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Divided Spaces, Contested Pasts - The Heritage of the Gallipoli Peninsula (Paperback): Lucienne Thys-Senocak Divided Spaces, Contested Pasts - The Heritage of the Gallipoli Peninsula (Paperback)
Lucienne Thys-Senocak
R1,380 Discovery Miles 13 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the twentieth century, with the Turks fighting the ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) and soldiers from fifteen other countries. This book explores the history of its landscape, its people, and its heritage, from the day that the defeated Allied troops of World War One evacuated the peninsula in January 1916 to the present. It examines how the wartime heritage of this region, both tangible and intangible, is currently being redefined by the Turkish state to bring more of a faith-based approach to the secularist narratives about the origins of the country. It provides a timely and fascinating look at what has happened in the last century to a landscape that was devastated and emptied of its inhabitants at the end of World War One, how it recovered, and why this geography continues to be a site of contested heritage. This book will be a key text for scholars of cultural and historical geography, Ottoman and World War One archaeology, architectural history, commemorative and conflict studies, European military history, critical heritage studies, politics, and international relations.

Bright Satanic Mills - Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy (Paperback): Alan Harding, Stephan Laske Bright Satanic Mills - Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy (Paperback)
Alan Harding, Stephan Laske; Edited by Alan Scott
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent years have seen a growing emphasis upon the need for universities to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the regions in which they are situated, and for closer links between the university and the region. This book brings together a cross-disciplinary and cross-national team of experts to consider the reasons for, and the implications of, the new relationship between universities and territorial development. Examining the complex interactions between the 'inner life' of the university and its external environment, it poses the question: 'Can the modern university manage the governance and balancing of these, sometimes conflicting, demands'? Against a backdrop of ongoing processes of globalization, there is growing recognition of the importance of sub-national development strategies - processes of regionalization, governmental decentralization and sub-national mobilization, that provide a context for universities to become powerful partners in the process of managing sub-national economic, social and environmental change. Allied to this, the continued evolution of the knowledge economy has freed up location decisions within knowledge-intensive industries, while paradoxically innovation in the production of goods and services has become still more 'tied' to locations that can nurture the human and intellectual capital upon which those industries rely. Thus cities and regions in which higher education services are concentrated have, or are thought to have, a competitive advantage. With universities facing ever increasing pressures of commercialization, which deepen the engagement between universities and external stakeholders, including those based in their localities, the tension between the university's academic (basic research and teaching) mission and external demands has never been greater. This book provides a long overdue analysis, bringing all the competing issues together, synthesizing the key conceptual debates and analyzing the way in which they have been experienced in different local, regional and national contexts and with what effects.

A Taste for Gardening - Classed and Gendered Practices (Paperback): Lisa Taylor A Taste for Gardening - Classed and Gendered Practices (Paperback)
Lisa Taylor
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is the garden a consumption site where identities are constructed? Do gardeners make aesthetic choices according to how they are positioned by class and gender? This book presents the first scholarly analysis of the relationship between media interest in gardening and cultural identities. With an examination of aesthetic dispositions as a symbolic mode of communication closely aligned to peoples' identities and drawing on ethnographic data gathered from encounters with gardeners, this book maps a typology of gardening taste, revealing that gardening - how plants are chosen, planted and cared for - is a classed and gendered practice manifested in specific types of visual aesthetics. This timely and original book develops a new area within cultural studies while contributing to debates about lifestyle and lifestyle media, consumption, class and methodology. A must read for anybody concerned with or intrigued by the cultural construction of identification practices.

Networked Urbanism - Social Capital in the City (Paperback): Talja Blokland Networked Urbanism - Social Capital in the City (Paperback)
Talja Blokland; Edited by Mike Savage
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite considerable interest in social capital amongst urban policy makers and academics alike, there is currently little direct focus on its urban dimensions. In this volume leading urban researchers from the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Australia, Italy and France explore the nature of social networks and the significance of voluntary associations for contemporary urban life. Networked Urbanism recognizes that there is currently a sense of crisis in the cohesion of the city which has led to public attempts to encourage networking and the fostering of 'social capital'. However, the contributors collectively demonstrate how new kinds of 'networked urbanism' associated with ghettoization, suburbanization and segregation have broken from the kind of textured urban communities that existed in the past. This has generated new forms of exclusionary social capital, which fail to significantly resolve the problems of poor residents, whilst strengthening the position of the advantaged. Grounded in theoretical reflection and empirical research, Networked Urbanism will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, geography and urban studies, as well as to policy makers.

Dipping in to the North - Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Linda Lundmark,... Dipping in to the North - Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Linda Lundmark, Dean B. Carson, Marco Eimermann
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Dipping in to the North explores how changing mobility and migration is affecting the social, economic, cultural, and environmental characteristics of sparsely populated areas of northern Sweden (and places like it). It examines who lives in, works in, and visits the north; how and why this has changed over time; and what those changes mean for how the north might develop in the future. The book draws upon deep expertise and knowledge from a range of social scientists, presenting valuable insights in an accessible style for a broad audience.

Bicycle Urbanism - Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities (Paperback): Rachel Berney Bicycle Urbanism - Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities (Paperback)
Rachel Berney
R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over recent decades, bicycling has received renewed interest as a means of improving transportation through crowded cities, improving personal health, and reducing environmental impacts associated with travel. Much of the discussion surrounding cycling has focused on bicycle facility design-how to best repurpose road infrastructure to accommodate bicycling. While part of the discussion has touched on culture, such as how to make bicycling a larger part of daily life, city design and planning have been sorely missing from consideration. Whilst interdisciplinary in its scope, this book takes a primarily planning approach to examining active transportation, and especially bicycling, in urban areas. The volume examines the land use aspects of the city-not just the streetscape. Illustrated using a range of case studies from the USA, Canada, and Australia, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of key topics of concern around cycling in the city including: imagining the future of bicycle-friendly cities; integrating bicycling into urban planning and design; the effects of bike use on health and environment; policies for developing bicycle infrastructure and programs; best practices in bicycle facility design and implementation; advances in technology, and economic contributions.

The Marital-Relationship Therapy Casebook - Theory & Application Of The Intersystem Model (Hardcover): Gerald Weeks, Larry Hof The Marital-Relationship Therapy Casebook - Theory & Application Of The Intersystem Model (Hardcover)
Gerald Weeks, Larry Hof
R1,642 Discovery Miles 16 420 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Managing Diversity and Equality in Construction - Initiatives and Practice (Paperback): Andrew W. Gale, Marilyn J. Davidson Managing Diversity and Equality in Construction - Initiatives and Practice (Paperback)
Andrew W. Gale, Marilyn J. Davidson
R2,051 Discovery Miles 20 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With women in the UK construction industry constituting just thirteen per cent of the workforce and black and Asian workers numbering less that two per cent, despite representing more than six per cent of the working population, diversity is a problem that the construction industry needs to tackle directly. In this title, diversity management is presented as an opportunity for the construction industry. Work is presented from several different countries and regions, in North America, Australia and Europe to provide a comprehensive picture of this complex and often sensitive issue. Going beyond the traditional topics of gender and racial discrimination contributions encompass a wide range of diversity issues facing the construction industry, including sexual orientation, disability and the work-life balance. Essential reading for construction managers and a valuable resource for post-graduate researchers, this key title provides not only a thorough exposition of contemporary research but also supplies the practical diagnostic tools, and techniques to successfully manage diversity in construction and the information to adhere to the law.

European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems - The EU Member States (Paperback): Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik, Dimitrios... European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems - The EU Member States (Paperback)
Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik, Dimitrios Buhalis
R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a systematic, country-by-country analysis of tourism policy, planning and organisation in the EU. Its main objective is to explore 21st century policy responses to the global challenges shaping tourism planning and organisation systems in the EU. The book offers a new critical approach to comparative policy analysis of EU member states and focuses on six key themes: territory, actors and structures, economics, policy, methods and techniques and vision. The book is designed primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate tourism students and researchers. The book will also be useful for industry practitioners who would like to engage in the theoretical principles and the conceptualisation of planning and organisation systems.

Urban Development in China under the Institution of Land Rights (Hardcover): Jieming Zhu Urban Development in China under the Institution of Land Rights (Hardcover)
Jieming Zhu
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How have the development and redevelopment of China's cities since the early 1950s transformed the settlements and fortunes of a fifth of the world's population? Rapid urbanization since the 1980s has changed the nation from a rural society to an urban one, marking it as one of the most significant transformations in history. As a country with severe land scarcity, land resources are intensively contested for during urbanization under the new regime of marketization. This book focuses on the impact of the institution of land rights that have transitioned from private ownership to socialist state ownership, and subsequently to public land leasing in the urban domain, and to collective ownership in rural areas. In the context of defining the relationship between the state and the market, the gradualist transition of land rights gives rise to intriguing processes of place-making. The elaboration of these processes will engage several revealing conceptual notions: land as a means of production, land commodification, ambiguous land rights, incomplete land rights, trading land use rights for land development rights, institutional uncertainty, land rent seeking and dissipating, local developmental state, danwei-enterprises, and more. The newly created landed interests are embedded intricately within the urban spatial structure. This book would especially be of interest to scholars interested in developmental economics, urban planning, geography, public policies, public management, and sociology, and also practitioners focusing on development and planning.

