Regional geography Books
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade
Book SynopsisChina is in the midst of the fastest and most intense process of urbanisation the world has ever known, and Shanghai - its biggest, richest and most cosmopolitan city - is positioned for acceleration into the twenty-first century. Yet, in its embrace of a hopeful - even exultant - futurism, Shanghai recalls the older and much criticised project of imagining, planning and building the modern metropolis. Today, among Westerners, at least, the very idea of the futuristic city - with its multilayered skyways, domestic robots and flying cars - seems doomed to the realm of nostalgia, the sadly comic promise of a future that failed to materialise. Shanghai Future maps the city of tomorrow as it resurfaces in a new time and place. It searches for the contours of an unknown and unfamiliar futurism in the city's street markets as well as in its skyscrapers. For though it recalls the modernity of an earlier age, Shanghai's current re-emergence is only superficially based on mimicry. Rather, in seeking to fulfill its ambitions, the giant metropolis is reinventing the very idea of the future itself. As it modernises, Shanghai is necessarily recreating what it is to be modern.Trade Review'This is a fascinating and highly original book - a difficult achievement given how much has been written about Shanghai in recent years by both journalists and scholars. The author contributes not only to the literature on contemporary China and conversations about the nature of Chinese modernity, but also to interdisciplinary debates in urban studies and philosophical and literary discussions of the future. Shanghai Future should find interested readers in fields ranging from Chinese studies to urban studies, cultural geography to science fiction studies.' * Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know *'In the boom of writing on Shanghai Greenspan's work stands out for its depth and originality. There is much written about Shanghai's past, but this original text explores how Shanghai represents its own and our collective human futures. A fascinating collection of musings and empirical explorations of the projection of the future onto Shanghai's cityscapes.' * James Farrer, Professor of Sociology at Sophia University and author of Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai *'This is a fascinating narrative of Shanghai's urban and cultural changes, reflecting the process of Chinese ubiquitous modernisation. Anna Greenspan's keen observations on the history of Shanghai and its current transformation provide insightful understandings of the making of modernity in China, like Paris to modern capitalism. The specificity of urban cultural studies is artfully examined from a perspective of national development. A book which profoundly enriches China's urban studies.' * Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London and author of China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism *'Shanghai is a global metropolis that constantly seeks to outdo itself. Those who arrive in the city for the first time are routinely shocked and awed by its dizzying skyline, bursting urbanism, and glaring ambitions. Anna Greenspan uses this adopted home to delve into the intriguing question of the future city. Drawing on a wide range of materials and first-hand observations, Greenspan convincingly shows how Shanghai and China will continue to reshape the world and redefine our imaginations of the future.' * Tong Lam, author of Abandoned Futures and A Passion for Facts *
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Uniformbooks The Regional Book
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Uniformbooks A Surrey Naturalist
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University of Hertfordshire Press Tudor and Early Stuart Parks of Hertfordshire
Book SynopsisThis book forms a continuation of the research published in Medieval Parks, Anne Rowe's highly regarded volume of 2009. Now she turns her attention to the deer parks that existed in Hertfordshire during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Drawing on the earliest county maps, most notably those produced by Saxton in 1577 and Norden in 1598, and both State papers and estate records, Anne Rowe builds a detailed picture of Hertfordshire's Tudor and Early Stuart parks. At least 60 parks existed in Hertfordshire at various times between 1485 and 1642, but for only 46 of those parks is there evidence that they contained deer at some point during the period. These confirmed or probable deer parks form the focus of this study. Of course not all of them were sixteenth-century creations: less than one-third were `new' parks, the remainder had been in existence for much longer, in one or two cases being recorded in Domesday Book. In the first part of the book detailed evidence for who created and owned the county's parks and how they were used and managed is given. The dawning of design in Hertfordshire's park landscapes is also explored. Part 2 gives an account of the presence of the Tudor and early Stuart monarchy in Hertfordshire. Several monarchs and members of their immediate families spent significant periods in Hertfordshire and played a notable part in the history of its parkland; indeed, by 1540 Henry VIII held about 70 per cent of the parkland in the county. Part 3 is a gazetteer in which each entry brings together the documentary, cartographic and occasional field evidence available for a park, with a map showing its probable extent in the period covered. At this time hunting continued to be the most popular leisure activity, as it had been for centuries. Wealthy landowners enjoyed a range of hunting activities essentially unchanged from the medieval period, including deer- and hare-coursing on foot, falconry, fishing and wild-fowling. But the pursuit of a stag or buck on horseback accompanied by a pack of hounds was considered the noblest hunting experience. Based, like the first volume, on an enormous amount of original work, this meticulously researched book opens a window onto Tudor and early Stuart Hertfordshire and once again illuminates a significant aspect of the county's landscape history.Table of ContentsPart 1. Introduction: Tudor and early Stuart parks of Hertfordshire The sources Hunting in Hertfordshire's parks The medieval legacy Hertfordshire's parks 1485-1642 Who owned the parks? Summarising the main trends The new parks and new parkland Disparking Early park design The inhabitants of the parks Parks without deer? Poaching Park management Park buildings Part 2. Hertfordshire's parks and the Tudor and Stuart monarchies Introduction The crown estate and its parks in the county The royal family in Hertfordshire Part 3. Gazetteer of Tudor and early Stuart parks in Hertfordshire Introduction Gazetteer
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Springer Regenerative Design
Book SynopsisIntroduction_Between vulnerabilities and opportunities: Regenerative Design in the Latin-Mediterranean context.- PART I : REGENERATIVE NARRATIVES: Leapfrogging the future.- Between Stories: Shifting Regenerative Approaches from Fringe to Mainstream.- More-than-human connections: Regenerating through multispecies design.- A Conscious Process.- Regenerative narratives: buildings that educate and raise awareness through design itself.- State of the art of Biophilic Design Research in the Latin-Mediterranean Region.- PART II : SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE CHALLENGES: Fostering Regenerative Processes Through Advanced Design and Responsible Innovation: The Emergence of Collaborative and Ethical Practices in Complex Sectors. The Case of the Packaging System.- Biophilia as paradigm changer.- The Art of Possibility.- PART III : REGENERATIVE TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES: The emergence of practice.- Earth and memory. Adobe housing community rehabilitation, coast of chiapas.- Building energy legislation and incentives, a Latin American vision towards regenerative design.- Tools to reconnect with Nature.- Eco ethnography in design processes.- PART IV : REGENERATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: El ecotono urbano como habilitador de encuentros con la naturaleza.- The triple tetrahedron sociobiotics communities: thought, planning and macrosystemic projection.- Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Mexico.- Regenerative water management: Envisioning RWA urban models in Querétaro (Mexico).- PART V : REGENERATIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS: Barrios regeneration and reoccupation process, a landscape approach from a border city.- Ecovillages and transition towns - What can we learn from them for a regenerative future?.- Ecofeminine: beyond the ecofeminists.- Understanding the past to build a new future:Ecofeminisms as a possible path.- Regenerative Rural Housing.- PART VI : REGENERATIVE URBAN SYSTEMS: The challenge of the renaturalisation of historic city from citizen action. The case of theAxerquía Verde in Córdoba (Spain).- Urban-bioclimatic aptitude as Nature-based solution.- Bioclimatic design - urban regeneration.- Gastrosofia: Fed Cities.- Curridabat Ciudad Dulce.- PART VII : REGENERATIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS.- 10 Years Exploring Regeneration: Universidad del Medio Ambiente.- The birth of an Evolutionary Learning Ecosystem.- A critical view on the strengths and challenges of outdoor nurseries and nature-based education in Spain.- Conclusions: Hope. Better and possible futures through Regenerative Processes design.
