E-books: Geography

By Simon R. Bush, Peter Oosterveer

Taking a social science approach, this book explores the governance of sustainable seafood, which is fundamental to food and nutrition security as well as being an important source of income and employment in many regions. Due to the importance of protein and other fishery and aquaculture…

eBook – 2019-01-08
Routledge
Earthscan Food and Agriculture

Edited by Blake Hudson, Jonathan Rosenbloom, Dan Cole

The "commons" has come to mean many things to many people, and the term is often used inconsistently. The study of the commons has expanded dramatically since Garrett Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons (1968) popularized the dilemma faced by users of common pool resources. This comprehensive…

eBook – 2019-01-04
Routledge

By Thomas J. Espenshade

Published in 1997. The Urban Institute has been studying immigration for almost a decade and a half. In recent years, the Institute’s focus has widened to include immigration integration. Unlike immigration policy, which is a federal responsibility, policies regarding immigrant integration have…

eBook – 2019-01-04
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Leo van Grunsven

First published in 1998 this boo responds to the dynamics of Industrializing Asia and the behavioural changes of actors which, in response to changing internal and external forces, have given rise to and are constantly giving rise to alterations in patterns of growth. From a geographical…

eBook – 2019-01-04
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

Edited by Jean-Claude Thill

First published in 1999, this volume consists of selected papers presented at the North American Meetings of the RSAI along with invited contributions from scholars active in the field of spatial multicriteria decision making and analysis. It is meant to present diverse lines of research in spatial…

eBook – 2019-01-04
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

Edited by Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka

First published in 1998, this volume represents the outcome of a seminar as part of the continuing efforts of the Convocation of the University of Dar es Salam to maintain a dialogue with the Government of Tanzania on its socio-economic problems. Its aim was to underscore heightened public concern…

eBook – 2019-01-04
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Manfred Perlik

Mountain regions are subject to a unique set of economic pressures: they act as collective enterprises which have to valorize rare resources, such as spectacular landscapes. While primarily rural in nature, they often border large cities, and the development of industries such as hydroelectric…

eBook – 2019-01-03
Routledge
Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy

By Paul Cloke, Christopher Baker, Callum Sutherland, Andrew Williams

This book explores the hopeful possibility that emerging geographies of postsecularity are able to contribute significantly to the understanding of how common life may be shared, and how caring for the common goods of social justice, well-being, equality, solidarity and respect for difference may…

eBook – 2019-01-03
Routledge
Routledge Research in Place, Space and Politics

Edited by Jarkko Saarinen, Alison M. Gill

Sustainability is one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector. Recently, the role of resilience thinking has been highlighted in sustainable development discussions as an alternative perspective. This book approaches these concepts as interwoven processes and looks at…

eBook – 2018-12-21
Routledge
Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

Edited by Adenrele Awotona

First published in 1999, this book consists of in-depth family case studies from Africa, Asia and South America. The purpose of the book is to give a clear understanding of the physical and non-physical structures in bottom-up housing approaches. Physical structures include design aspects,…

eBook – 2018-12-21
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Richard Sanders

This title was first published in 2000:  An examination of the potential for Chinese ecological agriculture providing a basis for sustainable development in the Chinese countryside. Richard Sanders involves primary research in seven villages and four countries in China that have adopted…

eBook – 2018-12-20
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Pál Nyíri, Igor Saveliev

This title was first published in 2003. Globalizing Chinese Migration is the first volume to deal comprehensively with the most recent wave of the migration from the People's Republic of China to Europe and Asia. By analyzing the Chinese state’s role in this migration, the authors dismiss as…

eBook – 2018-12-20
Routledge
Routledge Revivals