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Regional geography
In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124889
- ISBN
- 9780813124889
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the countryside has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624143
- ISBN
- 9780745624143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.79
€ 21.79
Hardback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624136
- ISBN
- 9780745624136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. * Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. * This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks - the world city network framework and the global commodity chain framework. Editor(s): Derudder, Ben; Witlox, Frank. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335873
- ISBN
- 9781444335873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909005716
- ISBN
- 9781909005716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. * The first volume to present an accessible yet challenging overview of the changing geographies of state power under capitalism. * A unique, interdisciplinary collection of contributions by major theorists and analysts of state spatial restructuring in the current era. Editor(s): Brenner, Neil; Jessop, Bob (Lancaster University); Jones, Martin (University of Wales Aberystwyth); Macleod, Gordon (University of Durham). Num Pages: 368 pages, 6. BIC Classification: JPHC; KCL; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230342
- ISBN
- 9780631230342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.19
€ 44.99
€ 44.19
Hardcover. The major focus of this reader is the restructuring of state spatiality in the contemporary period of global capitalism. It demonstrates that processes of state re-scaling represent merely one dimension of an multifaceted reconfiguration of state spatiality in the contemporary period. Editor(s): Brenner, Neil; Jessop, Bob (Lancaster University); Jones, Martin (University of Wales Aberystwyth); Macleod, Gordon (University of Durham). Num Pages: 368 pages, 6. BIC Classification: JPHC; KCL; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230335
- ISBN
- 9780631230335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.18
€ 140.18
Paperback. This volume's contributors examine the ways the legacies of socialism continue to shape and inform China's capitalist present, contending that contemporary China is shaped by an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Litzinger, Ralph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361930
- ISBN
- 9780822361930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. This volume's contributors examine the ways the legacies of socialism continue to shape and inform China's capitalist present, contending that contemporary China is shaped by an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Litzinger, Ralph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361770
- ISBN
- 9780822361770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.02
€ 114.02
Hardback. This wide-ranging history of Georgian Bay examines changing cultural representations of landscape over time, shifts between resource development and recreational use, and environmental politics of place -- stories central to the Canadian experience. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 colour photographs, 10 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBJK; RGL; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774810982
- ISBN
- 9780774810982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Hardback. The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. This title examines culturally constructed views of the environmental history of the Middle East and suggest that they have often benefitted elites at the expense of the ecologies and the people of the region. Editor(s): Davis, Diana K.; Burke, Edmund, III. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; RGL; RNC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419748
- ISBN
- 9780821419748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.92
€ 89.92
Paperback. The geology of Cornwall has been the subject of continuing investigation since the end of the seventeenth century. A literature of great historical interest exists, and this is analysed in this book alongside a wide-ranging review of the current position and assessments of the environmental consequences of rock and mineral exploitation. Editor(s): Selwood, E. B.; Durrance, Eric M.; Bristow, C.M. Num Pages: 328 pages, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; RBG; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894326
- ISBN
- 9780859894326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Hardcover. A book about farming, wildlife, culture and the personal experience of living in limestone country. Series: Little Toller Monographs. BIC Classification: RGL; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908213518
- ISBN
- 9781908213518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.47
€ 25.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Medina Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339613
- ISBN
- 9781909339613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.70
€ 25.99
€ 22.70
A Frenchman´s Year in Suffolk: French Impressions of Suffolk Life in ...
François De La Rochefoucauld
Paperback. French Impressions of Suffolk Life in 1784. Series: Suffolk Records Society. 272 pages, 38, 38 black and white. Editor(s): Scarfe, Norman. 'A fascinating account of provincial life and manners.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBLL; RGL. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight: 458. Translator(s): Scarfe, Norman.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836759
- ISBN
- 9781843836759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 22.79
€ 23.00
€ 22.79
Paperback. Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates, this study characterizes them as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. It examines these locations along with Taipei and Shanghai. Editor(s): Jones, Gavin W.; Douglass, Mike. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSG; JHBD; RGL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971693794
- ISBN
- 9789971693794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.33
€ 30.33
paperback. In this multifaceted study, Gay Gomez explores the interaction of the land, people, and wildlife of the Chenier Plain in Louisiana, revealing both the uniqueness of the region and the challenges it faces. Num Pages: 286 pages, 57 halftones, 4 maps, 1 figure, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; RGL; RGM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292728127
- ISBN
- 9780292728127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor's past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures. Editor(s): Tompkins, Matthew; Dyer, Christopher. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of colour, 41 b&w illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; HDDM; HDL; RGL; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898645
- ISBN
- 9780859898645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.30
€ 150.30
Paperback. A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor's past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures. Editor(s): Tompkins, Matthew; Dyer, Christopher. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of colour, 41 b&w illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; HDDM; HDL; RGL; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898652
- ISBN
- 9780859898652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities - Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective students of the famous university. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; RGL; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801364
- ISBN
- 9780192801364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.26
€ 20.99
€ 16.26