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The University of Chicago Press The Wealth and Poverty of Regions Why Cities
Book SynopsisSurveys the globe, from London and Cape Town to New York and Beijing, contending that regions rise - or fall - due to their location, not only within nations but also on the world map.Trade Review"In his wonderful new book... Mario Polese synthesizes a wide range of ideas and research into a very interesting and highly readable account of the forces behind the uneven landscape of regional growth and change." (Economic Development Quarterly) "This clearly argued and amply illustrated work is a useful introduction to the forces causing some cities/regions to grow and others to stagnate." (Choice)"
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The University of Chicago Press The Wealth and Poverty of Regions
Book SynopsisSurveys the globe, from London and Cape Town to New York and Beijing, contending that regions rise - or fall - due to their location, not only within nations but also on the world map.Trade Review"In his wonderful new book... Mario Polese synthesizes a wide range of ideas and research into a very interesting and highly readable account of the forces behind the uneven landscape of regional growth and change." (Economic Development Quarterly) "This clearly argued and amply illustrated work is a useful introduction to the forces causing some cities/regions to grow and others to stagnate." (Choice)"
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The Tropics
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Cornell University Press Proxy Wars
Book SynopsisThe most common image of world politics involves states negotiating, cooperating, or sometimes fighting with one another; billiard balls in motion on a global pool table. Yet working through local proxies or agents, through what Eli Berman and David A. Lake call a strategy of indirect control, has always been a central tool of foreign policy. Understanding how countries motivate local allies to act in sometimes costly ways, and when and how that strategy succeeds, is essential to effective foreign policy in today''s world. In this splendid collection, Berman and Lake apply a variant of principal-agent theory in which the alignment of interests or objectives between a powerful state and a local proxy is central. Through analysis of nine detailed cases, Proxy Wars finds that: when principals use rewards and punishments tailored to the agent''s domestic politics, proxies typically comply with their wishes; when the threat to the principal or the costs to the agent increase, the Trade Review[German language review] * NY TID *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Principals, Agents, and Indirect Foreign Policies 1. South Korea, 1950–53: Exogenous Realignment of Preferences 2. Denmark, 1940–45: Armed Resistance and Agency Slippage in Germany's Model Protectorate 3. Colombia, 1990–2010: Cooperation in the War on Drugs 4. Lebanon and Gaza, 1975–2017: Israel's Extremes of Interest Alignment 5. El Salvador, 1979–92: Revisiting Success 6. Pakistan, 2001–11: Washington's Small Stick 7. Not Dark Yet: The Israel-PA Principal-Agent Relationship, 1993–2017 8. Yemen, 2001–11: Building on Unstable Ground 9. Iraq, 2003–2011: Principal Failure 10. Policy Implications for the United States Conclusion References About the Contributors Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Regional Geography
Book SynopsisThe idea of the region has been a central concept in the understanding of the natural environment, of human society and culture, and of their interactions, from the ancient Greeks to the present. In this book Paul Claval provides a critical introduction to the ways in which the concept of the region has been, is, and could be used to make sense of spatial organization and areal variation in human activities. He examines both economic and policy issues, and relates these to culture, regional identity and ecology. The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides a concise account of regional studies from the ancient Greeks to the present. It then outlines the main current issues in regional geography. Part II describes the main perspectives on the division of space, the different kinds and typologies of regions, and contrasting modes of regional representation. Paul Claval also examines here how ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political phenomena can be understood through their areal variations. Part III looks at how states and non-state societies organize themselves regionally and of the evolution in contemporary dynamics of such modes of organization. The author shows how the perception, representation, imposition and claiming of regions changes from non-state societies, through traditional to industrial societies, and considers the merging of territorial borders of a globalized world economy. This is a complete and penetrating survey of the regional concept as a key to the geographical imagination. Written by France's most prominent geographer, it draws equally on Anglo-American intellectual traditions, and is illustrated by a wide range of examples drawn from all over the world.Table of ContentsList of Figures. Translator's Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Regional Approach: . 1. The Development of Regional Studies. 2. The Regional Approach. 3. Methods of Regionalization. Part II: Factors of the Division and of the Regional Organization of Space: . 4. The Ecological Foundations of Regional Geography. 5. The Economic Foundations of Regional Geography. 6. The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Regional Geography. 7. Regional Consciousness and Identity. 8. The Region and Political Life. Part III: The Forms and the Evolution of Regional Organization:. 9. The Evolution of Forms of Regional Organization, Societies within a State. 10. The Regional Organization of Traditional Societies. 11. Forms of Regional Organization Stemming from the Industrial Revolution. 12. Globalization and the New Territorial Order. Conclusion. Index.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Turbulent Foresters : A Landscape Biography of
Book SynopsisA richly detailed history of Ashdown Forest -- home of Winnie-the-Pooh. The seeming tranquility of many rural landscapes can hide a combative history. This biography of one such landscape, Ashdown Forest in the Weald of Sussex, exemplifies the evolving conflicts that have taken place over many centuries. Wealth and poverty, power and exclusion, have all characterised this landscape through the ages. When a thirteenth-century boundary was erected to form a hunting park it was imposed upon a landscape which for centuries had provided sustenance for peasant families, for swine herds, for itinerant groups, all of whom had developed grazing and collecting rights and customary ties with the area. Conflict between manorial lords and commoners, "turbulent foresters", was born, and the evolution of this conflict over succeeding centuries is the recurring motif of this book. We move through the exploitation of iron ore and timber during the Tudor period, learn of the real threats of enclosure, of military occupation, to be followed by a landscape aesthetic bringing wealthy incomers, attracted by scenery easily reachable from London by train. All sides felt that the Forest was theirs by right. Victorian law-suits, twentieth-century protective legislation and a growing environmental consciousness have all left their mark. And the struggle for Ashdown continues amid ongoing development pressures. This book demonstrates that multi-layered conflict has been a characteristic feature of what still miraculously remains the largest area of internationally recognised heath in the South-East of England.Trade ReviewThe book is well-produced, selectively illustrated, thoroughly referenced and intelligently indexed, as one expects of the Boydell Press. -- Local HistorianTable of ContentsList of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Editorial conventions 1. Introduction: a forest landscape 2. The Natural Capital of Ashdown 3. Ashdown before the Forest 4. Ashdown emerges and the Landscape fills up, 1086-1485 5. Society and Community on Ashdown Forest, 1500-1800 6. Ashdown's forest economy 7. Threats to Ashdown Forest 8. Victorian Ashdown: a changing setting for an escalating conflict 9. The Ashdown Forest Dispute 10. The early years of formal conservation, 1885-1914 11. Ashdown in War and Peace, 1914-1945 12. Ashdown's historic present from 1945 13. Forest conflicts: a conclusion Glossary Ashdown Forest: select Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development:
Book SynopsisThis book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. It analyses recent developments in territorial systems of production, networks of innovation and innovative milieus, with regard to the issue of sustainable development. Drawing on 12 case studies aimed at fostering sustainable development and conducted by an experienced team of international scholars, a new conceptual approach to sustainable innovation is proposed. More broadly, it also reassesses the development models proposed in the 1980s that emerged in the context of globalisation, competitiveness and technological innovation. The book argues that a rethink of regional development dynamics is necessary in order to properly consider current sustainable development requirements. A renewed understanding of the dynamics of actors and anchoring factors is pursued, clarifying the role of territories in the light of sustainable development demands and globalization processes. A new typology of organizational forms of sustainable innovation is provided and the traditional concept of 'innovative milieu' is challenged. The contributions call for a rethink and redesign of public policies in the fields of sustainable innovation more able to deal with contemporary realities. Crossing a wide set of disciplines, this book will appeal to academics, students and policy makers in the fields of urban studies, regional development, innovation and sustainable development.Contributors include: P. Araujo, B. Barroeta, J. Bélicard, R. Camagni, L. Carvalho, P. Costa, O. Crevoisier, M. De Rosa, J. del Castillo, M. Ebbekink, B. Guesnier, L. Kebir, A. Lagendijk, F. Lindner, C. Livi, Y. Okamoto, J. Paton, V. Peyrache-Gadeau, I. Plácido, S. Rutter, M. Sato, S. Strambach, F. Trabalzi, M. ValeTrade Review'This book makes several major contributions to regional innovation and sustainability research. Besides collecting very substantive cases, it provides an inspiring and generative conceptual framework. It argues convincingly that we have to move beyond narrow competitiveness concerns and embrace broader social, environmental and economic processes in their interdependence to better understand recent regional innovation trends. Thus, the term sustainability becomes much more analytical, and less normatively charged. The book deserves to become a standard reading in transitions studies, regional studies and economic geography.' --Bernhard Truffer, Eawag, Switzerland and Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This ambitious book is at the vanguard of the debate on regional development and innovation. It revisits the classical concept of Innovative Milieus to interrogate more capacious forms and modes of innovation and articulate new ways of thinking about regional development. Drawing on highly inspiring case-stories, it offers a thought-provoking and timely contribution that goes well beyond the classic innovation-for-regional-competitiveness paradigm. A recommended read for scholars interested in new ways to analyze, understand and explain innovation in and for regions.' --Lars Coenen, CIRCLE, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development: Rethinking Innovative Milieus Leïla Kebir, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa Introduction: Sustainability, Innovative Milieus And Territorial Development. Leïla Kébir, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa PART I SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, GLOBAL ANCHORING OF TERRITORIAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND COMPETITIVENESS 1. The Territories of ‘Sustainable’ Innovation: From Local Milieus to ‘Responsible’ Communication: The Case of Photovoltaics and Sustainable Finance in Western Switzerland Christian Livi, Pedro Araujo and Olivier Crevoisier 2. Innovation in the Sustainable Renovation Sector in Île-De-France Leïla Kébir 3. Border-Crossing Sustainable Innovation Processes – German Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Green Construction Simone Strambach and Frederik Lindner 4. Living PlanIT and the Development of the ‘PlanIT Urban Operating System tm’: The Geographies of an Innovation Luís Carvalho, Inês Plácido Santos and Mário Vale 5. The Sustainable Water Campus in Leeuwarden: Towards an Anchoring Milieu or a ‘Hollow Term’? Miranda Ebbekink and Arnoud Lagendijk PART II SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT 6. Bairro Alto Revisited: Sustainable Innovations, Reputation Building and Urban Development Pedro Costa 7. Innovative Rurban Networks in Rome Marcello De Rosa and Ferro Trabalzi 8. Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Projects in Alpine Resorts Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Sarah Rutter and Jeannie Bélicard PART III SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS 9. The Great Basque Transformation Towards Sustainable Innovations Jaime Del Castillo, Jonatan Paton and Belen Barroeta 10. Atlantic Nautical Network: An Inter-Regional Organizational System to Promote Innovation in Support of Sustainable Development Bernard Guesnier 11. From Regional Production System to Regional Innovation System – Evolutional Changes of Suwa Industrial Region in Japan Mitsuru Sato and Yoshiyuki Okamoto Conclusion: Relaunching GREMI: A Scientific Trajectory Roberto Camagni Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transportation, Knowledge and Space in Urban and
