Human geography Books

Book SynopsisThe globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and ‘lifestyle choices’ to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners. Table of Contents1 Introducing Healthy Urbanism 2 Shifting Priorities for Healthy Places 3 A Framework for Healthy Urbanism 4 Planetary Health 5 Ecosystem Health 6 Local Health: Neighbourhood Scale 7 Local Health: Building Scale 8 Practising Healthy Urbanism 9 Looking to the Future

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part 1   Legacies of Colonialism.- Indigenous Relationality and Planning Futures.- Spatial Planning Ideas in African Cities: origination, circulation and hybridization.- Race in the Garden: eugenics and utopian planning.- Berlin as European City: omitting postcolonial conditions after 1989.- Planning histories and the new progressive planning agenda in Colombia.- Indigenous Futurities: Maori planning histories and ingenuity.- The History of Planning for Communities Living on Land under Traditional Authority in Africa.- Part 2   Silenced Themes and Voices.- "What is our city doing for us?" Placing Collective Care into Atlanta's Post-Public Housing Movements.- Women, Property-ownership and Finance: an under-examined contribution to settler city-building in North America.- The History of Children, Young People and Planning.- Uncovering Hidden Histories of Community-led Planning.- Mutualism in Housing Provision.- A Queer Lens for Planning History.- Sidelined by History: revising the evolution of green-space planning.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisPost-Growth Geographies examines the spatial relations of diverse and alternative economies between growth-oriented institutions and multiple socio-ecological crises. The book brings together conceptual and empirical contributions from geography and its neighbouring disciplines and offers different perspectives on the possibilities, demands and critiques of post-growth transformation. Through case studies and interviews, the contributions combine voices from activism, civil society, planning and politics with current theoretical debates on socio-ecological transformation.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An elegant encyclopedic treatise on anxiety and its various manifestations, down through the ages. Tuan is an interdisciplinary virtuoso, ranging effortlessly over history, psychology, and anthropology. An arresting and beautifully documented study." —Kirkus

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Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic research in the foothills of the Argentine Andes, Gastón R. Gordillo reveals the spatial, historical, and affective ruptures embodied in debris. For the rural poor, the rubble left in the wake of capitalist and imperialist endeavors is not romanticized ruin but the material manifestation of the violence and dislocation that created it.Trade Review"[I]t is the signal merit of Gordillo’s book to remind us of the value of the loose, but productive and fertile, horizontal connections and communities that make up the network of nodes and constellations that we too easily dismiss as 'mere' rubble." -- Jon Beasley-Murray * Posthegemony blog *“Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction is theoretically dense and richly illustrated with diagrams and photographs. The ethnographic detail is often engrossing, while the overall argument challenges heritage and regional specialists to engage in more penetrating analysis of how historic forces of destruction shape the world and add to the rubble that piles up along the way.” -- Diane Barthel-Bouchier * Journal of Latin American Geography *“Rubble is remarkable because Gordillo does not shy away from complex theorizing while also providing us with rich ethnographic storytelling. The result is a book that is as engaging as it is innovative, and which should capture the interest of a diverse audience. … dealing with the social production of space, racialized and ethnicized relations in Latin and South America, human-environment relationships, and affect theory. If the purpose of a book is to change the way one sees the world, Rubble succeeds.” -- Roberto E. Barr * Journal of Anthropological Research *“Both the idea of rethinking ruins and going deep into the Chaco region are original and a welcome foray into events and people that have been side-lined by official histories. ...Rubble gives us layers of history, of rubble, overlapping stories of indigenous identity and conquering violence.” -- Marcela López Levy * Latin America Bureau blog *“Rubble makes a series of generative interventions into the vast literature on memory and heritage studies in Latin America. Particularly rewarding for historians, anthropologists, and geographers interested in critical perspectives on modernity.” -- Mónica Salas Landa * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Constellations 1 Part One. Ghosts of Indians 1. A Haunted Frontier 31 2. On the Edge of the Void 53 Part Two. Lost Cities The Destruction of Space 77 3. Land of Curses and Miracles 85 4. The Ruins of Ruins 111 Part Three. Residues of a Dream World Treks across Fields of Rubble 125 5. Ships Stranded in the Forest 131 6. Bringing a Destroyed Place Back to Life 153 7. Railroads to Nowhere 169 Part Four. The Debris of Violence Bright Objects 185 8. Topographies of Oblivion 191 9. Piles of Bones 209 10. The Return of the Indians 229 Conclusion: We Aren't Afraid of Ruins 253 Notes 271 References 287 Index 303

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Book SynopsisDrawing on ethnographic research in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Christopher Harker how Israel's use of debt to keep Palestinians economically unstable is a form of slow colonial violence embedded into the everyday lives of citizens.Trade Review“The first in-depth ethnographic research on debt formation in the contemporary Palestinian context, this groundbreaking work proposes a host of new ways for social geographers to rethink debt at multiple scales. Spacing Debt ambitiously engages theoretical debates across a wide array of disciplinary approaches and effectively links it with fascinating and carefully treated ethnographic cases and interview materials.” -- Deborah James, author of * Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa *“This is the first sustained treatment of the everyday lives of debt in the Palestinian context based on in-depth fieldwork and long-term engagement with the communities under study. Theoretically innovative and ethnographically rich, this groundbreaking study offers much-needed sociological insight into Palestine's neoliberal debt regime, while showing how Palestine as 'colonial exception' is a rich site to theorize social geographies of debt.” -- Rema Hammami, Birzeit University“Spacing Debt is an essential read for scholars of debt and finance, and for those interested in modes of theory-building that start from the ways in which people live and choose to narrate their lives.... Thinking of debt as endurance helps us see people living with debt as active agents." -- Enora Robin * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *“Spacing Debt is a thorough and important book that will serve as a refer­ence on the livelihood of urban Palestinians for years to come. Ethnographically grounded and theoretically ambitious, the book offers an interesting read on courses in economic sociology, global develop­ment, and the like.” -- Lotte Segal * Middle East Journal *

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Book SynopsisContesting Race and Citizenship is an original study of Black politics and varieties of political mobilization in Italy. Although there is extensive research on first-generation immigrants and refugees who traveled from Africa to Italy, there is little scholarship about the experiences of Black people who were born and raised in Italy. Camilla Hawthorne focuses on the ways Italians of African descent have become entangled with processes of redefining the legal, racial, cultural, and economic boundaries of Italy and by extension, of Europe itself. Contesting Race and Citizenship opens discussions of the so-called migrant crisis by focusing on a generation of Black people who, although born or raised in Italy, have been thrust into the same racist, xenophobic political climate as the immigrants and refugees who are arriving in Europe from the African continent. Hawthorne traces not only mobilizations for national citizenship but also the more capacious, transnatioTrade ReviewHawthorne embraces a scholarly commitment to clarity and a citation ethic rooted in careful engagement with works inside and outside the academy. * American Sociological Association *

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Book SynopsisQuestioning the boundaries between politics and economics Jean-Louis Laville’s large body of work has focused on an intellectual history of the concept of solidarity since the Industrial Revolution. In The Solidarity Economy, his most famous distillation of this work, Laville establishes how the formations of economic solidarities (unions, activism, and other forms of associationalism) reveal that the boundaries between politics and economics are porous and structured such that politics, ideally a pure expression of ethics and values, is instead integrated with economic concerns. Exploring the possibilities and long histories of association, The Solidarity Economy identifies the power of contemporary social and solidarity movements and examines the history of postcapitalist practices in which democratic demands invade the heart of the economy. The Solidarity Economy ranges in focus from workers associations in France dating back to the nineteenth century, to associations of African Americans and feminists in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to a Brazilian landless-worker coalition in the twentieth century. Studying solidarity associations over time allows us to examine how we can recombine the economic and political spheres to address dependencies and inequalities. Ultimately, The Solidarity Economy has global scope and inspiring examples of associations that deepen democracy. Trade Review "The practices that can carry us toward a plural economy and a plural democracy already exist; the question is what kind of social change they can bring about." —from the Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDetroit is the first city of its size to become bankrupt and some policy makers have argued that, since then, it has entered a ‘new beginning’. This book critically examines the evidence for and against this claim. Joe T. Darden analyzes whether Detroit’s patterns of race and class neighborhood inequality have persisted or whether investments have led to improvements in academic achievement, homeownership, employment, and reductions in poverty and violent crime. He measures, quantitatively, the benefits and disadvantages of staying in urban Detroit or moving to the suburbs, and provides evidence to answer whether Detroit, after bankruptcy, is becoming an inclusive city.Table of Contents1. Antecedents to Bankruptcy 2. Detroit Bankruptcy: The Characteristics of the Decision-Makers and the Differential Benefits Afterwards 3. Post-bankruptcy Social and Spatial Structure of Metropolitan Detroit: Anatomy of Class and Racial Residential Segregation 4. Gentrification: A New Method to Measure Where the Process is Occurring by Neighborhoods 5. Uneven Distribution of Economic Redevelopment: Which Neighborhoods are Excluded? 6. Black and Hispanic Underrepresentation of Business Ownership in a Majority Black City 7. Racial Inequality Between Student Academic Achievement: A Neighborhood Solution to the Problem 8. Unequal Exposure to Crime in the City: a New Method to Measure Exposure by the Characteristics of Neighborhoods 9. Solving the Problem of Extreme Race and Class Inequality: Implementing the Spatial Mobility Alternative 10. Conclusions: The Status of Residents of Detroit After Bankruptcy

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Book SynopsisA three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscapeTrade Review“A survey of three millennia, based on an innovative historical geographic-information system.”—Andrew Robinson, Nature, “Best Science Pick of the Week”“The author achieves the notable feat of telling this vast, complex history in a single readable volume.”—Christopher Ruane, Asian Affairs“The Yellow River is a thought-provoking contribution to environment history and, more specifically, Chinese river history.”—Pichamon Yeophantong, European Journal of East Asian StudiesWinner of the Joseph Levenson Prize (China, Pre-1900), sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies“No other scholar has produced such a systematic, comprehensive account of the long-term changes in the river’s function and structure. I consider it to be the definitive work on the topic of the Yellow River to date.”—Peter C. Perdue, author of China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia“Ruth Mostern masterfully explores the ‘natural and unnatural’ impacts of the Yellow River. Her approach, emphasizing continuity and change over the longue durée, reveals a complex river that connects, dissects, transports, and displaces.”—David A. Pietz, author of The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China“This unique book is testimony to the great value of spatial analysis and digital approaches. Read it for methodological innovation and let that change how you study history, humanities, and beyond!”—Ling Zhang, author of The River, the Plain, and the State: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048–1128“In her three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River, Ruth Mostern provides a genuinely new take, full of surprising insights, that makes compelling reading. A pioneering example of quantitatively informed environmental history.”—Valerie Hansen, author of The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began“An outstanding merger of science and history, giving us a deeper understanding of the long, often tragic history of efforts to manage the Yellow River and the land it flows through.”—Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy

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Book SynopsisIn The Surrounds renowned urbanist AbdouMaliq Simone offers a new theorization of the interface of the urban and the political. Working at the intersection of Black studies, urban theory, and decolonial and Islamic thought, Simone centers the surrounds—those urban spaces beyond control and capture that exist as a locus of rebellion and invention. He shows that even in clearly defined city environments, whether industrial, carceral, administrative, or domestic, residents use spaces for purposes they were not designed for: schools become housing, markets turn into classrooms, tax offices transform into repair shops. The surrounds, Simone contends, are where nothing fits according to design. They are where forgotten and marginalized populations invent new relations and ways of living and being, continuously reshaping what individuals and collectives can do. Focusing less on what new worlds may come to be and more on what people are creating now, Simone shows how the suTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Exposing the Surrounds as Urban Infrastructure 1 1. Without Capture: From Extinction to Abolition 21 2. Forgetting Being Forgotten 61 3. Rebellion without Redemption 100 Coda. Extensions beyond Value 134 References 139 Index 153

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Book SynopsisRare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems.Trade ReviewRare Earth Frontiers is a timely text. As Klinger notes, rare earths are neither rare nor technically earths, but they are still widely believed to be both. Although her approach focuses on the human, or cultural, geography of rare earths mining, she does not ignore the geological occurrence of these mineral types, both on Earth and on the moon.... This volume is excellently organized, insightfully written, and extensively sourced. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What Are Rare Earth Elements? 2. Placing China in the World History of Discovery, Production, and Use 3. "Welcome to the Hometown of Rare Earths" 4. Rude Awakenings 5. From the Heartland to the Head of the Dog 6. Extraglobal Extraction Conclusion Appendix Notes References

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Book SynopsisThe geography and culture of an isolated province of Portugal as it first felt the impact of industrialization.Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Algarve: The Association of Men and Land 2. Agriculture of the Coastal Plain 3. Fishermen and Fishing Towns 4. The Limestone Zone 5. The Caldeirão Mountains 6. Monchique Some Final Words Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Ruderal City Bettina Stoetzer traces relationships among people, plants, and animals in contemporary Berlin as they make their lives in the ruins of European nationalism and capitalism. She develops the notion of the ruderal—originally an ecological designation for the unruly life that inhabits inhospitable environments such as rubble, roadsides, train tracks, and sidewalk cracks—to theorize Berlin as a “ruderal city.” Stoetzer explores sites in and around Berlin that have figured in German national imaginaries—gardens, forests, parks, and rubble fields—to show how racial, class, and gender inequalities shape contestations over today’s uses and knowledges of urban nature. Drawing on fieldwork with gardeners, botanists, migrant workers, refugees, public officials, and nature enthusiasts while charting human and more-than-human worlds, Stoetzer offers a wide-ranging ethnographic portrait of Berlin’s postwar ecologies that reveals Table of ContentsPreface: Forest Tracks vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Rubble 1. Botanical Encounters 35 Gardens 2. Gardening the Ruins 67 Parks 3. Provisioning against Austerity 103 4. Barbecue Area 138 Forests 5. Living in the Unheimlich 173 6. Stories of the “Wild East” 205 Epilogue: Seeding Livable Futures 239 Notes 245 References 283 Index 319

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management has been completely updated to take account of new developments in the field. Using a hands-on approach grounded in relevant GIS and disaster management theory and practice, this textbook continues the tradition of the benchmark first edition, providing coverage of GIS fundamentals applied to disaster management. Real-life case studies demonstrate GIS concepts and their applicability to the full disaster management cycle. The learning-by-example approach helps readers see how GIS for disaster management operates at local, state, national, and international scales through government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and volunteer groups.New in the second edition: a chapter on allied technologies that includes remote sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), indoor navigation, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); thirteen new technTrade Review"I enjoyed the book immensely. The book provides a comprehensive discussion of using geospatial data sets, tools and techniques to address different phases of emergency management along with examples and implementation steps. The book can easily be used in the classroom or as a reference book by both novice professionals and experts." Bandana Kar, R & D Staff in the National Security Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory "We need spatial information more than ever to help plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters. This book does an outstanding job of laying the foundations and providing the contextual knowledge needed to leverage geospatial data and make maps that matter in crisis situations." Anthony C. Robinson, Department of Geography, Penn State University "Disasters--human and natural--make it painfully clear how relevant the geographic perspective is to our modern world. Dr Tomaszewski's book not only will equip its readers with theoretical foundations and practical skills to apply GIS workflows and tools to such diverse situations as wildfires, floods, and chemical spills, but will make strides in building a workforce that puts "spatial first" in its decision-making." Joseph Kerski, GISP, Esri and University of Denver Table of Contents1. A Survey of GIS for Disaster Management 2. Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Maps 3. Geographic Information Systems 4. Geographic Information Systems and Allied Technologies 5. Disaster Management and Geographic Information Systems 6. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Planning and Preparedness 7. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Response 8. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Recovery 9. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Mitigation 10. Special Topics, Future Technology, Professional Career Options and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Trends

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Book SynopsisNow in full color, the sixth edition of this leading text features new chapters on remote sensing platforms (including the latest satellite and unmanned aerial systems), agriculture (including agricultural analysis via satellite imagery), and forestry (including fuel type mapping and fire monitoring). The book has introduced tens of thousands of students to the fundamentals of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting remotely sensed images. It presents cutting-edge tools and practical applications to land and water use analysis, natural resource management, climate change adaptation, and more. Each concise chapter is designed as an independent unit that instructors can use in any sequence. Pedagogical features include over 400 figures, chapter-opening lists of topics, case studies, end-of-chapter review questions, and links to recommended online videos and tutorials. New to This Edition *Discussions of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2; the growth of unmanned aerial systemsTrade Review"This outstanding text provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of a rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field. The book has helped prepare a generation of remote sensing scientists, and remains relevant and important today. The sixth edition's discussions of unmanned aerial systems and small satellites are timely; this edition also has a greater emphasis on digital imagery and its processing. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, the text contains sufficient content for one or more remote sensing courses. It has a focus on land remote sensing and develops natural, urban, ecological, hydrological, and other land-cover/land-use applications very well."--J. B. Sharma, PhD, Professor Emeritus and Eminent Scholar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Georgia "I have found prior editions to cover all the topics I want my students to learn in Introductory Remote Sensing. In the sixth edition, the updated chapter on land observation satellites provides a nice overview of optical systems currently in operation, as well as history of the longer programs. The section on satellite systems in Chapter 3 provides some good background on the parts of satellites and their characteristics like orbit, footprints, and constellations. Other updates include a shorter chapter on the history of remote sensing, a new chapter on forestry, and some reorganization of the chapters. I look forward to adopting the sixth edition!"--Mary C. Henry, PhD, Department of Geography, Miami University "Introduction to Remote Sensing has an excellent reputation as one of the preeminent textbooks for undergraduate courses in remote sensing and image processing. As a university instructor, I first used this text in 1996. Twenty-five years later, the sixth edition has evolved to keep pace with a highly technical discipline. The book captures how the field has changed in terms of remote sensing technologies, image processing techniques, and software packages. We are entering an era where new sensing technologies and publicly available high-resolution satellite data are readily accessible and available for short- and long-term studies; the opportunities provided by these changes are described in detail in the sixth edition. I thank the authors for their diligence in providing up-to-date information in this dynamic area. Congratulations!"--Paul Treitz, PhD, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada "The sixth edition of this classic text covers the fundamental principles of remote sensing as well as applications. A particular strength of the text is its coverage of the historical development of the field, from the first aerial photographs and Landsat satellites to today's small satellites, unmanned aircraft, and mobile sensors. The development of new sensor technologies, such as different types of lidar, is well described. Each chapter ends with lists of learning resources on the Internet, review questions, and references. I recommend this sixth edition as both a core text for undergraduate and graduate courses and a useful reference for remote sensing professionals."--Håkan Olsson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Forest Remote Sensing, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences-An outstanding guide….This book is an excellent text for an introductory remote sensing course. It is also an appropriate addition to anyone's library who is trying hard to keep up with all the changes in the remote sensing technology. This book has a valued place on my bookshelf. (on the fifth edition)--Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 06/01/2012ƒƒThe text provides comprehensive coverage of principal topics and serves as a framework for organizing the vast amount of remote sensing information available on the web. Featuring case studies and review questions, the book's chapters are carefully designed as independent units that instructors can select from as needed for their courses. (on the fifth edition)--Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, 12/01/2011Table of ContentsI. Foundations 1. Introducing Remote Sensing Basics 2. Electromagnetic Radiation 3. Remote Sensing Platforms II. Image Acquisition 4. Digital Mapping Cameras 5. Digital Imagery 6. Image Interpretation 7. Land Observation Satellites 8. Active Microwave 9. Lidar 10. Thermal Imagery III. Analysis 11. Statistics and Preprocessing 12. Image Classification 13. Accuracy Assessment 14. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing 15. Change Detection IV. Applications 16. Plant Science Fundamentals 17. Agricultural Remote Sensing 18. Forestry 19. Earth Sciences 20. Coastal Processes and Landforms 21. Land Use and Land Cover Index

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Book SynopsisThe goal of How to Make Maps is to equip readers with the foundational knowledge of concepts they need to conceive, design, and produce maps in a legible, clear, and coherent manner, drawing from both classical and modern theory in cartography.This book is appropriate for graduate and undergraduate students who are beginning a course of study in geospatial sciences or who wish to begin producing their own maps. While the book assumes no a priori knowledge or experience with geospatial software, it may also serve GIS analysts and technicians who wish to explore the principles of cartographic design.The first part of the book explores the key decisions behind every map, with the aim of providing the reader with a solid foundation in fundamental cartography concepts. Chapters 1 through 3 review foundational mapping concepts and some of the decisions that are a part of every map. This is followed by a discussion of the guiding principles of cartographic dTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Mapping concepts 3. The language of maps 4. Cartographic design 5. Coordinate systems and projections 6. Text and typography 7. Color in cartography 8. 3D, animated, and web cartography 9. Scholarly research in cartography 10. Data in mapping 11. GIS and graphics software 12. Examples from the field Appendix 1: Map gallery, “Maps from the wild” Appendix 2: Sources of spatial data Appendix 3: Eleven guidelines for constructing and critiquing maps Appendix 4: Professional cartography societies Glossary

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Book SynopsisWith the emergence of a truly global marketplace, regions now face far greater competition in attracting outside investment, and multinational companies have to consider local conditions on many levels before choosing to invest. Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy looks at the pattern of FDI and its impacts on the global, regional (trade block), national and sub-national scales. The contributors describe the much discussed global-local interlay apparent in the operations of multinational companies and their involvement with ''regulatory'' institutions at different levels, from the global to the local.Table of ContentsPart I: FDI and the Global Economy. Part II. FDI and Regional Integration. Part III. National Experience of FDI. Part IV: FDI and Subnational Development.

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Book SynopsisWe live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn suburbia, while people who like big yards dislike bustling sidewalks and subways. Social scientists argue whether contemporary suburbs are losing their luster or if a supposed back-to-the-city trend is a mirage--a debate that has been exacerbated by uncertainty over the effects of COVID-19.Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction tackles two central questions: What is the history behind a suburbanizing world? What does the suburban trend mean for society, politics, and culture? Two chapters describe the ways that the new technologies of streetcars, trains, automobiles, and internet have allowed the compact cities of Britain and the United States to grow into sprawling metropolitan regions. The following chapters explore the vertical suburbs of Europe and East Asia, improvised or do-it-yourself suburbs in both North America Latin America, and suburbs as places of employment. The book concludes by exploring criticism and praise of suburbs in popular sociology, fiction, film, and the Americanization of twenty-first century suburbs around the globe. The approach is rooted in history and geography, draws on all the social sciences, and highlights the ways in which suburbs are central to the ways that we understand the present and imagine the future.Trade ReviewThe book includes frequent references to popular culture depictions of suburbs of various kinds. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: What is a suburb? 1: The first suburban century 2: Suburbs at flood tide 3: Vertical suburbs 4: Improvised suburbs 5: Suburban work 6: What's wrong with suburbs 7: Two hundred years and counting References Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisAs cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as authentic urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, and funky ethnic restaurants. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the pervasive demand for authenticity has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Through a guided tour of six archetypal New York City neighborhoods, Zukin shows how the emphasis on distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and force out the neighborhood characters that people often idealize. With a journalist''s eye and the understanding of a longtime observer, Zukin''s panoramic survey of the city explains how our desire to consume authentic experience has become a central force in making cities more exclusive.Trade Reviewan important study of the social and commercial forces redefining our cities. * P D Smith, The Guardian *Table of Contents1 Origins and New Beginnings ; Uncommon Spaces ; 2 How Brooklyn Became Cool ; 3 Why Harlem is Not a Ghetto ; 4 Living Local in the East Village ; Common Spaces ; 5 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space ; 6 A Tale of Two Globals: Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook ; 7 The Billboard and the Garden: A Struggle for Roots ; 8 Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity

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Book SynopsisNo matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. Trade ReviewGlobal Mountain Regions is an outstanding addition to the inventory of the interdisciplinary field of montology, the study of mountains. For any scholar or student interested in the human dimensions of mountain regions, many if not all of the essays will be valuable references. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsContentsSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Hard Times" 1: Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions Ann Kingsolver and Sasikumar BalasundaramSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" 2: After Coal, through FilmTom Hansell and Patricia Beaver Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wigan Pier" 3: Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia Paul S. Ciccantell4: Black Diamonds Crystal Good5: Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi Tony MilanziSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Momma Was a Union Woman" 6: Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia Monica ChujíSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee"7: Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain RegCarmen Martinez Novo, Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Annapurna Devi Pandey, and Luis Alberto Tuaza CastroSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "People Like You"8: Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made DisastersJude L. Fernando, Lina Maria Calandra, Stephanie McSpirit, Pam Oldfield Meade, Jeremy Paden and Shaunna L. ScottSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Border Line"9: Moving Heaven and Earth behind MountainsDaniel JosephSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Black Gold"10: Environment, Health, and JusticeMary K. Anglin, Gregory V. Button, and Dolores Molina-RosalesSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "When the Morning Breaks"11: Circulating News in Rural China and AppalachiaAl Cross and You You12: Thinking About the FutureJane Jensen, Marco Pitzalis, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Alan J. DeYoung13: Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of PakistanSajjad Ahmad Jan14: Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain RegionsStanley D. Brunn and Maria ParadisoSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "My Old Times"15: Artifacts of HomeSaakshi Joshi16: Resonating with the TreesJasper Waugh-QuasebarthSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Traveler"17: Appalachian and Carpathian ExchangesJessica Murray and Iryna Galuschchak18: Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler MigrationRegina Donour19: Experience and ExpertiseLisa B. Markowitz20: Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme LandsDipak R. PantSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Aragon Mill"21: Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United StatesDomenica Farinella, Ann Kingsolver, Ismael Vaccaro, and Oriol BeltranSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wild Rose of the Mountain"22: Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas Tammy Horn Potter and Kunal SharmaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Gap ($8,825) an Hour"23: Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in EthiopiaAklilu RedaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Flume"24: Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian CoalfieldsNathan HallSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Gone, Gonna Rise Again"25: Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining RegionsChristopher D. Barton, Kenton Sena, and Patrick N. AngelSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "We're Still Here"26: Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural UnderstandingAsma Jaber and Michel AwadSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "A Time for Us All"27: Conclusion: Looking Toward the Future in Global Mountain RegionsFelix Bivens, Sasikumar Balasundaram, and Ann KingsolverIndex

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Book SynopsisConfronting the role of foodie culture in gentrificationHaving discovered the flavors of barbacoa, bibimbap, bánh mi, sambusas, and pupusas, white middle-class eaters are increasingly venturing into historically segregated neighborhoods in search of authentic eateries run byand forimmigrants and people of color. Fueled by media attention and capitalized on by developers, this interest in ethnic food and places contributes to gentrification, and the very people who produced these vibrant foodscapes are increasingly excluded from them. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, geographer Pascale Joassart-Marcelli traces the transformation of three urban San Diego neighborhoods whose foodscapes are shifting from serving the needs of longtime minoritized residents who face limited food access to pleasing the tastes of wealthier and whiter newcomers. The $16 Taco illustrates how food can both emplace and displace immigrants, shedding light on the larger process of gentrification and the emotional, Trade Review"Joassart-Marcelli explores high-level theories about race, ethnicity, economics, systemic racism, and other factors that shape the food system, and then situates those theories within the city of San Diego... And part of the power of this book comes from the reality that every city is home to the same kinds of stories that Joassart-Marcelli uncovered in San Diego." * Civil Eats *"The book offers a contextualized and complex account of the making and remaking of urban spaces through food, and avoids romanticizing or dismissing the everyday practices of local residents." * The AAG Review of Books *"Jossart-Marcelli’s work makes a useful contribution to the literature on urban evolution and the processes—demographic, political, and financial—that perpetuate cycles of neighborhood ascension, decline, and gentrification... As the geography and culture of urban foodscapes continue to grow and change, Jossart-Marcelli has given readers plenty to chew on." * The Journal of Urban Affairs *"The $16 Taco reflects the best of food-related research and writing today, as it links the foods that sustain each of us with social and cultural practices that shape the material spaces we inhabit." * California History *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A casual reading shows this book to be a soundly researched, deftly written collection of anecdotes set in narrative form. A more careful review will show that it is much more than this. . . . Recommended." * Choice *"Di Stefano's research is showcased in the book's second half where she takes up the issue of blame, especially by dissecting killer avalanches that led to court cases intent on determining who was responsible for the tragedies. . . By serving as an excellent case study on the development of liability law, Encounters in Avalanche Country provides new windows into understanding human encounters with violent natures." -- Marcus Hall * H-Net *"This riveting tale is part history, part outdoor narrative, and part legal thriller. Di Stefano, a history professor at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, crafted a tale of how early avalanches affected mining towns and railroads at the turn of the last century. . . .Di Stefano’s treatise is an interesting read." -- Christopher Van Tilburg * Wilderness & Environmental Medicine *"Encounters in Avalanche Country is written in a lively manner that will be enjoyed by the general public while being well documented for the scholar. This book could be used in classes on the American West, environmental history, legal history, and more, or given as a gift to anyone interested in the settling of the Mountain West." -- Jean A Stuntz * Environmental History *"Di Stefano presents an interesting overview of how residents in various western settlements adapted and responded to the threat of avalanches, and provides insight into Gilded Age politics and the manner in which this rugged terrain became integrated into the social and economic fabric of the United States and Canada." -- Christian Harrison * Montana: The Magazine of Western History *"Encounters in Avalanche Country is a well-documented exploration effectively shaped by the originality of its approach. It should be of specific interest to historians investigating litigation anent liability, but it surely would engage anyone wanting to know more about the asperities endured by our western ancestors." -- Michael Johnson * American Historical Review *"Ranging from Alaska to the California Sierra and Colorado Rockies, the book covers a tremendous amount of ground both physically and historiographically." -- Michael Childers * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"Encounters in Avalanche Country is a well-written and fascinating peek into a unique part of western life." -- Brad F. Raley * Historian, The *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Map of Avalanche Country Study Areas Introduction: Arrival in Avalanche Country 1. Survival Strategies: 1820– 1860 2. Mountain Miners, Skiing Mailmen, and Itinerant Preachers: 1850–1895 3. Industrial Mining and Risk 4. Railway Workers and Mountain Towns: 1870–1910 5. Who’s to Blame? 6. Disaster in the Cascades 7. Topping v. Great Northern Railway Company 8. Departure from Avalanche Country Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to participatory action research (PAR) that is informed by critical theories attending to questions of privilege and power, and that generates collaborations focused on challenging structural inequality.The authors, writing explicitly from Minority World perspectives, are experienced researcher-practitioners who have worked with communities in the UK, USA, South Africa, Australia, India, and Colombia over many years. They offer an assessment, exploration, and illustration of CPAR at this point in time, outlining how the approach has evolved over time and space. Exploring its roots in strands of critical thought including postcolonialism, anti-imperialism, feminism, antiracism, queer theory, and Indigenous ontologies, the book asks how PAR is being critically re-engaged to maintain its commitment to greater justice and transformational change. Each chapter provide

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Book SynopsisWith the ever rising demand for meat around the world, the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades. What has brought about the increasing popularity and attendant normalization of factory farms across many parts of the world? What are some of the ways to resist such broad convergences in meat production and how successful are they? This book locates the answers to these questions at the intersection between the culture, science and political economy of meat production and consumption. It details how and why techniques of production have spread across the world, albeit in a spatially uneven way. It argues that the modern meat production and consumption sphere is the outcome of a complex matrix of cultural politics, economics and technological faith. Drawing from examples across the world (including America, Europe and Asia), the tensions and repercussions of meat production and consumption are also analyzed. From a geographical perspective, food animals have been given considerably less attention compared to wild animals or pets. This book, framed conceptually by critical animal studies, governmentality and commodification, is a theoretically driven and empirically rich study that advances the study of food animals in geography as well as in the wider social sciences. Trade Review"The book expands on critical animalgeographies by focusing on farmed animals, a category which has been largely overlooked. Further, by addressing hierarchy in human-animal relationships, Geographies of Meat also extends and applies concepts from anarchist geography to farmed animals. In Western societies meat is coming to a crossroads, but is finding new markets elsewhere, mostly in Asia. This makes the timing of Geographies of Meat all the more important."Nathan Poirier Anthrozoology Canisius College, AntipodeTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Political Economy of Meat: Global Trends and Local Tensions 3. Science, Technology and the Commodification of Food Animals 4. The Global Meat Factory and the Environment 5. The Thanataopolitics of Industrialised Animal Life and Death 6. On Not Eating Meat: Vegetarianism, Science and Advocacy 7. Conclusions, Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1981, The Origins of Open Field Agriculture looks at the problems connected with open field agriculture the origins of strip cultivation, the three-field system, the adaptation of Celtic' fields, and the development of ploughing techniques. The book looks at the challenges to traditional ideas on the origins of settlement and their associated economy, and casts new light on understandings of village development. The book suggests that conventional views of the nucleated village, in the midst of open field strips as a product of the Anglo-Saxon migration, is no longer tenable. The book brings together the work of distinguished archaeologists, historians, and historical geographers and opens up a new perspective on the early development of medieval agriculture. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Plates Preface 1. Archaeology and the Origins of Open-field Agriculture 2. The Origins of Open-field Agriculture – The Archaeological Fieldwork Evidence 3. Open-field Agriculture – The Evidence from the Pre-Conquest Charters of the West-Midlands 4. Approaches to the Adoption of the Midland System 5. Commonfield Origins – The Regional Dimension 6. The Interpretation of Subdivided Fields: A Study in Private or Communal Interests? 7. Townfield Origins: The Case of Cockfield, Country Durham 8. The Evolution of Settlement and Open-field Topography in North Arden down to 1300 9. The Origin of Planned Field System in Holderness, Yorkshire 10. Early Customary Tenures in Wales and Open-field Agriculture Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisGIS and Housing: Principles and Practices discusses one of the challenges that has not been addressed by Geographic Information Science thus far: how can we use GIS to deal with the complex issues underlying the housing crisis? This book provides GIS technicians and analysts with an overview of US housing challenges and examples of how to effectively integrate spatial thinking to address housing policy questions, while simultaneously introducing housing policy analysts to advanced GIS concepts and techniques to create livable neighborhoods that include housing alternatives beyond the single family. Through numerous examples, the authors advocate for a collaborative approach that encourages professionals, policymakers, and analysts, across different ideological and political perspectives, to confront the multifaceted housing crisis.Features:Examines the historical aspects of housing provision, societal attitudes, demographic shifts, and government policiesTrade ReviewSilos keep advocates, philanthropy, and government from pursuing housing and development policies that meet the needs of historically disadvantaged communities in Black and Latinx neighborhoods. GIS for Housing offers advocates and policy makers a spatial analysis framework to guide the development of a just and equitable city for all. Maria Cabildo Director, Housing and Economic Opportunity, California Community Foundation In development, all markets are local. Other words, know and understand the location before undertaking development. If you don’t understand location, money will be lost. Location is geographic. The authors of GIS and Housing explain the importance of geographic data related to location. Geographic data is not only physical, (what physically is at that location and surrounding areas) but cultural (who’s there; explaining population and its attributes). Developers need that information. Scott Lefaver Owner/Managing Member, Cabouchon Properties, LLC This book explores both the evolution and current state of housing issues, such as availability and affordability and offers important guidance on why an understanding of spatial relationships is vital when developing strategies for mitigating these concerns. The authors explore the capabilities of geographic information systems (GIS) concepts, tools, and methods and how they can be leveraged to manage, analyze, visualize, and communicate actionable knowledge that supports decision making and policies related to housing. This book is a valuable resource for housing researchers, analysts, and policymakers. Kevin Mickey Director, Professional Development and Geospatial Technologies Education, The Polis Center The authors supply a critical missing angle in America’s fractious national and local debates about housing: visual data. Through detailed graphs and charts interspersed with historical photos and maps, they elegantly capture historic changes in how we live, where we live, who we live with, in how much space, and how much it costs -- and also explain how we may use this information to decide how to live in the future. Nicole Gelinas Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute GIS and Housing is a highly-readable, solutions-oriented book that uses a geo-spatial lens to grapple with the connections between US housing crises and broader socio-economic trends. Further, it encourages the use of GIS as a tool for housing data analysis and meaningful community engagement in policy development and implementation Oksana Mironova Senior Policy Analyst, Community Service Society of New York Table of Contents1. Why Geography Matters in Housing 2. Social, Demographic, and Technological Shifts and Their Impacts on Housing 3. Contemporary Design Adaptations and Policy Interventions 4. Data for Housing Research 5. GIS Analysis and Visualization 6. Directions for Future Research 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of The Affordable Housing Reader provides context for current discussions surrounding housing policy, emphasizing the values and assumptions underlying debates over strategies for ameliorating housing problems experienced by low-income residents and communities of color.The authors highlighted in this updated volume address themes central to housing as an area of social policy and to understanding its particular meaning in the United States. These include the long history of racial exclusion and the role that public policy has played in racializing access to decent housing and well-serviced neighborhoods; the tension between the economic and social goals of housing policy; and the role that housing plays in various aspects of the lives of low- and moderate-income residents. Scholarship and the COVID-19 pandemic are raising awareness of the link between access to adequate housing and other rights and opportunities. This timely reader focuses attentTrade Review"Urgent trends—from the movement for racial justice to intensified economic inequality, back-breaking rents, climate risk, and a paradigm shift in health—have spotlighted housing and affordability in ways not seen since the 1960s. This superb compilation will help newcomers, as well as seasoned practitioners and scholars, navigate classic debates and think beyond them too."-- Xavier de Souza Briggs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and co-author, Moving to Opportunity: The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty"For this new edition of The Affordable Housing Reader, editors Mueller and Tighe have assembled a superb collection of timely and essential essays by many of the field’s leading scholars. The volume frames several key debates in affordable housing policy, including its objectives and the forms it should take. "-- Alex Schwartz, Housing Policy in the United States"Affordable housing is a notoriously complex field. This new edition of The Affordable Housing Reader offers an updated look at some key questions, such as how we define affordability, and the roles of race and community control in the field. It should give a substantial grounding to those who want to understand, and improve, American housing policy."-- Miriam Axel-Lute, CEO/Editor in Chief, ShelterforceTable of ContentsPART 1: CONFLICTING MOTIVATIONS FOR HOUSING POLICY 1. A citizen’s guide to public housing 2. The Housing Act of 1949 3. The evolution of low-income housing policy, 1949 to 1999 4. The Kerner Commission and Housing Policy 5. Advancing the right to housing in the United States: Using international law as a foundation PART 2: DEFINING AND MEASURING HOUSING PROBLEMS 6. What is housing affordability? The case for the residual income approach 7. How do we know when housing is “affordable”? 8. How affordable is HUD affordable housing? 9. Consequences of segregation for children’s opportunity and wellbeing 10. Home is where the harm is: Inadequate housing as a public health crisis PART 3: HOUSING TENURES 11. The grapes of rent: A history of renting in a country of owners 12. The sustainability of low-income homeownership: The incidence of unexpected costs and needed repairs among low-income homebuyers 13. Old wine in private equity bottles? Resurgence of contract‐for‐deed home sales in US urban neighborhoods 14. Making home more affordable: Community land trusts adopting cooperative ownership models to expand affordable housing PART 4: PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 15. The quadruple bottom line and nonprofit housing organizations in the United States 16. American murder mystery revisited: Do housing voucher households cause crime? 17. From public housing to public–private housing 18. What should be the future of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program? PART 5: THE MEANING OF PLACE 19. Federal support for CDCs: Some of the history and issues of community control 20. W(h)ither the community in community land trusts? 21. CDCs in the right‐sizing city 22. Planning for empowerment: Upending the traditional approach to planning for affordable housing in the face of gentrification PART 6: PLANNING AND LAND USE 23. It’s time to end single-family zoning 24. Democracy in action? NIMBY as impediment to equitable affordable housing siting 25. Progress for whom, toward what? Progressive politics and New York City’s mandatory inclusionary housing 26. One size fits none: Local context and planning for the preservation of affordable housing PART 7: THREATS TO HOUSING SECURITY 27. Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction 28. Metropolitan segregation and the subprime lending crisis 29. Inequities in long-term housing recovery after disasters 30. Rental housing assistance and health: Evidence from the survey of income and program participation PART 8: RACE AND FAIR HOUSING 31. Whiteness and urban planning 32. The experience of racial and ethnic minorities with zoning in the United States 33. Still paying the race tax? Analyzing property values in homogeneous and mixed-race suburbs 34. The duty to affirmatively further fair housing: A legal as well as policy imperative

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Book SynopsisRelying on the concept of a shared history, this book argues that we can speak of a shared heritage that is common in terms of the basic grammar of heritage and articulated histories, but divided alongside the basic difference between colonizers and colonized. This problematic is also evident in contemporary uses of the past. The last decades were crucial to the emergence of new debates: subcultures, new identities, hidden voices and multicultural discourse as a kind of new hegemonic platform also involving concepts of heritage and/or memory. Thereby we can observe a proliferation of heritage agents, especially beyond the scope of the nation state. This volume gets beyond a container vision of heritage that seeks to construct a diachronical continuity in a given territory. Instead, authors point out the relational character of heritage focusing on transnational and translocal flows and interchanges of ideas, concepts, and practices, as well as on the creation of contact zones where theTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Uses of Heritage and the Post-Colonial Condition in Latin America 1. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of Heritage for Latin America. Heritage Politics and Nostalgia between Coloniality and Indigeneity 2¡Mexicanos al grito de guerra! How the Himno Nacional became part of Mexico’s Heritage 3.Making Heritage. The Materialization of the State and the Expediency of Music. The Case of Cuarteto Característico in Córdoba, Argentina 4. Is Spanish our Language? Alfonso Reyes and the Policies of Language in Post-Revolutionary Mexico 5. Cultural Management and Neoliberal Governamentality. The Participation of Perú in the Exhibition Inca. Kings of the Andes 6. Commemorate, Consecrate, Demolish. Thoughts about the Mexican Museum of Anthropology and its History 7. Going Back to the Past or Coming Back from the Past? Governmental Policies and Uses of the Past in a Ranquel Community in San Luis, Argentina 8. Unearthing Patrimonio: Treasure and Collectivity in San Miguel Coatlinchan 9. Processes of Heritagization of Indigenous Cultural Manifestations: Lines of Debate, Analytic Axes, and Methodological Approaches 10. The Ambivalence of Tradition: Heritage, Time, and Violence in Postcolonial Contexts

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Book SynopsisHome articulates a critical geography of home' in which home is understood as an emotive place and spatial imaginary that encompasses lived experiences of everyday, domestic life alongside a wider, and often contested, sense of being and belonging in the world. Engaging with the burgeoning cross-disciplinary interest in home since the first edition was published, this significantly revised and updated second edition contains new research boxes, illustrations, and contemporary examples throughout. It also adds a new chapter on Home and the City' that extends the scalar understanding of home to the urban. The book develops the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of a critical geography of home, drawing on key feminist, postcolonial, and housing thinkers as well as contemporary methodological currents in non-representational thinking and performance. The book's chapters consider the making and unmaking of home across the domestic scale house-as-home; the urbTable of Contents1. Setting Up Home: An Introduction, 2. Researching Home, 3. Residence: House-As-Home, 4. Home and the City with Olivia Sheringham, 5. Home, Nation and Empire, 6. Home, Migration and Diaspora, 7. Leaving Home

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Book SynopsisWalking Cities: London (second edition) brings together a new interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians, human geographers and philosophers to consider how a city walk informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are best accessed through the act of walking.The varied contributions take the form of short stories, illustrated essays, personal reflections and accounts of walks both real and fictional. While artist and RCA tutor Rut Blees Luxemburg and philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy recount a nocturnal journey from Shoreditch to the City of London; architect Peter St John of the practice Caruso St John offers a detailed and personal reflection on the Holloway Road; and architect and author Douglas Murphy examines what he calls London's more politically charged locations' in his account of a solitary Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1. Site 1.My Kind of Town by Peter St John; 2. London Has to Continually Refresh its Offer by Douglas Murphy; 3. Against Porosity, Against the Crowd: Walking for a Spatial Complex City by Adam Kaasa; 4. Gravesend-Broadness Weather Station by Roberto Bottazzi; 5. Walking | Material Conditions of the Street by David Dernie Part 2. Night 6.London Winterreise by Rut Blees Luxemburg & Jean-Luc Nancy; 7. Night Moves by Nayan Kulkarni Part 3. Writing 8. Point to Point by Sean Ashton; 9. Public Notice by Jaspar Joseph-Lester; 10. The Rotherhithe Caryatids by Laura Oldfield Ford Part 4. Monuments 11.Squatted Somers Town by Esther Leslie; 12. Docked and Parked by Jo Stockham; 13. Freud in London by Sharon Kivland & Steve Pile; 14. Walking Round Trafalgar Square (Temenos and Omphalos) by Ahuvia Kahane Part 5. Music 15. The Travelling Mindset: A Method for Seeing Everything Anew by Amy Blier-Carruthers; 16. Practise. Walk by by Peter Sheppard Skærved Part 6. Dialogue 17. Curling up Tight by Phil Smith; 18. Walkative: A Choreography of Resistance by Rosana Antoli; 19. The Sound of Sweetness on the Grand Union Canal by Tom Spooner; 20. The Optimists by Duncan Jeffs

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Book SynopsisPolitical ecology is one of the most vibrant fields of environmental research. This book introduces political ecology to a new generation of students in a daring new way: as an interdisciplinary approach to environmental research but also as a series of lived realities and a praxis for change.The origins of political ecology are often traced through an Anglo-American canon. In Discovering Political Ecology, Gustav Cederlöf and Alex Loftus instead take up the challenge of presenting the key conversations and the diverse traditions that have shaped this field with attention to its extensive international roots. Inspired by voices and research in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, the authors address the concerns of those who from different social backgrounds have grown up in a world shaped by climate change and increasing environmental inequalities. Engaging and accessible in style, Discovering Political Ecology introduces a set of key concepts around which coTrade Review"This book is a great contribution to political ecology. The examples are chosen from diverse places around the world, yet maintain specificity, striking a good balance between trying to capture a "global" perspective while keeping it locally grounded. It’s an interesting and captivating read and I look forward to using it in my teaching."Alida Cantor, Assistant Professor, Portland State University Department of Geography, USA."This is a magnificent field guide to contemporary political ecological thought, informed by multiple scholarly and activist traditions. Written in a direct and accessible style, Discovering Political Ecology is the new indispensable text for instructors and researchers alike. It deftly weaves analytical and illustrative points to describe a rich subfield defined by its political commitments, analytical rigor, and growing set of co-conspirators. Political ecology is more important now than ever before, and this book is essential reading for all those who have felt its call to action."Andrea Marston, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, USA."A long-awaited foundational text offering a promising way forward for political ecology teaching, research and activism. Cederlöf and Loftus own up to the field’s Anglo (yet anti-colonial) roots while bringing forth more diverse scholarship and exhibiting the various manifestations of colonialism and environmental injustice around the globe and calls for action."Anna Lavoie, Colorado State University, USA."This brilliant book is required for students and educators in the field of political ecology. It responds to the urgent need to decentre political ecology from the Anglo-American centricity and to open-up diverse roots, voices, perspectives and contexts that have contributed to its emergence and development."Mathew Bukhi Mabele, University of Dodoma, Tanzania.Table of Contents1 Discovering political ecology 2 Power 3 Scale 4 Nature 5 Urbanisation 6 Water 7 Energy 8 Fields and forests 9 Virtual political ecology 10 Seminar activities

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Book SynopsisSpatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems. The links between the geographical information systems (GIS) that capture this data, simulation modeling, and engineering offer tremendous possibilities for building versatile support systems for managing the environment. GIS, Environmental Modeling and Engineering focuses on using GIS and external models to solve real environmental problems, promoting the critical thinking needed for the effective applications of these systems and their analytical outputs.Divided into three major sections, this textbook first concentrates on defining GIS, identifying how data is structured, and explaining common functionality. The text examines GIS from a technological perspective, exploring the evolution of its scientific basis and its synergies with other technologies within a geocomputational paradigm. The next section eTrade ReviewThis well-written, second edition is a significant and needed contribution to the understanding of the increasing interaction between geospatial disciplines and tools - i.e., GIS, and their use in conjunction with environmental and engineering models for problem solving. The exposition is clear, lively, and scholarly, revealing an adequate use of a colloquial tone while keeping commentary brief and to the point with few linguistic variants and regional terms used. For the most part, figures are well designed, clearly printed, with their elements discernible, and the book abounds in helpful diagrams and illustrations for both conceptualization and example.This book provides a guiding paradigm for the study of the current possibilities for mutual synergy between geospatial contextualization and the mathematical and algorithmic formulations of model/simulation inputs and outputs. This volume would undoubtedly enrich the libraries of those professionals who are seeking a deeper understanding of how to better integrate environmental and engineering modeling - both with and from within a GIS, constituting a valuable resource for research projects and course materials.—Demetrio P. Zourarakis, PhD, GISp, CMS-RS, eMS-GIS/LIS, Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst, in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, January 2011Praise for the Previous Edition: Brimicombe’s rich experience clearly shows ... the book is a useful guide to the core information about the workings of environmental models and their development." -Muki Haklay, University College London, in Environment and Planning B, 2005Table of ContentsIntroduction. From GIS to geocomputation. The rise of geo-information science and engineering. Approaches to modelling. The role and nature of environmental models. Case studies. Issues of coupling the technologies. Data and information quality issues. Modelling issues. Decision-making under uncertainty.

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Book SynopsisWe live in atmospheres, we talk about them and we move through them. They offer us an important route into comprehending several aspects of human life and experience, what is important to people, the environments life is played out in, and the processes of change and possible futures. Atmospheres are an ephemeral yet inescapable element of our everyday experiential and conceptual environments. They are continually beyond our grasp as they undergo constant transformation.By interrogating atmospheres, this book arrives at new ways of thinking about the relationships between people, space, time and events. Atmospheres and the Experiential World explores the ways we engage with these affective modes, and the possibilities they offer for researchers, designers and policy-makers to make and intervene in the world.Chapters propose an approach to atmospheres that is not fixed to certain forms or boundaries. Instead, this book argues that atmospheres Table of Contents1 Atmospheres and the experiential world 2 Situating atmospheres 3 Researching atmospheres 4 The spacetimes of atmospheres 5 Atmospheres on the move 6 Atmospheres, design and intervention 7 A new agenda for thinking atmospherically

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together international research on the quantitative revolution in geography. It offers perspectives from a wide range of contexts and national traditions that decenter the Anglo-centric discussions. The mid-20th-century quantitative revolution is frequently regarded as a decisive moment in the history of geography, transforming it into a modern and applied spatial science. This book highlights the different temporalities and spatialities of local geographies laying the ground for a global history of a specific mode of geographical thought. It contributes to the contemporary discussions around the geographies and mobilities of knowledge, notions of worlding, linguistic privilege, decolonizing and internationalizing of geographic knowledge.This book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduates and advance students in geography and those interested in the spatial sciences.Table of Contents1) Introduction: Recalibrating the quantitative revolution in geography 2) In the footsteps of the quantitative revolution? Performing spatial science in the Netherlands 3) Geographies of quantitative geographies in Brazil: two versions of a revolution 4) Translation of quantitative geography in the Brazilian journals: the cases of the Boletim Geográfico 1966-1976) and Revista Brasileira de Geografia (1970-1982) 5) Digitality: origins, or the stories we tell ourselves 6) Multivariate functions: heterogeneous realities of quantitative geography in Hungary 7) A social history of quantitative geography in France from the 1970s to the 1990s: an overview of the blossoming of a multifaceted tradition 8) How landscape became ecosystem: the nature of the quantitative revolution in German geography 9) The urban revolution: how thinking about the city in 1920s German geography prepared the field for thinking about quantification and theory 10) A revolution in process: longue Durée and the social history of the increase in numerical data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and the National Geography Council before the "quantitative revolution" (1938-1960) 11) Italian geographers and the origins of a quantitative revolution: from natural science to applied economic geography 12) The early years: William Bunge and Theoretical Geography 13) Mathematics against technocracy: Peter Gould and Alain Badiou 14) Conclusion: a virtual discussion about the quantitative revolution’s legacy for past, present, and future

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, addressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves beyond the analysis of transport poverty' and innovatively explores mobility inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages.The debate on mobility poverty is gaining momentum due to its role in triggering social exclusion and economic deprivation. In this light, this book examines the social construction of mobility poverty by delving into mobility patterns and needs as they are differently experienced by social groups in different geographical situations. It considers factors such as the role of transport regimes and their social value when analysing the social construction of individuals mobility needs. Furthermore, the gaps between articulated and unarticulated needs are identified by observing actual travel patterns of individuals. The book offers a comparison of the global phenomenon through fieldwork conducted in siTable of ContentsForeword: A Mobility Justice Lens on Mobility Poverty by Mimi Sheller Introduction; Part 1: Social Skills and Individual Aptitudes 1. Learning Mobility 2. Unequal Mobilities, Network Capital and Mobility Justice 3. The Impact of Life Events on Travel Behaviour Part 2: Geographies of Mobility Poverty 4. The Spatial Dimension of Mobility Poverty 5. The Urban Arena 6. The Rural Arena Part 3: Societal Roots and Impacts 7. Women and Gender-Related Aspects 8. People on Low Income and Unemployed Persons 9. Impacts on Mobility in An Ageing Europe 10. The Predicaments of European Disabled People 11. Migrants, Ethnic Minorities and Mobility Poverty 12. Children and Young People Part 4: The Fieldwork 13. Forced Car Ownership and Forced Bus Usage. Contrasting Realities of Unemployed And Elderly People In Rural Regions: The Case Of Guarda, Portugal 14. Perception of Mobility Poverty in Remote Peri-Urban Salento (Italy) 15. Isolation, Individualism and Sharing: Mobility Poverty in Naxos And Small Cyclades, Greece 16. Unmet Needs: Exploring Mobility Poverty in Buzău, Romania 17. Towards an Understanding of The Social Meanings of Mobility – The Case Of Esslingen, Germany 18. Mobility Poverty in Luxembourg: Crossing Borders, Real Estate, Vulnerable Groups and Migrants Conclusion Findings and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the hopeful possibility that emerging geographies of postsecularity are able to contribute significantly to the understanding of how common life may be shared, and how caring for the common goods of social justice, well-being, equality, solidarity and respect for difference may be imagined and practiced. Drawing on recent geographic theory to recalibrate ideas of the postsecular public sphere, the authors develop the case for postsecularity as a condition of being that is characterised by practices of receptive generosity, rapprochement between religious and secular ethics, and a hopeful re-enchantment and re-shaping of desire towards common life. The authors highlight the contested formation of ethical subjectivity under neoliberalism and the emergence of postsecularity within this process as an ethically-attuned politics which changes relations between religion and secularity and animates novel, hopeful imaginations, subjectivities, and praxes as alternatives toTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Genealogies 3. Subjectivities 4. Spaces 5. Political Practices 6. Wider Religious and Spatial Conditions 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis special collection aims to offer insight into the state of geography on questions of social justice and urban life. While using social justice and the city as our starting point may signal inspiration from Harveyâs (1973) book of the same name, the task of examining the emergence of this concept has revealed the deep influence of grassroots urban uprisings of the late 1960s, earlier and contemporary meditations on our urban worlds (Jacobs, 1961, 1969; Lefebvre, 1974; Massey and Catalano, 1978) as well as its enduring significance built upon by many others for years to come. Laws (1994) noted how geographers came to locate social justice struggles in the city through research that examined the ways in which material conditions contributed to poverty and racial and gender inequity, as well as how emergent social movements organized to reshape urban spaces across diverse engagements including the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, anti-war protests, feminist and LGBTQ activism, the AmeriTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Enduring Struggle for Social Justice and the City Nik Heynen, Dani Aiello, Caroline Keegan, and Nikki Luke 1. Geography and the Priority of Injustice Clive Barnett 2. Against the Evils of Democracy: Fighting Forced Disappearance and Neoliberal Terror in Mexico Melissa W. Wright 3. Locating the Social in Social Justice Robert W. Lake 4. Resisting Planetary Gentrification: The Value of Survivability in the Fight to Stay Put Loretta Lees, Sandra Annunziata, and Clara Rivas-Alonso 5. Urban Movements and the Genealogy of Urban Rights Discourses: The Case of Urban Protesters against Redevelopment and Displacement in Seoul, South Korea Hyun Bang Shin 6. Urban Precarity and Home: There Is No “Right to the City” Solange Mu~noz 7. The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: Counter Mapping and Oral History toward Bay Area Housing Justice Manissa M. Maharawal and Erin McElroy 8. From New York to Ecuador and Back Again: Transnational Journeys of Policies and People Kate Swanson 9. Police Torture in Chicago: Theorizing Violence and Social Justice in a Racialized City Aretina R. Hamilton and Kenneth Foote 10. The Uneven Geographies of America’s Hidden Rape Crisis: A District-Level Analysis of Underpolicing in St. Louis Alec Brownlow 11. Building Relationships within Difference: An Anarcha-Feminist Approach to the Micropolitics of Solidarity Carrie Mott 12. Praxis in the City: Care and (Re)Injury in Belfast and Orumiyeh Lorraine Dowler and A. Marie Ranjbar 13. Without Space: The Politics of Precarity and Dispossession in Postsocialist Bucharest Jasmine Arpagian and Stuart C. Aitken 14. Neoliberalizing Social Justice in Infrastructure Revitalization Planning: Analyzing Toronto’s More Moss Park Project in Its Early Stages David J. Roberts and John Paul Catungal 15. Safe Cities and Queer Spaces: The Urban Politics of Radical LGBT Activism Kian Goh 16. Disciplining Deserving Subjects through Social Assistance: Migration and the Diversification of Precarity in Singapore Junjia Ye and Brenda S. A. Yeoh 17. Occupy Hong Kong? Gweilo Citizenship and Social Justice Michael Joseph Richardson 18. Land Justice as a Historical Diagnostic: Thinking with Detroit Sara Safransky 19. Wrangling Settler Colonialism in the Urban U.S. West: Indigenous and Mexican American Struggles for Social Justice Laura Barraclough 20. The Legacy Effect: Understanding How Segregation and Environmental Injustice Unfold over Time in Baltimore Morgan Grove, Laura Ogden, Steward Pickett, Chris Boone, Geoff Buckley, Dexter H. Locke, Charlie Lord, and Billy Hall 21. “This Port Is Killing People”: Sustainability without Justice in the Neo-Keynesian Green City Juan De Lara 22. “Wagering Life” in the Petro-City: Embodied Ecologies of Oil Flow, Capitalism, and Justice in Esmeraldas, Ecuador Gabriela Valdivia 23. Decolonizing Urban Political Ecologies: The Production of Nature in Settler Colonial Cities Michael Simpson and Jen Bagelman 24. Datafying Disaster: Institutional Framings of Data Production Following Superstorm Sandy Ryan Burns 25. Cultivating (a) Sustainability Capital: Urban Agriculture, Ecogentrification, and the Uneven Valorization of Social Reproduction Nathan McClintock 26. From “Rust Belt” to “Fresh Coast”: Remaking the City through Food Justice and Urban Agriculture Margaret Pettygrove and Rina Ghose

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Book SynopsisHadrian''s reign (AD 117-138) was a watershed in the history of the Roman Empire. Hadrian abandoned his predecessor Trajan''s eastern conquests - Mesopotamia and Armenia - trimmed down the lands beyond the lower Danube, and constructed new demarcation lines in Germany, North Africa, and most famously Hadrian''s Wall in Britain, to delimit the empire.The emperor Hadrian, a strange and baffling figure to his contemporaries, had a many-sided personality. Insatiably ambitious, and a passionate Philhellene, he promoted the ''Greek Renaissance'' extravagantly. But his attempt to Hellenize the Jews, including the outlawing of circumcision, had disastrous consequences, and his ''Greek'' love of the beautiful Bithynian boy Antinous ended in tragedy.No comprehensive account of Hadrian''s life and reign has been attempted for over seventy years. In Hadrian: The Restless Emperor, Anthony Birley brings together the new evidence from inscriptions and papyri, and up-to-date and in-deTrade Review'Birley has certainly done [Hadrian] justice in this finely detailed, scholarly and closely argued biography ... This is a superb addition to the excellent Routledge series of imperial biographies.' - Peter Jones, Literary Review'Birley is scrupulous. His grasp of epigraphy and numismatics, his diligence in flowing the vestiges of imperial travel, and his patent sense of fairness in evaluating the scappy ancient literature on Hadrian enable him to construct a narrative of the Emperor's life which renders all previous efforts obsolescent.' - Nigel Spivey, Times Literary Supplement'A learned yet very readable book.' - JACT Review'Birley's book is essential for the Hadrian researcher.' - Gay Times'An excellent, and long overdue, biography ofone of the greatest amd most accomplished of the Roman emperors.' - Kirkus Reviews'Elegantly decked out with coin portraits, photographs, sculptures and maps, this readable bio will appeal to history buffs' - Publishers weekly'Mr Birley is an excellent guide to the facts of Hadrian's career, and of the careers of many of his contemporaries' - Jasper Griffin, The Spectator 1997'This book is well worth the price both to read and as a work of reference. It contains useful photographs, details abour coins, bibliography and index, and also contains excellent maps.' - Gay and Lesbian HumanistBirley ia an excellent companion to the myth of a characteristically complex man' - The Herald (Glasgow)'Birley brings this cipher to life with gusto, Hadrian's childhood and early career, his imperial reign and subsequent travels through every corner of his empire, step by step, stone by stone, until the redaer, too, is exhausted by Hadrian's (and Birley's) seemingly irrepressible energy' - Josephine Balmer, New Statesman and Society"...This is a historical work that must rank amongst the most important biographies of the Roman emperors; it deserves to be read as much for its account of Hadrian's restless travelling through the provinces as for its analysis of policies and matters of state." - British Archaelogy'Birley has now produced a volume rich in detail, imaginative in interpretation, sane and sensible in judgement. ...This is an extremely learned book, often challenging.' - The Classical Outlook/Fall 1998Table of ContentsPreface. List of illustrations. List of maps. Introduction: The Emperor Hadrian. 1. A Childhood in Flavian Rome 2. The Old Dominion 3. The Military Tribune 4. Principatus et Libertas 5. The Young General 6. Archon at Athens 7. The Parthian War 8. The New Ruler 9. Return to Rome 10. To the German Frontier 11. Hadrian's Wall 12. A New Augustus 13. Return to the East 14. A Summer in Asia 15. A Year in Greece 16. Pater Patriae 17. Africa 18. Hadrianus Olympius 19. Death in the Nile 20. Athens and Jerusalem 21. The Bitter End Epilogue: Animula Vagula Blandula Stemma. Abbreviations and Notes. Bibliography. Index: (Persons; Peoples & Places; Subject)

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Book SynopsisFundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation of animals and plants. Starting with an outline of how species arise, disperse, diversify and become extinct, the book examines: how environmental factors (climate, substrate, topography, and disturbance) influence animals and plants; investigates how populations grow, interact and survive; how communities form and change; and explores the connections between biogeography and conservation.The second edition has been extensively revised and expanded throughout to cover new topics and revisit themes from the first edition in more depth. Illustrated throughout with informative diagrams and attractive photos and including guides to further reading, chapter summaries and an extensive glossary of key terms, Fundamentals of Biogeography clearly explains key concepts in the history, geography and ecology of life systems. In doing so, it tackles some of the most topical and controversial environmental and ethical concerns including species over-exploitation, the impacts of global warming, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem restoration.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introducing Biogeography 1. What is Biogeography? 2. Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification and Extinction 3. Biogeographical Processes II: Dispersal 4. Biogeographical Patterns: Distributions Part 2: Ecological Biogeography 5. Habitats, Environments and Niches 6. Climate and Life 7. Substrate and Life 8. Topography and Life 9. Disturbance 10. Populations 11. Interacting Populations 12. Communities 13. Community Change Part 3: Historical Biogeography 14. Dispersal and Diversification in the Distant Past 15. Vicariance in the Distant Past 16. Past Community Change Part 4: Conservation Biogeography 17. Conserving Species and Populations 18. Conserving Communities and Ecosystems

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key international scholars and a selection of the key articles from a quarter-century of social science scholarship. It is aimed at students, researchers and policymakers interested in a deep understanding of contemporary environmental issuesTrade Review'...this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of the emergence and evolution of scholarly enquiry into ecological modernization.''...if this volume serves as a launching pad rather than culmination, then EM is poised to make substantial gains in the environmental studies and sciences. The break from the tendency to rely solely on ecological theories to explain society’s relationship with ecosystems that has been enabled by EM theorists has broadened the horizons for enquiry in environmental scholarship, and the promise of systematic critical analysis of environmental improvement efforts in a variety of institutional contexts is certainly a worthwhile endeavour.'-Debra J Davidson, University of Alberta, in International Sociology, vol 26 no 5'This volume collects well-written scholarly essays on the theory of EM. The editors do a good job selecting chapters to represent the full range of issues and concepts forming the central theses of the EM framework, making this volume a great reader on the subject. Also commendable is that the authors included several studies of environmental reform in economies outside the birthplace of the EM theory. Worthy of note as well is that several studies differentiate between weak and strong ecological modernization. This provides a great framework for empirically examining environmental reform across the globe. Finally, the introduction and other chapters also discuss how the theory of ecological modernization fits with global conventions on environmental reform, thereby helping explain its emergence and rapid development....'-Lazarus Adua, Ohio State University, in Rural Sociology, Dec 2011'This is a much needed collection which fills the gap left by theoretical and empirical work. Whatever your opinions about Ecological Modernisation this promises to be a benchmark study.'.....Michael Redclift, Professor of International Environmental Policy, King's College, UK 'Ecological modernization has become the most important theory of practical attempts to deal with environmental problems. Whether it be efforts by the environmentally leading countries of northern Europe, or by the Obama Administration in the United States, or by Japan and China, the endeavors all consist of ecological modernization in one form or another. This informative reader brings together the most significant research on the subject over the three decades since its inception. The success or failure of ecological modernization remains nevertheless an open question, as indicated by global warming caused by human activities. Hence this perspective has its critics, particularly neo-Marxist and neo-Malthusian ones, and the book briefly responds to these as well. It is a must read for anyone interested in the broader aspects of environmental problem solving.'........Raymond Murphy, President Environment and Society Research Committee of the International Sociological Association'This book offers the clearest and the most comprehensive introduction to ecological modernisation theory yet. It sets out the criticisms of ecological modernisation as a theory of social change and puts forward a compelling argument for a sociology of environmental reform. It shows how technological, institutional and cultural innovation concretely affect peoples’ lives and the ways they relate to their environment. The Ecological Modernisation Reader will initiate a new and more sophisticated era of debate over the greening of industrial societies'..............Professor Stewart Lockie, The Australian National University, Australia'The ideas underpinning ecological modernisation are exerting a growing influence over environmental policy-makers around the world. This valuable and timely collection brings together many of the main contributors to the development of this controversial concept, and provides a comprehensive coverage of the key theories, debates and policy developments in ecological modernisation.'..........Professor Neil Carter, Department of Politics, University of York, UK'...a long overdue publication. The benefits of bringing together some of the classic EM literature alongside more recent work not only explains the historical theoretical development of this discourse and where it might develop in future, but also engages academics and students alike in understanding EM theory and practice...'..............Patrick McGee, Queen's University Belfast, Journal of Environmental Policy and PlanningTable of ContentsPart 1: Foundations of Ecological Modernization Theory Part 2: Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation Part 3: Greening Life-Cycles and Life-Styles Part 4: Environmental Reform in Asian and Other Emerging Economies

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Book SynopsisConducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation. The first section on planning a research project includes chapters on the need for social science research in conservation, defining a research topic, methodology, and sampling. Section two focuses on practical issues in carrying out fieldwork with local communities, from fieldwork preparation and data collection to the relationships between the researcher and the study community. Section three provides an in-depth focus on a range of social science methods including standard qualitative and quantitative methods such as participant observation, interviewing and questionnaires, and more advanced methods, such as ethnobiological methods for documenting local environmental knowledge and change, and participatory methods such as the âPRAâ toolbox. Section four theTrade Review"Social research is vital for effective conservation. Here at last is an authoritative, clear and practical guide to conducting successful social reserach in conservation. The authors effectively blend state-of-the-art thinking in social research with practical examples from conservation projects around the world. A must have book for conservation researchers and practitioners." Dr Paul Jepson, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford."Conducting Research in Conservation makes a much needed contribution to the field. Well written and highly accessible, this introduction to conservation-relevant social science methods will serve as a valuable resource for novices and experts alike. In particular, its practical guidance will help conservation professionals to navigate the complexities of social science research in the ‘real world.’" Dr Michael B. Mascia, World Wildlife Fund, USA.Table of ContentsSection 1: Planning a Research Project 1. Introduction: Social Science Research in Conservation 2. Defining the Research Topic 3. Developing the Research Design 4. Sampling Section 2: Methods 5. Participant Observation 6. Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups 7. Questionnaires 8. Documenting Local Environmental Knowledge and Change 9. Community Workshops and the PRA Toolbox 10. Participatory Mapping Section 3: Fieldwork with Local Communities 11. Preparing for Fieldwork and Collecting and Managing Data in the Field 12. The Role of the Researcher 13. The Ethical Issues in Research Section 4: Data Processing and Analysis 14. Processing and Analysis of Qualitative Data 15. Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics 16. Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics Section 5: Writing up the Report 17. Writing up the Report 18. Final Dissemination and Follow-up

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Book SynopsisEvidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year. This second edition of Environmental Policy explains how policy can respond and bring about greater sustainability in individual lifestyles, corporate strategies, national policies and international relations. The book discusses the interaction between environmental and human systems, proposing environmental policy as a way to steer human systems to function within environmental constraints.The second edition has been completely updated to reflect advances in scholarship (for example developments in governance theory) and the increasing primacy of climate policy within environmental policy as a whole. Key political, social and economic concepts are used to explain how effective environmental policies can be designed, implemented and evaluated. Environmental problems, the role of human beings in creating them and sustainable development are all introduced. Environmental policy formulation, implementation and evaluation are discussed within three specific contexts: the firm, the nation state and at an international level. The book reviews the relationship of economics, science and technology to environmental policy. It ends by reflecting upon the predicament of humankind in the twenty-first century and the potential of achieve sustainability through the use of the environmental policy âtoolboxâ.Environmental Policy is an accessible text with a multi-disciplinary perspective. Lively case studies drawn from a range of international examples â and completely updated for this second edition â illustrate issues such as climate change, international trade, tourism and human rights. It includes chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and links to relevant web resources.Trade Review"This book (1st ed., 2004), part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment series, reflects the more matter-of-fact and cooperative ways that the EU deals with environmental issues....This well-written book will therefore be valuable to American universities as an introductory resource that can be used alongside American works to provide a more balanced treatment of the subject."—F. T. Manheim, George Mason University, Highly recommended title, CHOICETable of Contents1. So, What's the Problem? 2. The Roots of Environmental Problems 3. Sustainable Development and the Goals of Environmental Policy 4. Science and Technology: Policies and Paradoxes 5. Corporate Environmental Policy Making 6. Environmental Policy Making in Government 7. International Environmental Policy Making 8. Environmental Economics 9. Conclusion: Making Policy for the Planet

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Book SynopsisFor decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction both internally and between the local communities, the wider urban society and political world. SINGOCOM - Social INnovation GOvernance and COMmunity building is the acronym of the EU-funded project on which this book is based. Sixteen case studies of socially-innovative initiatives at the neighbourhood level were carried out in nine European cities, of which ten are analysed in depth and presented here. The book compares these efforts and their results, and shows how grass-roots initiatives, alternative local movements and self-organiziTrade Review"A common criticism of edited volumes is that they can sometimes be little more than a loosely connected series of chapters. However, Can Neighbourhoods Save the City does not fall into this trap. Not only are the empirical chapters, which form the body of the book, connected through a commonly considered analytical framework, but a solid narrative draws the reader through from conception to conclusion. Ultimately, it is clear that sub-city initiatives provide hugely generative sites of social cohesion that co-exist alongside official state-driven forms of city governance. Many of these initiatives are not new, although the invocation of innovation and enterprise within their analysis may not have been so emphasised in previous eras."–Professor Anna Davies, Trinity College DublinTable of Contents1. Social Innovation and Community Development: Concepts and Theories 2. Historical Roots of Social Change: Philosophies and Movements 3. ALMOLIN: How to Analyse Social Innovation at the Local Level 4. Kommunales Forum Wedding – Innovation in Local Governance in Berlin 5. Arts Factory, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales 6. Social Exclusion/Inclusion and Innovation in the Neighbourhood of Epeule (Roubaix). The Case of the Association Alentour 7. The End of Social Innovation in Urban Development Strategies? Neighbourhood Development Corporations in Antwerp 8. How do you Build a Shared Interest? Olinda - a Case of Social Innovation Between Strategy and Organizational Learning in Milano 9. Centro Sociale Leoncavallo - Milan - Italy. A building-block for an Enlarged Citizenship in Milan 10. Associazione Quartieri Spagnoli (AQS) - Naples 11. New Deal for Communities in Newcastle 12. The Ouseburn Valley. A Struggle to Innovate in the Context of a Weak Local State 13. The Contradictions of Controlled Modernisation: Local Area Management in Vienna 14. Self-determined Urban Interventions as Tools for Social Innovation: The Case of City Mine(d) in Brussels 15. Creative Designing the Urban Future: Building on Experiences - A Transversal Analysis of Socially Innovative Case-Studies 16. Socially Innovative Projects, Governance Dynamics and Urban Change: A Policy Framework

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