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Help your students to develop the geographical skills and knowledge
they need to succeed using this new Edition Student book, which
includes new case studies and practice questions. Written by our
expert author team, the new edition is structured to provide
support for A-Level Geography learners of all abilities. The book
includes: * Activities and regular review questions to reinforce
geographical knowledge and build up core geographical skills *
Clear explanations to help students to grapple with tricky
geographical concepts and grasp links between topics * Case studies
from around the world to vividly demonstrate geographical theory in
action * Exciting fieldwork projects that meet the fieldwork and
investigation requirements This student book is supported by
digital resources on our new digital platform Boost, providing a
seamless online and offline teaching experience.
The most detailed map of the World available which can be folded
and stored in a standard-size notebook. The 6 laminated pages are
spill and rip-proof and include an 11" x 17" map and 4 pages of
country facts. An essential tool for school at any level. Suggested
uses: Students -- a map you can keep handy from elementary school
through college; Professors -- adopt this map for your course as an
inexpensive supplement; Teachers -- a map that can be purchased as
a class set that will last your entire career; Parents -- instill
knowledge and interest in the world, inspire travel, and connect
family history to the places on the map.
Timely and original, Rethinking Communication Geographies explores
the human condition under digital capitalism, depicting an
environment in which digital logistics have taken centre stage in
day-to-day life. The book responds to a pressing need to address
the key questions of human autonomy and security, as well as the
social power relations of the platform economy, in a world in which
media and space have become increasingly entangled. Establishing a
framework for understanding 'geomedia' as an environmental regime
that shapes human subjectivity, Andre Jansson advances a humanistic
and interdisciplinary approach to the study of communication
geographies, arguing that human activities are accommodated to
sustain the circulation of digital data. The book examines concrete
examples related to audio-streaming, transmedia tourism, and
platform urbanism, ultimately demonstrating how digital skills and
logistical expertise have become forms of capital in contemporary
society. Mapping ongoing transitions related to how digitalization
affects spatial processes, the unique perspectives explored in this
book will be of equal interest to postgraduates and researchers in
the fields of human geography and media and communication studies.
The innovative concepts and approaches to the study of digital
geography introduced throughout will also enhance the dialogue
between a vast range of disciplines across the humanities and
social sciences.
Thirty years of Butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire.
A regional butterfly atlas with a difference: taking three ten-year
periods (last decade of the 20th century and the first two decades
of the 21st), this book documents the changes in distribution and
abundance of all the butterfly species which occur of have occurred
within vice-counties 58, 59, 60 and the furness portion of 69,
which equate to the true historic or traditional English counties
of Cheshire and Lancashire a " a a no legislation has ever changed
the boundaries of Britaina s traditional countiesa a From a base in
the MerseyValley, close to the border between the counties, the
author explores the length and breadth of both of them, noting how
the butterflies have been affected by human activities as well as
by the forces of Nature, and also takes a closer look at the
1974-created administrative areas of Merseyside and Greater
Manchester, and their central cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
There is also a section of flowers which butterflies use for their
nutrition within the two counties.
This forward-looking book introduces the concept of Ethical Value
Networks, building upon a theoretical exploration with primary
evidence of their impacts in the Global South. It moves away from
focusing on the consumption section of networks, with grounded
impact studies that explore ethicality as a concept, how ethical
value is created and how this is distributed through the
socio-economy. Framed by theoretical exploration and reflection,
the book offers a selection of case studies from Africa, Latin
America, the Pacific, and Southeast Asia to highlight the
implications of Ethical Value Networks for producers and localities
in the Global South. Chapters further analyse and critique the rise
of the ethical trade and certification schemes, as well as three
ethical trade constellations: social justice through fair trade,
sustainability through organic agriculture, and authenticity
through geographic indications. The in-depth analysis of ethical
trading in wine, coffee, fruit and other key sectors combined with
theoretical study will make this an important read for ethical
trade researchers as well as policy makers and those responsible
for the governance and operation of ethical value networks. It will
also be an invigorating read for economic geography, development
studies, international development and management studies scholars.
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major
contributions to the development of geography and geographical
thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of
the world, and include famous names as well as those less well
known: explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper
describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses
their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a
select bibliography and brief chronology. The work includes a
general index and a cumulative index of geographers listed in
volumes published to date.
This timely Handbook considers the increasing struggles facing
international development in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It
investigates the role global co-operation must play in resolving
the multiple crises of the pandemic, resultant economic devastation
and existing climate changes and external-debt concerns.
Contributions identify the need to question current assumptions and
approaches to international development in the context of how
markets are constructed, states reformed and resources distributed.
Split across four thematic parts, this thought-provoking Handbook
explores the concept and politics of development, development and
contested globalization, the politics of development agendas and
global actors in the politics of development. Chapters examine the
politics of: developmental regionalism, crime, law and development
in historical perspective, international monetary relations, food,
global health, the global gender agenda, the sustainable
development goals, development in the WTO, and private foundations.
Engaging and accessible, the Handbook on the Politics of
International Development will be a key resource for students and
scholars of international politics and relations, public policy,
geopolitics and development studies.
Whenever we open our mouths to speak, we provide those who hear us,
chosen interlocuters or mere bystanders, with a wealth of data,
linguistic clues others use to position us within a specific social
strata. Our particular uses of language mark us geographically,
ethnically, by age or sex, and, especially in stratified societies,
according to class or caste. This collection of papers by
researchers in cultural and linguistic anthropology examine these
concepts as well as many others. Linguists, anthropologists, and
others concerned with the formal study of the social uses and
functions of language are concerned with documenting the
implications of such judging on the lives of various peoples around
the world and among the classes within their own societies. What
linguistic features of speech are used to form stereotypical
impressions about the social identity (as well as the character) of
others? How are linguistic features linked to ethnicity, to gender,
to race, and to class? This collection of papers by researchers in
cultural and linguistic anthropology examine these concepts as well
as many others.
Twisted Mountains is a collection of short stories set among the
summits of England, Scotland and Wales, from Ben Hope to the South
Downs. Each tells the story of someone who has their own reasons to
be in the mountains. From a vengeful student to obsessive hostel
owner, the wannabe biker to the Wainwright expert with a secret.
While the stories are varied in their subjects, all have mountains
at their heart and a dark humour running through them. Authored by
Tim Woods, Twisted Mountains provides a different take on the
characters you find in and around the mountains. Tim tells their
stories in the characters' varied voices, in ways that are
shocking, dark, funny and sad, sometimes all at once.
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