for scholars, policy-makers and practitioners seeking a better understanding of what it takes to mobilise and co-ordinate complex multi-actor constellations for improvement of their respective places.Trade Review‘I consider this edited volume to be more than a welcome contribution and a notorious collection for all scholars, keen to understand the theoretical grounding, practices, patterns and types of leadership, as well as the manifestation of that leadership in local and regional socio-economic development and policy.’ -- Eduardo Oliveira, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The Handbook on City and Regional Leadership is the first comprehensive overview of place leadership in urban and regional research, edited by pioneers of the concept, Markku Sotarauta and Andrew Beer. Publication of the Handbook is very timely with the significant growth of research on the importance of agency in regional development in recent years. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics ranging from theoretical issues and empirical studies to methodological questions. It contains a rich and stimulating compilation of chapters and is a must-read for researchers as well as policy makers interested in promoting place leadership.’Table of ContentsContents: Preface xi PART I THE SETUP AND THE PLOT 1 Introduction to city and regional leadership 2 Markku Sotarauta and Andrew Beer 2 Place, city, regional, rural … leadership: a review 19 Andrew Beer, Markku Sotarauta and Karen Ayles PART II THEORETICAL AND THEMATIC AREAS 3 Old wine in a new bottle: Revisiting organisational conceptions of leadership to understand what place leaders ‘actually’ do to make things happen 41 Alyson Nicholds 4 Place leadership, policy-making and politics 57 Alessandro Sancino, Leslie Budd and Michela Pagani 5 Re-imagining place leadership as social purpose 71 John Gibney and Alyson Nicholds 6 Roles of formal and informal leadership: civil society leadership interaction with political leadership in local development 91 Oto Potluka 7 Place leadership and corporate spatial responsibilities 108 Hans-Hermann Albers and Lech Suwala 8 Place-based leadership ‘beyond place’: the rise of international city diplomacy 131 Robin Hambleton 9 Combinatorial power and place leadership 152 Markku Sotarauta PART III EMPIRICAL STUDIES 10 From coal-mining to data-mining: the role of leadership in the emergence of a regional innovation system in an old industrial region 168 Jiří Blažek and Viktor Květoň 11 The supporting and hampering role of place leadership in Italian industrial districts 187 Marco Bellandi, Monica Plechero and Erica Santini 12 Patterns of place leadership: institutional change and path development in peripheral regions 203 Markku Sotarauta, Heli Kurikka, and Jari Kolehmainen 13 Universities and place leadership: a question of agency and alignment 226 Liliana Fonseca, Lisa Nieth, Maria Salomaa and Paul Benneworth 14 Establishing leadership in a ‘busy’ governance structure 248 Martin Quinn 15 Inclusive leadership and local economic development: perspectives from Latin American peripheral regions 266 Sergio Montero and Andrés M. Medina-Garzón PART IV METHODOLOGY 16 Theory, methods and innovation in the study of place leadership: a review of the opportunity 281 Andrew Beer and Jacob Irving 17 Investigating agency: methodological and empirical challenges 302 Markus Grillitsch, Josephine V. Rekers and Markku Sotarauta 18 Action research as a methodology for the construction of territorial leadership 324 James Karlsen and Miren Larrea 19 Narrative and leadership: lessons for policy and place leadership 343 Helen Dinmore and Andrew Beer Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Exploring the innovative and thriving field of animal geographies, this Research Agenda analyses how humans think about, place, and engage with animals. Chapters explore how animals shape human identities and social dynamics, as well as how broader processes influence the circumstances and experiences of animals.This Research Agenda presents recent forays into theories of power, methodological innovations unearthing animal lifeworlds, and commitments to praxis. It demonstrates opportunities for animal geographies to engage creatively with diverse movements, including industrial farm workers' rights, intersectional feminism, the environmental movement, racial equality, and decolonization. Critical and timely, contributions from top and emerging scholars suggest that it is time to bring the animals outwards into broader geographical dialogue to address pressing contemporary issues such as climate change.An important read for animal and human geographers, this will be a foundational text for emerging scholars interested in critical perspectives on human-environment relations and societal dynamics. Its grounding in historical evaluation, discussion of scholarly innovation in the field and the opportunities to reflect on the topic in a time of socio-ecological crisis will also be helpful for more established scholars.Trade Review‘Geography is one of the most productive and creative disciplines to engage with the animal turn. This collection of essays, part of the Elgar Research Agenda series, makes plain that the discipline will remain in the vanguard for some time to come. The Editors have assembled an extraordinary diversity of scholars and perspectives, contributing 11 essays presented under three headings: 'Power,' 'Lifeworlds,' and 'Praxis.' These evoke the central themes, methods, and commitments of the contributors, who challenge readers to continue the extraordinary developments and provocations offered here. The sophistication, reflexivity, and commitment of these scholars are a rebuke to assertions that scholarship and activism are mutual anathemas. The works cited for each essay are themselves deeply engaging, and the breadth of scholarship the collection represents is breathtaking.’ -- J W Cox, CHOICE‘A Research Agenda for Animal Geographies is a compelling roadmap for future scholarship on the complex connections between people and animals shaped by diverse subjectivities and lifeworlds, and manifest in power relations that demand a multispecies moral landscape and new ways of becoming together.' -- Jennifer Wolch, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Animal Geographies: visioning amidst socio-ecological crises 1 Alice Hovorka, Sandra McCubbin and Lauren Van Patter PART I POWER 2 A feminist research agenda for multispecies justice 23 Jody Emel and Padini Nirmal 3 Animality/coloniality: COVID-19 and the Animal question 39 Jenny R. Isaacs and Ariel Otruba 4 Exploring the human–animal–technology nexus: power relations and divergent conduct 55 Lewis Holloway and Christopher Bear 5 [Re]animating and [re]animalizing wildlife conservation landscapes 69 Anita Hagy Ferguson PART II LIFEWORLDS 6 Sensuous and spatial multispecies ethnography as a vehicle to the re-enchantment of everyday life: a case study of knowing bees 87 Rebecca Ellis 7 Researching animal geographies through the use of walking methods 101 Jamie Arathoon 8 Animal subjectivities and lifeworlds: working with and learning from animals through the practice of multispecies participant observation 115 Carley MacKay 9 Affective ethnographies of animal lives 129 Anindya Sinha, Anmol Chowdhury, Nitesh S. Anchan and Maan Barua PART III PRAXIS 10 ‘Speaking’ with other animals through intuitive interspecies communication: towards cognitive and interspecies justice 149 M.J. Barrett, Viktoria Hinz, Vanessa Wijngaarden and Marie Lovrod 11 Ghost stories: investigative animal geographies for multispecies justice 167 Jacquelyn Johnston 12 Advancing trans-species social and spatial justice through critical animal geographies 183 Richard J. White Index 199

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Book SynopsisCities have become the major habitat for human societies. They are also the places where the starkest social inequalities show up. Income, social, land and housing inequalities shape the built environment and living conditions of different neighborhoods of cities, and in return, unequal access to services, environmental quality and favorable health conditions in different neighborhoods and cities fuel the reproduction of interpersonal inequalities.This book examines how inequalities are produced and reproduced both within and between cities. In particular, we review land rent and social segregation theories from diverse disciplinary references and through examples taken from around the world. The attraction of urban centralities, which is further reinforced by the growing financialization of property and urban capital, is also analyzed through the lens of its influence on rent-seeking mechanisms and the ever increasing pressure of population migration.Table of ContentsPreface ixDenise PUMAIN and Clémentine COTTINEAU Chapter 1. Major Models of the Spatial Organization of Urban Societies 1Clémentine COTTINEAU and Denise PUMAIN 1.1. Historical evolution of the spatiality of social status markers in the city 2 1.2. Slums, informal settlements and shanty towns 12 1.3. Institutional segregation 16 1.4. Separations by choice 21 1.5. Mobility and unequal accessibility in urban space 26 1.6. Corrections and remedies 30 1.7. Conclusion 35 1.8. References 35 Chapter 2. Land Rent and the Center--Periphery model 45Denise PUMAIN 2.1. Introduction 45 2.2. Space and rent: the urban field 47 2.3. Variations of the urban field by city 58 2.4. Towards a complex explanatory construction of urban rent inequalities 64 2.5. Financialization of urban development and conflicts over land use? 67 2.6. Conclusion 72 2.7. References 72 Chapter 3. Inequalities in Access to Urban Services 79Eugenia Doria VIANA CERQUEIRA 3.1. Introduction 79 3.2. Urban services: definitions 81 3.3. Urban services and issues of socio-spatial inequality 82 3.4. Access to urban services: a plurality of dimensions 90 3.5. Conclusion 96 3.6. References 97 Chapter 4. Gentrification and the Real Estate Market: What Can We Learn from the Rent Gap Theory? 105Guilhem BOULAY 4.1. Introduction 105 4.2. The theoretical basis for thinking about gentrification 108 4.3. Apparent simplicity leads to great success 112 4.4. Testing and quantifying the rent gap hypothesis 118 4.5. What place for the rent gap theory in the geography of real estate? 125 4.6. Conclusion 129 4.7. Acknowledgments 130 4.8. References 130 Chapter 5. Socio-spatial Segregation in Cities 137Renaud LE GOIX 5.1. Segregation in metropolises, renewed theoretical issues 137 5.2. Segregation, social division of space and restratification in the contemporary city 139 5.3. From observations to theories: the multiple factors of segregation 147 5.4. Analyzing segregation, scales and temporalities 154 5.5. Conclusion 160 5.6. Acknowledgments 161 5.7. References 161 Chapter 6. Migrants In and Between the Cities of the World 173Armelle CHOPLIN, Hasnia-Sonia MISSAOUI and Olivier PLIEZ 6.1. Introduction: migration, urbanization and inequalities 173 6.2. City networks and migration networks: a coincidence rather than a given 176 6.3. Migration flows creating urban systems 183 6.4. Conclusion. Migrants and cities: creators and accelerators of inequalities? 194 6.5. References 195 Chapter 7. Inequalities Between Cities 205Clémentine COTTINEAU 7.1. Interweaving of scales and cities 205 7.2. Inequalities related to urban functions 208 7.3. Inequalities related to urban status and city powers 213 7.4. Size inequalities 217 7.5. Image inequalities 221 7.6. Conclusion 226 7.7. References 226 Conclusion 233Denise PUMAIN and Clémentine COTTINEAU List of Authors 237 Index 239

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Book SynopsisWritten by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.Examining studies from the end of 1970 through to the current leading approach to urbanism, planning and design, the book provides an up-to-date snapshot of CTC. Insightful chapters are split into five parts covering the early foundations of the topic, the evolution of towns and cities and urban complexity, the links between complexity, languages and cities, modelling traffic and parking in cities, and urban planning and design. The Handbook on Cities and Complexity concludes with the contributors’ personal statements on their observations of COVID-19’s impact upon global cities. This book will be an invaluable resource for those researching cities and complexity and also for scholars of urban studies, planning, physics, mathematics, AI, and architecture.Trade Review'This is a fascinating collection of discussions by leading authors, ranging from philosophical perspectives to conceptual frameworks and mathematical models across many disciplines. A unifying theme is the role of human cognition and decision making, addressed via psychology, uncertainty and risk, evolutionary game theory, behavioral economics and more. The book should be a reference to anyone interested in the history of the field and as a source of ideas for the opportunities (and challenges) of treating cities as complex systems in contrast to less holistic approaches to urban planning and policy.' -- Luis Bettencourt, University of Chicago, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Cities and Complexity 1 Juval Portugali PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 Cities, complexity and beyond 13 Juval Portugali 2 The emergence of complexity theories: an outline 28 Hermann Haken 3 City systems and complexity 48 Michael Batty 4 Major transitions in the story of urban complexity 64 Stephen Marshall and Nick Green PART II COMPLEXITY THEORIES OF CITIES 5 Complexity: the evolution and planning of towns and cities 86 Peter M. Allen 6 Synergetic cities 108 Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken 7 Co-evolution as the secret of urban complexity 136 Denise Pumain 8 Fractal geometry for analyzing and modeling urban patterns and planning sustainable cities 154 Pierre Frankhauser 9 Scaling, fractals and the spatial complexity of cities 176 Yanguang Chen 10 Cybernetic cities: designing and controlling adaptive and robust urban systems 195 Carlos Gershenson, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti PART III COMPLEXITY, LANGUAGE AND CITIES 11 New concepts in complexity theory arising from studies in the field of architecture: an overview of the four books of the nature of order with emphasis on the scientific problems which are raised 210 Christopher Alexander 12 The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems 233 Alan Penn PART IV MODELING COMPLEX CITIES 13 Modelling car traffic in cities 260 Vincent Verbavatz and Marc Barthelemy 14 Studying the dynamics of urban traffic flows using percolation: a new methodology for real-time urban and transportation planning 274 Nimrod Serok, Orr Levy, Shlomo Havlin and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal 15 The simple complex phenomenon of urban parking 295 Itzhak Benenson and Nir Fulman PART V COMPLEXITY, PLANNING AND DESIGN 16 Complexity and uncertainty: implications for urban planning 319 Stefano Moroni and Daniele Chiffi 17 Tailoring nudges to self-organising behavioural patterns in public space 331 Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo 18 Evolutionary games in cities and urban planning 349 Sara Encarna..o, Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Margarida Pereira, Jorge M. Pacheco and Juval Portugali 19 Homo faber, Homo ludens and the city: a SIRNIA view on urban planning and design 370 Juval Portugali Epilogue: cities and complexity in the time of COVID-19 391 Hermann Haken, Juval Portugali, Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall, Nick Green, Peter M. Allen, Pierre Frankhauser, Carlos Gershenson, Alan Penn, Vincent Verbavatz, Marc Barthelemy, Daniele Chiffi, Stefano Moroni, Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Modern Guide explores heterodox approaches to modern wellbeing research, with a specific focus on how wellbeing is understood and practised, exploring policies and actions which are taken to shape wellbeing. It evaluates contemporary trends in wellbeing research, including the sometimes competing definitions, methods and approaches offered by different disciplinary perspectives.¬†Exploring the threats to wellbeing from the environments we inhabit and the situations societies create and endure, chapters particularly look at wellbeing inequalities and the experiences of marginalised groups, demonstrating the connection between wellbeing and political struggle. Provocative commentaries from leading scholars plus chapters on original theoretical developments and research studies across diverse world regions reveal wellbeing research based on situated practices, social differences and specific cultural contexts. This Modern Guide assesses the influence and impact of wellbeing research on policy and practice across a range of sectors and spaces, including: wellbeing budgeting, nature-based interventions, urban design, environmental resource management, prisons, housing, international migration, and post-conflict situations.¬†This will be a useful read for scholars of human geography, social policy, urban studies, anthropology, political science and environmental economics. Policy makers will also appreciate the suggestions for improvement to wellbeing policies and practices.Trade Review'A powerful, thought-provoking and timely contribution, offering new insights that will greatly enhance our understanding of well-being and its determinants.' -- Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen, the Netherlands'Wellbeing has been a vibrant field of research across a number of disciplines for several years. However, the experience of the pandemic, which has exposed deeply ingrained inequalities and injustices, makes the concept more relevant than ever. The pandemic raises the possibility of transformational change that could lead to a refocusing of policy goals away from narrowly-defined economic indicators to those focused on a multidimensional conception of wellbeing. As such, this volume is incredibly well timed. It brings together contributions from across the social sciences to demonstrate how understanding the ways in which wellbeing is mobilised as a concept in research, practice and policy is central to these endeavours. In highlighting practice-based approaches the volume reflects on how wellbeing could form the foundation of a post-pandemic world. In doing so, it provides a rich and valuable contribution not only to wellbeing scholarship but also to practical debates on how to take this agenda forward most effectively.' -- Ian Bache, University of Sheffield, UK'An essential practical aide for charting the challenges facing us today with the ambition they merit, A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research offers guidance for actions and policies to improve wellbeing while casting some light on the different understandings of this important, but complex concept.' -- Katherine Trebeck, Wellbeing Economy Alliance'Wellbeing is the overarching aim of social science and needs a multidisciplinary dialogue and approach. For sustainable, inclusive well-being as both a goal and process we need to draw on the strengths of all academic disciplines. You won‚Äôt agree with everything here, I don‚Äôt, but that‚Äôs the point as we work out what really matters, how we can study it and how to use that knowledge in practice.' -- Nancy Hey, Executive Director, What Works Centre for Wellbeing, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv Katherine Trebeck, Wellbeing Economy Alliance 1 Introduction to wellbeing research 1 Beverley A Searle, Jessica Pykett and Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds PART I APPROACHING WELLBEING 2 Commentary to Part I: reanimating the radical possibilities of wellbeing 23 Sarah Atkinson 3 Towards a queer epistemological framework for wellbeing research 29 Julia Zielke 4 A Marxian approach to wellbeing: human nature and use value 51 David Watson 5 Developing qualitative, biographical research into happiness and wellbeing: a sociological perspective 68 Mark Cieslik 6 Practicing wellbeing through community economies: an action research approach 84 Thomas SJ Smith and Kelly Dombroski PART II PRACTICING WELLBEING 7 Commentary to Part II: a wellbeing lens in practice 104 Neil Thin 8 Prisoners’ rehabilitation and wellbeing: a psychosocial perspective 110 Fabio Tartarini 9 Gender and wellbeing in post-war Sri Lanka 129 Fazeeha Azmi 10 Wellbeing and inclusion: a place for religion 148 Laura Kapinga and Bettina Bock 11 Children experiencing happiness in the city 164 Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds 12 Housing inequalities and wellbeing: a critical analysis of narratives from stakeholders in Luxembourg 184 Magdalena Górczyńska-Angiulli, Elise Machline 13 Woodlands and wellbeing: evaluating the ‘Actif Woods Wales’ programme 205 Heli Gittins, Sophie Wynne-Jones and Val Morrison PART III WHERE NEXT FOR WELLBEING? 14 Commentary to Part III: wellbeing: a means for informed policy-making 227 Susan J Elliott 15 Who benefits and who suffers from international migration? Global evidence from the science of happiness 232 Martijn Hendriks 16 Human wellbeing in environmental management 245 Kelly Biedenweg and David J Trimbach 17 Budgeting for wellbeing 266 Arthur Grimes 18 Subjective wellbeing and transformation 282 Beverley A Searle Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the need for a sustainable transport paradigm, which has been sought after by local and national authorities internationally over the last 30 years, this illuminating and timely Handbook offers insights into how this can be secured more broadly and what it may involve, as well as the challenges that the sustainable transport approach faces.Drawing on a wide range of research and relevant case studies that showcase where the principles of sustainable transport have been, or could be, implemented, the Handbook offers readers a holistic understanding of the paradigm. Contributions showcase the evidence of the continued need for a sustainable transport approach, analyse its core principles, and, finally, discuss what it will take to achieve implementation, considering aspects such as behaviour change, accessibility, governance and politics.Offering a comprehensive overview across the many dimensions of sustainable transport, this Handbook will be an indispensable resource for transport, planning and urban studies scholars. It will also be a useful guide for planners and policy makers looking for advice to advance future practice.Trade Review'Curtis and the impressive cast of international researchers have written a comprehensive resource at the forefront of sustainable transport scholarship. Early on, this text establishes a sustainable framework and makes the case for why the automobile, while transformative, has not been utilized in a sustainable way under the previous paradigm. Then, the book evaluates the wide swath of legacy, new, and emerging transportation options and how they measure up against sustainability metrics. One particularly outstanding contribution is the wide-ranging treatment of land use and the built environment and their critical and symbiotic role in supporting a modal shift. This will be a resource for students, practitioners, and scholars around the globe interested in meeting the challenge of creating sustainable transport systems.' -- Kelly Clifton, Portland State University, US'The Handbook of Sustainable Transport will be a must-read for students, researchers, and practitioners. With more than 40 chapters written by some of the leading scholars in the field, the Handbook covers the area of sustainable transport in an unprecedented manner, calling for a paradigm shift in the way we think, plan, and develop sustainable transport. With the COVID-19 pandemic, this Handbook could not be more timely.' -- Ahmed El-Geneidy, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xxiii Preface xxiv 1. Introduction to Handbook of Sustainable Transport 1 Carey Curtis PART I THE RATIONALE FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: FROM GENESIS TO PRESENT DAY 2. Paradigm shift? 5 Tom Rye 3. Unsustainable transport 14 Leigh Glover and Nicholas Low 4. Economic inefficiency of the car-based paradigm 26 John Whitelegg 5. Social equity and disadvantage 37 Ren Thomas 6. Transport and health: a personal and UK perspective 48 Adrian Davis 7. Beyond the dilemma: questioning the links between human prosperity and mobility growth 58 Luca Bertolini 8. Low carbon mobility transitions 69 Debbie Hopkins PART II INTEGRATED TRANSPORT 9. To travel, or not to travel? Telecommuting, teleshopping, and avoiding the need to travel 81 Erik Elldér 10. Universal design – universal access: Sweden as leaders in the built environment and transport 90 Helena Svensson 11. What of a walkable urban future? Towards sustainable institutional design for walking 100 Courtney Babb 12. How culture shapes – and is shaped by – mobility: cycling transitions in The Netherlands 109 Marco te Brömmelstroet, Willem Boterman and Giselinde Kuipers 13. Making space for bicycling 119 Kevin J. Krizek and David A. King 14. Docked and dockless public bike-sharing schemes: research, practice and discourse 129 Dorina Pojani, Jiashuo Chen, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Richard Bean, Jonathan Corcoran 15. Public transport network planning 139 Jan Scheurer 16. On-demand public transport – the future of public transport or the emperor’s new clothes? 150 Fredrik Pettersson-Löfstedt 17. Paratransit 160 Deike Peters and Samikchhya Bhusal 18. The sustainability of last-mile freight in cities 170 Michael Browne and Sam McLeod 19. Is micro-mobility sustainable? An overview of implications for accessibility, air pollution, safety, physical activity and subjective wellbeing 180 Dimitris Milakis, Laura Gebhardt, Daniel Ehebrecht, Barbara Lenz 20. The role of car-sharing in sustainable transport systems 190 Jennifer L. Kent 21. Congestion charging/mobility pricing 199 Daniel Firth 22. The transition to automated mobility : how well do connected and autonomous vehicles really fit into a sustainable transport future? 209 Iain Docherty PART III INTEGRATED LAND USE AND TRANSPORT 23. Why sustainable transport cannot ignore land use 220 Susan Handy 24. Transit-oriented development and sustainable transportation 230 John L. Renne 25. Making places with transit-oriented development: the case of North Holland 238 Paul Chorus 26. Reducing the need to travel: the challenge of employment self-containment 248 Sharon Biermann and Kirsten Martinus 27. Rethinking the urban arterial: from car mobility to urban liveability 258 Peter M. Jones 28. The Ghent Living Streets: experiencing a sustainable and social future 269 Dries Gysels 29. Parking: an opportunity to deliver sustainable transport 280 Rebecca Clements 30. Integrating land use and transport: understanding the dynamics of proximity 289 Anders Larsson PART IV ADJUSTING TO THE NEW PARADIGM 31. CBA legitimizes unsustainable transportation outcomes 299 Petter Næss 32. A multi-actor multi-criteria exercise in transport planning : the case of the Nueva Alameda Providencia project 310 Beatriz Mella Lira and Robin Hickman 33. Using accessibility metrics and tools to deliver sustainable mobility 323 Enrica Papa 34. Accessibility at the local scale: how its constrains our ability to ‘live locally’ 333 Cecília Silva 35. Children and sustainable transport 343 Claire Freeman 36. Generational change and travel 357 Tsoi Ka Ho and Becky P.Y. Loo 37. Keeping older people mobile through a new philosophy for a new ageing population 368 Charles Musselwhite 38. Financing the expansion of mass transit services 378 John Stone and James C. Murphy 39. Financing public transport through land use and value capture 388 Corinne Mulley and Barbara T.H. Yen 40. Institutional path dependence 398 Muhammad Imran 41. Experts and bias: the impact on sustainable transport 408 Alexa Delbosc 42. Politics of paradigm shift: a story from Stockholm 416 Karolina Isaksson 43. Educators as advocates in transport politics 425 Crystal Legacy 44. Sustainable transport: looking back – looking forward 434 Phil Goodwin and Carey Curtis Index 447

