Catálogo de libros: Geografía

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  • Jerusalem Online
    Valentina Carraro
    The book addresses the rapid shifts which have taken place within cartography, and argues that no amount of technological sophistication will lead to neutral representations, and that as such critical cartography provides a solid foundation for questioning the power of maps. It considers the fragmentation, dynamism and opacity that characterise online maps, and argues for the n...
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    48,62 €

  • Spatial Economics Volume I
    Stefano Colombo
    Space is a crucial variable in any economic activity. Spatial Economics is the branch of economics that explicitly aims to incorporate the space dimension in the analysis of economic phenomena. From its beginning in the last century, Spatial Economics has contributed to the understanding of the economy by developing plenty of theoretical models as well as econometric techniques...
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    170,50 €

  • Geo-societal Narratives
    This book provides an accessible overview of the societal relevance of contemporary geosciences. Engaging various disciplines from humanities and social sciences, the book offers philosophical, cultural, economic, and geoscientific insights into how to contextualise geosciences in the node of Culture and Nature.The authors introduce two perspectives of societal geosciences, bot...
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    193,92 €

  • Ethno-Aesthetics of Surf in Florida
    Anne Barjolin-Smith
    Ethno-aesthetics of Surf in Florida discusses surf and music as glocal sociocultural constructs. Focusing on Florida’s unexplored surfing culture, the book illustrates how musical experience begets representations about the world that highlight ways of acting and being of various sociocultural communities. Based on the conceptualization of ethno-aesthetics, this ethnographic st...
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    68,85 €

  • Discourses on Sustainability
    This volume presents an in-depth analysis of climate change problems and discusses the proliferation of renewable energy worldwide-in conjunction with such important questions as social justice and economic growth, providing an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development. Exploring various responses to human-induced climate change, the book offers a critical reflectio...
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    158,75 €

  • Applied Data Analysis for Urban Planning and Management
    With contributions from academics across the globe, this book showcases how you can use data analysis for better and more effective urban planning and management. ...
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    56,78 €

  • The Antarctic Politics of Brazil
    Ignacio Javier Cardone
    This book focuses on the connection between Brazil and Antarctica, two regions that can be seen as distant and contrasting, but are physically, culturally and politically associated. Relying on archival material and previous literature, the book offers a thorough account of Brazil’s involvement with one of the most significant regions in the global environment. The author explo...
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    169,18 €

  • Empowering Human Dynamics Research with Social Media and Geospatial Data Analytics
    This book discusses theoretical backgrounds, techniques and methodologies, and applications of the current state-of-the-art human dynamics research utilizing social media and geospatial big data. It describes various forms of social media and big data with location information, theory development, data collection and management techniques, and analytical methodologies to conduc...
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    171,84 €

  • Skateboard Video
    Duncan McDuie-Ra
    This book is about skateboard video and experimental ways of thinking about cities. It makes a provocative argument to consider skate video as an archive of the city from below. Here ’below’ has a dual meaning. First, below refers to an unofficial archive, a subaltern history of urban space. Second, below refers to the angle from which skateboarders and filmers gaze upon, captu...
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    78,85 €

  • Jerusalem Online
    Valentina Carraro
    The book addresses the rapid shifts which have taken place within cartography, and argues that no amount of technological sophistication will lead to neutral representations, and that as such critical cartography provides a solid foundation for questioning the power of maps. It considers the fragmentation, dynamism and opacity that characterise online maps, and argues for the n...
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    77,58 €

  • After Globalization
    Robert K. Schaeffer
    This book examines the origins of globalization in the 1980s, the developments that triggered the Great Recession, and the political and economic forces that contributed to the disintegration of globalization as a force for change in the modern world. After Globalization explains what happened--and what comes next. ...
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    52,49 €

  • After Globalization
    Robert K. Schaeffer
    This book examines the origins of globalization in the 1980s, the developments that triggered the Great Recession, and the political and economic forces that contributed to the disintegration of globalization as a force for change in the modern world. After Globalization explains what happened--and what comes next. ...
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    240,56 €

  • Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters
    This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international...
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    45,99 €

  • Resilient Urban Regeneration in Informal Settlements in the Tropics
    Oscar Carracedo García-Villalba
    This book focuses on the implementation of slum upgrading projects and the last generation of citywide programmes that define the future urban configuration of informal settlements, from a citywide perspective, in the Earth’s tropical region. The book presents a study on regeneration experiences in Asia and Latin America and it identifies important points of connection and simi...
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    134,89 €

