Forthcoming Geography Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal

   Partnerships in Action

   By Rory Shand

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

   Environmental and sustainability issues are currently stretched by economic concerns and policy areas such as housing and education are therefore needed more than ever to help regenerate the social and urban environment. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal: Partnerships in Action uses detailed case...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community

   Edited by Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu, Jeffrey Jordan

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   This book illustrates the ways in which communities can strengthen the links and set the stage for long-term partnerships between sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural community development initiatives. It provides lessons learned, first, from the community development literature that can...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Reclaiming Food Security

   By Michael S. Carolan

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords people and nations – in both the present and future – the capabilities to prosper and lead long, happy, and healthy...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. Technological and Social Dimensions of the Green Revolution

   Connecting Pasts and Futures

   Edited by Pratyusha Basu, Bruce Scholten

   Rising concerns about agricultural productivity and food security in rapidly changing economic and environmental contexts have led to renewed interest in agricultural development. But the extent to which new policies and programs will enable socially just and environmentally sustainable futures for...

   To Be Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
5. Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

   Social, Political and Environmental Issues

   Edited by Richard Hindmarsh

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s NE coastline. In providing riveting insights into its background and the disaster management...

   To Be Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. Community Economic Development

   Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Terry Besser

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted, having an array of antecedents, impacts, and implications. This volume explores the relationships between economic development and community development, focusing on the aspects that impact communities such as social capital,...

   To Be Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
7. Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature

   Edited by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. ‘Green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. A vigorous debate on ‘land grabbing’ already highlights instances where ‘green’ credentials are called...

   To Be Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
8. Sport for Development

   What game are we playing?

   By Fred Coalter

   Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ‘sport-for-development’, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies...

   To Be Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. Europe's Changing Geography

   The Impact of Inter-regional Networks

   Edited by Nicola Bellini, Ulrich Hilpert

   Series: Regions and Cities

   European macro-regions, Euroregions and other forms of inter-regional, cross-border cooperation have helped to shape new scenarios and new relational spaces which may generate opportunities for economic development, while redefining the political and economic meaning of national borders. This...

   To Be Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
10. Cultural Political Economy of Small Cities

    Edited by Anne Lorentzen, Bas van Heur

    Series: Regions and Cities

    The volume highlights ongoing changes in the political economy of small cities in relation to the field of culture and leisure. Culture and leisure are focal points both to local entrepreneurship and to planning by city governments, which means that these developments are subject to market dynamics...

    To Be Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge