Human Geography category: 3213 books
The Ideal City
Its Architectural Evolution in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before. Yet it is a concept which has profoundly influenced the western world throughout history, both as a regulative...
Celtic Geographies
Old Cultures, New Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2001
Celtic Geographies questions traditional conceptualizations of Celticity that rely on an homogenous interpretation of what it means to be a Celt in contemporary society. The various contributors break away from these traditional interpretations to critically explore a Celticity that is diverse in...
Travels in Paradox
Remapping Tourism
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
This innovative volume focuses on tourism through the twin lenses of cultural theory and cultural geography. Presenting a set of innovative case studies on tourist destinations around the world, the contributors explore the paradoxes of the tourist experience and the implications of these paradoxes...
by Peter Jackson, Michael Rowlands, Daniel Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Liberation Ecologies
Environment, Development and Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Liberation Ecologies brings together some of the most exciting theorists in the field to explore the impact of political ecology in today's developing world. The book casts new light on the crucial interrelations of development, social movements and the environment in the South - the 'bigger' half...
The Price of War
Urbanization in Vietnam, 1954-1985
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Much rare material is incorporated in this unique account of urbanization in a developing country that was ravaged by war for twenty years. With due emphasis on the experience of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the authors present an account of what happened to the towns and cities of Vietnam...
Theorizing Transition
The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2005
Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist countries and an important critique of transition theory and policy. The authors create the basis of a theoretical understanding of transition in terms of a...
by Allan M. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Environmental Biology offers an accessible introduction to the core elements of biology and the biosphere. With balanced coverage of acquatic and terrestrial examples throughout, the text builds logically to present a clear understanding of the fundamental processes of life before examining its more...
Catastrophe Theory and Bifurcation (Routledge Revivals)
Applications to Urban and Regional Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system where the equilibrium point changes slowly and smoothly as the parameters change slowly and smoothly. However, this all changed with the advent of catastrophe...
by Roger A Pielke
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
First published in 1990, this book describes the nature of the hurricane, one of the world's most dangerous weather hazards. It examines the formation, development, movement, and impact of these tropical cyclones, and assess the ability of science to describe, forecast, and control them.
Africa, Tropical Timber, Turfs, and Trade
Geographic Perspectives on Ghana’s Timber Industry and Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, Owusu examines the scramble to control the timber trade...
by William A. Robson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This book was first published in 1939.
by Ieuan Ll. Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
Africa is a continent gripped by civil wars and widespread famine. The causes of many of the continent's problems are deep rooted and can be traced to Africa's colonial past, when European powers divided the spoils of the continent into separate sovereign states.
The African Inheritance examines the...
by Jack Rose
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Jack Rose examines the social, economic and political forces which have shaped the towns and cities of the UK since the Industrial Revolution.
The unrestricted and largely unplanned development which followed the Industrial Revolution created unacceptable living and working conditions for which...