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Creative Ethnographies of Urban Environments: Neighbourhood Ecologies
ISBN: 9789819625703 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces. It demonstrates how activities like gardening and participating in events that spark ecological learning foster a sense of place, social connections, and lively neighbourhoods. Offering case studies from Sydney, Australia, it presents an innovative, interdisciplinary, place-based design research methodology. This approach combines ethnography to examine people-place-environment relationships with design’s potential for creating change through artefacts and initiatives like maps, curated walks, and workshops. The book...
This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces. It demonstrates how activities like gardening and participating in events that spar...
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162,50 |
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The Anthropocene, Ontopolitics, and International Relations
ISBN: 9789819629244 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the ongoing need to explore the implications of the ‘Anthropocene’ rupture for the field of International Relations (IR). Bringing together a group of established and early career academics, the chapters present a range of different ways of framing our current ecological and historical context, showing how they can be used to pursue new research directions and insights in areas of study such as governance, security, and migration. For that, each author displays their own preferences for a variety of divergent terms, ranging from more mainstream conceptions of an...
This book addresses the ongoing need to explore the implications of the ‘Anthropocene’ rupture for the field of International Relations (IR). Brin...
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609,48 |
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Population Dynamics and Livelihood Changes of Small-Scale Societies in Laos
ISBN: 9789819629558 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines various trends in small-scale societies in Laos by linking population changes to livelihood changes. The primary research issues addressed in the book are as follows: ･ How are population dynamics and livelihood changes in small-scale societies interrelated? ･ What are the current demographic trends in rural areas of Laos? ･ How are the livelihoods of small-scale societies maintained? ･ How is the rapid population growth common in developing countries managed? In order to investigate these issues in developing countries where statistical data are not...
This book examines various trends in small-scale societies in Laos by linking population changes to livelihood changes. The primary research issues ad...
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650,12 |
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The Chinese Geography of Ordinary Security
ISBN: 9789819632633 / Angielski / Twarda / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the geographies of (in-)security for ordinary Chinese. It advocates for a critical examination of the geography of Chinese school violence, arguing that schools are not simply containers for state policy but active channels through which spatial securitization and everyday violence converge. By analyzing the pervasive fear in schools, the analysis unravels the spatial dimensions of violence—its landscape, continuum, and social support networks. The narrative then shifts to public hospital spaces in China, arguing that local forms of hospital violence (known as Yi Nao)...
This book explores the geographies of (in-)security for ordinary Chinese. It advocates for a critical examination of the geography of Chinese school v...
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182,82 |
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Customized Bus: User Travel Behavior and Demand Evolution
ISBN: 9789819634873 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a groundbreaking examination of the intricate dynamics shaping the customized bus (CB) service industry. Through a meticulous exploration segmented into three distinct parts, this book offers a holistic approach by dissecting the foundational elements, user behaviors, and environmental influences that collectively drive the success or failure of CB services. The authors employ a multidisciplinary lens, blending empirical research with theoretical insights to unpack the complexities of demand evolution and user loyalty within the CB service sector. This novel approach...
This book presents a groundbreaking examination of the intricate dynamics shaping the customized bus (CB) service industry. Through a meticulous explo...
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528,21 |
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The Hard Edge of Soft Power: Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and Making Nations Great Again
ISBN: 9789819635146 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic dimensions of soft power to unpack how mega-events shape cities and societies through notions of unity and greatness, but also investigates local developments beneath the Potemkin surface of the global spectacle. Drawing on a global range of case studies from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, this volume features the sensitivity of grounded local research framed within...
This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic ...
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121,86 |
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Navigating Challenges for Sustainable Growth: Insights from the Indian G20 Presidency
ISBN: 9789819778935 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The open access volume stems from a conference held during the Indian G20 Presidency in New Delhi on 28-29 July 2023, featuring 40 leading experts from 14 countries across the world. It addresses issues, such as climate adaptation, global health, technology, and financial investments. It discusses India's transition to net-zero emissions, the dynamics of technological disruptions, the shift towards a unified digital economy, and the transformations in the global economy. It critically analyzes the global financial architecture, the evolving nature of capital and the job market, and the...
The open access volume stems from a conference held during the Indian G20 Presidency in New Delhi on 28-29 July 2023, featuring 40 leading experts fro...
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203,13 |
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Resilient Recovery from Disasters: The Long-Term Outcomes of Post-Disaster Housing Construction in India, Thailand and Japan
ISBN: 9789819780464 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a call to action for housing recovery policymakers and practitioners to leverage foresight and planning capacities to achieve long-term resilience. For human societies to thrive in a rapidly changing climate and uncertain future, it is essential to learn about factors that can catalyse systemic change through disaster recovery processes. This book identifies key factors in housing recovery that meets housing rights of the most vulnerable, as well as help leapfrog to resilience strengthening of housing, its residents and institutions. To capture diverse experiences of stakeholders...
