Regional Geography - Human Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts

   The Governance of the Global Value Chain

   Edited by Fiorenza Belussi, Alessia Sammarra

   Series: Regions and Cities

   During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence of interest in the reasons that make the agglomeration of specialised industries a territorial phenomenon worth being analysed. The analysis of clusters and IDs has often been limited,...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan

   Traversing the Margins

   By Chad Haines

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   The Karakoram Highway was constructed by the Pakistani state in the 1970s as a major development project that furthered the national interest and solidified state control over the disputed region of northern Pakistan. Focusing on this highway, this book provides a unique analysis of the...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Africa

   Diversity and Development

   By Tony Binns, Alan Dixon, Etienne Nel

   For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given to any of the continent’s more positive attributes. Africa has at last begun to receive the depth of interest...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
5. Regional Competitiveness

   Edited by Ron Martin, Michael Kitson, Peter Tyler

   Series: Regions and Cities

   There is now a wide spread interest in regions as a key focus in the organization and governance of economic growth and wealth creation. This important book considers the factors that influence and shape the competitive performance of regions. This is not just an issue of academic interest and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Portfolio for the Planet

   Lessons from 10 Years of Impact Investing

   By Tammy Newmark, Michele Pena

   Rapid growth of the global economy has accelerated the degradation of the Earth’s most important asset: the environment. Increasing poverty and challenges arising from climate change further threaten the planet’s natural systems. With a rising global population, the demand on natural resources to...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific

   Between Local and Global

   Edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell

   Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies

   This volume examines the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing rural communities in the Asia-Pacific region, as global issues intersect with local contexts. Such challenges, from climatic change and volcanic eruption to population growth and violent civil unrest, have...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Global Trends and Regional Development

   Edited by Nikolai Genov

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   For millennia, contact between societies was limited to trade or wars, a situation that changed profoundly with the development of global markets serving industrialization. The outcome was the emergence of one global human civilization, and one common future that will depend on the capacity of...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries

   New Analytical Approaches

   Edited by Wim Naude, Amelia Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray

   In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty. New approaches in development economics have in recent years started from the premise...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Re-conceiving Property Rights in the New Millennium

    Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

    Edited by Ben Chigara

    This book constitutes Volume II of a set of two Volumes. Volume II considers the possibility of a new, sustainable land relations policy for Southern African Development Community States (SADC) that are currently mired up in land disputes that have become subject of domestic, regional and...

    Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge