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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key
attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics;
innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city
connectivities, the projection of power, and relations to states.
Peter J. Taylor gives a broad and engaging overview of how these
characteristics work and relate to each other, supplemented by ten
short city insights which offer readers specific examples of cities
and themes. Key features include: analysis of cities as the
creative nodes of societies discussion of both contemporary and
historical cities exploration of the different spaces created by
cities and states identification of the demands of cities in
relation to climate change. This Advanced Introduction will be a
valuable guide for scholars and advanced students of urban studies,
cities, urban geography, urban sociology, and social and cultural
geography.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key
attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics;
innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city
connectivities, the projection of power, and relations to states.
Peter J. Taylor gives a broad and engaging overview of how these
characteristics work and relate to each other, supplemented by ten
short city insights which offer readers specific examples of cities
and themes. Key features include: analysis of cities as the
creative nodes of societies discussion of both contemporary and
historical cities exploration of the different spaces created by
cities and states identification of the demands of cities in
relation to climate change. This Advanced Introduction will be a
valuable guide for scholars and advanced students of urban studies,
cities, urban geography, urban sociology, and social and cultural
geography.
This Handbook offers an unrivaled overview of current research into
how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal
structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a
global scale, it focuses on the 'stretching' of urban functions
beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the
multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly
bases city networks in their historical context, critically
discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and
analyzes major issues relating to world city infrastructures,
economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes
in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case
studies. Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World
Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in
the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students,
researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as
well as for city professionals in planning and policy.
Contributors: M. Acuto, A.S. Alderson, H. Ali, D. Bassens, H.
Bathelt, J.V. Beaverstock, J. Beckfield, A. Boulton, S.D. Brunn,
L.C.S. Budd, T. Bunnell, K. Datta, B. Derudder, A. De Vos, L.
Devriendt, E. Engelen, Y. Evans, J. Faulconbridge, R. Grant, T.H.
Grubesic, C. Grundy-Warr, S. Hall, C. Hamnett, J. Harrison, J.
Herbert, M. Hoyler, P. Hubbard, R. Keil, A.D. King, R. Kloosterman,
P. Knox, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, K.P.Y. Lai, B. Lambregts, R.E.
Lang, L. Lees, C. Lizieri, E.J. Malecki, T.C. Matisziw, J. May, C.
McIlwaine, D. Murakami Wood, C. Nagel, P. Newman, C. Nicholas, J.
Nijman, S. Oosterlynck, K. Pain, C. Parnreiter, A.C. Pratt, J.
Rennie Short, J.D. Sidaway, D. Smith, R.G. Smith, M. Sparke, P.J.
Taylor, A. Thornley, B. van der Knaap, H. van der Wusten, R. Wall,
A. Watson, J. Wills, F. Witlox
'Peter J. Taylor has produced a sweeping, empirically grounded,
defense of cities as fundamental building blocks of long-term,
large scale social structures; a way of freeing social science from
state-centric bias; and indeed, mankind's hope. However, the single
greatest strength of this complex, seductive, argument is the
insistence on treating cities relationally, as process. Here the
key to understanding the significance of cities is by studying them
in terms of the dynamic networks they form and in their relations
to states.' - Richard E. Lee, Binghamton University, US Accepting
that cities are extraordinary, this book provides an original
city-centred narrative of human creativity, past, present and
future. In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter
Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human
advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies
flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of myriad
communication networks, the author considers cities from varying
temporal and spatial perspectives. Four stories of cities are told:
the origins of city networks; the domination of cities by
world-empires; the genesis of a singular modern creative interval
in which innovation culminates in today s globalised cities; and
finally, the need for cities to act as centres for human creativity
to produce a more resilient global society in the current crisis
century. Providing a long-term view through which to consider the
role of cities in attending to incipient crises of the twenty-first
century, this closely argued thesis will prove essential for
students and scholars of urban studies, geography and sociology,
and all those with a professional interest in, or personal
fascination for, cities. Contents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and
Setting Up 1. A Cities' Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II:
Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings:
Western Asia's Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning
Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal
History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe's Great
Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures
- Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World
8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century
References Index
All the information researchers, students, and practitioners need
to conducted innovative, state-of-the-art research on small
mammals. Rodents and insectivores constitute the vast majority of
mammals on our planet, yet we often overlook the importance of this
group. As seed dispersers, prey species, and disease regulators,
these animals are critical to the functioning of our ecological
systems. While considerable material exists that describes these
species, there has been no dedicated guide explaining how to
effectively research them-until now. Methods for Ecological
Research on Terrestrial Small Mammals is a one-stop resource
compiling all the information readers need to conduct
state-of-the-art research on small terrestrial mammals across the
globe. The authors cover the full spectrum of issues, from capture,
handling, identification, reproduction, demography, and taxonomy to
behavior, diet, evolution, diseases, movements, morphometrics, and
more. They also: * highlight the latest techniques while carefully
explaining the tried-and-tested methods needed to conduct rigorous
scientific inquiries; * provide step-by-step examples and case
studies, demonstrating how the methods discussed can be used in
actual research projects; * compare and contrast methodologies,
analytical techniques, and software packages, helping researchers
determine which pathways and tools will yield the best results for
their studies. A comprehensive and invaluable resource, Methods for
Ecological Research on Terrestrial Small Mammals is a must-have for
any ecologist working on small mammals.
