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Books > Earth & environment > Geography
This book examines women's participation in social, economic and
political development in West Africa. The book looks at women from
the premise of being active agents in the development processes
within their communities, thereby subverting the dominate narrative
of women as passive recipients of development.
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and
practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects
the nation's economic performance. It provides several years of
annual, quarterly, and monthly data in industrial and demographic
detail including key indicators such as: gross domestic product,
personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the
capital stock, and more. Business Statistics of the United States
is the best place to find historical perspectives on the U.S.
economy. Of equal importance to the data are the introductory
highlights, extensive notes, and figures for each chapter that help
users to understand the data, use them appropriately, and, if
desired, seek additional information from the source agencies.
Business Statistics of the United States provides a rich and deep
picture of the American economy and contains approximately 3,500
time series in all. The data are predominately from federal
government sources including: Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor
Statistics Census Bureau Employment and Training Administration
Energy Information Administration Federal Housing Finance Agency
U.S. Department of the Treasury
In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas
Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an
account of the influential travel writings of three rival
explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade
of each other. Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines
the personal and professional motives of the three authors for
producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching,
drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their
relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their
return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also
provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of
the travel books themselves.
Exploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one
of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook
provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and
debates from leading scholars in the field. Highlighting major
current challenges and dimensions of megaurbanization, chapters
form a thematic focus on governance, planning, history, and
environmental and social issues, supported by case studies from
every continent. Analysing vital questions for contemporary urban
research, this Handbook looks at: what place megacities and
megacity-regions occupy in a world of cities; how they interrogate
current thinking about urban society, theory, and policy; and what
role these largest of urban areas will play in shaping humanity's
future. Key contributions reveal that research needs to further
focus a critical and analytical lens on the particularities and
distinctive issues associated with megaurbanization. A timely and
essential read for urban studies, urban geography, and public
policy students, the interdisciplinary nature of this Handbook
provides a thorough view into the features and importance of
megacities and megacity-regions. Public policy-makers and planners
will also benefit from the wide-ranging case studies included.
Uncertainties in GPS Positioning: A Mathematical Discourse
describes the calculations performed by a GPS receiver and the
problems associated with ensuring that the derived location is a
close match to the actual location. Inaccuracies in calculating a
location can have serious repercussions, so this book is a timely
source for information on this rapidly evolving technology.
Cenozoic Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of
the Niger Delta is available just as exploration and production
activities are moving into the little known deep water terrain of
the Niger Delta. A thorough understanding of the Cenozoic Niger
Delta will improve understanding and exploration of the evolution
of deeper offshore belts, help researchers strengthen and refine
existing Neogene nannofossil biostratigraphic schemes for the Niger
Delta region, and gain a better understanding of the relationship
between nannofossil assemblage variations and paleoenvironments.
The hydrocarbon reserves of the Niger Delta are an extremely
valuable natural resource. Biostratigraphy and Correlation play
important roles in the discovery, development and maturing of
hydrocarbon fields. Calcareous nannofossils have been important
tools for the stratigraphers in the Niger Delta and in recent years
exploration has moved into deeper offshore areas where nannofossils
are more abundant and diverse. Little has been published about the
calcareous nannofossil chronostratigraphy of the Niger delta.
Cenozoic Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of
the Niger Delta fills the gap for earth scientists and those
working in the oil and gas industry.
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool
University Press website and the OAPEN library. Spanish Spaces is a
pioneering study that marries contemporary cultural geography with
contemporary Spanish culture. The field of cultural geography has
grown both extensively and rapidly, as has the field of cultural
analysis and debate on Spanish cultural texts; yet despite a
convergence in study between cultural geography (and cultural
studies more widely) and cultural texts themselves, this has made
little impact to date within the area of contemporary Spanish
cultural studies. Yet Spain's varied terrain, with complex
negotiations between rural, urban and coastal (negotiations that
have on occasion spilled over into political and violent conflict),
and perhaps its very lack of a contemporary landscape tradition
familiar to British and German cultural studies, offer the
opportunity for fresh insights into questions of landscape, space
and place. Drawing on case studies from contemporary Spanish film
and literature, Davies explores the themes of memory and
forgetting, nationalism and terrorism, crime and detection, gender,
tourism and immigration, investigating what it means to think of
space and places in specifically Spanish terms.
The Atlas of Geographical Curiosities - a glorious celebration of
an unusual world. Welcome to this compendium of interesting,
unexpected and downright bizarre geographical anomalies that are
guaranteed to delight and inspire. The world is full of
little-known facts that have sometimes been a source of diplomatic
or military struggle. Many still exist under the radar now to be
revealed by this entertaining treasure trove. Where else can you
discover: Countries that do not really exist A UK hotel room which
became Yugoslavian for one day only An island which is Spanish for
six months of the year and French for the other six A city which is
officially constituted by one single high-rise (14 floor) building
The world's first and only railway that belonged to one country and
ran across another A hotel room whose bedroom is in France and
whose bathroom is in Switzerland Bir Tawil which is one of the very
few territories on earth not claimed by any country The only place
in the world where you can find so-called counter-enclaves where in
a 20-minute walk around the town you can cross an international
border at least 50 times at 50 different points The world is full
of wonderful and strange geographical irregularities. Turn to the
Atlas of Geographical Curiosities to uncover more little known but
important facts.
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