Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Human Geography

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 living in these concentrations. Since the level of concentration tends to be correlated with the level of spatial segregation the 'debate on segregation' is also linked to the social opportunity discussion. This book explores the central questions in urban and housing studies:

• Do poor...

Since the formal raising of the Iron Curtain, there has been much interest in post-socialism and the process of post-socialist transition. This timely book provides a systematic review and analysis of the process of 'transition'. Herrschel:

• explores recent theories, concepts and debates on post-socialism and the notion of transition
• provides a systematic, topical account of post-socialist transitions around the world, as evidence by social, economic, and political processes
• examines case studies of post-socialist transition in east and Central Europe, the...

Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than two billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries.

This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; implications for...

Landscape is a stimulating introduction to and contemporary understanding of one of the most important concepts within human geography. A series of different influential readings of landscape are debated and explored, and, for the first time, distinctive traditions of landscape writing are brought together and examined as a whole, in a forward-looking critical review of work by cultural geographers and others within the last twenty to thirty years. This book clearly and concisely explores 'landscape' theories and writings, allowing students of geography, environmental studies and...

The readability, broad scope and coverage of both classic and contemporary pieces from the US and UK makes The Cultural Geography Reader relevant and accessible for a broad audience of undergraduate and graduate students. Bridging the different national traditions in the USA and UK, as well as introducing the span of classic and 'new' cultural geography, it is divided into nine sections: approaching culture, cultural geography - a trans-Atlantic journey, landscape, nature, place, mobility, home - homeland - rootedness, difference and exclusion, and the business of culture. Each section...

• Provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico's rich colonial archives
• Offers a unique approach by combining geographical and historic perspectives in order to comprehend contemporary concerns over climate change
• Considers three case study regions in Mexico with very different cultural,...

The coast represents the crossroads between the oceans, land and atmosphere; this book offers an introduction to the processes and management of this global environment. Each chapter is seminal and succinct, illustrated and furnished with topical case studies from around the world.

In this book, the second of a three-volume series, leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment provide a unique insight into questions of critical importance to sustainable urban development. Using the framework and protocols set out in Volume 1, Volume 2 examines how well the environmental assessment methods evaluate the ecological integrity of urban development and equity of the resulting resource distribution. The examination focuses on:

• the instruments of environmental assessment
• approaches to environmental assessment...

• Examines the richness of human ideas and practices surrounding wind, life, and health
• Features articles covering a wide range of themes including landscape, weather, body, perception, emplacement, climate, seasons,...