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Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries - Global Reflections (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries - Global Reflections (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee
R4,384 Discovery Miles 43 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on more than 30 case studies from around the world, this book offers a multitude of examples for improving the governance of small-scale fisheries. Contributors from some 36 countries argue that reform, transformation and innovation are vital to achieving sustainable small-scale fisheries - especially for mitigating the threats and vulnerabilities of global change. For this to happen, governing systems must be context-specific and the governability of small-scale fisheries properly assessed. The volume corresponds well with the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries adopted in 2014, spearheaded by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). These affirm the importance of small-scale fisheries for food security, nutrition, livelihoods, rural development and poverty reduction. The book arises from the project Too Big To Ignore: Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research (TBTI). "A nuanced, diverse, vibrant and local-specific collection of essays - just as the small-scale fisheries around the world - dealt with by this versatile array of authors. Following on the heels of the recently adopted FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, here is an erudite compendium which I heartily recommend to policy makers, academics and activists who wish to come to terms with the complex issue of governance of this important field of human activity." John Kurien - Founding Member of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), and Former Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India "Likely to become a classic in its field, this book is about small-scale fisheries and interactive governance - governance which is negotiated, deliberated upon, and communicated among stakeholders who often share governing responsibilities. The authors show that interactive governance is not just a normative theory but a phenomenon that can be studied empirically, here with 34 case studies from as many countries around the world, north and south, east and west. Such "force of example" enables the editors to put together well-developed arguments and sometimes surprising conclusions about the way ahead. A must-read for managers, practitioners, stakeholders, and students!" Fikret Berkes - University of Manitoba, Canada, and author of Coasts for People

Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning (Hardcover, 1990 ed.): Henk J. Scholten, John Stillwell Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)
Henk J. Scholten, John Stillwell
R4,274 Discovery Miles 42 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In August 1989, a Summer Institute was held at the Academie van Bouwkunst, the seventeenth century home of Amsterdam's School of Architecture, Town Planning and Landscape. The meeting brought together experts in Geographical Information Systems from throughout the world to address an international audience of planners. The contents of this book reflect many of the themes that were presented and discussed at the conference. The Summer Institute, let alone this volume, would not have been possible without the support of the International Association for the Development and Management of Existing and New Towns (INTNAIVN), the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), The National Physical Planning Agency of the Netherlands (RPD) and the Berlage Studio. We wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by these organisations and by the various sponsors: The Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, the Municipality of Amsterdam, Logisterion b.v., ESRI, UNISYS, MABON b.v., SPSS, PRIME Computer Inc., PANDATA. The provision of hardware facilities by the various computer companies allowed immensely valuable 'hands on' experience to be gained by all the participants.

Making Ecologies on Private Land - Conservation Practice in Rural-Amenity Landscapes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Benjamin Cooke,... Making Ecologies on Private Land - Conservation Practice in Rural-Amenity Landscapes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Benjamin Cooke, Ruth Lane
R1,589 Discovery Miles 15 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores conservation practices on private land, based on research conducted with landholders in the hinterlands of Melbourne, Australia. It examines how conservation is pursued as an intimate interaction between people and ecologies, suggesting that local ecologies are lively participants in this process, rather than simply the object of conservation, and that landholders develop their ideas of environmental stewardship through this interaction. The book also explores the consequences of private property as a form of spatial organisation for conservation practice; the role of formative interactions with ecologies in producing durable experiential knowledge; how the possibilities for contemporary conservation practice are shaped by historical landscape modification; and how landholders engage with conservation covenants and payment schemes as part of their conservation practice. The authors conclude with ideas on how goals and approaches to private land conservation might be reframed amid calls for just social and ecological outcomes in an era of rapid environmental change.

Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters - Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy (Paperback): David Symes Fishing Europe's Troubled Waters - Fifty Years of Fisheries Policy (Paperback)
David Symes
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- spans the last fifty years of fisheries policy in Europe - the parting contribution and career spanning reflection from one of Europe’s most renowned social scientists working in this field - explains why the bold but deeply flawed Common Fisheries Policy persistently failed to deliver its basic goal of sustainable fisheries - a final section on Brexit focuses on the implications for the fisheries sector and the fateful final negotiations with the EU over the fisheries question - essential reading for students, scholars, professionals and policymakers working on fisheries, marine governance, natural resource management, environmental policy and the European Project

Reimagining Nations and Rethinking Nature - Contemporary Eco-Political Controversies in India and Australia (Hardcover): Divya... Reimagining Nations and Rethinking Nature - Contemporary Eco-Political Controversies in India and Australia (Hardcover)
Divya Anand
R1,461 Discovery Miles 14 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Connectivity in Motion - Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Burkhard Schnepel, Edward A Alpers Connectivity in Motion - Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Burkhard Schnepel, Edward A Alpers
R5,203 Discovery Miles 52 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This original collection brings islands to the fore in a growing body of scholarship on the Indian Ocean, examining them as hubs or points of convergence and divergence in a world of maritime movements and exchanges. Straddling history and anthropology and grounded in the framework of connectivity, the book tackles central themes such as smallness, translocality, and "the island factor." It moves to the farthest reaches of the region, with a rich variety of case studies on the Swahili-Comorian world, the Maldives, Indonesia, and more. With remarkable breadth and cohesion, these essays capture the circulations of people, goods, rituals, sociocultural practices, and ideas that constitute the Indian Ocean world. Together, they take up "islandness" as an explicit empirical and methodological issue as few have done before.

The United Nations in the 21st Century (Paperback, 6th edition): Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns, Alynna J. Lyon The United Nations in the 21st Century (Paperback, 6th edition)
Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns, Alynna J. Lyon
R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate change and sustainability. Thoroughly revised and expanded, it contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on human security, including issues of health, food security, global migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory, constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been added on the UN's budget crisis, public-private partnerships, and the role of women in the organization. By examining the UN as an intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all students and practitioners of international organizations, global governance, and international relations.

Cultural Memories - The Geographical Point of View (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Peter Meusburger, Michael Heffernan, Edgar Wunder Cultural Memories - The Geographical Point of View (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Peter Meusburger, Michael Heffernan, Edgar Wunder
R4,058 Discovery Miles 40 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The revival of interest in collective cultural memories since the 1980s has been a genuinely global phenomenon. Cultural memories can be defined as the social constructions of the past that allow individuals and groups to orient themselves in time and space. The investigation of cultural memories has necessitated an interdisciplinary perspective, though geographical questions about the spaces, places, and landscapes of memory have acquired a special significance. The essays in this volume, written by leading anthropologists, geographers, historians, and psychologists, open a range of new interpretations of the formation and development of cultural memories from ancient times to the present day. The volume is divided into five interconnected sections. The first section outlines the theoretical considerations that have shaped recent debates about cultural memory. The second section provides detailed case studies of three key themes: the founding myths of the nation-state, the contestation of national collective memories during periods of civil war, and the oral traditions that move beyond national narrative. The third section examines the role of World War II as a pivotal episode in an emerging European cultural memory. The fourth section focuses on cultural memories in postcolonial contexts beyond Europe. The fifth and final section extends the study of cultural memory back into premodern tribal and nomadic societies.

Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback): Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback)
Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book challenges the classic - and often tacit - compartmentalization of tourism, migration, and refugee studies by exploring the intersections of these forms of spatial mobility: each prompts distinctive images and moral reactions, yet they often intertwine, overlap, and influence one another. Tourism, migration, and exile evoke widely varying policies, diverse popular reactions, and contrasting imagery. What are the ramifications of these siloed conceptions for people on the move? To what extent do gender, class, ethnic, and racial global inequalities shape moral discourses surrounding people's movements? This book presents 12 predominantly ethnographic case studies from around the world, and a pandemic-focused conclusion, that address these issues. In recounting and juxtaposing stories of refugees' and migrants' returns, marriage migrants, voluntourists, migrant retirees, migrant tourism workers and entrepreneurs, mobile investors and professionals, and refugees pursuing educational mobility, this book cultivates more nuanced insights into intersecting forms of mobility. Ultimately, this work promises to foster not only empathy but also greater resolve for forging trails toward mobility justice. This accessibly written volume will be essential to scholars and students in critical migration, tourism, and refugee studies, including anthropologists, sociologists, human geographers, and researchers in political science and cultural studies. The book will also be of interest to non-academic professionals and general readers interested in contemporary mobilities.

Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Paperback): Jennifer Foster Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace Ecology, Aesthetics and Justice (Paperback)
Jennifer Foster
R1,097 Discovery Miles 10 970 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers original theoretical and empirical insight into the social, cultural and ecological politics of rapidly changing urban spaces such as old factories, rail yards, verges, dumps and quarries. These environments are often disregarded once their industrial functions wane, a trend that cities are experiencing through the advance of late capitalism. From a sustainability perspective, there are important lessons to learn about the potential prospects and perils of these disused sites. The combination of shelter, standing water and infrequent human visitation renders such spaces ecologically vibrant, despite residual toxicity and other environmentally undesirable conditions. They are also spaces of social refuge. Three case studies in Milwaukee, Paris and Toronto anchor the book, each of which offers unique analytical insight into the forms, functions and experiences of post-industrial urban greenspaces. Through this research, this book challenges the dominant instinct in Western urban planning to "rediscover" and redevelop these spaces for economic growth rather than ecological resilience and social justice. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Urban Planning, Ecological Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Geography, Environmental Planning, Restoration Ecology, and Aesthetics.

The Coloniality of Modern Taste - A Critique of Gastronomic Thought (Paperback): Zilkia Janer The Coloniality of Modern Taste - A Critique of Gastronomic Thought (Paperback)
Zilkia Janer
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the coloniality of the concept of taste that gastronomy constructed and normalized as modern. It shows how gastronomy's engagement with rationalist and aesthetic thought, and with colonial and capitalist structures, led to the desensualization, bureaucratization and racialization of its conceptualization of taste. The Coloniality of Modern Taste provides an understanding of gastronomy that moves away from the usual celebratory approach. Through a discussion of nineteenth-century gastronomic publications, this book illustrates how the gastronomic notion of taste was shaped by a number of specifically modern constraints. It compares the gastronomic approach to taste to conceptualizations of taste that emerged in other geographical and philosophical contexts to illustrate that the gastronomic approach stands out as particularly bereft of affect. The book argues that the understanding of taste constructed by gastronomic texts continues to burden the affective experience of taste, while encouraging patterns of food consumption that rely on an exploitative and unsustainable global food system. This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in cultural studies, decoloniality, affect theory, sensory studies, gastronomy and food studies.

Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of Climate Change - Global Case Studies and Real-World Solutions (Paperback): Amin... Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of Climate Change - Global Case Studies and Real-World Solutions (Paperback)
Amin Rastandeh, Meghann Jarchow
R1,116 Discovery Miles 11 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

delivers a realistic and feasible framework for creating resilient landscapes in an era of anthropogenic climate change. presents fifteen case studies of differing sociocultural, economic, and biophysical backgrounds that showcase opportunities and limitations for creating resilient landscapes throughout the world. provides that much-needed link between theory and practice to deliver forward-thinking, practical solutions. This book will be of great interest to students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers who are interested in the complex relationship between landscapes, climate change, biodiversity loss, and land-based conversion at local, national and global scales.

Understanding Economic Reforms in Africa - A Tale of Seven Nations (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): J. Mensah Understanding Economic Reforms in Africa - A Tale of Seven Nations (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
J. Mensah
R2,806 Discovery Miles 28 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the impetuses for, and the features and outcomes of, economic reforms in Africa, using the case studies of seven countries to address three main issues: (a) Why do countries embark on economic reforms? (b) What are the features of the reforms undertaken in the various African countries? (c) How well did the reforms perform?

