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1701. Income Distribution in Less Developed Countries

      By R. M. Sundrum

      This is a major book in a key area of development economics. It gives a comprehensive survey of the link between income distribution and the growth of national income, bringing out major patterns and trends, and concluding that there is still considerable scope for growth with equity in LDCs....

      Published May 6th 1992 by Routledge
1702. Regional Development in the 1990s

      The British Isles in Transition

      Edited by Ron Martin, Peter Townroe

      Series: Regions and Cities

      This book documents the changing nature and challenge of regional development in Britain and Ireland in the final decade of this century. In the first half of this book, region-by-region profiles review the experience of the eighties and reflect on the present climate, assessing problems and...

      Published April 24th 1992 by Routledge
1703. Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asia

      Edited by Robert Lewis

      Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge
1704. The Apartheid City and Beyond

      Urbanization and Social Change in South Africa

      Edited by David M. Smith

      Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge
1705. Crime, Policing and Place

      Essays in Environmental Criminology

      Edited by David Evans, Nicholas Fyfe, David Herbert

      A comprehensive and up-to-date examination of a number of key crime and policing issues. Drawing on case material, the book examines the significance of spatial patterns of crime and the processes which produce them....

      Published March 4th 1992 by Routledge
1706. The Changing U.S. Auto Industry

      A Geographical Analysis

      By James M. Rubenstein

      Drawing on rarely used archive material and recent interviews with industry officials, this book examines the radical changes which have affected automobile production in recent years....

      Published February 5th 1992 by Routledge
1707. Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africa

      Edited by David W. Smith

      Published January 22nd 1992 by Routledge
1708. Advances in the Science and Technology of Ocean Management

      By Hance Smith

      Series: Routledge Advances in Maritime Research

      This book reviews key developments in the field of marine science and technology. It focuses on three major themes such as the importance of technical developments in ocean management, the application of these developments to specific sea uses ranging from fish farming to the disposal of industrial...

      Published January 8th 1992 by Routledge
1709. Hazard Management and Emergency Planning

      Perspectives in Britain

      By Dennis Parker, John Handmer

      This book assesses critically the British approach to hazard management and emergency planning. It identifies the principal legal, organizational and cultural impediments to more effective hazard management and emergency planning, postulates explanations for the shortcomings in the British approach...

      Published December 31st 1991 by Routledge
1710. Power, Choice and Vulnerability

      A Case Study in Disaster Mismanagement in South India

      By Peter Winchester

      Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do people expose themselves to such hazards? Do...

      Published December 31st 1991 by Routledge