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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080449107
Total Pages : 10985 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 10985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world. This groundbreaking project covers every field of human geography and the discipline’s relationships to other disciplines, and is global in scope, involving an international set of contributors. Given its broad, inclusive scope and unique online accessibility, it is anticipated that the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography will become the major reference work for the discipline over the coming decades. The Encyclopedia will be available in both limited edition print and online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ref_works/coming/ Available online on ScienceDirect and in limited edition print format Broad, interdisciplinary coverage across human geography: Philosophy, Methods, People, Social/Cultural, Political, Economic, Development, Health, Cartography, Urban, Historical, Regional Comprehensive and unique - the first of its kind in human geography

Nature, Space and the Sacred

Author : S. Bergmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351915673
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Nature, Space and the Sacred written by S. Bergmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature, Space and the Sacred offers the first investigative mapping of a new and highly significant agenda: the spatial interactions between religion, nature and culture. In this ground-breaking work, different concepts of religion, theology, space and place and their internal relations are discussed in an impressive range of approaches. Weaving together a diversity of perspectives, this book presents an innovative and truly transdisciplinary environmental science. Its broad range offers a rich exchange of insights, methods and theoretical engagements.

The Spatial Economy

Author : Masahisa Fujita
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262561471
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Spatial Economy written by Masahisa Fujita and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy - that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools - in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth - this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.

The Nature of the State

Author : Mark Whitehead
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191515132
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of the State written by Mark Whitehead and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twin categories of the state and nature collectively embody some of the most fundamental reference points around which our lives and thinking are organized. Despite their combined significance, however, the complex relationships that exist between modern states and nature remain under-theorized and are relatively unexplored. Through a detailed study of different sites, moments, and framing strategies The Nature of the State challenges the ways in which geographers and social scientists approach the study of state-nature relations. The authors analyse different instances of state-nature interaction from all over the world, considering the geo-politics of resource conflicts, the operation of natural history museums, the organizational practices of environmental departments and ministries, the regulation of genetic science, and contemporary forms of state intervention within issues of climate change. Introducing original research into the different institutional, spatial, and temporal strategies used by states to frame the natural world this book provides a critical overview of the latest political and ecological theories and addresses a wide range of pressing socio-environmental debates.

Foundations of Location Analysis

Author : H. A. Eiselt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441975721
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Location Analysis written by H. A. Eiselt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Location analysis has matured from an area of theoretical inquiry that was designed to explain observed phenomena to a vibrant field which can be and has been used to locate items as diverse as landfills, fast food outlets, gas stations, as well as politicians and products in issue and feature spaces. Modern location science is dealt with by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners in geography, economics, operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science. Given the tremendous advances location science has seen from its humble beginnings, it is time to look back. The contributions in this volume were written by eminent experts in the field, each surveying the original contributions that created the field, and then providing an up-to-date review of the latest contributions. Specific areas that are covered in this volume include: • The three main fields of inquiry: minisum and minimax problems and covering models • Nonstandard location models, including those with competitive components, models that locate undesirable facilities, models with probabilistic features, and problems that allow interactions between facilities • Descriptions and detailed examinations of exact techniques including the famed Weiszfeld method, and heuristic methods ranging from Lagrangean techniques to Greedy algorithms • A look at the spheres of influence that the facilities generate and that attract customers to them, a topic crucial in planning retail facilities • The theory of central places, which, other than in mathematical games, where location science was born

Japan’s Pan-Asian Empire

Author : Seok-Won Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000334430
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Japan’s Pan-Asian Empire written by Seok-Won Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of how the theories and actual practices of a Pan-Asian empire were produced during Japan’s war, 1931–1945. As Japan invaded China and conducted a full-scale war against the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s, several versions of a Pan-Asian empire were presented by Japanese intellectuals, in order to maximize wartime collaboration and mobilization in China and the colonies. A broad group of social scientists – including Rōyama Masamichi, Kada Tetsuji, Ezawa Jōji, Takata Yasuma, and Shinmei Masamichi – presented highly politicized visions of a new Asia characterized by a newly shared Asian identity. Critically examining how Japanese social scientists contrived the logic of a Japan-led East Asian community, Part I of this book demonstrates the violent nature of imperial knowledge production which buttresses colonial developmentalism. In Part II, the book also explores questions around the (re)making of colonial Korea as part of Japan’s regional empire, generating theoretical and realistic tensions between resistance and collaboration. Japan’s Pan-Asian Empire provides original theoretical perspectives on the construction of a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural empire. It will appeal to students and scholars of modern Japanese history, colonial and postcolonial studies, as well as Korean studies.

Simulating Nature

Author : Arthur C. Petersen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 146650062X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Simulating Nature written by Arthur C. Petersen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer simulation has become an important means for obtaining knowledge about nature. The practice of scientific simulation and the frequent use of uncertain simulation results in public policy raise a wide range of philosophical questions. Most prominently highlighted is the field of anthropogenic climate change—are humans currently changing the climate? Referring to empirical results from science studies and political science, Simulating Nature: A Philosophical Study of Computer-Simulation Uncertainties and Their Role in Climate Science and Policy Advice, Second Edition addresses questions about the types of uncertainty associated with scientific simulation and about how these uncertainties can be communicated. The author, who participated in the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plenaries in 2001 and 2007, discusses the assessment reports and workings of the IPCC. This second edition reflects the latest developments in climate change policy, including a thorough update and rewriting of sections that refer to the IPCC.

Nature-Based Solutions for Natural Hazards and Climate Change

Author : Borja Gonzalez Reguero
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832511589
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Nature-Based Solutions for Natural Hazards and Climate Change written by Borja Gonzalez Reguero and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Urban Nature

Author : Michelle L. Cocks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000215261
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Urban Nature written by Michelle L. Cocks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases the diversity of ways in which urban residents from varying cultural contexts view, interact, engage with and give meaning to urban nature, aiming to counterbalance the dominance of Western depictions and values of urban nature and design. Urban nature has up to now largely been defined, planned and managed in a way that is heavily dominated by Western understandings, values and appreciations, which has spread through colonialism and globalisation. As cities increasingly represent a diversity of cultures, and urban nature is being increasingly recognised as contributing to residents' wellbeing, belonging and overall quality of life, it is important to consider the numerous ways in which urban nature is understood and appreciated. This collection of case studies includes examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and reflects on the multi-dimensional aspects of engagements with urban nature through a biocultural diversity lens. The chapters cover several themes such as how engagements with nature contribute to a sense of wellbeing and belonging; the implications that diversity has on the provision, design and management of urban environments; and the threats inhibiting residents’ abilities to engage meaningfully with nature. The book challenges the dominant discourse, Western ideological understandings and meta-narratives of modernisation and unilineal urban transitions. A timely addition to the literature, Urban Nature: Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture offers an alternative to Western ideological understandings of nature and values and will be of great interest to those working in human and environmental urban ecology. It will also be key reading for students in the relevant fields of anthropology, development studies, geography, social ecology and urban studies.

Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure

Author : Thomas Panagopoulos
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039213695
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure written by Thomas Panagopoulos and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the applicability of landscape urbanism theory in contemporary landscape architecture practice by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Using participatory planning of green infrastructure and application of nature-based solutions to address urban challenges, landscape urbanism seeks to reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in landscape architecture, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. Nine contributions examine a wide range of successful cases of designing livable and resilient cities in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America to Australia and Japan, and through several European cities in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, and Greece. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Efforts such as the use of ornamental helophyte plants in bioretention ponds to reduce and treat stormwater runoff, the recovery of a poorly constructed urban waterway or participatory approaches for optimizing the location of green stormwater infrastructure and examining the environmental justice issue of equative availability and accessibility to public open spaces make these innovations explicit. Thus, this volume contributes to the sustainable cities goal of the United Nations.

A Dictionary of Geography

Author : Susan Mayhew
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191053805
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Geography written by Susan Mayhew and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 3,100 entries on all aspects of both human and physical geography, this best-selling dictionary is the most authoritative single-volume reference work of its kind. It includes coverage of cartography, surveying, meteorology, climatology, ecology, population, industry, and development. Worked examples and diagrams are provided for many entries, including 15 new illustrations. All existing entries have been fully revised and updated for this new edition, and there is now expanded coverage of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and glacial geomorphology, as well as the inclusion of more international examples within definitions, broadening its coverage considerably. The dictionary includes more than 400 new entries, including economies of scope, marginalization, rurality, and tax havens and offshore financial centres. Recommended web links are suggested for many entries, accessible and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Geography companion website. Packed with clear, concise, and authoritative information, this A-Z reference is an essential companion for all students and teachers of geography.

Just Green Enough

Author : Winifred Curran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351859307
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Just Green Enough written by Winifred Curran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While global urban development increasingly takes on the mantle of sustainability and "green urbanism," both the ecological and equity impacts of these developments are often overlooked. One result is what has been called environmental gentrification, a process in which environmental improvements lead to increased property values and the displacement of long-term residents. The specter of environmental gentrification is now at the forefront of urban debates about how to accomplish environmental improvements without massive displacement. In this context, the editors of this volume identified a strategy called "just green enough" based on field work in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that uncouples environmental cleanup from high-end residential and commercial development. A "just green enough" strategy focuses explicitly on social justice and environmental goals as defined by local communities, those people who have been most negatively affected by environmental disamenities, with the goal of keeping them in place to enjoy any environmental improvements. It is not about short-changing communities, but about challenging the veneer of green that accompanies many projects with questionable ecological and social justice impacts, and looking for alternative, sometimes surprising, forms of greening such as creating green spaces and ecological regeneration within protected industrial zones. Just Green Enough is a theoretically rigorous, practical, global, and accessible volume exploring, through varied case studies, the complexities of environmental improvement in an era of gentrification as global urban policy. It is ideal for use as a textbook at both undergraduate and graduate levels in urban planning, urban studies, urban geography, and sustainability programs.

Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan

Author : Aike P. Rots
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474289940
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan written by Aike P. Rots and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan is the first systematic study of Shinto's environmental turn. The book traces the development in recent decades of the idea of Shinto as an 'ancient nature religion,' and a resource for overcoming environmental problems. The volume shows how these ideas gradually achieved popularity among scientists, priests, Shinto-related new religious movements and, eventually, the conservative shrine establishment. Aike P. Rots argues that central to this development is the notion of chinju no mori: the sacred groves surrounding many Shinto shrines. Although initially used to refer to remaining areas of primary or secondary forest, today the term has come to be extended to any sort of shrine land, signifying not only historical and ecological continuity but also abstract values such as community spirit, patriotism and traditional culture. The book shows how Shinto's environmental turn has also provided legitimacy internationally: influenced by the global discourse on religion and ecology, in recent years the Shinto establishment has actively engaged with international organizations devoted to the conservation of sacred sites. Shinto sacred forests thus carry significance locally as well as nationally and internationally, and figure prominently in attempts to reposition Shinto in the centre of public space.

Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens

Author : Michael D. Fowler
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839425689
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens written by Michael D. Fowler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael D. Fowler presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the sound world of traditional Japanese gardens by drawing from the diverse fields of semiotics, acoustic ecology, philosophy, mathematical modelling, architecture, music, landscape theory and acoustic analysis. Using projects - ranging from data-visualisations, immersive sound installations, algorithmically generated meta-gardens and proto-architectural form finding missions - as creative paradigms, the book offers a new framework for artistic inquiry in which the sole objective is the generation of new knowledge through the act of spatial thinking.

Computational Intelligence in Archaeology

Author : Barcelo, Juan A.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599044919
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Computational Intelligence in Archaeology written by Barcelo, Juan A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides analytical theories offered by innovative artificial intelligence computing methods in the archaeological domain.

Time, Space, and Ethics in the Thought of Martin Heidegger, Watsuji Tetsuro, and Kuki Shuzo

Author : Graham Mayeda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135506159
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Time, Space, and Ethics in the Thought of Martin Heidegger, Watsuji Tetsuro, and Kuki Shuzo written by Graham Mayeda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Graham Mayeda demonstrates how Watsuji Tetsuro and Kuki Shuzo, two twentieth-century Japanese philosophers, criticize and interpret Heideggerian philosophy, articulating traditional Japanese ethics in a modern idiom.

Time, Space and Ethics in the Philosophy of Watsuji Tetsurō, Kuki Shūzō, and Martin Heidegger

Author : Graham Mayeda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415976731
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Time, Space and Ethics in the Philosophy of Watsuji Tetsurō, Kuki Shūzō, and Martin Heidegger written by Graham Mayeda and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.