Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. Catalysts for Change

   21st Century Philanthropy and Community Development

   By Maria Martinez-Cosio, Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell

   Series: Community Development Research and Practice Series

   21st Century Philanthropy and Community fills a gap in the literature on philanthropic organizations and how they intertwine with community development. Drawing first on the history of philanthropic funding, Maria Martinez-Cosio and Mirle Bussell look at developments in the last twenty...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer

   International Studies on Contextual Water Management

   Edited by Cheryl De Boer, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Gül Özerol, Hans Th. A. Bressers

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   In an increasingly global community of researchers and practitioners, new technologies and communication means have made the transfer of policies from one country or region to another progressively more prevalent. There has been a lot of attention in the field of public administration paid to...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Urban and Regional Data Management

   UDMS Annual 2013

   Edited by Claire Ellul, Sisi Zlatanova, Massimo Rumor, Robert Laurini

   The Urban Data Management Society has organised international symposia at various locations throughout Europe since 1971, and UDMS 2013 marks its second visit to London. From its outset, UDMS has highlighted changes and trends in urban data and urban data management. However, the rate of emergence...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
4. Sustainable Rural Development

   Sustainable livelihoods and the Community Capitals Framework

   Edited by Mary Emery, Isabel Gutierrez-Montes, Edith Fernandez-Baca

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   This book brings together several systems-level approaches to the consideration of the interaction of livelihood choices, natural resource management and participatory action research on sustainable development. By focusing on these approaches to community change, the volume hopes to encourage...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Capitalism

   A Companion to Marx’s Economy Critique

   By Johan Fornäs

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism to date, Johan Fornäs presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today’s crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contradictions. Capitalism...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Working Regions

   Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy

   By Jennifer Clark

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Working Regions focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four ‘working regions’ — regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities — the book argues for a new...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
7. Rethinking Feminist Interventions into the Urban

   Edited by Linda Peake, Martina Rieker

   In Rethinking Feminist Interventions into the Urban, Linda Peake and Martina Rieker embark on an ambitious project to explore the extent to which a feminist re-imagining of the twenty-first century city can form the core of a new emerging analytic of women and the neoliberal urban. In a world in...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
8. Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon

   By Benno Pokorny

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   The ongoing debate concerning the Amazon's crucial role in global climate and biodiversity is entirely dependent upon sustainable development in the region. Recognizing that forests are an integral part of the social fabric in the region, initiatives such as community forestry,...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
9. Development Organizations

   By Rebecca Schaaf

   Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development

   Continuing debates over the meaning of development and awareness of the persistence of poverty have resulted in increasing concern over how to ‘do’ development. There are growing numbers of development organizations, undertaking different activities, at different scales, with different motivations,...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
10. Cities and Nature

    2nd Edition

    By Lisa Benton-Short, John Rennie Short

    Series: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

    Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively...

    Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge