Author: B.H. Blackwell LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Iranica: Giōni
Author: Ehsan YarshaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Report of the Sixth International Geographical Congress
Author: Encyclopædia Iranica
Author: Ehsan YarshaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
This encyclopedia presents alphabetically arranged scholarly articles "on topics of archeological, geographic, ethnographic, historical, artistic, literary, religious, linguistic, philosophical, scientific, and folkloric interest. ... The time span covered ... extends from prehistory to the present; however, biographies of living persons are excluded." -- Introduction.
United Nations Yearbook of the International Law Commission
Author: United Nations. International Law CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages :
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World Development Report 2009
Author: World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082137608X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions density, distance, and division are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography' concludes that these spatial transformations are essential, and should be encouraged. The conclusion is not without controversy. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the rush to cities continues. Globalization is believed to benefit many, but not the billion people living in lagging areas of developing nations. High poverty and mortality persist among the world's 'bottom billion', while others grow wealthier and live longer lives. Concern for these three billion often comes with the prescription that growth must be made spatially balanced. The WDR has a different message: economic growth is seldom balanced, and efforts to spread it out prematurely will jeopardize progress. The Report: documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow. proposes economic integration as the principle for promoting successful spatial transformations. revisits the debates on urbanization, territorial development, and regional integration and shows how today's developers can reshape economic geography.
Mapping Society
Author: Laura VaughanPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787353060
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
From a rare map of yellow fever in eighteenth-century New York, to Charles Booth’s famous maps of poverty in nineteenth-century London, an Italian racial zoning map of early twentieth-century Asmara, to a map of wealth disparities in the banlieues of twenty-first-century Paris, Mapping Society traces the evolution of social cartography over the past two centuries. In this richly illustrated book, Laura Vaughan examines maps of ethnic or religious difference, poverty, and health inequalities, demonstrating how they not only serve as historical records of social enquiry, but also constitute inscriptions of social patterns that have been etched deeply on the surface of cities. The book covers themes such as the use of visual rhetoric to change public opinion, the evolution of sociology as an academic practice, changing attitudes to physical disorder, and the complexity of segregation as an urban phenomenon. While the focus is on historical maps, the narrative carries the discussion of the spatial dimensions of social cartography forward to the present day, showing how disciplines such as public health, crime science, and urban planning, chart spatial data in their current practice. Containing examples of space syntax analysis alongside full colour maps and photographs, this volume will appeal to all those interested in the long-term forces that shape how people live in cities.
Scientific American
Author: Bowker's Law Books and Serials in Print
Author: International Organisation and Dissemination of Knowledge
Author: Paul OtletPublisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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