The Mediterranean Basin, a biodiversity hotspot, has endured 8000 years of human impact. Now facing water shortages and desertification, it is a key example of the “Anthropocene.” This book synthesizes knowledge to throw light on our unpredictable future.
Recognized scholars offer insights into the political, social, and cultural transformations of our globalized world. These state-of-the-art essays explore diverse topics, emphasizing interconnectedness and geography’s crucial role in shaping identity.
Indian Geography in the 21st Century
Authored by young geographers, this book presents an action agenda for the future of geography in India. Exploring topics from education to physical and human geography, it provides a look into the future for professional geographers, researchers, and students.
Place and Tourism Promotion
This book examines Arusha, Tanzania’s place promotion strategies. It reveals how the city uses national parks and flag institutions to attract international tourists, boosting its popularity and growing the number of visits to its attractions.
This interdisciplinary book presents new research exploring belief, faith, and religion. It combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to show how beliefs construct social identities, inform public debate, and shape modes of governance.
American Turkish Encounters
Turkish-American relations go beyond strategic issues. This book explores the rich social, cultural, and intellectual dimensions of this critical encounter since the Cold War, offering original perspectives for specialists and general readers alike.
The Mediterranean Basin, one of the world’s largest archipelagos, is located at the intersection of Eurasia and Africa. A cradle to ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans, its shores and rich biodiversity are now threatened by overuse.
A Geography of Horse-Riding
This book explores horse-riding by disabled and non-disabled riders and their horses. It captures moments of horse-human relating, taking the embodied expressions of horses seriously as demonstrative of their individual thoughts and intentions.
Cultural Parks and National Heritage Areas
What is a cultural park? This book answers the question, moving beyond technical narratives to provide a much-needed critical reflection. It offers a novel theoretical conceptualization of cultural parks and a methodology for their empirical analysis.
Ecology’s role is increasingly vital in our dynamic world. This book explores critical environmental topics from climate change and water scarcity to mountain ecosystems, proving fruitful for students and researchers from diverse disciplines.
Human-Environmental Interactions in Cities
This book examines human-environment interactions to foster biodiversity under the pressure of urbanisation. Using international case studies, it introduces concepts like biophilic urbanism and offers planning recommendations for sustainable green infrastructure.
Cartographies of Nature
This volume expands the links between nature conservation and border studies, showing how nature conservation produces borders. By exploring species’ borders and those created by conservation areas, it enriches our conceptualisation of borders.
As ecosystems are destroyed, commercial seed mixes harm biodiversity. This book shows why native species are vital for ecological restoration, compiling best practices from Europe and the US and providing guidelines for successful implementation.
How do we balance economy, ecology, and social justice for a sustainable future? Experts show the way forward in this essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals in environmental sciences, forestry, and geography.
Rural Tourism
Rural tourism is seen as a solution to rural decline, but its benefits are often overstated and unrealistic. This collection questions the contribution tourism makes to rural regions through diverse, research-driven case studies.
A World of Innovation
Gerhard Mercator was the 16th century’s most important cartographer, famed for his Atlas and the map projection still used today. This book presents the latest research on his sources, his relationships, and his role in Renaissance cartography and Humanism.
Connections, Mobilities, Urban Prospects and Environmental Threats
This volume provides specialized insights into pressing Mediterranean issues, from climate change and urbanization to tourism and info-communication technologies, offering new perspectives on emerging threats in a region at the interface of many worlds.
This collection of research charts 40 years of applied climatology, representing the evolution of the subfield. It provides a framework for appreciating the impacts of climate on society, covering topics from water and energy to agriculture and human health.
Surrounded by Water
This work investigates the physical and human geography of Sardinia, the second largest Mediterranean island, with its complex and varied features. Each chapter offers an analysis of a specific facet of the island, complemented with insights gained from in-depth research.
This collection raises awareness of ways of healthy ageing that are facilitated by different forms of physical activity and exercise, and imparts knowledge about recent advances in recreation and wellbeing initiatives that will benefit the academic community and the wider public.