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Contested Worlds

An Introduction to Human Geography

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Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017

Contested Worlds provides an introduction both to a multitude of geographical worlds which are currently being actively constructed and contested, and to a range of different perspectives on these worlds being adopted and contested by geographers. It is unique in its focus on the role of contestation...
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by Irene Hardill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002

This book explores the gender issues associated with international migration in dual career households. Adopting a feminist approach, the author links research in economics, sociology, management and business and human geography to explore post-industrial managerial and professional careers. Particular...
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By Northern Lights

On the Making of Geography in Sweden

by Anne Buttimer, Tom Mels
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

Swedish society has recurrently shown a keen geographical sense, meticulously documenting all matters relating to environments, resources and human activities through space and time from the sixteenth century on. Throughout the twentieth century in particular, Sweden won international acclaim for...
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Island Geographies

Essays and conversations

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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

Islands and their environs – aerial, terrestrial, aquatic – may be understood as intensifiers, their particular and distinctive geographies enabling concentrated study of many kinds of challenges and opportunities. This edited collection brings together several emerging and established academics...
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Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China’s Geographic and Historic Context

Volume 4 Symbolism and the Language of Geo-Architecture

by Fang Wang
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016

This book approaches the concept of geo-architecture by analyzing the symbolic characters of architectures. It proves that the relationship between architecture and geography is not merely an embodiment of physical and functional demands but rather a formal expression of the materialization of culture....
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Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China’s Geographic and Historic Context

Volume 1 Geo-Architecture Wandering in the Landscape

by Fang Wang
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016

This book analyzes forms of architectures within the frame concept of geo-architecture, and looks into the interaction of architecture and its environment. It starts by discussing the collisions between architecture and geography, humanity, as well as other architectures and reflects on the ancient...
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by Brian Graham, Greg Ashworth, John Tunbridge
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016

The concept of heritage relates to the ways in which contemporary society uses the past as a social, political or economic resource. However, heritage is open to interpretation and its value may be perceived from differing perspectives - often reflecting divisions in society. Moreover, the schism...
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by Richard Harris, Claire Jarvis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Statistics are important tools for validating theory, making predictions and engaging in policy research. They help to provide informed commentary about social and environmental issues, and to make the case for change. Knowledge of statistics is therefore a necessary skill for any student of geography...
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Thinking Big Data in Geography

New Regimes, New Research

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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018

Thinking Big Data in Geography offers a practical state-of-the-field overview of big data as both a means and an object of research, with essays from prominent and emerging scholars such as Rob Kitchin, Renee Sieber, and Mark Graham. Part 1 explores how the advent of geoweb technologies and big data...
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Sensing Cities

Regenerating Public Life in Barcelona and Manchester

by Monica Montserrat Degen
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2008

As cities globally re-design their urban landscapes, they produce a different urban aesthetic and create new experiential milieus. Urban regeneration processes generate radical physical, social and cultural changes in neighbourhoods that demand new conceptual frameworks to address their impact upon...
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The Spatial Turn

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008

Across the disciplines, the study of space has undergone a profound and sustained transformation. Space, place, mapping, and geographical imaginations have become commonplace topics in a variety of analytical fields in part because globalization has accentuated the significance of location. While...
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by Rob Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016

Geography Speaks is an investigation of how geography is informed by speech act theory and performativity. Starting with a critical analysis of how J.L. Austin's speech act theory probed the permeability between fact and fiction, it then assesses oppositional interpretations by John Searle and Jacques...
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The Geography of Southeast Asia

A Scholarly Bibliography and Guide

by Thomas A. Rumney
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010

In The Geography of Southeast Asia, Rumney discusses an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other academics. As interest in Southeast Asia has grown, particularly over the past forty years, the volume and variety of scholarly publications on the varied geographical aspects of the...
Cover of Milton Santos: A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017

For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European and North American audiences. This book...
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