Human Geography Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

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. Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora

   Edited by Regine O. Jackson

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   This book considers the full sweep of Haitian community invention and recreation in a multitude of national territories, with an eye toward the "place" factors that shape the everyday lives of Haitian migrants. Regine O. Jackson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore how...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Global Trends and Regional Development

   Edited by Nikolai Genov

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   For millennia, contact between societies was limited to trade or wars, a situation that changed profoundly with the development of global markets serving industrialization. The outcome was the emergence of one global human civilization, and one common future that will depend on the capacity of...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Spatial Regulation in New York City

   From Urban Renewal to Zero Tolerance

   By Themis Chronopoulos

   Series: Routledge Advances in Geography

   This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications of urban renewal, exclusionary zoning, anti-vagrancy laws, and...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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