Landscape Representations
This volume offers essential insights into emerging perspectives in landscape studies. Instead of focusing only on nature, this book places humans and physical aspects at its centre, combining ecological and geographical information, nature conservation, and the study of society.
Urban life and mobility have been greatly affected by globalization and postmodernization. The essays here delve into a number of significant issues in urban research, including urban governance, city branding and commodification, and the conservation of the urban ecosystem.
Fragile and Resilient Cities on Water
Venice and Tokyo exemplify the challenges confronting cities on water. This volume explores the “rediscovery of water,” highlighting the socio-economic, environmental, and cultural process of re-evaluating heritage in these fragile, liminal spaces.
The essays here investigate the reasons why India has fared better than other emerging market economies, and discuss whether other countries can take inspiration from this model and rebuild their own countries based on their national resources and cultural heritage.
Geography and the Space of the Sacred
This book explores the geography of religion and sacred space within contemporary Christianity. Through an analysis of Opus Dei, it identifies causes for the decline of Catholicism in Brazil, charting the Church’s loss of believers and territories to growing Protestantism.
This book refutes the Malthusian paradigm—which forecasts conflicts due to water scarcity—by showing that this perspective has no empirical or conceptual basis. It argues that sharing water politics and the use of technology can annul the scarcity-conflict paradigm worldwide.
A Handbook for Entrepreneurs on Solid Waste Management
This book is a tool for students, professionals, and entrepreneurs passionate about waste management in India. It guides you through the journey of forming and running a start-up, with solutions for project management, exploring opportunities, and day-to-day operations.
City Identity
This book explores the nature of city identities and how they are shaped. It argues they draw not only on a city’s present circumstances and culture but also on its past, its colonial inheritance, and the powerful influences of our globalised world.
This title tackles the need for a deeper understanding of rural tourism, focusing on the tourist experience. It contains both conceptual and empirical chapters, with diverse and new perspectives, methodological approaches and cases from several countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Outback Within
Byrne explores the evolving national mythology of the Australian outback, discussing why narratives of outback journeys are so often suffused with the aura of death. He argues for a more conscious engagement with the process of symbolic death and rebirth in this environment.
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.
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.
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.
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.