Mining and its Impact on the Environment (Paperback): Fred G Bell, Laurance J. Donnelly Mining and its Impact on the Environment (Paperback)
Fred G Bell, Laurance J. Donnelly
R2,132 Discovery Miles 21 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner of the 2007 E.B. Burwell, Jr. Award of the Geological Society of America Mining activity has left a legacy of hazards to the environment, such as waste, unstable ground and contamination, which can be problematic when redeveloping land. This book highlights the effects of past mining and provides information on the types of problems it may cause in both urban and rural areas. By way of example, the book also demonstrates how such problems may be anticipated, investigated, predicted, prevented and controlled. Furthermore, it shows how sites already affected by mining problems and hazards can be remediated and rehabilitated. Covering subsidence, surface mining, disposal of waste, problems resulting from mine closure and mineral processing, Mining and its Impact on the Environment is an excellent reference for practising mining and geotechnical engineers, as well as students in this field.

Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): M. Joseph Sirgy, Rhonda Phillips, Don Rahtz Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
M. Joseph Sirgy, Rhonda Phillips, Don Rahtz
R2,757 Discovery Miles 27 570 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators continue to gain attention and interest in their use as many communities and regions design and apply them. Evolving from early use as data systems, indicators are increasingly being integrated into overall planning and other public policy activities. Their use is found not only in monitoring and evaluation applications, but also in the context of increasing citizen partici- tion in guiding communities towards achieving desired goals. Indeed, the emphasis in many indicator applications now includes linking actions to outcomes - making sure that the indicators are integrated, useful and effective in helping communities address QOL issues. The use of QOL indicators to consider a full spectrum of c- munity and regional well-being is exciting and the focus on integration is certain to bring new and innovative applications to the forefront. This is the third book in a series covering best practices in community QOL indicators. Each volume presents individual cases (chapters) of communities at the local or regional levels that have designed and implemented community indicators programs. In Volume I, we present eight chapters from a variety of contexts - from the county level in the U. S. , to the large megalopolis of Sao Paulo, to looking at a cross section of communities throughout Europe. Also included are three chapters from Canada, a leader in applying community indicator systems.

Demographic Change in Australia's Rural Landscapes - Implications for Society and the Environment (Hardcover, 2010 ed.):... Demographic Change in Australia's Rural Landscapes - Implications for Society and the Environment (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Gary W Luck, Digby Race, Rosemary Black
R4,070 Discovery Miles 40 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The distribution and re-distribution of people across the landscape has signi cant implications for ecological, economic and social dynamics. Movement of people to urban centres (mostly from rural landscapes, especially in the developing world) is a major global phenomenon. This can result in the de-population of rural landscapes. Conversely, population growth and a changing demographic pro le have been id- ti ed for particular rural landscapes with notable examples from North America, Europe and Australia. Yet we know little of the factors that drive demographic changes in rural landscapes and even less about the implications of these changes. This book examines broad and local-scale patterns of demographic change in rural landscapes, identi es some of the drivers of these changes using Australian case studies or comparisons between Australian and international contexts, and outlines the implications of changes for society and the environment. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature because it adopts an integrated and interdisciplinary approach by explicitly linking demographic change with environmental, land-use, social and economic factors. This integrated approach was achieved by encouraging interaction among authors writing on similar topics to ensure coherency and complementarity among chapters, and cross-pollination of ideas and perspectives. Chapters are presented as interactive and re ective d- cussions that address the ndings of other contributors; yet, each chapter contains enough background to stand alone as a unique contribution.

Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean - Climate Change, Gender and Geography (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Clinton... Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean - Climate Change, Gender and Geography (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Clinton L. Beckford, Kevon Rhiney
R3,696 Discovery Miles 36 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The last decade has seen a growing body of research about globalization and climate change in the Caribbean. This collection is a significant addition to the literature on a topic that is of critical importance to the region. It explores research from a number of Caribbean islands dealing with a range of issues related to agriculture and food in the context of globalization and climate change. Using a broad livelihoods perspective, the impacts on rural livelihoods are explored as well as issues related to community level resilience, adaptability and adaptations. The volume is strengthened by gendered analyses of issues and discussions informed by a diverse range of research methods and methodologies. Scholars of Caribbean studies and studies pertaining to social, cultural, economic and environmental issues facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will greatly benefit from this book.

Law and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the City (Hardcover): Sara Ross Law and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the City (Hardcover)
Sara Ross
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With disappearing music venues, and arts and culture communities at constant risk of displacement in our urban centers, the preservation of intangible cultural heritage is of growing concern to global cities. This book addresses the role and protection of intangible cultural heritage in the urban context. Using the methodology of Urban Legal Anthropology, the author provides an ethnographic account of the civic effort of Toronto to become a Music City from 2014-18 in the context of redevelopment and gentrification pressures. Through this, the book elucidates the problems cities like Toronto have in equitably protecting intangible cultural heritage and what can be done to address this. It also evaluates the engagement that Toronto and other cities have had with international legal frameworks intended to protect intangible cultural heritage, as well as potential counterhegemonic uses of hegemonic legal tools. Understanding urban intangible cultural heritage and the communities of people who produce it is of importance to a range of actors, from urban developers looking to formulate livable and sustainable neighbourhoods, to city leaders looking for ways in which their city can flourish, to scholars and individuals concerned with equitability and the right to the city. This book is the beginning of a conservation about what is important for us to protect in the city for future generations beyond built structures, and the role of intangible cultural heritage in the creation of full and happy lives. The book is of interest to legal and sociolegal readers, specifically those who study cities, cultural heritage law, and legal anthropology.

The Risk of Regional Governance - Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation (Paperback): Thomas Skuzinski The Risk of Regional Governance - Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation (Paperback)
Thomas Skuzinski
R1,547 Discovery Miles 15 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Creating metropolitan regions that are more efficient, equitable, and sustainable depends on the willingness of local officials to work together across municipal boundaries to solve large-scale problems. How do these local officials think? Why do they only sometimes cooperate? What kind of governance do they choose in the face of persistent problems? The Risk of Regional Governance offers a new perspective on these questions. Drawing on theory from sociology and anthropology, it argues that many of the most important cooperative decisions local officials make-those about land use planning and regulation-are driven by heuristic, biased reasoning driven by cultural values. The Risk of Regional Governance builds a sociocultural collective action framework, and supports it with rich survey and interview data from hundreds of local elected officials serving in the suburbs of Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a story of the Rust Belt, of how local officials think about their community and the region, and-most importantly-of how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance.

Project Management for Planners (Hardcover): Terry A Clark Project Management for Planners (Hardcover)
Terry A Clark
R4,487 Discovery Miles 44 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides practicing planners with the knowledge of how to bring real world planning projects to a successful and efficient. It applies the five process groups of project management as identified in Project Management Institute's PMBOK (R) Guide and put them in the language of planners.

Contested Coastlines - Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia (Paperback): Charu Gupta, Mukul Sharma Contested Coastlines - Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia (Paperback)
Charu Gupta, Mukul Sharma
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is about the tragic journeys and livelihood insecurities of coastal fisherfolk jailed by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for having entered each other's territorial waters. While reflecting on national anxieties and the deleterious politics of boundaries, it reveals how these fisherfolk create alternative maps and a new world of

Religion and the Environment (Hardcover): R. Tanner, C. Mitchell Religion and the Environment (Hardcover)
R. Tanner, C. Mitchell
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This work is an analysis of the whole frontier between religion and the environment. It deals in turn with their interactions and the effects of each on the other in the major world religions. It considers the religious impact on human uses of time, space, materials, transport, foods, and the environmental effects of religious influence on major topics such as population pressures, morbidity, mortality, marital arrangements, contraception, the treatment of animals, and environmental management.

Gendered Approaches to Spatial Development in Europe - Perspectives, Similarities, Differences (Hardcover): Barbara Zibell,... Gendered Approaches to Spatial Development in Europe - Perspectives, Similarities, Differences (Hardcover)
Barbara Zibell, Doris Damyanovic, Ulrike Sturm
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the extent to which gendered approaches are evident and effective in spatial development in selected European countries. Beginning with an introduction to theories and concepts of gender, space and development, the book includes a brief historical review of gender in spatial planning and development throughout Europe in general, and an overview of different national frameworks in European countries, comparing legal, organisational and cultural similarities and differences. This is followed by a critical reflection on how simplifications and stereotypes of gender concepts are used in the practice of spatial development. The main part of the book offers a transnational discussion of planning practices on selected thematic topics. It starts with gender-sensitivity in urban master planning and at neighbourhood level referring to different types of planning manuals. Furthermore, the book focuses on gender-sensitive evaluation in urban planning as well as international agendas for sustainable development as a framework for a new generation of gender equality policies. The chapter authors assert that climate change, migration and austerity have threatened gender equality and therefore spatial development needs to be especially alert to gender dimensions. The editors end with an outlook and suggestions for further action and research on gender issues in spatial development. With inputs from some of Europe's leading thinkers on gender, space and development, this volume is designed to inspire students, scholars and practitioners to reflect upon the contribution that gendered approaches can make in the various fields of spatial development and environmental planning.

Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology - Latest Developments and Case Studies (Hardcover,... Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology - Latest Developments and Case Studies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Eduardo L. Kruger
R3,346 Discovery Miles 33 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area. The UTCI was developed as part of the European COST Action Program and first announced to the scientific community in 2009. Since then, a decade has followed of applicability tests and research results, as well as knowledge gained from applying the UTCI in human adaptation and thermal perception. These findings are of interest to researchers in the interdisciplinary areas of biometeorology, climatology and urban planning. The book summarizes this progress, discussing the limitations found and provides pointers to future developments. It also discusses UTCI applications in the areas of human biometeorology and urban planning including possibilities of using UTCI and similar indices in climate-responsive urban planning. The book's message is illustrated with many case studies from the real world. Chapter 10 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Towards a Public Space - Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City (Paperback): Marta Sequeira Towards a Public Space - Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City (Paperback)
Marta Sequeira
R1,492 Discovery Miles 14 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Le Corbusier is well-known for his architectural accomplishments, which have been extensively discussed in literature. Towards a Public Space instead offers a unique analysis of Le Corbusier's contributions to urban planning. The public spaces in Le Corbusier's plans are usually considered to break with the past and to have nothing whatsoever in common with the public spaces created before modernism. This view is fostered by both the innovative character of his proposals and by the proliferation in his manifestos of watchwords that mask any evocation of the past, like l'esprit nouveau ("new spirit") and l'architecture de demain ("architecture of tomorrow"). However, if we manage to rid ourselves of certain preconceived ideas, which underpin a somewhat less-than-objective idea of modernity, we find that Le Corbusier's public spaces not only didn't break with the historical past in any abrupt way but actually testified to the continuity of human creation over time. Aimed at academics and students in architecture, architectural history and urban planning, this book fills a gap in the systematic analysis of Le Corbusier's city scale plans and, specifically, Corbusian public spaces following the Second World War.

Revival: Growth Clusters in European Metropolitan Cities (2001) - A Comparative Analysis of Cluster Dynamics in the Cities of... Revival: Growth Clusters in European Metropolitan Cities (2001) - A Comparative Analysis of Cluster Dynamics in the Cities of Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Leipzig, Lyons, Manchester, Munich, Rotterdam and Vienna (Paperback)
Leo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun
R848 Discovery Miles 8 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title was first published in 2001. Analyzing and comparing several growth clusters in nine European cities, this compelling volume examines the critical success factors that determine the economic development of urban regions.

Regional Innovation Strategies 3 (RIS3) (Paperback): Roberta Capello, Henning Kroll Regional Innovation Strategies 3 (RIS3) (Paperback)
Roberta Capello, Henning Kroll
R1,435 Discovery Miles 14 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With regions and nations having formally fulfilled the ex ante conditionality, this book provides a first overall review of RIS3 policy processes, aiming to assess the consistency of the concept of smart specialization from an applied, policy-oriented perspective. Moving from the theory of design to the practice of implementation, the reflections and case studies in this volume reveal strengths and weaknesses in the way concrete strategies have been conceived and implemented, enabling reflections on the future of the concept in a more general sense. In many cases, smart specialization strategies turn out to be new variants of regional development policies, embracing the importance of a place-based approach. However, the approach's potential to add distinctive value will stem from its capacity to turn innovation and knowledge into tools for local development by harnessing them for wider territorial development goals. By helping regions to identify and leverage untapped resources through new processes, smart specialization-based policies may help to reconcile cohesion and competitiveness objective. Consequently, new approaches appear most promising where institutional, administrative and political conditions allow the setup of genuinely new processes and where their focus is on territorial assets in a comprehensive manner rather than mere industrial renewal. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Revival: Food, Nature and Society (2001) - Rural Life in Late Modernity (Paperback): Michel Blanc Revival: Food, Nature and Society (2001) - Rural Life in Late Modernity (Paperback)
Michel Blanc; Edited by Hilary Tovey
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title was first published in 2001. Focusing on the distinctive ways in which rural social, economic and political life is experienced in developed societies in late modernity, this striking volume draws on empirical material from a wide range of countries within and outside the EU. It also incorporates comparative case studies from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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