'Peter J. Taylor has produced a sweeping, empirically grounded,
defense of cities as fundamental building blocks of long-term,
large scale social structures; a way of freeing social science from
state-centric bias; and indeed, mankind's hope. However, the single
greatest strength of this complex, seductive, argument is the
insistence on treating cities relationally, as process. Here the
key to understanding the significance of cities is by studying them
in terms of the dynamic networks they form and in their relations
to states.' - Richard E. Lee, Binghamton University, US Accepting
that cities are extraordinary, this book provides an original
city-centred narrative of human creativity, past, present and
future. In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter
Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human
advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies
flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of myriad
communication networks, the author considers cities from varying
temporal and spatial perspectives. Four stories of cities are told:
the origins of city networks; the domination of cities by
world-empires; the genesis of a singular modern creative interval
in which innovation culminates in today s globalised cities; and
finally, the need for cities to act as centres for human creativity
to produce a more resilient global society in the current crisis
century. Providing a long-term view through which to consider the
role of cities in attending to incipient crises of the twenty-first
century, this closely argued thesis will prove essential for
students and scholars of urban studies, geography and sociology,
and all those with a professional interest in, or personal
fascination for, cities. Contents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and
Setting Up 1. A Cities' Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II:
Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings:
Western Asia's Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning
Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal
History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe's Great
Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures
- Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World
8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century
References Index
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the
contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based
upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading
businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations,
for finance, for professional and creative services, for media.
These data - involving up to 2000 firms and over 500 cities -
provide evidence for both how the leading cities, sometimes called
global cities, are coming to dominate the world economy, and how
hundreds of other cities are faring in this brave new urban world.
Thus can the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong be tracked as
well as Manchester, Cleveland and Guangzhou, and even Plymouth,
Chattanooga and Xi'an. Cities are assessed and ranked in terms of
their importance for various functions such as for financial
services, legal services and advertising, plus novel findings are
reported for the geographical orientations of their connections.
This is truly a comprehensive survey of cities in globalization
covering global, world-regional, and national scales of analysis: -
4 key chapters outline the global structure of the world economy
featuring the leading cities; - 9 regional chapters covering the
whole world also feature the level of services provided by 'medium'
cities; - 22 chapters on selected countries and sub-regions
indicate global-ness and local-ness and feature an even wider range
of cities. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is a
must read for anybody interested in their own city in the world and
how it relates to other cities.
Within an international framework, this work provides a fully
comprehensive approach to the geographical coverage of elections.
Numerous applications of ides and concepts from human geography are
incorporated into a new political context, illustrating the manner
in which electoral patterns reflect and help produce the overall
geography of a region or state. Discussions of various topics are
well supported by numerous maps and diagrams which help clarify
arguemnts and serve to define elections within their basic
geographical context.
The essays in this collection show how electoral geography has
shifted from empiricist activity towards a closer involvement with
the wider issues addressed by social scientists. They illustrate
the potential contributions that electoral geographers can make
towards the understanding of global, national and local
societies.
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the
contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based
upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading
businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations,
for finance, for professional and creative services, for media.
These data - involving up to 2000 firms and over 500 cities -
provide evidence for both how the leading cities, sometimes called
global cities, are coming to dominate the world economy, and how
hundreds of other cities are faring in this brave new urban world.
Thus can the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong be tracked as
well as Manchester, Cleveland and Guangzhou, and even Plymouth,
Chattanooga and Xi'an. Cities are assessed and ranked in terms of
their importance for various functions such as for financial
services, legal services and advertising, plus novel findings are
reported for the geographical orientations of their connections.
This is truly a comprehensive survey of cities in globalization
covering global, world-regional, and national scales of analysis: -
4 key chapters outline the global structure of the world economy
featuring the leading cities; - 9 regional chapters covering the
whole world also feature the level of services provided by 'medium'
cities; - 22 chapters on selected countries and sub-regions
indicate global-ness and local-ness and feature an even wider range
of cities. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is a
must read for anybody interested in their own city in the world and
how it relates to other cities.
Within an international framework, this work provides a fully
comprehensive approach to the geographical coverage of elections.
Numerous applications of ides and concepts from human geography are
incorporated into a new political context, illustrating the manner
in which electoral patterns reflect and help produce the overall
geography of a region or state. Discussions of various topics are
well supported by numerous maps and diagrams which help clarify
arguemnts and serve to define elections within their basic
geographical context.
The essays in this collection show how electoral geography has
shifted from empiricist activity towards a closer involvement with
the wider issues addressed by social scientists. They illustrate
the potential contributions that electoral geographers can make
towards the understanding of global, national and local societies.
This book presents an incisive outline of the historical
development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes
that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of
urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of
urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as
centers of production and work in a globalizing world, and (c) the
diverse housing and shelter needs of urban populations. The book
also explores a number of critical urban problems and the political
challenges that they pose. Empirical evidence from urban situations
on all five continents is brought into play throughout the
discussion.
This Handbook offers an unrivaled overview of current research into
how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal
structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a
global scale, it focuses on the 'stretching' of urban functions
beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the
multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly
bases city networks in their historical context, critically
discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and
analyzes major issues relating to world city infrastructures,
economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes
in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case
studies. Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World
Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in
the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students,
researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as
well as for city professionals in planning and policy.
Contributors: M. Acuto, A.S. Alderson, H. Ali, D. Bassens, H.
Bathelt, J.V. Beaverstock, J. Beckfield, A. Boulton, S.D. Brunn,
L.C.S. Budd, T. Bunnell, K. Datta, B. Derudder, A. De Vos, L.
Devriendt, E. Engelen, Y. Evans, J. Faulconbridge, R. Grant, T.H.
Grubesic, C. Grundy-Warr, S. Hall, C. Hamnett, J. Harrison, J.
Herbert, M. Hoyler, P. Hubbard, R. Keil, A.D. King, R. Kloosterman,
P. Knox, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, K.P.Y. Lai, B. Lambregts, R.E.
Lang, L. Lees, C. Lizieri, E.J. Malecki, T.C. Matisziw, J. May, C.
McIlwaine, D. Murakami Wood, C. Nagel, P. Newman, C. Nicholas, J.
Nijman, S. Oosterlynck, K. Pain, C. Parnreiter, A.C. Pratt, J.
Rennie Short, J.D. Sidaway, D. Smith, R.G. Smith, M. Sparke, P.J.
Taylor, A. Thornley, B. van der Knaap, H. van der Wusten, R. Wall,
A. Watson, J. Wills, F. Witlox
In the mid 1980s, the International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction (ICMI) inaugurated a series of studies in mathematics
education by comm- sioning one on the influence of technology and
informatics on mathematics and its teaching. These studies are
designed to thoroughly explore topics of c- temporary interest, by
gathering together a group of experts who prepare a Study Volume
that provides a considered assessment of the current state and a
guide to further developments. Studies have embraced a range of
issues, some central, such as the teaching of algebra, some closely
related, such as the impact of history and psychology, and some
looking at mathematics education from a particular perspective,
such as cultural differences between East and West. These studies
have been commissioned at the rate of about one per year. Once the
ICMI Executive decides on the topic, one or two chairs are selected
and then, in consultation with them, an International Program
Committee (IPC) of about 12 experts is formed. The IPC then meets
and prepares a Discussion Document that sets forth the issues and
invites interested parties to submit papers. These papers are the
basis for invitations to a Study Conference, at which the various
dimensions of the topic are explored and a book, the Study Volume,
is sketched out. The book is then put together in collaboration,
mainly using electronic communication. The entire process typically
takes about six years.
The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once
again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing
geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour
and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems
approach, and is complemented by the perspective of feminist
geography. The book successfully integrates the complexity of
individuals with the complexity of the world-economy by merging the
compatible, but different, research agendas of the co-authors. This
edition explores the importance of states in corporate
globalization, challenges to this globalization, and the
increasingly influential role of China. It also discusses the
dynamics of the capitalist world-economy and the constant tension
between the global scale of economic processes and the
territorialization of politics in the current context of
geopolitical change. The chapters have been updated with new
examples - new sections on art and war, intimate geopolitics and
geopolitical constructs reflect the vibrancy and diversity of the
academic study of the subject. Sections have been updated and added
to the material of the previous edition to reflect the role of the
so-called Islamic State in global geopolitics. The book offers a
framework to help students make their own judgements of how we got
where we are today, and what may or should be done about it.
Political Geography remains a core text for students of political
geography, geopolitics, international relations and political
science, as well as more broadly across human geography and the
social sciences.
The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once
again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing
geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour
and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems
approach, and is complemented by the perspective of feminist
geography. The book successfully integrates the complexity of
individuals with the complexity of the world-economy by merging the
compatible, but different, research agendas of the co-authors. This
edition explores the importance of states in corporate
globalization, challenges to this globalization, and the
increasingly influential role of China. It also discusses the
dynamics of the capitalist world-economy and the constant tension
between the global scale of economic processes and the
territorialization of politics in the current context of
geopolitical change. The chapters have been updated with new
examples - new sections on art and war, intimate geopolitics and
geopolitical constructs reflect the vibrancy and diversity of the
academic study of the subject. Sections have been updated and added
to the material of the previous edition to reflect the role of the
so-called Islamic State in global geopolitics. The book offers a
framework to help students make their own judgements of how we got
where we are today, and what may or should be done about it.
Political Geography remains a core text for students of political
geography, geopolitics, international relations and political
science, as well as more broadly across human geography and the
social sciences.
This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in
Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara.
Detailed treatments of 79 genera and 420 species are provided for
the following families: Anomaluridae (anomalures), Bathyergidae
(mole-rats), Gliridae (dormice), Hystricidae (porcupines), Muridae
(rats and mice), Nesomyidae (nesomyids), Pedetidae (springhares),
Sciuridae (squirrels) and Thryonomyidae (canerats). The work
comprises short reviews of the systematics of African rodents and
African biogeography, identification matrices and keys,79 detailed
genus accounts, 420 species accounts and an extensive bibliography.
Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions,
systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil
species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar
dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and
tables of standard museum measurements. This is an essential
handbook for all zoologists.
In the mid 1980s, the International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction (ICMI) inaugurated a series of studies in mathematics
education by comm- sioning one on the influence of technology and
informatics on mathematics and its teaching. These studies are
designed to thoroughly explore topics of c- temporary interest, by
gathering together a group of experts who prepare a Study Volume
that provides a considered assessment of the current state and a
guide to further developments. Studies have embraced a range of
issues, some central, such as the teaching of algebra, some closely
related, such as the impact of history and psychology, and some
looking at mathematics education from a particular perspective,
such as cultural differences between East and West. These studies
have been commissioned at the rate of about one per year. Once the
ICMI Executive decides on the topic, one or two chairs are selected
and then, in consultation with them, an International Program
Committee (IPC) of about 12 experts is formed. The IPC then meets
and prepares a Discussion Document that sets forth the issues and
invites interested parties to submit papers. These papers are the
basis for invitations to a Study Conference, at which the various
dimensions of the topic are explored and a book, the Study Volume,
is sketched out. The book is then put together in collaboration,
mainly using electronic communication. The entire process typically
takes about six years.
This text is a self-contained Second Edition, providing an
introductory account of the main topics in numerical analysis. The
book emphasizes both the theorems which show the underlying
rigorous mathematics andthe algorithms which define precisely how
to program the numerical methods. Both theoretical and practical
examples are included.
* a unique blend of theory and applications
* two brand new chapters on eigenvalues and splines
* inclusion of formal algorithms
* numerous fully worked examples
* a large number of problems, many with solutions
In 1945 Britain emerged from the Second World War exhausted and
debilitated, but still a major global power, with enormous
strategic commitments, imperial responsibilities and a sense of
historical destiny as a major economic and political influence.
This book charts how this role and self-image changed and how
abruptly in 1945 the United States assumed Britain's mantle of
world leader. Taylor provides an alternative interpretation of how
the Cold War arose, and how the reordering of the global economic,
political and strategic system in the post-war world came about. It
is essential reading for political geographers, historians,
international relations experts and political scientists.
Ambitiously identifying fresh issues in the study of complex
systems, Peter J. Taylor, in a model of interdisciplinary
exploration, makes these concerns accessible to scholars in the
fields of ecology, environmental science, and science studies.
"Unruly Complexity" explores concepts used to deal with complexity
in three realms: ecology and socio-environmental change; the
collective constitution of knowledge; and the interpretations of
science as they influence subsequent research.
For each realm Taylor shows that unruly complexity-situations that
lack definite boundaries, where what goes on "outside" continually
restructures what is "inside," and where diverse processes come
together to produce change-should not be suppressed by partitioning
complexity into well-bounded systems that can be studied or managed
from an outside vantage point. Using case studies from Australia,
North America, and Africa, he encourages readers to be troubled by
conventional boundaries-especially between science and the
interpretation of science-and to reflect more self-consciously on
the conceptual and practical choices researchers make.
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