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  • 1
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    AgriCultura : Urban Agriculture and the Heritage Potential of Agrarian Landscape (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Schlagwort(e): Agriculture. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Cultural property. ; Agriculture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introductory text (Toward a linkage between Urban Agriculture and Cultural Heritage) -- Part I: Unraveling cultural potential of urban agriculture -- Chapter 1. Agricultural and urban policies in Europe: The co-construction of peri-urban agricultural landscape. Experiences, problems, perspectives (André Fleury) -- Chapter 2. Urban Agriculture as Heritage: methodological issues and perspectives (Lionella Scazzosi) -- Chapter 3. Engagement, participation and governance of Urban Agricultural Heritage (Paola Branduini) -- Part II: Landscape at risk, landscape as opportunity -- Chapter 4. Urban agriculture and territorial heritage: keys to resiliency (María-José Prados, Jesús Santiago Ramos) -- Chapter 5. Urban agriculture and landscape in Mexico City between history and innovation (Saúl Alcántara Onofre) -- Chapter 6. Tangible and intangible heritage in urban agriculture: the Australia experience (Jane Lennon) -- Chapter 7. Sewage farms in Pierrelaye: peri-urban agriculture multifunctionality model (Roland Vidal) -- Chapter 8. Urban agriculture: what about domestic gardens? (Hubert Gulinck, Valerie Dewaelheyns, Frederik Lerouge) -- Chapter 9. Is Urban Agriculture an opportunity to preserve landscape systems? Suggestions from England (Raffaella Laviscio) -- Part III: The co-construction of urban agricultural landscape -- Chapter 10. Agriculture and the city of Geneva: the end of a love affair? (Joëlle Salomon Cavin, Nelly Niwa) -- Chapter 11. Recognizing the multifunctional nature of agriculture: stakes and challenges in Montréal and Ile Bizard (Sabine Courcier, Gérald Domon) -- Chapter 12. Agro-culture in the Metropolitan area of Barcelona: a big issue, multiple landscapes, several solutions (Ana Zazo Moratalla, Valerià Paül, Sònia Callau Berenguer, Josep Montasell i Dorda) -- Chapter 13. Cultivating the Cologne green belt: the Belvedere agricultural park (Axel Timpe). Chapter 14. La Vega de Granada: the defence of a paradigmatic Agrarian Heritage space by local citizens (José Castillo Ruiz, Alberto Matarán Ruiz) -- Chapter 15. AgriCulture in Milan. The mutual benefit between urban agriculture and cultural heritage (Paola Branduini, Raffaella Laviscio, Lionella Scazzosi).
    Kurzfassung: This book explains how cultural heritage can be a tool for enhancing urban agriculture and improving landscape and life quality. It cuts across the existing literature and fills the gaps between urban agriculture, considered as a food, social and environmental opportunity and cultural heritage, considered as resource. It focuses the role of the countryside for urban areas, in the history of the city and today. Its attention is on the quality for all areas, both outstanding, ordinary and degraded, as well as large, little or fragmented (European landscape convention 2000). It considers agricultural landscape as a system of tangible and intangible heritage components and relationships, to be retained, enhanced and transmit, in a process of inevitable but appropriate dynamic conservation and management over time (ICOMOS-IFLA Principles 2017). This book can benefit the collaboration among local players – such as farmers, citizens, associations, public institutions, stakeholders – in conserving and enhancing agrarian heritage and reinforcing the identity of places and people. It can strengthen collective action and generate positive effects on good large and local -scale management. The first part has a methodological character in order to enlighten the integrated approach between cultural heritage and urban agriculture. The second part exemplifies cases where the heritage has been recognised but not yet translated into concrete action. The third Part discloses ongoing process of co-construction, where policies have recognized the cultural, environmental and social meaning of urban agriculture as heritage. This book aims to reach scholars, local administrations, professionals, farmers and citizens. It involves many authors, many of whom are directly engaged with action-research in safeguarding and implementing the mutual interaction between urban agriculture activities and agrarian heritage.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XX, 261 p. 97 illus., 86 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030490126
    Serie: Urban Agriculture,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49012-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49012-6
    DDC: 630
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    Managing Landscapes for Change (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Physical geography. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Physical Geography. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is a Landscape? -- Chapter 3. Drivers of Landscape Change -- Chapter 4. Landscape Trajectories -- Chapter 5. Options for Managing Landscape for Change -- Chapter 6. Barriers to Managing for Change -- Chapter 7. Social and Institutional Innovations -- Chapter 8. Technologies for Innovating Forward -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and Recommendation.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses how future landscapes will be shaped by pervasive change and where, when, and how society should manage landscapes for change. Readers will learn about the major anthropogenic drivers of landscape change, including climate change and human induced disturbance regimes, and the unique consequences that multiple and simultaneously occurring change agents can have on landscapes. The author uses landscape trajectories as a guide to selecting the appropriate course of action, and considers how landscape position, inertia, and direction will determine landscape futures. The author introduces the concept of landscapes as socio-technical-ecological systems (STES), which combines ecological and technological influences on future landscape change and the need for society to acknowledge both when considering landscape management. Thinking beyond solutions, the author identifies barriers to managing landscapes for change including the cost, cultural identity of local populations, and the fear of taking action under uncertain conditions. Nevertheless, processes, tools, and technologies exist for overcoming social and ecological barriers to managing landscapes for change, and continued investment in social and scientific infrastructure holds out hope for maintaining our landscape values even as we enter an era of unprecedented change and disruption.
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    Seiten: XI, 111 p. 36 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030620417
    Serie: Landscape Series, 27
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62041-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62041-7
    DDC: 304.2
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    The County Diagnostic : A Regional Environmental Footprint Framework for the USA (2020)
    Wiesbaden :Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden :
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Existing Footprinting Methods and the Need for Regional Ecological Planning in the USA -- The Urban Metabolism and Flows of the Anthroposphere -- The Dissipative Ecological Unit (DEU) as Organizing Principle for Metabolic Analysis of Counties -- Calculations and Data Sources for the County Diagnostic Method -- A Case Study Application of the County Diagnostic to the Eastern Temperate Forest Ecoregion -- Comparative Vertical Waveform Diagrams for Cases and Interpretation of Case Study Results.
    Kurzfassung: The county diagnostic method is a spatially explicit, unit specific, component expanded regional environmental footprint framework for the USA designed by Bryce Lawrence to compare the influence of ecoregions on poly‐factorial environmental footprints. This 'diagnostic assessment' quantifies and compares the flows of food, water, energy, carbon, municipal solid waste, wastewater and spatial extent of ecosystem conservation. The county diagnostic fills the gap in regional environmental planning in the USA by bridging urban and state level planning. Contents Existing Footprinting Methods and the Need for Regional Ecological Planning in the USA The Urban Metabolism and Flows of the Anthroposphere The Dissipative Ecological Unit (DEU) as Organizing Principle for Metabolic Analysis of Counties Calculations and Data Sources for the County Diagnostic Method A Case Study Application of the County Diagnostic to the Eastern Temperate Forest Ecoregion Comparative Vertical Waveform Diagrams for Cases and Interpretation of Case Study Results Target Groups Researchers, lecturers and students of landscape ecology, landscape and ecological planning, environmental and regional planning, landscape architecture County engineers and managers, councils of government (COGs), regional planners in public and private practice, US environmental management agencies The Author Dr. Bryce Lawrence is a research scientist and educator at the Department of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning at the TU Dortmund University’s Faculty of Spatial Planning in Germany.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: XX, 268 p. 67 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783658286163
    Serie: Beiträge zur Landschafts- und Umweltplanung I Contributions to Landscape and Environmental Planning,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28616-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-28616-3
    DDC: 304.2
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    Frontier Making in the Amazon : Economic, Political and Socioecological Conversion (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Human geography. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Economic geography. ; Cultural geography. ; America Politics and government. ; Physical Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Economic Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; American Politics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: Frontier thinking and the Amazon region -- Scarcities and abundances in place and time: A proposed conceptualisation of frontier making -- Placing the agricultural frontier of Mato Grosso, Brazil -- Peasant farming in the Amazon frontiers -- Water and energy frontiers in the Amazon -- Production of poverty and the poverty of production in the Amazon -- Disrupting frontier development from within: The latent geographical agency of indigenous peoples -- Development and conservation frontiers in the Pantanal wetland -- Conclusion: Lessons learned to expand frontier theory.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses the outcomes of more than ten years of research in the southern tracts of the Amazon region, and addresses the expansion of the agricultural frontier, consolidation of the agribusiness-based economy, and expansion of regional infrastructure (roads, dams, urban centres, etc). It combines extensive empirical evidence with the international literature on frontier-making and regional Amazonian development, and adopts a critical politico-geographical perspective that will benefit scholars in various other disciplines. This book is intended to push the current theoretical and methodological boundaries regarding the controversies and impacts of agribusiness in the region. A new international scientific network, led by the author, is investigating the broader context of the themes analysed here. .
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    Seiten: XIII, 222 p. 33 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030385248
    Serie: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38524-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38524-8
    DDC: 910.02
    Sprache: Englisch
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  • 5
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    The Geography of Beer : Culture and Economics (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Economic geography. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Geography. ; Economic policy. ; Economic Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Geography. ; Economic Policy.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Geographies of Beer -- Space and Control: Beer Shops in Downtown Yangon -- The Branding Geography of Surrey Craft Breweries -- The Rise, Fall and rise Again of Porter, The World's First Global Beer -- Poland: Polish Craft Beer Revolution (2011-2016) and the Brewing Landscape Evolution -- The Taste of Beers and the Physical Development of Brussels Between 1860 and 1914 -- Planting the Seed: Contagious Innovation Diffusion of Craft Breweries in Florida Tumunu, the Bush Beer Tradition of Aitu, Cook Islands -- Low gravity on the Rise: A Sociocultural Examination of No/Low-Alcohol, “Session”, and “Near Beer” Across The Globe -- Microbrewers and Entrepreneurship in Mexico (WIP) Consumer Tastes and Preferences of Craft Beer in Mexico -- Craftbrewing and the Remapping of San Diego -- The Geographic Dispersion of Hops Production in the United States -- Italian Craft Beer and Their Local Identity -- Performance and Strategy of North American Small Cap Breweries -- The Political Economy of Craft Beer Festivals Heat, Hops, Hallertau: Exploring Economic Implications of Climate Change for the Value Chain of the German Beer Sector -- How Economic Development and Globalization are Changing the Geography of Beer -- The Neighborhood Ingredients of American Beer Geographies -- Brewing in the EU: Exploring the Diversity of Tastes and Systems Across the European Beer Industries -- Take Me Out to the Beer Game: Craft Breweries and Minor League Baseball -- A Midwestern Geography of Local Craft Beer Markets by Firm Type -- State Policy and the Geography of American Small Brewers -- Patchwork Quilt: An Examination of Beer Policies in Georgia -- Geospatial Aspects of Beer Laws in the United States -- Northern Aggression and the Tightening of the Belt -- Looking into The Crystal Stein.
    Kurzfassung: This book builds on the highly successful Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment, and Society (2014) and investigates the geography of beer from two expanded perspectives: culture and economics. The respective chapters provide case studies that illustrate various aspects of these themes. As the beer industry continues to reinvent itself and its economic and cultural geographies, this book showcases historical, current, and future trends at the local, regional, national, and international scales.
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    Seiten: X, 216 p. 72 illus., 46 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030416546
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41654-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41654-6
    DDC: 330.9
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    Housing Policy and Vulnerable Families in The Inner City : Public Housing in Harlem, New York City (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Social structure. ; Equality. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Social Structure.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. The Status Quo: Observations on a Gentrified Harlem -- 2. Rise and Fall: Harlem Renaissance and Ghettoization -- 3. Urban Poverty in Theory -- 4. Public Housing -- 5. Listening to Harlem: Tenants, Activists, Experts -- Conclusion: Understanding Harlem: The Making of a Mixed-Income Neighbo.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides insights in how the lack of coherent social policy leads to the displacement of vulnerable low-income families in inner-city neighborhoods facing gentrification. First, it makes a case for how social policy by its racist setup has failed vulnerable families in the history of U.S. public housing. Second, it shows that today’s public housing transformation puts the same disadvantaged socio-economic clientele at risk, while the neighborhoods they call their homes are taken over by gentrification. It raises the powerful argument that the continuing privatization of Housing Authorities in the U.S. will likely lead to greater income diversity in formerly neglected neighborhoods, but it will happen at the expense of vulnerable families being displaced and resegregated further outside the city, if no regulatory planning measures for their protection are initiated by the government. By providing a solid empirical portrait of public housing in New York City’s Harlem, this book provides a great resource to students, academics and planners interested in gentrification with specific concern for race and class. .
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    Seiten: IX, 75 p. 2 illus. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030428495
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42849-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42849-5
    DDC: 304.2
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    Smart Living for Smart Cities : Case Studies (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Telecommunication. ; Human geography. ; Application software. ; Sustainability. ; Urban economics. ; Physical geography. ; Communications Engineering, Networks. ; Human Geography. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Economics. ; Physical Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Smart Living for Smart Cities.-Part 2: City studies -- Chapter 2: Smart Living for Smart Hong Kong -- Chapter 3: Smart laws and regulations for Smart Living Case of Dehradun -- Chapter 4: Smart Heathy Living for Smart Kozhikode Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 5: Regeneration of Smart Spaces for Smart Living in Kozhikode Metropolitan Region (KMR) -- Chapter 6: Smart Initiatives In Sustainable Historic Capital city of The Himalayas- Shimla -- Part 3: Conclusion -- Chapter 7: International Collaborative Research Smart Living for Smart Cities and Conclusions of city studies.
    Kurzfassung: This book, based on extensive international collaborative research, highlights the state-of-the-art design of smart living for metropolises, megacities, and metacities, as well as at the community and neighbourhood level. Smart living is one of six main components of smart cities, the others being smart people, smart economy, smart environment, smart mobility and smart governance. Smart living in any smart city can only be designed and implemented with active roles for smart people and smart city government, and as a joint effort combining e-Democracy, e-Governance and ICT-IoT systems. In addition to using information and communication technologies, the Internet of Things, Internet of Governance (e-Governance) and Internet of People (e-Democracy), the design of smart living utilizes various domain-specific tools to achieve coordinated, effective and efficient management, development, and conservation, and to improve ecological, social, biophysical, psychological and economic well-being in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of development ecosystems and stakeholders. This book presents case studies covering more than 10 cities and centred on domain-specific smart living components. The book is issued in two volumes. and this volume focus on city studies.
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    Seiten: XIII, 454 p. 319 illus., 298 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811546150
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4615-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4615-0
    DDC: 621.382
    Sprache: Englisch
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    UAVs and Urban Spatial Analysis : An Introduction (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geographic information systems. ; Environment. ; Civil engineering. ; Human geography. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Civil Engineering. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1-Introduction to UAVs and urban spatial analysis -- Chapter 2-UAV platforms and implications for geographic observation -- Chapter 3-A primer on aeronautical charts and maps -- Chapter 4-Legal, environmental, operational and safety challenges in urban areas -- Chapter 5-UAVs and privacy -- Chapter 6-UAV data integration with geographic information systems -- Chapter 7-Application 1: remotely sensing physical disorder -- Chapter 8-Application 2: urban vegetation management -- Chapter 9-Application 3: disasters, pest control and emerging diseases -- Chapter 10-Application 4: water management for urban recreational areas -- Chapter 11-Application 5: structure from motion photogrammetry -- Chapter 12-UAVs and urban futures.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides an introduction to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the geographic observation and spatial analysis of urban areas. The velocity of urban change necessitates observation platforms that not only enhance situational awareness for planning and allied analytical efforts, but also provide the ability to rapidly and inexpensively collect data and monitor change. UAVs can accomplish both of these tasks, but their use in urban environments is loaded with social, operational, regulatory and technical challenges that must be addressed for successful deployments. The book provides a resource for educators and students who work with geographic information and are seeking to enhance these data with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Topics covered include, 1) a primer on UAVs and the many different ways they can be used for geographic observation, 2) a detailed overview on the use of aviation maps and charts for operating UAVs in complex urban airspace, 3) techniques for integrating UAV-derived data with more traditional geographic information, 4) application of spatial analytical tools for urban and environmental planning, and 5) an exploration of privacy and public safety issues associated with UAV operation.
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    Seiten: XIV, 206 p. 68 illus., 66 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030358655
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35865-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35865-5
    DDC: 910.285
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  • 9
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    Geoecology of Landscape Dynamics (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Landscape ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Geographic information systems. ; Human Geography. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Geographical Information System.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Land use land cover dynamics using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques in Western Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India -- Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk in Dehradun city India: A geospatial technology based decision making for planning of control -- Sustainable Energy Development and Participatory Management Scenario in Sundarbans: A Case Study from Sagar Island, West Bengal, India -- Robust and reliable technique of automatic building extraction from high resolution imagery -- Soil Resource Inventory for Meeting Challenges of Land Degradation: A Remote Sensing Approach -- Controlling Challenges of Urban Surface Run-Off Water: A Sustainable Approach -- Hydrological Modeling Using SWAT Model and Geoinformatic Techniques -- Green Buildings: Building a Greener City, a Greener Future An Indian Perspective -- Human Capital Impact for Sustainable Economic Growth -- Temporal variation in glacier’s area and Identification of glacial lakes in Sikkim -- UN SDGs and context of Heritage cities in India: a study of Ayodhya and Varanasi -- Morphometric Analysis of the Yerla Watershed of the Krishna River Basin using Spatial Information Technology -- Conceptualising and Measuring Social Capital as a Sustainable Development Strategy in Mewat Region, Haryana -- Analysing the capability of NCI technique in change detection using high and medium resolution multispectral data -- Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Sprawl Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Shimla City, India -- Comparison of Multi Temporal Drought Indices Using Monthly Precipitation in the Western Part of the West Bengal -- Dying and Dwindling of Non-Glacial Fed Rivers Under Climate Change: A Case Study from The Upper Kosi Watershed, Central Himalaya, India) -- Planning of Integrated Land use & Social Infrastructure of SAS Nagar (Mohali) -- Agroforestry Ecosystem in Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System -- A study of Development along Delhi-Jaipur Express using Geospatial Technology -- Slope Vulnerability, Mass Wasting and Geohydrological-hazards in Himalaya: A Case Study of Alaknanda Basin, Uttarakhand, India -- Demarcation of Hyper Arid Land in the Indian Desert: An Environmental Analysis. .
    Kurzfassung: This book provides an overview of the ecological indicators of landscape dynamics in the context of geographical landscape integration. Landscape dynamics depicts every change that occurs in the physical, biological, and cognitive assets of a landscape. To understand and interpret the complex physical, biological, and cognitive phenomena of landscapes, it is necessary to operate conceptually and practically on a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. Rapid land use changes have become a concern to environmentalists and planners because of their impacts on the natural ecosystem, which further determines socioeconomic dynamics. In this regard, the book discusses case studies that share new insights into how landscape patterns and processes impact small creatures, and how small creatures in turn influence landscape structure and composition. In turn, the relevant aspects of land use and land cover dynamics are covered, and the multi-faceted relationship between the substrata and ecological community is highlighted. The book is unique in its focus on the application of spatial informatics such as automatic building extraction from high-resolution imagery; a soil resource inventory for meeting the challenges of land degradation; hydrological modeling; the temporal variation analysis of glacier area and the identification and mapping of glacial lakes; morphometric analysis of river basins; and the monitoring and modeling of urban sprawl, among other features.
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    Seiten: IX, 381 p. 150 illus., 132 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811520976
    Serie: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2097-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2097-6
    DDC: 304.2
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    The Rise in Vacant Housing in Post-growth Japan : Housing Market, Urban Policy, and Revitalizing Aging Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban economics. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Economics. ; Economic Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Why the rise in urban housing vacancies oc-curred and matters in Japan -- Mapping the problems of housing vacancies in Japan -- Changes in essential facilities of housing estates in an aging society: the failure of city planning in Japan -- Geodemographic characteristics of vacant houses in the resale condominium market in the Kansai metropolitan area -- The decline in price of suburban secondhand hosuing in Hiroshima city -- Distribution of vacant homes in Tama city in the Tokyo metropolitan area: estimation using GIS and small area statistics -- Urban abandonment and housing vacancies in Japanese local cities: a case of Kyo-machiya, traditional wooden town houses -- A problem of vacant housing in local cities: Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture case study -- Revitalizing old houses “Kominka” by private real estate agencies -- Local responses to a rise in housing vacancies in the Nagoya suburbs. .
    Kurzfassung: This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning policies, urbanization processes, and maps with GIS analysis. It also discusses how housing vacancies have increased in shrinking Japanese cities, with case studies in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Utsunomiya, and examines public–private partnerships and civil engagement to revitalize cities. Providing examples of how Japanese cities have addressed the issues of aging populations and urban shrinkage, it contributes to better decision-making by politicians, planners, local authorities, NPOs, and local communities in many rapidly urbanizing and potentially aging regions such as Asia. In the era of urban shrinkage, Japanese cities have struggled with aging populations, low fertility, population loss, and a decline in the economic base over decades. In particular, shrinkage in metropolitan suburbs and large cities (e.g., sites of prefectural government with 300 000–400 000 inhabitants) has caused serious social problems owing to the huge aging population and large areas covered. One typical problem that has emerged is an increase in vacancies in now empty and abandoned housing.
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    Seiten: XVI, 175 p. 53 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811379208
    Serie: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7920-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7920-8
    DDC: 307.76
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    Fish, Fishing and Community in North Korea and Neighbours : Vibrant Matter(s) (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Physical geography. ; Korea History. ; Economic development. ; World politics. ; Human Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; History of Korea. ; Development Studies. ; Political History.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter One: Watery Introductions -- Chapter Two: Geographies and Histories of Fish and Fishing -- Chapter Three: Fish, Fishing Infrastructures and Fishing Knowledge (s) as Vibrant Matter -- Chapter Four: Fishing in North Korea, a History and a Geography -- Chapter Five: Gageodo, Dalian and Slavankya…Lively Matters in the Neighbourhood -- Chapter Six: Sindo, the Informal Life Politics of Fishing -- Chapter Seven: Lively Conclusions.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book explores the histories and geographies of fishing in North Korea and the surrounding nations. With the ideological and environmental history of North Korea in mind, the book examines the complex interactions between local communities, fish themselves, wider ecosystems and the politics of Pyongyang through the lens of critical geography, fisheries statistics and management science as well as North Korean and more generally Korean and East Asian studies. There is increasing global interest in North Korea, its politics, people and landscapes, and as such, this book describes encounters with North Korean fishing communities, as well as unusual moments in the field in the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). It addresses fish, fishing infrastructure, fishing science and fishing statistics and other non-human elements of North Korean and other nations’ developmental regimes as actors and participants within them as much as humans and their technologies. The book enables readers to gain extensive insights into the aspirations and practices of fishing in North Korea and its neighbours, the navigation of difficult political and developmental situations and changing ecological realities in a time of environmental and climate crisis familiar to many across the globe.
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    Seiten: XII, 202 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811500428
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0042-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0042-8
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    The Soils of India (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Soil science. ; Human geography. ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Soil Science. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1:Introduction (Bipin B Mishra) -- Chapter 2:History of Soil Research (A. Subba Rao) -- Chapter 3:Climate (Kamaljit Ray) -- Chapter 4:Geology and Geomorphology (K. S. Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 5: Major Soil Types and Classification (K S Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 6: Soil Mineralogy and Clay Minerals (S C Datta) -- Chapter 7: Soil Micromorphology (Sayantani Neogi) -- Chapter 8: Soil Biogeochemistry (Debjani Sihi) -- Chapter 9: Benchmark soils in Agro-ecological regions (K. S. Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 10: Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning (V Ramamurthy).
    Kurzfassung: This book provides an overview of the diversified soil regimes in India. In addition to the historical advances in soil research and its limitations, it describes the monitoring of various soil conditions and soil uses to improve productivity. Discussing topics such as climate, geology and geomorphology, major soil types and their classification, soil mineralogy and clays, soil micromorphology, soil biogeochemistry, benchmark soils, land evaluation and land use planning, soil health and fertility and soil resilience, the book highlights the multiple uses of soils in industry, human health care, mitigation of challenges due to climate change and construction. It also presents measures for a brighter future of soil science in India, such as imposing organic farming principles toward sustainable agriculture in the context of the second green revolution besides alleviating the poverty and providing the employment opportunities among the farming communities in India.
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    Seiten: XXVIII, 281 p. 117 illus., 101 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030310820
    Serie: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31082-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31082-0
    DDC: 631.4
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    Green Technologies and Infrastructure to Enhance Urban Ecosystem Services : Proceedings of the Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference 2018 (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Sustainability. ; Soil science. ; Physical geography. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Soil Science. ; Physical Geography.
    Kurzfassung: These proceedings of the Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference (SSC) in Moscow from May 23 to 26, 2018 addresses important questions regarding the global trend of urbanization. What are the environmental consequences of megacities’ expansion? What smart solutions can make life in cities safe, comfortable and environmentally friendly? It is projected that 70% of the global population will live in cities by 2050, and as such the book describes how this rapid urbanization will alter the face of the world. Focusing on solutions for the environmental problems of modern megapolises, it discusses advanced approaches and smart technologies to monitor, model and assess the environmental consequences and risks. The contributors present examples of successful sustainable urban development, including management and design of green infrastructure, waste management, run-off purification and remediation of urban soils. The SSC conference and its proceedings offer a valuable contribution to sustainable urban development, and are of interest to the scientific and research community, municipal services, environmental protection agencies, landscape architects, civil engineers, policy makers and other stakeholders in urban management and greenery.
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    Seiten: XIII, 280 p. 117 illus., 97 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030160913
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16091-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16091-3
    DDC: 304.2
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    Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore : The Convergence of Policies, Research and Practice (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Social policy. ; Economic geography. ; Civil engineering. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Social Policy. ; Economic Geography. ; Civil Engineering.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Ecology of Neighbourhood Resilience: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective -- Fostering Social Cohesion in 21st Century Singapore -- The State of Ethnic Congregation in Singapore Today -- Social Resilience through Parks and Common Recreational Spaces -- Urban Mobility and Resilience: Transport Infrastructure Investment and the Demand for Travel -- Participatory Design to Co-create Community Spaces -- Bringing Arts Closer to Local Communities: Spatial Opportunities and Impacts on Community Bonding -- Place Familiarity and Community Ageing-with-Place in Neighbourhoods -- Designing for Resilience in Public Housing: An Architect’s Perspective.
    Kurzfassung: This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning, and community. Infrastructure examines how physical features such as parks and street patterns influence neighborliness and resilience, while planning studies how urban design enhances social interactions. Lastly, community discusses policies that can forge social bonds, either through racial integration, grassroots activities, or social service. Overall, the book combines research and empirical work with scholarly models of resilience and governance philosophy, focusing on Singapore’s urban planning and social policies.
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    Seiten: VII, 168 p. 62 illus., 50 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811370489
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7048-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7048-9
    DDC: 304.2
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    Form, Space and Design : From the Persian to the European Experience (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Aesthetics. ; Cities and towns History. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Human Geography. ; Aesthetics. ; Urban History. ; Urban Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Origin and Continuity -- Chapter 2. Flowing spaces, Flowing forms -- Chapter 3. Urban space, a comparative look -- Chapter 4. The concept of space, aesthetic aspects -- Chapter 5. Design of urban block -- Chapter 6. Lesson.
    Kurzfassung: This book studies the principles of urban spatial organization of historic cities. It can be considered a guide to design, presenting qualitative criteria to satisfy practical needs. The subject is explored through interconnected chapters, each addressing an important aspect of form-space and design values, knowledge and our present problems. In this book the interpretation is artistic and socio-cultural. Discussion is not concentrated on singular urban space but on interrelated spaces and elements across the city, and complexes. Considering the comparative aspects of study, the reader will notice that despite cultural differences, there is a common understanding in artistic creativity and sensibility in the presented examples.
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    Seiten: XVI, 138 p. 103 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030158316
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15831-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15831-6
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    Road Expansion in the Peruvian Amazon : The 'Enchantments' of the Manu Road (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Ethnology. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Physical geography. ; Economic development. ; Biotic communities. ; Population biology. ; Ethnography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Development Studies. ; Community and Population Ecology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Manu Area of the Peruvian Amazon: Ethnographic Explorations -- Chapter 2. Uncovering Enchantments -- Chapter 3. The Enchantments of Speed and Political Integration -- Chapter 4. The Enchantment of Economic Connectivity -- Chapter 5. Territoriality and Power -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides in-depth insights into the construction of the first road to reach riparian communities and the main access point to a national park in the Amazonian rain forest. It is based on an ethnographic investigation in Peru’s Manu Province in the Amazon, which explored diverse local attitudes towards the construction of a road in the overlapping buffer zone of two protected areas: the Manu National Park and the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve. The book reveals the applicability of Harvey and Knox’s concept of ‘enchantments of infrastructure’ in the case of first roads, but also makes accessible wider debates in political ecology such as territoriality and frontier development. The promise of first roads sparks feelings of aspiration and anticipation of the advent of development through speedy travel, economic connectivity and political integration. Yet these developments seldom take shape as expected. The author explores the perspectives, social dynamics and political maneuvers that influence first road building processes in the Amazon, which have applicability to experiences and strategies of road development elsewhere.
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    Seiten: XVII, 132 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030471828
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47182-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47182-8
    DDC: 305.8
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    Tall Buildings and the City : Improving the Understanding of Placemaking, Imageability, and Tourism (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Social media. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Social Media.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Tall Building Construction Boom: A Global Snapshot -- Theoretical Framework: Engage, Enhance, and Enrich -- Public Participation and Methods of Visual Communication -- Preliminary Findings -- The Chicago River -- The Magnificent Mile -- The Chicago Loop -- The Chicago Skyline -- Chicago as a Placemaking Model. .
    Kurzfassung: The chaotic proliferation of skyscrapers in many cities around the world is contributing to a decline in placemaking. This book examines the role of skyscrapers and open spaces in promoting placemaking in the city of Chicago. Chicago’s skyscrapers tell an epic story of transformative architectural design, innovative engineering solutions, and bold entrepreneurial spirit. The city’s public plazas and open spaces attract visitors, breathe life, and bring balance into the cityscape. Using locational data from social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, along with imagery from Google Earth, fieldwork, direct observations, in-depth surveys, and the combined insights from architectural and urban design literature, this study reveals the roles that socio-spatial clusters of skyscrapers, public spaces, architecture, and artwork play to enhance placemaking in Chicago. The study illustrates how Chicago, as the birthplace of skyscrapers, remains a leading city in tall building integration and innovation. Focusing on some of the finest urban places in America, including the Chicago River, the Magnificent Mile, and the Chicago Loop, the book offers meaningful architectural and urban design lessons that are transferable to emerging skyscraper cities around the globe.
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    Seiten: XII, 477 p. 226 illus., 224 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811560293
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6029-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6029-3
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    Smart Geography : 100 Years of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Human geography. ; Landscape ecology. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Data mining. ; Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Smart Geography: 100th Years Bulgarian Geographical Society -- Part I: Towards Smart Geography -- BGS and the Contemporary Progress of the Geographical Science Towards Smart Geography -- Smart Geographies and the Political Economy of Innovation and Inequality -- Evaluate Turkey's Climate Classification by Clustering Analysis Method.
    Kurzfassung: This book focuses on new and innovative spatial approaches based on smart solutions and developed in the field of geography and related interdisciplinary fields such as urban and regional studies, landscape ecology and ecosystem services. It includes contributions from a conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Geographical Society. In turn, the book reveals how 21st-century geography is expected to facilitate the development of human capital and the knowledge society, while also offering place-specific solutions for sustainable regional development and utilization of the planet’s natural and human capital to improve social wellbeing. This volume is intended for the global geographical research community, as well as professionals and practitioners in all fields that deal with space, including regional planners and environmental managers.
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    Seiten: VIII, 455 p. 141 illus., 113 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030281915
    Serie: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5
    DDC: 910
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    Reframing the Vernacular: Politics, Semiotics, and Representation (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Cultural property. ; Human geography. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Cultural geography. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Semiotics. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Human Geography. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Semiotics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Landfill Vernacular -- 2. ‘Bale Kulkul’ Architecture as the Representation of Balinese Autonomy Tradition -- 3. Cultural Burning and the Interstices of Two Vernacular Cultural Forms -- 4. The Effects ‘Share-Economy’ Based Accommodation Service on Vernacular Settlement (Case Study: Yogyakarta’s Sultanate Palace Complex) -- 5. The Shift of Symbolic Meaning of Joglo Houses For People In Brayut Tourism Village -- 6. Designing for Vernacular Landscape through Ecosystem-Approach: A case of Floating Settlements at Dal Lake, Kashmir -- 7. Place Making as Ordering Life Case Study: The Bali Aga Village, Pengotan -- 8. Identifying Local Builders’ Roles in Physical Transformation of Minangkabau’s Rumah Gadang -- 9. Transformation in Vernacular Architecture of Baiga Tribe of Central India -- 10. Meaning, Time, Communication: Reflecting on the “Aceh Method” and Vernacular -- 11. Identity Representation and Conflict Prevention in Community Mosques of Malang Raya, East Java, Indonesia -- 12. Transformation versus Preservation of Vernacular Architecture in Bali: A Lesson from Bali Aga Villages -- 13. Coping Strategies in Vernacular Architecture: Adaptation and Adjustment for Contemporary Needs at Pinggan Village, Kintamani, Bali -- 14. Vernacularity and Place: Re-presentation of Fishing Huts of Bahrain at the Venice Biennale -- 15. Relation of Binary Opposition Structure (Rwa-Bhineda) Mount-Ocean : A Case Study on Cultural Heritage of Pura Batukaru-Pakendungan/Tanah Lot in the Perspective of Ecofeminism in Bali -- 16. Preventive Measures and Formulas for the Sustainability of Vernacular Settlements in Malaysia -- 17. Physical Attributes Significant in Preserving the Social Sustainability of the Traditional Malay Settlement -- 18. Revisiting the Minangkabau Traditional House in the Central Area of Sumatra: The Case of Limapuluh Koto and Bangkinang -- 19. The Influence of Cultural Acculturation on Architecture Keraton Kasepuhan Cirebon -- 20. Transformation of Traditional Vernacular Settlements: Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley.
    Kurzfassung: The aim of this book is to reflect on ''vernacularity'' and culture. It concentrates on two major domains: first it attempts to reframe our understanding of vernacularity by addressing the subject in the context of globalisation, cross-disciplinarity, and development, and second, it discusses the phenomenon of how vernacularity has been treated, used, employed, manipulated, practiced, maintained, learned, reconstructed, preserved and conserved, at the level of individual and community experience. Scholars from a wide variety of knowledge fields have participated in enriching and engaging discussions, as to how both domains can be addressed. To expedite these aims, this book adopts the theme "Reframing the Vernacular: Politics, Semiotics, and Representation",organised around the following major sub-themes: • Transformation in the vernacular built environment • Vernacular architecture and representation • The meaning of home • Symbolic intervention and interpretation of vernacularity • The semiotics of place • The politics of ethnicity and settlement • Global tourism and its impacts on vernacular settlement • Vernacular built form and aesthetics • Technology and construction in vernacular built forms • Vernacular language - writing and oral traditions.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030224486
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22448-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22448-6
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    Neoendogenous Development in European Rural Areas : Results and Lessons (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Regionalism. ; Human Geography. ; Regionalism.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Neoendogenous rural development in mountain areas. Dax -- Social innovation and rural development. Bosworth -- The role of rural development policy in European territorial cohesion. Copus -- Territorial governance and rural development, challenge or reality? -- Public action and territorial development. Lacquement -- Territorial distribution of projects with LEADER approach in Andalusia and Extremadura -- Social capital and innovation in Italy and Spain -- Transnational cooperation experiences with LEADER approach in rural areas of Spain and Finland -- The role of agriculture in rural development in Spain and Italy -- The importance of tourism in rural development in Spain and Germany -- Women and young people entrepreneurs in neoendogenous development -- Work and workers created in the LEADER approach -- Natural and cultural heritage in the LEADER approach -- The failed projects. Initiatives that never had support from rural development policy -- Experiences and shared lessons. Cejudo, Eugenio and Navarro, Francisco.