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Book SynopsisHighlighting the global scale of the major classes of voluntary movements - commodities and people, capital, information and technology - Aharon Kellerman offers a contemporary and synthesizing perspective on global spatial mobilities. This wide-ranging book sheds new light on each of the mobility types individually as well as globalization and spatial mobilities more broadly through detailed comparative analysis. This important work is set in the context of current conflicting global trends towards growing globalization of information and technology on the one hand and pressures to limit the globalization of the movements of immigrants and commodities on the other. By its nature, the book will appeal to a wide international readership and is of particular value to students and researchers in a variety of fields that focus on mobility and globalization, namely, geography, business administration, economics, sociology and political science.Trade Review'This is an impressive grand sweeping book about the globalization and spatial mobility of people, capital, information and technology. It requires a great scholar such as Kellerman to bring such wide-ranging topics together in a single book.' --Jonas Larsen, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Globalization and Mobility 2. Ports and Ships 3. The Global Mobility of Commodities (Exports and Imports) 4. Airports and Airplanes 5. Global Tourism and Relocation 6. International Banking and Investment Organs 7. The Global Mobility of Capital 8. Digital Media: Telephony, Radio, Television, and the Internet 9. Global Information Mobility 10. Global Transfers of Technology and Knowledge 11. Global Mobilities: Patterns and Relationships 12. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisInvigorating and timely, this book provides a thorough overview of the geographies of cosmopolitanism, an ethical and political philosophy that views humanity as one community. Barney Warf charts the origins and developments of this line of thought, exploring how it has changed over time, acquiring many variations along the way.Offering a comprehensive account of the theory and practice of cosmopolitanism at multiple spatial scales, chapters note how and why cosmopolitans reject the nation-state and nationalism and view borders as artificial. The book addresses the intersections between cosmopolitanism and geography, including care-giving and relational space. It examines key contemporary issues, including globalization, negotiating the post-Westphalian political order, the United Nations, global citizenship, immigration, refugees and sanctuary cities. Particular focus is also given to cosmopolitanism in everyday life, including education, tourism, consumption and veganism.Analysing cosmopolitanism in an interdisciplinary manner, Geographies of Cosmopolitanism will be an interesting read for sociology, human geography and political science scholars. It will also appeal to philosophy and social science students more broadly who are keen to understand this approach to social justice and human rights.Trade Review'Truly an insightful pathbreaking tour de force on an evolving concept related to cultures, politics and economies in the contemporary world. It is a world where empathy, generosity, diversity and understanding are central and the meanings of boundaries, nationalism, identity, territory and distance are contested. Cosmopolitanism as a transdisciplinary theme intersects the social sciences and humanities and merits more research and classroom instruction at all levels.' -- Stanley D. Brunn, University of Kentucky, US'This is a pioneering book in its challenging portrayal of the geographies of cosmopolitanism, so far an almost terra incognita for geographers. Warf provides us with wide ranging geographical perspectives on cosmopolitanism, provocatively discussed and interpreted. This book promises to open up new research and study horizons for a better understanding of contemporary society.' -- Aharon Kellerman, University of Haifa, Israel'Warf powerfully examines the nuances of cosmopolitanism in clear and lucid strokes. This timely and much needed contribution, theoretically informed and empirically robust, will guide us for years to come. This book is essential reading for social scientists seeking to understand the complexities of cosmopolitanism as an analytic construct, a political movement and a social phenomenon in modern life.' -- David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. What is cosmopolitanism? 2. The history and varieties of cosmopolitanism 3. Cosmopolitanism and geography 4. Cosmopolitanism and nationalism 5. Globalization and cosmopolitanism 6. Immigrants, refugees, and cosmopolitan political practices 7. Applied cosmopolitanism: sanctuary cities 8. Banal cosmopolitanism and everyday life 9. Conclusion to Geographies of Cosmopolitanism References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Research Handbook examines the evolution of smart growth over the past three decades, mapping the trajectory from its original principles to its position as an important paradigm in urban planning today. Critically analysing the original concept of smart growth and how it has been embedded in state and local plans, contributions from top scholars in the field illustrate what smart growth has accomplished since its conception, as well as to what extent it has achieved its goals.Providing an overview of the history of smart growth, the book further examines its changing governance over time, and the new horizons for smart growth, exploring ways to confront contemporary challenges in urban planning. Illuminating key issues in the field, from urban sprawl to gentrification, that the original principles failed to address, this insightful Handbook advocates for the expansion of smart growth principles to meet the emerging challenges of the modern world, concluding with an agenda for a “smart growth 2.0”. Informative and comprehensive, this Handbook will prove to be essential reading for researchers, academics and students of urban planning. Its proposals for the future evolution of smart growth will also serve as an accessible and up-to-date reference point for urban planning professionals, activists and policymakers.Trade Review‘Too often when a new and transformational movement emerges, we do not take time to contemplate and evaluate its achievements and shortcomings. This crucial and comprehensive volume on smart growth gives us a much-needed critical reflection on how the movement unfolded and how it continues to impact urbanization as new challenges arrive in the 21st century. A must-read for every urbanist, whether professional or armchair!’ -- Karen Chapple, University of Toronto, Canada‘Full of counter-intuitive and often sobering insights, this volume is not just incredibly timely, it's indispensable as a reference on the past, present and uncertain future of the smart growth ideal.’ -- Xavier de Souza Briggs, Brookings Metro, US‘The Handbook is a sobering assessment of the movement’s progress over its first generation. While its success has been too elusive for many advocates, this book shows that Smart Growth’s progress over just a generation is impressive, nonetheless. Using lessons from the first generation, the Handbook is the platform that will guide research, policy, and practice over the next generation.’ -- Arthur C. Nelson, University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii Introduction xix PART I SMART GROWTH HISTORY, PERFORMANCE, AND GOVERNANCE 1 Smart growth: introduction, history, and an agenda for the future 2 John D. Landis 2 Smart growth governance in historical context: the rise and fall of states 35 Martin A. Bierbaum, Rebecca Lewis, and Tim Chapin PART II SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE LOCATION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT 3 Urban containment as smart growth 60 John I. Carruthers, Hanxue Wei, and Lucien Wostenholme 4 Farmland and forest conservation: evaluation of smart growth policies and tools 75 David A. Newburn, Lori Lynch, and Haoluan Wang 5 Redevelopment and the smart growth movement: definitions, consequences, and future considerations 92 Bernadette Hanlon PART III SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT 6 Promoting mixed land uses for smart growth: implications and recommendations for research and practice 111 Yan Song 7 The urban design requirements of smart growth 128 Emily Talen 8 Smart growth and housing choice 145 Casey Dawkins and Jinyhup Kim PART IV SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE TRANSPORTATION-LAND USE CONNECTION 9 A step ahead for smart growth: creating walkable neighborhoods 168 Kelly J. Clifton 10 Transportation: a facilitator of and barrier to smart growth 188 Timothy F. Welch and Steven R. Gehrke PART V NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH: HEALTH AND EQUITY 11 Planning for opportunity: linking smart growth to public education and workforce development 207 Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Jonathan P. Katz 12 Smart growth and public health: making the connection 228 Andrea Garfinkel-Castro and Reid Ewing 13 Smart growth’s misbegotten legacy: gentrification 245 Nicholas Finio and Elijah Knaap 14 Growing together or apart? Critical tensions in charting an equitable smart growth future 259 Willow Lung-Amam and Katy June-Friesen PART VI NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH: CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY 15 Community resilience to environmental hazards and climate change: can smart growth make a difference? 277 Marccus D. Hendricks and Philip R. Berke 16 Tale of two sprawls: energy planning and challenges for smart growth 291 Jacob Becker and Nikhil Kaza 17 Leveraging the promise of smart cities to advance smart growth 307 Robert Goodspeed PART VII UNFINISHED BUSINESS: WHERE DOES SMART GROWTH GO FROM HERE? 18 Toward a “Smart Growth 2.0” 324 Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, Arnab Chakraborty and Katy June-Friesen Index

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Book SynopsisUsing a geographic lens to examine the adoption and dissemination of, and attention to ‘fake news’, this timely and important book explores how misinformation in the digital age calls attention to the multiple geographic dimensions of online fictions, conspiracy theories and political disinformation.Chapters delve into how social and digital media have rescaled and disrupted relations of trust and authority in the (mis)information age. The book draws on quantitative data and qualitative cases to shed light on the geographies of misinformation, covering urban legends, political rumors, information weaponization, and Climategate, as well as trade and financial fictions. The book explores in depth climate change misinformation, conspiracy theories and other critical contemporary events such as Pizzagate, Russian-led overseas political interference campaigns, and Cambridge Analytica.Geography and environmental studies scholars will benefit from the analysis of the denial of global climate change and geographic lens the book uses. It will also be an important read for practitioners and policy makers looking for a helpful reference summarizing interdisciplinary work on misinformation in accessible prose.Trade Review‘Misinformation in the Digital Age: An American Infodemic provides an important and much-needed account of the causes and consequences of declining trust in, and reliance on, traditional epistemic authorities in the United States today. Stephens, Poon, and Tan highlight the roles that social media, a fragmented media market, and foreign actors have played in legitimizing authoritarian charisma at the expense of scientific and journalistic predominance. Covering topics such as authorship democratization, news deserts, adversary-sponsored disinformation, algorithmic agency and manipulation, and conspiracy theories, this illuminating book provides the definitive geographical perspective on the mischief of misinformation in contemporary American society.’ -- Bryan T. Gervais, University of Texas at San Antonio, US‘Misinformation in the Digital Age: An American Infodemic has carved out a nice space in a crowded field by bringing an underused lens to the analysis – geography. Their topic is timely, and the theory has legs. This readable book can inform theory building beyond the scope of its contents.’ -- Jason Gainous, University of Louisville, US, Author of Tweeting to Power, and Editor of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics‘Misinformation has never been more important, and more of a threat, to politics, society, or the economy. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how misinformation is circulated across geographies and within networks. This powerful book changes that and brings together a wealth of research into misinformation in the digital age.’ -- Mark Graham, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Misinformation in the digital age: an American infodemic 2. Trust and authority in relational geography 3. Personalized social media, geographies of trust and the news 4. Social media as information weapon 5. New agencies of technologically mediated power 6. Misinformation governance and regulation 7. Conclusion: a resurgence of Misinformation in the Digital Age References Index

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Book SynopsisUsing a geographic lens to examine the adoption and dissemination of, and attention to ‘fake news’, this timely and important book explores how misinformation in the digital age calls attention to the multiple geographic dimensions of online fictions, conspiracy theories and political disinformation.Chapters delve into how social and digital media have rescaled and disrupted relations of trust and authority in the (mis)information age. The book draws on quantitative data and qualitative cases to shed light on the geographies of misinformation, covering urban legends, political rumors, information weaponization, and Climategate, as well as trade and financial fictions. The book explores in depth climate change misinformation, conspiracy theories and other critical contemporary events such as Pizzagate, Russian-led overseas political interference campaigns, and Cambridge Analytica.Geography and environmental studies scholars will benefit from the analysis of the denial of global climate change and geographic lens the book uses. It will also be an important read for practitioners and policy makers looking for a helpful reference summarizing interdisciplinary work on misinformation in accessible prose.Trade Review‘Misinformation in the Digital Age: An American Infodemic provides an important and much-needed account of the causes and consequences of declining trust in, and reliance on, traditional epistemic authorities in the United States today. Stephens, Poon, and Tan highlight the roles that social media, a fragmented media market, and foreign actors have played in legitimizing authoritarian charisma at the expense of scientific and journalistic predominance. Covering topics such as authorship democratization, news deserts, adversary-sponsored disinformation, algorithmic agency and manipulation, and conspiracy theories, this illuminating book provides the definitive geographical perspective on the mischief of misinformation in contemporary American society.’ -- Bryan T. Gervais, University of Texas at San Antonio, US‘Misinformation in the Digital Age: An American Infodemic has carved out a nice space in a crowded field by bringing an underused lens to the analysis – geography. Their topic is timely, and the theory has legs. This readable book can inform theory building beyond the scope of its contents.’ -- Jason Gainous, University of Louisville, US, Author of Tweeting to Power, and Editor of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics‘Misinformation has never been more important, and more of a threat, to politics, society, or the economy. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how misinformation is circulated across geographies and within networks. This powerful book changes that and brings together a wealth of research into misinformation in the digital age.’ -- Mark Graham, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Misinformation in the digital age: an American infodemic 2. Trust and authority in relational geography 3. Personalized social media, geographies of trust and the news 4. Social media as information weapon 5. New agencies of technologically mediated power 6. Misinformation governance and regulation 7. Conclusion: a resurgence of Misinformation in the Digital Age References Index

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Book SynopsisTimely and original, Rethinking Communication Geographies explores the human condition under digital capitalism, depicting an environment in which digital logistics have taken centre stage in day-to-day life. The book responds to a pressing need to address the key questions of human autonomy and security, as well as the social power relations of the platform economy, in a world in which media and space have become increasingly entangled. Establishing a framework for understanding ‘geomedia’ as an environmental regime that shapes human subjectivity, André Jansson advances a humanistic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of communication geographies, arguing that human activities are accommodated to sustain the circulation of digital data. The book examines concrete examples related to audio-streaming, transmedia tourism, and platform urbanism, ultimately demonstrating how digital skills and logistical expertise have become forms of capital in contemporary society. Mapping ongoing transitions related to how digitalization affects spatial processes, the unique perspectives explored in this book will be of equal interest to postgraduates and researchers in the fields of human geography and media and communication studies. The innovative concepts and approaches to the study of digital geography introduced throughout will also enhance the dialogue between a vast range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.Trade Review‘This book offers a deep and stimulating insight into how geographies of communication are changing with contemporary digital media and data infrastructures, and why we need to rethink questions of geography, media and communication with today's geomediatization.’ -- Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, Germany‘This book offers an innovative and exciting framework for understanding how the digitally mediated world is increasingly experienced: logistically. Its sustained attention to the entanglement of spatiality and communicative media, as well as to the differentiated possibilities for everyday human agency that then emerge, is particularly insightful and welcome.’ -- Gillian Rose, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Rethinking communication geographies 2. Dwelling under geomedia 3. The culture of streamability 4. Transmedia travel 5. Guidance landscapes 6. Geomedia as the human condition Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Companion showcases the importance of valleys and their socio-economic, physical and cultural landscapes across three continents. Expert scholars in the field offer a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on the topic, discussing key historical and contemporary issues governing and transforming valleys.Exploring the impact of economic and spatial justice, and environmental and climate change issues on valleys, the Companion also studies key topics including lifestyle placemaking, the rise of inequalities within and across valleys, and alternate representations of this under-studied geographical feature. Highlighting some lesser-known valleys across Europe and North and South America, chapters provide in-depth reviews of experiencing, living in and growing up in valleys, and how internal and external factors shape each valley’s characteristics.The Elgar Companion to Valleys is an excellent resource for academics and scholars in the fields of geography, and environmental studies, as well as anthropology and sociology. Using original empirical data to tackle emerging theoretical issues, researchers interested in the changing internal configurations of valleys and under what conditions those changes take place will find this Companion illuminating and insightful.Trade Review‘Steeped in the disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography, this theoretically engrossing volume of sixteen case studies explores the geographic, ecological, economic, and culturally contingent aspects of “Valleys” on different continents.’ -- Benny Andrés, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: fronting valleys in social science research 1 Luís LM Aguiar, Donna Senese and Diana E. French PART I SEEING THE VALLEY: NARRATIVES OF POWER AND DISRUPTION Luís LM Aguiar, Donna Senese and Diana E. French 2 The Yakima Valley: a personal history of the Valley 9 Benjamin L. Peterson 3 Changing places in Silicon Valley 21 Charles N. Darrah 4 To dis-remember the valley in the Okanagan 35 Luís LM Aguiar 5 Valley conservatisms: racial landscapes of religion and migration in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley 51 Bonar Buffam PART II IN, AROUND, AND BEYOND THE VALLEY Diana E. French, Luís LM Aguiar and Donna Senese 6 Hybrid interstices: conceptualising suburbanism in Alpine valleys 66 Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Cristina Mattiucci 7 Vertical (sub)urbanization in Zurich’s northeast: the valley along the Glatt as both a metaphor and mediating structural element 79 Constance Carr and Evan McDonough 8 The magical Elqui Valley: from ruralism and solidarity to neoliberalism 92 Ricardo Trumper and Patricia Tomic 9 The emergence of contemporary valley images: a comparison of landscape perceptions of three valleys in north-western British Columbia, Canada 111 Diana E. French 10 Commanding the heights: governing valley terrain 125 Mike Zajko PART III PLACES OF PLENTY: VALLEY PRODUCTION, REFLECTION AND TRANSFORMATION Donna Senese, Luís LM Aguiar and Diana E. French 11 Wine from Waipara Valley: expressing sense of place in an emerging New Zealand wine region 143 Rory Hill and Joanna Fountain 12 Reconstructing valley: the transformative power of wine in the lower Pisuerga River Valley (Spain) 160 Julio Fernández Portela and Donna Senese 13 Agricultural place-making in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley: new wine in old skins? 173 Danielle Robinson 14 The community resilience of mountain valleys in the European Alps 188 Rike Stotten and Markus Schermer 15 The Creston Valley: a socio-environmental history of food procurement and change 203 Joanne Taylor 16 Migrant farmworkers in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia: margins and mechanisms of struggle in the making of the valley 217 Amy Cohen and C. Susana Caxaj 17 Conclusion: backing the valley: origin stories, conclusions and paths forward 233 Donna Senese, Luís LM Aguiar and Diana E. French Index 238

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Book SynopsisExamining the changing nature of cities in the face of smart technology, this book studies key new challenges and capabilities defined by the Internet of Things, data science, blockchain and artificial intelligence. It argues that using algorithmic logic alone for automation and optimisation in modern smart cities is not sufficient, and analyses the importance of integrating this with strong participatory governance and digital platforms for community action. Separated into three parts, the book moves from looking at the academic establishment of the smart city paradigm as an advanced system of innovation, to focusing on major technologies and the governance of smart cities. Chapters explore other sources of intelligence available in cities within both institutions and platforms, including human intelligence, innovation, and collective intelligence, with insights on how to combine algorithmic logic in these areas of competence to become much more effective. Offering a crucial understanding of how cities and regions can adopt the smart city paradigm, this book will be a useful read for policy-makers and stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of smart city strategies. Urban studies and planning scholars, post graduate students, as well as those researching the built environment, will benefit from the blend of theoretical and practical knowledge offered in the book. Contributors include: M. Angelidou, A.-V. Anttiroiko, D. Bechtsis, F. Duarte, C. Kakderi, N. Komninos, I. Kompatsiaris, K. Kourtit, V. Loscri, N. Mitton, L. Mora, V. Moustaka, P. Nijkamp, J. Oskam, A. Özdemir, R. Petrolo, A. Panori, C. Ratti, A. Reid, H. Schaffers, I. Tsampoulatidis, A. Vakali, S. Zhang Trade Review'Smart Cities in the Post-algorithmic Era: Integrating Technologies, Platforms and Governance is a seminal original contribution to the emerging field of smart cities. The book sets out to highlight the pervasive importance of smart technologies, platforms and governance in the urban context. It frames this new challenging field, and offers a wealth of informed conceptual and practical studies. For academics, students, and practitioners, this book offers many novel and useful insights.' --Tan Yigitcanlar, Queensland University of Technology, Australia'The 21st Century is said to be the Century of Cities. Echoing this sentiment, Smart Cities in the Post-algorithmic Era argues they emerge from collaboration technologies, data science and AI and the algorithmic logic, under which these technologies operate, can be much more effective if such platforms combine with other sources of intelligence available in cities, such as human intelligence, creativity and innovation, collective and collaborative intelligence already embedded in institutions. The constructive alignment and augmentation of these technologies with human, collective and collaborative intelligence and sharing of the knowledge such a synthesis produces, is the object of this latest book from Komninos and Kakderi.' --Mark Deakin, Edinburgh Napier University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Smart cities beyond algorithmic logic: digital platforms, user engagement and data science 1 Nicos Komninos, Anastasia Panori and Christina Kakderi PART I SMART CITIES, ALGORITHMIC LOGIC AND THE QUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE 2 The current status of smart city research: exposing the division 17 Luca Mora, Alasdair Reid and Margarita Angelidou 3 Towards an algorithmic city: transformation in politics, governance and service provision 36 Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko 4 Shaping ecosystems for collaborative innovation towards fostering urban and regional development 70 Hans Schaffers 5 The creation of city smartness: architectures of intelligence in smart cities and smart ecosystems 101 Nicos Komninos and Anastasia Panori PART II SMART CITIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF IOT, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DATA SCIENCE 6 Cloud, network and sensing in a smart city: toward a cloud of meshed cooperative heterogeneous things 129 Valeria Loscri, Nathalie Mitton and Riccardo Petrolo 7 City dynamics tracking based on citizens’ data and sensing analytics 150 Athena Vakali and Vaia Moustaka 8 Moving from e-Gov to we-Gov and beyond: a blockchain framework for the digital transformation of cities 176 Ioannis Tsampoulatidis, Dimitrios Bechtsis and Ioannis Kompatsiaris 9 A world of data: Underworlds and health challenges in the age of smart cities 201 Snoweria Zhang, Fábio Duarte and Carlo Ratti PART III SMART CITIES, PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS 10 Exploring the relationship between smart cities and spatial planning: star cases and typologies 217 Margarita Angelidou and Luca Mora 11 Social policy in smart cities: the forgotten dimension 235 Akın Özdemir, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp 12 Smart cities, ‘sharing’ and platform impact 262 Jeroen Oskam 13 Smart cities and vision zero: common ground for a generic vision zero methodology 279 Christina Kakderi Index 293

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book analyses recent innovations for researching travel behaviour over the life course. Original in its approach, it synthesises quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods to contribute to conceptual, methodological and empirical advancements in the field.Through a rich array of new studies, leading scholars from across the globe present work that pushes the theoretical boundaries of mobility biographies research. A balanced range of methods are showcased to establish a fruitful dialogue between disciplines and methodologies, overcoming the prevalence of statistical analyses of travel behaviour data that has governed the field. The book goes beyond a mere stocktaking exercise by offering critical reflections of previous work from a variety of backgrounds, including geography, sociology, psychology, transport planning and civil engineering.Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course is a key resource for students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and established researchers in areas such as transport studies, geography and urban planning. Furthermore, policy makers and planners will benefit from the practical recommendations included throughout.Trade Review'This rich collection of research relating to mobility biographies provides a thorough insight into this immensely important field. It highlights innovative research from scholars that take seriously the role of everyday practices and the need for cross-disciplinary thinking in the field of mobility and transport. This is a must-read for researchers, students and practitioners in the field.' -- Malene Freudendal-Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark'Mobility is an essential part of people's lives. This book presents frontier research on mobility and travel behaviour based on the life course approach. Drawing on new concepts and theories, it demonstrates how quantitative and qualitative methodologies can yield novel insights into how people travel, and why, capturing trends over time. Students and researchers interested in travel behaviour and mobility as well as the life course approach would benefit from this volume.' -- Junyi Zhang, Hiroshima University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii Acknowledgements xviii 1 Mobility across the life course: an introduction to a dialogue 1 Henrike Rau and Joachim Scheiner PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 2 Turning points in car ownership over the life course: contributions from biographical interviews and panel data 17 Kiron Chatterjee and Ben Clark 3 Quality and quantity in mobility biographies research: experiences from a mixed method study of non-cyclists in Germany 33 Henrike Rau, Monika Popp and Johannes Mahne-Bieder 4 Testing theories of travel behaviour change: the case for the latent transition model 50 Maarten Kroesen 5 Effect of respondent engagement on data quality in travel behaviour and retrospective mobility surveys 67 Romain Crastes dit Sourd and Chiara Calastri 6 Towards a mobility biography approach to long-distance travel and ‘mobility links’ 82 Giulio Mattioli 7 Job-mobility biographies in coworking spaces: a theoretical contribution to new social and spatial restructurings 100 Timo Ohnmacht, Thao Thi Vu and Widar von Arx PART II EMPIRICAL STUDIES 8 Episodes of carlessness across the life course 118 Nicholas J. Klein and Michael J. Smart 9 Gendered car allocation in couples sharing a car: a life course approach 133 Joachim Scheiner and Christian Holz-Rau 10 Car sharing, life stages and young people’s approach to daily mobilities: a dialogue between qualitative and quantitative research findings 152 Tanu Priya Uteng and Eivind Farstad 11 A qualitative exploration of children’s attitudes toward bicycling in Davis, California 172 Brigitte Driller, Calvin G. Thigpen and Susan Handy 12 How childhood experiences affect travel behaviour differently across generations: an example of structural equation modelling in mobility biographies research 190 Veronique Van Acker, Corinne Mulley and Loan Ho 13 Life cycle stages, daily contacts, and activity–travel time allocation for the benefit of self and others 206 Konstadinos G. Goulias, Elizabeth C. McBride and Rongxiang Su 14 The cycling trajectories of e-bike users: a biographical approach 221 Dimitri Marincek, Emmanuel Ravalet and Patrick Rérat PART III LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD 15 Mobility across the life course – looking back to look forward 242 Henrike Rau and Joachim Scheiner Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book examines the vital and contested connections between colonialism and tourism, which are as lively and charged today as ever before. Demonstrating how much of the marketing of these destinations represents the constant renewal of colonialism in the tourism business, this book illustrates how actors in the worldwide tourism industry continue to benefit from the colonial roots of globalisation. This interdisciplinary book focuses on the relationships between tourism, colonialism and place, in both historical and contemporary periods. Chapters explore cases of tourism and colonialism in locations across the globe, from colonial Korea and French Indochina, to colonial Australia, U.S Tourism in the British West Indies, heritage tourism in Mozambique, and city branding in Dunedin. Expert contributors analyse the motivations and impacts of colonial tourism, investigating such diverse topics as the Chinese tourist rush to Taiwan, issues of displacement at wildlife sites in Zimbabwe, the impact of tourism on Indigenous peoples in Hawaii and the pursuit of Macanese identity and re-colonisation. Excavating the range and diversity of colonialism at work in tourism across a wide variety of global destinations, Colonialism, Tourism and Place will be an illuminating read for students and scholars interested in tourism and development, heritage studies, and social, cultural and human geography. Trade Review'Vividly interrogating colonial tourism's hierarchies, this book explores the centuries of Eurocentric global expansion that shape these tourism attractions along with the resistance and critique they provoke. It also provides a fresh refocus on nationalism, identities and power through the comparison to Japanese and Chinese imperialist tourism. Intersecting commonalties include subaltern exploitation by dominant racial/ethnic groups, imaginaries of nostalgic compliance, and erasure or valorization of colonization's violence which are brought together in a rich sourcebook of case studies that expand our knowledge of coloniality in tourism.' --Margaret Swain, University of California, Davis, US'This innovative collection embraces the ''spatial turn' in the humanities and adopts a topographical approach to explore the powerful associations between cultures and societies, colonialism and space. The capacity of the various humanities is particularly welcome for decoding the power of colonial and post-colonial representations through the medium of tourism. The editors deserve commendation for assembling a highly stimulating volume that brings fresh theoretical approaches to the study of tourism and connects diverse settings with a genuinely global perspective.' --Brian King, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong'A fascinating scholarly work that allows readers to re-examine colonialism in all its guises. Themes of dispossession, the annihilation of indigenous culture and re-colonisation are explored. The numerous insights in this book highlight the remarkable global reach of colonisation showing how as one colonial power declined, another emerged. The remnants of colonialism now create a level of familiarity for travellers to connect with a sanitised past.' --Barry O'Mahony, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates and Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction 1 Denis Linehan, Ian D. Clark and Philip F. Xie PART I 2 Glimpses of the East via Japan: representing colonial Korea and French Indochina in the interwar years 13 H. Hazel Hahn 3 Towards recovered territory: the Chinese tourist rush to Taiwan, 1946–49 28 António Barrento 4 Aboriginal interactions and associations with the hospitality industry in colonial Victoria, 1835–70 44 Ian D. Clark 5 ‘They surprised them with national airs’: Aboriginal brass bands, tourism and sentimental colonialism 58 Toby Martin 6 ‘Neither wholly British nor wholly American but something in-between’: US tourism and layered colonialisms in the British West Indies 77 John S. Hogue PART II 7 Beyond the postcard: a translated Hawai’i for tourists 95 Ana Cristina Gomes da Rocha 8 A pagoda at the pearl of the Indian Ocean: producing nostalgic colonialism and heritage tourism in Mozambique 110 Eve Wong 9 The pursuit of Macanese identity: colonization and re-colonization through tourism 128 Ivy Lai-Chu Lou and Philip F. Xie 10 Displacement, memories and struggle: the case of Mapari Ranch in Zimbabwe 147 Svongwa Nemadire and Maarten Loopmans 11 Coloniality, tourism and city-branding as an apparatus of forgetting in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand 163 Holly Randell-Moon 12 Afterword 180 Philip F. Xie and Ian D. Clark Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices are made, and the constraints faced in achieving housing aspirations, with a particular focus on the contemporary difficulties facing young adults and those unable to buy a house despite a reasonable income.Key features include: using the concept of the life course to analyse residential decisions and choices discussing tenure choice, affordability and social housing, as well as how neighborhoods matter in urban studies reviewing what is known about how the housing market operates, and how families and individuals engage with the process of becoming homeowners providing new information on the urban housing environment in a time of rising inequality, low income growth and extensive regulation in the housing market. Advanced students and professionals of geography, planning, demography and economics will find this an invigorating read on how housing markets operate and the role of individual decisions about homeownership and residential space.Trade Review‘The book's interdisciplinary and multi-country approach to housing studies is a strength. As is its multiscalar understanding of housing access, starting from the individual household through the lens of residential moves, to housing units based on their design and geographic placement, then to neighborhoods as independent social units sorting residents and housing across the urban mosaic, and finally to the institutional and country levels through macro demographic forces and policies shaping housing demand and supply. Written in a clear style, this book is suitable for students and scholars in geography, sociology, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and regional studies.’ -- Noli Brazil, Journal of Urban Affairs'William A.V. Clark shares four decades of wisdom in housing studies to craft a sweeping overview and broad integration of this multi-faceted field. Scholars in urban economics, geography, sociology, and public policy and planning can all profit from this high-level orientation that links supply and demand, markets and institutions, and dynamics of people moving across urban space. Specialists will find new light shed about context and implications, and every chapter features nuggets of deeper insight.' -- - Dowell Myers, University of Southern California, US'Written by one of the leading international housing researchers, this valuable wide ranging introduction covers issues of housing demand and supply, sustainability, social housing and affordability; housing and social life and demography. It provides a stimulating, clearly written and very useful resource.' -- Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK and Renmin University of China'25 years after the book Households and Housing that he co-authored with the late Frans Dieleman, William A.V. Clark publishes a new book on housing. The book builds on around 40 years of scholarly research from various disciplines by the author himself--a world-leading expert in the field--and many others. Highly recommended!' -- - Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I HOUSING AND HOUSING MARKETS 1. Interdisciplinary perspectives on housing 2. Housing markets and the housing supply 3. Changing locations: housing choices and housing PART II NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL LIFE 4. Neighborhood contexts: how they shape where and how we live 5. Housing and social life 6. Housing and sustainable living PART III HOUSING AND POLICY 7. Affordability and inequality in the housing market 8. Social housing and the housing safety net 9. The evolving role of housing studies References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices are made, and the constraints faced in achieving housing aspirations, with a particular focus on the contemporary difficulties facing young adults and those unable to buy a house despite a reasonable income.Key features include: using the concept of the life course to analyse residential decisions and choices discussing tenure choice, affordability and social housing, as well as how neighborhoods matter in urban studies reviewing what is known about how the housing market operates, and how families and individuals engage with the process of becoming homeowners providing new information on the urban housing environment in a time of rising inequality, low income growth and extensive regulation in the housing market. Advanced students and professionals of geography, planning, demography and economics will find this an invigorating read on how housing markets operate and the role of individual decisions about homeownership and residential space.Trade Review‘The book's interdisciplinary and multi-country approach to housing studies is a strength. As is its multiscalar understanding of housing access, starting from the individual household through the lens of residential moves, to housing units based on their design and geographic placement, then to neighborhoods as independent social units sorting residents and housing across the urban mosaic, and finally to the institutional and country levels through macro demographic forces and policies shaping housing demand and supply. Written in a clear style, this book is suitable for students and scholars in geography, sociology, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and regional studies.’ -- Noli Brazil, Journal of Urban Affairs'William A.V. Clark shares four decades of wisdom in housing studies to craft a sweeping overview and broad integration of this multi-faceted field. Scholars in urban economics, geography, sociology, and public policy and planning can all profit from this high-level orientation that links supply and demand, markets and institutions, and dynamics of people moving across urban space. Specialists will find new light shed about context and implications, and every chapter features nuggets of deeper insight.' -- - Dowell Myers, University of Southern California, US'Written by one of the leading international housing researchers, this valuable wide ranging introduction covers issues of housing demand and supply, sustainability, social housing and affordability; housing and social life and demography. It provides a stimulating, clearly written and very useful resource.' -- Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK and Renmin University of China'25 years after the book Households and Housing that he co-authored with the late Frans Dieleman, William A.V. Clark publishes a new book on housing. The book builds on around 40 years of scholarly research from various disciplines by the author himself--a world-leading expert in the field--and many others. Highly recommended!' -- - Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I HOUSING AND HOUSING MARKETS 1. Interdisciplinary perspectives on housing 2. Housing markets and the housing supply 3. Changing locations: housing choices and housing PART II NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL LIFE 4. Neighborhood contexts: how they shape where and how we live 5. Housing and social life 6. Housing and sustainable living PART III HOUSING AND POLICY 7. Affordability and inequality in the housing market 8. Social housing and the housing safety net 9. The evolving role of housing studies References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book explores both the diversity of local resources and the interrelated issues concerning the concept of well-being. Drawing conclusions from diverse settings from across Europe and the US, chapters first begin with an analysis of the nature of local resources. The book then moves on to unpack the concept of well-being. It sheds light on topics such as the impact of urban design on health and the connection between amenities and social justice. Featuring key case studies supporting its theoretical foundations, the authors convincingly argue for a more comprehensive view of local resources and well-being from a territorial perspective. Providing unique and innovative insights into the significance of place-specific resources and well-being, this book is of particular interest to human geography, planning, economics and sociology scholars. Chapters also feature a strong emphasis on policy recommendations. Contributors include: C. Achin, K. Basset, C. Darroux, C. Di Marco, J.-C. Dissart, J. Gensel, E. George, P. Judet, K. Koop, P. Le Quéau, A. Le Roy, D.W. Marcouiller, D. Noël, G. Novarina, F. Ottaviani, B. Parent, B. Pecqueur, J.-F. Ruault, S. Sadoux, Y. Schaeffer, N. Seigneuret, C. Sowa, M. Talandier, R. Thomas, M. Villanova-OliverTrade Review'Local Resources, Territorial Development and Well-being provides a timely and innovative contribution to the literature on regional development. The edited book explores the relationships between territorial actors and resources and local well-being. The chapters demonstrate the value of multidisciplinary approaches to territorial development in a wide variety of settings. The book will provide a valuable resource for academicians, policy makers and practitioners.' --Gary Paul Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: well-being and local resources as the basis for territorial attractiveness xv Benoît Parent 1 Introduction: shifting resources, multifaceted well-being 1 Jean-Christophe Dissart and Natacha Seigneuret PART I DIVERSITY OF LOCAL RESOURCES 2 Territorial resources, proximity economics and new urban dynamics: the case of the city of Grenoble 14 Bernard Pecqueur and Kirsten Koop 3 Reconsidering the ground: new opportunities for shrinking cities. Lessons from the cases of Dessau and Halle 36 Charline Sowa 4 Mining the past? Alternative forms of heritagisation and local resources in mountain territories (France, 18th–21st centuries) 58 Karine Basset, Caroline Darroux and Pierre Judet 5 Are outstanding cultural heritage sites useful territorial resources for community development? 77 Jean-François Ruault and Magali Talandier 6 Implementation of tourism diversification in ski resorts in the French Alps: a history of territorializing tourism 100 Emmanuelle George and Coralie Achin 7 Territorial energy transition strategies: new models for cooperation between actors and resource management? 121 Gilles Novarina and Natacha Seigneuret PART II MULTIFACETED WELL-BEING 8 Beyond monetary well-being: can sociabilities offset the effects of low income? A case study in the Grenoble metropolitan area 144 Anne Le Roy and Fiona Ottaviani 9 Accessibility of urban public space: considering the diversity of ordinary pedestrian practices 162 Rachel Thomas 10 The British “Healthy New Towns” initiative: a step towards reuniting planning and health? 180 Stéphane Sadoux and Cecilia Di Marco 11 A framework for describing and analysing life course trajectories: taking a step towards studying residential migration factors 204 Marlène Villanova-Oliver, David Noël, Jérôme Gensel and Pierre Le Quéau 12 Natural amenities and social justice 227 Jean-Christophe Dissart, David W. Marcouiller and Yves Schaeffer 13 Conclusion: renewal of methods and multidisciplinary curiosity 251 Natacha Seigneuret and Jean-Christophe Dissart Index 257

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Book SynopsisThis ambitious work provides a history and critique of neoliberalism, both as a body of ideas and as a political practice. It is an original and compelling contribution to the neoliberalism debate. The Neoliberal Paradox challenges the standard interpretations of neoliberalism that focus on limited government and free markets. Instead, Ray Kiely reveals the ways in which the neoliberal project is reliant on state power. The history and application of neoliberalism is discussed from the Austrian and ordo-liberal schools in the 1930s and the Chicago School after 1945, through to developments such as the New Right and the third way, before finally considering the impacts of the financial crisis of 2008, the rise of Trump and Brexit. By exploring the full breadth of neoliberal theory and practice, in addition to the arguments of key thinkers, Kiely explores how neoliberalism has renewed itself in times of crises and turns his gaze towards the future.This book will provide a stimulating read for academics and advanced students in the fields of politics, human geography and sociology, in addition to those working in the public sector.Trade Review'This is a unique and uniquely valuable book. Ray Kiely provides a forensic examination of neoliberal thought between the early 20th century and Donald Trump. The thinkers who dreamed up the world in which we live today are exposed as never before, and the social, political and economic theories that have supported neoliberalism and informed neoliberal policymaking are explained in beautiful prose. This book is essential for anyone working on, around, or against neoliberalism.' --Afredo Saad Filho, SOAS University of London, UK'Tired of neoliberalism? Think its over? Ray Kiely's new book not only explains better than any other what neoliberalism is, where it came from and how it operates through what he calls the 'inverted totalitarianism' of the economic domination of politics, it brilliantly analyzes how it has persisted through its own crisis over the decade since 2008, reinforced by the very bureaucratic state that it so paradoxically disparages. A truly indispensable book for our troubled times.' --Leo Panitch, York University, Canada'What a great read. In a highly laudable feat of characteristically lucid and detailed writing, Ray Kiely takes us behind the scenes of contemporary neoliberalism to show us how the world came to be recast in this way. If you think you already know all there is to know about these dynamics, think again. There will be lots new here for even the most hardened historian of neoliberal thinking. A must-read.' --Matthew Watson, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I History and Theory 2. History and the crisis of liberal modernity: mass society and the crisis of the 1930s and 1940s 3. Neoliberalism and the crisis of liberal modernity in the 1930s 4. The second crisis of liberal modernity, the Chicago School and the rise of the New Right 5. Neoliberal theory: the core ideas Part II History and Practice 6. Neoliberalism in practice I: the 1980s 7. Neoliberalism in practice II: the 1990s to 2008 Part III Theory and Practice 8. Neoliberalism and the 2008 financial crisis 9. Actually existing neoliberalism I: post-politics and the new spirit of capitalism 10. Actually existing neoliberalism II: bureaucracy, corporate rule and the asset economy 11. Actually existing neoliberalism III: global competitiveness and inequality 12. Neoliberal theory assessed: the core ideas revisited 13. Conclusion: definitions, paradoxes and futures of neoliberalism Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a comprehensive overview of the urban sharing economy, this Modern Guide takes a forward-looking perspective on how sharing goods and services may facilitate future sustainability of consumption and production. It highlights recent developments and issues, with cutting-edge discussions from leading international scholars in business, engineering, environmental management, geography, law, planning, sociology and transport studies.A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy begins with basic concepts and definitions, providing broad context with a focus on shifting service modalities, regulatory frameworks, and a historical overview of how sharing came to be a staple feature of the economies of contemporary cities. The second section focusses on shared mobility, with a particular lens on micromobility, parking, ride-hailing, car-sharing and ride-sharing. The third section focusses on shared space, including coworking office spaces and short-term rentals, as well as shared goods and services, including streaming music services, clothing rental services, food sharing and tool libraries. The book concludes by outlining the key ethical challenges that face the sharing economy.Real-world case studies are presented from authors in more than a dozen countries, making this a helpful and invigorating read for scholars of the sharing economy, urban studies and sustainable development. A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy is likely to also be of interest to those studying urban planning, human geography, and other disciplines focussing on the future of planetary urbanisation.Trade Review‘Spanning multiple disciplines and continents, A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy documents how sharing platforms transform mobility, space and our relationship with things. How platforms are regulated will determine whether ‘‘sharing‘‘ delivers community, prosperity and sustainability; or exclusion, precarity and hyper-extraction. Regulation requires a map. Here it is.‘Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy 2 Thomas Sigler and Jonathan Corcoran PART II UNDERSTANDING THE SHARING ECONOMY 2 What is the sharing economy? Origins and precedents 12 Sirat Mahmuda, Thomas Sigler, Jonathan Corcoran and Eric Knight 3 Regulating the urban sharing economy 28 Nestor M. Davidson and John J. Infranca 4 The identity crisis of ‘sharing’: from the co-op economy to the urban sharing economy phenomenon 41 Andrea Geissinger, Louise Pelgander and Christina Öberg 5 Overcoming scarcity through efficient consumption: innovative sharing initiatives 56 Pia A. Albinsson, B. Yasanthi Perera and Merlyn A. Griffiths PART III SHARING SPACES AND PLACES 6 Short-term rental platforms: home-sharing or sharewashed neoliberalism? 73 Petter Törnberg 7 Parking policy and bay-sharing for unmooring automobility from cities 88 Anthony Kimpton, Dorina Pojani, Neil Sipe and Jonathan Corcoran 8 The impact and regulatory issues of Airbnb in a mid-sized city: Valencia (Spain) 104 Shirley Nieuwland and Luis del Romero Renau 9 Sharing office spaces: coworking spaces from grassroots initiatives to globalised shared-office companies 120 Agnes Katharina Müller PART IV SHARING TRANSPORT 10 Bicycle sharing in cities 138 Oliver O’Brien 11 Bike-sharing and ride-hailing in Chinese cities 152 Fengjun Jin 12 Shared micromobility: policy and practices in the United States 167 Susan Shaheen and Adam Cohen 13 Street smart technology: Gojek as urban infrastructure 182 Onat Kibaroglu PART V SHARING THINGS 14 A spatiotemporal approach to micromobility 197 Grant McKenzie and Carlos Baez 15 Urban food sharing 211 Anna R. Davies 16 The environmental implications of car-sharing 225 Andrius Plepys and Ana María Arbeláez Vélez 17 The role of tool libraries in the new economy: sharing in an economic degrowth society 239 Sabrina Chakori and Shane Hopkinson 18 Clothes sharing in cities: the case of fashion leasing 256 Kirsi Niinimäki 19 The intricate relationship between music and the sharing economy 269 Raphaël Nowak PART VI CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS 20 Discrimination in the urban sharing economy 284 Awais Piracha, Rachel Sharples and Kevin Dunn 21 The sharing economy or the erring economy? How the law of amplification brings out the best and the worst in platform-based technologies 298 Kentaro Toyama Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book demonstrates the utility of big data approaches in human geography and planning. Offering a carefully curated selection of case studies, it reveals how researchers are accessing big data, what this data looks like and how such data can offer new and important insights and knowledge.Contributions from key scholars working in the field bring together an international series of case studies on demography and migration, retail and consumer analytics, health care planning, urban planning and transport studies. Chapters also discuss how data sets leveraged from commercial and public agency sources can greatly improve the data traditionally worked with in academic geography, regional science and planning. While addressing the challenges and limitations of big data, the book also demonstrates the usefulness of data sets held by commercial agencies and explores data linkage between big data and traditional public domain data sources.Focusing on the applications of big data to investigate issues in a spatial context, this book will be an essential guide for scholars and students of planning, mobility and human geography, particularly those who specialise in economic and transport geography. Its use of key case studies to demonstrate the applications of big data analytics in planning will also be useful for planners in these fields.Trade Review‘This is a very timely book featuring a collection of contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars working in the equivalent of social science’s ‘‘Wild West‘‘ - the world of Big Data. This book is indeed an essential companion for anyone wishing to understand the breadth of opportunities and challenges presented by data which lie outside of the traditional official statistics disseminated by governments. It will provide inspiration for those willing to take themselves out of their comfort zone and a glimpse of what is possible.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Big Data Applications in Geography and Planning 1 Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Jonathan Corcoran and Robert Stimson 2 Using social media advertising data to estimate migration trends over time 8 Monica Alexander 3 Estimating household mobility using novel big data 25 Nik Lomax 4 Using linked consumer and administrative data to model demographic changes in London’s city fringe 43 Justin van Dijk, Guy Lansley and Paul Longley 5 Combining large linked social service microdata and geospatial data to identify vulnerable populations in New Zealand 52 Lukas Marek, James Greenwell, Matthew Hobbs, John McCarthy, Jesse Wiki, Malcolm Campbell, Simon Kingham and Melanie Tomintz 6 The changing geography of clinical misery in England: lessons in spatio-temporal data analysis 64 Alexis Comber, Chris Brunsdon, Martin Charlton and John Cromby 7 Utilising smartphone data to explore spatial influences on physical activity 78 Francesca Pontin 8 Spatial extent and classification of retail agglomerations 92 Les Dolega 9 Applications of store loyalty card big data in the location planning process 106 Nick Hood, Graham Clarke, Andy Newing and Tim Rains 10 Online content of local interest and how it attracts individuals online 120 Emmanouil Tranos and Christoph Stich 11 Smart cities, big data: an overview 143 Robert Stimson and Chris Pettit 12 Is Sydney a 30-minute city? Big data analytics assisting to bring political rhetoric into practice 168 Simone Leao, Mohammad Hassan, Taha Rashidi and Chris Pettit 13 Data and public participation in national strategic planning 188 Eliahu Stern, Sheizaf Rafaeli and Arza Churchman 14 Goldmine or minefield? The methodological challenges associated with the analysis of the FixMyStreet neighbourhood problems dataset 205 Alasdair Rae and Elvis Nyanzu 15 Big data applications in urban transport research in Chinese cities: an overview 219 Sui Tao, Min Zhang and Jiangyue Wu 16 Unpacking the weather–transit ridership relationship using big data in Brisbane and beyond 244 Ming Wei, Yan Liu, Thomas Sigler and Jonathan Corcoran 17 Spatial microsimulation models for rail travel: a West Yorkshire case study 255 Eusebio Odiari, Mark Birkin, Susan Grant-Muller and Nick Malleson Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. It is becoming more important in the modern, globalized period to understand the power of illicit and illegal acts and actors in shaping our world. Opening with chapters that look across the diverse terrain of global crime, this Research Agenda moves on to consider key specific areas, including: organised crime, cyber crime, war crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. Offering both critical reviews of key theories and in-depth case studies, this Research Agenda challenges the notion that criminal acts in a global age are solely the preserve of organised criminal groups, highlighting the role of other actors including governments, armies and corporations. A vital source of reference for criminology and sociology undergraduate, and post-graduate students, as well as those from a host of other social science disciplines, this Research Agenda will provoke thought and discussion across these topics. It will also be of great benefit for policy makers and practitioners working to better understand and combat transnational crime.Trade Review'This is a book that shows how legality and illegality are indeed limited concepts when it comes to global and transnational crimes. It successfully explores legal and conceptual diversities, but also procedural and thematic convergence in our globalized world where, to quote Hannah Arendt and to echo the authors of this text, certain harmful conducts simply ''explode the limits of legal thought'', leading to a constant need for deeper tools for analysis.' --Anna Sergi, University of Essex, UK, and University of Turin, Italy'Adopting the perspective that our world is increasingly tied together by flows that combine both licit and illicit, this timely volume pushes criminology into dialogue with wider debates about transnationalism and globalism, showing that crime can usefully be examined through a relational and geographical lens. But more than this, the book represents the state of the art in contemporary criminology, showing how the discipline is expanding to encompass multiple forms of economic and environmental exploitation, from human trafficking and drug smuggling through to corporate crime and environmental abuses. An exciting collection that underscores the value of inter-disciplinary thinking on questions of crime and criminology.' --Philip Hubbard, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Thinking through global crime and its research agendas Tim Hall and Vincenzo Scalia 2. Economic geographies of the (il)legal and the (il)licit Ray Hudson 3. Faces in the clouds: criminology, epochalism, apophenia, and transnational organized crime Dick Hobbs 4. War, terrorism and criminal justice John Lea 5. War crimes, genocide and the value of a social harm approach in a post-accountability world Daniel Mitchell 6. Environmental crimes: controversies and perspectives Rosalba Altopiedi 7. Transnational governance and cybercrime control: dilemmas, developments and emerging research agendas Majid Yar 8. The demand for counterfeiting on the criminological research agenda Jo Large 9. State, society and violence in Russia: towards a new research agenda Svetlana Stephenson 10. Riots, protest and globalization Matt Clement 11. The socio-material cultures of global crime: artefacts and infrastructures in the context of drug smuggling Craig Martin 12 Sport and crime in a global society Nicholas Groombridge Index

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Book SynopsisThe so-called ?'spatial turn?' in the social sciences has led to an increased interest in what can be called the spatialities of power, or the ways in which power as a medium for achieving goals is related to where it takes place. This unique and intriguing Handbook argues that the spatiality of power is never singular and easily modeled according to straightforward theoretical bullet-points, but instead is best approached as plural, contextually emergent and relational.The Handbook on the Geographies of Power consists of a series of cutting edge chapters written by a diverse range of leading geographers working both within and beyond political geography. It is organized thematically into the main areas in which contemporary work on the geographies of power is concentrated: bodies, economy, environment and energy, and war. The Handbook maintains a careful connection between theory and empirics, making it a valuable read for students, researchers and scholars in the fields of political and human geography. It will also appeal to social scientists more generally who are interested in contemporary conceptions of power.Contributors include: J. Agnew, J. Allen, I. Ashutosh, J. Barkan, N. Bauch, L. Bhungalia, G. Boyce, B. Braun, M. Brown, P. Carmody, N. Clark, M. Coleman, A. Dixon, V. Gidwani, N. Gordon, M. Hird, P. Hubbard, J. Hyndman, J. Loyd, A. Moore, L. Muscarà, N. Perugini, C. Rasmussen, P. Steinberg, K. Strauss, S. Wakefield, K. YusoffTrade Review‘Reading the Handbook on the Geographies of Power, you feel like you are on a road trip to visit an old friend (or fiend, to some),especially if you have engaged in understanding, describing, or explaining the unequal geographies of the world. That friend/fiend is power, a pervasive concept in our daily lives, and in the existence of other living and inanimate objects.’ -- Martín Arias-Loyola, Economic Geography‘Handbook on the Geographies of Power is a well-written volume with empirically rich and theoretically well-grounded chapters that are easy to comprehend and will be greatly appreciated by academics and students.’ -- Austin Dziwornu Ablo, Eurasian Geography and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction 1. Introduction to the Handbook on the Geographies of Power Mat Coleman and John Agnew Part II Bodies Mat Coleman 2. When Ethnography Meets Space Ishan Ashutosh 3. Sex and Sexuality: Exploring the Geographies of Prostitution Phil Hubbard 4. Spatial Technologies of Racialized Knowing: On Visuality, Measurement, and the Law Robin Wright, Eric Goldfischer, Aaron Mallory and Kate Derickson 5. “This Wack(Yhut) Idea!!!”: The Plantation Bloc and Political Economy of Prison Expansion in Louisiana Jenna M. Loyd 6. Human, All too Human, Geographies Claire Rasmussen and Michael Brown Part III Economy John Agnew 7. Reflections on the Power in and the Power of Financial Markets Adam D. Dixon 8. Corporate–state relations in the age of Trumpism: analytical problems with the neoliberal synthesis and some potential ways forward Joshua Barkan 9. Reproduction, Justice and Spatialities of Power Kendra Strauss 10. Abstract and Concrete Labor in the Age of Informality Vinay Gidwani 11. The Circulation of Financial Elites John Allen Part IV Energy And Environment Mat Coleman 12. The Anthropocene and Geographies of Geopower Kathryn Yusoff 13. The Power of Water Philip Steinberg 14. Animated Place: Invisible Industrial Technologies and the Shaping of Eating Bodies Nicholas Bauch 15. Microontologies and the Politics of Emergent Life Nigel Clark and Myra Hird 16. Destituent Power and Common Use: Reading Agamben in the Anthropocene Bruce Braun and Stephanie Wakefield Part V Warfare John Agnew 17. Human Shields and the Political Geography of International Humanitarian Law Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini 18. Matrix Governance and Imperialism Pádraig Carmody 19. Governing Banishment: Settler Colonialism, Territory, and Life in an Economy of Death Lisa Bhungalia 20. Military Contracting and the Labor of Force Projection Adam Moore 21. Autonomy, Human Vulnerability and the Volumetric Composition of US Border Policing Geoff Boyce 22. Maps, Complexity, and the Uncertainty of Power Luca Muscarà 23. To Help or Not to Help? Humanitarian Spaces, Power, and Government Jennifer Hyndman 24. Power’s Outsides Mat Coleman and John Agnew Index

