Routledge Geography - Books, News and Conferences http://www.routledge.com/blurbs/ RSS feed of recently featured books, news, conferences and more. en-us en orders@taylorandfrancis.com Copyright (c) 2013, Routledge 2013-02-03T08:24:25+00:00 2013-02-03T08:24:25+00:00 2013-02-04T08:31:26+00:00 http://www.routledge.com/info/help/rss/ Handbook of Local and Regional Development wins Regional Studies Association Best Book 2012 award http://www.routledge.com/articles/handbook_of_local_and_regional_development_wins_regional_studies_associatio/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12635 2012-11-22T10:21:51Q On the 5th October, Professor Andy Pike of Newcastle University received the Regional Studies Association (RSA) Best Book Award for the ‘Handbook of Local and Regional Development’ (Routledge 2011). Described by Fabrizio Barca, Italian Minister without portfolio for Territorial Cohesion, as "A must read for all those wanting seriously to understand spatial patterns in development and to engage in the difficult art of modern local and regional development policy". Click here for the full article.

]]> Homepage, Books, News, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Geography 2012-11-22T10:21:51+00:00 Cities and Photography http://www.routledge.com/articles/cities_and_photography/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12479 2012-11-02T11:01:03Q Cities and Photography
By Jane Tormey

This introductory text is richly illustrated with case studies and over 50 photographs, summarizing complex theory and analysis with application to specific examples. Emphasis is given to international, contemporary photographic projects to provide provide focus for the discussion of theoretical conceptions of the city through the analysis of photographic interpretation and commentary. This text will be of great appeal to those interested in Photography, Urban Studies and Human Geography.
 

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-11-02T11:01:03+00:00 The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies http://www.routledge.com/articles/the_routledge_companion_to_landscape_studies/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12478 2012-11-02T10:16:28Q The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies
Edited by Peter Howard, Ian H. Thompson, Emma Waterton
 

]]> Homepage, Books, Research & Reference, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-11-02T10:16:28+00:00 The Chinese City http://www.routledge.com/articles/the_chinese_city/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.12476 2012-11-02T09:47:08Q The Chinese City
By Weiping Wu, Piper Gaubatz
The Chinese City offers a critical understanding of China’s urbanization,exploring how the complexity of the Chinese city both conforms to and defies conventional urban theories and experience of cities elsewhere around the world. This comprehensive book contains a wealth of up-to-date statistical information, case studies, and suggested further reading to demonstrate the diversity of urban life in China.

 

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-11-02T09:47:08+00:00 Coming soon! New edition of Africa South of the Sahara http://www.routledge.com/articles/coming_soon_new_edition_of_africa_south_of_the_sahara/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.11670 2012-08-08T14:14:50Q A review of the forthcoming third edition of Africa South of the Sahara, by Robert Stock.

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, News, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Geography 2012-08-08T14:14:50+00:00 Now available: new edition of the Urban Sociology Reader http://www.routledge.com/articles/now_available_new_edition_of_the_urban_sociology_reader/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.11375 2012-07-12T18:45:43Q The keenly anticipated new edition of the Urban Sociology Reader is now available. With seminal selections from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, this new edition includes forty-three significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, DuBois, Zukin, Sassen, and Harvey.

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-07-12T18:45:43+00:00 Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice and Politics http://www.routledge.com/articles/alternative_food_networks_knowledge_practice_and_politics/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.10848 2012-06-12T14:27:44Q By David Goodman, Melanie E. DuPuis, Michael K. Goodman

Review of Alternative Food Networks by Tim Lang

]]> Homepage, Books, News, Social Sciences, Geography, Tourism, Hospitality and Events 2012-06-12T14:27:44+00:00 Featured Book: Climate Change and Social Ecology http://www.routledge.com/articles/featured_book_climate_change_and_social_ecology/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.10847 2012-06-12T14:20:38Q Climate Change and Social Ecology takes a new approach to the climate crisis, portraying global warming as a challenge of rapid social evolution. This book argues that, in order to address this impending catastrophe and bring about more sustainable development, we must focus on improving social ecology – our values, mind-sets, and social organization. Steps to do this include institutional reforms to improve democracy, educational strategies to encourage public understanding of complex issues, and measures to prevent corporations and the wealthy from shaping societies in other directions instead.

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-06-12T14:20:38+00:00 Now available! New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities http://www.routledge.com/articles/now_available_new_economic_spaces_in_asian_cities/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8368 2012-04-12T10:38:03Q New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From Industrial Restructuring to the Cultural Turn
Edited by Peter W. Daniels, K. C. Ho, Thomas A. Hutton

New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities offers a vivid contribution to our understanding of the ongoing transformation of Asia’s urban system, including the critical intersections of global and local-regional dynamics in processes of new industry formation and the relayering of space in the Asian metropolis.

 

]]> Homepage, Books, Research & Reference, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-04-12T10:38:03+00:00 Coming Soon! An Introduction to Sustainable Development http://www.routledge.com/articles/coming_soon_an_introduction_to_sustainable_development/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8367 2012-04-12T10:18:34Q The New 4th Edition of An Introduction to Sustainable Development, By Jennifer Elliott.
Due to publish July 2012

This 4th edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development with particular reference to developing countries.

]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-04-12T10:18:34+00:00 Africa, Book of the Month, April 2012 http://www.routledge.com/articles/africa_book_of_the_month_april_2012/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.7345 2012-04-09T18:36:04Q Africa: Diversity and Development is a refreshing interdisciplinary text that enhances understanding of Africa’s current position and clarifies possible future scenarios. The book contains illustrations throughout as well as detailed case studies and current data.

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]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Geography 2012-04-09T18:36:04+00:00 Featured Book: Introduction to Geopolitics, 2e http://www.routledge.com/articles/featured_book_introduction_to_geopolitics_2e/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8320 2012-04-08T20:04:54Q Introduction to Geopolitics provides a framework for understanding contemporary conflicts. The book shows how geography creates both opportunities for and limits upon the actions of countries, national groups, and terrorist organizations.

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]]> Homepage, Books, Textbooks, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-04-08T20:04:54+00:00 ‘A Friend in Need, Temporarily’ review of Disaster Diplomacy http://www.routledge.com/articles/a_friend_in_need_temporarily_review_of_disaster_diplomacy/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8060 2012-03-09T12:13:11Q Review of Disaster Diplomacy: How Disasters Affect Peace and Conflict by Ilan Kelman

'A Friend in Need, Temporarily' article written by Eilif Ursin Reed in The Diplomatic Courier, 21 February 2012.

Click here to read it!

]]> Homepage, Books, News, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Geography 2012-03-09T12:13:11+00:00 View the new 2012 Geography catalogue on line! http://www.routledge.com/articles/view_the_new_2012_geography_catalogue_on_line/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8045 2012-03-08T09:06:24Q Download  your copy today!
Browse the newest books and resources for the coming year.
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]]> Homepage, Books, News, Social Sciences, Geography 2012-03-08T09:06:24+00:00 Featured book: Food and Development http://www.routledge.com/articles/featured_book_food_and_development/ tag:,2012:/articles/1.8044 2012-03-08T09:00:54Q Food and Development by E.M.Young

Food and Development is a lively and lucidly written text which provides a clear and accessible introduction to these complex and diverse food related problems. It explores the continued prevalence of mass under nutrition in the developing world; acute food crises in some places associated with conflict; the emergence of over nutrition in the developing world and the vulnerability of the contemporary global food production system. The text identifies the major problems and analyzes factors at international, national and local scales to understand their continued prevalence. The book concludes by evaluating the potential of some oppositional forces to challenge the hegemony of the contemporary food system.

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