    Kurzfassung: This book is one of the main outcomes of the projects “Development Programmes and Rural Change in the European Union: governance, results and lessons to share”and “Successes and failures in the practice of neoendogenous rural development in the European Union (1991-2013)”, funded both of them by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. This publication aims, on one side, to clarify and deepen the knowledge of the social, economic and territorial effects of the LEADER approach, and, on the other, to analyze the importante of the participation of several stakeholders (young people and women) as well as some traditional activities –agriculture- or modern ones (tourism) linked all of them to the rich cultural and natural heritage of these areas. It also provides an in-depth study of the causes that lead to the generation of successful projects in the practice of neoendogenous rural development and also explores the reasons that cause certain projects to fail in the path towards LEADER support so that they are finally not implemented. In addition, it is shown the problems, results and best practices that cause the neoendogenous rural development in different areas inside of the European Union: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom. Thereby it helps to improve the decision-making in rural development, both on a local and regional scale. The multidisciplinary and international character of the authors, as well as the specificity of the research trajectory of each of them, in the analysis of rural development, enriches the publication and facilitates the different and critical reflections on the contributions, errors and meaning of the neoendogenous local development. Researchers in this discipline and technicians working in the practice of rural development along the European Union are the main audience of the book.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030334635
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33463-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33463-5
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    The Geography of Slovenia : Small But Diverse (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Human geography. ; Physical geography. ; Economic geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Economic Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Slovenia: A European Landscape Hotspot (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič, Matija Zorn) -- Part I: Physical geography -- Chapter 2. Rocks and Tectonic Structure of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn) -- Chapter 3. Landforms of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Ferk, Matej Lipar, Blaž Komac, Jure Tičar, Mauro Hrvatin) -- Chapter 4. Waters of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole) -- Chapter 5. Climate and weather of Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole) -- Chapter 6. Soils of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Blaž Komac, Manca Volk Bahun, Mauro Hrvatin) -- Chapter 7. Biodiversity of Slovenia (Urban Šilc, Branko Vreš, Tatjana Čelik, Matjaž Gregorič) -- Part II: Human geography -- Chapter 8. The History of Slovenia: Archaeological Evidence from Prehistory to the Slavs (Matija Turk, Anton Velušček, Primož Pavlin, Sneža Tecco Hvala, Lucija Grahek, Jana Horvat, Marjeta Šašel Kos, Zvezdana Modrijan, Andrej Pleterski) -- Chapter 9. The History of Slovenia: The Middle Ages to the Present (Miha Kosi, Miha Preinfalk, Petra Svoljšak) -- Chapter 10. Slovenia’s Population (Drago Kladnik, Jani Kozina, Peter Repolusk) -- Chapter 11. The Settlement System in Slovenia (David Bole, Maruša Goluža, Jernej Tiran, Peter Kumer, Maja Topole, Janez Nared) -- Chapter 12. Slovenian Economy (Janez Nared, David Bole, Nika Razpotnik Visković, Jernej Tiran) -- Chapter 13. Culture in Slovenia (Mimi Urbanc, Mateja Šmid Hribar, Peter Kumer) -- Part III: Regional geography -- Chapter 14. Slovenia’s Landscapes (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič) -- Chapter 15. Slovenia’s Regions (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič) -- Chapter 16. Slovenia on maps (Primož Gašperič, Jerneja Fridl, Manca Volk Bahun) -- Part IV: Human impact on environment -- Chapter 17. Natural hazards in Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Mateja Ferk, Primož Pipan, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn) -- Chapter 18. Land use in Slovenia (Matej Gabrovec, Peter Kumer, Daniela Ribeiro, Mateja Šmid Hribar) -- Chapter 19. Regional development in Slovenia (Janez Nared) -- Chapter 20. Human-induced degradation in Slovenia (Aleš Smrekar, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Katarina Polajnar Horvat) -- Chapter 21. Slovenia’s Protected Areas (Aleš Smrekar, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Daniela Ribeiro) -- Part V: Slovenia and the World -- Chapter 22. Slovenia: Comparisons (Drago Kladnik, Matjaž Geršič) -- Chapter 23. Slovenia's records and outstanding features (Drago Perko, Matjaž Geršič).
    Kurzfassung: This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Slovenia in English. Only very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the landscape diversity found in Slovenia since the Alps, the Pannonian Basin, the Dinaric Alps, and the Mediterranean meet and interweave in this small corner of Central Europe, as do Germanic, Hungarian, Slavic, and Romance cultural influences. The book provides a systematical overview of physical and human geographical elements of Slovenia from landforms to cultural characteristics. Special attention is given to landscape diversity, to the presentation of Slovene landscape types and regions, to some particularities and interesting facts of Slovenia, and to the position of Slovenia in the World. The book also illustrates some other important geographical phenomena, processes and interactions between nature and society in nowadays Slovenia. This volume appeals to researchers as well as students in the field of regional geography. It can also serve as a source for complete background information as well as a field guide for Slovenia.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030140663
    Serie: World Regional Geography Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14066-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14066-3
    DDC: 910.021
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    Milk Culture in Eurasia : Constructing a Hypothesis of Monogenesis–Bipolarization (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Ethnology Asia. ; Culture. ; Ethnology Europe. ; Agriculture. ; Nutrition   . ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Asian Culture. ; European Culture. ; Agriculture. ; Nutrition.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Milk Culture and Pastoralism -- Milk Culture of West Asia -- Milk Culture of South Asia -- Milk Culture of North Asia -- Milk Culture of Central Asia -- Milk Culture of the Tibetan Plateau -- Milk Culture in Europe and the Caucasus -- The Monogenesis-Bipolarization Hypothesis of Eurasian Milk Culture -- Milk Processing Systems and Processes: A Reconsideration of Nakao’s Analytical Model -- From Milk Culture to Pastoralism Theory.
    Kurzfassung: The invention of milking and milk use created a new mode of subsistence called pastoralism. On rangelands across Eurasia, pastoralists subsist by extensive animal husbandry and by processing their animals’ milk. Based on the author’s fieldwork over more than two decades, this book details the processing systems and uses of milk observed in pastoralist and farm households in West Asia, South Asia, North Asia, Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau, and Europe and the Caucasus. Milk culture in each region is characterized by its processing technology and use of milk, and characteristics common to wider geographical spheres are identified. Inclusion of case studies from the literature expands the continent-wide perspective and provides further indications of how milk culture developed and diffused historically. The inferences drawn are expressed in the author’s monogenesis­–bipolarization hypothesis of Eurasian milk culture, that milking and milk processing had a single center of origin in West Asia, and that the technology involved the spread from there across the continent, developing distinct characteristics in northern and southern spheres. Finally, because milk culture underpins pastoralism as a mode of subsistence, the typology and theory of pastoralism are re-examined from the standpoint of milk culture.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517655
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1765-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1765-5
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    Anthropogenic Tropical Forests : Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Forestry. ; Soil science. ; Physical geography. ; Economic sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Forestry. ; Soil Science. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Economic Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Commodification of Nature on the Plantation Frontier -- 2. Geomorphological Landscapes of Borneo and Riverine Society of the Kemena Catchment, Sarawak -- 3. Land-use Types along the Kemena River–Tubau–Lower Jelalong Region, Sarawak -- 4. Trend Analysis of Rainfall Characteristics in the Kemena and Tatau River Basins, Sarawak -- 5. Multiethnic Society of Northwest Borneo: An Ethnographic Analysis -- 6. Commodified Frontier: Jungle Produce Trade and Kemena Basin Society in History -- 7. The History of Local Communities: Migration, Kin Relations and Ethnicity -- 8. Diversity of Medium- to Large-sized Ground-dwelling Mammals and Terrestrial Birds in Sarawak -- 9. Species Composition and Use of Natural Salt Licks by Wildlife Inside a Production Forest Environment in Central Sarawak.-10. Above-Ground Biomass and Tree Species Diversity in Anap Sustainable Development Unit, Sarawak -- 11. Influence of Herbicide Use in Oil Palm Plantations on Stream Water Chemistry in Sarawak -- 12. Spatial Variations in Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in the Kemena and Tatau Rivers, Sarawak -- 13. Stream Fish Biodiversity and the Effects of Plantations in the Bintulu Region, Sarawak -- 14. The Effects of Landscape and Livelihood Transitions on Hunting Activity in Sarawak -- 15. From River to Road? Changing Living Patterns and Land Use of Inland Indigenous Peoples -- 16. The Impact of RSPO Certification on Oil Palm Smallholdings in Sarawak -- 17. The Autonomy and Sustainability of Small-scale Oil Palm Farming in Sarawak -- 18. The Bird’s Nest Commodity Chain between Sarawak and China -- 19. The Feeding Ecology of Edible Nest Swiftlets in a Modified Landscape in Sarawak -- 20. Swiftlet Farming: New Commodity Chains and Techniques -- 21. Current Status and Distribution of Communally Reserved Forests in a Human-modified Landscape in Bintulu, Sarawak -- 22. Transitions in the Utilisation and Trade of Rattan in Sarawak: Past to Present, Local to Global -- 23. Oil Palm Plantations and Bezoar Stones: An Ethnographic Sketch of Human–Nature Interactions in Sarawak -- 24. Estate and Smallholding Oil Palm Production in Sarawak: A Comparison of Profitability and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 25. Tropical Timber Trading from Southeast Asia to Japan -- 26. Certifying Borneo’s Forest Landscape: Implementation Process of Forest Certification in Sarawak -- 27. Changing Patterns of Sarawak’s Exports, c.1870–2013 -- 28. Into a New Epoch: Capitalist Nature in the Plantationocene.
    Kurzfassung: The studies in this volume provide an ethnography of a plantation frontier in central Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Drawing on the expertise of both natural scientists and social scientists, the key focus is the process of commodification of nature that has turned the local landscape into anthropogenic tropical forests. Analysing the transformation of the space of mixed landscapes and multiethnic communities—driven by trade in forest products, logging and the cultivation of oil palm—the contributors explore the changing nature of the environment, multispecies interactions, and the metabolism between capitalism and nature. The project involved the collaboration of researchers specialising in anthropology, geography, Southeast Asian history, global history, area studies, political ecology, environmental economics, plant ecology, animal ecology, forest ecology, hydrology, ichthyology, geomorphology and life-cycle assessment. Collectively, the transdisciplinary research addresses a number of vital questions. How are material cycles and food webs altered as a result of large-scale land-use change? How have new commodity chains emerged while older ones have disappeared? What changes are associated with such shifts? What are the relationships among these three elements—commodity chains, material cycles and food webs? Attempts to answer these questions led the team to go beyond the dichotomy of society and nature as well as human and non-human. Rather, the research highlights complex relational entanglements of the two worlds, abruptly and forcibly connected by human-induced changes in an emergent and compelling resource frontier in maritime Southeast Asia. Chapters ‘Commodification of Nature on the Plantation Frontier’ and ‘Into a New Epoch: The Plantationocene’ are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811375132
    Serie: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7513-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7513-2
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    Urban and Regional Planning and Development : 20th Century Forms and 21st Century Transformations (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Urban economics. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Economics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Urban and Regional Planning and Development: Introduction and Overview -- Frank J. Costa: Professional Career and Contributions -- Regional Development and Planning -- Forty Years of Urban and Regional Development and Planning in China -- Urban and Regional Development and Planning in India’s Five Year Plans: Patterns and Emerging Policy Issues -- South African Urban Planning in the 20th and 21st Centuries – Continuities between the Apartheid and Democratic eras? -- A Reappraisal of Spatial Planning in Botswana -- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday? -- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India -- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting -- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador -- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space -- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston -- Ecological Regional Planning: An Approach of the Protected Areas and the Environmental Services in Costa Rica -- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India -- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting -- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador -- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space -- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston -- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday? -- Geographies of Indian Women’s Everyday Public Safety -- Land Use Change Outside Dhaka Metropolitan Area: An Analysis of Factors from Physical, Socio-Economic and Institutional Perspectives -- Consequences of Unplanned Growth: A Case Study of Metropolitan Hyderabad -- Slum Upgradation and Improvement through Slums Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) in Delhi -- Remodelling Urban Villages in Delhi: The Overriding Role of Transportation Lines -- Regional Differentials in Transformation of Dalits in Northwestern India -- Land Use Planning Policies and Gentrification in U. S. Cities -- State-led Urbanity: Reexamining Modern Movement Servicescapes -- Urban Governance under Neoliberalism: Increasing Centralization vis-a-vis Participatory Decentralization -- Changing Trajectories of Urban Governance and Participatory Urban Development in India -- Politics and Ethics in the Process of Plan Preparation and Implementation -- Participatory Comprehensive Planning of Amphawa District, Thailand -- Infrastructure and Regional Development in India: Spatial Linkages and Policy Implications -- Tourism and Urban Development in Chennai, India: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis -- Knowledge and Skills for India's Urban Transformation-High Growth Period for Urban Planning -- Intermediary Cities of Refuge: From Istanbul to Kolkata -- Return Migrants as Force to Urban Transformation – A Case Study from Poznan, Poland -- Leveraging Brewing History: The Case of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood -- Sustainable Cities in the Global South: Lessons from the African Continent -- Growing Sustainable Transportation in an Autocentric Community: Current Trends and Applications -- Sacred-Heritage City Development and Planning in India: A Study of Banaras and Ayodhya -- An Assessment of Preservation Planning Activities in Pennsylvania Municipalities Using the Historic District Act.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses urban planning and regional development practices in the twentieth century, and ways in which they are currently being transformed. It addresses questions such as: What are the factors affecting planning dynamics at local, regional, national and global scales? With the push to adopt a market paradigm in land development and infrastructure, the relationship between resource management, sustainable development and the role of governance has been transformed. Centralized planning is giving way to privatization, not only in the traditional regions but also in newly emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Further, attempts are being made to bring planning related decision-making closer to the people who are most affected by it. Presenting a collection of studies from scholars around the world and highlighting recent advances in the field, the book is a valuable reference guide for those engaged in urban transformations, whether as graduate students, researchers, practitioners or policymakers.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030317768
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31776-8
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    Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in India : Lessons from Selected Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Political science. ; Cultural property. ; Economic geography. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Governance and Government. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Economic Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Growth of Metropolises and Megacities with Focus on Global South -- Problems and Policies of Metropolitan Growth in India -- Satellite Town Development in Retrospect and Prospect -- Metropolitan Regions of India: Rapid Growth, Changing Landuse and Challenges -- Metropolitan City-Satellites-Fringe villages Relationship: Case Studies with Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru and its Region.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses population growth and the resultant problems, and highlights the need for immediate action to develop a set of planned satellite towns around Indian megacities to reduce their population densities and activity concentrations. It addresses problems like unplanned spatial expansion, over-concentration of populations, unmanageable situations in industrial growth, and poor traffic management, concluding that only megacities and their satellites, when planned properly, can together mitigate the urgent problem of urban concentration in and around the megacities. Identifying the general problems, the book develops a quantitative and spatially fitting regional allocation model of population and economic activities. It also offers a policy-based planned program of development for the selected megacities in India along with their satellites and fringe areas to ensure a healthy, balanced and prospective urban scenario for India in the coming decades.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811515026
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1502-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1502-6
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    Divided Tokyo : Disparities in Living Conditions in the City Center and the Shrinking Suburbs (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Divided Tokyo: Housing policy, the ideology of homeownership, and the growing contrast between the city center and the suburbs -- The rise of the condominium lifestyle in Japanese cities -- Homeownership by single women in central Tokyo -- New condominium town in the Tokyo Bay area: making “home” an antithesis to rootlessness in suburbia -- Shrinking suburbs in Tokyo -- The generative processes of vacant housing in the shrinking suburbs: The case of Ushiku in Tokyo’s 50-60-km Commuter Belt -- Policy response and civic engagement to address urban shrinkage -- Conclusions. .
    Kurzfassung: This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions. First, recent urban discourses that explain the transformation of Tokyo’s urban structure are examined, along with social changes and the expansion of unequal residential conditions within the metropolitan area. Chapter 1 reviews: 1) discussions on globalization, neo-liberalization, and changes in housing policies; 2) debates on the divided city; 3) debates on the shrinking city and the urban lifecycle; 4) discussion of the urban residential environment from a social justice perspective; and 5) family–housing relationships in the post-growth society. Based on the literature review, the rest of the book is structured as follows. Chapter 2 explains the changes in urban and housing policies, demography, and socio-economic conditions. In Chapters 3 to 5, the background and characteristics of the growth of condominium living in the city center are examined. The next three chapters analyze the reality of shrinking suburbs, using case studies to demonstrate the increase in vacant housing and local responses toward shrinkage. In Chapter 9, possible solutions are proposed for dealing with problems related to urban shrinkage and the expanding gap in terms of the availability of investments to stimulate urban development, the residential environment, and the population age structure in Japanese cities by comparing the author’s findings and the literature review. This book provides deep insights for urban and housing scholars, urban planners, policy decision-makers, and local communities that struggle with aging populations and urban shrinkage.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811542022
    Serie: International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 11
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4202-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4202-2
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    Historical Geography, GIScience and Textual Analysis : Landscapes of Time and Place (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Geographic information systems. ; Knowledge, Theory of. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Communication. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Human Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Epistemology. ; Water. ; Media and Communication. ; Cultural Studies.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Landscape, Time, Text -- Ch.1 Ghost Cathedral of the Blackland Prairie: Waxahachie, Texas, Places in the Heart and the Superconducting Super Collider -- Ch.2 Digital Mapping and the Narrative Stratigraphy of Iceland -- Ch.3 Dead Men Tell Tales: History and Science at Duffy’s Cut -- Ch.4 ‘Please Mention the Green Book:’ The Negro Motorist Green Book as Critical GIS -- Part II: Cultures, Networks and Mobilities -- Ch.5 Queer Cartographies: Urban Redevelopment and the Changing Sexual Geography of Postwar San Francisco -- Ch.6 Revisiting the Walking City: A Geospatial Examination of the Journey to Work -- Ch.7 Corruption and Development of Atlanta Streetcar Lines in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical GIS Perspective -- Ch.8 “A brother Orangeman the world over”: Migration and the Geography of the Orange Order in the United States -- Part III: Climate, Weather, Environment -- Ch.9 Mining Weather and Climate Data from the Diary of a Forty-Niner -- Ch.10 Unmappable Variables: GIS and the Complicated Historical Geography of Water in the Rio Grande Project -- Ch.11 Supplying the Conquest: A Geospatial Visualization and Interpretation of Available Environmental Resources at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.-Ch.12 Mapping the Irish Rath (Ringfort): Landscape Settlement Patterns in the Early Medieval Period -- Part IV: Place, Philology, History -- Ch.13 Mapping Power: Using HGIS and Linked Open Data to Study Ancient Greek Garrison Communities -- Ch.14 The Preservation of Paradox: Bismarck Towers as National Metaphor and Local Reality -- Ch.15 Mapping the Historical Transformation of Beijing’s Regional Naming System -- Ch.16 Geographical Enrichment of Historical Landscapes: Spatial Integration, Geo-Narrative, Spatial Narrative, and Deep Mapping.
    Kurzfassung: This book illustrates how literature, history and geographical analysis complement and enrich each other’s disciplinary endeavors. The Hun-Lenox Globe, constructed in 1510, contains the Latin phrase 'Hic sunt dracones' ('Here be dragons'), warning sailors of the dangers of drifting into uncharted waters. Nearly half a millennium earlier, the practice of ‘earth-writing’ (geographia) emerged from the cloisters of the great library of Alexandria, as a discipline blending the twin pursuits of Strabo’s poetic impression of places, and Herodotus’ chronicles of events and cultures. Eratosthenes, a librarian at Alexandria, and the mathematician Ptolemy employed geometry as another language with which to pursue ‘earth-writing’. From this ancient, East Mediterranean fount, the streams of literary perception, historical record and geographical analysis (phenomenological and Euclidean) found confluence. The aim of this collection is to recover such means and seek the fount of such rich waters, by exploring relations between historical geography, geographic information science (GIS) / geoscience, and textual analysis. The book discusses and illustrates current case studies, trends and discourses in European, American and Asian spheres, where historical geography is practiced in concert with human and physical applications of GIS (and the broader geosciences) and the analysis of text - broadly conceived as archival, literary, historical, cultural, climatic, scientific, digital, cinematic and media. Time as a multi-scaled concept (again, broadly conceived) is the pivot around which the interdisciplinary contributions to this volume revolve. In The Landscape of Time (2002) the historian John Lewis Gaddis posits: “What if we were to think of history as a kind of mapping?” He links the ancient practice of mapmaking with the three-part conception of time (past, present, and future). Gaddis presents the practices of cartography and historical narrative as attempts to manage infinitely complex subjects by imposing abstract grids to frame the phenomena being examined— longitude and latitude to frame landscapes and, occidental and oriental temporal scales to frame timescapes. Gaddis contends that if the past is a landscape and history is the way we represent it, then it follows that pattern recognition constitutes a primary form of human perception, one that can be parsed empirically, statistically and phenomenologically. In turn, this volume reasons that literary, historical, cartographical, scientific, mathematical, and counterfactual narratives create their own spatio-temporal frames of reference. Confluences between the poetic and the positivistic; the empirical and the impressionistic; the epic and the episodic; and the chronologic and the chorologic, can be identified and studied by integrating practices in historical geography, GIScience / geoscience and textual analysis. As a result, new perceptions and insights, facilitating further avenues of scholarship into uncharted waters emerge. The various ways in which geographical, historical and textual perspectives are hermeneutically woven together in this volume illuminates the different methods with which to explore terrae incognitaes of knowledge beyond the shores of their own separate disciplinary islands.
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    Seiten: XX, 272 p. 103 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
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    ISBN: 9783030375690
    Serie: Historical Geography and Geosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37569-0
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    Coping Mechanisms for Climate Change in Peri-Urban Areas (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Environment. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Agriculture.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Evidences from climate change dynamics -- Chapter 3-Sustaining livelihoods for survival -- Chapter 4-Cultural influence for revitalizing health traditions and vulnerable environments -- Chapter 5-Holistic health for well-being -- Chapter 6-Summary and policy options. .
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses the dynamics and resource management qualities of the peri-urban interface to address climate change consequences, focusing on the peri-urban region of the global city of Bengalaru. In 5 chapters, the authors document the unique challenges experienced in peri-urban areas, including soil-water vegetation dynamics, local and regional impacts on water bodies (surface and groundwater), food production issues, and the inhibited adaptive capacity of local communities. The book also provides knowledge on implementations of environmental management by local institutions, government interventions that have acted as catalysts in promoting community based adaptation strategies, and the physical, social and economic aspects of rural-urban dynamics. The book not only adds to the scarce existing literature on peri-urban contexts, but also addresses the role of culture in protecting ecological landscapes and how traditions play an important role in coping with climate change. Furthermore, the authors expand on these climate change coping mechanisms in peri-urban areas, taking into account local cultural factors and interesting governance interventions in the context of health. The book will be of interest to planners, policy makers, and students and researchers engaged in rural-urban dynamics and climate change adaptation. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030185176
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18517-6
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    Decolonising and Internationalising Geography : Essays in the History of Contested Science (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Science History. ; World history. ; Geographic information systems. ; Civilization History. ; Geography. ; Human Geography. ; History of Science. ; World History, Global and Transnational History. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cultural History. ; Regional Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Mapping Cross-cultural Exchange: Jaime Cortesão’s Dialogues and Documents on the Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Brazilian Exploration -- Pioneers of the Latin American Critical Geography: Josué de Castro and Antonio Núñez Jiménez -- After the Excitement of War: ‘Disabled Veterans’ in Modern Japan -- Indian Ocean Small Islands along the Postcolonial Trajectory: Chagos and the Maldives -- Do not cross. The “North/South” Divide: A Means of Domination? -- Drone Photography and the Re-Aestheticisation of nature -- “Our Field is the World”: Geographical Societies in International Comparison, 1821–1914 -- Personified Continents in Public Places: Internationalism, Art and Geography in Late Nineteenth Century Paris -- Pierre Monbeig and the Geohistory of Brazil -- How International was the International Geographical Congress in Rio de Janeiro 1956? On Location and Language Politics -- (Re-)Writing the History of IGU? A Report from the Archive. .
    Kurzfassung: International scholarship is increasingly aware that the ‘geographical tradition’ is a contentious and contested field: while critical reflections on the imperial past of the discipline are still ongoing, new tendencies including de-colonial studies and geographies of internationalism are focusing on the progressive aspects of plural geographical traditions. This volume contains selected papers presented at two Symposia of the Commission on the History of Geography of the International Geographical Union within the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology which took place in Rio de Janeiro in July 2017. The papers address processes of ‘decolonising’ and ‘internationalising’ science in the 19th and 20th century, with a special emphasis on geography. Internationalization, circulation and dissemination of geographical concepts and ideas are in the focus. The volume includes case studies on Latin America, tropical regions as well as Europe and Japan. There is also an emphasis on the history of international congresses and organizations and on the international circulation of knowledge.
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    ISBN: 9783030495169
    Serie: Historical Geography and Geosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49516-9
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    Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Socio-economic and Environmental Indicators for Sustainable Development : Case Studies from North Africa (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Regionalism. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Geology. ; Physical Geography. ; Regionalism. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Geology.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents most recent research studies on mapping and spatial analysis of socio-economic and environmental indicators used by various national and international contributors to regional development projects. It gathers the best contributions to the 1st International Conference on Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic and Environmental Indicators for the Local and Regional Sustainable Development. The conference was held in southern Tunisia, Tataouine in March 2015.The research studies focused on generating and analyzing indicators in various domains of Agriculture, Energy, Industry, Tourism, Transport, Urban Planning, Exploitation of Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Health, Environment, Education, Information and Communication Technologies, Social Affairs and Employability, and Culture and Sport. Socio-economic and environmental indicators are important in regional development plans and strategies as they allow to observe and analyze changes in the economic growth and to measure their impact on the environment and on social networks/daily life of citizens. On the basis of well-defined geomatic approaches, and particularly, through sophisticated digital mapping and spatio-temporal analyses, authors focused on retrieving indicators to evaluate the exploitation rate of natural resources, intensity of the energy consumption in various economic sector, net migratory flows, quality checking of the air in urban areas, adaptation to climate change, and vulnerability of the coastal domain and risk of marine submersion due to sea-level rise. The book is of interest not only to investors and contributors to regional development projects, but also to all relevant policy makers. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030211660
    Serie: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21166-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21166-0
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    Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Human geography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A review of ecosystem services in urban plans -- Chapter3. A review of ecosystem services in urban climate plans -- Chapter4. Developing ecosystem service information for urban planning -- Chapter5. Applying ecosystem services in urban planning: a case study -- Chapter6. Towards equitable distribution of ecosystem services in cities -- Chapter7. Conclusions.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population distribution, and physical infrastructure properties. The book addresses all these issues by: i) investigating to what extent ecosystem services are currently included in urban plans, and discussing what is still needed to improve planning practice; ii) illustrating how to develop ecosystem services indicators and information that can be used by urban planners to enhance plan design; iii) demonstrating the application of ES assessments to support urban planning processes through case studies; and iv) reflecting on criteria for addressing equity in urban planning through ecosystem service assessments, by exploring issues associated with the supply of, the access to and demand for ES by citizens. Through fully worked out case studies, from policy questions, to baseline analysis and indicators, and from option comparison to proposed solutions, the book offers readers detailed and accessible coverage of outstanding issues and proposed solutions to better integrate ES in city planning. The overall purpose of the book is to provide a compact reference that can be used by researchers as a key resource offering an updated perspective and overview on the field, as well as by practitioners and planners/decision makers as a source of inspiration for their activity. Additionally, the book will be a suitable resource for both undergraduate and post-graduate courses in planning and geography.
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    Seiten: IX, 87 p. 26 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030200244
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20024-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20024-4
    DDC: 550
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    Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia : Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental management. ; Landscape ecology. ; Economic development. ; Human geography. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Development Studies. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introduction: Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes -- Chapter 2: Mapping the policy interventions on marine social-ecological systems: case study of Sekisei Lagoon, southwest Japan -- Chapter 3: How to engage tourists in invasive carp removal: Application of a discrete choice model -- Chapter 4: The Use of Backcasting to Promote Urban Transformation to Sustainability: The Case of Toyama City, Japan -- Chapter 5: Traditional Knowledge, Institutions, and Human Sociality in Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh -- Chapter 6: Lessons learned from application of the “Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)” under the Satoyama Initiative -- Chapter 7: Place-based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Asia -- Chapter 8: Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia: Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action -- Chapter 9: Synthesis: Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book presents up-to-date analyses of community-based approaches to sustainable resource management of SEPLS (socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes) in areas where a harmonious relationship between the natural environment and the people who inhabit it is essential to ensure community and environmental well-being as well as to build resilience in the ecosystems that support this well-being. Understanding SEPLS and the forces of change that can weaken their resilience requires the integration of knowledge across a wide range of academic disciplines as well as from indigenous knowledge and experience. Moreover, given the wide variation in the socio-ecological makeup of SEPLS around the globe, as well as in their political and economic contexts, individual communities will be at the forefront of developing the measures appropriate for their unique circumstances. This in turn requires robust communication systems and broad participatory approaches. Sustainability science (SuS) research is highly integrated, participatory and solutions driven, and as such is well suited to the study of SEPLS. Through case studies, literature reviews and SuS analyses, the book explores various approaches to stakeholder participation, policy development and appropriate action for the future of SEPLS. It provides communities, researchers and decision-makers at various levels with new tools and strategies for exploring scenarios and creating future visions for sustainable societies.
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    Seiten: X, 179 p. 45 illus., 32 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811511332
    Serie: Science for Sustainable Societies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1133-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1133-2
    DDC: 333.7
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    Urban and Transit Planning : A Culmination of Selected Research Papers from IEREK Conferences on Urban Planning, Architecture and Green Urbanism, Italy and Netherlands (2017) (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Sustainability and the Built Environment -- Urban and Environmental Planning -- Sustainable Urban Land Use and Transportation -- Environmental Transformation: Energy Efficient Urban Areas & Renewable Energy Generation -- Quality of Life & Environmental Management Systems.
    Kurzfassung: A volume of five parts, this book is a culmination of selected research papers from the second version of the international conferences on Urban Planning & Architectural Design for sustainable Development (UPADSD) and Urban Transit and Sustainable Networks (UTSN) of 2017 in Palermo and the first of the Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism Conference (RRAU) of 2018 in the Netherlands. This book, not only discusses environmental challenges of the world today, but also informs the reader of the new technologies, tools, and approaches used today for successful planning and development as well as new and upcoming ones. Chapters of this book provide in-depth debates on fields of environmental planning and management, transportation planning, renewable energy generation and sustainable urban land use. It addresses long-term issues as well as short-term issues of land use and transportation in different parts of the world in hopes of improving the quality of life. Topics within this book include: (1) Sustainability and the Built Environment (2) Urban and Environmental Planning (3) Sustainable Urban Land Use and Transportation (4) Energy Efficient Urban Areas & Renewable Energy Generation (5) Quality of Life & Environmental Management Systems. This book is a useful source for academics, researchers and practitioners seeking pioneering research in the field.
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    Seiten: XII, 589 p. 399 illus., 397 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030173081
    Serie: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17308-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17308-1
    DDC: 304.2
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    Nature, Culture, and Food in Monsoon Asia (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Climatology. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Climate Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Nature, Culture, and Food in Monsoon Asia -- Rainfall, Floods, and Rice Production in South Asia -- Global Warming and Agricultural Production in Asia -- Cultivation of Glutinous Rice in Northeast India and Its Food Products -- Fog and People in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China -- Yamato-shijimi and Environmental Changes over Past Several Thousand Years at Lake Jusanko, Northern Japan -- Natto in Mainland Southeast Asia -- Distribution of Traditional Seafood Dishes and Their Background in Miyazaki Prefecture, South Japan -- Nepalese Food and Its Socio-cultural Climate: Changing Dāl-bhāt Inside and Beyond Nepal -- Brewing “Chang” or Preserving Nature: Hospitality Challenged in Contemporary Bhutan -- Satsuma Shochu and Geographic Indication -- Dietary Habits and Kitchens of the Sundanese in West Java Villages -- Creating a New Relationship with the Environment through Food-Learning from Community Development Initiatives in Kaneyama Township in Yamagata Prefecture, Northeast Japan -- Epilogue. .
    Kurzfassung: The giant Asian monsoon has formed a diverse climate and natural environment. The Asian monsoon climate manifests itself in manifold ways depending not just on the latitude or altitude of an area but also on physical conditions such as topography and vegetation and even the size of its human population. Likewise, the livelihoods of people in the affected area are diverse. This book focuses on nature and agriculture, food, and climate and culture as an excellent framework for understanding the relationship between humans and the environment in complex Monsoon Asia. Through the discussions in this book, what the authors have sought to demonstrate is that the livelihoods in Monsoon Asia demonstrate unique forms in a limited environment, while the Asian monsoon climate has one of the largest movements of any natural phenomenon on a macroscopic scale. These manifest forms are diverse both on a time scale and on a spatial scale and are extremely diversified in limited regions. Such diversity is not only due just to the effects of the natural environment but also results from social and cultural forces. In this area of Monsoon Asia, traditional and religious social norms are becoming entangled with “new” economic and political norms brought in from the outside world by globalization.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811521133
    Serie: International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 10
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3
    DDC: 910.021
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    Participatory Research and Planning in Practice (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Regionalism. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Regionalism.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Co-production, Participatory Planning and Resilient Cities to Climate Change -- Participatory Transport Planning: the Experience of Eight Euro-pean Metropolitan Regions -- Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Ur-ban Context: Experience From Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe -- Governance and Management Systems in Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Biosphere Reserves -- Promises and Limits of Participatory Urban Greens Development: Experience from Maribor, Budapest, and Krakow.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participatory planning experiences from different territorial levels – from the macro-regional, e.g. Southeastern Europe, Mediterranean or European metropolitan regions, to national, regional and local levels. The book will help researchers, planners, public administration officials, decision-makers and the general public to understand the advantages, disadvantages and constraints of participatory planning and research. Using various examples, it will guide readers through the theory of participatory planning and research, its methods, and different perspectives on how to use it in practice.
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    Seiten: XI, 227 p. 26 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030280147
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7
    DDC: 307.76
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    Ecological Rationality in Spatial Planning : Concepts and Tools for Sustainable Land-Use Decisions (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Sustainability. ; Ecology . ; Human Geography. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Sustainability. ; Ecology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Standing on the shoulders of giants – reviving ecological approaches in planning traditions -- Chapter 2. The concept of Ecological Rationality and its application to spatial planning -- Chapter 3. Bridging the gaps: connecting Spatial Planning with Land Use Science and Political Ecology -- Chapter 4. Towards a conceptual framework for ecological rationality in spatial planning -- Chapter 5. A closer look to processes of territorial transformations in Europe: urbanisation, agricultural intensification and land abandonment -- Chapter 6. Policies and regulatory frames in the EU and the needed link with spatial planning -- Chapter 7. Conclusions and ways forward: five propositions for bringing back ecological rationality in spatial planning.
    Kurzfassung: Spatial planning defines how men use one of the most important and scarce resources on Earth: land. Planners therefore play a key role in countering or deepening the current ecological crisis. To foster ecological transitions, planning scholars and practitioners need to be equipped with sound theories and practical tools. To this end, this book advocates a re-foundation of spatial planning under the paradigm of “ecological rationality”, based on the revaluation of early pioneers of ecological planning and mutual fertilization with different disciplines, including decision-making science, ecology, (eco)system theory, land use science and political ecology. The key principles of ecological rationality and its application to spatial planning are discussed and this conceptual framework is used to explain the main underlying drivers of ecological degradation and their spatial manifestations at the local level. Current policy instruments in the European context, which can be used to underpin ecological planning, such as Green Infrastructure and the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Service (MAES) initiative, are also examined.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030330279
    Serie: Cities and Nature,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33027-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33027-9
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    The Co-Housing Phenomenon : Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Technocene,- 2. Sharing as cultural revolution -- 3. Sharing as cultural pre-existence -- 4. Co-housing -- 5. Co-housing cases -- 6. Hopes.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents 50 case studies of contemporary co-housing projects spread all over the world to show how communities of shared living have become a global phenomenon that can serve as a tool to promote social and urban sustainability. By presenting evidence that shared housing experiences are capable of revitalizing sterile urban fabrics and promoting social sustainable practices, the volume situates co-housing experiences as microscale responses to the macroscale challenges posed by environmental degradation and the decline of communitarian ways of living. The volume also reviews the most famous typologies of shared living in different parts of the world across human history. By analyzing historical experiences in different regions of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the author shows that living together is part of a historical culture of sharing that is being rediscovered all over the world by people who activate public spaces, work in shared offices or live in contractual communities. The Co-Housing Phenomenon – Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of sustainable urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for public agents and civil society organizations dealing with housing, social, environmental and sustainability policies.
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    Seiten: XVI, 269 p. 195 illus., 188 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030370978
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37097-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37097-8
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    Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration : Changing Spaces in Historical Places (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Urban Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Tourism Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Changing spaces in historical places -- Clarksdale, Mississippi: Downtown regeneration, cultural heritage, tourism and blues music -- Beer as cultural lubricant: Brewing Tsingtao, regenerating Qingdao -- Sporting heritage and touristic transformation: Pacaembu stadium and the football museum in São Paulo, Brazil -- Old town Tallinn: Medieval built heritage amid transformation.
    Kurzfassung: Urban regeneration is often regarded as the process of renewal or redevelopment of spaces and places. There is a need to look at tourism and urban regeneration with a particular focus on cultural heritage. Cultural heritage consists of tangible heritage (such as historic buildings) and intangible heritage (such as events). The wider need and impact for such work is that places plan for change to keep up with the shifts in demand in the global economy in order for places to maintain a competitive advantage. Moreover, places need to keep up with the pace of global change or they risk stagnation and decline as increased competition is resulting in increased opportunities and choice for consumers. Each chapter in this book explores a specific form of cultural heritage that is driving change in urban spaces. Intended for a wide readership, the book will appeal to students of urban studies, human geography, heritage studies and international tourism management, as well as experts conducting research in and across these areas.