Book SynopsisThis collection of original research chapters by international scholars addresses the complementary roles of transportation and knowledge and their spatial manifestations in modern urban and regional economies. The featured studies employ the most current and sophisticated technologies, while the authors add a strong element of practical application and policy implications in each chapter.The book is organized into four major themes. The first is infrastructure and economic growth, addressing the historical and contemporary economic impacts of rail, highway and transit infrastructure. The second theme, models for transportation planning and policy, includes methods for optimal toll setting and the effect of transport costs on interregional trade. The third theme, which is the spatial structure of cities, examines processes that drive and arise from urban form, including personal interaction, shopping, commuting and residential location. The fourth theme is transformations in the knowledge economy, including growing income inequality and the role of knowledge in urban dynamics. This book will be of interest to the research communities in urban and regional economics and planning, regional science, transportation studies and the knowledge economy. With its emphasis on practical aspects, it will also be of interest to the policy community.Contributors include: B. Anderson, Å.E. Andersson, C. Burke, Z. Chen, K.E. Haynes, B. Johansson, K. Kobayashi, A. Koike, Y. Konishi, T. Laitila, W.W. Ling Lo, M. Lundgren, H. Maoh, K. Matsushima, S.-i. Mun, Y. Nishiyama, Y. Ohira, M. Okumura, M. Olsson, M. Onishi, T. Otazawa, G. Ray, K. Sato, S. Segi, J-e. Sung,Y. Wan, H. Westlund, H. Yamaguchi, A. ZhangTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction, Kakuya Matsushima and William P. Anderson PART I: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. Railways and Regional Growth, Dispersion and Concentration in Scandinavia over 150 Years Hans Westlund 3. Regional Economic Impacts of a Transportation Infrastructure Project: The Herb Grey Parkway William P. Anderson, Hanna Maoh and Charles Burke 4. Modeling Transportation in General Equilibrium Gautam Ray 5. Comparative Assessment of Public Transportation Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development Zhenhua Chen and Kingsley E. Haynes PART II: MODELS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND POLICY 6. Second Best Toll Pricing of Highway Taking Account of Maintenance Costs Shunsuke Segi and Kiyoshi Kobayashi 7. Armington Elasticities in Multi-Regional Trade for Transport Policy in Japan Keisuke Sato and Atsushi Koike 8. Empirical Analysis of Transport Cost for Interregional Trade Yoko Konishi, Se-il Mun, Yoshihiko Nishiyama and Ji-eun Sung 9. Airport Charges, Infrastructure Life Cycle, and Economic Impact: A Case Study of Hong Kong Yulai Wan and Anming Zhang PART III: STUDIES ON THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF CITIES 10. Synergy Effects of Face-to-face Interactions and Urban Spatial Structure Toshimori Otazawa and Yuki Ohira 11. Endogenous Formation of Urban Structure with Residential Sorting Kakuya Matsushima and Kiyoshi Kobayashi 12. A Discount Point System and Vitalization of a Commercial District with Small Retail Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Masamitsu Onishi 13. Private Purpose Inter-Regional Travels: An Integrator of Historical Inter-Regional Migrations Makoto Okumura and Hiromichi Yamaguchi 14. A Model of Commuting and the Economic Milieu. An Analysis Using Aggregated Data for Sweden Thomas Laitila, Marie Lundgren and Michael Olsson PART IV: TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 15. Internal and External Knowledge and Development in Regions Åke E Andersson and Börje Johansson Dedication: Professor Kiyoshi Kobayashi. Kakuya Matsushima and Bill Anderson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Knowledge Borders: Temporary Labor Mobility and
Book SynopsisKey elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with temporary labor mobility. Ideally, NAFTA status provisions should make the temporary movement of professionals easier across the border of all NAFTA countries. However, in the case of emerging sectors such as high technology and the creative industries, it is arguably not the case. Within the context of recent literature on cross-border trade, city regions, economic clusters, international labor mobility, and post-September 11 security measures, this book probes the dynamics of transitory immigration of 'knowledge-workers' between the North American west coast city regions of Vancouver, Seattle, and the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley area, namely, Cascadia. With particular attention given to the experiences and strategies of the high tech firms that must move highly skilled workers across the Canada-US border, this book draws from 80 in-depth interviews with Canadian and US immigration officials, immigration attorneys and executives and professional staff of new technology firms and Fortune 500 companies. It develops and presents new models towards the development of an innovation cross border region, and recommends new policy approaches. Ultimately, it explores whether or not the Canada-US border is an impediment to the development of cross-border high-tech clusters. This comprehensive book will serve as a critical resource for academics in geography; political science; international relations; global studies; economics; international business and law. It will also strongly appeal to practitioners such as professional immigration lawyers, corporate firms, and governmental policy makers alike.Trade Review'Knowledge Borders is required reading for anyone engaged in the pervasive and mobile world of highly skilled workers in advanced technologies. Through a perceptive analysis of the intersection of the Canada-US border, with the technology economy in the Seattle-Vancouver corridor and Silicon Valley, this study evaluates the efficacy of the NAFTA in facilitating professional cross-border movement in the North American west coast region. Kathrine Richardson draws from deep understanding of how borders work, informed comparison with other cross-border trade regions, and extensive interviews to assess how firms, immigration officials and immigration attorneys interpret NAFTA provisions and tailor a regional skilled labor mobility regime.' --Victor Konrad, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: PART I GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction 2. Borders and the Movement of the Highly Skilled 3. The Cascadia region in its Wider Context Part II THE EMPIRICAL WORK 4. The Firms 5. The Immigration Officials 6. The Immigration Attorneys Part III THE CONCLUSION 7. Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Europe’s Mediterranean Neighbourhood: An
Book SynopsisIllustrated with pioneering maps and country analyses by a network of researchers from across the Mediterranean, this book takes a territorial approach as a way toward a shared vision for a truly integrated Euro-Mediterranean region. At a time when the region is undergoing rapid change, the main goal of the book is to challenge misconceptions with common geographic data, on issues such as transport, energy, agriculture and water. The book suggests avenues for Europe to regain a part of the influence it has lost on its Mediterranean neighbourhood and policies common to Europe and its southern neighbours. The wide range of geographic country analyses, from Morocco to Turkey and including the occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan, are complemented with new maps at the scale of the wider Euro-Mediterranean region. The contributions contend that cross-border cooperation, common transport networks and shared environmental management can foster partnership when diplomatic relations are stalling. The Gibraltar case study shows that while competition is rising between the two sides of the strait their potential complementarity is also very high. The book calls for a Euro-Mediterranean local data collaborative platform to drive a common 'Neighbourhoods Territorial Agenda' for North-South shared vision and action. This timely and enlightening book is essential reading for those studying regional, European, Mediterranean and Arab world issues. It will appeal to policymakers and actors involved in cross-border cooperation, territorial development, environment, cultural knowledge and networking.Contributors include: M. Ababsa, P. Beckouche, N. Ben Cheikh, P. Besnard, Y. Cohen, G. Faour, J. Hilal, O. Isik, E. Larrea, J.-Y. Moisseron, Z. Ouadah-Bedidi, D. Pages El Karoui, H. Pecout, R. Tabib, A. Ulied, G. Van Hamme, I. ZbounTrade Review'This book is an authoritative and engaging account of contemporary Europe-Mediterranean relationships and prospects. Based on in-depth multinational knowledge by a key group of scholars and practitioners, its extraordinary framework of processed data in a comparative perspective and the accompanying maps provides a timely lucid, theoretically and empirically well-informed argument that the Mediterranean area is a central place and not a periphery for Europe, and that its significance should be reformulated to enhance integration and prosperous stability. It demonstrates the extraordinary importance of spatial data achieved in a shared perspective and methodology - a pillar for all those concerned about policy making. The book can serve learning purposes in both upper university programs and specialistic training. Europe's Mediterranean Neighbourhood: An Integrated Geography definitely deserves a top place on the reading lists of anyone serious about understanding the future of Europe and the contemporary Mediterranean.' --(Maria Paradiso, University of Sannio, Italy and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission 'Mediterranean Basin')Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction. The neighbourhoods issue is the regionalisation issue 1. the Mediterranean in the European neighbourhoods 2. Barriers for an integrated geography: the local data issue 3. The country reports 4. The Gibraltar case study Conclusion. The need for a Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in local databases Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity, and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial, and temporal scales.With the help of leading experts worldwide, the Handbook examines how and to what extent entropic and non-entropic forces and processes in complex spatial socio-economic systems shape and are shaped by their structure and dynamics. Moreover, considering current concerns that big data and related data-driven methods may signal an end to theory, this Handbook is intended to investigate the potential and possibilities for complexity science to engage, revitalize, and advance theory in spatial economics. Overall, this Handbook reaches beyond qualitative generalizations, contributing to the identification of fundamental structural and dynamic properties of the complex space-economy.Drawing upon diverse foundations and perspectives, the Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics: A Rebirth of Theory? will be an essential resource for researchers and students of many fields and disciplines, including economics, urban planning and geography, regional science, information science, physics, and biology.Trade Review‘This book poses a critical question: Is entropy the universal principle to understand and model spatial economic systems, to get grip on the complexity of our modern, highly connected economy? We need proper theory to claim so. Building on seminal work from the past the authors take the audacious and rewarding effort to develop the theory and show its value in practice. If closed systems exhibit increasing order over time, an essential theoretical question is whether dynamic, networked, open systems have more order, lower entropy and higher resilience. As the book discusses, despite big data and advanced computational tooling, this is not necessarily the case. The authors help us to see why.’ -- Peter H. M. Vervest, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Reflections on entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics: the rebirth of theory? 1 Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Daniel Czamanski and Roberto Patuelli PART A ENTROPY, SPACE AND COMPLEXITY 2 Entropy in urban and regional modelling 20 Alan Wilson 3 Recent applications of entropy in social and environmental sciences 32 Kingsley E. Haynes, Fred Phillips and Miko Ching-Ying Yu 4 Entropy and complexity in urban and regional systems 46 J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 5 Information theory of spatial network ensembles 61 Ginestra Bianconi 6 Entropy as a measure of agglomeration 97 Katarzyna Kopczewska 7 Entropy, agglomeration and economic structures in spatial analysis 118 Eleonora Cutrini 8 Spatial entropy, information and complexity 139 Michael Batty PART B COMPLEXITY OF URBAN EVOLUTION 9 Self-organization in complex urban systems 159 Brian J. L. Berry 10 Two centre-size distributions compared 165 John B. Parr 11 Spatial dynamics of complex urban systems within an evolutionary theory frame 175 Juste Raimbault and Denise Pumain 12 Integrating entropy in the topodynamic approach and the urban metric system 195 Luc-Normand Tellier 13 Gibrat’s law and the change in artificial land use within and between European cities 213 Paul Kilgarriff, Rémi Lemoy and Geoffrey Caruso 14 Endogenous growth policies for lagging cities and regions 234 Dani Broitman and Daniel Czamanski 15 Thom’s catastrophe theory and Turing’s morphogenesis for urban growth modelling 246 Olivier Bonin PART C COMPLEXITY AND RESILIENCE OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 16 Complex structures and relative invariance in economic dynamics 271 Roberto Scazzieri 17 Getting to a circular growth economy by harnessing circular and cumulative causation 287 Kieran P. Donaghy 18 Simple pricing rules in complex air transport systems 304 Marco Alderighi, Christophe Feder, Peter Nijkamp and Elena Irina Ungureanu 19 Complex tourism dynamics and fiscal sustainability 321 Akash Sedai and Francesca Medda 20 Industrial districts as the outcome of self-organisation in time and space 342 Oto Hudec, Vladimír Gazda, Martin Zoričák and Denis Horváth 21 Economic resilience and extensions to complexity, entropy and spatial dynamics 363 Adam Rose and Noah Dormady 22 An analysis of resilience in complex socioeconomic systems 383 Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Karima Kourtit 23 Complexity, resilience and emergence in regional economic systems 400 Timothy F. Slaper and C. Scott Dempwolf 24 Resilience in complex networks 418 Alan T. Murray PART D SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS 25 Complex network analysis of socio-ecological systems 433 Andrea De Montis 26 Hierarchy, central place theory and computational modelling 454 John Östh, Aura Reggiani and Laurie A. Schintler 27 Comparing power laws and exponentials in simulations of gravitational growth 474 Diego Rybski and Yunfei Li 28 Heterogeneity and segregation of mobility patterns 486 Enrico Ubaldi, Bernardo Monechi, Claudio Chiappetta and Vittorio Loreto 29 Conceptual and operational models of complex spatial interaction 510 Tomaz Ponce Dentinho and António Felix Rodrigues 30 Decision-based modelling of complex spatial systems 538 Guenter Haag 31 A general model of dynamic spatial interactions 566 Justin Delloye and Isabelle Thomas Index 584
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the conception of economic development in modern regions, which has gone through a fundamental change since the early 1980s. Regions are today increasingly looked upon as independent market places that are connected via interregional and international trade and not as administrative units embodied in a national state.Two complementary theoretical frameworks explain the specialization of economic activity at the regional level. The traditional approach assumes that the comparative advantages of regions depend upon differences in the supply of lasting resources. In contrast the new complementary framework called the New Economic Geography, assumes that the dynamic interaction between geographical market potentials and rational firms in its own way creates the comparative advantage of regions. The contributors to this book examine the policy implications of the complementarity of the competing views in a variety of geographic and functional contexts. The first set of papers examines the effect of regional policy on firm locational decision-making. This leads to another set evaluating a variety of regional policy efforts. New and different methodological approaches are examined in another set of papers. The final part of the book focuses on new concepts.Economists, geographers and readers interested in regionalization, trade and development will find this book informative.Trade Review'Edward Elgar books are very well organized with a comfortable lay-out and easy to use for readers. . . I think the book is very valuable for students in regional economics as well as in economic geography. . . I enjoyed reading the book very much. . . and strongly recommend it to scholars, students and others interested in the field of regional development and policy.' -- Frans Boekema, The Economic Journal'The reader who sets him or herself the task of reading through the book will go away enriched by new specialized knowledge and methodology.' -- Ryszard Domanski, Geographia PolonicaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Regional Policy and Location Part II: Evaluating Regional Policy Part III: Regional Policy: Methodological Approaches Part IV: New Concepts and Perspectives Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Designing Sustainable Cities
Book SynopsisThis book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism is illuminated. From a philosophical point of view, the city is seen as an organism, following complex ecosystemic principles, shining light on indigenous perspectives to become beneficial for sustainable design and core questions are asked whether current architectural practice is really sustainable. Simultaneously concrete practices are presented for cities in transformation, focusing on green infrastructure, smart city principles and health.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Designing the Sustainable City Rob Roggema Chapter 2 The Role of Indigenous Paradigms and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Modern Humanity’s Sustainability Quest - Future foundations from past knowledge Chels.A. Marshall Chapter 3 Born, not made: designing the productive city Greg Keeffe, Rob Roggema Chapter 4 A new model for place development – bringing together regenerative and placemaking processes Cristina Hernandez-Santin, Dominique Hes, Tanja Beer, Lewis Lo Chapter 5 The key role of systems thinking in sustainable architecture Luke Middleton Chapter 6 Liveable Green Cities; integrating climate adaptive solutions and circular economy into the built environment Martin Knuijt Chapter 7 Post-earthquake recovery in Nepal: A study and analysis of post disaster perception and needs for housing recovery after 2015 earthquake Rupesh Shrestha, Alexander Fekete, Simone Sandholz Chapter 8 Tackling urban open space encroachment in a South African township: an exploratory study Lindelwa Sinxadi, Maléne Campbell Chapter 9 The role of smart city initiatives in driving partnerships: A case study of the Smart Social Spaces Project, Sydney Australia Homa Rahmat, Nancy Marshall, Christine Steinmetz, Miles Park, Christian Tietz, Kate Bishop, Susan Thompson, Linda Corkery Chapter 10 Fostering successful smart campus transitions through consensus-building: a university of technology case study Alfred B. Ngowi, Bankole O. Awuzie Chapter 11 The role of landscape architectural designers in landscape construction health and safety John Smallwood Chapter 12 Sustainability, ReciproCity, Radicality Rob RoggemaIndex
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It demonstrates how urbanization processes change water flows between rural and urban areas, the implications of this processes for the water security of peri-urban populations, and how new institutions and technologies develop to mediate the relationships between peri-urban communities and water. The book seeks to further the debate on peri-urban water security, including what constitutes the peri-urban, socially differentiated access to water in peri-urban spaces, interventions for improving water access, and emerging forms of cooperation and conflict related to water access in a context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book is an interesting read for academics with various disciplinary backgrounds, professionals working in the worlds of national and international policy, NGOs, activist groups, research and development institutes, and individual readers interested in water security and urbanization. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Peri-Urban Water Security in South Asia Vishal Narain and Dik Roth Chapter 2 A New Imagination for Waste and Water in India’s Peri-Urban Interface Seema Mundoli, Dechamma C.S., Madhureema Auddy, Abhiri Sanfui, and Harini Nagendra Chapter 3 From Royal Canal to Neglected Canal? Changing Use and Management of a Traditional Canal Irrigation System in Peri-Urban Kathmandu Valley Anushiya Shrestha, Dik Roth, Saroj Yakami Chapter 4 Public Lives, Private Water: Female Ready-Made Garment Factory Workers in Peri-Urban Bangladesh\ Deepa Joshi, Sadika Haque, Kamrun Nahar, Shahinur Tania, Jasber Singhand, and Tina Wallace Chapter 5 Digging Deeper: Deep Wells, Bore-Wells and Water Tankers in Peri-Urban Hyderabad Nathaniel Dylan Lim & Diganta Das Chapter 6 Changing Agriculture and Climate Variability in Peri-Urban Gurugram, India Pratik Mishra and Sumit Vij Chapter 7 Views from the Sluice Gate: Water Insecurity, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban Khulna, Bangladesh M. Shah Alam Khan, Rezaur Rahman, Nusrat Jahan Tarin, Sheikh Nazmul Huda, and A.T.M. Zakir Hossain Chapter 8 Interventions to Strengthen Institutional Capacity for Peri-Urban Water Management in South Asia Sharlene L. Gomes Chapter 9 Concluding Reflections: Towards Alternative Peri-Urban Futures? Dik Roth and Vishal Narain
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional
Book SynopsisWhile urban settlements are the drivers of the global economy and centres of learning, culture, and innovation and nations rely on competitive dynamic regions for their economic, social, and environmental objectives, urban centres and regions face a myriad of challenges that impact the ways in which people live and work, create wealth, and interact and connect with places. Rapid urbanisation is resulting in urban sprawl, rising emissions, urban poverty and high unemployment rates, housing affordability issues, lack of urban investment, low urban financial and governance capacities, rising inequality and urban crimes, environmental degradation, increasing vulnerability to natural disasters and so forth. At the regional level, low employment, low wage growth, scarce financial resources, climate change, waste and pollution, and rising urban peri-urban competition etc. are impacting the ability of regions to meet socio-economic development goals while protecting biodiversity. The response to these challenges has typically been the application of inadequate or piecemeal solutions, often as a result of fragmented decision-making and competing priorities, with numerous economic, environmental, and social consequences. In response, there is a growing movement towards viewing cities and regions as complex and sociotechnical in nature with people and communities interacting with one another and with objects, such as roads, buildings, transport links etc., within a range of urban and regional settings or contexts. This comprehensive MRW will provide readers with expert interdisciplinary knowledge on how urban centres and regions in locations of varying climates, lifestyles, income levels, and stages development are creating synergies and reducing trade-offs in the development of resilient, resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, liveable, socially equitable, integrated, and technology-enabled centres and regions.Table of ContentsApproximately 300 chapters listed A-Z
