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Browse Geography books by subject from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.

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Recently Published Books

1. Governing International Labour Migration

   Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas

   Edited by Christina Gabriel, Hélène Pellerin

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   This book offers a critical examination of the way in which the nature and governance of international labour migration is changing within a globalizing environment. It examines how labour mobility and the governance of labour migration are changing by exploring the links between political economy...

   Published July 29th 2010 by Routledge
2. In Pursuit of Sustainable Development

   New governance practices at the sub-national level in Europe

   Edited by Susan Baker, Katarina Eckerberg

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   The book explores how implementation strategies engage sub-national, regional and local actors in the promotion of sustainable development. Following the obligations incurred at the Rio Earth Summit and the related UNCED process, European states began to produce sustainable development strategies...

   Published July 29th 2010 by Routledge
3. Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life

   By Philip Pearce, Sebastian Filep, Glenn Ross

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to create well-being and happiness on the entire planet. Yet there is a lack of specific attention to the ways in which we can better understand and evaluate the relationship between well-being and travel. The recent...

   Published July 25th 2010 by Routledge
4. Water and the City

   risk, resilience and planning for a sustainable future

   By Iain White

   Series: Natural and Built Environment Series

   As a vital human need water has been absolutely critical to decisions as to where cities originate, how much they grow and the standard of living of the inhabitants. The relationship is complex however; we both need continual availability and protection from its potential impacts: either too much...

   Published July 25th 2010 by Routledge
5. The American Urban Reader

   History and Theory

   Edited by Steven H. Corey, Lisa Krissoff Boehm

   The American Urban Reader brings together the most exciting work on the evolution of the American city, from colonial settlement and western expansion to post-industrial cities and the growth of the suburbs. Each of the chronologically and thematically organized chapters includes thoughtfully...

   Published July 22nd 2010 by Routledge
6. Towards Relational Sociology

   By Nick Crossley

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   Towards Relational Sociology argues that social worlds comprise networks of interaction and relations. Crossley asserts that relations are lived trajectories of iterated interaction, built up through a history of interaction, but also entailing anticipation of future interaction. In addition, he...

   Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
7. The Fundamentalist City?

   Religiosity and the Remaking of Urban Space

   Edited by Nezar AlSayyad, Mejgan Massoumi

   The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phenomena: the historic...

   Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
8. Tourist Customer Service Satisfaction

   An Encounter Approach

   By Francis Noe, Muzaffer Uysal, Vincent Magnini

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Customer satisfaction and loyalty in the tourism sector is highly dependent upon the behaviours of front-line service providers. Service is about people, how they relate to one another, fulfill each other’s needs and ultimately care for each other. Yet surprisingly there are few or any books which...

   Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
9. Handbook of Cultural Sociology

   Edited by John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-cheng Lo

   The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book...

   Published July 20th 2010 by Routledge
10. Globalisation and Migration

    New Issues, New Politics

    Edited by Ronaldo Munck

    Series: ThirdWorlds

    This book critically examines the new issues and new politics regarding migration in the era of globalisation from a majority world perspective. It examines the current shifts in the global political economy and the effects it has, for example, in relation to rural displacement. When and how...

    Published July 19th 2010 by Routledge