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    Seiten: XI, 213 p. 31 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030419059
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41905-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41905-9
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    Gastronomy and Urban Space : Changes and Challenges in Geographical Perspective (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Economic geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Economic Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Tourism Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Theoretical aspects of studies on gastronomy in urban space -- Relations between gastronomy and the city -- Theories and concepts related to gastronomy in urban space -- Dimensions of gastronomy in contemporary cities -- Part II: Changes -- Changes in gastronomy and urban space – Introduction to Part II -- Culinary attractiveness of a city – Old and new destinations -- Traditional and regional cuisine in urban space -- Changes in the distribution of gastronomic services in the city centre -- Restaurants and bars in the outer city -- Suburbanisation and gastronomic services on the outskirts of Warsaw (Poland): Piaseczno -- Eating establishments in smaller cities and towns in Poland (on selected examples) -- Ethnic cuisine in urban space -- Tourist experience and change in culinary tastes. An example of Polish students in Warsaw -- The food supply chain in the restaurant industry: a case study from Warsaw, Poland -- Part III: Challenges -- New trends in gastronomy in the context of the urban space – Introduction to Part III -- New gastronomic hotspots in the urban space. Food courts in Poland -- Challenges to urban gastronomy: green and blue spaces -- Street food and food trucks: Old and new trends in urban gastronomy -- Home delivery services -- Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: This book focuses on the relationship between gastronomy and urban space. It highlights the intrinsic role of eating establishments and the gastronomy industry for cities by assessing their huge impacts on urban changes and discussing some of the challenges posed by new developments. Written by authors with a background in geography, it starts by discussing theoretical aspects of studies on gastronomy in urban space to place the subject in the broader context of urban geography. Covering both changes and challenges in gastronomy in urban space, it presents a wide range of problems, which are described and analysed using various case studies from Europe and other parts of the world.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030344924
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34492-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34492-4
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    Africa on the Move : Migration, Translocal Livelihoods and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Geography. ; Economic development. ; Africa Politics and government. ; Africa Economic conditions. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Human Migration. ; Regional Geography. ; Development Studies. ; African Politics. ; African Economics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Time for a Rethink -- Translocal Livelihoods – New Perspectives on Livelihood Research -- Vulnerability and Translocality: Why Livelihoods become Translocal -- Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Influence of Translocal Livelihoods on Aspects of Rural Structural Transformation -- Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses migration and space-spanning social network relationships as normal realities of life in African societies. It offers an overview of the research landscape and introduces an agency-centered theoretical model that provides a conceptual framework for translocality. The authors Malte Steinbrink and Hannah Niedenführ plead for a translocal approach to social transformation, showing how the translocality of livelihoods is shaping the lives of half a billion people on the continent and impacting local conditions. Using an action-oriented approach, the book analyzes the effects of translocal livelihoods on diverse aspects of economic, environmental and social change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. The study thus makes an innovative contribution not only to migration research and development studies but also to the discussion around the policy and practice of development cooperation and planning. It is time to rethink development in light of translocal realities. The book appeals to scholars and researchers in geography, sociology, policy-making and planning, development studies, migration research and rural development.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030228415
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22841-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22841-5
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    Contemporary Trends in Local Governance : Reform, Cooperation and Citizen Participation (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Public administration. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government. ; Public Policy. ; Public Administration.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Chapter 1 - Global Trends In Local Governance -- Chapter 2 - Recent and Contemporary Trends in European Studies of Local Government and Local Politics -- Chapter 3 - Governance without power? The fight of the Hungarian counties for survival -- Chapter 4 - From Financial Centralization to Political Centralization. The Focal Points of the Municipal Reforms from the Transition until present day Hungary -- Chapter 5 - Development of intra-municipality decentralisation systems in Japan -- Chapter 6 - The ‘big-bang politics’ and process of council amalgamations: a comparative study of the state in Australia and Austria -- Chapter 7 - Regional administrative boundaries and the building of internal borders in decentralised states. The case of two Spanish interregional borders -- Chapter 8 - The impact of European regional policy and Local Action Groups on inter-municipal cooperation in Slovakia -- Chapter 9 - The Rise and Limits of Local Governance: LEADER/Community-led Local Development in the Czech Republic -- Chapter 10 - Lost in Transformation: Place-based projects in the EU’s multi-level system -- Chapter 11 - European Standards in Regulating Public Participation on Sub-national Levels: The Case of Croatia -- Chapter 12 - Citizen Participation in Spatial Planning in Portugal 1920-2020. Non-Participation, Tokenism and Citizen Power in Local Governance -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: This book addresses and explores recent trends in the field of local and urban governance. It focuses on three domains: institutional reforms in local government; inter-municipal cooperation; and citizen participation in local governance. In the last decades, in different regions of the world, there is ample evidence that sub-national government, in particular the field of local governance, is in a permanent state of change and reflux, although with differences that reflect national particularities. Since these institutional changes have an impact in the local policy process, in the delivery of public services, in the local democracy, and in the quality of life, it is mandatory to monitor these continued institutional changes, to learn and develop with these changes, if possible before these experiences are transferred and replicated in other countries. The editor and contributors address issues of interest for a wide audience, comprising of students and researchers in various disciplines, and policy makers at both national and sub-national tiers of government.
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    Seiten: XVIII, 282 p. 31 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030525163
    Serie: Local and Urban Governance,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52516-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52516-3
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    Extreme Weather Events and Human Health : International Case Studies (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Environmental geography. ; Climatology. ; Environmental health. ; Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Integrated Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: I. Introductory -- 1. Introduction: Extreme Weather and Human Health: Global Perspective -- 2. Dust Storms and Human Health -- 3. The Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Development in Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic Communities in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review -- 4. Wildland Fire, Extreme Weather, and Society: Implications of a History of Fire Suppression in California, USA -- 5. Extreme Weather Events, Health and Development.
    Kurzfassung: This edited book assesses the impacts of various extreme weather events on human health and development from a global perspective, and includes several case studies in various geographical regions around the globe. Covering all continents, it describes the impact of extreme weather conditions such as flash floods, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires, strong winds and storms in both developing and developed countries. The contributing authors also investigate the spread of diseases and the risk to food security caused by drought and flooding. Further, the book discusses the economic damage resulting from natural disasters including hurricanes. It has been estimated that in 2017 natural disasters and climate change resulted in economic losses of 309 billion US dollars. Scientists also predict that if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, in Europe the death toll due to weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of the 21st century, with extreme heat alone causing more than 150,000 deaths a year, as the report on global warming of 1.5°C warns that China, Russia and Canada’s current climate policies would steer the world above a catastrophic 5°C of warming by the end of 2100. As such, the book highlights how the wellbeing of different populations is threatened by extreme events now and in the foreseeable future.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030237738
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23773-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23773-8
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    Scaling up SDGs Implementation : Emerging Cases from State, Development and Private Sectors (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Political science. ; Community development. ; Social service. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government. ; Social Work and Community Development. ; Climate Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PartI: Introduction and Background -- Chapter1: Scaling up SDGs implementation: Down the road to fast approaching 2030 -- PartII: Drawing up national SDGs Baselines and Cases involving State Actors -- Chapter2: Emerging African picture of Official Development Assistance and education-related SDGs indicators -- Chapter3: Africa and the 2030 sustainable energy goal: A focus on access to renewables and clean fuels for cooking -- Chapter4: SDG 15 and socio-ecological sustainability: Spring waterscapes and rural livelihoods in the Save Catchment of Zimbabwe -- Chapter5: Auditing the adequacy of NDCs in addressing the climate action sustainable development goal -- PartIII: The Business Sector and the SDGs -- Chapter6: Beyond’s response to the twin challenges of pollution and climate change in the context of SDGs -- Chapter7: Major global aircraft manufacturers and emerging responses to the SDGs agenda -- Chapter8: Ending poverty through affordable credit to small scale cotton farmers: The Case of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe -- Chapter9: Insurance, increasing natural disaster risks and the SDGs: A focus on Southern Africa -- PartIV: Civil Society and the SDGs -- Chapter10: The contribution of community-based recycling cooperatives to a cluster of SDGs in semi-arid Brazilian peri-urban settlements -- Chapter11: Critical Analysis of the Contribution of Women’s University in Africa towards the Attainment of SDG 5 -- Chapter12: Role of SDGs in Reconceptualizing the Education for Sustainable Development curriculum in Higher Education in South Africa -- PartV: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Chapter13: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.
    Kurzfassung: This volume challenges global leaders and citizenry to do more in order to resource the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (AfSD) and its 17 interwoven Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Starting from the concept ‘we cannot manage what we cannot measure’, the book presents some cases showing how to draw national level baselines for the domestication and localisation of the SDGs seeking to provide a clear roadmap towards achieving the 2030 AfSD. Scaling up SDGs Implementation is targeted at the United Nations, national and state governments, sub-national governments, the corporate sector and civil society, including higher education institutes, labour groups, non-governmental organisations and youth movements. The book is cognizant of these institutions’ common, but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities within their socio-political, environmental and economic conditions. The book presents case studies of how the corporate sector has been scaling up SDGs implementation, from the tourism sector, insurance, to the aviation and agricultural sectors. To make sure that no one is left behind, the volume includes cases on solutions for pressing environmental and socio-economic problems ranging from cooperatives in Brazil to the conservation of springs in Zimbabwe. The matter of finding synergies between the climate SDG and the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) is elaborated at length. Lastly, the book discusses how institutions of higher education remain critical pillars in SDGs scaling up, with cases of curriculum re-orientation in South Africa to the rolling out of the Women’s University in Africa. In this context, this volume challenges every global citizen and organization to invest every effort into making the implementation of the SDGs a success as we welcome the second four to five year segment down the road to the year 2030.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030332167
    Serie: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33216-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33216-7
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    Rural Revitalization Through State-led Programs : Planning, Governance and Challenge (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Sociology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Review of Governance Theory and Rural Programs -- Conceptual Framework and Methodology -- Governing the Countryside through State-led Programs in Jiangning -- Rural Programs and Commodification of Tangjiajia -- Rural Programs and Grassroots Farming in Xinhui -- Conclusion and Discussion.
    Kurzfassung: This book seeks to unravel the changes in rural governance sparked by state-led programs, evaluate the programs’ implementation, and refine the interpretation of governance theory with new empirical material from rural China. When it comes to rural issues in contemporary China, there is no shortage of national strategies: from “Coordinating Urban–Rural Development” in 2003 to “Rural Revitalization” in 2017, the rejuvenation of the countryside has attracted unprecedented policy interest. At the same time, rural governance has been subject to significant political, social and economic changes. However, comparatively little research has been conducted on the phenomenal reconnection between the state and rural society, and our previous understanding of rural governance is no longer adequate. As a result of the programs, a new model of governance is now emerging in rural China. The programs have accelerated the formation of state-private-farmer partnerships, while also promoting the participation of grassroots society in rural reconstruction. In the initial stage, the state’s role is important to securing non-governmental sectors’ engagement. However, this does not mean that the model guarantees sustainable governance: in terms of land tenure reform, infrastructure investment, and subsidies, the programs merely empower farmers and other stakeholders to engage in rural reconstruction. The success of these reconstruction efforts ultimately depends on a suitable pricing mechanism for public goods provision, as well as the self-organization of grassroots society.
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    Seiten: XIX, 141 p. 35 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811516603
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1660-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1660-3
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    Landscape Modelling and Decision Support (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Landscape ecology. ; Soil science. ; Biotic communities. ; Human geography. ; Agriculture. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Soil Science. ; Ecosystems. ; Human Geography. ; Agriculture.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Modelling and simulation of agricultural landscapes -- Challenges and perspectives for integrated landscape modelling to support sustainable land use management in agrolandscapes -- Application of ecosystem modelling methodology on rural areas of Crimea - Systematic approach -- Integral assessment of condition and sustainability of socio-ecological-economic systems -- The use of observation methods and model approaches for estimating regional crop evapotranspiration and yield in agro-landscapes -- Development of landscape-adaptive land use of the Upper Volga region based on geostatistical methods -- Modelling of the suitability of lands to the agrarian use and their resistance to negative processes -- A GIS-based model for the enhancement of rural landscapes: the case-study of Valdera - Tuscany (Italy) -- Models for describing landscape hydrochemical discharge in mountain countries -- Agent-based modelling of a simple synthetic rangeland ecosystem -- The use of multitemporal spectral information to improve the classification of agricultural crops in landscapes -- Global evaluation of the status and sustainability of terrestrial landscapes and water bodies -- Spatial Estimation of Estonian Forest Landscapes’ Soil Cover Humus Status: Methods, Model samples and Assessments -- Dynamics of soil organic matter in agricultural landscapes -- Model based assessment of nutrient load into water bodies from different landscape types -- Model-based estimation of irrigation water demand for different agricultural crops under climate change, presented for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany -- Forecasting scanning branches of the hysteresis soil water-retention capacity for calculation of precise irrigation rates in agrolandscapes using a mathematical model -- Estimation of Leaf Area Index (LAI) of Russian Forests Using a Mechanical Model and Forest Inventory Data -- Assessment approach of the spatial wheat cultivation risk for the main cereal cropping regions of Russia -- Model based forecasting winter wheat yields using landscape and climate data -- Actual and model-based assessment of Castor fiber populations for different reserves in the European part of Russia and their impact on ecosystems -- Modelling biodiversity and ecosystem services trade-offs in agricultural landscapes to support planning and policy-making -- Simulating the Effects of Agrochemicals and Other Risk-Bearing Management Measures on the Terrestrial Agrobiodiversity: the RISKMIN Approach -- LandCaRe-DSS – An interactive model-based decision support system for assessing the impacts of climate change on agriculture and agricultural landscapes -- A spatial analysis framework to assess responses of agricultural landscapes to climates and soils at regional scale -- Integrated modelling approach for land-use changes on different scales -- Assessment of soybeans crop management strategies using crop growth models for Central Brazil -- Estimation of Agro-landscape Productivity in Regional Scale using Dynamic Crop Models in a GIS Environment -- Landscape phenology modelling and decision support in Serbia.
    Kurzfassung: This book contributes to a deeper understanding of landscape and regional modelling in general, and its broad range of facets with respect to various landscape parameters. It presents model approaches for a number of ecological and socio-economic landscape indicators, and also describes spatial decision support systems (DSS), frameworks, and model-based tools, which are prerequisites for deriving sustainable decision and solution strategies for the protection of comprehensively functioning landscapes. While it mainly focuses on the latest research findings in regional modelling and DSS in Europe, it also highlights the work of scientists from Russia. The book is intended for landscape modellers, scientists from various fields of landscape research, university teaching staff, and experts in landscape planning and management, landscape conservation and landscape policy.
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    Seiten: XXIII, 593 p. 201 illus., 175 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030374211
    Serie: Innovations in Landscape Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37421-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37421-1
    DDC: 577.5
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    Palaeohydrology : Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Geology. ; Natural disasters. ; Human geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Water. ; Geology. ; Natural Hazards. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part A: Studies with temporal focus -- Ch.1 Global megaflood paleohydrology -- Ch.2 Flooding northern Germany: impacts and magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene glacial lake-outburst floods -- Ch.3 Outburst flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 after aerial bombing -- Part B: Studies with regional focus -- Ch.4 Droughts in historical times in Europe, as derived from documentary evidence -- Ch.5 Geomorphological and geoarchaeological evidence of the Medieval deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy) -- Ch.6 Inverted channels in the eastern Sahara – distribution, formation, and interpretation to enable reconstruction of paleodrainage networks -- Ch.7 Noah’s Flood – probing an ancient narrative using geoscience -- Part C: Studies with methodical and technical topics -- Ch.8 Luminescence dating in fluvial settings: overcoming the challenge of partial bleaching -- Ch.9 Large palaeomeanders in Europe: distribution, formation process, age, environments and significance -- Ch.10 Palaeostage indicators in rivers - an illustrated review -- Ch.11 High-resolution sedimentary paleoflood records in alluvial river environments - a review of recent methodological advances and application to flood hazard assessment.
    Kurzfassung: The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with selected key studies and presentations on up-to-day methodical and conceptional topics as a perspective for further research. Consequently, the compilation provides an excellent review on the state of the art of numerous relevant topics of palaeohydrology and acts as unique introduction for early career scientists and scientists of different disciplines working on hydrological extreme events, both in basic research and applied aspects. .
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    Seiten: X, 230 p. 110 illus., 93 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030233150
    Serie: Geography of the Physical Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0
    DDC: 910.02
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    The Centre of City: Thermal Environment and Spatial Morphology (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Climatology. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Human Geography. ; Climate Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Research on Influencing Indicator mechanism of Thermal Environment -- Measurement and Simulation of Thermal Environment in Xinjiekou Area -- Coupling Analysis Between Spatial Morphology Units and Thermal Environment in Xinjiekou Area -- Optimization Strategy of Thermal Environment -- Sample Analysis of Thermal Environment in Urban Planning and Design -- Conclusion and Expectation.
    Kurzfassung: A major objective of this monograph is to identify the impact of thermal environment on urban center district. It provides in-depth evaluation and research on the correlation between urban spatial morphology indicator and urban thermal environment. In addition, the distribution characteristics of thermal environment and urban morphology units sample are also evaluated intensively. Furthermore, it analyses from three aspects of urban planning, architecture and landscape respectively and includes 35 concrete measures that could be brought into practice on reducing negative impact of urban thermal environment. Through 500 vivid figures, graphs and diagrams it illustrates the relationship between urban morphology and urban thermal environment. The analysis software employed by the author includes Ecotect, ENVI-met and Ray-man. It intertwines the quantitative research of both thermal environment and urban morphology through in-depth analysis and urban microclimate simulation. It makes a valuable contribution for the research on urban environment and urban morphology.
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    Seiten: XXI, 229 p. 340 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811397066
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9706-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9706-6
    DDC: 330.9
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    Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 : Study and Transcription of the Long Legends (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Geographic information systems. ; World history. ; Cultural property. ; Europe History. ; Human Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; World History, Global and Transnational History. ; Cultural Heritage. ; European History.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction to the Carta marina -- 2. Transcription, Translation, and Study of the Legends -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can’t be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller’s radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography. .
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    Seiten: VII, 150 p. 55 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030227036
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22703-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22703-6
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    Framing in Sustainability Science : Theoretical and Practical Approaches (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Economic development. ; Environmental education. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Conservation Biology. ; Development Studies. ; Environmental and Sustainability Education.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1 Theoretical Approaches/ Theoretical Approaches to sustainability issues -- Theoretical and methodological pluralism in sustainability science -- Approaches for framing sustainability challenges: experiences from Swedish sustainability science education -- Part 2 Practical Approaches / Practical Approaches to sustainability issues -- The value of grey -- Framing in place making when envisioning a sustainable rural community in the time of aging and shrinking societies in Japan -- Role of Framing in sustainability science: The case of Minamata disease -- Time scales in framing disaster risk reduction in sustainability -- Food security framing and poverty alleviation -- Part 3 Conclusion/ Epilogue -- Linking framing to actions for sustainability.
    Kurzfassung: This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to “frame” sustainability challenges. It defines “framing” in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining problems. The chapters are grouped into two sections: a conceptual section and a case section. The conceptual section introduces readers to theories and concepts that can be used to achieve multiple understandings of sustainability; in turn, the case section highlights different ways of comprehending sustainability for researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders. The book offers diverse illustrations of what sustainability concepts entail, both conceptually and empirically, and will help readers become aware of the implicit framings in sustainability-related discourses. In the extant literature, sustainability challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, and rapid urbanization have largely been treated as “pre-set,” fixed topics, while possible solutions have been discussed intensively. In contrast, this book examines the framings applied to the sustainability challenges themselves, and illustrates the road that led us to the current sustainability discourse.
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    Seiten: VIII, 196 p. 65 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811390616
    Serie: Science for Sustainable Societies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9061-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9061-6
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    External Interventions for Disaster Risk Reduction : Impacts on Local Communities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Natural disasters. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Human geography. ; Climatology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Human Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: External Interventions for Enhancing Community Resilience: An Overview of Planning Paradigms -- Lessons Learned from Interventions of External Organizations in Disaster Management: A Case Study of Floods in Kalutara, Sri Lanka -- Dependency on External Supports: An Addition to Community Vulnerability -- Sustainable Development through Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Unique Example in Sri Lanka -- Local Community Engagement for Adaptation to Future Challenges in The Pilot Flood Detention Area of Thailand -- Traditional Practices, Communities’ Aspirations, and Reconstructed End Products: Analyzing the Post-Sidr Reconstruction in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Designing Spaces with Victims of Humanitarian Crisis: Action Research on Spaces for Children at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh -- Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards A New Normal -- Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards A New Normal -- Rethinking Roles of Local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGO) in Managing Disaster Risks in Historic Neighborhoods: Experiences from the City of Lagos, Nigeria -- A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions across Four Cities -- Adaptation and Development for Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Extremes -- Public and Private Sector Interventions in Post-Disaster Resettlement: A Case Study of Model Villages in Pakistan -- Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Training Programs: Views and Voices from Barisal Division, a Coastal Region in Bangladesh -- To ‘Float’ or ‘Not’: Cases of Amphibious Housing and Their Impacts on Vulnerable Communities of Jamaica.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents a case study-based analysis of the consequences of external interventions, critically evaluating them from community perspectives. Communities – from rural to urban, and around the world – that are experiencing disasters and changes in climatic variables can perceive the associated risks and evaluate the impacts of interventions. Accordingly, community perspectives, including their perceptions, concerns, awareness, realizations, reactions and expectations, represent a valuable resource. The case-based analysis of impacts on communities can provide a ‘means of learning’ from the experiences of others, thus expanding professionals’ knowledge base, especially regarding disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation practices in varied settings. This book offers valuable insights and lessons learned, in an effort to promote and guide innovative changes in the current planning, management and governance of human settlements, helping them face the future challenges of a changing environment. .
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    Seiten: XX, 296 p. 65 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811549489
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4948-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4948-9
    DDC: 551
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    Sustainable Urbanism in Digital Transitions : From Low Carbon to Smart Sustainable Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainable architecture. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Application software. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Low Carbon Cities -- Chapter 3. Energy-Based Transitions -- Chapter 4. Becoming Smart -- Chapter 5. Sociotechnical Issues -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: This book examines how contemporary urbanism is influenced by digital and low carbon transitions. From its infancy at the scale of individual buildings, a focus on ‘green’ agenda, energy, and resource efficiency has fostered research and policies for low carbon cities, eco-cities, and increasingly intelligent and smarter urban systems. Cities around the world are getting ‘smarter’ as more advanced technology is integrated into urban planning and design. People are relying more on digital and information and communication technology (ICT) in their daily lives, while cities are adopting more digital technology to monitor and gather information about people and their environment. This leads to Big Data collection, which is used to inform governance and improve urban performance. These transformations, however, raise critical questions, including whether emerging smart sustainable cities are too technocratic, but also with regard to citizen involvement. This brief addresses these important contemporary concerns through a review of literature and existing urban strategies. It should be of interest to everyone involved in advancing sustainable cities and smart cities. It should also be a relevant read for students and researchers in this area.
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    Seiten: IX, 65 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030259471
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25947-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25947-1
    DDC: 720.47
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    The Geography of Spain : A Complete Synthesis (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Regional Geography. ; Regional Cultural Studies. ; Human Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Chapter 1. The art and science of describing a country -- Chapter 2. Spain: a privileged land, strong in its diversity -- Chapter 3. General data about Spain -- Part I: Natural Factors -- Chapter 4. The relief: a mountainous country -- Chapter 5. Underwater Spain: the hidden country -- Chapter 6. The geological history: a unique event -- Chapter 7. Lithology: the fourfold scheme -- Chapter 8. Climates: a North-South gradient -- Chapter 9. The fresh waters: a precious but scarce resource -- Chapter 10. The tree cover: the remains of green Spain -- Chapter 11. Biodiversity: a lively country -- Chapter 12. Natural risks and hazards -- Part II: Anthropic Components -- Chapter 13. The history on the territory -- Chapter 14. The state and the institutions: solid ground -- Chapter 15. The state and the institutions: solid ground -- Chapter 16. Population: sudden ongoing changes -- Chapter 17. Society: inclusive and progressive -- Chapter 18. Infrastructures: an efficient network -- Chapter 19. Economy: a services-based specialization -- Chapter 20. Trade: foods, cars and machinery -- Chapter 21. Primary sector: a new countryside -- Chapter 22. Industry: the importance of food -- Chapter 23. Tourism: the key player -- Chapter 24. Heritage: a treasure chest -- Chapter 25. Education: a high-quality system -- Chapter 26. Science and technology: below potential -- Chapter 27. Domestic politics: new scenarios -- Chapter 28. Geopolitics: waning influence -- Part III: A comprehensive synthesis -- Chapter 29. Strategic analysis: a SWOT approach -- Chapter 30. Verifying the hypothesis: the uniqueness of Spain -- Chapter 31. Conclusion and outlook: a bright future for a great country -- Appendixes -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: This book is the latest and most comprehensive reference to the regional geography of Spain, taking into account emergent issues such as biodiversity, climate change and nationalism. It appeals to scientists as well as to students and instructors and all fields of geography, regional, environmental and cultural studies, and business related disciplines. It covers the whole range of topics from the physical to the human geography of Spain and provides detailed insights into all 17 autonomous communities. Dozens of GIS maps and hundreds of photographs and images including remote sensing imagery make this volume a must have for every geography department.
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    Seiten: LIII, 488 p. 514 illus., 508 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030189075
    Serie: World Regional Geography Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18907-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18907-5
    DDC: 910.021
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    Human Geoscience (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Natural disasters. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Human geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Sociology.
    Kurzfassung: This book is a product of the joint efforts of interdisciplinary academic fields under the integrative framework of human geoscience. Human geoscience is a new genre of geoscience concerned with the natural phenomena that occur on the surface of the Earth and their relations with human activities. It therefore has connections with many fields of geoscience, namely, physical geography, geomorphology, geology, soil science, sedimentology, seismology, volcanology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and hydrology. It also has strong links to the humanities, social sciences, agricultural sciences, and engineering related to disaster prevention or mitigation. All these disciplines are important fields for understanding disasters and global environmental problems and for evaluating the associated risks comprehensively, then proposing mitigation strategies. The volume is designed for those who may not necessarily have a geoscience background but have broad scientific interest in understanding the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of geo-disasters and global environmental problems and wish to make the world more sustainable on that basis. The book consists of six parts: I. Introduction, II. Earth Surface Realms, III. Natural Resources and Society, IV. Natural Hazards and Society, V. Global Environmental Problems, and VI. Global Sustainability Programmes and Human Geoscience, which discusses the contribution of this field of science to a new comprehensive framework for global sustainability.
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    Seiten: XII, 339 p. 142 illus., 105 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813292246
    Serie: Advances in Geological Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6
    DDC: 550
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    Nature Driven Urbanism (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Landscape ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Environmental management. ; Human Geography. ; Conservation Biology. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Environmental Management.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Nature-Driven Urbanism -- 2. Contrast, Contact, Contract; Pathways to pacify urbanization and natural processes -- 3. Temporary Nature - a win-win for nature and developers: tinkering with the law in order to combat biodiversity loss -- 4. Stepping-stone city: process-oriented infrastructures to aid forest migration in a changing climate -- 5. Landscape first! Nature-based design for Sydney’s third city -- 6. From urban green structure to tidal river in Rotterdam: testing grounds for Urban Ecology -- 7. From Urban Acupuncture to the Third Generation City. -- 8. Urbanism on water and ecology: the early example of Westerpark, Breda -- 9. Blue design for urban resilience in drylands: the case of Qatar -- 10. South Creek in Far Western Sydney: Opportunities for a new waterway focused city -- 11. Nature-inclusive Cities: Concepts and Considerations -- 12. Exploring new urban futures through Sydney’s hidden grids -- 13. A bold Vision for Sydney’s future -- 14. A contemporary approach to the design of road transport infrastructure in balance with the landscape -- 15. Bio-inspiration: merging nature and technology -- 16. The Future of Nature-driven Urbanism .
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses the way that a nature-driven approach to urbanism can be applied at each of the urban scales; architectural design, urban design of neighborhoods, city planning and landscape architecture, and at the city and regional scales. At all levels nature-driven approaches to design and planning add to the quality of the built structure and furthermore to the quality of life experienced by people living in these environments. To include nature and greening to built structures is a good starting point and can add much value. The chapter authors have fiducia in giving nature a fundamental role as an integrated network in city design, or to make nature the entrance point of the design process, and base the design on the needs and qualities of nature itself. The highest existence of nature is a permanent ecosystem which endures stressors and circumstances for a prolonged period. In an urban context this is not always possible and temporality is an interesting concept explored when nature is not a permanent feature. The ecological contribution to the environment, and indirect dispersion of species, from a temporary location will, overall add biodiversity to the entire system. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030267179
    Serie: Contemporary Urban Design Thinking,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26717-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26717-9
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    Smart Living for Smart Cities : Community Study, Ways and Means (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Telecommunication. ; Human geography. ; Application software. ; Sustainability. ; Urban economics. ; Physical geography. ; Communications Engineering, Networks. ; Human Geography. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Economics. ; Physical Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Smart Living for Smart Cities -- Part 2: Community studies.-Chapter 2: Urban Transformation for Sustainable Growth and Smart Living: The Case of the Atlanta BeltLine -- Part 3: Ways and means -- Chapter 3: Exploring Livability in the era of Smart City: A case of Bhopal -- Chapter 4: Using Geospatial intelligence for smart living: Case study-Delhi -- Chapter 5: Smart Landscape Architecture for Smart Living: Dubai -- Part 4: Conclusion -- Chapter 6: International Collaborative Research Smart Living for Smart Cities and Conclusions of city studies.
    Kurzfassung: This book, based on extensive international collaborative research, highlights the state-of-the-art design of smart living for metropolises, megacities, and metacities, as well as at the community and neighbourhood level. Smart living is one of six main components of smart cities, the others being smart people, smart economy, smart environment, smart mobility and smart governance. Smart living in any smart city can only be designed and implemented with active roles for smart people and smart city government, and as a joint effort combining e-Democracy, e-Governance and ICT-IoT systems. In addition to using information and communication technologies, the Internet of Things, Internet of Governance (e-Governance) and Internet of People (e-Democracy), the design of smart living utilizes various domain-specific tools to achieve coordinated, effective and efficient management, development, and conservation, and to improve ecological, social, biophysical, psychological and economic well-being in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of development ecosystems and stakeholders. This book presents case studies covering more than 10 cities and centred on domain-specific smart living components. The book is issued in two volumes and this volume focus on community studies and ways and means.
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    Seiten: XVI, 222 p. 90 illus., 81 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811546037
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4603-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4603-7
    DDC: 621.382
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    Mapping the Risk of Flood, Mass Movement and Local Subsidence : A New Proposal for Major Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Natural disasters. ; Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1.Identifying and mapping flood risk in urban areas -- 2.Identifying and mapping the risk of rockfall and landslide on roads and urban areas -- 3.Identifying and mapping the risk of local subsidence.
    Kurzfassung: This book proposes a methodology for the identification of flooding in urban areas, by the denomination of 1) urban hydrographic basin; and 2) polygon of flood risk. This work will enable readers to elaborate a preventive program in Latin America and analogous regions. The authorities could use it as a basis to create urban planning strategies or preventive programs to reduce or eliminate the flooding hazard. The growth of an urban area implies that the natural terrain is covered by an asphalt folder, which results in an Urban Hydrographic Basin where rainwater drains down its streets filtering through sewers towards rainwater drains or wastewater. Initially, the drainages are calculated according to the population in a specific urban area, however, the population growth causes the growth of the urban area, where the old drainages and new roads are linked, causing their saturation and chaos. More water runs down the streets and is accumulated in the lower areas, causing flooding.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030224721
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22472-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22472-1
    DDC: 551
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    New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific : Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Political science. ; Sustainability. ; Economic geography. ; Cultural property. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: An Overview -- New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities -- Part II: Urban Planning and Policy -- Integrating Urban-Rural Development (IURD) through Governance Programmes in China's Megacities: The Suzhou Model -- Urban Policies in Neo-Liberal India -- The Changing Role of Regional Organisation of Councils in Australia: Case Studies from Perth Metropolitan Region -- Issues in Urban Planning and Policy: The Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan -- Urban Governance Challenges and Reforms in Indonesia: Towards a New Urban Agenda -- Part III: Innovations in Service Delivery and Access for Social Inclusion -- Financing Local Infrastructure and Public Services: Case of Shaxi Town in Suburban Suzhou, China -- Urban Governance in Australia: A Case Study of Brisbane City -- Urban Service Delivery and Access: The Special Case of Brunei Darussalam -- Comprehensive Management for Better Rural Infrastructure and Service Delivery: Lessons from the Implementation of China’s Six Point Rural Action Plan in Guizhou Province -- The Political Economy of Urban Governance in Asian Cities: Delivering Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Services -- From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Understanding, Capacity, and Will to Change Local Government Practices -- Part IV: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories -- Towards Inclusive Urban Governance and Planning: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories.
    Kurzfassung: This book explores significant aspects of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region, and presents, from different contexts and perspectives, innovative interventions afoot for transforming the governance of 21st-century cities in two key areas: (i) urban planning and policy; and (ii) service delivery and social inclusion. Representing institutions across a wide geography, academic researchers and development practitioners from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America have authored the chapters that lend the volume its distinctly diverse topical foci. Based on a wide range of cases and intriguing experiences, this collection is a uniquely valuable resource for everyone interested in the present and future of cities and urban regions in Asia-Pacific.
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    Seiten: XXII, 384 p. 143 illus., 139 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811367090
    Serie: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6709-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6709-0
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    Emotion and the Contemporary Museum : Development of a Geographically-Informed Approach to Visitor Evaluation (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Social sciences. ; Humanities. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 Museology, Cultural Geography, and Non-Representational -- Chapter 2 Exhibiting with Emotion -- Chapter 3 The Museo Laboratorio Della Mente -- Chapter 4 WWI: Love and Sorrow Exhibition -- Chapter 5 Conclusion.
    Kurzfassung: This book outlines a geographically-informed method of evaluating the emotional impact of museum exhibits. The authors have personally developed the method they describe over several years of working with the Museo Laboratorio della Mente in Rome and the Melbourne Museum in Australia. Informed by non-representational theories in cultural geography, this book offers solutions to museum staff for how they might evaluate aspects of visitor experience, such as emotions and embodied experience, which can be very difficult to assess using conventional approaches.
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    Seiten: XI, 92 p. 25 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811388835
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8883-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8883-5
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    Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Environment. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Renewable Energy. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Urban Ecology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Sustainability.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Design and Plan for Smart and Sustainable Cities -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Towards integration of smart and sustainable cities -- Part II: The Resilient City -- Chapter 3 Resilient spatial planning for drought-flood coexistence (dfc): outlook towards smart cities -- Chapter 4 Globalization and transformations of the city of Sydney -- Chapter 5 Post-earthquake recovery in Nepal -- Chapter 6 Analyzing the potential of land use transformation in the urban structuring and transformation axes in São Paulo: a case study in the Belenzinho neighbourhood -- Part III: Urbanity -- Chapter 7 Implementing a new human settlement theory: strategic planning for a network of circular economy innovation hubs -- Chapter 8 Density and quality of life in Mashhad, Iran -- Chapter 9 Deep renovation in sustainable cities: zero energy, zero urban sprawl at zero costs in the abracadabra strategy -- Part IV: Smart Cities -- Chapter 10 Application of fuzzy AHP for ranking and selection of innovation in infrastructure project management -- Chapter 11 The role of smart city initiatives in driving partnerships: a case study of the Smart Social Spaces Project, Sydney Australia -- Chapter 12 Enabling smart participatory local government -- Chapter 13 Data management using computational building information modeling for building envelope retrofitting -- Part V: Urban Ecology -- Chapter 14 Australia’s urban biodiversity: how is adaptive governance influencing land-use policy? -- Chapter 15 Mapping the permeability of urban landscapes as stepping stones for forest migration -- Chapter 16 Contemporary urban biotopes: lessons learned from four recent European urban design plans -- Chapter 17 The influence of landscape architecture on landscape construction health and safety -- Part VI: Space and Place -- Chapter 18 A multi-criteria decision analysis based framework to evaluate public space quality -- Chapter 19 Factors influencing urban open space encroachment: the case of Bloemfontein, South Africa -- Chapter 20 Urban agricultural practices in the megacities of Dhaka and Mumbai -- Chapter 21 Re-imagining Urban Leftover Spaces -- Chapter 22 A new model for place development – bringing together regenerative and placemaking processes -- Part VII: Inclusivity -- Chapter 23 Public participation: A sustainable legacy for Olympic Parks -- Chapter 24 Adaptation of “participatory method” in design “for/with/ by” the poor community in Tam Thanh, Quang Nam, Vietnam -- Chapter 25 Fifty years of inclusive transport building design -- Part VIII: Energy -- Chapter 26 The total cost of living in relation to energy efficiency upgrades in the Dutch, multi-residential building stock -- Chapter 27 Analysis of the energy-saving in the conference center atrium -- Chapter 28 Sharing urban renewable energy generation systems as private energy commons -- Chapter 29 Identifying bottlenecks in the photovoltaic systems innovation ecosystem – an initial study -- Chapter 30 A user-led approach to smart campus design at a university of technology -- Part XI: Comfort -- Chapter 31 Outdoor comfort in metro Manila: mitigating thermal stress in typical urban blocks by design -- Chapter 32 Markov logic network-based group activity recognition in smart buildings -- Chapter 33 Impacts of highly reflective building façade on the thermal and visual environment of an office building in Singapore -- Chapter 34 A field survey on thermal comfort of occupants and cold stress in CLT school buildings -- Part X: Green Building -- Chapter 35 Towards self-reliant development: capacity gap within the built environment of Mt. Elgon rural inhabitants -- Chapter 36 Mainstreaming real sustainability in architecture -- Chapter 37 Green buildings in Australia: explaining the difference of drivers in commercial and residential sector -- Part XI: Construction -- Chapter 38 Sustainable waste management practices during construction projects -- Chapter 39 Towards a circular economy in the built environment: an integral design framework for circular building components -- Chapter 40 Cradle to cradle building components via the cloud: a case study -- Chapter 41 Producing work-ready graduate for the construction industry -- Part XII: Performance -- Chapter 42 Tower blocks in different configurations - aspects of daylight and view -- Chapter 43 Assessing the lighting performance of an innovative core sunlighting system -- Chapter 44 Vertical light pipe potentiality for buildings in Surabaya, Indonesia -- Chapter 45 Energy efficiency of a high-rise office building in the Mediterranean climate with the use of different envelope scenarios.
    Kurzfassung: This book brings together the papers presented at the Smart and Sustainable Built Environments Conference, 2018 (SASBE). This latest research falls into two tracks: smart and sustainable design and planning cities; and the technicalities of smart and sustainable buildings. The growth of smart cities is evident, but not always linked to sustainability. This book gives an overview of the latest academic developments in increasing the smartness and sustainability of our cities and buildings. Aspects such as inclusivity, smart cities, place and space, the resilient city, urbanity and urban ecology are prominently featured in the design and planning part of the book; while energy, educational buildings, comfort, building design, construction and performance form the sub-themes of the technical part of the book. This book will appeal to urban designers, architects, urban planners, smart city designers and sustainable building experts.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030376352
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37635-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37635-2
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    Resilient Policies in Asian Cities : Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Environment. ; Climatology. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- PartI Perspectives -- Chapter 1 Policy model; Concept, framework and indicators for resilient policy -- Chapter 2 Assessment of city resilience using urban indicators in Japanese cities -- Chapter 3 Civic indicator: General Public’s Cognitive and Evaluation Structure of Policies for Making City Resilient -- Chapter 4 Civic indicator: The resilience index of regional communities to the risks of disasters -- Chapter 5 Administrative indicators in Japanese cities -- PartII Case studies -- Chapter 6 Application of the policy model in Sendai based on the experience of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action UNISDR/WCDRR public forum, 2015–2030 -- Chapter 7 Multi-criteria Evaluation of Local Energy Resilience -- Chapter 8 Enhancing Capacities for Building Climate and Disaster Resilient Cities in Asia: Case Study of Cebu, Philippines and Nonthaburi, Thailand -- Chapter 9 Strengthening urban resilience / disaster risk management in Asian cities -- Chapter 10 Knowledge Co-Production Processes for Building Disaster- resilience of Communities in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Baler, Aurora, Philippines -- PartIII Recommendations -- Chapter 11 “Covenant of Mayors Japan”: Regional Re-creation and Global Contributions Through Climate Policy and Energy Autonomy -- Chapter 12 Comprehensive lessons learned and the nest steps.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents a comprehensive framework and indicators that can be used to assess a city’s degree of resilience. Based on surveys using bottom-up assessment tools, it proposes the concept, framework and indicators of a resilient policy model (including some participatory approaches). It also presents case studies of this and similar tools applied to Japanese and Asian cities, the highlights including information not previously available in English. Today, the term “resilience” is prevalent in the context of sustainable societies. The IPCC AR5 published in 2014 again stressed the impact of climate change on natural disasters, while in March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations International Strategy of Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) published the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Action 2015-2030 , which serves as a guideline for local governments. Offering transdisciplinary perspectives from fields such as policy science, urban planning, environmental science, social psychology, management development and geography, this book discusses the lessons learned from Asian case studies, explaining the challenges and the effectiveness of the tools, and offering transdisciplinary insights for policymakers.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811386008
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8600-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8600-8
    DDC: 333.7
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    Violence in the Barrios of Caracas : Social Capital and the Political Economy of Venezuela (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Political science. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Economic development. ; Criminal behavior. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Political Science. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Development Studies. ; Criminal Behavior.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Theory Of Social Capital As A Moderator Of Urban Violence -- Chapter 3. High Connectedness Three Barrios Of Caracas: Empirical Findings On Social Network Density -- Chapter 4. Making Informal Social Control Happen: Empirical Findings On Collective Efficacy -- Chapter 5. Urban Security Policies And Their Effects On Collective Efficacy -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: Perverse Social Capital As A Cause Of High Violence In The Barrios Of Caracas.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents an overview of the problem of urban violence in Caracas, and specifically in its barrios. It helps situate readers familiar or not with Latin American in the context that is Caracas, Venezuela, a city displaying one of the world’s highest homicide rates. The book offers a qualitative comparison of the informal mechanisms of social control in three barrios of Caracas. This comprehensive analysis can help explain high homicide rates, while socio-economic conditions improved due to substantial oil windfalls in the twenty-first century. The author describes why informal social control was not effective in some barrios, and points to the role of some organizational arrangements in increasing the incentives to use violence, even under improving socio-economic conditions. The analysis addresses a gap in the literature on violence, which mainly posits high violence rates after economic downturns. Specifically, it investigates social capital's moderating effect between Caracas' political and economic structures and high violence rates. This book concludes that perverse social capital found in the barrios of Caracas helps explain high violence rates while socio-economic indicators improved until the early 2010s. Students and researchers interested in security studies or Latin America will benefit from this book because of its extensive theoretical discussions, use of primary sources, and unique multidisciplinary analysis of urban violence.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030229405
    Serie: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22940-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22940-5
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    Local Dynamics of Industrial Upgrading : The Case of the Pearl River Delta in China (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Regionalism. ; Globalization. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Regionalism. ; Globalization.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Unpacking the geography of industrial upgrading -- The interaction between strategic coupling and industrial upgrading: a framework -- Industrial upgrading and evolutionary strategic coupling in the Pearl River Delta -- Captive coupling in the electronics industry: relocation, localization and local upgrading -- Local upgrading in the apparel industry: from captive coupling to cooperative coupling -- Reciprocal coupling and industrial upgrading in the automotive industry: the balance of interplay -- The Geographies of Industrial Upgrading.
    Kurzfassung: This book examines industrial upgrading in China’s Pearl River Delta (PRD), with a specific focus on how strategic coupling impacts industrial upgrading from the perspective of relational economic geography. It shows that firms in the PRD have been struggling after serving as low-tier suppliers and subcontractors for transnational corporations for two decades, since the 1980s opening reform in China. Indigenous innovation and direct state support have fostered the success of a few firms, but not the majority. In response, many local firms are now taking advantage of the opportunities to be found in global production networks, which link the PRD with the global economy. This book elaborates on how these opportunities are embedded and identified in global production networks with regard to different types of strategic coupling. It not only renews the theory of strategic coupling in economic geography, but also demonstrates potential strategies that latecomer firms can pursue, and which can have major implications for many developing countries and regions. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811542978
    Serie: Economic Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4297-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4297-8
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    Smart Environment for Smart Cities (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Application software. ; Sustainability. ; Political science. ; Urban economics. ; Physical geography. ; Human Geography. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications. ; Sustainability. ; Political Science. ; Urban Economics. ; Physical Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Smart Environment for Smart Cities -- Smart Environment for Smart and sustainable Hong Kong -- Automation based smart environment resources management in smart building of smart city -- Smart Open spaces for Smart Chandigarh -- Smart environment through smart tools and technologies for urban green spaces -- A Solar Intensive Approach for Smart Environment Planning -- Smart Water Management for Smart Kozhikode Metropolitan Area -- Visualising Environmental Impact of Smart New Delhi -- Amidst the Governance Challenges in Environmental Management and Sustainable Urbanization in Surat -- Local government and technological innovation: Lessons from a case study of Yokohama Smart City Project -- Responsive Infrastructure and Service Provision Initiatives Framing Smart Environment Attainment in Nairobi -- Smart Dubai: Sensing Dubai Smart City for Smart Environment Management -- International Collaborative Research: “Smart Environment for Smart Cities” and Conclusions of Cities Case Studies.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses the design and practice of environmental resources management for smart cities. Presenting numerous city case studies, it focuses on one specific environmental resource in each city. Environmental resources are commonly owned properties that require active inputs from the government and the people, and in any smart city their management calls for a synchronous combination of e-democracy, e-governance and IOT (Internet of Things) systems in a 24/7 framework. Smart environmental resources management uses information and communication technologies, the Internet of Things, internet of governance (e-governance) and internet of people (e-democracy) along with conventional resource management tools to achieve coordinated, effective and efficient management, development, and conservation that equitably improves ecological and economic welfare, without compromising the sustainability of development ecosystems and stakeholders.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811368226
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    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6822-6
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    Himalaya on the Threshold of Change (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Natural disasters. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Natural Hazards.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Natural Aspects -- Chapter 1 -- Geography and Geology -- Chapter 2 -- The Climate of the Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 3 -- Glaciers of the Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 4 -- Water Resources and Change -- Chapter 5 -- Forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 6 -- Increasing Events of Disasters -- Chapter 7 -- Change in Culture and Customs -- Chapter 8 -- Population, Social and Economic Change -- Chapter 9 -- Migration and Agrarian Change -- Chapter 10 -- Sustainable Development under Changing Environment -- Chapter 11 -- Conclusions: Drivers of Change, Resilience and Adaptation -- Index.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of the changes that have been taking place in the Himalayas. It describes in detail all the aspects of change, both natural and cultural, along with their implications, and suggests policy measures to help mitigate them. The book is divided into two major sections – on natural changes and cultural changes – and 11 chapters: an introduction, six addressing changes that concern natural aspects, and four exploring cultural changes and presenting the book’s conclusions. The content is based on a study conducted using a participatory observation/empirical method. Time series data from secondary sources is also included, helping to analyze the various changes. The findings are presented in the form of color graphs, models, maps, photographs, and tables. The book offers a valuable resource for policymakers, and will prove equally useful for all other stakeholders, e.g. researchers, students and development agents. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030141806
    Serie: Advances in Global Change Research, 66
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6
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    China Danxia (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geomorphology. ; Geography. ; Geology. ; Landscape ecology. ; Human geography. ; Geomorphology. ; Regional Geography. ; Geology. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Basic questions on Danxia landform -- Identification of the Property -- Physical Geography -- Geological Structure -- Geomorphologic Features -- Biological Characteristic -- Natural Landscapes -- Human Activities -- Value of the Heritage -- Comparative analysis -- Conservation and forthputting -- Guizhou Chishui -- Fujian Taining -- Hunan Langshan -- Guangdong Danxiashan -- Jiangxi Longhushan -- Zhejiang Jianglangshan.
    Kurzfassung: This book presents the major research advances relating to Chinese Danxia landforms over the past 80 years. It covers geological setting, morphologic characteristics and evolution, biology and ecology, aesthetic value and earth science value, and briefly introduces the six heritage sites, enabling readers to gain a systematic understanding of Danxia landform theories and the China Danxia World Heritage sites.
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    Seiten: XIX, 391 p. 480 illus., 463 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811359590
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5959-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-5959-0
    DDC: 551.41
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    Land Use Transitions and Rural Restructuring in China (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Land Use Transitions -- Rural Restructuring -- Rural Restructuring Promoted by Land Use Transitions -- Reflections and Futures.
    Kurzfassung: Intended as a comprehensive guide to the study of land use and rural development, this book offers detailed descriptions of land use transitions and rural restructuring. To do so, it chiefly focuses on three main aspects, the first of which is the application of geographical perspectives in order to understand rural issues in connection with urbanization, industrialization, globalization and rural vitalization strategies in contemporary China. Secondly, it presents a rich blend of regional and national analyses; detailed explorations of local cases; and critical and theoretically informed discussions that address historical paths and future projections. Lastly, it adapts concepts derived from western literature to situations and experiences in rural China, and provides empirical evidence from an “insider” perspective. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers, and for graduate students / courses in geography and sociology. .
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    Seiten: XXIV, 563 p. 166 illus., 146 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811549243
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4924-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4924-3
    DDC: 304.2
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    The Geography of Central Asia : Human Adaptations, Natural Processes and Post-Soviet Transition (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geography. ; Human geography. ; Physical geography. ; Asia History. ; Regionalism. ; Cultural geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Asian History. ; Regionalism. ; Social and Cultural Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1. Premise: a land of extremes -- Chapter 2. The geographical setting and physical environment -- Chapter 3. Geo biology, botanic and biodiversity -- Chapter 4. Ecological base and environmental constraints -- Chapter 5. Modernization and correspondent ecological/ human ruptures -- Chapter 6. Environmental challenges in globalization and post-modern times -- Chapter 7. A historical periodization: from nature to early stages of human settlement, to classic age -- Chapter 8. Modern era and modernization processes until the soviet collapse -- Chapter 9. The geographical mosaic -- Chapter 10. From culture to material aspects -- Chapter 11. The material “container”: structural and infra-structural aspects -- Chapter 12. Economics, from micro to macro -- Chapter 13. Institutions and politics -- Chapter 14. Political geography and geopolitics -- Chapter 15. Final comments.
    Kurzfassung: This book provides a profound geographical description and analysis of Central Asia. The authors take a synthetic approach in a period of critical transformation in the post-soviet time. The monograph analyzes comprehensively the physical and human geography as well as human-nature interactions of Central Asia with focus on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Natural processes are described at a systemic scale, focusing on ecological impacts and consequences and contemporary human adaptations and organization. It also discusses in which ways the human organizations try to apply solutions for their needs such as security, territorial management and resources renewability, material and functional needs, identity elaborations, culture and communication. The Geography of Central Asia appeals to scientists and students of regional geography and interested academics from other areas such as social, political, economic and environmental studies within the context of Central Asia. The book is also a very useful resource for field trips into this area.
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    Seiten: XXXII, 358 p. 128 illus., 101 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030612665
    Serie: World Regional Geography Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61266-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61266-5
    DDC: 910.021
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    Mapping Empires: Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea : 7th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2018 (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Imperialism. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography. ; Imperialism and Colonialism.
    Kurzfassung: This book comprises 17 chapters derived from new research papers presented at the 7th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held in Oxford from 13 to 15 September 2018 and jointly organized by the ICA Commission on Topographic Mapping and the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. The overall conference theme was ‘Mapping Empires: Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea’. The book presents a breadth of original research undertaken by internationally recognized authors in the field of historical cartography and offers a significant contribution to the development of this growing field and to many interdisciplinary aspects of geography, history and the geographic information sciences. It is intended for researchers, teachers, postgraduate students, map librarians and archivists.
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    Seiten: X, 321 p. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030234478
    Serie: Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA),
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23447-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23447-8
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    Guidelines for Community Energy Planning (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainability. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part One Guideline for community energy planning compilation Establishing energy planning objectives -- Energy demand analysis and prediction -- Available energy resource assessment -- Integrated energy system optimization -- Cost-effectiveness analysis of planning proposal -- Implementation management and post-assessment -- Part Two Topical subject research Building energy consumption baseline -- Models for energy demand prediction -- Relationship between community morphology and energy consumption -- Integrated energy system optimization models for community energy plan -- Energy bus system design -- Fuel cell and its application in community energy system -- Policies for community energy -- Energy system optimization in urban renewal.
    Kurzfassung: This book systematically introduces readers to the operator method, which can be used in different stages of urban planning. Energy planning should ideally be accompanied by urban planning, ranging from comprehensive planning and detailed planning, to the design of individual construction projects. This book discusses a range of methods and models for defining energy planning objectives; analyzing and predicting energy demand; assessing available energy resources; optimizing integrated energy systems; analyzing the cost-effectiveness of proposals; implementation management; and post-assessment. Part one focuses on energy planning in different urban planning stages, while part two provides detailed discussions of key issues related to energy planning.
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    Seiten: XXI, 557 p. 254 illus., 193 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811396007
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9600-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9600-7
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    Recycle Based Organic Agriculture in a City (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Human geography. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Human Geography. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable Energy.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Status and Prospects of Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 2: Discharge and Recycling of Urban Wasted Biomass -- Chapter 3: Carbonization of Waste Biomass and Carbon Sequestration -- Chapter 4: Nutrient Recovery from Wasted Biomass using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies -- Chapter 5: Energy Production from Wasted Biomass -- Chapter 6: New Technologies to Implement Precise Management of Farming in a City -- Chapter 7: Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration in Urban Farmland -- Chapter 8: Cover Crop Farming System -- Chapter 9: Symbiotic Co-Existence of Paddy Field and Urban Ecosystem -- Chapter 10: Recycle-based Organic Agriculture in Japan and World.
    Kurzfassung: This book highlights the significance of urban agricultural production, the technologies and methods for supplying organic materials to the farmland, recovering plant nutrients and energy in cities, and systems for sustaining farmlands in order to produce agricultural crops and supply safe food to citizens. Focusing on the effective recycling of biomass waste generated in cities for use in organic farming, it discusses alternatives to traditional composting, such as carbonizing organic waste, which not only produces recyclable materials but also converts organic waste into energy. Recycling discarded organic matter appropriately and reusing it as both material and energy is the basis of new urban organic farming, and represents a major challenge for the next generation of urban agriculture. As such, the book presents advanced research findings to facilitate the implementation of safe, organic agricultural production with only a small environmental load.
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    Seiten: XVI, 240 p. 105 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813298729
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9872-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9872-9
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    Culture History and Convergent Evolution : Can We Detect Populations in Prehistory? (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Paleontology . ; Archaeology. ; Human geography. ; Evolution (Biology). ; Anthropology. ; Paleontology. ; Archaeology. ; Human Geography. ; Evolutionary Theory. ; Anthropology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1-Introduction: Into the tangled web of culture-history and convergent evolution -- Chapter 2-The unity of Acheulean culture. Chapter 3-Problems and pitfalls in understanding the Clactonian -- Chapter 4-Culture and convergence: The curious case of the Nubian Complex -- Chapter 5-Lithic variability and cultures in the East African Middle Stone Age -- Chapter 6-A matter of space and time: How frequent is convergence in lithic technology in the African archaeological record over the last 300 kyr? -- Chapter 7-Technology and function of Middle Stone Age points. Insights from a combined approach at Bushman Rock Shelter, South Africa -- Chapter 8-Raw material and regionalization in Stone Age East Africa -- Chapter 9-The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition: A long-term biocultural effect of anatomically modern human dispersal -- Chapter 10-Threading the weft, testing the warp: Population concepts and the European Upper Palaeolithic chronocultural framework -- Chapter 11-Communities of interaction: Tradition and learning in stone tool production through the lens of the Epipaleolithic of Kharaneh IV, Jordan -- Chapter 12-Toward a theory of the point -- Chapter 13-Learning strategies and population dynamics during the Pleistocene colonization of North America -- Chapter 14-Culture, environmental adaptation or specific problem solving? On convergence and innovation dynamics related to techniques used for stone heat treatment -- Chapter 15-Style, function and cultural transmission. .
    Kurzfassung: This volume brings together diverse contributions from leading archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, covering various spatial and temporal periods to distinguish convergent evolution from cultural transmission in order to see if we can discover ancient human populations. With a focus on lithic technology, the book analyzes ancient materials and cultures to systematically explore the theoretical and physical aspects of culture, convergence, and populations in human evolution and prehistory. The book will be of interest to academics, students and researchers in archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, and paleontology. The book begins by addressing early prehistory, discussing the convergent evolution of behaviors and the diverse ecological conditions driving the success of different evolutionary paths. Chapters discuss these topics and technology in the context of the Lower Paleolithic/Earlier Stone age and Middle Paleolithic/Middle Stone Age. The book then moves towards a focus on the prehistory of our species over the last 40,000 years. Topics covered include the human evolutionary and dispersal consequences of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in Western Eurasia. Readers will also learn about the cultural convergences, and divergences, that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene, such as the budding of human societies in the Americas. The book concludes by integrating these various perspectives and theories, and explores different methods of analysis to link technological developments and cultural convergence. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030461263
    Serie: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46126-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46126-3
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    Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sustainability. ; Geography. ; Human geography. ; Medical sciences. ; Education, Higher. ; Africa Economic conditions. ; Sustainability. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Health Sciences. ; Higher Education. ; African Economics.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Varieties of Knowledge Society and the SDGs -- Lifelong Learning and the SDGs -- China’s Economic Embrace of Africa in Comparative Perspective -- The AU’s African Governance Architecture and SDG 16: A critical analysis of intersections -- African Mining and the SDGs: From Vision to Reality? -- Minding the Gap? The Media and the Realization of the SDGs in Kenya -- The SDGs and Human In/Security in Africa: A Ghanaian Example -- SDG 17 and Ghana’s Development Agenda -- Research Data Management as a Strategic Imperative for SDGs Scientific Evidence -- Prioritising Health Systems to Achieve SDGs in Africa: A Review of Scientific Evidence -- Prioritising Women’s Mental Health for the Achievement of the SDGs in Africa -- Talent Management in South Africa: Women’s Experiences in Multinational Organisations -- Securing Inclusive Growth: Mentorship, Youth Employment and Employment Creation in Kenya -- The Challenge of Decent Work in Africa -- Upscaling Agriculture and Food Security in Africa in Pursuit of SDG 1, 2 & 8: What Role Does China Play?
    Kurzfassung: The book draws upon the expertise and international research collaborations forged by the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group to critically engage with the intersection, in theory and practice, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s development agendas and needs. Further, it argues that – and demonstrates how – the SDGs should be understood as an aspirational blueprint for development with multiple meanings that are situated in dynamic and contested terrains. As the SDGs have substantial implications for development policy and resourcing at both the macro and micro levels, their relevance is not only context-specific but should also be assessed in terms of the aspirations and needs of ordinary citizens across the continent. Drawing on analyses and evidence from both the natural and social sciences, the book demonstrates that progress towards the SDGs must meet demands for improving human well-being under diverse and challenging socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. Examples include those from the mining industry, public health, employment and the media. In closing, it highlights how international collaboration in the form of research networks can enhance the production of critical knowledge on and engagement with the SDGs in Africa.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030148577
    Serie: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14857-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14857-7
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    Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage : Past, Present and Future (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Cultural property. ; Engineering design. ; Human Geography. ; Water. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Engineering Design.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: Connecting Water and Heritage for the Future -- PART I: Drinking Water -- Silent and Unseen: Stewardship of Water Infrastructural Heritage -- The Qanat System: A Reflection on the Heritage of the Extraction of Hidden Waters -- Studying Ancient Water Management in Monte Albán, Mexico, to Solve Water Issues, Improve Urban Living, and Protect Heritage in the Present -- Thirsty Cities: Learning from Dutch Water Supply Heritage -- PART II: Agricultural Water -- Water Meadows as European Agricultural Heritage -- Holler Colonies and the Altes Land: A vivid example of the importance of European intangible and tangible heritage -- Archaic Water: the role of a legend in constructing the water management heritage of Sanbonkihara, Japan -- How Citizens Reshaped a Plan for an Aerotropolis and Preserved the Water Heritage System of the Taoyuan Tableland -- PART III: Land Reclamation and Defense -- Reassessing Heritage: Contradiction and Discrepancy between Fishery and Agriculture in planning the Hachirogata Polder and its Surrounding Lagoon in Mid-20th Century Japan -- The Noordoostpolder: A landscape planning perspective on the preservation and development of 20th century polder landscapes in the Netherlands -- Europolders A European program on polder landscape, heritage, and innovation -- Hold the Line: The transformation of the New Dutch Waterline and the Future Possibilities of Heritage River and Coastal Planning -- PART IV: River and Coastal Planning -- ‘Absent-present’ heritage: the cultural heritage of dwelling on the Changjian (Yangtze) River -- Neglected and undervalued cultural heritage: Waterfronts and riverbanks of Alblasserwaard, the Netherlands -- Room for the River: Trend, Break, or Tradition? The Case of the Noordwaard -- Heritage in European Coastal Landscapes – Four Reasons for Interregional Knowledge Exchange -- PART V: Port Cities and Waterfronts -- The Impact of Planning Reform on Water-related Heritage Values and on Recalling Collective Maritime Identity of Port Cities: The Case of Rotterdam -- From HERITAGE to HERITAJE: How economic path dependencies in the Caribbean cruise destinations are distorting the uses of heritage architecture and urban form -- Using Heritage to Develop Sustainable Port-City Relationships: Lisbon’s shift from Object-based to Landscape Approaches -- Towards A Cultural Heritage of Adaptation: A plea to embrace the heritage of a culture of risk, vulnerability and adaptation. .
    Kurzfassung: This Open Access book, building on research initiated by scholars from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development (CHGD) and ICOMOS Netherlands, presents multidisciplinary research that connects water to heritage. Through twenty-one chapters it explores landscapes, cities, engineering structures and buildings from around the world. It describes how people have actively shaped the course, form and function of water for human settlement and the development of civilizations, establishing socio-economic structures, policies and cultures; a rich world of narratives, laws and practices; and an extensive network of infrastructure, buildings and urban form. The book is organized in five thematic sections that link practices of the past to the design of the present and visions of the future: part I discusses drinking water management; part II addresses water use in agriculture; part III explores water management for land reclamation and defense; part IV examines river and coastal planning; and part V focuses on port cities and waterfront regeneration. Today, the many complex systems of the past are necessarily the basis for new systems that both preserve the past and manage water today: policy makers and designers can work together to recognize and build on the traditional knowledge and skills that old structure embody. This book argues that there is a need for a common agenda and an integrated policy that addresses the preservation, transformation and adaptive reuse of historic water-related structures. Throughout, it imagines how such efforts will help us develop sustainable futures for cities, landscapes and bodies of water. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030002688
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00268-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00268-8
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    Shaping Regional Futures : Designing and Visioning in Governance Rescaling (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Political science. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: The Terms of Reference -- Regional Designing and Visioning in Governance Rescaling: Between Soft and Hard Spaces for Planning -- The Institutionalisation of a Creative Practice: Changing Roles of Regional Design in Dutch National Planning -- The Transformative Capacity of Regional Design -- How Regional Designing and Spatial Planning are Entangled -- Part II: Governance Rescaling Across Europe -- Governance Rescaling and Strategic Planning in England: Provoking Debate by Means of Spatial Plans.
    Kurzfassung: This book discusses the role of regional design and visioning in the formation of regional territorial governance to offer a better understanding of (1) how a recognition of spatial dynamics and the visualization of spatial futures informs, and is informed by, planning frameworks and (2) how such design processes inform co-operation and collaboration on planning in metropolitan regions. It gathers theoretical reflections on these topics, and illustrates them by means of practical experiences in several European countries. Innovatively associating ideas with knowledge, it appeals to anyone with an interest in planning experiments in a post-regulative era. It aims at an increased understanding of how practices, engaged with the imagination of possible futures, support the creation of institutional capacity for strategic spatial planning at regional scales. When we hear terms such as city, city-region or region we rarely pay attention to the role of imagination in the formation, preservation and decline of these spatial imaginaries. Yet, imagination, as socio-cognitive function of our minds, enables us to generate images of a world that is no longer, or not yet, real; and of places that are not perceivable with our senses. This book presents a promising way forward for a deeper understanding of design as an imaginative and creative practice and its role in spatial planning and rescaling of governance. The book provides an excellent and diverse range of case studies from across Europe to show how the interrelationships between design, visioning, planning and governing are unfolded in practice. Professor Simin Davoudi, Director of Global Urban Research Unit (GURU), Newcastle University, UK.
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030235734
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23573-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23573-4
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    Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes : Best Practices and Perspectives Across Europe and the Middle East (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Geographic information systems. ; Cultural property. ; Cultural policy. ; Archaeology. ; Human geography. ; Technology Sociological aspects. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Cultural Policy and Politics. ; Archaeology. ; Human Geography. ; Science, Technology and Society.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PART I. POLICY PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 1. Opportunities by the Copernicus Program for Archaeological Research and World Heritage Site Conservation -- CHAPTER 2. Recent Destructions in Palmyra/Syria, Looting and Illegal Antiquities Trade -- PART II. ADVANCEMENTS IN THEORY -- CHAPTER 3. Recent Destructions in Palmyra/Syria, Looting and Illegal Antiquities Trade -- CHAPTER 4. Automatic Change Detection From High Resolution Satellite Imagery -- CHAPTER 5. SAR for Archaeological Prospection in Europe and in the Middle East -- CHAPTER 6. Dense Surface Models from Airborne and Spaceborne (Multi-)Stereo Images -- PART III. ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES -- CHAPTER 7. Active Satellite Sensors in Cultural Heritage Research: The Use of SAR for Archaeological Prospection -- CHAPTER 8. Archaeological looting feature extraction by Satellite Remote Sensing: Approach and application in Syria -- CHAPTER 9. Identification of buildings damaged by natural hazards using very high resolution satellite images: The case of earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy -- CHAPTER 10. Remote Sensing Roman and Byzantine Eastern Frontier Zone in Landscape: Case Studies from Syria and Turkey -- CHAPTER 11. Archaeological landscapes and built heritage: Climate risk and contribution of RS Technologies -- CHAPTER 12. Interpreting archaeological features on the Wieprza River floodplain, West Pomerania, Poland -- CHAPTER 13. Towards Early Warning for Damages to Cultural Heritage Sites: the Case of Palmyra -- CHAPTER 14. The Use Of UAVs for Cultural Heritage and Archaeology -- PART IV. ADDED VALUE OF IN-SITU DATA -- CHAPTER 15. Remote Sensing Work in Palmyra/Syria -- CHAPTER 16. Monitoring Cultural Heritage Sites Affected by Geo-Hazards Using In-Situ and SAR Data: The Choirokoitia Case Study. .
    Kurzfassung: This book investigates the added value that satellite technologies and remote sensing could provide for a more sustainable mapping, monitoring and management of heritage sites, be it for purposes of regular maintenance or for risk mitigation in case of natural or man-caused hazards. One of the major goals of this book is to provide a clear overview on policy perspectives, regarding both space policy as well as heritage policy, and to provide possible suggestions for common ground of these two fields, in Europe and around the world. Readers will develop a good understanding of cutting-edge applications of remote sensing and geographic information science, and the challenges that affect heritage maintenance and protection. Particular attention is given to Earth observation and remote sensing techniques applied in different locations. This book brings together innovative technologies, concrete applications and policy perspectives that can lead to a more complete vision of cultural heritage as a resource for future development of our society as a whole. .
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    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030109790
    Serie: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10979-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10979-0
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    The Centre of City: Wind Environment and Spatial Morphology (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Human Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Simulation Method and Evaluation strategy of Wind Environment -- Spatial Distribution Characteristic and evaluation of Wind Environment in Xinjiekou Area -- Coupling Analysis Between Spatial Morphology Indicator and Wind Environment -- Coupling Analysis Between Spatial Morphology Units and Wind Environment in Xinjiekou Area -- Optimization Strategy of Wind Environment -- Optimization Design Practice Project of Wind Environment. .
    Kurzfassung: This book focuses on the urban wind environment of urban center district. Through urban spatial morphology and urban space units it provides in-depth evaluation and research on the correlation between urban spatial morphology indicator and urban wind environment. Based on urban spatial morphology indicators, such as building density, FAR, average building height and wind environment parameter, it conducts quantitative analysis and statistic evaluation to acquire the influence relationship between urban planning indicators and wind speed. In addition, based on the 13 typical urban morphology units it also analyses the different situation of wind environment. Finally it provides the optimized strategies on urban planning, architecture and landscape. It intertwines the quantitative research between wind environment and urban morphology through in-depth analysis and urban microclimate simulation. It makes a valuable contribution for the research on urban environment and urban morphology.
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    Seiten: XXI, 212 p. 135 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811396908
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9690-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9690-8
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    Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads : A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Cultural property. ; Natural disasters. ; Political sociology. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Natural Hazards. ; Political Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Part I: Urban Heritage and Cultural Identity -- Public Open Spaces in Bahrain: Connecting Migrants and Urban Heritage in a Transcultural City -- Paradise Extended; Re-examining the Cultural Anchors of the Historic Pleasure Avenues -- Landscape Architecture Significance in Restoration Historical Areas, Old “Muharak” City, Bahrain -- Part II: Governing Urban Heritage -- The Rise of the Facilitation Approach in Tackling Neighbourhood Decline in Tehran.
    Kurzfassung: This book examines examples of contemporary situation of historic regions in the Middle East and its broader geographic context connected to the historic trade routes, offering cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives. The region is home to ancient settlements and early human endeavors to form cities, and across the region historic urban historic features, such as ancient city centers, still exist alongside contemporary ones. Many of those historic regions are along the Silk Roads. However, the urban continuity that once existed over generations in the physical and social paradigm have been interrupted by rapid urbanization, globalization and urban economic pressures, in addition to conflicts and frequent destructive natural hazards. It is often the case that dealing with such pressing issues in a historic city is more complex than dealing with those in newly built cities and urban areas. Based on carefully selected and updated papers from the Silk Cities 2017 International Conference, this book appeals to researches, practitioners and policy makers.
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    Seiten: XIII, 268 p. 129 illus., 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030227623
    Serie: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3
    DDC: 307.76
    Sprache: Englisch
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    The Geohistorical Approach : Methods and Applications (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Geology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Physical geography. ; Geomorphology. ; Human Geography. ; Geology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Physical Geography. ; Geomorphology.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies -- Chapter 3. Modern Maps -- Chapter 4. Historical Maps -- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts -- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS) -- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing -- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives -- Chapter 9. Other Methods -- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain. .
    Kurzfassung: This book gives a comprehensive view of the strengths and limits of the interdisciplinary methods that work together to form the geohistorical approach to geographical and geological sciences. The geohistorical approach can be synthetically defined as a multi- and interdisciplinary approach that uses techniques and perspectives, mainly from geography, history, and natural sciences, to examine topics that inform the space-time knowledge of environment, territory, and landscape. The boundary between the application of physical and human science methods is large and hazy. This volume exists at this boundary and offers an approach that utilizes both historical data (from both physical and human records) and GIScience (e.g. GIS, cartography, GPS, remote sensing) to investigate the evolution of the environment, territory and landscape through both space and time. The first objective of this volume is to define the term geohistorical approach. An entire chapter focuses on a review of the main disciplines that connect geography and history, a review of the terms environment, territory, and landscape as objects of study of this approach, and the definition and importance of the geohistorical approach. The second goal is to describe the methods used in the geohistorical approach. Eight chapters present the key methods also using examples of applications from the international context, offering an awareness of the potentials, limitations and accuracy of each method, with particular focus on the integration of methods. The third goal is to provide case studies to demonstrate the use and integration of geohistorical methods from both original material and published research. A final chapter is dedicated to an interdisciplinary case study from the Venetian Plain (Italy), providing an example of the integration of almost all methods described in the book.
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    Seiten: XIX, 348 p. 160 illus., 135 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030424398
    Serie: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42439-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42439-8
    DDC: 304.2
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    Pathways to Demographic Adaptation : Perspectives on Policy and Planning in Depopulating Areas in Northern Europe (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Social policy. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Social Policy.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A Policy Perspective on Shrinkage -- Chapter3. Rural shrinkage in a Nordic Welfare State -- Chapter4. Policy implications of rural depopulation -- Chapter5. Why do they fail? -- Chapter6. Arguments for a local adaptation policy.
    Kurzfassung: This book builds on case studies in depopulating and shrinking areas in Northern Europe. While most contemporary literature on shrinkage focuses on these issues from a planning standpoint, this book uniquely applies a policy perspective when approaching the material. The book assesses the potential of demographic adaptation policies to manage depopulation, that is, policy programs aiming at managing depopulation through adaptation, rather than through growth policies intended to foster population growth. In 6 chapters, the book acts as an up-to-date resource on demographic adaptation for master and Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners working in local and regional development, governance, and planning. Chapter 1 gives an overview of recent demographic trends in Northern Europe and introduces the theoretical differences between growth policy and adaptation policy. Chapter 2 accounts for the policy concept and introduces a framework for how local adaptation policies could be systematically analysed. Chapter 3 suggests that the Nordic welfare states exhibit two characteristics that prove to be relevant when discussing the consequences and policy implications of demographic decline, i.e. an extremely sparse population structure and an ambitious welfare assignment that in many respects has been devolved to the local level of government. Chapter 4 suggests that whether shrinkage constitutes a problem or not depends upon the interpretations of those in power, but also upon political, economic and geographic conditions Chapter 5 seeks to understand why local level policymakers avoid developing strategies for how to handle long-term population decline. Chapter 6 summarizes the points of the previous chapters, and concludes that local governments in shrinking areas ought to develop local adaptation policies. These policies, however, also need to be subjected to critical analysis, and the chapter introduces a model for how local adaptation policy priorities could be assessed in a more structured manner. .
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    Seiten: X, 93 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030340469
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DDC: 307.76
    Sprache: Englisch
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    The Operational Use of Remote Sensing in Municipalities : A Global Expert-based Study (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Human geography. ; Geographic information systems. ; Human Geography. ; Geographical Information System.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Study Areas and Background Information -- Expert Interviews -- Investigated Countries, Cities and Institutions -- Insights into the Global Municipal Use of RS -- Reasoning -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References. .
    Kurzfassung: This book presents the operational use of remote sensing in municipalities for urban planning purposes. Through a unique study among more than 70 cities and institutions in 41 countries, it reveals the remaining gap of knowledge and awareness for remote sensing data, methods, and instruments. It sheds light on the uncertainties and shows what remote sensing data are acquired and by which departments they are used. The tasks and activities remote sensing data are used for, are extensively presented. In the times of open government data, digital citizenship and participation movements, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the topic and intends to raise the awareness for the importance of remote sensing to the society.
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    Seiten: XI, 84 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030238001
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23800-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23800-1
    DDC: 304.2
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    Balancing Nature and Civilization - Alternative Sustainability Perspectives from Philosophy to Practice (2020)
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    Schlagwort(e): Civil engineering. ; Human geography. ; Ethics. ; Biotic communities. ; Civil Engineering. ; Human Geography. ; Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. ; Ecosystems.
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1.Introduction: Can We Design the Future of Human Life and the Environment? -- Part I A Sustainable Relationship between Nature and Humans -- 2.The Fate of Twentieth-Century Civilization – A Discussion of “Post-oil Strategies” -- 3.Sustainable Use of Energy -- 4.Sustainability from the Perspective of Environmental Archaeology -- 5.Re-evaluating the Traditional Japanese Perspective on Nature and Ethics -- Part II: International Conflict Concerning Environmental Damage and Its Causes -- 6. Kosa (Asian Dust Particles) and Air Pollution in Asia -- 7. Environmental Charges Levied on Heavy Goods Vehicles in the EU -- Part III: Ecological Balance and Conflicts in the 21st Century -- 8.Panel Discussion.
    Kurzfassung: This book is an outcome of an international symposium: Sustainability –Can We Design the Future of Human Life and the Environment? which was held as a satellite event of the “Love the Earth”-Expo 2005 (Aichi, Japan). Each chapter is based on the lecture given by the following eminent researchers: Yoshinori Ishii, Hans-Peter Dürr, Yoshinori Yasuda, Minoru Kawada, Yasunobu Iwasaka, Werner Rothengatter, Hisae Nakanishi, Yang Dongyuan, Lee Schipper, Itsuo Kodama, and Yoshitsugu Hayashi. In the Part I titled “A Sustainable Relationship between Nature and Humans”, we discuss what will become of fossil fuels and petroleum, and what kind of indicators should be used to monitor the energy expended by human society. We then discuss environmental impacts caused by different civilizations and values on Nature and ethics, based on the perspective of environmental archaeology and on the discussions by Kunio Yanagita, the father of Japanese folklore study. The Part II is titled and shows “International Conflict Concerning Environmental Damage and Its Causes”. The Asian dust (Kosa) is a typical example of transboundary conflicts between nations. Another example can be found in the EU’s attempt to put in place a common motorway toll system across EU countries having different geographical and economic conditions. Finally, Part III covers the opinions and further debates on sustainable future earth based on the lectures in Parts I and II. We hope that great insights in this book will come across to readers, and be of help in steering the world towards a sustainable society in harmony with biosystems on earth.
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    Seiten: XV, 119 p. 64 illus., 50 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030390594
    Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, 32
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39059-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39059-4
    DDC: 624
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