Implicate Relations - Society and Space in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Hardcover, 1993 ed.): Juval Portugali Implicate Relations - Society and Space in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
Juval Portugali
R2,914 Discovery Miles 29 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The title of the book -- Implicate Relations -- is suggested as a notion which characterizes the nature of social relations in general and the relations between Israelis and Palestinians in particular. According to it, Israelis and Palestinians, as societies and as individuals, are not definable independently of each other. In a kind of implicate relation one is enfolded within the other to the extent that Palestinian national identity can be seen as a Zionist creation. Implicate relations further implies that societies are socio-spatial entities which come into being and acquire their collective self-consciousness and self-identity through a process of spatial dialectics. As illustrated throughout the discussions in the book, spatial dialectics was the process through which European Jews were driven into an identity crisis once their (spatial) Ghetto walls disintegrated and they thus became conscious of their nationalist-political identity. And it is this process through which, several decades later, the Arabs in Israel were forced into an identity crisis and became conscious of their Palestinian national identity once the Zionists had defined the boundaries of their future Jewish state. It is also the process through which Israelis and Palestinians became engaged in implicate relations. This is illustrated in the book by reference to historical events which have led to the emergence of Israelis and Palestinians as socio-spatial entities, and by means of empirical analyses of Palestinian labour in Israel, Jewish settlement in the occupied territories, and cognititive maps of Israelis and Palestinians. These empirical analyses are based on data collected in three large-scale fieldsurveys among Palestinian workers and job hunters in Israel, and among Israeli settlers in the occupied territories.

Peasants and Poverty (Routledge Revivals) - A Study of Haiti (Paperback): Mats Lundahl Peasants and Poverty (Routledge Revivals) - A Study of Haiti (Paperback)
Mats Lundahl
R1,597 Discovery Miles 15 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Haiti is a country which, until the earthquake of 2010, remained largely outside the focus of world interest and outside the important international historical currents during its existence as a free nation. The nineteenth century was the decisive period in Haitian history, serving to shape the class structure, the political tradition and the economic system. During most of this period, Haiti had little contact with both its immediate neighbours and the industrialised nations of the world, which led to the development of Haiti as a peasant nation. This title, first published in 1979, examines the factors responsible for the poverty of the Haitian peasant, by using both traditional economic models as well as a multidisciplinary approach incorporating economics and other branches of social science. The analysis deals primarily with the Haitian peasant economy from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, examining in depth the explanations for the secular tendency of rural per capita incomes to decline during this period.

Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Conflict Across Asia (Paperback): Kunal Mukherjee Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Conflict Across Asia (Paperback)
Kunal Mukherjee
R1,221 Discovery Miles 12 210 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book looks at conflict zones in the Asia Pacific with a special focus on secessionist groups/movements in the Indian Northeast, Tibet, Chinese Xinjiang, the Burmese borderlands, Kashmir in South Asia, CHT in Bangladesh, South Thailand, and Aceh in Indonesia. These conflict zones are predominantly ethnic minority provinces, which by and large do not share a sense of one-ness with the country that they are currently a part of; most of these insurgencies have had strong linkages with separatist nationalist groups in the region. Methodologically, the author uses extensive fieldwork, interview data, and participant observation from these conflict zones to take a bottom-up approach, giving importance to the voices of ordinary people and/or the residents of these conflict zones whose voices have generally been ignored. Although the book looks at both the historical background and contemporary dimensions of these conflicts, the author focuses on exploring how the role of race, ethnicity and religion in these conflicts can be both direct and indirect. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conflict and security in contemporary Asia with a background in politics, history, IR, security studies, religion, and sociology.

House Sharing and Young Adults - Examining successful dynamics and negative stereotypes (Paperback): Vicky Clark, Keith Tuffin House Sharing and Young Adults - Examining successful dynamics and negative stereotypes (Paperback)
Vicky Clark, Keith Tuffin
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

*The first book to focus on shared housing among young adults, providing insight into what is currently known about the psychology of young adult house sharing, and its impact on development *Unique focus on the social dynamics of house sharing among young adults, bringing a rigorous scientific perspective to bear on an increasingly common social phenomenon *Based on author's extensive research including individual and group based interviews with young adults in New Zealand, centring a non-UK perspective which will be relevant across most Western countries

Algorithms and the Assault on Critical Thought - Digitalized Dilemmas of Automated Governance and Communitarian Practice... Algorithms and the Assault on Critical Thought - Digitalized Dilemmas of Automated Governance and Communitarian Practice (Paperback)
Nancy Ettlinger
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the digitalization of longstanding problems of technological advance that produce inequalities and automated governance, which relieves subjects of agency and critical thought, and prompts a need to weaponize thoughtfulness against technocratic designs. The book situates digital-era problems relative to those of previous sociotechnical milieux and argues that technical advance perennially embeds corrosive effects on social relations and relations of production, recognizing variation across contexts and relative to entrenched societal hierarchies of race and other axes of difference and their intersections. Societal tolerance, despite abundant evidence for harmful effects of digital technologies, requires attention. The book explains blindness to social injustice by technocratic thinking delivered through education as well as truths embraced in the data sciences coupled with governance in universities and the private sector that protect these truths from critique. Institutional inertia suggests benefits of communitarianism, which strives for change emanating from civil society. Scaling postcapitalist communitarian values through communitybased peer production presents opportunities. However, enduring problems require critical reflection, continual revision of strategies, and active participation among diverse community citizens. This book is written with critical geographic sensibilities for an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and graduate and undergraduate students in the social sciences, humanities, and data sciences.

God and Gaia - Science, Religion and Ethics on a Living Planet (Paperback): Michael S. Northcott God and Gaia - Science, Religion and Ethics on a Living Planet (Paperback)
Michael S. Northcott
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

God and Gaia explores the overlap between traditional religious cosmologies and the scientific Gaia theory of James Lovelock. It argues that a Gaian approach to the ecological crisis involves rebalancing human and more-than-human influences on Earth by reviving the ecological agency of local and indigenous human communities, and of nonhuman beings. Present-day human ecological influences on Earth have been growing at pace since the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, when modern humans adopted a machine cosmology in which humans are the sole intelligent agency. The resultant imbalance between human and Earthly agencies is degrading the species diversity of ecosystems, causing local climate changes, and threatens to destabilise the Earth as a System. Across eight chapters this ambitious text engages with traditional cosmologies from the Indian Vedas and classical Greece to Medieval Christianity, with case material from Southeast Asia, Southern Africa and Great Britain. It discusses concepts such as deep time and ancestral time, the ethics of genetic engineering of foods and viruses, and holistic ecological management. Northcott argues that an ontological turn that honours the differential agency of indigenous humans and other kind, and that draws on sacred traditions, will make it is possible to repair the destabilising impacts of contemporary human activities on the Earth System and its constituent ecosystems. This book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities, history, and cultural and religious studies.

Capitalism and its Critics - Capitalism in Social and Political Theory (Paperback): Gerard Delanty, Neal Harris Capitalism and its Critics - Capitalism in Social and Political Theory (Paperback)
Gerard Delanty, Neal Harris
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Capitalism and its Critics offers an accessible account of major theories of capitalism from the industrial revolution to the present day. The book provides a comprehensive account of the economic and social thought of key theorists from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to David Harvey and Thomas Piketty. Capitalism has long been the subject of passionate debate, and today such contestations are perhaps more timely than ever. For its advocates, capitalism brings democracy and freedom and is the cornerstone of modernity and of progress. For its critics, capitalism is based on the exploitation of labour and is responsible for the destruction of the environment as well as colonialism. Whether capitalism survives the century, or whether an alternative social system emerges, may very well determine the fate of humanity. Capitalism and its Critics gives a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important theorists of capitalism, including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi, F.A. Hayek, J.M. Keynes, David Harvey, and Thomas Piketty. The book discusses some of the main debates about capitalism and considers alternatives in the twenty-first century. The 12 chapters are loosely chronologically organised around the main approaches and historical phases in the history of capitalism. Central themes of the book are the ideas of capitalist crisis and of tensions between democracy and capitalism in the making of modernity. A highly readable, informative and engaging text, Capitalism and its Critics is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding capitalism and its alternatives.

Geographies of Forced Eviction - Dispossession, Violence, Resistance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Katherine Brickell, Melissa... Geographies of Forced Eviction - Dispossession, Violence, Resistance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Katherine Brickell, Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia, Alexander Vasudevan
R2,678 Discovery Miles 26 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a close look at forced evictions, drawing on empirical studies and conceptual frameworks from both the Global North and South. It draws attention to arenas where multiple logics of urban dispossession, violence and insecurity are manifest, and where wider socio-economic, political and legal struggles converge. The authors highlight the need to apply emotional and affective registers of dispossession and insecurity to the socio-political and financial economies driving forced evictions across geographic scales. The chapters each consider the distinct urban logics of precarious housing or involuntary displacements that stretch across London, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai and Colombo. A timely addition to existing literature on urban studies, this collection will be of great interest to policy makers and scholars of human geography, development studies, and sociology.

Knowledge and Action (Hardcover): Laura Suarsana, Benno Werlen, Peter Meusburger Knowledge and Action (Hardcover)
Laura Suarsana, Benno Werlen, Peter Meusburger
R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Emigration in 21st-Century India - Governance, Legislation, Institutions (Paperback): S. Krishnakumar, S.Irudaya Rajan Emigration in 21st-Century India - Governance, Legislation, Institutions (Paperback)
S. Krishnakumar, S.Irudaya Rajan
R1,471 Discovery Miles 14 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Emigration in 21st-Century India is the first definitive exposition of contemporary Indian labour migration. The book provides a comprehensive appraisal of the policies, legislation and institutional architecture governing emigration at both federal and state levels. It posits that, geographically, emigration is now a more inclusive, pan-India phenomenon with many distinct features. It draws critical attention to the multiple dualities in Indian emigration, showing how the artificial distinction between a universal pravasi ('expatriate' or 'migrant') and a restricted aam pravasi ('common emigrant') distorts emigration governance. On the basis of extensive data from the Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) and National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) Rounds, it projects the emerging profile of the emigrant from new source states as also the likely number of migrants by 2021, drawing cross-country comparisons where appropriate. The work will be invaluable to scholars of migration and diaspora studies, economics, development studies and sociology, as well as policy makers, administrators, academics, and non-governmental organisations in the field.

Tourism, Urbanization, and the Evolving Periphery of the European Union (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Max Holleran Tourism, Urbanization, and the Evolving Periphery of the European Union (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Max Holleran
R1,589 Discovery Miles 15 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores travel, tourism, and urban development at the edges of Europe from the 1970s until the present. It compares tourism-spurred urban growth in Spain and Bulgaria, showing how development in Southern Europe after the fall of dictatorships provided a model for integrating post-socialist Europe in the 1990s. It analyzes the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of tourist economies, showing how they aligned with major European Union integration goals and were supported with EU development funds. It also chronicles the social and environmental costs of mass tourism where over-development has despoiled beachfronts and promoted low paying service jobs, reinforcing regional divisions in Europe between those who host and those who visit. Ultimately, it argues that while mass tourism is touted as a viable economic solution to EU inequality, it can potentially exacerbate disparities between core and peripheral zones, creating new and troubling forms of regional polarization.

Empowering Human Dynamics Research with Social Media and Geospatial Data Analytics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Atsushi Nara,... Empowering Human Dynamics Research with Social Media and Geospatial Data Analytics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Atsushi Nara, Ming-Hsiang Tsou
R3,720 Discovery Miles 37 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 conduct human dynamics research including geographic information systems (GIS), spatiotemporal data analytics, text mining and semantic analysis, machine learning, trajectory data analysis, and geovisualization. The book also covers applied interdisciplinary research examples ranging from disaster management, public health, urban geography, and spatiotemporal information diffusion. By providing theoretical foundations, solid empirical research backgrounds, techniques, and methodologies as well as application examples from diverse interdisciplinary fields, this book will be a valuable resource to students, researchers and practitioners who utilize or plan to employ social media and big data in their work.

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