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81. Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling (Routledge Revivals)

    By Alan Wilson

    First published in 1970, this groundbreaking investigation into Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling provides an extensive and detailed insight into the entropy maximising method in the development of a whole class of urban and regional models. The book has its origins in work being carried out...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
82. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

    Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

    This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
83. Catastrophe Theory and Bifurcation (Routledge Revivals)

    Applications to Urban and Regional Systems

    By Alan Wilson

    Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system where the equilibrium point changes slowly and smoothly as the parameters change slowly and smoothly. However, this all changed with the advent of...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
84. Narratives of Identity and Place

    By Stephanie Taylor

    Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies. Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people’s identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
85. Can Neighbourhoods Save the City?

    Community Development and Social Innovation

    Edited by Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Flavia Martinelli, Sara Gonzalez

    Series: Regions and Cities

    For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking...

    Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
86. Southeast Asia and the Rise of Chinese and Indian Naval Power

    Between Rising Naval Powers

    Edited by Sam Bateman, Joshua Ho

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    This book examines the emerging maritime security scene in Southeast Asia. It considers highly topical implications for the region of possible strategic competition between China and India - the rising naval powers of Asia - with a possible naval "arms race" emerging between these countries both...

    Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
87. The Global Health Care Chain

    From the Pacific to the World

    By John Connell

    Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

    For more than a quarter of a century there has been significant international migration of skilled health workers, but in the last decades, with critical changes in both sending and receiving countries, few parts of the world are now unaffected by the consequences of the migration of health workers...

    Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
88. Regulating the International Movement of Women

    From Protection to Control

    Edited by Sharron FitzGerald

    The question of how to conceptualize the relationships between governments and the everyday lives of women has long been the focus of attention among feminists. Feminist scholarship critiques women’s lives, experiences and gender inequality in a variety of contexts. In this age of increased...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
89. Community Development in Asia and the Pacific

    By Manohar S. Pawar

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

    There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues. Both developed and developing countries have been reemphasizing the importance of community development and have...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
90. Asian Migrants and European Labour Markets

    Patterns and Processes of Immigrant Labour Market Insertion in Europe

    Edited by Ernst Spaan, Felicitas Hillmann, Ton van Naerssen

    Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

    In an era of globalization and demographic transition international migration has become an important issue for European governments. The past decades have seen an increasing and diversifying flow of migrants from different parts of the world, including many from South, Southeast and East Asia. It...

    Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge