Human geography Books
Bristol University Press Landscapes of Hate: Tracing Spaces, Relations and
Book SynopsisProviding a much-needed perspective on exclusion and discrimination, this book offers a distinct spatial approach to the topic of hate studies. Of interest to academics and students of human geography, criminology, sociology and beyond, the book highlights enduring, diverse and uneven experiences of hate in contemporary society. The collection explores the intersecting experiences of those targeted on the basis of assumed and historically marginalized identities. It illustrates the role of specific spaces and places in shaping hate, why space matters for how hate is encountered and the importance of space in challenging cultures of hate. This analysis of who is able to use or abuse space offers a novel insight into discourses of hate and lived experiences of victimization.Table of Contents1. Introducing Landscapes of Hate - Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan 2. Examining the Contours of Hate: A Critical Hate Studies Analysis - Zoë James and Katie McBride 3. Hiding the Harm? An Argument against Misogyny Hate Crime - Fiona Vera-Gray and Bianca Fileborn 4. Constructing Britain’s Hated Landscapes: The Linguistic and Ideological Construction of Toxteth - Alice Butler-Warke 5. Negotiating Landscapes of (Un)safety: Atmospheres and Ambivalence in Female Students’ Everyday Geographies - Matthew Durey, Nicola Roberts and Catherine Donovan 6. Becoming Visible, Becoming Vulnerable? Bodies, Material Spaces and Affective Economies of Hate - John Clayton, Catherine Donovan and Stephen Macdonald 7. The Role of Space and Place in Learning Disabled People’s Experiences of Disablist Violence - Ellen Daly and Olivia Smith 8. Hostility, Hate and Humiliation: Disability Hate Crime on UK Public Transport - David Wilkin 9. Safe Spaces or Spaces of Control? Racial Tensions at Predominantly White Institutions - Denise Goerisch 10. ‘It’s Not Hate to … [Say] That Gay Sex Leads to Hell’: Contesting Hate, Reiterating Heteronormativities - Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash 11. Speaking Back and Seeing Beyond the Landscapes of Hate - Rick Bowler and Amina Razak 12. Rethinking Responses To Hate: Towards a Socio-ecological Approach - Edward Hall 13. Afterword: Spatializing Hate: Relational, Intersectional and Emotional Approaches - Peter Hopkins
£76.00
Bristol University Press Activist Feminist Geographies
Book SynopsisThis book is novel and unlike any other book out there. It will expand the knowledge base on activist Feminist Geography research in one place and include cutting-edge original research.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Kate Boyer, LaToya Eaves, and Jennifer Fluri 1. Evacuation Lost: Activism and Scholarship in a Time of Geopolitical Crisis – Jennifer Fluri 2. Women Weaving Critical Geographies – GeoBrujas-Comunidad de Geógrafas: Frida Itzel Rivera Juárez, Gabriela Mariana Fenner- Sánchez, Karla Helena Guzmán Velázquez, Valeria Ysunza, Tlazol Tlemoyotl, Esperanza González Hernández, and Karina Flores Cruz 3. Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador as Feminist Geography Collective Praxis – Sofia Zaragocin, Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Guglielmina Falanga, Amanda Yépez, and Gabriela Ruales 4. Legacies of Black Feminist Activism in the US South – LaToya E. Eaves 5. LGBTQ+ Activism and Morality Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding the Dynamic Equilibrium in Czechia from a Broader Transnational Perspective – Michal Pitoňák 6. Sexual Harassment and Claiming the Right to Everyday Life – Kate Boyer 7. Giving Birth in a ‘Hostile Environment’ – Maria Fannin 8. Respectful Relationalities: Researching with Those Who Contest or Have Concerns about Changes in Sexual and Gender Legislation and Cultures – Kath Browne and Catherine Nash Conclusion – Kate Boyer, LaToya Eaves, and Jennifer Fluri
£77.39
Bristol University Press End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the
Book SynopsisSince the earliest days of civilization, streets have played an important role in shaping society – but what is a street? Is it a living ecosystem, a public space, a social space, an economic space or a combination of these? The focus on automotive travel over the past century has changed the role of streets in cities. This has degraded the quality of urban life and contributed to public health issues. This book offers a unique look at streets as locations that can evolve to support the economic, social, cultural and natural aspects of cities. Using modern urban design examples, it challenges readers to focus not only on the livability and travel benefits of roads, but on how the power of streets can be harnessed. In so doing, it shapes more dynamic spaces for walking, biking and living, and aims to stimulate urban vitality and community regeneration, encouraging policymakers and individuals to make changes in their own communities.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Recent History of the Street 3. The Street for Transport 4. The Street as Economic Space 5. The Street as Social Space 6. The Street as Cultural Space 7. The Street as a Natural Space 8. The Challenges to Ending the Road 9. Beyond Streets: Integrating Behavior 10. A Window into the Future: New Vehicles, New Streets 11. A Call to Action: Streets as the Heart of the City
£25.64
Baby Professor Major Rivers of the World Earth Geography Grade 4
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Guilford Publications Eight Eurocentric Historians
Book SynopsisThis volume examines and critiques the work of a diverse group of Eurocentric historians who have strongly shaped our understanding of world history. Building upon the foundations laid in his previous book, The Colonizer's Model of the World, which provided a systematic overview of the nature and evolution of Eurocentrism, Blaut focuses in depth on Max Weber, Lynn White, Jr., Robert Brenner, Eric L. Jones, Michael Mann, John A. Hall, Jared Diamond, and David Landes. The role of each of these thinkers in generating colonialist understandings of history is described, and the fallacious assumptions at the roots of their arguments are revealed. Working toward an alternative understanding of the origins of modernity, this clearly written book provides invaluable insights and tools for students and scholars of history, geography, sociology, anthropology, and postcolonialism. Trade ReviewThis is a hard-hitting but infinitely justified skewering of the standard line on the 'miracle' of the West's rise to hegemony. Blaut begins with the Eurocentric racism of Max Weber vis-à-vis Islam and the Far East, and proceeds methodically down to Weber's most recent heirs, including Eric Jones and David Landes. He demonstrates his points through a close, albeit critical, reading of the works of these eight historians who have attributed Western superiority to ideology, values, capitalism, geopolitics, climate, and technological inventiveness. Blaut sets forth a powerful alternative explanation, one he promises to expand in a forthcoming third volume. --Janet Abu-Lughod, Department of Sociology, New School for Social ResearchThis book is a sequel and complement to Blaut's earlier work, The Colonizer's Model of the World, in which he examined and rejected alleged European exeptionalism' and superiority based on religion, race, environment, and culture. Blaut returns to this same battlefield now. One after another, as in a shooting gallery, he not only hits but dissects and completely demolishes the ideology-dressed-up-as-theory of the eight most prominent exponents of Eurocentrism, from the now classic statement of Max Weber to its contemporary best selling versions by Jared Diamond and David Landes. A 'must' for macro sociologists and historians. --Andre Gunder Frank, Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of Miami and Florida International UniversityThis book dissects and completely demolishes the ideology-dressed-up-as-theory of the eight most prominent exponents of Eurocentrism in world history, from the now classic statement of Max Weber to its contemporary bestselling versions by Jared Diamond and David Landes. A 'must' for macro sociologists and historians. --Andre Gunder Frank, Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of Miami and Florida International UniversityThis is a significant work, one that is sure to be both widely read and controversial. Blaut contends with some major thinkers whose work has been relatively unchallenged. He takes strong critical positions and backs them up thoroughly. --Ronald H. Chilcote, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside; editor of Latin American PerspectivesThis book is original...timely, well-written, and accessible. I would recommend it for capstone undergraduate history courses and for introductory graduate-level courses in world history. --Peter Gran, Department of History, Temple University, author of Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History -Table of Contents1. Eurocentric History2. Max Weber: Western Rationality3. Lynn White, Jr.: Inventive Europeans4. Robert Brenner: The Tunnel of Time5. Eric L. Jones: The European Miracle6. Michael Mann: The March of History7. John A. Hall: Democratic Europeans8. Jared Diamond: Euro-Environmentalism9. David Landes: The Empire Strikes Back10. Thirty Reasons Why Europeans Are Better Than Everyone Else (A Checklist)11. The Model
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ESRI Press Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS
Book SynopsisHuman geography, taught with live, interactive maps and data for a unique geographic perspective.The essential concepts and theories of human geography are brought to life thanks to the innovative integration of modern web maps.Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online, second edition, explains topics such as migration, race and ethnicity, food and agriculture, manufacturing and services, urban geography, and cultural geography. Unlike traditional textbooks, this book approaches geography through the use of ArcGIS® Online and provides exercises for interacting with, analyzing, and creating maps. ArcGIS Online is a browser-based geographic information system (GIS) that allows users to explore thousands of geographic datasets and interactive maps.Students using this book use live data and maps to ground their understanding of how the world is organized and how human and physical features interact to create unique places and regions. Each chapter includes ArcGIS Online exercises that reinforce geographic concepts.This second edition features updated maps, figures, and charts reflecting the latest data and includes new text on contemporary issues, from race, ethnicity, and political geography to pollution and climate change.Designed for undergraduate college and AP high school students, Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online, second edition, uses the latest geospatial data and web-based technology to teach critical thinking and evaluate the diversity of people within their environments and their global impact.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 PopulationsChapter 3 MigrationChapter 4 Race and ethnicityChapter 5 Urban geographyChapter 6 Food and agricultureChapter 7 ManufacturingChapter 8 ServicesChapter 9 DevelopmentChapter 10 Culturual geography -- folk and popular culture, language, religionChapter 11 Political geographyChapter 12 Climate changeIndex
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Emerald Publishing Limited Geographies of Tourism: European Research
Book SynopsisThis volume examines and contrasts different perspectives on and approaches to the geography of tourism from across European regions and language traditions. Authors have critiqued the dominance of Anglo Saxon voices in research on tourism geographies - not just in linguistic terms - but also in relation to the framing and theorizing of space, place and tourism appearing largely based on Anglo-Saxon research contexts. This is a tendency observed across the whole spectrum of research in human geography. In an attempt to redress this imbalance, nine internationally renowned contributors from across Europe share their knowledge and experiences of research and scholarship in their respective regional contexts, plus an overview chapter is provided by C. Michael Hall, editor of the journal Tourism Geographies. This volume aims to: map out the past and present of the tourism geographies sub-discipline within - and more importantly - beyond the English language contributions learn from the historical trajectories as well as experiences of tourism geographers working in different cultural and linguistic contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Building Bridges in European Geographies of Tourism. Development(s) in the Geographies of Tourism: Knowledge(s), Actions and Cultures. Nordic Tourism Geographies. From the Geography of Tourism to a Geographical Approach to Tourism in France. German Perspectives on Tourism Geography. Regional Perspectives on Tourism Geographies: The Case of Greece. Italian Tourism Geography: The Weight of the Idiographic Approach. Tourism Geography in the Low Countries: Quo Vadis?. The Geography of Tourism in Spain: Institutionalization and Internationalization. Conclusion: Contrasting Geographies of Tourism in Europe. Subject Index. Geographies of Tourism: European Research Perspectives. Tourism Social Science Series. Acknowledgments. References. Geographies of Tourism: European Research Perspectives. Copyright page. About the Authors.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Broken Cities: Inside the Global Housing Crisis
Book SynopsisFrom Britain’s ‘Generation Rent’ to Hong Kong’s notorious ‘cage homes’, societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions. The social consequences have been profound, with a lack of affordable housing resulting in overcrowding, homelessness, broken families and, in many countries, a sharp decline in fertility. In Broken Cities, Deborah Potts offers a provocative new perspective on the global housing crisis arguing that the problem lies mainly with demand rather than supply. Potts shows how market-set rates of pay and incomes for vast numbers of households in the world’s largest cities in the global South and North are simply too low to rent or buy any housing that is legal, planned and decent. As the influence of free market economics has increased, the situation has worsened. Potts argues that the crisis needs radical solutions. With the world becoming increasingly urbanized, this book provides a timely and urgent account of one of the most pressing social challenges of the 21st century. Exploring the effects of the housing crisis across the global North and South, Broken Cities is a warning of the greater crises to come if these issues are not addressed.Trade ReviewAn ambitious and devastating book… this is a critical text, without easy comparison, providing a highly readable and remarkably detailed insight into the global housing crisis. It is critical reading for scholars across urban, housing and ‘development’ studies, planning and geography, offering a rallying manifesto for housing activists the world over. We can only hope our political leadership engage with its provocation’. * Regional Studies *Captivating analysis of the global housing crisis. Based on extensive research on housing, Deborah Potts lays bare the paradoxes of the urban housing crisis – household incomes relative to housing costs. * George Owusu, University of Ghana *An evidence-based, historically informed and incisive analytical voice on one of the crucial issues of twenty-first century urban life. The breadth of insight and scope is remarkable, demonstrating beyond any doubt the value of a comparative perspective on global urbanisation. Superbly well written, accessible and supported with carefully compiled and detailed data, this book is a gift to urban residents, urbanists, scholars, practitioners and politicians. Read it! * Jennifer Robinson, University College London *One of the particular strengths of this book is its breadth of comparative reference. Potts insists that analyses of housing in the Global South and the Global North can be conducted within a common conceptual framework... The result is a series of thought-provoking analogies among housing policies that are usually studied in isolation by specialists in different regions of the world. Any housing expert will come away from this book with new insights and new ideas. * Isaac William Martin, Professor of Sociology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California – San Diego, in Anthropological Forum *A particular strength of the book is its global reach... the book’s main point is to draw parallels between housing problems across the world, with a close eye on contextual detail and differences, but always searching for structural similarities across local histories and politics. Taken together, Broken Cities is a highly readable and informative book that makes an important contribution to the debate on one of the defining features of current urbanization. It will be of key interest to urban and housing scholars and may also serve well as a teaching resource for courses in geography, planning, housing studies and related fields. * Justin Kadi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Spatial Planning, Vienna University of Technology in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *Broken Cities talks to housing need in the global North and South. While not intended to be published to coincide with COVID-19, the pandemic highlights the significance of housing quality for wellbeing. This is a scholarly text, in terms of the depth of referencing and data analysis. But it is also a publication written for an interested non-expert audience, with multiple examples to illustrate the key points of the argument... What is evident from this volume is that housing is essential to health and wellbeing. Governments are challenged to rethink housing options, and to recognize the centrality of housing to development * Professor Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester in Environment and Urbanization *A particular strength of the book is its global reach. Potts convincingly argues that there are common underlying forces that determine housing outcomes under capitalism in both the global South and the global North. ... Taken together, Broken Cities is a highly readable and informative book that makes an important contribution to the debate on one of the defining features of current urbanization. * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *One of the particular strengths of this book is its breadth of comparative reference. ... a series of thought-provoking analogies among housing policies that are usually studied in isolation by specialists in different regions of the world. Any housing expert will come away from this book with new insights and new ideas. * Anthropological Forum *This is essential reading ... The book enhances the comparative gesture in urban studies as well as the ‘planetary turn’ in gentrification studies. * Progress in Development Studies 2021 *Table of ContentsForeword 1. The Dilemma of Affordable Housing and Big Cities 2. Mismatches between Incomes and Housing Costs: A Global Condition 3. Affordable Urban Housing and the Role of Basic Standards 4. Private Sector Urban Housing Provision: Formal And Informal 5. Squaring the Circle: Social Housing Programmes and Affordable Rents 6. Squaring the Circle: Affordable Urban Homeownership 7. Global Finance, Big Cities and Unaffordable Housing 8. Broken Cities: Unaffordable Housing as the Norm? 9. Broken Cities, Broken Households: The Demographic Impacts of Unaffordable Housing Conclusion Appendix
£20.89
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Broken Cities: Inside the Global Housing Crisis
Book SynopsisFrom Britain’s ‘Generation Rent’ to Hong Kong’s notorious ‘cage homes’, societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions. The social consequences have been profound, with a lack of affordable housing resulting in overcrowding, homelessness, broken families and, in many countries, a sharp decline in fertility. In Broken Cities, Deborah Potts offers a provocative new perspective on the global housing crisis arguing that the problem lies mainly with demand rather than supply. Potts shows how market-set rates of pay and incomes for vast numbers of households in the world’s largest cities in the global South and North are simply too low to rent or buy any housing that is legal, planned and decent. As the influence of free market economics has increased, the situation has worsened. Potts argues that the crisis needs radical solutions. With the world becoming increasingly urbanized, this book provides a timely and urgent account of one of the most pressing social challenges of the 21st century. Exploring the effects of the housing crisis across the global North and South, Broken Cities is a warning of the greater crises to come if these issues are not addressed.Trade ReviewAn ambitious and devastating book… this is a critical text, without easy comparison, providing a highly readable and remarkably detailed insight into the global housing crisis. It is critical reading for scholars across urban, housing and ‘development’ studies, planning and geography, offering a rallying manifesto for housing activists the world over. We can only hope our political leadership engage with its provocation’. * Regional Studies *Captivating analysis of the global housing crisis. Based on extensive research on housing, Deborah Potts lays bare the paradoxes of the urban housing crisis – household incomes relative to housing costs. * George Owusu, University of Ghana *An evidence-based, historically informed and incisive analytical voice on one of the crucial issues of twenty-first century urban life. The breadth of insight and scope is remarkable, demonstrating beyond any doubt the value of a comparative perspective on global urbanisation. Superbly well written, accessible and supported with carefully compiled and detailed data, this book is a gift to urban residents, urbanists, scholars, practitioners and politicians. Read it! * Jennifer Robinson, University College London *One of the particular strengths of this book is its breadth of comparative reference. Potts insists that analyses of housing in the Global South and the Global North can be conducted within a common conceptual framework... The result is a series of thought-provoking analogies among housing policies that are usually studied in isolation by specialists in different regions of the world. Any housing expert will come away from this book with new insights and new ideas. * Isaac William Martin, Professor of Sociology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California – San Diego, in Anthropological Forum *A particular strength of the book is its global reach... the book’s main point is to draw parallels between housing problems across the world, with a close eye on contextual detail and differences, but always searching for structural similarities across local histories and politics. Taken together, Broken Cities is a highly readable and informative book that makes an important contribution to the debate on one of the defining features of current urbanization. It will be of key interest to urban and housing scholars and may also serve well as a teaching resource for courses in geography, planning, housing studies and related fields. * Justin Kadi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Spatial Planning, Vienna University of Technology in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *Broken Cities talks to housing need in the global North and South. While not intended to be published to coincide with COVID-19, the pandemic highlights the significance of housing quality for wellbeing. This is a scholarly text, in terms of the depth of referencing and data analysis. But it is also a publication written for an interested non-expert audience, with multiple examples to illustrate the key points of the argument... What is evident from this volume is that housing is essential to health and wellbeing. Governments are challenged to rethink housing options, and to recognize the centrality of housing to development * Professor Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester in Environment and Urbanization *A particular strength of the book is its global reach. Potts convincingly argues that there are common underlying forces that determine housing outcomes under capitalism in both the global South and the global North. ... Taken together, Broken Cities is a highly readable and informative book that makes an important contribution to the debate on one of the defining features of current urbanization. * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *One of the particular strengths of this book is its breadth of comparative reference. ... a series of thought-provoking analogies among housing policies that are usually studied in isolation by specialists in different regions of the world. Any housing expert will come away from this book with new insights and new ideas. * Anthropological Forum *This is essential reading ... The book enhances the comparative gesture in urban studies as well as the ‘planetary turn’ in gentrification studies. * Progress in Development Studies 2021 *Table of ContentsForeword 1. The Dilemma of Affordable Housing and Big Cities 2. Mismatches between Incomes and Housing Costs: A Global Condition 3. Affordable Urban Housing and the Role of Basic Standards 4. Private Sector Urban Housing Provision: Formal And Informal 5. Squaring the Circle: Social Housing Programmes and Affordable Rents 6. Squaring the Circle: Affordable Urban Homeownership 7. Global Finance, Big Cities and Unaffordable Housing 8. Broken Cities: Unaffordable Housing as the Norm? 9. Broken Cities, Broken Households: The Demographic Impacts of Unaffordable Housing Conclusion Appendix
£76.00
Agenda Publishing New York
Book SynopsisNew York became the world's first megacity in the 1930s. Since then it has remained the largest city in North America but, globally, it has been surpassed in size by the younger cities of Asia. Nevetheless its metropolitan area is home to 20 million people and it continues to be America's premier city. Jill Gross and Hank Savitch examine the New York metropolis through the lens of a series of twenty-first century pressures related to demography, economic growth, urban development, governance, immigration, leadership and globalization. How New York's institutions and policies have either risen to meet these challenges, stagnated in the face of them, or simply failed to resolve them is the focus of the book. In particular, the authors examine the muncipality of New York City, as the heart of the megacity, and how it navigates the increasingly complex battles with higher levels of government over rights to the city and resource needs. The book examines the shifting tides of corporate centred development, particularly the vibrant financial sector, and how it has leveraged its powerful geopolitical position in the global economy to continue to grow. The question of governance is explored along with the growing reliance on public–private partnerships to manage megacity problems. Mayoral control and leadership is shown to have been fundamental to meeting the needs of the residential population – issues such as crime, schools and housing – along with the demands of business. With over 3 million immigrants, New York is the most diverse city in North America, but it is also among the most segregated and the authors investigate the positive and negative outcomes that such diversity brings. As a comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York a megacity today, the book will be of interest to a broad readership in political science, public administration, public policy, sociology, geography, political economy, urban planning and regional studies.Trade ReviewAn illuminating book that makes an excellent addition to undergraduate courses on cities and a highly recommended read for anyone interested in New York. It addresses big issues with brevity and has the virtue of being written by two eminent scholars who are masters of their subject and render it accessible to undergraduates and non-academics. -- Journal of Urban AffairsThis book breaks important new ground, especially in its portrayal and analysis of the governance and integration of New York’s many contemporary and often paradoxical urban faces. Moreover, as a case study of the world’s quintessential global city, it serves to illuminate the forces of globalization imprinted on the urban milieu. For those interested in the political economy of a megacity in the twenty-first century, this book is an essential read. -- Herman Boschken, San José State UniversityA valuable contribution to scholarship on the New York city region, its recent challenges and tensions, including Covid and Super Storm Sandy. -- Bruce Berg, Fordham UniversityThis fresh, wide-ranging and insightful take on the New York megalopolis spans from historical origins to current challenges. It focuses not only on the inevitability of urban crises, but the many ways and whys the region has shown resilience, sometimes from leadership but mostly from the component parts. As these renowned urbanists say, 'disaster is the mother of adaptation'. -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New YorkTable of Contents1. Introduction: New York as a megacity 2. Crises, breakdowns and New York’s endurance 3. Building a global megacity: corporate-centered urban development and leaderships 4. Expanded governance in the megacity 5. Neighborhoods, diversification and gentrification in the megacity 6. Globalization in the megacity 7. Conclusions
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IGI Global Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote
Book SynopsisThe profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our "postmodern" society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyse, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles.Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.
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Emerald Publishing Limited The New Generation Z in Asia: Dynamics,
Book SynopsisThis book is the first to compare the Asiatic Generation Z (born 1990–1995) in terms of country and culture specific drivers and characteristics based on interdisciplinary and international scientific research. Although Asia has been the focus of many articles and books on demographics, politics and economics, few authors understand in depth the behaviour of the young people in their roles as consumers and as new members of the working world. The New Generation Z in Asia: Dynamics, Differences, Digitalization explores how specific Asiatic cultures translate into a creative and innovative society in order to conduct business to adjust their recruitment and retention strategies, also examining how they attract and retain the best young talent in Asia. Written for academics and professionals in the fields of Management, Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, and Human Resource Management, this work examines a set of topics that describe societal and managerial feelings, goals, concerns and behaviours of a vast continent that stretches from East Asia through South Asia, Southeast Asia to Western Asia.Table of ContentsPART 1: GENERATION Z IN ASIA: A RESEARCH AGENDA Chapter 1. Generation Z in Asia: A Research Agenda Elodie Gentina PART 2: WHAT THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT EAST ASIA Chapter 2. Generation Z in China: Implications for Global Brands Zhiyong Yang, Ying Wang, and Jiyoung Hwang Chapter 3. Generation Z in Hong Kong: Simple while Multi-Tasking Melannie Zhan Chapter 4. Generation Z in Japan: Raised in Anxiety Mototaka Sakashita Chapter 5. Generation Z in Taiwan: Low Salaries, Little Happiness and a Social-Media World in the Mix Ryan Brading PART 3: WHAT THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT SOUTH ASIA Chapter 6. Generation Z in India: Digital natives and makers of change Shaheema Hameed and Meera Mathur Chapter 7. Generation Z in Pakistan: Trends and Managerial Implications Ahmad Jamal PART 4: WHAT THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA Chapter 8. Generation Z in Indonesia: The Self-Driven Digital Zahrotur Rusyda Hinduan, Adilla Anggreani and Muhamad Irfan Agia Chapter 9. Generation Z in Vietnam: The Quest for Authenticity Linh Hoang Nguyen and Hoa Phuong Nguyen Chapter 10. Generation Z in Malaysia: The five "E" generation (Electronically-engaged, Educated, Entrepreneurial, Empowered, and Environmentally-conscious) Fandy Tjiptono, Ghazala Khan, Ewe Soo Yeong and Vimala Kunchamboo PART 5: WHAT THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT WESTERN ASIA Chapter 11 Generation Z in Turkey: A Generation with High Hopes and Big Fears Berna Tarı-Kasnakoğlu, Meltem Türe and Yunus Kalender Chapter 12 Generation Z in the United Arab Emirates: A Smart-Tech Driven iGeneration Nisreen Ameen and Amitabh Anand PART 6: GENERATION Z IN ASIA: PATTERNS AND PREDICTIONS Chapter 13 Generation Z in Asia: Patterns and Predictions Emma Parry
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Berghahn Books Landscape Ethnoecology: Concepts of Biotic and
Book Synopsis Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored “place” in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of “kinds of place,” or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources. The contributors go beyond the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) literature and offer valuable insights on ecology and on land and resources management, emphasizing the perception of landscape above the level of species and their folk classification. Focusing on the ways traditional people perceive and manage land and biotic resources within diverse regional and cultural settings, the contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies from North America, Mexico, Amazonia, tropical Asia, Africa and Europe.Trade Review “Despite the diversity of approaches, the various papers are well structured, with numerous cross-references that make it possible to appreciate the general development of the subject… I found this book very interesting, although very specialised. It is particularly suited to an academic audience; in particular, ethnobotanists, anthropologists, and geographers. But, the book can be also appreciated by all those interested in the interaction between man and the environment.” · International Journal of Environmental Studies “This edited collection gives an important and thought provoking overview of recent debates and work united under the rubric of cultural landscape research. The eleven substantive case studies, taken primarily from indigenous societies across North and South America, each provide a strong argument for questioning or better specifying definitions on the meaning of place for various societies…a suggestive collection that I would recommend highly.” · Anthropos “[The editors] have brought together many of the most innovative thinkers and field workers to ponder how local communities make sense of the landscapes in which they live, and upon which they depend. This volume is rich with insights about how cultures perceive the spaces, landforms and habitats which nourish them.” · Gary Paul Nabhan, PhD., author, Singing the Turtles to Sea and Cultures of Habitat “This landmark volume is bound to become a theoretical touchstone and wellspring for assessing the unity and diversity of human conceptualizations of landscape. It deftly combines a rigorous review of cross-cultural theories of landscape perception and classification with richly-detailed ethnographic examples of landscape ethnoecology.” · Thomas F. Thornton, School of Geography and Environment, University of OxfordTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1. Introduction Leslie Main Johnson and Eugene S. Hunn PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 2. Towards a Theory of Landscape Ethnoecological Classification Eugene S. Hunn and Brien A. Meilleur Chapter 3. Ethnophysiography of Arid Lands: Categories for Landscape Features David M. Mark, Andrew G. Turk and David Stea PART II: LANDSCAPE CLASSIFICATION - OF ECOTYPES, BIOTYPES, LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS AND FOREST TYPES Chapter 4. Landscape perception, classification and use among Sahelian Fulani in Burkina Faso (West-Africa) Julia Krohmer Chapter 5. Baniwa Habitat Classification in the White-Sand Campinarana Forests of the Northwest Amazon Marcia Barbosa Abraão, João Cláudio Baniwa, Bruce W. Nelson, Geraldo Andrello, Douglas W. Yu and Glenn H. Shepard Jr. Chapter 6. Why aren’t the Nuaulu like the Matsigenka? Knowledge and categorization of forest diversity on Seram, eastern Indonesia Roy Ellen Chapter 7. The cultural significance of the habitat mañaco taco to the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon Michael P. Gilmore, Sebastián Ríos Ochoa and Samuel Ríos Flores Chapter 8. The structure and role of folk ecological knowledge in Les Allues, Savoie (France) Brien Meilleur Chapter 9. Life on the Ice: Understanding the Codes of a Changing Environment Claudio Aporta PART III: LINKAGES AND MEANINGS - OF LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES Chapter 10. Visions of the Land - Kaska Ethnoecology, “Kinds of Place” and “Cultural Landscape” Leslie Main Johnson Chapter 11. Journeying and Remembering: Anishinaabe Landscape Ethnoecology from Northwestern Ontario Iain Davidson-Hunt and Fikret Berkes Chapter 12. What's In a Word? Southern Paiute Place Names as Keys to Environmental Perception Catherine S. Fowler Chapter 13. Managing Maya Landscapes: Quintana Roo, Mexico E. N. Anderson PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 14. Landscape Ethnoecology - Reflections Leslie Main Johnson and Eugene S. Hunn Notes on Contributors Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Environments for Health
