Edited by Dr Rob Kitchen, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, the Key Concepts in Human Geography series is an innovative set of companion texts for undergraduate students of the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 20 short essays, they provide a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in their field.

All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and...

Local Authority Enforcement focuses on the Planning and Development Acts in Ireland and provides detail on evidentiary and procedural matters. The Acts containing the offenses included are: Planning and Development Acts, 2000-2011 * Waste Management Acts, 1996-2011 * Water Services Acts, 2007-2012 * Building Control Acts, 1997 and 2007 * Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003 * Derelict Sites Act, 1990 * Control of Dogs Acts, 1986-2010 * Litter Pollution Acts, 1997-2009.

Drawing critically on the UN concept of 'human security', this book offers a transformative understanding of security in responding to the Mediterranean refugee crisis. From a range of arts, humanities and social science disciplines, and through case studies incorporating key governmental, NGO and refugee perspectives, the book critiques the major geopolitical, economic and social issues of the crisis. It documents the prioritization of population management techniques that are underpinned by conventional territorial logics of security, before reflecting on the alternative priorities of human...