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Book SynopsisTravelling through various historical and geographical contexts, Social Imaginaries of Space explores diverse forms of spatiality, examining the interconnections which shape different social collectives. Proposing a theory on how space is intrinsically linked to the making of societies, this book examines the history of the spatiality of modern states and nations and the social collectives of Western modernity in a contemporary light. Debarbieux offers a practical exploration of his theory of the social imaginaries of space through the analysis of a number of case studies. Advanced geography scholars will find the analysis of space and its impact on societies a valuable tool in understanding the ways in which space, culture and behaviour interact. Historians of Western modernity will also benefit from Debarbieux's analysis of case studies that impact modern life.Trade Review'The trajectory of this book crosses brilliantly major phenomena of cultural and social geography, emphasizing the importance of social, political, mental and imaginative cartographies constantly proliferating and giving birth to new definitions for urbanism and non urban settlements. Debarbieux examines with ease and clarity the radical historical and rhetorical narratives leading to the formation of solid imaginary concepts, without neglecting the fact that despite rhetorical changes along national and state history, imaginaries did not lose their constitutive place in the nation agenda. Debarbieux proposes an original, informative and unique position regarding the binding of space to societal transformations, developing an idiosyncratic vocabulary including almost all the facets of effervescent spatial manifestation of the visual and the imaginative socially constructed world. The book, I sincerely hope, will ring the bell for the need to expand the boundaries of humanistic geography, emphasizing the urge to shape new imaginative models and debates having in common the dialectical relationships between the and reality reflection. The rich bibliography offered is of high interest to those who wish to relieve their thirst for additional information.' --Miron M. Denan, Geography Research Forum'Debarbieux continues to traverse with ease the Anglophone/Francophone border in social theory with this most recent work, a creative and highly readable exploration of the political significance of social imaginaries of space. Through a series of conceptual essays and related case studies, or in his terms ''detours'', he crafts an intriguing, jargon-free narrative that examines the spatial imaginings that have generated the territorial ideals and practices of modern states and nations. Debarbieux further demonstrates that while the rhetoric of post-nationalism and globalization has changed the content of these imaginaries, it has not diminished their constitutive role. His is a cosmopolitan vision but one that does not dismiss the power of particularism, especially evident in the place loyalties that have become so prominent in current national and global political debate.' --J. Nicholas Entrikin, University of California, Los Angeles and University of Notre Dame, US'Social Imaginaries of Space explores a crucial contact zone between cultural and political geographies. Written by a major figure of contemporary Francophone geography, this ambitious book brilliantly analyses how spatial imaginaries have continuously constituted societies and their mutations in the modern era.' --Ola Söderström, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Framing the spatial dimension of social imaginaries 2. Concept 1 - Social Imaginaries and space 3. Case 1 - Competing imaginaries of nature in Yosemite 4. Concept 2 - State Imaginary of Territory 5. Case 2 - England at the time of the Tudors and Stuarts, or the self-representation of the modern State 6. Case 3 - Science and State imaginary in colonial Indochina 7. Concept 3 - The singularity of the national imaginary 8. Case 4 - Nationalist rhetoric of space and of time in Paris, Washington and other places 9. Concept 4 - Post national political imaginaries of space 10. Case 5 - Post-national imaginary of New York Italianness 11. Case 6 - Post national imaginaries of nature 12. Epiphany - Leviathan at the border Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction provides a critical review and discussion of research concerning spatial statistics, differentiating between it and spatial econometrics, to answer a set of core questions covering the geographic-tagging-of-data origins of the concept and its theoretical underpinnings, conceptual advances, and challenges for future scholarly work. It offers a vital tool for understanding spatial statistics and surveys how concerns about violating the independent observations assumption of statistical analysis developed into this discipline.Key Features: A concise overview of spatial statistics theory and methods, looking at parallel developments in geostatistics and spatial econometrics, highlighting the eclipsing of centography and point pattern analysis by geostatistics and spatial autoregression, and the emergence of local analysis Contemporary descriptions of popular geospatial random variables, emphasizing one- and two-parameter spatial autoregression specifications, and Moran eigenvector spatial filtering coupled with a broad coverage of statistical estimation techniques A detailed articulation of a spatial statistical workflow conceptualization The helpful insights from empirical applications of spatial statistics in agronomy, criminology, demography, economics, epidemiology, geography, remotely sensed data, urban studies, and zoology/botany, will make this book a useful tool for upper-level students in these disciplines. Trade Review‘With widespread and increasingly available georeferenced data, this book offers a timely assessment of contemporary methods, models, and metrics—such as the eigenvector spatial filtering approach to handling spatial autocorrelation—in spatial statistics. I salute the authors for this enlightening contribution! The book will greatly empower us to better uncover mechanisms behind georeferenced data.’ -- Li An, San Diego State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. An advanced introduction to spatial statistics: motivation and scope 2. Describing spatial random variables 3. Spatial statistical model parameter estimation 4. A spatial statistical modeling workflow 5. Applications from A to Z of spatial statistical modeling 6. Nonparametric spatial statistical models Afterword References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction provides a critical review and discussion of research concerning spatial statistics, differentiating between it and spatial econometrics, to answer a set of core questions covering the geographic-tagging-of-data origins of the concept and its theoretical underpinnings, conceptual advances, and challenges for future scholarly work. It offers a vital tool for understanding spatial statistics and surveys how concerns about violating the independent observations assumption of statistical analysis developed into this discipline.Key Features: A concise overview of spatial statistics theory and methods, looking at parallel developments in geostatistics and spatial econometrics, highlighting the eclipsing of centography and point pattern analysis by geostatistics and spatial autoregression, and the emergence of local analysis Contemporary descriptions of popular geospatial random variables, emphasizing one- and two-parameter spatial autoregression specifications, and Moran eigenvector spatial filtering coupled with a broad coverage of statistical estimation techniques A detailed articulation of a spatial statistical workflow conceptualization The helpful insights from empirical applications of spatial statistics in agronomy, criminology, demography, economics, epidemiology, geography, remotely sensed data, urban studies, and zoology/botany, will make this book a useful tool for upper-level students in these disciplines. Trade Review‘With widespread and increasingly available georeferenced data, this book offers a timely assessment of contemporary methods, models, and metrics—such as the eigenvector spatial filtering approach to handling spatial autocorrelation—in spatial statistics. I salute the authors for this enlightening contribution! The book will greatly empower us to better uncover mechanisms behind georeferenced data.’ -- Li An, San Diego State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. An advanced introduction to spatial statistics: motivation and scope 2. Describing spatial random variables 3. Spatial statistical model parameter estimation 4. A spatial statistical modeling workflow 5. Applications from A to Z of spatial statistical modeling 6. Nonparametric spatial statistical models Afterword References Index

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Book SynopsisProviding an integrated and multi-level analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on people, place, economies and policies, across the globe, this timely book explores how the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic combines failure with success. It focuses on exploring rapid adaptation and improvisation by individuals, organisations and governments as they attempted to minimise and mitigate the socio-economic and health impacts of the pandemic.Interdisciplinary chapters written by social policy, geography, planning, policy, sociology and public health experts explore the broader impacts of COVID-19, positioning the pandemic in the context of wider trends and risks including climate change. Chapters highlight the importance of place and local contexts in understanding its impacts in different settings including Europe, Canada, North America, South Korea, South Africa and Lebanon. In doing so, the book develops a pandemic preparedness, responsiveness and recovery research framework and intends to inform post-pandemic policy development and research. This is an important book for geography, social policy, politics, urban studies, planning and business and management researchers and students, particularly those focusing on crisis management and risk and resilience. With key case studies from across the globe, it will help elucidate key issues for policy makers and practitioners across a range of sectors including strategic management, social policy, public health and the built environment.Trade Review‘This book captures a very specific moment in our current lives: the rise of a formidable pandemic, one more aggressive and more global than prior pandemics. It has already killed more people than have some of our major wars. The authors add what is too often left out: how do we prepare for future pandemics? We already know they will come.’ -- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: what’s next? COVID-19 as a planetary inflection point for places, people, policy and research xxi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 A year into the pandemic: shifts, improvisations and impacts for people, place and policy 2 John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Aksel Ersoy and Louise Reardon PART II PANDEMICS, PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY 2 Human-centered solutions to the digital divide: lessons from a global pandemic 36 Kira Allmann 3 Living with pandemics in higher education: people, place and policy 47 Matthew Thomas, Tendayi Gonondo, Peter Rautenbach, Kiran Seeley, Ardita Shkurti, Angus Thomas and Holly Westlake 4 Building post-COVID community resilience by moving beyond emergency food support 59 Megan K. Blake 5 The job–food–health nexus in South African townships and the impact of COVID-19 69 Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens and Katrina du Toit 6 Repercussions and impact of COVID-19 pandemic encampment mechanisms on Lebanese informal tented settlements along the Lebanese–Syrian borderline 79 Paul Moawad and Lauren Andres 7 COVID-19 and the emergence of a level 2.5 society in South Korea 91 Jin-Tae Hwang 8 COVID-19, digital transformations and essential services 103 Maria Savona PART III PANDEMICS, PLACE AND ENVIRONMENT 9 COVID-19 and the climate emergency: lessons in the time of crisis? 116 Suzanne Bartington 10 The emergence of coworking models in the face of pandemic 129 Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Di Marino and Mina Akhavan 11 A refuge from the storm? The English Church during COVID-19 140 Andrew Davies 12 Coronavirus and the digitalisation of planning: perspectives from practice and academia 149 Charles Goode and Ben Rayner 13 Housing during and after the pandemic: an exploration of immediate and structural effects of COVID-19 on housing markets 159 Vincent Gruis and Aksel Ersoy 14 City-building in a context of crisis: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential investment in London 166 Frances Brill and Mike Raco 15 ‘Escape to the country’: the implications of coronavirus upon the English housing crisis 174 Charles Goode 16 Mobility during and after the pandemic 184 Iain Docherty, Greg Marsden, Jillian Anable and Tom Forth 17 Global pandemic disruptions, reconfiguration and glocalization of production networks 195 Vida Vanchan 18 COVID-19 and the immediate and longer-term impacts on the retail and hospitality industries: dark stores and turnover-based rental models 202 John R. Bryson PART IV PANDEMICS AND POLICY 19 Impact, response and reflection: COVID-19 and health policy 218 Steve Gulati 20 Governance and policy in pandemics: approaches to crisis, chaos and catastrophe 227 Jessica Pykett and Anna Lavis 21 Reimagining work? COVID-19 and the impacts on employment in Canada and the United States 237 Nichola Lowe and Tara Vinodrai 22 Evidence-informed COVID-19 policy: what problem was the UK government trying to solve? 250 Paul Cairney 23 In the eye of the storm: English local government and the COVID-19 crisis 261 Arianna Giovannini 24 COVID-19 and the impacts on commercial aviation: a dead stop? 272 Pere Suau-Sanchez, Augusto Voltes-Dorta, Natàlia Cugueró-Escofet and Keith J. Mason PART V CONCLUSION 25 The preparedness, responsiveness and recovery triality: a pandemic research and policy framework 286 John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Aksel Ersoy and Louise Reardon Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook offers a detailed cross-policy assessment on the need, locale and impact of regional cooperation and integration, addressing how the principles of regional integration have affected multi-level governance and subsequent public policy. Individual chapters provide explanations of what regional cooperation means in a specific policy area, identify relevant theories, and present empirical evidence to support the arguments outlined. The Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration brings together a diverse range of expert contributors who deftly explore regional cooperation across a number of key policy areas, including migration, trade, the digital sphere, finance, security, democracy and higher education. Through a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and need for regional cooperation in today’s world, this Handbook argues for greater and more pressing discussions on regional policy, the value of integration and its resulting application in organisations. A crucial text for global governance, international relations and public policy academics and students, this is also an invigorating read for regional studies scholars. The Handbook ’s in-depth study of practical applications makes this suitable for public officials in the sector, as well as regional organisation and think tank staff.Trade Review‘This book is very timely because the challenges of climate change, peace and security and sustainable development we face require regional collaboration and solidarity to successfully tackle. The collaboration between regions in the global South and global North is also crucial for resolving these issues.’ -- Tshilidzi Marwala, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Rector of United Nations University‘Philippe de Lombaerde and his ardent team of fearless experts have produced more than a timeless reference manual on the economics of cooperation. This innovative, rigorous, and readable compendium is also a blueprint for thinking about the economy of togetherness—and practicing it happily but without illusions or regrets in a globalized world of dilemmas and trilemmas.’ -- Célestin Monga, Harvard University, US‘An enlightening exploration of regional cooperation's profound impact. This book navigates the complexities of integration, revealing its potential to foster progress and prosperity while illuminating the significance of regional integration in shaping international trade dynamics. An essential read for policymakers, economists, and trade enthusiasts alike.’ -- Alfred K'Ombudo, Principal Secretary, Trade, Kenya‘This extraordinary book presents and analyzes the multi-dimensional universe of regional cooperation and integration. Across seventeen policy areas, it explores the potential of innovative regional frameworks with solid economics and beyond. This is a product of UNU-CRIS’s extensive research networks and Dr. De Lombaerde's superb leadership.’ -- Fukunari Kimura, Keio University, Japan and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), IndonesiaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration: why, where, and so what? 1 Philippe De Lombaerde PART I REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION BY POLICY AREAS: WHY?, WHERE?, SO WHAT? 1 Regional migration governance 22 Ine Lietaert and Antoine Pécoud 2 Regional trade liberalisation 38 Justine Miller, Glenn Rayp, and Samuel Standaert 3 Common markets 63 Jacques Pelkmans 4 Regional digital governance 108 Jamal Shahin, Sophie Hoogenboom, Carlota Morais, and Mauro Santaniello 5 Regional financial cooperation and regional financial arrangements 123 Yaechan Lee and William N. Kring 6 Regional monetary integration: multilateral currency unions in operation 143 Ad van Riet 7 Regional security cooperation 164 Amandine Gnanguênon and Stephanie C. Hofmann 8 Regional democracy protection 182 Stefano Palestini 9 Regional protection of human rights and the environment 197 Liliana Lizarazo Rodríguez and Deborah Casalin 10 Regional tax governance 223 Dries Lesage, Wouter Lips, Eli James Moskowitz, and Attiya Waris 11 Regional social policies: aspirations, vernacularisation, or new forms of solidarity? 243 Alexandra Kaasch, Amanda Shriwise, Tuba Agartan, Sarah Cook, Jeremy Seekings, and Rangsan Sukhampha 12 Regional cooperation in higher education 266 Meng-Hsuan Chou, Jeroen Huisman, and Maria Pilar Lorenzo 13 Regional cultural cooperation 289 Domenico Valenza and Nahuel Oddone 14 Regional cooperation for health 311 Obijiofor Aginam 15 Regional science and innovation policies 326 Susan Schneegans and Luc Soete 16 Regional management of stranded hydro-carbon assets and the energy transition 351 Fatima Denton 17 Cross-border water management 372 Martha Cassidy-Neumiller, Nidhi Nagabhatla, M. Rafiqul Islam, and Alix Debray PART II CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 18 Regionalism as policy autonomy in post-colonial contexts: insights from Africa 398 Tim Shaw, Janet M. Kiguru, and Elijah Nyaga Munyi 19 Multi-level governance 417 Diana Panke and Sören Stapel 20 Regional organisations and their resources 431 Frank Mattheis 21 Regional organisations: a multidimensional approach to policy scope 442 Anja Jetschke and Sören Münch 22 Build your own regional integration indicator system 460 Philippe De Lombaerde

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Original and thought-provoking, this book investigates how creative experiences, interactions, and place-specific dynamics and contexts are shaping the expanding field of creative tourism across the globe. Exploring the evolution of research in this field, the authors investigate pathways for future research that advance conceptual questions and pragmatic issues. Bringing together an array of international perspectives and research approaches, this book investigates the growing synergies between creativity and tourism. Contributors from a variety of disciplines utilize key case studies to examine the development of creative tourism in both the global North and South, including: World Heritage Sites in Malaysia; small communities in Thailand; small town 'creative outposts' in Canada; community-engaged projects in rural Russia; Gangneung, Korea's 'coffee city'; the pioneering creative tourism city of Santa Fe; and a participatory museum in Croatia. Both the growing diversity and scope of creative tourism and the expanding body of literature on this topic makes this timely Research Agenda a vital read for scholars of tourism studies, especially as it offers much-needed suggestions of areas for future research, at doctoral and post-doctoral levels. Tourism policy makers and creative tourism practitioners will also find this a useful read. Contributors: M. Blapp, P. Brouder, M.-A. Delisle, N. Duxbury, M.L. Emmendoerfer, J. Erkkilä-Hill, I. Freitas, R. Gôja, B. Hanifl, M. Hiltunen, D.A. Jelincic, T. Jokela, S.-M. Koistinen, H.d.S. Lopes, M. Matetskaya, O. Matos, S. Miettinen, O. Mitas, M. Pereira, P. Remoaldo, V. Ribeiro, G. Richards, M. Senkic, U.-S. Seo, A. Svyatunenko, S.-H. Tan, S.-K. Tan, T. Vongvisitsin, J. WisansingTrade Review'This fascinating new book with its diversity of authors and international case studies provides fresh insights into the dynamic field of creative tourism. The authors focus on topical themes such as experience design, co-creation, authenticity, transformation, sense of place and sustainability. The work identifies important gaps in research, as well as emphasizing implications for policy and planning.' --Melanie Kay Smith, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Budapest Metropolitan University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Advancing creative tourism research and practice in a dynamic and diversifying context Nancy Duxbury and Greg Richards Part I The creative tourist and creative tourism experiences 2. Nurturing the creative tourist in Malaysia Siow-Kian Tan and Siow-Hooi Tan 3. The role of authenticity in rural creative tourism Manuela Blapp and Ondrej Mitas 4. The value of experience in culture and tourism: The power of emotions Daniela Angelina Jelinčić and Matea Senkić Part II Forms of creative tourism destinations 5. Creative tourism in creative outposts Patrick Brouder 6. Stories of design, snow, and silence: Creative tourism landscape in Lapland Satu Miettinen, Jaana Erkkilä-Hill, Salla-Mari Koistinen, Timo Jokela, and Mirja Hiltunen 7. Coffee tourism as creative tourism: Implications from Gangneung’s experiences U-Seok Seo 8. Montréal: A creative tourism destination? Marie-Andrée Delisle Part III Creative tourism in local development 9. Creative tourism in Santa Fe, New Mexico Brent Hanifl 10. Local impacts of creative tourism initiatives Jutamas (Jan) Wisansing and Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin 11. The development of creative tourism in rural areas of Russia: Issues of entrepreneurial ability, cooperation, and social inclusion Marina Matetskaya, Alexandra Svyatunenko, and Olga Gracheva 12. Creative tourist regions as a basis for public policy Magnus Luiz Emmendoerfer Part III Creative tourism networks and platforms 13. Good and not-so-good practices in creative tourism networks and platforms: An international review Paula Remoaldo, Olga Matos, Isabel Freitas, Hélder Lopes, Vítor Ribeiro, Ricardo Gôja, and Miguel Pereira 14. Towards a research agenda in creative tourism: A synthesis of suggested future research trajectories Nancy Duxbury and Greg Richards Index

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Book SynopsisInfrastructure systems provide the services we all rely upon for our day-to-day lives. Through new conceptual work and fresh empirical analysis, this book investigates how financialisation engages with city governance and infrastructure provision, identifying its wider and longer-term implications for urban and regional development, politics and policy. Proposing a more people-oriented approach to answering the question of 'What kind of urban infrastructure, and for whom?', this book addresses the struggles of national and local governments to fund, finance and govern urban infrastructure. It develops new insights to explain the socially and spatially uneven mixing of managerial, entrepreneurial and financialised city governance in austerity and limited decentralisation across England. As urban infrastructure fixes for the London global city-region risk undermining national 'rebalancing' efforts in the UK, city statecraft in the rest of the country is having uneasily to combine speculation, risk-taking and prospective venturing with co-ordination, planning and regulation.This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of business and management, economics, geography, planning, and political science. Its conclusions will be valuable to policymakers and practitioners in both the public and private sectors seeking insights into the intersections of financialisation, decentralisation and austerity in the UK, Europe and globally.Trade Review'Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure explores the crucial connection between globalised financial flows and the infrastructure that provides the scaffolding for urban development. By following the money, the authors show the interaction of state and capital in shaping urban form and the uneven impacts on particular cities and groups within them.' --Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Who owns, runs and pays for city infrastructure? 2. Financialising city infrastructure and governance 3. Towards city statecraft 4. City infrastructure provision and geographical inequalities in the UK’s centralised state 5. Deal or no deal? Austerity, decentralisation and the City Deals 6. Sell, hold or buy? Privatising, managing, owning, and acquiring city infrastructure assets 7. Fixing urban infrastructure in the London global city-region, undermining the rest of the UK? 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing the complex interrelationships between city making and the resources needed for its production, Predatory Urbanism explores the link between urbanization and resources in the global South. It particularly focuses on urban megaprojects, highlighting these planned developments and re-developments carried out by the state or state-linked agencies.Engaging with positivist rhetoric on climate change, this timely book investigates the dramatic transformation of rural and urban land in Asia, discussing the main ecological deficits affecting Asian cities. Chapters analyse some of the most paradigmatic megaprojects in the global South and their socio-environmental predatory characteristics. Through exposing the limitations of today’s predatory urbanism in the global South, the book argues for the importance of rethinking the resource-urbanization nexus towards socially and environmentally just urbanism.An invigorating read for urban studies and planning scholars, this will particularly benefit those researching globalization in the global South. It will also aid urban planners reflecting on their practice and looking to improve developments in city making.Trade Review‘A powerful reminder that many urban megaprojects exacerbate social and environmental issues that they pretend to solve or alleviate, inducing unnecessary resource consumption and stimulating segregated developments and displacements. The studies in the book make a powerful case for the need to critically reexamine the neo-liberal urban policies and agendas, suggesting a restraint in the usage of such played-out and abused concepts as smart-, eco-, intelligent and sustainable cities. This thought-provoking book not only presents a critique of the neo-liberal patterns of urban development, but also offers new insights on urban metabolism, the implications of “green planning”, the nature of “instant urbanism”, and the development of solidaristic communities.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Alessandro Melis PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Rapid urbanization and greenwashing in Asia PART II THE PROBLEMATIC METABOLISM OF MEGAPROJECTS 2. The rise of megaprojects in Asia 3. The sustainable development rhetoric in Asia 4. From resource consumption to urban metabolism PART III PREDATORY MEGAPROJECTS AND CONCLUSIONS 5. Two cases in Doha: The Pearl and Education City 6. The Straits Megacity Region 7. Mumbai and Bhendi Bazaar urban renewal proposal 8. Conclusion to Predatory Urbanism References Index

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Book Synopsis'This book is a remarkable and often inspirational tour de force. Martin Jones confidently moves between theories of political economy and stories of regional and urban policy, using each to inform the other. He brings the uneven geographies of England to life, showing how they are reproduced in practice, while also offering the prospect of alternative futures.'- Allan Cochrane, The Open University, UKOffering a geographical political economy analysis, this book explores the mechanisms, institutions, and spaces of subnational economic development. Martin Jones innovatively examines how policy-makers frame problems and offer intervention solutions in different cities and regions.Drawing on different approaches to state intervention, neoliberalism, crisis and contradiction theories, and notions of depoliticisation, this book explains policy failure and how it is impacted by flux surrounding economic development. With constant changes to legislation, institutional initiatives, and ministerial responsibility, local and regional economic development is shown to be at a critical crossroads.Theoretically innovative and empirically focused, this timely book is a must-read for researchers and policy-makers of urban geography, regional development, political economy and public policy.Trade Review‘Cities and Regions in Crisis presents a rich and insightful analysis of urban and regional governance in England. Jones has rather successfully curated a body of work that not only documents, but also questions the notion of crises in the context of uneven development and, more specifically, in left behind places. It manages to be both comprehensive and inclusive, thoroughly researched and accessible, and highly theorized and policy relevant. It should be recognized as an important contribution to the fields of critical economic and political geographies, at what is ostensibly a defining moment for subnational economic development.’ -- Margaret Cowell, Spatial Research and Planning‘Jones provides us with a range and depth of theoretical foundations, arguments and empirics that gives the reader a variety of insights into the critiques of the economic policy in neoliberalism. The book memorably shows us that 'the need for new spatial frameworks and ways of coupling governance with regulation to hold down the global and ensure some level of social cohesion via applying the brakes on combined and uneven development has never been so urgent'. It provides not only with several highly relevant critical perspectives on the praxis within academia and in the public sphere in framing and managing the local, but it also offers a foundation of critique of neoliberal economic policy, discourses and place-making. Its application of theory in research and able linkage between theory and practical, concrete, ideas about government at the local level gives the reader not only the critical perspective but an idea of what can be done. This is a relevant book for any researcher or policymaker that grapples the linkage between institutional arrangements, governance, the changing contours of the economy, and the consequent effect on uneven development, resentment, and inequalities.’ -- Andreas Erlström, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The book is a contribution to inter-disciplinary geographical political economy of cities and regions. Though based on England’s experience, the book is of general relevance and applicability across countries including India. It is a useful reference book for students, teachers, researchers, practitioners and policy makers who deal with multi-dimensional and comparative urban and regional economic governance and development issues in different countries and institutional set ups. The long list of references compressed in 48 pages at the end of the book is a fine source of comprehensive literature for both early and senior researchers in urban and regional development studies.’ -- M.R. Narayana, Aarthika Charche‘As Jones’ excellent study demonstrates, the last 30 odd years does not bode well, and without a challenge to the so-called ‘common sense’ of economic development, we will remain ensnared in the political and economy contradictions of neoliberalism. Exposing and challenging these contradictions, Cities and Regions in Crisis is essential reading for all scholars of the local state.’ -- Steven Griggs, Local Government Studies‘In Cities and Regions in Crisis, Jones achieves a synthesis of the literature critiquing neoliberal economic policy and space, and consolidates accounts of institutional changes and policy responses addressing the local effects of uneven development in the UK. His theoretical contributions are noteworthy, having been amongst the core group of scholars to challenge the neoliberal paradigm of development and carry associated ideas into the mainstream. His cases provide clear examples for applying theory in research. It is important for researchers and policy-makers to build upon the body of case research and to provide evidence that can be used to prevent the same failed policy responses from being repeated. For that, this book serves as a useful resource.’ -- Bradley Loewen, Regional Studies‘This book is a remarkable and often inspirational tour de force. Martin Jones confidently moves between theories of political economy and stories of regional and urban policy, using each to inform the other. He brings the uneven geographies of England to life, showing how they are reproduced in practice, while also offering the prospect of alternative futures.’ -- Allan Cochrane, The Open University, UK'Martin Jones is a critical economic and political geographer. This well-integrated monograph presents his radical, theoretically-informed, spatio-temporally nuanced, evidence-based research on cities and regions. While policy-relevant, it explains the many reasons why urban and regional policy-makers more often fail than succeed in delivering their changing projects. It deserves serious study.' --Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK'They say that crises are never really solved, only moved around. No one knows this better than Martin Jones, who for two decades has been one of the most astute, creative, and determined chroniclers of the churning ''system'' of urban and regional governance in England.' --Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada'In Cities and Regions in Crisis, Martin Jones has crafted a rich and grounded geographical political economy. Consolidating and integrating a deep and important body of work, he provides insightful analysis of urban and regional governance in England and extends this to reflect upon more progressive future directions. It offers much to inspire and inform research on the rolling predicament of governing uneven geographical development beyond its empirical focus.' --Andy Pike, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Geographical Political Economy, Neoliberalism, and the Crisis Space Impedimenta State PART I THE NEW LOCALISM 1. Government and Governance 2. Urban Crisis and Contradiction 3. Zones of Welfare and Workfare PART II THE NEW REGIONALISM 4. Regional Development Agencies 5. Spaces of Regionalism 6. City Region Building PART III THE NEW NEW LOCALISM 7. Locality Making 8. Devolution Dynamics 9. Devolution Depoliticisation PART IV ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERALISM 10. Developing Inclusive Growth 11. Beyond Withered Local States Postscript: The Stoke Road to Brexit References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook brings together conceptual contributions from leading international scholars concerning the reciprocal relations between globalisation and tourism. Contributors deconstruct the global forces, processes and challenges that face the tourism industry, analysing the effects of neoliberalism and multinational capitalism on global tourist activity, as well as the consequences of colonialism, terrorism, warfare, climate change, modern technological advances and the rapidly changing dynamics of global mobility. International in scope and empirically evocative, this Handbook outlines and dissects the social, cultural, economic and political effects of globalisation on tourism in the 21st century. This Handbook is critical to human geography and tourism studies scholars and researchers at all levels, particularly those interested in the relations between globalisation and tourism in an increasingly interconnected world. Contributors include: A. Amore, Y. Apostolopoulos, P. Arvanitis, S. Beeton, N. Cavlek, J. Connell, D.T. Duval, L. Dwyer, A. Gelbman, C.M. Hall, D.-I.D. Han, K. Hannam, J. Henry, J. Higham, Y. Jiang, H. Lemelin, J.W. Macilree, J.E. Mbaiwa, T. Mbaiwa, M. McDonald, P. Mogomotsi, M. Mostafanezhad, D.H. Olsen, M. Peters, B. Prideaux, B.W. Ritchie, C.M. Rogerson, T. Ronen, R. Sharpley, M. Sigala, G. Siphambe, S. Sonmez, J. Stephenson, W. Stovall, W. Suntikul, G. Taylor, D.J. Timothy, M.C. tom Dieck, H. Tucker, F. Vellas, S. Wearing, P. Whipp, J. Wiitala, A. WilliamsTrade Review'Written by a veritable ''who's who'' of tourism scholars from around the world, the Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism covers a stunning range of critical themes, spanning from geopolitics to the exhausted earth, from cultural issues to innovation. This book cries out ''read me'', imploring us to deepen our understanding of the multitude of ways in which tourism acts as a force of globalisation and has wide ranging impacts on people and planet.' --Regina Scheyvens, Massey University, New Zealand'The globalisation of humanity on our planet has always been driven by movements from one place to another. In this way, tourism has come to be a dominant globalising force today. This timely book provides insights from leading scholars on how tourism both produces globalisation and is shaped by a rapidly shrinking world.' --Alan A. Lew, Northern Arizona University, US'Professor Dallen J. Timothy has compiled a very seminal set of papers on the intersection between tourism and globalisation, a theme often overlooked in many scholarly articles and books. The contributors to this volume have produced a landmark study that will become the key reference book on the subject for many years to come and should be a key work for anyone who is interested in tourism as a globalised activity.' --Stephen Page, University of Hertfordshire, UKTable of ContentsContents: SECTION I GLOBALISATION: MEANINGS AND PROCESSES 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism 2 Dallen J. Timothy 2 Economic globalisation and tourism 12 Larry Dwyer and Nevenka Čavlek 3 Neoliberalism and global tourism 27 Stephen Wearing, Matthew McDonald, Greig Taylor, and Tzach Ronen 4 Globalisation, place-based development, and tourism 44 Christian M. Rogerson SECTION 2 HUMAN MOBILITY 5 The globalising force of human mobilities 55 C. Michael Hall, Alberto Amore, and Pavlos Arvanitis 6 Migration, tourism, and globalisation 66 Allan M. Williams 7 How complex travel, tourism, and transportation networks influence 76 infectious disease movement in a borderless world Sevil S.nmez, Jessica Wiitala, and Yorghos Apostolopoulos SECTION 3 GEOPOLITICS, SECURITY, AND CONFLICT 8 Colonialism and its tourism legacies 90 Hazel Tucker 9 Supranationalism and tourism: free trade, customs unions, and single 100 markets in an era of geopolitical change Dallen J. Timothy 10 Biological invasion, biosecurity, tourism, and globalisation 114 C. Michael Hall 11 Terrorism and the new security agenda 126 Bruce Prideaux 12 Tourism and war: global perspectives 139 Wantanee Suntikul 13 Tourism, peace, and global stability 149 Alon Gelbman SECTION 4 THE EXHAUSTED EARTH: POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES 14 Global population dynamics: implications for tourism and development 162 Richard Sharpley 15 Prepared for take-off? Anthropogenic climate change and the global 174 challenge of twenty-first-century tourism Will Stovall, James Higham, and Janet Stephenson 16 Tourism, globalisation, and natural disasters 188 Brent W. Ritchie and Yawei Jiang 17 Globalisation, tourism, and ecosystems management 198 Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Patricia K. Mogomotsi, Tsholofelo Mbaiwa, and Gladys B. Siphambe SECTION 5 INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY 18 Globalisation, innovation, and tourism 214 Mike Peters and Fran.ois Vellas 19 Globalisation and transportation innovation 225 David Timothy Duval and John Macilree 20 Tourism and augmented reality: trends, implications, and future directions 235 M. Claudia tom Dieck and Dai-In (Danny) Han 21 The bright and the dark sides of social media in tourism experiences, 247 tourists’ behavior, and well-being Marianna Sigala 22 Smart cities, smart tourism, and smart mobilities 260 Kevin Hannam SECTION 6 CULTURAL ISSUES AND CONTEMPORARY MOBILITY TRENDS 23 Religion, spirituality, and pilgrimage in a globalising world 270 Daniel H. Olsen 24 Globalisation, tourism, and pop culture 284 Sue Beeton 25 The geopolitics of volunteer tourism 295 Jacob Henry and Mary Mostafanezhad 26 Medical mobility and tourism 305 John Connell 27 Last chance tourism: a decade in review 316 Harvey Lemelin and Paul Whipp 28 Globalisation: the shrinking world of tourism 323 Dallen J. Timothy Index 333

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Housing issues have become a defining feature of our time. The capacity to affordably, securely, and sustainably house a growing, urbanizing population has become a pressing issue for policy makers worldwide. A Research Agenda for Housing sets the tone for debates relating to housing, featuring cutting-edge research from leading and emerging scholars. This impressive work seeks to understand the complexity of housing through the lens of its most pertinent debates. Using examples and case studies from around the world, the contributors tackle housing rights, financialization, mortgage markets, public housing, sustainability, and affordability policies, considering housing in its larger societal and historical contexts. With a strong focus on the practical implications of housing research, this diverse book takes a critical approach to housing research, seeking to dissect and understand the nuances of homeownership, renting, liveability and vulnerability in the 21st century. Featuring a broad summary of the state of knowledge of housing, this book is vital reading for both established scholars and graduates of urban studies and planning in need of an overview of the current state of housing research. Public policy makers from across the world will also benefit from the policy implications and recommendations provided by the contributors.Trade Review‘This work clearly illustrates the interconnectedness between global market forces and local housing conditions and is essential reading for housing and planning students and academics wanting a contemporary overview of housing research.’ -- Ruth Lucas, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal‘This is a deceptively small volume packed with a lot of ideas. While I am eager to agree that housing touches all aspects of human societies the challenge of tackling such a broad number of issues over such a variety of geographic regions is formidable. One of Moos’s stated goals is to leave the reader “with a sense of the complexity of housing as a fruitful area for future research” and I think the collection of essays certainly achieves that goal. Public policymakers could benefit from his recommendations on housing rights, financialization and mortgage markets, social or public housing, sustainability, and affordability.’ -- Stephanie Sweeney, Journal of Urban Affairs‘In A Research Agenda for Housing, editor Markus Moos bring together contributors to illustrate and examine the major theoretical, analytical and empirical developments in the housing field, showing housing to be a complex area and an essential priority for public policy. Offering useful analytical tools and evidence-based, interdisciplinary research, this collection will be a key resource for housing researchers.’ -- Valesca Lima, LSE Review'The housing question has come back as a major issue in our so-called advanced economies. High-income households have a vast choice while the traditional middle classes have been losing options at a rapidly growing pace. In A Research Agenda for Housing, Markus Moos brings together a strong group of experts who engage the subject and shows us options that we must pursue if we are to ensure a reasonable housing market for a majority of households. A must read!' --Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, US, author of Expulsions'The contributors to this volume provide an extremely important interdisciplinary perspective to one of the most important social, economic, and public policy questions of our time - how to provide decent shelter to the masses of people who cannot purchase it in the private market. They look at the question through the lens of international comparisons, identifying causes and some approaches to addressing it, bearing in mind that housing is inseparable from general issues of the capitalist political economy.' --Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, author of The Just City'This collection of essays offers a very welcome, creative and novel take on the contemporary housing question. The editor correctly identifies housing as being pivotal to the shaping of the political events and economic vicissitudes of the early 21st-century. A provocative and engaging read with a good mix of established and new scholars.' --Ray Forrest, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Housing Today Markus Moos PART II HOUSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 2. The Right to Housing Jessie Hohmann 3. Housing and Financialization Manuel B. Aalbers 4. Affordability and Housing Policy in the World’s Cities: Excavating the Global Housing Bubble Alan Walks 5. Affordable Homeownership and Mortgage Markets in an International Context Piyush Tiwari 6. How Urban Regimes Produce and Manage Informality: Insights from Three Different Cases of Informal Housing Pietro Calogero, Jennifer Day, and Neeraj Dangol PART III HOUSING TRENDS AND POLICIES 7. One Policy, Two Paths: The Development of a Chinese National Housing Policy and its Implementation in Chongqing and Shenzhen Ka Ling Cheung, Jennifer Day, Hao Wu, and Richard Tomlinson 8. Social Mix and the Death of Public Housing Martine August 9. Housing Vulnerable Populations in Australia and Beyond Debbie Faulkner, Selina Tually, and Victoria Cornell 10. Sustainable Housing Sarah Godfrey, Jennifer Dean, and Kristen Regier 11. The Regional and Local Dynamics of Life Course and Housing Rik Damhuis, Wouter van Gent, Cody Hochstenbach, and Sako Musterd PART IV HOUSING FUTURES 12. What’s Livable? Comparing Concepts and Metrics for Housing and Livability Nathanael Lauster 13. Sharing Housing: Is There an App for That? Jake Wegmann 14. Innovations in Affordability Policies Nicole Gurran Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book explores and advances contemporary geographical understandings of resistance. Calling for geographers to focus on the emergence of resistance and to avoid making assumptions on the forms it takes, chapters critically interrogate concepts of resistance and illustrate the political potential of re-thinking them.Engaging with anarchist, feminist and postcolonial scholarship, this book traces existing debates on resistance in geography and suggests how they can be productively reanimated. Contributors explore multiple and everyday spaces, subjects, and temporalities of resistance, reconsidering the study of resistance in light of recent ontological developments, including in non-representational theory, the non-human, post-politics and more-than-human geographies. Using detailed case studies, the book examines what critical geographies of resistance might look like in practice, providing insight on how geography can respond to and engage with the contemporary world.Featuring a Foreword by Professor Cindi Katz, this book will be a fascinating read for scholars and students of human, social and cultural geography, geopolitics, sociology, and those studying resistance across the social sciences. It will also be of interest to activists looking to formulate alternative resistant claims and practices.Trade Review‘Sarah Hughes and contributors challenge geographers to think of resistance as emergent, often quotidian, and diffuse. Arguing against intentionality as necessary for resistance, Hughes et al. offer a thought-provoking argument and range of cases to illustrate that geographical attention to resistance may identify nascent political claims and alternative spaces.’ -- Deborah G Martin, Clark University, US‘Critical Geographies of Resistance revisits the discipline’s engagement with resistance from the perspective of contemporary feminist materialism. Addressing many pressing political issues through practices of cross-species friendship, solidarity and posthumanism, the book offers timely reinterpretations of which acts, and which agents, create resistance.’ -- Jo Sharp, University of St Andrews, UK‘Critical Geographies of Resistance reanimates and rethinks the problematic of resistance that has gone fallow in geography for the last twenty years. It collects together new voices who passionately engage with a wide variety of different situations of inequality and injustice, using new approaches to unsettle familiar domination/resistance binaries. The authors take us beyond a purely oppositional imagination, offering instead emergent, relational and always-in-process accounts of resistance. They attend to bodies and places often seen as “outside” the political or simply targets of the political. New maps of resistance are offered, creating expanded possibilities for political paths not yet taken.’ -- Steve Pile, The Open University, UK‘In a turbulent world, how is it possible to recognise the plural politics of resistance? Critical Geographies of Resistance is a landmark collection for the human geography of our times. Tracing the pathways of resistances across multiple spaces and forms, the authors refigure what resistance could mean in human geography.’ -- Louise Amoore, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv 1 Introduction to Critical Geographies of Resistance 1 Sarah M. Hughes PART I RETHINKING RESISTANCE, REFRAMING DEBATES 2 Feminism, resistance and the archive 26 Maria Fannin and Julie MacLeavy 3 Resisting beyond the human: animals and their advocates 41 Catherine Oliver 4 Resistance without subjects: friction and the non-representational geography of everyday resistance 59 Sage Brice 5 Towards a more-than-human theory of resistance: reflections on intentionality, political collectives and opposition 76 Carlotta Molfese 6 Activism and resistance: activist dispositions and the hidden hierarchies of action 92 Charlotte Lee 7 Making space: relational ethnography and emergent resistance 107 Sarah Zell and Amelia Curran PART II EMERGENT RESISTANCE: REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIELD 8 ‘My existence is resistance’: an analysis of disabled people’s everyday lives as an enduring form of resistance 124 Angharad Butler-Rees 9 ‘Bollocks to Brexit’: the geographies of Brexit protest stickers, 2015‒21 138 Hannah Awcock 10 Struggles around housing: La Plaza De La Hoja in Colombia 153 Karen Schouw Iversen 11 ‘What size is the room?’: using the law to resist the UK’s bedroom tax 168 Mel Nowicki 12 Bearing witness at a Home Office reporting centre 182 Amanda Schmid-Scott 13 ‘Unleashing the beast’: emergent resistance in White charity 199 Kahina Meziant 14 Around, despite, and without reference to domination: crafting oppositional human geographies in migrant detention 217 Leah Montange Index

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Book SynopsisWith 78 specially commissioned entries written by a diverse range of contributors, this essential reference book covers the breadth and depth of human geography to provide a lively and accessible state of the art of the discipline for students, instructors and researchers.Carefully curated by two internationally recognised scholars in the field, entries are written by both distinguished and up and coming researchers and encompass the key ideas, concepts, and theories in human geography. The Encyclopedia examines both long standing subdisciplinary fields in human geography like economic geography and urban geography, but also more recent ones such as emotional geographies and indigenous geographies, making a point about the move to plural geographies. The selection of entries reflects both the influence of established developments, such as the ‘cultural turn’, and new advances including the growing interest in Big Data, the more committed focus on decolonization of the discipline, and interest in research on the Anthropocene.This will be fundamental reading for human geography students, particularly undergraduates looking for a succinct and accessible resource for current thinking in the field.Key Features: 78 concise entries from diverse international contributors Encapsulates the state of the art of research in the field Highlights new trends Explores the ways in which human geography is starting to decolonize Trade Review‘Challenging the norm of multi-volume, door-stopper encyclopedias and expensive domain-specific handbooks, this Concise Encyclopedia provides a welcome, reasonably priced and student-accessible introduction to human geography. Diverse in seniority and gender, the authors’ compact, engaging and informed essays cover key concepts and sub-fields, equipping newcomers with the background to engage with contemporary human geography scholarship.’ -- Eric Sheppard, University of California, Los Angeles, US‘This state-of-the-art Encyclopedia provides a collection of fresh, illuminating and inspirational clarification of fundamental concepts in human geography. It sets the new standard for the study of human geography as a spatial science embracing engaged pluralism and committed to impactful knowledge production. An essential reference highly recommended to all of those interested in human-environment interaction and its dynamic changes over time and across space.’ -- George C.S. Lin, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 00 Introduction Loretta Lees and David Demeritt 01 Activism Elise Lecomte 02 Actor Network Theory Kristian Ruming 03 Affect Ben Anderson 04 Animal Geographies Guillem Rubio-Ramon and Krithika Srinivasan 05 Anthropocene Noel Castree 06 Art Friederike Landau-Donnelly 07 Artificial Intelligence Di Zhu and Yingjie Hu 08 Assemblages Pooya Ghoddousi 09 Big Data Francisco Rowe 10 Bodies Carl Bonner-Thompson 11 Bordering Matthew Tillotson 12 Class Julie MacLeavy 13 Colonialism Satish Kumar 14 Comparative Geographies Julie Ren 15 Crime Elizabeth Brown 16 Critical Geographies Lawrence Berg 17 Cultural Geographies Andrew Lapworth 18 Development geographies Andrew McGregor 19 Diaspora Michael Rios 20 Digital Geographies Andrew Dwyer 21 Disabilities Rob Imrie 22 Displacement Emil Pull 23 Economic geographies Felicia Liu 24 Education Ellen Bishop 25 Emotional Katy Bennett and Jay Emery 26 Energy James Angel 27 Environmental geographies Mohammed Rafi Arefin 28 Ethics Mara Ferreri 29 Ethnography Sharda Rozena 30 Feminist geographies Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Miriam Gay-Antaki 31 Food geographies Benjamin Coles 32 Gender Anahid Shirkhodaee and Margaret Walton-Roberts 33 Geographic informations systems Victoria Houlden 34 Geopolitics Gavin Brown 35 Health geographies Niamh Shortt 36 Historical geographies Carry van Lieshout and Benjamin Newman 37 Humanistic geographies Casey D. Allen 38 Identity Christabel Devadoss and Doug Allen 39 Indigenous geographies Christine Añonuevo et al. 40 Infrastructure Kathryn Furlong 41 Labour geographies Debolina Majumder 42 Landscape Martin Phillips 43 Legal geographies Caroline Griffith, Sarah Klosterkamp, Alida Cantor and Austin Kocher 44 Marxist geographies Jamie Gough 45 Migration geographies Joris Schapendonk 46 Military geographies Rachel Woodward and Alice Cree 47 Mobilities Cristina Temenos 48 Music Michelle Duffy 49 Nation-state Máiréad Dunne and Barbara Crossouard 50 Nature Franklin Ginn 51 Neoliberalism Arnaud Brennetot 52 Place Tone Huse 53 Political ecology Elia Apostolopoulou 54 Politics Rhys Jones 55 Population geographies Elin Charles-Edwards 56 Post-colonial geographies Eduardo Ascensão 57 Poverty Mark Fransham 58 Power Liza Griffin 59 Psychoanalytical geographies Lucas Pohl 60 Public space Jason Luger 61 Race Archie Davies and Nadia Mosquera Muriel 62 Radical geographies Joe Penny 63 Realism (critical) Andy Pratt 64 Relational geographies Martin Jones 65 Religion Justin Tse and Lily Kong 66 Representation/al Amy Barron and Joe Blakey 67 Risk George Warren 68 Rural geographies Niamh McHugh 69 Scale Andrew Kythreotis and Andrew E.G. Jonas 70 Segregation Tia Ndu 71 Sexualities Mel Jones 72 Social geographies Michele Lobo 73 Space Peter Merriman 74Time Clara Rivas-Alonso 75 Transport geographies Debbie Hopkins and Anna Plyushteva 76 Uneven development Hamish Kallin 77 Urban geograpghies Mark Davidson 78 Young people Lorraine van Blerk

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Book SynopsisBill Pritchard provides an important update on how current trade methodologies are implemented as China becomes one of the world’s largest fresh fruit importers from countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The book also looks at their distinctive trade aspects and what can be learnt from alternative practices carried out in other countries through the use of global production networks. An in-depth analysis provides the reader with a welcome insight into existing processes from production through to export, often through informal routes, with a marketing structure providing more power to the distributors and brokers and mixed effects on the farmers. Using empirical evidence from four countries, this book explores what could, and should, be implemented in this under-researched topic to aid rural development.This will be an invaluable resource for researchers of human geography, international trade and Asian studies, particularly those with a focus on Southeast Asia and China.Trade Review‘The book opens up a rich field for research, presents valuable empirical insights, and provides inspiration for further inquiry.’ -- Niels Fold, The Developing Economies‘This edited volume brings together a set of timely and much needed research contributions on the pattern, nature and dynamics of the exports of fresh fruit from Southeast Asian countries to China. A palette of detailed case studies jointly develop our understanding of the emerging regional organization of agricultural trade flows directed to the food market in China by revealing new and different forms of inter-firm relationships and regulatory measures compared to similar but well-researched production networks that connect the Global South to the Global North.’ -- Niels Fold, University of Copenhagan, Denmark‘This book addresses a variety of case studies of South Asian regions, which are still under researched in comparison to their economic importance. The Australian economic geographer Bill Pritchard and his eleven Asian co-authors combine existing theories with their own regional perspectives on the fast emerging fruit value chains between South Asia and China. This is also very interesting from a general analytical perspective as it broadens the view on otherwise often overlooked dynamics and challenges which help our understanding of current value chain dynamics.’ -- Peter Dannenberg, University of Cologne, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Fresh fruit exports from mainland Southeast Asian countries to China: background context and key questions for research and policy 1 Bill Pritchard 2 Laotian borderland fruit production for the Chinese market: a case study on watermelon in Luangnamtha Province 26 Khammerng Bannalath and Vanthana Nolintha 3 Myanmar’s mango export to China and Singapore: implications for export destination diversification 42 Koji Kubo and Wah Wah Htun 4 Myanmar’s watermelon exports to China: impacts of unofficial investment by Chinese on the diffusion of a horticultural crop 62 Koji Kubo 5 Thai exports of durian to China: the expanding role of Chinese entrepreneurs 81 Nattapon Tantrakoonsab and Wannarat Tantrakoonsab 6 Thai exports of longan to China: implications of Chinese investment on Thai stakeholders 105 Aungkana Kmonpetch and Waranya Jitpong 7 The interlinkage of the Vietnamese horticultural sector with the Chinese market: the case of watermelons 120 Fumie Takanashi 8 The changing dragon fruit value chain in Vietnam: the increased presence of the Chinese in the chain 138 Shozo Sakata 9 The distribution of imported fresh fruits from Southeast Asia in China 154 Chun Yang Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book defines the concept of immured spaces across time, space and culture and investigates various categories of restricted places such as divided, segregated and protected spaces. Drawing on examples from across the world, this book analyses not only what separates and divides space, but also the wide variety of impacts that the imposition of new barriers and boundaries or the opening of existing ones has on places, people and surrounding areas. Contributors integrate case studies with theoretical analysis to draw conclusions and advance an analytical framework of immured spaces. The chapters present a point of reference to highlight areas of significance and also to encourage further detailed work in this important area.The book has a strong research dimension and will therefore be of interest to academic communities in planning, cultural heritage, psychology, architecture and urban studies. In addition, the use of case studies to develop a common framework will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review‘In Boundaries and Restricted Places, Balkiz Yapicioglu and Konstantinos Lalenis present a sometimes disquieting, sometimes inspiring collection of case studies on immured spaces. From the Old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław, gated communities in Brazil, or the forbidden part of Piraeus, the journey continues to borders in Ireland or Beirut, Nicosia or Indian slums. Scholars of border studies, geography, or spatial planning and architecture will cherish this rich contribution to a better understanding of enclosure and exclusion.’ -- Ben Davy, Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa‘Sometimes a testament to nationalism, racism, exclusivity, insecurity, or xenophobia, immured spaces and their material representations – walls, borders, gates, and boundaries – have always been an attribute of the urban. This collection of essays expands our notion of immured spaces and pushes us to rethink them through its rich account of material and immaterial, real and perceived spaces for the living and for the dead from different cities around the globe.’ -- Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Boundaries and Restricted Places: The Immured Space 1 Balkiz Yapicioglu and Konstantinos Lalenis PART I DIVIDED SPACES 2 The immured against the divided: the case of the walled city Nicosia 12 Balkiz Yapicioglu and Kenan Güven. 3 Navigating through invisible barriers: the evolution of immured Beirut 23 Christine Mady 4 How a long-lasting political crisis and political ambitions create damage to society – the case of the Vistula Spit area 37 Anna Brzezińska-Rawa 5 Borders in Ireland 2021: from immured places to integration to divergence? 49 Brendan Williams 6 Divided architectures: hidden infrastructures of separation and cohesion 64 David Coyles and Clare Mulholland PART II SEGREGATED SPACES 7 The ‘gate’ in Pomakochoria, Greece: memories of underdevelopment? 80 Konstantinos Lalenis 8 The present in the future: segregation and boundaries in the urban science fiction film 96 Marko Kiessel and Jonathan Stubbs 9 Unpacking immured spaces from statutory property rights in Australian strata and Indian slum land rights 111 Rebecca Leshinsky, Pranab R. Choudhury and Serene Ho 10 Investigating how abandoned and derelict cultural heritage can evolve into informal public space 126 Aliye Menteş and Cem Yardımcı 11 Poetic prostitution or female bondage? Troumpa quarter in Piraeus and Tabakika in the city of Larissa 140 Konstantinos Moraitis and Maria Markatou PART III PROTECTED SPACES 12 The gated communities and their socio-spatial configurations in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, Brazil 154 Eliana do Pilar Rocha and Carlos Smaniotto Costa 13 The Leviathan of the South: awakening the public-use of green areas in private condominiums? Emerging practices in São Paulo, Brazil 168 Safira De La Sala and Everaldo Augusto Cambler 14 Immured spaces: narratives of policy instruments. Coastal spaces along the southern part of the Caspian Sea in the north of Iran 184 Maedeh Hedayatifard 15 Opening up of gated communities: a reality of a mirage? 198 Yung Yau PART IV SPACES BEYOND 16 Boundaries in the city between the living and the dead 211 Yannis Polymenidis 17 Hidden space 224 Rena Karanouh 18 Spaces beyond borders: art on and within the walls of the immured neighbourhood of Surlariçi in Nicosia 239 Alev Adil 19 Nobody’s or everybody’s place? The Old Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw – the story of destruction and protection 250 Magdalena Belof 20 Opening the barrier of military immured spaces in Italy: is their regeneration going beyond the threshold of boundaries? 263 Federico Camerin PART V CONNECTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE IMMURED SPACE 21 Conclusion: connecting the diversity of the immured space 278 Konstantinos Lalenis and Balkiz Yapicioglu Index

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Book SynopsisInformed by the latest theoretical developments in studies of the social impacts of digital technology, Smart-Tech Society provides an empirically grounded and conceptually informed analysis of the impacts and paradoxes of smart-technology.While making life more convenient, smart-tech has also been associated with a loss of privacy and control over decision-making autonomy. Mark Whitehead and William Collier provide a critical analysis of the lived experience of smart-technology, presenting stories of varied social engagements with digital platforms and devices. Chapters explore the myriad contexts in and through which smart-tech insinuates itself within everyday life, the benefits it brings, and the processes through which it is being resisted. Detailed case studies explore the impacts of smart-technology across a broad range of fields including personal health, work, social life, urban management, and politics.Presenting new empirical evidence and analytical perspectives on the relationships between humans and smart-tech, this book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of sociology, political science, human geography, and technology studies.Trade Review‘The pages of this book take the reader on a perceptive and revealing journey through the smart-tech society. Bringing clarity to these disorientating and far-reaching transformations, it offers guidance, understanding and an irresistible call to engage with how the future might yet be shaped.’ -- David Beer, University of York, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Smart-Tech Revolution 2. Analysing the smart-tech society 3. Prediction, personalisation, and the data self 4. Behaviour and freedom 5. The smart body—from cyborgs to the quantified self 6. Smart working and the corporation 7. Smart-tech states 8. Dumbing down—recalibrating our relations with smart technology 9. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines advances in teaching and learning at undergraduate level from the disciplines of geography education, neuroscience and learning science. Connecting these disciplines, the chapters integrate research on how students learn and explain how to teach students to think geographically and develop a deeper understanding of their world.Questioning what it means to think geographically, the editors identify ten elements that characterize thinking geographically including the weaving of various perspectives, making connections, creating meaning through spatial thinking, relational thinking and multi-scalar thinking. The book offers a collection of turnkey exercises designed by geography educators for use in human geography courses. These insightful exercises are designed to assist with promoting geographic thinking and learning, The editors provide a matrix that serves as an outstanding resource.Teaching Human Geographymakes a unique and significant contribution to geography education as an excellent resource for instructors looking to improve their practice and facilitate learning. Addressing how geography teaching can be transformed, it will also improve undergraduates' ability to think geographically by integrating research in learning science and geography education.Trade Review‘This extremely readable book shows geography to be the world subject. More than this, it argues that “students who learn to think geographically … discover a new way of seeing the world”. In the context of Anthropocene, the educational potential of geography is therefore vast – but is not guaranteed. This book expertly melds theoretical perspectives about ‘learning’ with some brilliant examples of structured teaching and thus makes a fine contribution to the development of geography education in practice.’ -- David Lambert, UCL Institute of Education, UK‘There has arguably never been a more urgent need for young people to learn how to think geographically at a high level of proficiency. This book demonstrates the significance of geography’s powerful knowledge for understanding human systems with many practical applications to support high quality geography instruction.’ -- Michael Solem, Texas State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Donald Zeigler xv PART I THEORIES AND PRACTICE IN THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY 1 Introduction to theories and practice in thinking geographically 2 Erin Hogan Fouberg and Janet Stuhrenberg Smith 2 Thinking geographically 11 Janet Stuhrenberg Smith 3 Learning geographic concepts 39 Erin Hogan Fouberg 4 Learning, visualizing, and thinking through maps 58 Janet Stuhrenberg Smith 5 Personalizing geographic knowledge through fieldwork 86 Erin Hogan Fouberg 6 Plasticity and change: lifelong geographic learning 100 Erin Hogan Fouberg PART II EXERCISES IN GEOGRAPHIC THINKING 7 Introduction to exercises to promote geographic thinking and learning 112 Janet Stuhrenberg Smith and Erin Hogan Fouberg 8 Engaging group-based exercises 116 Larianne Collins, Erin Hogan Fouberg, Jody Smothers-Marcello, Jamie L. Strickland, Caitlin Finlayson, Sunita George, Amanda Rees, and Janet Stuhrenberg Smith 9 Powerful field-based and place-based exercises 178 Raymond Greene, Jacqueline L. Waite, William G. Moseley, Matthew R. Cook, and Alex Oberle 10 Integrative project-based exercises 209 Thomas R. Craig, Leslie McLees, and Ronald V. Kalafsky Index 229

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Forward-looking and innovative, Elgar Research Agendas are an essential resource for PhD students, scholars and anybody who wants to be at the forefront of research.Exploring current debates on the topic, this book maps out an agenda for theory, research and practice about the role and function of small and medium-sized towns in various contexts and at different territorial scales. Chapters highlight new insights and approaches to studying small and medium-sized towns, moving beyond the ‘urban bias’ to provide nuanced thought on these spaces both in terms of their relation to larger cities, and in terms of implications related to their size.Contributions from top scholars in the field across a number of disciplines cover a broad range of relevant areas of study, including: socio-spatial identities, urbanization, suburbanization, resilience, innovation, entrepreneurship, industrial and tourism development and digitalization. The book concludes with an outline of the road ahead and a call for further theorizing.Urban planning and human geography scholars will find this to be an invigorating read with contributions from scholars across urban planning, economic geography, tourism and public policy providing a holistic understanding of the topic.Trade Review‘I’m so excited about this book! Small towns have long been an understudied topic in geography, sociology, economics and other disciplines. This book is an important step forward as it moves beyond the case-study approach to consider broader implications of technology, culture, and sustainability in these places.’ -- Jennifer Mapes, Kent State University, US‘There is considerable life, dynamism, opportunities and much potential to be tapped beyond the big city. But academic scholars have mostly overlooked this potential and ignored the role of towns. Mayer and Lazzeroni redress this wrong and provide the ultimate agenda for researching small and medium-sized towns.’ -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK‘This volume shows that while big cities often steal the limelight – either because of their national economic importance or the intensity of their social, economic and environmental problems – small and medium-sized towns are an important dimension of urbanization, with significant implications for economic development, quality of life, sustainability, and environmental quality.’ -- Paul Knox, Virginia Tech, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns 1 Heike Mayer and Michela Lazzeroni 2 Between urban and rural: socio-spatial identities in small and medium-sized towns 9 Annett Steinführer 3 Small and medium-sized towns: out of the dark agglomeration shadows and into the bright city lights? 23 Evert Meijers and Martijn Burger 4 Urbanisation, suburbanisation and territorial development: research issues for small and medium-sized towns 39 Christophe Demazière 5 The resilience of small and medium-sized towns in times of crisis and recovery 57 Michela Lazzeroni 6 Innovation and entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized towns 73 Heike Mayer 7 (Re)discovering the small and medium-sized industrial town and its development potential 87 David Bole 8 Cultural tourism as a tool for transformation in small and medium-sized towns 105 Chiara Rabbiosi and Dimitri Ioannides 9 Digital and smart places: ensuring a rural fit in times of urban-biased technological push 125 Koen Salemink 10 The important role of nature in planning for small cities 141 Timothy Beatley 11 Public policy and small and medium-sized towns 161 David Kaufmann and Stefan Wittwer 12 Agents of change in small and medium-sized towns 177 Arnault Morisson 13 The road ahead: advancing our research agenda for small and medium-sized towns in a world of uneven development 193 Heike Mayer and Michela Lazzeroni Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Encyclopedia provides a nuanced overview of the key concepts of urban and regional planning and design. Embracing a broad understanding of planning and design within and beyond the professions, it examines what planners and designers can do in and for a community. Covering both classic and novel planning theories, this Encyclopedia adopts an evolutionary perspective, reflecting on the changing meanings of terms over time. Featuring over 140 contributions drawn from diverse fields, it highlights the cross-disciplinary nature of planning and design. Contributors give practical insight into the field, and advance scientific knowledge and public conversation on planning and design.The Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design will be an essential resource for students and scholars of planning, design, urban studies and governance. It will also be highly useful for practitioners and civil servants seeking to deepen their understanding of public works, planning and environmental policy.Key Features: Critical perspectives on core concepts and debates Reflection on how to avoid reproducing current power/knowledge relations Explores connections between fields and disciplines in planning and design Extensive cross-referencing between entries Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Elgar encyclopedia in urban and regional planning and design: the productive fiction of unity in diversity 1 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 1 Adaptive planning 5 Gert de Roo 2 Adaptive reuse 8 Bie Plevoets and Francesca Lanz 3 Advocacy planning 11 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 4 Affordable housing 13 Alan Mallach 5 Agonism 16 John Erik Pløger 6 Area-based management tools 19 Froukje Maria Platjouw 7 Art: public art and planning 21 Tony Matthews 8 Assemblage 23 Gareth Abrahams 9 Asset and asset-based development 27 Ivis García 10 Autopoietic social systems and planning thought 31 Angelique Chettiparamb 11 Big data and machine learning 35 Lasse Gerrits and Sofia Pagliarin 12 Big Other 38 Elham Bahmanteymouri 13 Biophilic urbanism 40 Timothy Beatley 14 Biopolitics 44 Claudio Minca 15 Blueprint planning 47 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 16 Boundary organisation 49 Daan Boezeman 17 Boundary spanning 52 Daan Boezeman 18 Brownfield development 53 Luís Carlos Loures 19 Central planning, its geographies and scales 56 Barbara Czarniawska 20 Citizen science in spatial and environmental problems 59 Lasse Gerrits, Alexander Los and Sofia Pagliarin 21 Climate change adaptation planning and resilience 63 S. Jeff Birchall and Danielle Koleyak 22 Colonial legacies in planning and design 67 Kristof Van Assche, Martijn Duineveld and Raoul Beunen 23 Commons 69 Stefano Moroni 24 Communicative planning theory and its critiques 71 Raine Mäntysalo 25 Complexity and planning 74 Gert de Roo 26 Conflict and shock 78 Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen 27 Conservation subdivision design 80 Randall Arendt 28 Corruption 87 Stefano Moroni 29 Creativity 89 Raoul Beunen, Kristof Van Assche and Martijn Duineveld 30 Critical planning 91 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 31 Culture and planning culture 92 Frank Othengrafen 32 Density 96 Jill L. Grant 33 Dependencies in planning and governance 100 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 34 Design: public–private divides in the urban realm 102 Ali Madanipour 35 Design: tensions and ambiguities 104 Ali Madanipour 36 Desire, drive, disavowal 106 Elham Bahmanteymouri 37 Digitalization in planning 111 Anna M. Hersperger, Sofia Pagliarin and Lasse Gerrits 38 Disability and urban planning 115 Lisa Stafford and Matt Novacevski 39 Dispositif 118 John Erik Pløger 40 Downtown development and revitalization 122 Dagney Faulk 41 Earthly attachments in the Anthropocene 125 Edward H. Huijbens 42 Ecosystems-based governance 129 Froukje Maria Platjouw 43 Ecosystems services 132 Davide Geneletti and Chiara Cortinovis 44 Energy and strategic energy planning 134 Martijn Gerritsen 45 Environmental justice 137 Stijn Neuteleers 46 European spatial planning 142 Andreas Faludi 47 Experiment 146 Torill Nyseth 48 Expertise and local knowledge 148 Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld and Kristof Van Assche 49 Foresight and visioning 150 Timothy J. Dixon 50 Fragility, resilience and design 153 Esther Charlesworth and John Fien 51 Garden City and Garden City ideas 157 Christine Garnaut 52 Genius loci and design 160 Randall S. Lindstrom 53 Green activism 165 Michael Hardman 54 Heritage planning 167 Karim van Knippenberg 55 History: learning from urban and environmental history 169 Jill L. Grant 56 Homelessness policy and planning 175 Joshua Evans 57 Identity 179 Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen 58 Ideology 181 Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen 59 Inclusion/exclusion 183 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 60 Indigenous planning 185 Theodore Jojola 61 Informal settlements 189 Debadutta Parida 62 Informality 193 Raoul Beunen, Kristof Van Assche and Martijn Duineveld 63 Infrastructure and planning 195 Tim Busscher and Marijn van Geet 64 Innovation 199 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 65 Institutions and institutionalism 201 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 66 Insurgent planning 203 Efadul Huq 67 International and transnational planning 205 Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld and Kristof Van Assche 68 Lacan’s four discourses in planning 207 Mohsen Mohammadzadeh 69 Lacanian approaches to planning 212 Elham Bahmanteymouri 70 Land consolidation 215 Terry van Dijk 71 Legibility 217 Derk Jan Stobbelaar 72 Line of flight 220 Gareth Abrahams 73 Livelihoods, planning for 222 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 74 Long-term perspectives and futures 224 Peter Pelzer and Wieke Pot 75 Master signifiers 228 Mohsen Mohammadzadeh 76 Memory, legacy, history 231 Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen 77 Methods 233 Kristof Van Assche, Martijn Duineveld and Raoul Beunen 78 Milieu 235 Jean Hillier 79 Mixed-use 239 Markus Moos and Tara Vinodrai 80 Modernism and planning 241 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 81 Multiplicity 243 Freek de Haan 82 Narrative 247 Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen 83 Neighbourhood design 249 Ali Madanipour 84 Network governance 253 Joop Koppenjan 85 New public management 257 Kris Hartley 86 New urbanism 260 Katherine Perrott 87 Noise and city design 263 Juan Miguel Barrigón Morillas, Guillermo Rey Gozalo and David Montes González 88 Nomocracy 266 Stefano Moroni 89 Object formation 268 Henk-Jan Kooij 90 Organization theory, lessons for the relation between planning and politics 271 Barbara Czarniawska 91 Participation 274 Torill Nyseth 92 Participatory planning and design 277 Jesus J. Lara 93 Place-based development 280 Greg Halseth, Laura Ryser and Sean Markey 94 Place branding in strategic spatial planning 284 Eduardo da Silva Oliveira 95 Policy integration 288 Jeroen J.L. Candel 96 Polycentricity 290 Wil Zonneveld 97 Post-colonialism – and beyond 295 Patrick Devlieger 98 Post-disaster planning 297 Robert Coates and Jeroen Warner 99 Power and planning 301 Raphaël Fischler 100 Power in planning literature 303 Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Kristof Van Assche 101 Power/knowledge 305 Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld and Kristof Van Assche 102 Property 307 Benjamin David Davy 103 Property rights and planning 310 Eran S. Kaplinsky 104 Public debate, discussion and dialogue 312 Noelle Aarts 105 Public interest 314 Stefano Moroni 106 Public–private partnerships 316 Stefan Verweij 107 Qualitative comparative analysis in planning studies 320 Lasse Gerrits and Sofia Pagliarin 108 Rationality and planning 324 Gert de Roo 109 Regional design 328 Terry van Dijk 110 Regional planning 330 Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld and Kristof Van Assche 111 Research through design 332 Sanda Lenzholzer 112 Resource towns: mining and social disruption 334 Lochner Marais 113 Rhetoric 336 James Throgmorton 114 Rhythmanalysis in planning 338 Robin A. Chang 115 Rules 341 Stefano Moroni 116 Self-organization 343 Ward Rauws 117 Shrinking cities and urban shrinkage 347 Marjan Marjanović 118 Smart cities: hype and reality 351 Sofia Pagliarin and Lasse Gerrits 119 Smart growth 354 Katherine Perrott 120 Social capital in governance and sustainable development 357 Stefan Partelow 121 Social-ecological systems 362 Fikret Berkes 122 Social innovation and planning 365 Gert Verschraegen and Stijn Oosterlynck 123 Social justice 370 Susan S. Fainstein 124 Spatial planning concepts 373 Wil Zonneveld 125 Sprawl 375 Hans Leinfelder and Edwin Buitelaar 126 Storytelling 377 Terry van Dijk 127 Strata 378 Gareth Abrahams 128 Strategic navigation 380 Jean Hillier 129 Strategic spatial planning 383 Räine Mäntysalo 130 Strategy 387 Raoul Beunen, Kristof Van Assche and Martijn Duineveld 131 Systems thinking 389 Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld 132 Therapy, planning as 392 Lisa Schweitzer 133 Think tanks 395 Daan Boezeman 134 Transition 396 René Kemp and Patrick Huntjens 135 Transversality 399 Jean Hillier 136 Trust 402 Jasper R. de Vries 137 Urban climate responsive planning and design 404 Sanda Lenzholzer 138 Utopia 406 David Pinder 139 Values and rational judgments: the role of ethics 408 Claudia Basta 140 Verticality 412 Ana Aceska 141 Walkability 415 Katherine Perrott 142 Waste picking 418 Radhika Borde 143 Youthification 420 Markus Moos 144 Zoning 423 Raphaël Fischler

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM.Drawing on the rich personal archive of the geographer Josué de Castro, this book tells a new history of geography by following one of the twentieth century’s most influential and creative Brazilian intellectuals from the estuarine city of Recife to the halls of the UN, the chambers of Brasília, and exile amid the political fervour of the universities of Paris in 1968.This is the first English language book on the absorbing life of Josué de Castro. It follows modern anticolonial geographical thought in formation, re-reading Castro’s metabolic, humanist geography as the anchor of a utopian practice of freedom: the demand for a world without hunger.Starting from Castro’s life and work, the book offers new takes on the history of nutrition, translation in geography, Brazilian modernist art and practice in post-war internationalism, the radical geographical intellectual, the problem of the region in the Brazilian Northeast, and the birth of political ecology and critical environmental thought. At once a biographical intellectual history and a work of geographical theory, this innovative book tells the story of 20th century geography from a new angle and in new company.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE: 1930-1946 THE GEOGRAPHY OF HUNGER AND METABOLIC HUMANISMCHAPTER TWO: THE GEOGRAPHY OF HUNGER AND ITS POLITICS OF TRANSLATIONCHAPTER THREE: 1946-1951: THE CRY IN THE SERTÃO: ART AND THE UNIVERSAL IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF HUNGERCHAPTER FOUR: 1952-56: CASTRO AT THE FAO: HUNGER AND TECHNOCRATIC UTOPIANISMCHAPTER FIVE: 1955-64: THE NORTHEASTERN QUESTIONCHAPTER SIX: 1960-1968: THE QUESTION OF THE INTELLECTUAL: REGION, NATION, EXILECHAPTER SEVEN: 1968-1973: READING FRAGMENTS: VINCENNES, THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND ANTICOLONIALISMCONCLUSION: MILITANT GEOGRAPHY AND METABOLIC HUMANISM

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Over the past decade, digital geographies has emerged as a dynamic area of scholarly enquiry, critically examining how the digital has reshaped the geography of our world. Bringing together authors working at the cutting-edge of the field, and grounding abstract ideas in case studies, this Research Agenda looks at the ways in which technology has altered all aspects of society, culture and the environment.Chapters explore four key themes: the role of technology infrastructures; the ways that winners and losers are created at the digital margins; the power of the digital to create new spaces; and the ways that the digital is changing research methods. Critically outlining the state of play around these topics, each chapter unpacks a case study related to pioneering research, suggesting possible avenues for research that digital geographers might pursue. The Research Agenda concludes with an identification of three priority areas for future work: the intimate nature of our relations with technology; approaches to resisting the power of technology companies; and finally, the need for more interdisciplinary approaches to examining digital geographies.Rooted in the subject areas of technology, geography, sociology and political science, A Research Agenda for Digital Geographies will be greatly valuable to human and socio-cultural geographers, and digital social scientists with an interest in how the digital affects society and space.Trade Review‘Covering a wide range of topics and areas of research in short and effective chapters, Osborne, Jones, and a diverse group of collaborators have assembled a useful guide to the multiple trajectories, current state of knowledge, and future possibilities of digital geographies.’ -- Luis F. Alvarez Leon, Dartmouth College, US‘With its emphasis on digital geographies in action, this volume focuses much needed critical attention on a diverse set of digital technologies and what they mean for different groups in society. Collectively, the chapters provide a fascinating and insightful analysis of current grounded research and future prospects.’ -- Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Digital Geographies 1 Tess Osborne and Phil Jones PART I DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES 2 Digital geographies and the location economy: towards a transdisciplinary research agenda 19 Peta Mitchell, Marcus Foth and Markus Rittenbruch 3 Do digital technologies have politics? Imaginaries, practices and socio-political implications of civic blockchain 27 Fabio Iapaolo, Chiara Certom. and Paolo Giaccaria 4 Concepts for robot geographies 41 Shanti Sumartojo 5 The radio spectrum: an imperceptible infrastructure? 53 Daisy Curtis PART II DIGITAL METHODS AND APPROACHES 6 Virtual reality, place and affect 69 Zoe Gardner, Katy Bennett and Stefano De Sabbata 7 Wearable biosensors: an agenda for digital embodied methods 83 Tess Osborne, Paulo Morgado, Daniel Paiva and H. Shellae Versey 8 Digital film in therapeutic landscapes 97 Rosie Knowles 9 Doing digital children’s geographies, imperfectly: methodological reflections on a child-led digital tour in a slum neighbourhood in the Philippines 111 Aireen Grace Andal PART III DIGITAL MARGINS 10 Situating data: a critique of universalist approaches to data 127 Azadeh Akbari 11 The digital geographies of an asylum seeker: exploring the political potential of digital self-representation for marginalised populations 133 Seerat Kaur 12 Trusting data: the everyday geographies of gay men and digital data 147 Carl Bonner-Thompson 13 Digital geographies and ecologies 159 Jonathon Turnbull and Adam Searle PART IV DIGITAL SPACEMAKING 14 Geographies of the metaverse 177 Phil Jones 15 Disruptive spacemaking and extended reality 187 Rosie Wright 16 Digital placemaking: experiencing places through mobile media 199 Maciej Gł.wczyński 17 The mundane digital geographies of public space: a speculative visual approach 211 Robert Lundberg 18 Conclusion: toward a research agenda for digital geographies 225 Phil Jones and Tess Osborne Index 231

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