Book Synopsis'John Macdonald once again turns the traditional approach to health care on its head. Instead of merely diagnosing and managing disease, he urges health services � and indeed society � to foster health ... and articulates a vision of a health promoting � a salutogenic � society'. Dimity Pond, School of Medical Practice and Population Health, University of Newcastle, Australia The vast proportion of cash spent on health care by governments and individuals in the world is spent on systems that are based on a more or less Westernized acute care model. The imbalance of these systems, with their overemphasis on cure, as opposed to care and prevention or maintenance of health, is well documented. Salutogenic health care takes a holistic view of the individual as part of a social and environmental continuum rather than as an isolated packet of symptoms, and seeks to reassess the very meaning of health. There are some indications that we, as a global culture, are moving towards this new salutogenic model, but the speed of the movement has to be accelerated. This book sets out to chart the main steps of this movement and to indicate some of the ways of thinking and action which can help form new ways of approaching health care.Table of ContentsIntroduction * Still in the Business of Fixing Up * Stepping Away from the Medical Model: The Importance of Context * The Social Determinants of Health * Learning from Other Cultures: Health as the Fit Between the Person and Their Environment * Reconceptualizing Health * An Example * The Health of Men: A Salutogenic Approach * Conclusion *
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Innovation Capacity and the City: The Enabling Role of Design
Book SynopsisThis open access book represents one of the key milestones of DESIGNSCAPES, an H2020 CSA (Coordination and Support Action) research project funded by the European Commission under the Call “User-driven innovation: value creation through design-enabled innovation”. The book demonstrates that adopting design allows us to embed innovation within the city so as to arrive at feasible answers to complex global challenges. In this way, innovation can become disruptive, while also sparking a dynamic of gradual change in the “urbanscape” it acts within. To explore this potential, the book puts forward the concept of “design enabled innovation in urban environments” and examines the part that the city can play in promoting and facilitating the adoption of design among public and private sector innovators. This leads to a potential evaluation framework in which a given urbanscape is assessed both in terms of its capacity for generating innovation, and of the nature (more or less design-dependent or design-prone) of the innovative initiatives it hosts. This thread of reasoning holds many promising implications, including a possible “third way” between those who dream of an alternative economic model where revenues and growth are sacrificed on the altar of social and environmental respect, and the supporters of the traditional market-based view, who feel it is enough to add a touch of responsibility and concern to a system that should continue rewarding the profitability of innovations. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- A Triplet under focus: innovation, design, city.- Cities as enablers of innovation.- Innovation and design.- Design enabled innovation in urban environments.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies
Book SynopsisThe robots are coming! So too is the ‘age of automation’, the march of ‘invasive’ species, more intense natural disasters, and a potential cataclysm of other unprecedented events and phenomena of which we do not yet know, and cannot predict. This book is concerned with how to account for these non-humans and their effects within theories of social practice. In particular, this provocative collection tackles contemporary debates about the roles, relations and agencies of constantly changing, disruptive, intelligent or otherwise 'dynamic' non-humans, such as weather, animals and automated devices. In doing so contributors challenge and take forward existing understandings of dynamic non-humans in theories of social practice by reconsidering their potential roles in everyday life. The book will benefit sociology, geography, science and technology studies, and human- (and animal-) computer interaction design scholars seeking to make sense of the complex entanglement of non-human phenomena and things in the performance of social practices.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Dynamic non-humans in a changing worldPART I: Nature, materiality and processesChapter 2 Thriving in the Anthropocene: understanding human-weed relations and invasive plant management using theories of practiceChapter 3 Seeing wood for the trees: placing biological processes within practices of heating and harvestingChapter 4 ‘Dynamic’ non-human animals in theories of practice: views from the subalternChapter 5 Dynamic bodies in theories of social practice: vibrant materials and more-than-human assemblagesChapter 6 Mobile drinking – bottled water practices and ontological politicsChapter 7 Immersed in thermal flows: heat as productive of and produced by social practicesPART II: Technologies, automation and performativityChapter 8 Displacement: attending to the role of things in theories of practice through design researchChapter 9 How software matters: connective tissue and self-driving carsChapter 10 Automated artefacts as co-performers of social practices: washing machines, laundering and designChapter 11 Robots and Roomba riders: non-human performers in theories of social practiceChapter 12 Automation, smart homes and symmetrical anthropology: non-humans as performers of practices?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Wellbeing and Self-Transformation in Natural Landscapes
Book SynopsisThis book explores how natural landscapes are linked to positive mental wellbeing. While natural landscapes have long been represented and portrayed as transformative, the link to mental wellbeing is an area that researchers are still aiming to comprehend. Accompanying five groups of people to rural Scotland, the author considers individual, external and group motivations for journeying from urban environments, examining in what ways these excursions are personally and socially transformative. Far more than traversing mere physical boundaries, this book illustrates the new challenges, experiences, territories and cultures provided by these excursions, firmly anchored in the Scottish countryside. In doing so, the author questions the extent to which people’s own narratives link to the perception that the outdoors are positively transformative – and what indeed does have the power to influence transformation. Grounded in extensive qualitative research, this contemplative and ethnographic book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of the outdoors and its connection to wellbeing. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONEngaging in autobiographical reflexivity to begin with, the introduction will set up a familiar scenario of nature disconnection and the inevitable draw to spending time within nature. However, this introduction will introduce new and un-covered themes. These themes are due to my time spent within the field aiming to understand real experiences of leaving urban environments in pursuit of natural spaces and the positive transformation they are believed to offer. The most significant difference is real life participation, being within and understanding from individuals perspectives. This book will offer full qualitative accounts. The introduction will establish some of the pre-conceived ideas regarding nature and physiological benefits however will push towards the intangible experience of nature connection and argue that the only way to comprehend this is to truly understand from individual perspectives. The introduction will also tackle the contested term ‘nature.’CHAPTER ONE: A phenomenonChapter one will introduce the diversity amongst my case studies in terms of agenda, back ground and perceptions. It will also introduce the individuals with whom I worked and in doing so will situate nature within this research context. This chapter will also outline much of the interdisciplinary research in nature and wellbeing to date and highlight this research’s contributions to the field(s). This will focus on the nature experience: sociality, place and the self, ethnographic research in groups in nature, transdisciplinary ways of looking and detailing my belief that these encounters can draw similarities with performance. Within this chapter I will also discuss narratives, abstraction and personal narrative and how these have significant impact upon experience of these shared encounters.CHAPTER TWO: Mind and bodyChapter two will question how one might approach experiences that are both physical and psychological and why a transdisciplinary strategy was necessary. It will discuss my serendipitous ethnography, responsive and flexible methods as well as my Goethian ethic in observation. It will also detail why such an ethic was necessary. This chapter will outline key moments within fieldwork and how opportunity became a methodology. It will outline my being with groups and the responsive, flexible methods in context. Ultimately, this chapter will tackle journey and participation, ambiguity and development.CHAPTER THREE: BelongingThis chapter will speak of new cultural interactions, friendship, new social interactions, feeling secure, empathy, social facilitation, belonging and self-identification. The key theme within this chapter is the motivation of individuals to self-verify, to reach an ideal sense of self and to become a part of the group in the landscape. This chapter will introduce notions of liminality and the self before being fully explored in chapter four.CHAPTER FOUR: The Liminal Loop.Chapter four begins with unearthing liminality within this context, drawing from the work of Victor Turner and van Gennep. Importantly this work re-creates these terms in a metaphorical context relating to the self, the group dynamic and the perception of the landscape. First the liminoid context is explored before moving on to ideas surrounding the framing of activity, communitas, new physical and mental experiences, group dynamics and group theory. Key to this chapter is my theory that there are three sites of liminality within these rural nature experiences. This chapter also considers anti-structure and reflection, affordance and abstraction, opportunities in the landscape, changing perceptions of afforded opportunities, building context and experience, new contexts and personal narratives and the dynamics of experience.CHAPTER FIVE: Anthropocentrism and the transforming selfChapter Five is dedicated to understandings of non-human intention. It will discuss the effect of the group on perception of the non-human. The belief of some individuals in the reciprocity of the interactions between human and non will be explored by looking at personification and anthropomorphism, language and metaphor. This chapter considers nature as social and becoming effective social agents amongst the material rural landscape. I will finally discuss the inevitability of centrism. Chapter Five also the opposing end of the spectrum - looking at understandings of the agency of only the self and group, efficacy, sociality and belonging, self-development, deprivation and challenge (getting back to basics) as well as how, within some groups, excursions are designed. This chapter will also ask whether the landscape is even relevant to notions of wellbeing within such social encounters.CHAPTER SIX: Being a good personThis final chapter details how people engaging in the natural landscape compete for the moral high-ground in relation to interactions within the outdoors. This is discussed in relation to how people perceive positive transformation. This chapter poses the question - if all case studies aim for the bettering of human experience, are agendas so drastically different? Finally this chapter comes some way in pinning down the intangible ‘something’ that all individuals seemed to be looking for within their engagement with these groups and landscapes. This chapter will end with a section named Returning to the Earth: A final performance – This section is dedicated to the death of an individual within fieldwork and to her final self-verification as someone who aligns herself with the natural landscape. Here we will look at identity symbols and performing identity, bringing the text full circle.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement: Order and Disorder During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Book SynopsisThis study suggests how traditional language-rich narrative histories of the Pale of Settlement can benefit from drawing on the large vocabularies, questions, theories and analytical methods of human geography, economics and the social sciences for an understanding of how Jewish communities responded to multiple disruptions during the nineteenth century. Moving from the ecological level of systems of settlements and variations among individual ones down to the immediate built environment, the book explores how both physical and human space influenced responses to everyday lives and emigration to America. Table of ContentsSECTION 1: IntroductionChapter 1: Orientation, Overview and OmissionsSECTION 2: Three Geographies of the Pale of SettlementChapter 2: The Physical Geography of the PaleChapter 3: The Human Geography of the PaleChapter 4: Individual Settlements are Members of Discrete Settlement SystemsSECTION 3: Order and Disorder in Everyday LivesChapter 5: Ordered Life in Individual Shtetlach, Towns and CitiesChapter 6: Ordered Life in the Immediate Built and Social EnvironmentsChapter 7: The Changing Order in the World of WorkChapter 8: Order and Disorder in Jewish Marriages, Families and KinshipSECTION 4: Tracking Responses to DisorderChapter 9: Nineteenth-Century Disorder in the Pale and ElsewhereSECTION 5: New HistoriesChapter 10: A Research Agenda for New Historians
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Neo-liberalism and the Architecture of the Post Professional Era
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis: Putting Wacquant to Work
Book SynopsisLoïc Wacquant is one of the most influential sociological theorists of the contemporary era with his research and writings resonating widely across the social sciences. This edited collection critically responds to Wacquant’s distinct approach to understanding the contemporary urban condition in advanced capitalist societies. It comprises chapters focused on Europe and North America from leading international scholars and new emergent voices, which chart new empirical, theoretical and methodological territory. Pivoting on the relationship between class, ethnicity and the state in the (re-)making of urban marginality, the volume takes stock of Wacquant’s body of work and assesses its value as a springboard for rethinking urban inequality in polarizing times. Heeding Wacquant’s call for constant theoretical critique and development in understanding dynamic urban relations and processes, the contributions challenge, develop and refine Wacquant’s framework, while also synthesizing it with other perspectives and bringing it into dialogue with new areas of inquiry. How can Wacquant’s work aid the empirical understanding of today’s complex urban inequalities? And how can empirical investigation and theoretical synthesis aid the development of Wacquant’s framework? The diverse contributors to the collection ask these, and other, searching questions – and Wacquant responds to this critique in the final chapter. This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in understanding the drivers, contexts, and potential responses to contemporary urban marginality.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Putting Wacquant to Work; John Flint and Ryan Powell2. Class, Ethnicity and State in the Making of Urban Marginality; Loїc WacquantPart 1 –Class: Gender, Families and Surveillance3. ‘We live like prisoners in a camp’: Surveillance, Governance and Agency in a US Housing Project; Talja Blokland4. Maternal Outcasts: Governing Vulnerable Mothers in Advanced Marginality; Larissa Povey5. Exploring Family-Based Intervention Mechanisms as a Form of Statecraft; Emily BallPart 2 – Ethnicity: Invisibilization, Informality and (Dis) identifications6. Fluid Identifications in the Age of Advanced Marginality; Fabien Truong (translated by Lorenzo Posocco)7. Informality and the Neo-Ghetto: Modulating Power Through Roma Camps; Isabella Clough Marinaro8. Housing, Ethnicity and Advanced Marginality in England; Ryan Powell and David RobinsonPart 3 – State: Governing Marginality—Home, Street, Neighbourhood, City9. All Leviathan’s Children: Race, Punishment and the (Re-)Making of the City; Rueben Miller10. Social Work and Advanced Marginality; Ian Cummins11. Bringing the Third Sector Back into Ghetto Studies: Roma Segregation and Civil Society Associations in Italy12. Between Street and Shelter: Seclusion, Exclusion, and theNeutralization of PovertyResponse13. Dispossession and Dishonour in the Polarized Metropolis: Reactions and Recommendations; Loїc Wacquant
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Change and Arctic Security: Searching for a Paradigm Shift
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the construction of security in the context of climate change, with a focus on the Arctic region. It examines and discusses changes in the security premises of the Arctic states, from traditional security to environmental and human security. In particular, the book explores how climate change impacts security discourses and premises as well as theoretically discussing the possibility for another change, from circumpolar stability into peaceful change. Chapters cover topics such as the ethics of climate change in the arctic, China’s emerging power and influence on arctic climate security, the discursive transformation of the definition of security and the intersection between urban, climate and Arctic studies. The book concludes with the question of whether a paradigm shift in our understanding of traditional security is possible, and whether it is already occurring in the Arctic. Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries: The Legacy of Central Planning in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Book SynopsisThis open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly “westward-looking orientation” in their design produced housing estates that were superior in design to those produced elsewhere in the Soviet Union (between 1944 and 1991, Estonia was a member republic of the USSR). The first two parts of the book provide contextual material to help readers understand the vision behind housing estates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These sections present the background of housing estates in the Baltic Republics as well as challenges and debates concerning their formation, evolution, and present condition and importance. Subsequent parts of the book consist of: demographic analyses of the socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity of housing estate residents (past and present) in the three Baltic capital cities, case studies of people and places related to housing estates in the Baltic countries, and chapters exploring relevant special topics and themes. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and advocates interested in understanding the past, present, and future importance of housing estates in the Baltic countries.Trade Review“This is a useful book that addresses the breadth and depth of issues related to housing estate revitalization across Europe and should meet students’ and academics’ appetites for more detailed excavations of housing estates development today. It presents substantial progress in understanding urban issues like ethnic-spatial segregation, inner city revitalization, limiting urban sprawl, and social cohesion, and generates fresh ideas for potential collaboration, among many other things.” (Marcela Mele, Eurasian Geography and Economics, May 8, 2023)“This much-needed book pays great attention to explaining the historical context of the birth of this sort of housing, the use of standardized types and projects versus innovative planning principles … and the architect’s aspiration towards novelty and original solutions in developing housing estates for the Soviet man.” (Triin Ojari, European Planning Studies, Vol. 28 (6), 2020)“I strongly recommend [this book] to housing scholars and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic. The editors and the publisher, Springer Open, deserve credit for publishing two attractive and useful books that address the breadth and depth of issues related to housing estate revitalization across Europe. The numerous photographs (color as well as black-white) throughout the book helped me to understand changes in the design of European housing estates—the good as well as the bad.” (David P. Varady, Geography Research Forum, Vol. 39, 2019)Table of ContentsPrologue-A Place to Live, Work, and Play: Housing Demand and Urbanization in the Baltic Countries.- Turbulent Political History and the Legacy of State Socialism in the Baltic Countries.- Soviet-Era Housing Systems Explained: Constructing and Inhabiting Socialist Housing Estates in the Baltics.- Freedom and Constraints: Ideals Transferred but Eclipsed by Industrialised Housing Production.- Mass Housing and ‘Extensive Urbanism’ in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Overview.- The Ethnic and Social Landscape of Residents in Tallinn’s Socialist Housing Estates.- Residential Change and Socio-Demographic Challenges for Large Housing Estates: Exploring Post-Soviet Riga.- Soviet Housing Estates and their Residents in Vilnius.- Living in a Large Housing Estate: An Insiders’ Perspective from Lithuania.- Innovation Inside and Outside “The System”: Revisiting the Role of Architects in Planning Socialist-Era Residential Districts in Estonia.- Evolution of Award-Winning Microrayons and Housing Estates in the Baltics.- Aspirations versus Reality in the Formation of Mikrorayon Commercial Centers in Lithuania.- Forms of Governing Parking in Housing Estates in Tallinn, Estonia.- State-Subsidized Renovation of Socialist Apartment Blocks in Estonia.- Large Housing Estates in Latvia: Origin and Future Challenges.- Possibilities for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Renovation of Socialist Residential Space: “Smart City” Redevelopment in Tartu, Estonia
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Demography of Disasters: Impacts for Population and Place
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Limitations of Social Media Feminism: No
Book Synopsis#MeToo. Digital networking. Facebook groups. Social media continues to be positioned by social movement scholars as an exciting new tool that has propelled feminism into a dynamic fourth wave of the movement. But how does male power play out on social media, and what is the political significance of women using male-controlled and algorithmically curated platforms for feminism? To answer these questions, Megarry foregrounds an analysis of the practices and ethics of the historical Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM), including the revolutionary characteristics of face-to-face organising and the development of an autonomous print culture. Centering discussions of time, space and surveillance, she utilises radical and lesbian feminist theory to expose the contradictions between the political project of women’s liberation and the dominant celebratory narratives of Web 2.0. This is the first book to seriously consider how social media perpetuates the enduring logic of patriarchy and howdigital activism shapes women’s oppression in the 21st century. Drawing on interviews with intergenerational feminist activists from the UK, the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as archival and digital activist materials, Megarry boldly concludes that feminists should abandon social media and return to the transformative powers of older forms of women-centred political praxis. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Women’s and Gender Studies, Lesbian and Queer Studies, Social Movement Studies, Critical Internet Studies and Political Communication, as well as anyone with an interest in feminist activism and the history of the WLM.Table of Contents1. A Fourth Wave or a Fools’ Errand?.- 2. Unravelling the Web of Equals.- 3. 'By Women, For Women, About Women': The Women’s Liberation Movement as a Free Space.- 4. 'On the Internet, there is no Women-only space': Male Power in Digital Networks.- 5. 'I don’t see any strategy really, I see more […] personal venting': Consciousness-Raising, Theory-Building and Activism in Digital Space.- 6. 'It just doesn’t feel as transparent and accountable': Social Media and Feminist Ethics.- 7. ‘Female Performers on a Male Stage’.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods: Renaissance and Resurgence
Book SynopsisThis open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a mature plateau since 2000. The book provides a framework for contemplating the future form and function of gay neighborhoods. Social and cultural shifts within gay neighborhoods are used as a framework for understanding the decades-long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and equality.Resulting from gentrification, weakening social stigma, and enhanced rights for LGBTQ+ people, gay neighborhoods have recently become “less gay,” following a 50-year period of resilience. Meanwhile, other neighborhoods are becoming “more gay,” due to changing preferences of LGBTQ+ individuals and a propensity for LGBTQ+ families to form community in areas away from established gayborhoods. The current ‘plateau’ in the evolution of gay neighborhoods is characterized by generational differences—between Baby Boom pioneers and Millennials who favour broad inclusivity—signaling various possible trajectories for the future ‘afterlife’ of these important LGBTQ+ urban spaces.The complicating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a point of comparison for lessons learned from gay neighborhoods and the LGBTQ+ community that bravely endured the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in various disciplines—including sociology, social work, anthropology, gender and sexuality, LGTBQ+ and queer studies, as well as urban geography, architecture, and city planning—and to policymakers and advocates concerned with LGBTQ+ rights and social justice.Trade Review“This book will likely find appeal … among social scientists, planners, and architects seeking insights into the shifting character of post-pandemic urban living in the twenty-first century. … considering the disparaging and supercilious comments from a few ostensibly cisgender colleagues … encountered by the editors in the early stages of The Life and Afterlife, Professors Bitterman and Hess are to be commended for their commitment to producing an informative and courageous study.” (Dennis E. Gale, Journal of Planning Education and Research, September 13, 2022)“The book is scholastic … and serve as impetuses for future research. … The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods provides methodologies and concept grounds for this approach and is an invaluable resource for planners, sociologists and designers to both confront and integrate notions of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice into education, research, scholarship and practice.” (Michael A. Richards, Town Planning Review, Vol. 94 (1), January, 2023)“The volume is a stimulating and enjoyable anthology, which is on the whole well written and richly illustrated. Notably, it remains low on jargon and thus accessible to audiences beyond academia or the professional realm. … The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods will find-and reward-multiple audiences, a process aided by its democratizing open-access availability.” (Manish Chalana, Journal of the American Planning Association, June 9, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction.- Who are the people in your gayborhood? Understanding population change and cultural shifts in LGBTQ+ neighborhoods.- Part II: Context and composition.- Breaking down segregation: Shifting geographies of male same-sex households within desegregating cities.- A queer reading of the United States census.- Why gayborhoods matter: The street empirics of urban sexualities.- Part III: Identity and evolution.- The rainbow connection: A time-series study of rainbow flag display across nine Toronto neighborhoods.- Wearing pink in Fairytown: The heterosexualization of the Spanish town neighborhood and carnival parade in Baton rouge.- A tale of three villages: Contested discourses of place-making in Central Philadelphia.- Are “Gay” and “Queer-friendly" neighbourhoods healthy? Assessing how areas with high densities of same-sex couples impact the mental health of sexual minority and majority young adults.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Slum Development in India: A Study of Slums in Kalaburagi
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Regenerative Territories: Dimensions of
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms. Going beyond the mere reuse/recycle of material waste as resources, this work aims to understand how to apply circularity principles to, among others, the regeneration of wastescapes. The main focus is the development over time, and in particular the way how spatial planning and strategies respond to new unpredictable urgencies and opportunities related with territorial metabolisms. The book specifically focuses on living labs environments, where it is possible to tackle complex problems through a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach - including the use of digital spatial decision support environment – which could be able to include all the involved stakeholders. Through a spatial scope of circularity, this book describes several examples including among others ideas from different contexts such as Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Vietnam. Through including reflections on methodology and representation, as well as on solutions for circular and healthy metabolisms, the book provides an excellent resource to researchers and students.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Challenges for the implementation of Circular Economy for a new territorial planning perspective (Arjan Michelangelo) Part I: The Spatial Dimension of Circularity 3. Evolving relations of landscape, infrastructure and urbanization towards circularity (Bruno De Meulder, Julie Marin, Kelly Shannon) 4. New urbanization phenomena and new potential landscapes (Enrico Formato) 5. Wastescapes as a structural concept for achieving circularity (Libera, Arjan) Part II: Sustainable solutions and strategies for circular and healthy metabolisms 6. Wastescapes as spaces of opportunities. Collaborative processes in the re-activation of wastescapes (Anna Attademo and Gilda Berruti) 7. Urban regeneration: an “incremental circularity” perspective (Paolo Cottino, Dario Domante, Alice Franchina) 8. “Reloading Landscapes: a scenario for the case of Taranto”(Francesca Rizzetto – Fransje Hooimeijer) 9. Designing new soils through a systemic approach (Marina Rigillo) Interlude: Box of examples/pictures of realised projects on wastescape regeneration (Libera) Part III: Methodology and representation 10. Eliciting information for developing a circular economy in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, The Netherlands (Gustavo Arciniegas, Alexander Wandl) 11. The role of Living Labs in regenerative decision-making processes (Maria Cerreta) Part IV: New definitions: a shared glossary 12. Territorialising circularity (Furlan Cecilia, Alexander Wandl) 13: Towards Circular Port-City Territories. Rotterdam as case study (Paolo De Martino) 14. Urban Living Labs - an impact tool to innovate, govern and investigate metropolitan challenges (Leendert Verhoef, Virpi Heybroek, Ellen van Bueren and Arjan van Timmeren) 15. Circular Metabolism: urban and territorial perspectives (Giulia Lucertini, Francesco Musco) 16. Risk Productivity. Inclusive and regenerative approaches within compromised contexts (Francesca Garzilli, Federica Vingelli, Valentina Vittiglio) 17. The Metabolic Urban Landscape (Chiara Mazzarella) Interlude: Pictures for the glossary (curated by Libera) Part V: Towards regenerative territories 18. Reprocities of cities and territories (Arjan, Michelangelo, Libera)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Space, Place and Educational Settings
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes. It gives insight into the complex interplay of educational inequalities and practices of educational governance in the neighborhood and at larger geographical scales. The book adopts quantitative and qualitative methodologies and explores a wide range of theoretical perspectives by drawing upon empirical cases and examples from France, Germany, Italy, the UK and North America, and presents and reflects ongoing research of international scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds such as education, human geography, public policy, sociology, and urban and regional planning. As such, it provides an interesting read for scholars, students and professionals in the broader field of social, cultural and educational studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners in the fields of education, pedagogy, social work, and urban and regional planning.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Space, Place, and Educational Settings: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Knowledge Society, Educational Attainment, and the Unequal City: A Sociospatial Perspective.- Chapter 3. Educational Inequality and Urban Development: Education as a Field for Urban Planning, Architecture and Urban Design.- Chapter 4. Bringing the Full Picture Into Focus: A Consideration of the Internal and External Validity of Charter School Effects.- Chapter 5. Neighborhood Effects, the Life Course, and Educational Outcomes: Four Theoretical Models of Effect Heterogeneity.- Chapter 6. Space, Marginality, and Youth in Urban Spaces: Pedagogical Practices in the Quartieri Spagnoli.- Chapter 7. Fragmented Geographies of Education: Institutions, Policies, and the Neighborhood.- Chapter 8. When School Comes to Community: Considering the Socioethnic Environment in Educational Reform for Gypsy Populations in a French City.- Chapter 9. Bringing the Local Back In: How Schools Work Differently in Different Neighborhood Contexts.- Chapter 10. Setting Aside Settings: On the Contradictory Dynamics of “Flat Earth”, “Ordinalization” and “Cold Spot” Education Governing Projects.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Territorialising Space in Latin America: Processes and Perceptions
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Self-Governance and Sami Communities: Transitions
Book SynopsisThis open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions for governance of natural resources? The book answers this question by exploring how they made decisions regarding natural resource management, mainly with regard to wild game, fish, and grazing land and illuminate how Sami users, in a changing economy, altered the long-term rules for use of land and water in a self-governance context. The early modern period was a transforming phase of property rights due to fundamental changes in Sami economy: from an economy based on fishing and hunting to an economy where reindeer pastoralism became the main occupation for many Sami. The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural assets and how capable they were in building highly functioning institutions for governance.Trade Review“The book by Jesper Larsson and Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja is really fascinating and a definite must-read for anyone interested in the history of reindeer pastoralism and, may be, pastoralism in general.” (Kirill V. Istomin, Pastoralism, June 8, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction, Framework, Methods and Starting Points.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Linking long-term changes in socioecological systems with the development of property rights.- Chapter 3: Methods and staring points.- Chapter 4: Important variables.- Part II: Land Use, Livelihood and Ecological Settings.- Chapter 5: Fishing.- Chapter 6: Hunting.- Chapter 7: Reindeer husbandry.- Chapter 8: Other.- Part III: Synthesis.- Chapter 9: From private to common – coevolution of land-use practices and property rights.- Chapter 10: Early modern self-governance and colonial structures – the current state of affairs.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies
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Springer International Publishing AG The History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan: Origin of Geographical Names, Conflicts and Solutions
Book SynopsisThis monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times. The book also contains suggestions for some tangible solutions for the issue. This book is a useful resource for students and scholars in the fields of political geography, historical geography, cartography, diplomatic history, international relations, politics, and other related disciplines. It also appeals to international experts in hydrographic organizations and the United Nations, and geography and history teachers. The book is also interesting for the general readers interested in the topic of geographical naming disputes.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Science, Technology and Society: An Introduction
Book SynopsisScience, Technology and Society: An Introduction provides students with an accessible overview of the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The discipline breaks down traditional conceptions of knowledge as universal, neutral and ahistorical, and takes a more critical approach to science and technology as social embedded phenomena. This comprehensive textbook makes use of unique examples and case studies to illustrate theoretical debates and concepts. In addition, the reader acquires a unique vision of contemporary issues (such as the power of algorithms, the mystification of fake news, the role of experts within the decision-making process, for example). Each chapter incorporates pedagogically rich features, including interactive discussion points to be used individually or in class as prompts for debate.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Why Do We Need to Rethink Science?.Part One: From The Philosophy Of Science to The Social Studies of Science.Chapter 2: Gnoseology. The Foundations of Human Knowledge.Chapter 3: Epistemology: The fundamental elements of scientific knowledge.Chapter 4: Society In Science.Chapter 5: The Advent of The Studies of Science and of Technology.Part Two: Main Themes In STS.Chapter 6: The Boundaries of Science.Chapter 7: Science Behind The Scenes.Chapter 8: Scientists, Experts And Public Opinion.Chapter 9 Science And Technology: Two Sides Of The Same Coin.Chapter 10: Science, Technology And Gender.Part Three: Contemporary Fields Of InquiryChapter 11: Environment.Chapter 12: Digital Societies.Chapter 13: Medicine And Biotechnology.Chapter 14: Five Challenges For The Future.Chapter 15. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges, and Issues
Book SynopsisThis book is a unique, transdisciplinary summary of the state of the art of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Indonesia. It provides a comprehensive overview of disaster risk governance across all levels and multiple actors including diverse perspectives from practitioners and researchers on the challenges and progress of DRR in Indonesia. The book includes novel and emerging topics such as the role of culture, religion, psychology and the media in DRR. It is essential reading for students, researchers, and policy makers seeking to understand the nature and variety of environmental hazards and risk patterns affecting Indonesia.Following the introduction, the book has four main parts of key discussions. Part I presents disaster risk governance from national to local level and its integration into development sectors, Part II focuses on the roles of different actors for DRR, Part III discusses emerging issues in DRR research and practice, and Part IV puts forward variety of methods and studies to measure hazards, risks and community resilience.Table of ContentsPart I: Hazards and risks in Indonesia.- Chapter 1. Volcanic eruption.- Chapter 2. Earthquake.- Chapter 3. Tsunami.- Chapter 4. Landslide.- Chapter 5. Flood.- Chapter 6. Windstorm.- Chapter 7. Forest fire. Chapter 8. Coastal erosion.- Part II: Measuring and Reducing Vulnerability.- Chapter 9. Poverty and disaster.- Chapter 10. Gender and disaster.- Chapter 11. Children, youth and disaster.- Chapter 12. Ethics, culture, religion and disaster.- Chapter 13. Building community resilience at the coastal areas.-Part III: Institutions and governance for DRR.- Chapter 14. Actors and programming/activities at the national level.- Chapter 15. Actors and programming/activities at the sub-national level.- Chapter 16. Actors and programming/activities at the local level: case study of Kendari City.- Chapter 17. Programs by international agencies: UNDP, Mercy Corps, USAID.- Chapter 18. Programs by international agencies: MPBI, HFI.- Chapter 19. Financing DRR: World Bank.- Chapter 20. Research activities: ITB, IPB, TDMCR, UNU.- Part IV: Managing Disaster risks.- Chapter 21. Tsunami Early warning system.- Chapter 22. Community preparedness.- Chapter 23. On physical reconstruction.- Chapter 24. 10 Years of Aceh tsunami.- Part V: DRR and beyond.- Chapter 25. Role of Indonesia in the ASEAN region.- Chapter 26. Review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, and the SFDRR MPBI.- Chapter 27. Latest DRR and CCA Integration in Indonesia.- Chapter 28. The SDGs RD.
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Springer Verlag, Japan Satoyama: The Traditional Rural Landscape of Japan
Book SynopsisJapan’s traditional and fragile satoyama landscape system was developed over centuries of human life on mountainous island terrain in a monsoon climate. The carefully managed coppice woodlands on the hillsides, the villages strung along the base of the hills, and the carefully tended paddy fields of rural Japan made possible the sustainable interaction of nature and humans. Radical changes in the middle of the twentieth century led to the abandonment of satoyama landscapes which now are being rediscovered. There is a new realization that these woodlands still play a vital role in the management of the Japanese landscape and a new determination to manage them for the future. This multifaceted book explores the history, nature, biodiversity, current conservation measures, and future uses of satoyama. The information presented here will be of interest in all parts of the world where patterns of sustainable development are being sought. Table of ContentsPreface Kazuhiko Takeuchi Contributors Chapter 1. Ideological Contribution of Satoyamas Robert D. Brown and Makoto Yokohari Introduction International Perspective on Coppice Woodlands Contributions to the book Contributions of the book Chapter 2. The Nature of Satoyama Landscapes 2.1 Satoyama Landscapes as Managed Nature Kazuhiko Takeuchi 2.2 Satoyama Landscapes and Conservation Ecology Izumi Washitani 2.3 Citizen Conservation of Satoyama Landscapes Noboru Kuramoto 2.4 Environmental Policy and Satoyama Landscapes Yoshinobu Kitamura Chapter 3. Satoyama Landscape Transition 3.1 Transition of Satoyama Landscapes in Japan Atsushi Tsunekawa 3.2 Satoyama Landscape Transition in the Kanto Area Atsushi Tsunekawa and Tsutomu Bessho 3.3 Satoyama Landscape Transition in the Kansai Area Junko Morimoto and Yukihiro Morimoto 3.4 Mechanisms of Satoyama Landscape Transformation Hideharu Kurita and Makoto Yokohari Chapter 4. Biological Diversity in Satoyama Landscapes 4.1 Conserving Biological Diversity Noboru Kuramoto 4.2 Species Diversity in Satoyama Landscapes Youichi Sonoda and Izumi Washitani 4.3 Wetland Environments and Biodiversity in the Hills Yukihiro Morimoto 4.4 Birds of Prey Living in Yatsuda and Satoyama Atsuki Azuma Chapter 5. Approaches to Satoyama Conservation 5.1 Nation-Wide Partnerships for Satoyama Conservation Shigesato Nakagawa 5.2 Coppice Woodland Maintenance by Volunteers Noboru Kuramoto and Asou Yoshimi 5.3 Regeneration of Satoyama Landscapes Yoshiko Kitagawa 5.4 Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems Izumi Washitani Chapter 6. Biological Resources 6.1 Biological Resources in Village Life Kenji Iiyama 6.2 Coppice-Wood as an Energy Source Shigesato Nakagawa 6.3 Nature Study in Satoyama Landscapes Shigesato Nakagawa Chapter 7. Long-term Strategy for Satoyama Conservation 7.1 Strategic Management of Satoyama Landscapes Atsushi Tsunekawa 7.2 Legal Systems for Satoyama Landscape Conservation Yoshinobu Kitamura 7.3 National Land Planning of Satoyama Landscapes Kazuhiko Takeuchi References Glossary of Terms Regional and Prefectural Map of Japan Index
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Springer The Post-Socialist City: Urban Form and Space Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe after Socialism
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Springer Forest Policies and Social Change in England
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A A Balkema Publishers Management of Toxic Materials in an International
Book SynopsisThis work covers topics such as a water quality management plan for the Dutch portion of the North Sea, estimating discharges under 1980 conditions, and estimating effects of discharges on ambient water quality.
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Springer Mediated Geographies and Geographies of Media
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Community-Based Urban Development: Evolving Urban
Book SynopsisThe book compares different approaches to urban development in Singapore and Seoul over the past decades, by focusing on community participation in the transformation of neighbourhoods and its impact on the built environment and communal life. Singapore and Seoul are known for their rapid economic growth and urbanisation under a strong control of developmental state in the past. However, these cities are at a critical crossroads of societal transformation, where participatory and community-based urban development is gaining importance. This new approach can be seen as a result of a changing relationship between the state and civil society, where an emerging partnership between both aims to overcome the limitations of earlier urban development. The book draws attention to the possibilities and challenges that these cities face while moving towards a more inclusive and socially sustainable post-developmental urbanisation. By applying a comparative perspective to understand the evolving urban paradigms in Singapore and Seoul, this unique and timely book offers insights for scholars, professionals and students interested in contemporary Asian urbanisation and its future trajectories.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- City and the developmental state.- Neoliberalization and neo-developmental city.- Emerging community-based urban development.- Conclusion: Towards community-driven urban development (what we learned).
