An explanation of the growing number of ecological and social problems critical for the environment, and the impact that growing experience with and understanding of them has had on American politics, society and culture...
Second edition of successful text that takes into account recent advances in GIS development and new socioeconomic datasets including new census data. Written as an overview to GIS, it is an easy to use, non-technical introduction to the subject...
Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of leading experts, this book examines the position of rural social and cultural geography at the beginning of the 21st century and suggests new agendas in the study of changing social and cultural geographies of rurality in 'developed' or 'Western' countr..
Published in 1995, this book seeks to show how geography teachers can meet the requirements of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 without abandoning principles of good practice...
This volume posits geography as a bridge between the natural and social sciences, demonstrating how issues such as discrimination and poverty can be more deeply understood with a spatial perspective from varying scales: individual, community, region, nation, and world. It explores new developments i..
This volume posits geography as a bridge between the natural and social sciences, demonstrating how issues such as discrimination and poverty can be more deeply understood with a spatial perspective from varying scales: individual, community, region, nation, and world. It explores new developments i..
Treating the geology of Egypt and Libya as one entity, this text covers the tectonic framework of the two countries and their main tectonic elements. It discusses the stratigraphy of Libya and the Phanerozoic stratigraphy of Egypt, with a review of the stratigraphic nomenclature. The book provides a..
Global Boundaries considers conceptual, legal and geopolitical aspects of international borders and borderlands. This book also presents a detailed discussion of Antarctica, an area of global territorial dispute...
Global Foodscapes is a highly accessible and useful text for undergraduate students interested in the global food economy. The text explores how food is conceived, traded, grown, reared, processed, sold, and consumed; investigates what goes wrong along the way; and assesses what diverse people aroun..
Global Foodscapes is a highly accessible and useful text for undergraduate students interested in the global food economy. The text explores how food is conceived, traded, grown, reared, processed, sold, and consumed; investigates what goes wrong along the way; and assesses what diverse people aroun..