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51. Woodland Habitats

    By Mark Frater, Helen J. Read

    Series: Habitat Guides

    Woodland habitats explores the history and ecology of British woodland and explains why they a re such a valuable resource. It examines the wide range of different types of woodland habitats and the typical species that live within them. It offers a practical guide to all the key woodland issues...

    Published June 9th 1999 by Routledge
52. Upland Habitats

    By Alan F. Fielding, Paul F. Haworth

    Series: Habitat Guides

    Upland Habitats presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to the habits wildlife and conservation of Britains last wilderness areas. These include: heather moors, sheep walk deer forest, blanket bogs, montane and sub-montane forests. The book examines the unique characteristics of uplands and the...

    Published June 2nd 1999 by Routledge
53. Contested Countryside Cultures

    Rurality and Socio-cultural Marginalisation

    Edited by Paul Cloke, Jo Little

    This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor. These groups have remained largely excluded by both rural policies and the...

    Published June 18th 1997 by Routledge
54. Countryside Planning

    The First Half Century, 2nd Edition

    By Andrew Gilg

    Published December 18th 1996 by Routledge
55. European Agriculture

    Policies, Production and Trade

    By Brian Gardner

    The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is central to both economic and environmental developments in Europe. But with the advent of new environmental legislation and political change in Europe the CAP faces increasing pressure to reform. European Agriculture provides a comprehensive breakdown of the...

    Published October 16th 1996 by Routledge
56. Critical Geopolitics

    By Gearóid Ó. Tuathail

    Critical Geopolitics presents a brilliant and radical analysis of the ideas which have driven nations to attempt to remap the globe in their own image. The essays - ranging across Britsh colonialism to Nazi geopolitics, from America's ambitions to the bloodshed of Bosnia and Ireland - unearth a...

    Published September 18th 1996 by Routledge
57. Rural Change and Planning

    England and Wales in the Twentieth Century

    By Iain Gordon Cherry, Gordon Cherry, A.W. Rogers

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structural integration for the many diverse themes which must be interwoven in order to understand current...

    Published May 29th 1996 by Routledge
58. Rural Politics

    Policies for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment

    By Michael Winter

    The rural areas of Britain, Europe and the developed world are undergoing massive changes, with increasing concern about productivity, agricultural methods and environmental policy. Rural Politics examines the issues affecting rural areas, such as water pollution, forestry, and the greening of...

    Published April 17th 1996 by Routledge
59. Wine and the Vine

    An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade

    By Tim Unwin

    Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. Throughout, the rich symbolic and cultural significance of wine is related to its evolution as a commercial product. The book thus discusses both the numerous...

    Published March 27th 1996 by Routledge
60. Rural Europe

    By Keith Hoggart, Richard Black, Henry Buller

    Published September 16th 1995 by Routledge