  • Refugees in New Destinations and Small Cities
    Pablo S. Bose
    For the last two decades, refugees, like other immigrants, have been settling in newer locations throughout the US and other countries. No longer are refugees to be found only in major metropolitan areas and gateway cities; instead, they are arriving in small towns, rural areas, rustbelt cities, and suburbs. What happens to them in these new destinations and what happens to the...
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    121,83 €

  • Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India
    This interdisciplinary collection examines social equity and environmental justice in India. It assesses the effectiveness of environmental policies and institutions in rendering justice for marginalized communities while ensuring protection of the environment.  ...
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    240,93 €

  • The Ends of Empire
    John Connell / Robert Aldrich
    This book offers a fresh analysis of constitutional, economic, demographic and cultural developments in the overseas territories of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Ranging from Greenland to Gibraltar, the Falklands to the Faroes, and encompassing islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Caribbean...
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    102,33 €

  • Geographical Reasoning and Learning
    This book presents the distinctive theoretical and methodological approaches in geography education in South America and more specifically in Brazil, Chile and Colombia.  It highlights cartography and maps as essential tools and provides a meaningful approach to learning in geographical education, thereby giving children and young people the opportunity to better understand the...
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    172,11 €

  • Geomorphological Field Manual
    R. Dackombe / V. Gardiner
    This book, first published in 1983, incorporates a wealth of reference material - keys, nomograms, tables, charts - likely to be needed in the field for actual fieldwork. The widest possible coverage of material is provided in anticipation of problems that individual specialists will encounter on the periphery of their main areas of interest. ...
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    59,56 €

  • Space and Time in Geomorphology
    Colin E. Thorn
    This book, first published in 1982, is a collection of articles aimed at advancing the field of geomorphology. Each article uses a data set to address between threshold variability in either a spatial or temporal context, and often both. ...
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    60,37 €

  • Geomorphology in Arid Regions
    Donald O. Doehring
    This book, first published in 1980, collects together thirteen articles on ’Geomorphology in Arid Regions’. It uses the term ’arid’ loosely to include studies from climes which might otherwise be considered semi-arid, in order to provide a diversity of papers dealing with important problems of interest to geomorphologists today. ...
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    59,53 €

  • Geography and Soil Properties
    A.F. Pitty
    This book, first published in 1978, provides a comprehensive guide to soil properties in any major world region. It emphasizes the significance of the spatial changes in soil patterns, the environmental influence on soils, and their temporal changes, and examines the soil properties and their reciprocal effects. ...
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    60,82 €

  • A Short History of Geomorphology
    Keith J. Tinkler
    This book, first published in 1985, is a comprehensive guide to the main ideas in the history of geomorphology. It traces the development of thinking on landforms, ranging from the ancient world to the present day. Main areas covered are the Renaissance, Natural Sciences in the nineteenth century and the impact of the Second World War. ...
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    60,64 €

  • Landscape Processes
    Darrell and Valerie Weyman
    This book, first published in 1977, is a concise, fully illustrated introduction to modern geomorphology. Geomorphologists pay much attention to the measurement of present day processes in attempting to develop explanations of landscape evolution, and this book reflects this approach by emphasising processes in humid environments. ...
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    60,17 €

  • Geomorphology and Soils
    This book, first published in 1985, has been arranged to provide wide temporal and spatial coverage, with studies ranging from historic to geologic time scales and micro- to macro-spatial scales. Its interdisciplinary nature is reflected in contributions from soil scientists, engineering geologists, hydrologists and geomorphologists. ...
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    60,08 €

  • Environmental Geomorphology and Landscape Conservation
    Donald R. Coates
    This book, first published in 1973, focuses on non-urban terrain, and presents a uniquely balanced historical treatment of both the land degradation induced by man and his efforts at conservation, preservation and reclamation. ...
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    63,96 €

  • Adjustments of the Fluvial System
    This book, first published in 1979, collects together a key set of papers from the 10th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium. They analyse fluvial theory, channel processes, stream adjustments, paleo-adjustments and channel adjustments. ...
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    64,48 €

  • Applied Geomorphology
    This book, first published in 1982, forms the proceedings volume of the 11th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium. Chapters cover various coastline phenomena, glacial and periglacial processes, carbonate terrains, and specific applications of geomorphic knowledge and techniques. ...
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    65,05 €

  • Thresholds in Geomorphology
    This book, first published in 1980, is a timely and comprehensive appraisal of thresholds in geomorphology. The papers, arising from the 9th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, form the cornerstone of a subject that is increasingly important in geomorphology. ...
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    81,45 €

  • Tectonic Processes
    Darrell Weyman
    This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory. It covers plate tectonics, continental drift, mountain building, ocean trenches, earthquakes and volcanoes. ...
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    60,32 €


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