Human geography Books

Natural Environmental Change offers a concise introduction to this key topic in the study of the environment, geography, and earth science. Illustrated throughout, each chapter provides a broad spectrum of international case studies and further reading...

Time is an unstated but ever present element in all debates about environmental change - and the subtext of many disagreements. Geomorphologists think in the context of millions of years, politicians in election terms, the media in decades, and the...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The label of "Third World" covers half the land surface and three quarters of the population of the planet. The problems and potential of this region and its peoples are attracting increasing concern and interest.Fully revised and updated this edition...

International migration has long been a dominant feature of world literature from both post-industrial and developing countries. The increasing demands of the global economic system and continued political instability in many of the world's region have...

Human society has constructed many varied notions of the environment. Scientific information about the environment is often seen as the only worthwhile knowledge. This ignores the complexities created by interaction between people and the environment...

The world has seen a shift in socio-economic relations, in the patterns and processes of industrialization and regional development. The social regulation of the economic order, flexible production organization and industrial district formation have...

Servicing the Middle Classes investigates the recent rise in demand by middle class families for waged domestic labour and the consequent growth of a new `servant' class.Examining the position of nannies and cleaners, the authors explore the national...

The foundations of health sciences need rethinking. The mechanistic biomedical model, apparently so successful in the past, is now criticised for failing to explain what health is and how it can be preserved. The world's major health problems no longer...

Britain's Population addresses issues relating to the demographic characteristics of British society. Many of the contemporary features of the population relate to changes in the past - particularly the ups and downs in attitudes to marriage and family...

Soils represent the result of a complex set of interacting processes and are an integral component of the environment. Yet soils remain the most undervalued and misused of the Earth's resources. This work examines the fundamental importance of soils...

Tenant participation has grown substantially over the last decade, following government legislation, advice from professional bodies and development agencies, and promotion by all major political parties. On few housing issues is there such concensus...

Modern Environmentalism presents a comprehensive introduction to environmentalism, the origins of its main beliefs and ideas, and how these relate to modern environmental ideologies. Providing a historical overview of the development of attitudes to...

Should rural Britain be preserved from urban development, or should people be allowed to live and shop where they want? In the face of continued urban expansion the countryside has become a major issue, its future development uncertain. Countryside...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ranging from the poverty and exploding population of Bangladesh to the dazzling technology and ageing population of Japan, from the two most populous states of India and China to the tiny states of Singapore and the Maldives and to the emptiness of...

Providing a fresh examination of the nature of Third World development, the author focuses on the characteristics of particular places and regions and their influences on behaviour. This is an important study of the relationship between population...

Housing Policy in the 1990s explores the deluge of Conservative legislation of the late 1980s and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century. The contributors discuss and clarify the main aims of the government...

The dynamics of national and international urban systems, as well as individual metropolitan areas, are closely connected with the decisions and actions of firms and institutions in the service sector. Services and Metropolitan Development explores the...

Developing countries have undergone significant industrialization in the last three decades. Yet industrial growth reveals marked spatial inequalities in terms of both country and location. The Newly Industrialised Countries have achieved spectacular...

We are now experiencing a period of unprecedented change; what amounts to a global revolution in our economy, society and awareness of the human impact on the environment. Global Change and Challenge examines some of the crucial issues facing society in...

This book explores the concept of 'home' in Liverpool over phases of 'regeneration' following the Second World War. Using qualitative research in the oral history tradition, it explores what the author conceptualises as 'forward-facing' regeneration in...

Capitalist agriculture relies heavily on the pollination work of bees, but this system harms bees in innumerable ways. Indeed, human agriculture is one of the main culprits for the declining populations of wild bees and the declining health of honeybees...

Garrett Hardin, one of our leading thinkers on problems of human overpopulation, here assails the recklessness and basic ecological ignorance of economists and others who champion the idea of unbounded growth.Hardin delivers an uncompromising critique of...

Two decades after the publication of the seminal Models in Geography, edited by Richard Chorley & Peter Haggett, this major collection of specially commissioned essays charts the new human geography from the perspective of political economy. Providing...

 Complexity Research on Economic and Social ProcessesAre you fascinated by the intricate dance of economics and social phenomena? Dive into the world of "Complexity Research on Economic and Social Processes," a groundbreaking book that explores the...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Nahe Osten, wenn auch verschieden...

Praktikumsbericht / -arbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,2, Universität Leipzig (Institut für Geographie), Veranstaltung: Vorbereitungsseminar Exkursion Syrien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,5, Technische Universität Dresden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Bergbaulandschaften, wie sie sich heute im Mitteldeutschen Revier entwickelt...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 2,0, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die in dieser Arbeit fokussierte Thematik beschäftigt sich mit der...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,3, Universität Vechta; früher Hochschule Vechta, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit sollen die Vorgänge und Wirkungsgefüge aufgezeigt...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,5, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Wirtschaftsregionen und/ oder...

China has become a very important market for many companies. In order to conduct business in a particular country, it is necessary to understand the culture of that country. The contributing authors help explain the various facets of Chinese culture...

Re-thinking African Economies for Development is delivered in the particularly historic context of the fiftieth independence anniversary of most African countries. This moment, therefore, calls for an assessment and suggestions for new alternatives...

A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY, MEANING AND MATERIALITY OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTThere is a blue hole in environmental history. The thirteen essays in this very accessible collection fill it by closing the gap between land and sea, by exploring...

This praxis-based book explores how an improvisational, creative and embodied practice such as the dérive works to defamiliarise our experience of the late modern built environment, fostering new insight into routinised cultural behaviours.In addition to...

Acuerdos, desacuerdos y recuerdos recoge una serie de textos de José Ignacio Rasco, algunos de 1959 y 1960, que muestran sus comienzos en el espacio público cubano; una extensa semblanza de Fidel Castro, su compañero de curso en Belén y en la Universidad...

Wide-ranging critique of the epistemological and ethical assumptions that underlie contemporary debates concerning climate change.

This report provides a detailed analysis of Iceland's economy and financial health. Drawing on the latest data and expert insights, the report offers valuable information for investors, policymakers, and anyone interested in the economic prospects of...

Diese Studie untersucht die kulturellen Grenzen und Zyklen in den Westbeskiden in Polen. Der Autor beschreibt die historischen und geografischen Faktoren, die zur Entstehung von verschiedenen Kulturen und Gemeinschaften in der Region beigetragen haben,...

This collection of essays and articles by the renowned economist Sigmund Lowe provides a unique perspective on the economic and political challenges facing the world in the late 20th century. From the energy crisis to the rise of globalization, Lowe's...

Une étude innovante de la géographie sociale qui explore le lien entre les systèmes de routes d'un pays et ses types sociaux distinctifs. L'auteur montre comment les choix de transport et les habitudes de déplacement sont façonnés par les conditions...