Benjamin - Human Geography 1

These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwel……続きを見る

Situating safari tourism within the discourses and practices of development, Selling the Serengeti examines the relationship between the Maasai people of northern Tanzania and the extraordinary infl……続きを見る

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world. The shapes and meanings of the extra……続きを見る

This book offers a historical analysis of landfill sites in New York City, Greater Toronto, and Greater Tel Aviv, and uses them as case studies to emphasize the international and global scale of iss……続きを見る

In March of 2018, 44 African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) to launch what is considered as the largest free trade area in the world. The signing of the ……続きを見る

This book examines an emergent pattern of international student mobility: that of international students from across the African continent who are enrolled on degree programmes at Chinese universiti……続きを見る

Walter Benjamins "Das Passagen-Werk" ist ein bahnbrechendes Fragment, das als Versuch angesehen wird, die kulturellen und sozialen Umbrüche des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts in der urbanen Metropole Pari……続きを見る

Por demasiado tiempo, para muchos de nosotros, sobre todo en Occidente, el mundo ha sido demasiado humano. Tenemos la necesidad de aprender de otros entornos basados en relaciones distintas a la div……続きを見る

Continually recognized as one of the “hottest” of all the world’s biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation intervention……続きを見る

This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Auckland’s rapidly expanding urba……続きを見る

As cities develop, more land is converted into impervious surfaces, which do not allow water to infiltrate. Careful urban planning is needed to ensure that the hydrologic cycle and water quality of ……続きを見る

"Tanner argues...Ham's descendants, including Egyptians, the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, and the Canaanites, built pyramids and Tower of Babel." -A.M.E. Church Review (1898) "Tanner feared...the……続きを見る

Since the beginning of the 21st century, African countries with mineral resources have witnessed an unprecedented rise in foreign direct investments and the development of new flexible workforce man……続きを見る

A groundbreaking analysis of 21st century labour practices in the mining industry and the new scramble for industrial power on the African continent. Since the beginning of the 21st century, African……続きを見る

"Tanner argues...Solomon had Hamitic blood, Moses married an Ethiopian, and...a black man helped Jesus carry the cross to Calvary." -Moved to Tears (2018) "Tanner was, indeed, one of the earliest ad……続きを見る

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be reduced through proven……続きを見る

This book highlights an interdisciplinary terrain where the humanities and social sciences combine with digital methods. It argues that while disciplinary frictions still condition the potential of ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Hauptsemi……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Regionale……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 2,3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Hauptsemi……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Regionalgeographie, Note: 1,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Geographisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Regionale……続きを見る

This book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening sup……続きを見る

Although the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are leaders in many of the measures of absolute wealth that have traditionally defined success in the global economy, they have had a much harder time be……続きを見る

More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and since a front page headline in the New York Times read, "Cars Choking Cities a……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2000: Sustainable development has grown to compass cultural, socio-economic, political and environmental issues, and the use of Sustainability indicators (SIs) is s……続きを見る

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world. The shapes and meanings of the extra……続きを見る

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 More and more people are noticing links between urban geography and the spaces within the layout of panels on the comics page. Benjamin Fraser explores the……続きを見る

The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. ……続きを見る

This book explores conservation practices on private land, based on research conducted with landholders in the hinterlands of Melbourne, Australia. It examines how conservation is pursued as an inti……続きを見る

Throughout the world today former nation-states, as disparate as Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Canada, have either disintegrated or threaten to splinter into regions. The conflicts are economic, social, ……続きを見る