Human Geography

DNA is the essence of life and the original big data. New technologies are allowing scientists to access and make sense of this information like ne...

This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.  Although th...

This comprehensive handbook provides a detailed and unique overview of current thinking about marine governance in the context of global environmen...

The lives and futures of children and animals are linked to environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene and the acceleration of human...

All living creatures inscribe their activity in space. Human beings acquire knowledge of this space by traversing it, listening to verbal descripti...

On a planet where urbanization is rapidly expanding, nowhere is the growth more pronounced than in cities of the global South, and in particular, A...

Gastronomy, particularly gourmet tourism, is widely acknowledged as having a powerful impact on local development. Public policies have developed i...

As with so many facets of contemporary western life, architecture and space are often experienced and understood as a commodity or product. The pre...

Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery reflects a wide array of practical experiences in working with disaster-affected communities interna...

The fields of Economic Geography and International Business share an interest in the same phenomena, whilst each provides both a differing perspect...

This book offers state-of-the-art tools for thinking for urban designers, planners and decision-makers.Thematically it focuses on the contexts of p...

Place branding is often a response to inter-place competition and discussed as if it operated in a vacuum, ignoring the needs of local communities....

Singapore´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite of multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, lon...

Over the years, the interactions between land, ocean, biosphere and atmosphere have increased, mainly due to population growth and anthropogenic ac...

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.Despite...

Collective Impact as a tool to bring about community change has seen remarkable growth in usage since 2011. Collective Impact has been used success...

Teaching Landscape: The Studio Experience gathers a range of expert contributions from across the world to collect best-practice examples of teachi...

As the world becomes more urbanised, solutions are required to solve current challenges for three arenas of sustainability: social sustainability, ...

  This book explores the broad trajectory of the Holocene epoch in a region defined as the North Atlantic Polar Triangle (NAPT). The text is multi-...

A buoyant, creative economy can be seen as the saviour of many cities, but behind such urban makeovers lie serious problems such as widening inequa...