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities –
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the socio-economic and sustainability challenges facing megacities in dealing with the dramatic population increases of informal areas and settlements (or slums), especially when coupled with the impacts and risks of climate change. The authors examine informal urban areas globally and in developing countries utilizing strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a tool to solve the sequence of upgrading steps concerning slums and shanty towns, and also establish essential guidelines for local governments and stakeholders to create a balance and quality of life for slums dwellers, particularly in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, through applying sustainability indicators that enhance the upgrading process. Coverage includes recent statistics and mapping of informal areas worldwide and assessment of the GIZ and Sir Norman Foster models in terms of energy demands and consequential emission of CO2 and air pollution from slums. Three models of Maspero’s Triangle are also studied and assessed. The book is essential reading for a wide range of researchers, students, policymakers, governments, and professionals as well as a good source for research centers and academicians working in energy, climate change, urban environments, and sustainable urban development.Table of Contents1) Global informal settlements and urban slums in cities and the coverage 2) Comprehension of informal settlements: An outlook on sprawl factors, challenges, and upgrading process – Role of policies for slums’ resilience and governance3) Informal urban settlements and slums’ upgrading – Global case studies4) Sustainable development principles for upgrading informal urban areas – Sustainability assessment of selected models 5) Understanding the challenges and potentials of people living in slums – Developing Countries6) Assessment of one of the slum areas in developing countries: Maspero’s Triangle – Cairo as a case study7) New Proposed Models for Maspero’s Triangle – Assessment8) Informal settlements and urban slums’ upgrading in megacities – Conclusions and recommendations
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Greening Cities by Growing Food: A Political
Book SynopsisThis book examines how urban agriculture (UA) is valued in the sustainable city. Through a comparative examination of UA projects in four cities across the Americas – Rosario, Argentina; Toronto, Canada; Medellín, Colombia; and Charlotte, USA – the book illustrates local manifestations of the socio-ecological dimensions of the global food system, and traces theoretical and empirical explanations for the impact of global political economic structures (sustainable neoliberalism) on local efforts to promote social and environmental goals through UA. The study contributes to literature on UA, sustainability, and urban geography through examining the ability of marginalized communities to compete for land on which to grow produce in contribution to their food security, livelihoods, communities, and environments, and will be of interest to UA practitioners, students, and scholars of geography, sociology, sustainability studies, environmental studies, and food studies.This project is distinctive for its global - local orientation that uses local cases to shed light on global phenomena relating to sustainability, neoliberalism, and policy mobilities. It is also important for its qualitative approach to understanding the perceived value of UA. Throughout the research, stakeholders emphasized the qualitative values of UA (such as social integration for new immigrants) that are not easily captured in statistical representations of the economic value of a given piece of urban land. As such, this book seeks to contribute to understanding about the contributions UA makes to a city beyond the food produced, and fill gaps in literature regarding the local manifestations of global policy in UA projects seeking to address both sustainability and social justice objectives.Table of ContentsChapter 1-Introduction.- Chapter 2-Entanglements of social justice, sustainability governance, and land tenure: A review of the literature.- Chapter 3-Producing uneven development through a focus on market gardens.- Chapter 4-“It is not about the food”: Qualitative valuations of urban agriculture.- Chapter 5-Stewarding the environmental commons.- Chapter 6-A way forward.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Land Quality and Sustainable Urban Forms:
Book SynopsisIn the panorama of studies related to the ability of lands to support both natural processes and agricultural production activities, this research introduces a still unexplored or under-studied theme which is that of the relationship between urban sprawl in its various forms and land quality.The first part of the book is dedicated to the motivations and the theoretical premises from which the research originates, connected to the concept of land and those of sustainable urban form. The second part concerns the complex path towards a sustainable use of land, both in terms of institutional and regulatory measures, and in terms of knowledge and understanding of soil degradation processes. This research focuses on the Mediterranean area which is discussed in more detail in the third part. In this part of Europe we try to establish relationships between settlement dynamics and land quality: here fragile ecosystems are diffused both from a biological point of view. physical as well as socio-economic, here we find landscapes that are particularly sensitive to land degradation processes (subject to land degradation, considered the antipodes of land quality) and which in recent decades have been particularly affected by anthropic pressure.In the fourth part, an analysis is presented concerning 76 metropolitan areas representative of southern Europe. The methodology used in this analysis is based on the relationship that exists between soil sealing (or soil waterproofing) and land degradation (or land degradation) aimed at an interpretation, at the metropolitan scale, of how in southern Europe the pattern of Urbanization (compact, dispersive, intermediate) affects the land's ability to support both natural processes and agricultural production activities in a diversified way. In particular, the data on land quality and data on land use were considered together in order to analyze the processes of urban growth and the occupation of productive land for a very large area that includes Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and some parts of the Adriatic coast.There is still a long way to go, in terms of sharing, integration and definition of strategies aimed at achieving certain targets. A necessary and innovative look towards land quality could help to consider the protection of the soil as a whole, even at the planning level.Table of ContentsFOREWORDINTRODUCTION- THE UNEVEN TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN EUROPE- SUSTAINABLE URBAN FORMS AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGE-FROM LAND TO LANDSCAPETOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND. CURRENT POLICIES COPING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION- THE POLICY FRAMEWORK-LAND QUALITY AND SOIL SEALINGMEDITERRANEAN EUROPE, A FRAGILE LANDSCAPE. METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND URBAN SPRAWL- THE INTRINSIC FRAGILITY OF MEDITERRANEAN PERI-URBAN LANDSCAPES-FROM DISPERSED CITIES TO METROPOLITAN NETWORKS-THE MEDITERRANEAN CITY AS AN ENTROPIC SPACE-THREE PROTAGONISTS OF URBAN SPRAWLSOIL CONSUMPTION AND URBAN GROWTH IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE-THE LINK BETWEEN URBAN EXPANSION AND LAND QUALITYPRESERVING LAND QUALITY IN EUROPEAN METROPOLIS-MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE ASPECTS--CULTURAL ASPECTS AND GOOD PRACTICESCONCLUSIONSGLOSARYINDEX OF FIGURESINDEX OF TABLESREFERENCES
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Design Commons: Practices, Processes and
Book SynopsisThis book directly links the notion of the commons with different design praxes, and explores their social, cultural, and ecological ramifications. It draws out material conditions in four areas of design interest: social design, commons and culture, ecology and transdisciplinary design. As a collection of positions, the diversity of arguments advances the understanding of the commons as both concepts and modes of thinking, and their material translation when contextualised in the domain of design questions. In other words, it moves abstract social science concepts towards concrete design debates. This text appeals to students, researchers and practitioners working on design in architecture, architecture theory, urbanism, and ecology. Table of Contents1. Introduction Gerhard Bruyns and Stavros Kousoulas Part I Design, the Commons and the Social 2. Commoning as a Material Engagement of Resistance: The Struggle to Save the Albanian National TheaterDorina Pllumbi 3. AutoCostruzione-SelbstBau: Design as a Practical Knowledge Translation Process Maria Reitano and Nikolaus Gartner 4. Scaling Out, Up and Deep: Understanding the Sustainment and Resilience of Urban Commons Chun Zheng 5. Alignments of Architecture and Commoning in Tai O Village: Architecture Critique and Fields of Adversity Daniel Elkin, Chi-Yuen Leung and Xiao Lu Wang Part II Design, the Commons and Culture 6. Persistent Modeling of the Built: A Collective Experiment Merging Structural Preservation and Digital Design Between Academia and Industry Frank Bauer and Lasse Sehested Skafte 7. The Commons in African Spatial Production: A Critical Review of Geographies of Power Gert van der Merwe 8. Expressing Urban Commons: Architectural Ambiguity in the Construction of an Improvisational Future Nicholas Frayne Part III Design, the Commons and Ecology 9. Intriguing Human-Waste Commons: Praxis of Anticipation in Urban Agroecological Transitions Markus Wernli 10. The Secondary Use Group: Unlocking Waste as a Common Pool of Resources in the 1970sPiero Medici 11. Reclaiming the Habitat: Food, Fire and Affordance in Designing and Living the Urban Liana Psarologaki and Stamatis ZografosPart IV Design, the Commons and Transdisciplinarity12. Design and Commons: A Lacanian Approach Dora Karadima 13. ‘Matters of Care’ in Spaces of Commoning: Designing In, Against and Beyond Capitalism Katharina Moebus 14. Design as Commoning: Drawing Together with Care Contingent Collective (Lőrinc Vass, Roy Cloutier and Nicole Sylvia) Biographical Notes
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Springer International Publishing AG Cities of the Future: Challenges and
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to address the key challenges and opportunities of "future cities" embracing novel approaches and grounded technologies in pursuing a vision for smart, inclusive cities. The objective of this book is to discuss multiple areas at the local, national, and international levels and how these challenges can hinder the development objectives planned to be achieved by the cities of the future. The chapters featured in this collection were presented at the 6th Memaryat International Conference (MIC 2022), held at the Effat University, Jeddah. MIC’s objective is to build bridges between science, technology, and innovation, seen as the key levers of attaining the SDGs.This book provides the most innovative ideas presented at the conference to address the key manifestation of “future cities" to embrace novel approaches and grounded technologies in the pursue of a vision for smart inclusive cities. It thus represents a platform for diverse contributions from academics and practitioners to present their different perspectives addressed theoretically as well as in practice concerning the challenges and opportunities of future cities. This includes contributions from decision-makers, architects, urban planners, urban designers, entrepreneurs, and educators to stimulate discussion covering the latest on the challenges and opportunities for better future cities in the different domains of architecture, building science and technology, environmental design, mobility & infrastructure, urban design & landscape, housing & real estate developments, urban planning, governance, socio-cultural & economic development, community engagement, tourism and heritage revitalization.Table of ContentsFuture of Smart Inclusive Livable Cities.- Smart Environmental Solutions in Future Cities.- Mobility & Infrastructure in Future Cities.- Smart Economic Solutions in Future Cities.- Governance and Community Development in Future Cities.- Saudi Cities Future.
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Springer International Publishing AG Knowledge Management for Regional Policymaking
Book SynopsisThe present publication focusses the attention on new avenues in regional information and knowledge management, while we will zoom in particularly on the potential promises and hurdles of digital technology. This digital challenge has already generated a wealth of implications in the area of smart or intelligent cities, but as yet far less has been achieved in the field of regional planning and regional science. There is clearly a need for a more systematic and wide-ranging assessment and presentation of emerging approaches and concepts in this field, for instance, in regard to principles (e.g. geographic rule modeling), methodologies (e.g. blockchain systems), data analytics (e.g. machine learning) and data governance (e.g. data sovereignty) of regional information and knowledge. Especially in our ‘big data’ era, a systematic, comprehensible and reliable acquisition, storage, sharing and handling of data (e.g. on the basis of systematic decomposition and filtering principles) is more needed than ever before. The present study seeks to present a selection of state-of-the-art contributions on advanced – often digitally-oriented – regional information and knowledge management foundations, principles and practices written by several experts in the field of spatial informatics. These contributions were collected with a view to the design of a comprehensive knowledge and research agenda, which was discussed during a brainstorm workshop in Lyon, France (October 2021). This book covers various fields of interest, such as GeoAI, knowledge modelling, IoT and scalability, space syntax, rule extraction, data governance and data self-sovereignty. It is concluded with a knowledge and research agenda outlining future endeavors in the field of the spatial information sciences (or spatial informatics).Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Knowledge Management for Regional Policymaking
Book SynopsisThe present publication focusses the attention on new avenues in regional information and knowledge management, while we will zoom in particularly on the potential promises and hurdles of digital technology. This digital challenge has already generated a wealth of implications in the area of smart or intelligent cities, but as yet far less has been achieved in the field of regional planning and regional science. There is clearly a need for a more systematic and wide-ranging assessment and presentation of emerging approaches and concepts in this field, for instance, in regard to principles (e.g. geographic rule modeling), methodologies (e.g. blockchain systems), data analytics (e.g. machine learning) and data governance (e.g. data sovereignty) of regional information and knowledge. Especially in our ‘big data’ era, a systematic, comprehensible and reliable acquisition, storage, sharing and handling of data (e.g. on the basis of systematic decomposition and filtering principles) is more needed than ever before. The present study seeks to present a selection of state-of-the-art contributions on advanced – often digitally-oriented – regional information and knowledge management foundations, principles and practices written by several experts in the field of spatial informatics. These contributions were collected with a view to the design of a comprehensive knowledge and research agenda, which was discussed during a brainstorm workshop in Lyon, France (October 2021). This book covers various fields of interest, such as GeoAI, knowledge modelling, IoT and scalability, space syntax, rule extraction, data governance and data self-sovereignty. It is concluded with a knowledge and research agenda outlining future endeavors in the field of the spatial information sciences (or spatial informatics).Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Methodological Approaches in Integrated Geography
Book SynopsisThis book covers methodology of the study for all aspects of human geography. As a comprehensive geography textbook, it consists of detailed research methodology for research in human geography including a few selected case studies in Asia. It explores different approaches, methodological possibilities, and challenges in conducting geographical research in human geography. New digital geographic data sources and GIS applications can help researchers to receive clearer concepts and obtain better measurements of the relevant attributes changes. Furthermore, the book provides an opportunity to critically examine the conceptualization and identification of the field in geographical research and how digital media has not only expanded the scope of what constitutes the field but has redefined the field in itself as well as the practices of observing, knowing, and analyzing the real world. The uniqueness of this book is due to the contribution of several professors and subject experts from South East and East Asia with special particular reference to cases studies from this region of the world. Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Transforming Bangladesh: Geography, People,
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the transformation of Bangladesh in respect to its people, geography, economy and environment. The authors discuss current problems such as vulnerability caused by environmental degradation in Bangladesh but also opportunities of this rapidly changing country. The book explains how the country is rapidly transforming from a rural subsistence agrarian based economic system to a new economic partner contributing to global processes. Bangladesh is presented as an example for the changes in the Global South, where a mismatch is often observed in linking resources and activities with environmental sustainability, possibly due to insufficient base-line knowledge. As faster growth is marginalizing resources to increase the GDP, the sustainability of resource exploitation is being questioned. The authors describe the vulnerable situation caused by possible sea-level rise, soil degradation, biodiversity loss, climate extremities, urbanization, and population displacement. This volume offers comprehensive knowledge about the geography and environment of Bangladesh and aims to help readers further investigate the issues and work on solutions. The book appeals to academics, professionals and students at all levels interested in Bangladesh as well as environmental problems and geographical issues in a rapidly transforming country. Table of ContentsPart 1 : Geo-Physical Dynamics (Gregor, Hugh Brammer, Shitanshu, Raquib)• Geological structure and the formation of Bengal Basin• River shifts and its impact on the surface modifications of the flood plain• The Pleistocene Terrace: a unique landform with different environment• The active and moribund deltas and their features• Climate pattern in Bangladesh and climate fluctuationsPart 2: Bio-Physical Aspects (M.P. Rana)• Soil as a natural resource under stress• Forest resources and its degradation• Threats to the Sundarban mangrove forest and aspects of its stakeholdersPart 3 : Changes in Society (Philip Gain)• Origin of the ethnicity of Bangladesh• Historical transformation and political changes• Ethnic conflicts and the question of ethnic minorities (Adivasis)Part: 4: Land Resource and Land Use Pattern: (Raquib, Boris…..)• Land use pattern and land use change in Bangladesh• Land management and land use zoning for environmentPart 5 : Towards Food Security and Food Self-sufficiency (Prof. Abdus Sattar, Agri University, Kathi)• Agriculture pattern and modernization of practices• Crop diversity, introduction of GM breeds and sustainable food supply• Irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer – and the other side of environment• Inland and off-shore fish resources – solution for mass protein• Shrimp farming and the question of land and social environment• Food security and future of food productionPart 6: Changing Population Dynamics• Pattern of demographic characteristics and prevailing trends in Bangladesh• Population migration pattern – internal and externalPart 7: Rural Settlement Pattern (Prof. Baqee ….)• Rural houses of Bangladesh and its spatial architectural aspects• Rural settlement pattern and rural housing in BangladeshPart 8: Urbanization: A Future Challenge (Raquib, Boris, Tibor, Prof. Nazrul Islam)• Urbanization pattern in Bangladesh• Urban informal sectors – a place of socio-economic adaptation• Urban environment problems and government policies• Mega city and mega challenge – a review of Dhaka cityPart 9: Trade, Communication and Industries for Economic Growth (Boris ….)• Pattern of internal and international trade• Garment industries and its impact on economic growth• The foreign remittance sector: a question of sustainable contributor in economic growth• Railway communication – a ignored cheap means of transport• River transports and their problems• Prospects of Indo-Bangladesh transport corridor – a possibilityPart 10: Bangladesh in Growing International Sharing (Raquib …)• Bangladesh’s international relations in change – a historical review• Bangladesh’s bi-lateral and multilateral international conflictsPart 11: Natural Hazards and Changes in Livelihood Pattern (Chandan Roy, Shoeb)• Flood management and water-logging in Bangladesh• Coastal cyclones: Sidr and Ayla and the cyclone of November 1970 – historical reviews• Drought in north-western Bangladesh and management• Coastal salinity increase and its impact on coastal environment• Changes in the livelihood pattern in coastal BangladeshPart 12: Environmental Problems and Policies for Sustainable Living (Boris, Gregor, Raquib, Mehedi Azam)• Major environmental problems in Bangladesh• Bangladesh’s position in the international environment protocol• Surface water crises and management for eco-friendly development• Ground water crisis and its impact on environment and healthPart 13: Bangladesh Under Climate Change Threat (Raquib)• Bangladesh under possible climate change threat • Government policies on climate change adaptation/mitigation and its role in international dialogues• Education curriculum and policy for environment and climate awarenessPart 14: Development Policies and Future of Bangladesh• Selected Master Plans – Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna – their strength in urban land use and environment management• Bangladesh’s agriculture policy and the question of self-sufficiency• Micro-credit and poverty reduction: question of long term sustainability and social development• NGOs role in national development
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Springer The Hebridean World
Book SynopsisThe Hebrides: Their Physical Endowment and Its Challenges.- How the Earliest Human Communities Adapted to their Setting.-A Fusion of Cultures: the Picts, Scots and Vikings.- How Land was Occupied Before Crofting.- How Land was Farmed before Crofting.- Landscapes of Summer: the Shielings.- The Inter Tidal and Beyond: the Harvest of Sea and Shore.- The Harvesting and Processing of Grain.- Survival on the Margins.- Crofting: An Uncompromising Adaptation.- The Clearances for Sheep and Deer.- Hebridean Housing and Settlement.- Epilogue.
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Springer International Publishing AG Ancient Landscapes of Western North America: A
Book SynopsisAllow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and more volcanic activity. Landscapes were transposed north or south by thousands of kilometers along huge fault systems. Follow these events through paleogeographic maps that look like satellite views of ancient Earth. Accompanying text takes the reader into the science behind these maps and the geologic history that they portray. The maps and text unfold the complex geologic history of the region as never seen before.Winner of the 2021 John D. Haun Landmark Publication Award, AAPG-Rocky Mountain SectionTable of ContentsGeologic setting of the Cordillera: Introduction to terranes.- Overview of modern landscapes and geology, Western North America.- Proterozoic – origin of continental crust and passive margin history.- Passive margins and broad seaways – Early Pz (Camb-Dev).- First accretion – Antler orogeny (Dev-Miss).- Unstable margin – Marginal Island Arcs and terrane juxtaposition (Miss-Penn).- Second Accretion – Sonoman orogeny (Perm-Tr).- Cordilleran Arc – Sevier orogeny – volcanoes, batholiths, and more terranes (J-K).- Shallow subduction and arc disruption (Paleogene).- Transform margin and crustal extension (Neogene).- Canyons and glaciers – shaping the modern landscape (Pleistocene to Recent).- Special places – where to see the landscapes.- Use of Plaeogeographic maps.- New North American series (whole or cropped to area covered) – broad areas and broad events – to provide broad geologic setting.- Colorado Plateau-SW North America series – regional detail and events of N Mexico, California, Nevada, Western Arizona, Western Utah, Oregon, Idaho.- Global series – broad geologic setting of Western North America through geologic time.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisGlobally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, water scarcity and proliferation of slums. Finding appropriate solutions to these threats and challenges is not simple, as these are generally complex and require state-of-the-art technology to collect, measure, handle and analyse large volumes of varying data sets. However, the recent advances in sensor technology, coupled with the rapid development of computational power, have greatly enhanced our abilities to capture, store and analyse the surrounding physical environment. This book explores diverse dimensions of geo-intelligence (GI) technology in developing a computing framework for location-based, data-integrating earth observation and predictive modelling to address these issues at all levels and scales. The book provides insight into the applications of GI technology in several fields of spatial and social sciences and attempts to bridge the gap between them.Table of Contents1. GEO-INTELLIGENCE ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE CITY MISSIONS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH: A REVIEW 2. CLOUD-BASED GEOSPATIAL MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF PRAYAGRAJ KUMBH MELA OF INDIA: THE UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 3. GEO-INTELLIGENCE-BASED APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PERI-URBAN AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF KOZHIKODE CITY, KERALA (INDIA) 4. SMART CITY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 5. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FOOD SECURITY 6. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL 7. GEO- INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH: A PANOPTICAL TO COVID -19 PANDEMIC 8. USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA TO IDENTIFY AIR POLLUTION SIGNATURES IN INDIA 9. Urban Growth Impact on Cauvery River: A Geospatial Perspective 10. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) BASED PREDICTIONS OF BULK PERMITTIVITY OF CO2-WATER-POROUS MEDIA SYSTEM 11. LONG-TERM SATELLITE DATA TIME SERIES ANALYSIS FOR LAND DEGRADATION MAPPING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE 12. Modeling of the Mass Balance of Glaciers with Debris Cover 13. A GEO-INTELLIGENCE BASED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE LENGTH AND SURFACE AREA AND ICE VELOCITY OF SAKCHUM GLACIER
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India:
Book SynopsisThis book covers themes related to the geosphere, biosphere, sociosphere and ecosphere dealing with changing geographical, environmental and socio-economic realities to plan a sustainable future for the northeast region (NER) of India. The NER consists of eight states—Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Sikkim—and they carry political, economic and social importance. The book integrates the past, present and future of geospheric attributes incorporating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to meet the demands for improving human wellbeing under diverse and challenging socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. The key SDGs, as in food and agriculture, health, education, water, energy and other overarching goals of the region, have yet to incorporate providing sustainable jobs and promoting equality and inclusive development, although there have been a few studies in that regard.The challenges to achieve SDGs in the NER are formidable compared to the rest of India. The NER has put a great deal of effort into achieving the SDGs, mainly in poverty (SDG-1), good health (SDG-3), education (SDG-4), gender (SDG-5), decent work (SDG-8) and reduced inequalities (SDG-10), similar to the rest of the country. However, the standard development indicators such as road length, access to health care, power consumption and other measures are far below the national average. A multi-pronged strategy has played a pivotal role in the region, but development strategy to attain the SDGs 2030 must be more inclusive in empowering people with maximising self-governance, considering the resources, needs and aspirations of the people.This book evaluates the performance of the SDGs and fills in the gaps. It includes case studies focusing on different SDGs using advanced cartographic, statistical and GIS techniques and methods. It also provides unique findings that serve as valuable resources for planners and policy-makers so that a sustainable future in Northeast India can be achieved.Table of Contents1. Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India - Challenges and Achievements Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Subhash Anand and Madhushree Das 2. Professor Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya: A Brief Profile of His Life, Academic Career and Contributions Bimal K. Kar 3. Just Transition, (Re)vision 2020- The Story Hitherto Syeda Fahima Shahnaz Sultana, Payel Saha, Chandan Bhuyan, Madhushree Das, Rituparna Bhattacharyya and Subhash Anand 4. An Analysis of the Performance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the North East Region of India: An Economics Perspective Pawan Kumar, Paramjit and Subhash Anand 5. Extreme Weather Events and Food Insecurity in Northeast India Raju Mandal, Binoy Goswami, Munmi Sarma and Hiranya Nath 6. Food Security in North-East India: the Role of Agriculture, Challenges and the Road Ahead Navneet Hazarika, Joyeeta Deka, Praditya Kumar Das, Kandarpa Kumar Saikia 7. Juxtaposing Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Northeast India: Evidence and Explanations Dibyajyoti Dutta and Akhil Ranjan Dutta 8. Land Degradation, Desertification and Food Security in North East India: Present and Future Scenarios Vimla Singh and Nivedita Chaudhary 9. Enhanced Vegetation Index and Land Use Analysis for Seven Sister States of India (2000-2022) Priyanka Puri 10. Quality of Living Space Among Rural Households in North Eastern Region of India K.V. Chamar and Rekha Dhanak 11. Augmentation of North-East Resources: intervention through Data Science & Advanced Technology Eeshankur Saiki and Parvej Reja Saleh 12. Sustainable development goals (SDG 3) “health and wellbeing”: What’s ailing north eastern states? Mridul Kumar Sarma 13. Progress Made by The North Eastern States of India Towards the 2030 Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: Performance of The Health and Well-Being Indicators Sahana Bhattacharjee 14. Status of Gender Equality in the North Eastern States: A Pathway towards Achievement of Sustainable Development Goal Lovleen Gupta, Shubham Singhania, Rohit Kumar Shrivastav 15. Change in Dominant and Deficient Functions of Rural Female Workers in North-Eastern Region of India: An Analysis Ashu Rani and K.V. Chamar 16. An Evolving Paradigm Of Cybersecurity In North East India Subimal Bhattacharjee 17. Sustainable Development Goals and Assam- A Roadmap to a Better Future Payel Saha, Syeda Fahima Shahnaz Sultana, Ankabehari Saha and Madhushree Das 18. Measuring Gaps to Achieve the SDG 1 in Assam and Identifying the Causes Barnali Gogoi and Swapnali Saikia 19. On Understanding the Drinking Water Treatment Requirements in India during Emergencies Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Bowen Tan and Diganta Bhusan Das 20. Perilous Waters: Gendering Community Based Disasters Management Practices from floods a study of Majuli Assam Bikash Chetry 21. Rejuvenating Geographies of Manas through People’s Participation: A Success Story of Community Conservation Pranjit Kumar Sarma, Rituparna Bhattacharyya and Sanatan Deka 22. Ephemeral char ecosystems and mitigation of flood induced vulnerability along River Brahmaputra Nazifa Ahmed 23. Making Unpaid Work Visible - The Key To Removing Gender Inequality: A Study In The Urban Households Of Assam Chandrama Goswami and Manisha Bhattacharyya 24. Wildlife habitat dynamics and sustainable development: revisiting Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam Pranjit Kumar Sarma, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Pradipta Baruah and Mukul Tamuli 25. Prospects of Tourism Sector in Assam to achieve Sustainable Development Goals Shikha Yadav, Gautam Kakaty, Usha Rani and Vaibhav Anand 26. Sustainable Ethnic Tourism Development in Arunachal Pradesh Parijat Borgohain and Barnali Patowary 27. SDG 3 in Manipur: A Story of Hill-Valley Divide Esther Ngaihte and Anushruti 28. An Analytical Study on the inseparable relations between food, population, arable land and economy in Manipur from the Perspective of Sustainability Irom Luckychand Meitei and Gurumayum Jadumani Sharma 29. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for Landslide hazard Zonation in Tamenglong District of Manipur, North East India Lunghim Rongmei, Irom Luckychand Meitei and Ekta Raman 30. Analysing development induced trade-offs: A Case Study of Loktak Multipurpose Project (LMP) in Manipur Himani Tiwari & Harshita Tiwari
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Springer ChinaAfrica Science Technology and Innovation Collaboration
Book SynopsisOverview of China Africa Collaboration in Science Technology and Innovation.- China digital presence in North Africa a driver of technological transformation The case of Huawei in Algeria.- China Green Energy Investment in Kenya Ethiopia and Tanzania Implications for Aid Policy.- China Africa Collaboration in Health Sector Under the Epidemic of COVID 19.- A critical evaluation of Health Diplomacy as an altruistic underpinning of China Africa relations.- Does China African Partnership Leads to Immiserizing Growth.- Analysis of Africa B2C E commerce Development and Outlook on China Investment in Africa.- Public Perception of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Africa and the Impact of COVID 19 Based on a Study of Africans.- China Africa Collaboration in Agriculture and Food Security Prospects and challenges.- China Africa S and T Relationship Selected Cases of Learning and Technology Transfer.- Cryptocurrency in Ghana Practices and Implication.- Evolution and Prospects of China Africa Collaborations in Science Technology and Innovation.- The Role of China and Western Countries in the Economic Globalization of Africa Who is Behind the Recent Economic Renaissance of Africa.- Cryptocurrency in Ghana Practices and Implication.- Evolution and Prospects of China Africa Collaborations in Science Technology and Innovation.- Evolution of China Africa Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Innovation.- Science Technology and Innovation STI A synergic Cooperative and Collaborative Relations between China and Africa.- Setting China Africa Collaboration to Address Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues.- Riding the Dragon a framework for productive collaboration.- Africa China Collaborations Priority Areas and Mutual Benefits.- China Africa collaboration in Agriculture and food security.
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NUS Press Mega-Urban Regions in Pacific Asia: Urban
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.
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NUS Press Powers of Exclusion: Land Dilemmas in Southeast
Book SynopsisThis is a ground breaking book that draws on insights from multiple disciplines to map out the new contours of struggles for land in Southeast Asia. The volume provides a framework for analyzing the dilemmas of land relations across the Global South and beyond.
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NUS Press Changing Landscapes of Singapore: Old Tensions,
Book SynopsisLandscape is not only the visible material surface of places but also refers to ways of interpreting fluid or contested social relations and spatial arrangements. The essays in this book critically examine how material and immaterial landscapes take shape in Singapore and their impacts on the population. They further assess how different social groups in Singapore inhabit landscapes and negotiate changing societal dynamics and conditions. The book contextualises developments in Singapore within regional and international trends. A standard Singapore Studies textbook, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand this ever-changing island, city and state.
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Upfront Publishing Thirty years of butterflies in traditional lancashire and Cheshire
Book SynopsisThirty years of Butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire. A regional butterfly atlas with a difference: taking three ten-year periods (last decade of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st), this book documents the changes in distribution and abundance of all the butterfly species which occur of have occurred within vice-counties 58, 59, 60 and the furness portion of 69, which equate to the true historic or traditional English counties of Cheshire and Lancashire â ââno legislation has ever changed the boundaries of Britainâs traditional countiesââ From a base in the MerseyValley, close to the border between the counties, the author explores the length and breadth of both of them, noting how the butterflies have been affected by human activities as well as by the forces of Nature, and also takes a closer look at the 1974-created administrative areas of Merseyside and Greater Manchester, and their central cities of Liverpool and Manchester. There is also a section of flowers which butterflies use for their nutrition within the two counties.
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Clarendon Press Globalization Institutions and Regional Development in Europe
Book SynopsisWhat are the economic prospects of European regions in a globalizing world? One view suggests that European regions will be overwhelmed by global forces; another suggests the rise of a new localism leading to a Europe of the regions. This book argues that neither of these accounts is correct. The authors offer detailed accounts of the local economies of Baden Wüttemberg, Emilia-Romagna, Switzerland, and Eastern Germany amongst others to support their view. In so doing they discuss a number of important and topical issues: industrial districts and their distinctiveness, organizational flexibility, regional economic planning, and the role of transnational companies.Through the application of an institutionalist perspective which stresses the importance of institutionalizing processes within the economy, the chapters in the book argue that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. The book concludes thTrade ReviewI enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the editors have worked hard to ensure continuity and development ... the book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *This closely-edited collection is an important contribution ... Like any good read, the book ends up posing almost as many questions as it answers ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text ... Whilst written in subtle and sophsticated prose, it is clear to read and the arguments are well-explained; as such, it is worth persevering with, even for those who might normally look to source material in other languages. * European Urban and Regional Studies *I enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the books makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *In recent years considerable research effort has been expended in an exploration of the tensions between international economic processes and changing prospects for regional development. This closely-edited collection is an important contribution to that debate ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text. * European Urban and Regional Studies *This book firmly establishes its position within the new institutionalist cam,.but at the same time it represents an attempt to forge a unique geographical dimension to the debate ... this book is a model of presentation and editing ... Amin and Thrift present a carefully honed introductory chapter that both contextualizes and attempts to bring together all of the contributors under a coherent intellectual umbrella. Individual chapters demonstrate both a depth and range that is illuminating, each chapter has a similar structure with a clear introduction and conclusion, the whole collection is then tied up with a closing chapter by the editors. * Andy C. Pratt, London School of Economics and Political Science, TIBG, August 1996 *Table of ContentsPreface and Introduction ; Living in the Global ; The Local Embeddedness of Transnational Corporations ; Global Agro-Food Complexes and the Refashioning of Rural Europe ; The Uneven Landscapes of Innovation Poles: Local Embeddedness and Global Networks ; Growth Regions Under Duress: Renewal Strategies in Baden Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna ; Flexible Districts, Flexible Regions? The Institutional and Cultural Limits to Districts in an Era of Technological Paradigm Shifts ; Regulating Labour: The Social Regulation and Reproduciton of Local Labour Markets ; The Disembedded Regional Economy: The Transformation of East German Industrial Complexes into Western Enclaves ; Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe's Old Industrial Areas ; Local and Regional Broadcasting in the New Media Order ; Global-Local Social Conflicts: Examples from Southern Europe ; Holding Down the Global
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OUP USA Japan and the Shackles of the Past
Book SynopsisA concise yet penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.Trade ReviewMurphy is very persuasive in building a case for his solutions for bringing real change to Japanese politics and foreign relations ... The most fundamental of his prescriptions, though, is undeniably necessary: the Japanese government and people must, for their own sake "confront what put their country in the hands of those who destroyed its independence and made it a byword abroad for brutal, inhuman fanaticism. Trying to bury accounts of what actually happened with fables of a pure and virtuous land, as Abe seeks to do, is simply a way of making it more likely that something similar will happen again soon". * Morgan Giles, Times Literary Supplement *Without doubt, this is the most important book on Japan by a non-Japanese writer to have appeared in the last two decades. It should be required reading for anyone professing to know Japan or wishing to teach others about it. * BCCJ Acumen, Ian de Stains OBE *[An] insightful analysis of what ails Japan. * Economist *Taggart Murphy knows his Japanese history. His theories about Japan's political economy shed interesting light on the country. * Financial Times, David Pilling *Japan and the Shackles of the Past is an excellent -- and engagingly written -- introduction to Japan, and a thought-provoking work of political and economic analysis (with quite a few lessons for America and other nations, too). * Complete Review *Murphy sheds much light on Japans current dependence upon the U.S. for maintenance of its political system and its future prospects, closing with an in-depth analysis of the current administration. * Publishers Weekly *Taggart Murphy has crafted a precise and highly critical analysis of Japan's problems. * Satyajit Das, Naked Capitalism *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter? ; Part One: Past ; Chapter One: Japan Before the Edo Period. ; Chapter Two: The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State. ; Chapter Three: Restoration to Occupation ; Chapter Four: The Miracle ; Chapter Five: The Institutions of High-speed Growth ; Chapter Six: Consequences (Intended and Otherwise) ; Part Two: Present ; Chapter Seven: Economy and Finance ; Chapter Eight: Business ; Chapter Nine: Social and Cultural Change ; Chapter Ten: Politics ; Chapter Eleven: Japan and the World ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; Notes
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