Seductions of Place

Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes

Edited by Carolyn Cartier, Alan A. Lew

The seductiveness of touristed landscapes is simultaneously local and global, as travelled places are formed and reworked by the activities of diverse, mobile people, in...

Published March 24th 2005 by Routledge.

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Theories and Practices of Development

By Katie Willis

Throughout the twentieth century, governments sought to achieve 'development' not only in their own countries, but also in other regions of the world; particularly in...

Published February 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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Children, Youth and Development

By Nicola Ansell

Children constitute a large part of the population of developing countries. Throughout the developing world, experiences of childhood are extremely diverse, both between places and...

Published February 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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An Industrial Geography of Cocaine

By Christian M. Allen

Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of...

Published February 11th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Endgame of Globalization

By Neil Smith

The recent American invasion of Iraq represents the "endgame" of America's decades-old effort to impose its vision of globalization-a system dominated by multinational firms and...

Published December 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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City of Flows

Modernity, Nature, and the City

By Maria Kaika

Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction. Through a historical geography...

Published December 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World

By Kenneth Lynch

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in...

Published December 23rd 2004 by Routledge.

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Restructuring the Chinese City

Changing Society, Economy and Space

By Laurence J.C. Ma, Fulong Wu

A sea of change has occurred in China since the 1978 economic reforms. Bringing together the work of leading scholars specializing in urban China, this...

Published December 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Non-Western World

Environment, Development and Human Rights

By Pradyumna P. Karan

Through a cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary approach, this introductory textbook focuses on critical issues of development, environment, and cultural conflicts facing most area of the non-Western...

Published December 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Sustaining Urban Networks

The Social Diffusion of Large Technical Systems

Edited by Olivier Coutard, Richard Hanley, Rae Zimmerman

Considering sustainability in its economic, environmental and social contexts, the contributors take stock of previous research on large technical systems and discuss their sustainability from three...

Published December 9th 2004 by Routledge.

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