Forthcoming Geography Books

Forthcoming Books

1. International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin

   Three States at a Crossroads

   By Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

   The Nile River and its basin extend over a distinctive geophysical cord connecting eleven sovereign states from Egypt to Tanzania, which are home to an estimated population of 422.2 million people. The Nile is an essential source of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses throughout...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy

   The Urban Link

   By Michele Acuto

   Series: Routledge New Diplomacy Studies

   This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance. While there is a growing body of literature concerned with explaining the transformations of the international order, little theorisation has...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
3. Migration and Inequality

   Edited by Tanja Bastia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The ‘migration-development’ nexus has emerged as an important area of both research and policy over the last ten years. However, most of the interest has focused on the potential that migration holds for poverty alleviation. Relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between...

   To Be Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood

   By Affrica Taylor

   Series: Contesting Early Childhood

   In this fascinating new book, Affrica Taylor encourages an exciting paradigmatic shift in the ways in which childhood and nature are conceived and pedagogically deployed, and invites readers to critically reassess the naturalist childhood discourses that are rife within popular culture and early...

   To Be Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Street

   A Quintessential Social Public Space

   By Vikas Mehta

   Good cities are places of social encounter. Creating public spaces that encourage social behavior in our cities and neighborhoods is an important goal of city design. How do we make sociable streets? This book shows us how these ordinary public spaces can be planned and designed to become settings...

   To Be Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
6. Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals

   A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes

   Edited by Ian D. Rotherham

   In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping...

   To Be Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
7. Land and Resource Scarcity

   Capitalism, Struggle and Well-being in a World without Fossil Fuels

   Edited by Andreas Exner, Peter Fleissner, Lukas Kranzl, Werner Zittel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy

   This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. The contributors to this volume argue that these scarcities will put an end to the capitalist system as we know it and alternatives must be...

   To Be Published February 19th 2013 by Routledge
8. Participatory Action Research

   Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry

   By Jacques M. Chevalier, Daniel J. Buckles

   This book addresses a key issue in higher learning, university education and scientific research: the widespread difficulty researchers, experts and students from all disciplines face when trying to contribute to change in complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the unknown. More...

   To Be Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe

   Edited by Enzo Pranzini, Allan Williams

   Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies, from the defences of the Venice lagoons to coastal land reclamation in the Netherlands. This book provides a comprehensive review of the entire coastline of Europe and a comparative analysis of...

   To Be Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
10. Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia

    By Meghann Ormond

    Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies

    International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon. With many of the countries currently being promoted as IMT destinations located in the ‘developing’ world, IMT poses a significant challenge to popular assumptions...

    To Be Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge