Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Earth Sciences - Geography

Terrain analysis has been an active study field for years and attracted research studies from geographers, surveyors, engineers and computer scientists. With the rapid growth of Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, particularly the establishment of high resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM) at national level, the challenge is now focused on delivering justifiable socio-economical and environmental benefits. The contributions in this book represent the state of the art of terrain analysis methods and techniques in areas of digital representation, morphological and...

Die zunehmende Bedeutung von Informationsflussen fur die Wertschopfung geht einher mit einer wachsenden Koharenz der Wertschopfungsketten. Kenntnisse daruber sind fur die strategische Planung in der Politik wie in Unternehmen gleichermassen wichtig. Die Beitrage des Buchs untersuchen die Auswirkungen von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien auf Guter- und Informationsflusse zwischen Herstellern und Endverbrauchern. Dazu werden Guter- und Informationsflusse entlang von Produktions- und Distributionsprozessen dargestellt und analysiert."

The objective of this report is to offer a UN-wide coherent perspective and a comprehensive contribution to the international policy debate on how to practically operationalize the Aid for Trade initiative.

Throughout the world, the study of cities takes place within a wide variety of social sciences as well as in the some humanities disciplines. Furthermore, in the study of cities a major split occurs between those focusing the economic as opposed to the more social questions raised by cities. In the former the focus is on city economies, their change and how policy intervention is able to steer change; in the latter the emphasis is more on social life and change, power and inequalities. As such, the readings in both Urban Studies - Economics and Urban Studies - Society set out to map the...

Social and cultural geography is practised by geographers from around the world. However, for various reasons including language and publishing traditions, knowledge of the research being undertaken can often remain confined to those working within those countries. This book draws together, for the first time into one volume, reports of social and cultural geography undertaken in several countries from around the world. It provides an important overview of geographic ideas and traditions, and the history of human geography more generally, allowing comparison between countries and details...

More than a dictionary of concepts in physical geography, this book includes a variety of analyses reaching back to origins of terms, making the work of interest to intellectual historians. The search for the intellectual genesis of each term, its development, usage, and change in meaning is accomplished with brevity and clarity. References and sources of additional information accompany each entry and provide readers with the opportunity to further their inquiry. . . . Highly recommended for upper-division and graduate students and general readers "Choice"

This volume provides...

• Challenges neoliberal assumptions on the nature of globalization
  
• Provides a conceptual overview of how globalization is a spatial process and of its relation to capitalism
  
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