This book is a call to action for housing recovery policymakers and practitioners to leverage foresight and planning capacities to achieve long-term r...
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182,82 |
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Crisis, Conflict and Celebration: Ethnographic Studies of European Cities
ISBN: 9789819797189 / Angielski / Twarda / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illuminates how the profound challenges faced by contemporary societies over the past few decades, encompassing climate change and other environmental risks, global health threats, warfare, and mass migration, manifest themselves in European cities. The chapters bring cutting-edge ethnographic studies which address these complex issues through three key conceptual dimensions of urban life: crisis, conflict, and celebration. The concept of crisis is critically explored in its various economic, political and cultural dimensions affecting urban residents in multiple social and...
This book illuminates how the profound challenges faced by contemporary societies over the past few decades, encompassing climate change and other env...
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568,85 |
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Examining Education around the World
ISBN: 9798216194866 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This thematic encyclopedia provides an overview of education in 70 countries worldwide and links educational organization, philosophy, and practice with important global social, economic, and environmental issues facing the contemporary world. All around the world, young people attend school, be it in the steppes of Mongolia, the tiny island nations of the Pacific, or the urban centers of Mexico. How do countries meet the educational needs of their citizens? This volume is organized into 10 chapters that look at key issues in global education, including literacy, gender, religion, science...
This thematic encyclopedia provides an overview of education in 70 countries worldwide and links educational organization, philosophy, and practice wi...
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144,01 |
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On the Job: An Encyclopedia of Unique Occupations around the World
ISBN: 9798216195016 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This one-volume encyclopedia examines jobs and occupations from around the world that are unique and out of the ordinary, from bike fishermen in the Netherlands and professional wedding guests in South Korea to elephant dressers in India. It's not surprising that the first question we are asked by strangers often has to do with what we do for a living. It's another way of asking, "Who are you, and what are you about?" But what happens when the answer to that question is "I am a gondolier" or "I am an Instagram influencer?" This book answers that question, focusing on approximately 100...
This one-volume encyclopedia examines jobs and occupations from around the world that are unique and out of the ordinary, from bike fishermen in the N...
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144,01 |
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Geography Education and Explorations on Human Development and Culture
ISBN: 9798369371862 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1093,88 |
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Modern Nigeria
ISBN: 9798765112052 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,01 |
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Modern Brazil
ISBN: 9798765126981 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a crucial reference source for high school and undergraduate college students interested in contemporary Brazil. While it provides a general historical and cultural background, it also focuses on issues affecting modern Brazil. In recent years, Brazil has come onto the world stage as an economic powerhouse, a leader in Latin America. This latest addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series focuses on Brazil's culture, history, and society. This volume provides readers with a wide understanding of Brazil's historical past, the foundation for its cultural traditions, and...
This book is a crucial reference source for high school and undergraduate college students interested in contemporary Brazil. While it provides a gene...
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148,97 |
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Exploring World History through Geography: From the Cradle of Civilization to a Globalized World
ISBN: 9798765140154 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not your run-of-the-mill world history tome, this book takes readers on a fascinating journey through time to examine world history through the closely related discipline of geography. From the early civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia to our present-day globalized society, readers will learn how humans interacted – and still interact – with the environment around them, as well as the environment's role in not only shaping the society's world view but enabling the building of socially stratified and successful civilizations. Additionally, the book examines how civilizations interacted...
Not your run-of-the-mill world history tome, this book takes readers on a fascinating journey through time to examine world history through the closel...
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144,01 |
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Human Geography: A Serious Introduction
ISBN: 9798823309042 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions. The book addresses early cultures, languages, religions, the rise of capitalism, and globalisation as components of human geographical systems. Students read about developed and underdeveloped societies, population, political geography, urban geography, agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Each chapter includes a preview of the main points, a post-reading summary, a glossary of key terms, and study questions to be...
Human Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural...
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511,65 |
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Reassembling Digital Placemaking: Participation and Politics
ISBN: 9781032527048 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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769,98 |
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Geography and Planning
ISBN: 9781041062370 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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367,55 |
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The Environmental Uncanny: A Phenomenology of the Loss of the World
ISBN: 9781350417403 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,01 |
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The Geography of Disease: How Location and Culture Influence Health in Today's World
ISBN: 9781440875595 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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298,05 |
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