Human Geography Books

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1. Children, Youth and the City

   By Kathrin Horschelmann, Lorraine van Blerk

   More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions....

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-37692-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods: Connecting People, Participation and Place

   Edited by Sara Kindon, Rachel Pain, Mike Kesby

   Participatory Action Research (PAR) approaches and methods have seen an explosion of recent interest in the social and environmental sciences. PAR involves collaborative research, education and action which is oriented towards social change, representing a major epistemological challenge to...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-59976-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Gender and Rurality

   By Lia Bryant, Barbara Pini

   The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy. Thus far, there has been little exploration of the constitution of the varied and differing ways that gender is constituted in rural settings. This book will place the question of gender, rurality and difference at its center. The...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-48899-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Critical Perspectives in Rural Development Studies

   Edited by Saturnino M. Borras Jr.

   Agrarian transformations within and across countries have been significantly and dynamically altered during the past few decades compared to previous eras, provoking a variety of reactions from rural poor communities worldwide. The recent convergence of various crises – financial, food, energy and...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-59177-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods: European and American Perspectives

   Edited by Jurgen Friedrichs, George Galster, SAKO Musterd

   In contemporary European and American urban policy and politics and in academic research it is typically assumed that spatial concentrations of poor households and/or ethnic minority households will have negative effects upon the opportunities to improve the social conditions of those who are...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-56835-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Gender and Agrarian Reforms

   By Susie Jacobs

   The redistribution of land has profound implications for women and for gender relations; however, gender issues have been marginalised from both theoretical and policy discussions of agrarian reform. This book presents an overview of gender and agrarian reform experiences globally. Jacobs...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-37648-8 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Creolization Reader: Studies in Mixed Identities and Cultures

   Edited by Robin Cohen, Paola Toninato

   Increasingly, ‘creolization’ is used to analyse ‘cultural complexity’, 'cosmopolitanism’,‘hybridity’, ‘syncretism’ and ‘mixture’, prominent and growing characteristics of the global age. The Creolization Reader captures all these meanings. Attention to the ‘creolizing world’ has enormous potential...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-49854-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Ecological Modernisation Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice

   Edited by Arthur P.J. Mol, David A Sonnenfeld, Gert Spaargaren

   Environmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key...

   July 2009 | 978-0-415-45371-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Mobility

   By Peter Adey

   As everything from immigration, airport security and road tolling become headline news, the need to understand mobility has never been more pertinent. Yet ‘mobility’ remains remarkably elusive in summary and definition. This introductory text makes ‘mobility’ tangible by explaining the key theories...

   July 2009 | 978-0-415-43400-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach

    By C. Michael Hall, Alan A. Lew

    As one of the world’s largest industries, tourism carries with it significant social, environmental, economic and political impacts. Although tourism can provide significant economic benefits for some destinations, the image of tourism as a benign and environmentally friendly industry has often...

    July 2009 | 978-0-415-77133-7 | Paperback (Routledge)