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“Evolution is by choice”. This is not a passive truth, but a conscious commitment, one that lies at the heart of what I call the Advanced City. Coined and thoroughly introduced here in the book, this new concept is based on people-centric and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-09-01
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book provides a powerful picture of the significance and centrality of islands in the Indo-Pacific region in the 21st century, far from an easily assumed benign peripherality and invisibility. It consists of nine chapters and examines four major challenges facing...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-08-23
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Digital data, graph theory and spatial modeling allow us to apply the concepts of centralities and hierarchies to a wide variety of spatial situations. The authors of this book offer insight into centralities and hierarchies within networks and territories at different...
Editeur : Wiley-ISTE
Parution : 2025-06-19
Collection :
ISTE Invoiced
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Freizeit und Urlaub auf dem Wasser nehmen in den letzten Jahren stark an Beliebtheit zu. Der Wassertourismus passt sehr gut in die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Situationen. Er kann im Inland betrieben werden, ist kostengünstig und coronafreundlich...
Editeur : Springer Spektrum
Parution : 2025-06-14
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Landscape and food - there is hardly a form of tourism that is not oriented towards one or the other (often both). As a result of this close connection, our anthology explores the different facets of these links. Drawing on the concepts of Touristscapes and Foodscapes,...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2025-05-15
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Addresses both social and cultural geography in a single volume, authored and edited by leading authorities in the fields The Companion to Social and Cultural Geography provides reliable and up-to-date coverage of both foundational topics and emerging themes within two...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2025-04-28
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
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Deviant landscapes can be physical, or digital or outright fictitious. Whatever their nature or context, they do not conform to normality.Deviant landscapes can be encountered on the face of the earth, on computer screens, in people's minds.
This anthology presents...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2025-04-11
Collection :
RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft
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Using the theoretical framework of new economic geography and the research methods of GIS and econometrics, this book analyzes the impact of high-speed railway development on China's economic distribution, population mobility and regional integration. The development of...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-03-02
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This book examines the lasting impact of the 2006 Winter Olympics on the city of Turin and the Piedmont region. From urban renewal and pedestrianization to regional transport networks, tourism, and citizen participation, the book highlights the key elements that...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2025-02-05
Collection :
Mega Event Planning
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This book provides a critical account, a state-of-the-art review, as well as novel research methods of information technology development and the corresponding changes of socio-economic spatial organization in China.With the rapid development of the Internet over the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-11-04
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Human civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, where the first writing and the first technologies originated. Writing about Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization (the land between the rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, modern-day Iraq) is interesting...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-10-14
Collection :
World Regional Geography Book Series
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This book examines the relationship between sacred landscapes, indigenous knowledge, ethno-culture, and natural resource management. The volume contributes to the existing literature on landscape studies and cultural geography by examining local perceptions toward...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-09-20
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The book addresses conceptual issues around urban transportation policy and practice in selected west African cities. It highlights the institutional, socio economic and infrastructural barriers of transit-oriented development in West Africa. Through a series of case...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-08-12
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This book offers a comparative study of the progress made by two regional economies with many similarities—India and South Africa—in pursuit of human development by applying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this effort, book traverses the stages in public policy...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-07-29
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the concepts and methods used in fractal analysis and modeling in order to study the spatial distribution of human settlements.The main concepts and mathematical tools are reviewed, and emphasis is placed on the...
Editeur : Wiley-ISTE
Parution : 2024-07-19
Collection :
ISTE Invoiced
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Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of Urban Geography The leading undergraduate textbook on the subject, Urban Geography covers the origins, historical development, and contemporary challenges of cities and metropolitan areas around the world....
Editeur : Wiley
Parution : 2024-07-18
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Europe and the world in all their diversity and complexity have always been – and continue to be – in a state of change. Recent (geo)political, environmental, social, and economic developments demonstrate a world in constant flux. These ever-changing framework...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2024-07-05
Collection :
Regionale Geographien | Regional Geographies
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Weltweite Krisenphänomene wie der Klimawandel, der rapide Schwund von Tier- und Pflanzenarten sowie der Verlust wertvoller Böden verdeutlichen, dass sozial-ökologische Transformationen nötig sind – insbesondere in wohlhabenden Staaten wie Deutschland,...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2024-06-25
Collection :
RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft
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This book characterizes a type of city, i.e. the metropolis, by using characteristics which have very little to do with its size. It distinguishes between metropolises and megacities and defines these different characteristics by bringing together elements related to...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-05-27
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book discusses opportunities, costs, and governance issues within the wildlife tourism space in Southern Africa. Wildlife tourism is a very important sector in Southern Africa. As such, the book discusses sustainable economic benefits local communities derive...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-05-20
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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