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited
Book SynopsisThis book offers a fresh analysis of constitutional, economic, demographic and cultural developments in the overseas territories of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Ranging from Greenland to Gibraltar, the Falklands to the Faroes, and encompassing islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Caribbean, these territories command attention because of their unique status, and for the ways that they occasionally become flashpoints for rival international claims, dubious financial activities, illegal migration and clashes between metropolitan and local mores. Connell and Aldrich argue that a negotiated dependency brings greater benefits to these territories than might independence.Table of ContentsChapter 1 A Decolonised World?.Chapter 2 Constitutions: The Constancy of Change.Chapter 3 Identity, Culture and Politics.Chapter 4 New Caledonia: The Infinite Pause?.Chapter 5 Economics: Niche Markets and Global Contexts.Chapter 6 Migration: Holding on to Home?.Chapter 7 Geopolitics: The Local and the Global.Chapter 8 Anomalies on the Map.Chapter 9 Plus ça change? From Last Colonies to Overseas Territories.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Peripatetic Painting: Pathways in Social,
Book SynopsisThis book documents the practice-led research of painting as a peripatetic art practice through travel and transient life in Australia, India, and Pakistan. Crossing disciplines of Art, Applied Anthropology, and Cultural Geography, painting is explored as a way of negotiating the uncertainties inherent in cross-cultural journeys, and the possibility of connecting with others in their lifeworlds. The ways of navigating and of making that support creativity in the field are identified, as are the multifarious conditions of the field in view of how these shaped painting, and ultimately, the consciousness of the artist through possibilities for empathy, advocacy, and activism. The book includes many images that illustrate the form which painting took in the field and the techniques employed to create these. Interactive links in the eBook edition enable the reader to view documentary films about subjects with whom the artist worked, and that illustrate the field and conditions of making. Throughout the book the reader may also engage with virtual tours of the Australindopak Archive as the art work generated by this research.Table of ContentsPrologue.- Pakistan and Australia: The First Scroll: Canberra and Other Ideas.- Australia and India: The Second Scroll: Australind.- India, Pakistan and Australia: The Third Scroll: IndoPak.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Post-Capitalist Futures: Paradigms, Politics, and
Book SynopsisAs the crises of capitalism continue to intensify, radical thinkers must conjure realistic and inspirational alternative futures beyond this failing social order. This book presents a stimulating array of essays exploring such post-capitalist futures. With contributions and perspectives from the Global North and Global South, central topics include ecosocialism, ecofeminism, degrowth, community economies, and the Green New Deal. There are also chapters offering analyses of land, energy, technology, universal basic services, and (re)localisation of economies. The book is in three parts. The first presents various alternative paradigms for thinking about – and working toward – post-capitalist futures. The second section offers perspectives on alternative governance strategies and approaches for post-capitalist futures. The closing section gathers various analyses of post-capitalist geographies and resistance. Going beyond critique and instead envisioning alternative imaginaries, this collection should challenge and inspire readers to think and act upon the range of possibilities immanent in our crisis-ridden present.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Alternative Paradigms for Post-Capitalist Futures.- The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism.- Ecosocialism from a Post-development Perspective.- Post-Capitalism Now: A Community Economies Approach.- Collective Sufficiency: Degrowth as a Political Project.- China: Capitalism and Change?.- Part II: Governing for Post-Capitalist Futures.- From Technological Utopianism to Universal Basic Services.- Ecofeminist Political Economy: Critical Reflections on the Green New Deal.- The Macroeconomics of Degrowth: Can Planned Economic Contraction be Stable?.- Post-capitalist Techno-futures – Beyond Instrumental Utopianism.- Crises, COVID, and the Climate State.- Part III: Post-Capitalist Geographies and Resistance.- Localisation – the World Beyond Capitalism.- Indigenous Australians and their Lands: Post-capitalist Development Alternatives.- Environmental Justice Movements as Mediums of Post-capitalist Futures: Perspectives from India.- Careful Thinking –Pensar Cuidando –Henvupen Yaconso.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Cyclonic Disasters and Resilience: An Empirical Study on South Asian Coastal Regions
Book SynopsisThe Bay of Bengal is prone to tropical cyclones and storm surges as a result of its location, and many of the mostly poor people living along the coastal regions of South Asia lose their lives almost every year. These disasters have been particularly devastating and have caused serious damage. During the past five decades, the low-lying coastal and offshore islands have experienced a tragic history of 50 severe cyclones and storm surges, with more than one million victims dead or missing. People accepted and waited for the next disaster as they had no alternatives. Members of the poor families who survived the disasters experienced hard times recovering from damage and the loss of their loved ones. After disasters, epidemic diseases arise in the affected areas. Many of the people in distress are also deprived of public services. Providing all sorts of assistance and emergency health preparedness are most essential to overcome such a situation. The causes of these huge casualties have been mainly: (1) the high population density of costal settlements, (2) inadequate cyclone shelters in the disaster risk areas, (3) lack of awareness of the disaster risk by the vulnerable population, (4) deterministic attitudes of people who accept disasters as “fate”, (5) houses that are weakly constructed and (6) underdeveloped central awareness programmes and weather forecast systems. This book is based on an empirical study presenting a timeline analysis of major cyclones and their impacts and consequent losses through the super-cyclones in the disaster-prone coastal regions of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This study also investigates resilience mechanisms based on early warning systems, technology applications including GIS and remote sensing, best practices, success stories and case studies that can be used for effective cyclone management and development of a resilience mechanism among coastal communities.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conceptual and Contextual Scenario of Disaster Risk Reduction and Cyclonic Resilience Chapter 2: Major Cyclonic Disasters in India Chapter 3: The Application of Early Warning System in India Chapter 4: Major Cyclonic Disasters in Bangladesh Chapter 5: The Major Cyclonic disasters in Sri Lanka Chapter 6: Policy and Governance Strategies for Effective Cyclone Risk Management in Odisha, India: A Journey from 1999 Super Cyclone Chapter 7: Way forward and Resilience Development for Cyclone in South Asia
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Springer Verlag, Singapore International Planning Studies: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of international planning studies. It is an essential resource that situates planning as an international discipline and practice with an important role to play in delivering sustainable development across different scales in diverse global contexts. A series of chapters covers past episodes of international influence and exchange in planning, key concepts, research strategies, methods in contemporary international planning studies, as well as ways of characterising and comparing planning systems. The authors explore the emergence of a global agenda for planning, through the activities and goal setting of international organisations, and professional and civil society networks. Transnational and cross-border contexts and initiatives in different global regions, and their relevance to planning, are investigated. An invaluable resource for students and researchers in planning studies, this book offers an important reflection on the internationalisation of planning practice, education, and scholarship, and the future prospects for planning and planning studies from an international perspective.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – The Historical Dimension in International Planning Studies.- Chapter 3 – Contemporary Contexts and Concepts for International Planning Studies.- Chapter 4 - Research design and methods for international planning studies.- Chapter 5 – Characterising Planning Systems.- Chapter 6 – A Global Agenda for Planning.- Chapter 7 – Cross-border planning, transnational, and supranational planning.- Chapter 8 - Planning as an international discipline.- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Mega Urban Projects in China: The Case of Hongqiao
Book SynopsisThis book is the first systematic account of mega urban projects in China, covering their construction, operation and planning. It is a detailed examination of the planning and construction of Hongqiao and its impact on local residents. In short, the aim of this book is to examine the process of planning and development of the Hongqiao transportation and commercial zone, to explore its relationship to urban development and spatial restructuring in Shanghai, and in doing so to comment on and critique the nature of urban change in contemporary China, which is characterized as property- and infrastructure-driven. Mega urban projects are arguably the quintessential symbol of entrepreneurial urbanism, and it is no coincidence that they have become a familiar part of the urban scene throughout the world, not least in East Asia. They can be seen as both a consequence of, and a response to, the deindustrialization of leading cities, first in North America and Europe and then in East Asia, as economies transitioned to globalized neoliberalism. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the main features of the land-based urban growth coalition formed in Hongqiao by introducing the detailed picture of the Hongqiao project, and it outlines the recent example of the competitive rush to urban projects in China's largest cities that has led to the proliferation of new financial districts in Beijing and Guangzhou.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hongiqao and urban theory.- Shanghai in the context of urban change in the PRC.- Competitive urbanism in its regional setting.- New wave development of mega urban projects in China.- Hongqiao: Vision, planning and design of the project.- Entrepreneurial governance and land-based urban growth coalitions in the development of Hongqiao Business District
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Wildness and Wellbeing: Nature, Neuroscience, and
Book SynopsisWildness and Wellbeing explores the dynamic relationships between urban nature and mental health, offering practical strategies for urban design. Mental health is a leading global issue and our urban environments can contribute to conditions such as depression and anxiety. Presenting the latest research, this book explores how neuroscience can offer new perspectives on the crucial role everyday multisensory interactions with nature can have on our mental wellbeing. These insights can help us (un)design our streets, neighbourhoods and cities, allowing nature to be integrated back into our cities. Wildness and Wellbeing is for anyone interested in the connections between urban ecology, health, environmental science, planning, and urban design, helping to create biodiverse cities for mental health.Table of Contents1. Our Nature in/of the City.2. Reimaging Urban Nature.3. Multisensory Nature and Mental Health.4. Urban Nature and Designing for Mental Health.5. Conclusion: Inhabiting Space, Encountering (Our) Nature.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Traditional Chinese Villages: Beautiful Nostalgia
Book SynopsisThis book uses the concept of the region to introduce traditional Chinese villages in ten typical areas. Most of the villages have been included in the World Cultural Heritage List or the Tentative List and reflect the diversity of rural and traditional life. Richly illustrated with pictures of architectural decorations, dwellings, day-to-day country life and aerial views of settlements, it not only enhances readers’ knowledge of China’s traditional architectural culture but also provides inspiration for architectural creation. It is a valuable resource for graduate students, lecturers and researchers in the field of traditional villages, heritage conservation and Chinese architectural culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Diverse Cultures, Villages and Architecture.- Happy Families in Heavenly Dwellings, Huizhou Merchant Villages in Southern Anhui.- Lofty Buildings Towering East and West, Kaiping Watchtower Villages in Central and Southern Guangdong.- Round and Square Buildings and Five-phoenix Mansions, Ancient Villages in Southwestern Fujian.- Drum Towers against Mountains and over Waters, Ancient Dong Villages in Southeastern Guizhou.- Stilt Houses on Top of Leigong Mountain, Ancient Miao Villages in Southeastern Guizhou.- Watchtowers over Gorges, Qiang and Tibetan Villages in Western Sichuan.- Deep Merchant Courtyards, Traditional Villages in Central Shanxi.- Dwellings for All Walks of Life, Villages on Middle Reaches of Qinhe River in Shanxi and Henan.- Hakka Weilong Houses among Green Mountains and Waters, Traditional Meizhou Villages in Guangdong.- Fresh and Diverse Local Life, Ancient Naxi Villages in Yunnan.
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