MB - Human Geography 1

La géographie économique étudie la géographie des activités économiques et leur insertion dans des circuits qui participent à la production et à la consommation des richesses. Elle offre un cadre cr……続きを見る

In The Pulse of the Earth Adam Bobbette tells the story of how modern theories of the earth emerged from the slopes of Indonesia’s volcanoes. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, scientists bec……続きを見る

This book investigates urban life in the slums of Delhi, demonstrating how individuals and communities self-organise to solve problems that arise in their neighbourhoods. Around one-quarter of the w……続きを見る

Histoires et cultures des peuples du Tchad se veut un voyage au cœur de cette mosaïque culturelle, linguistique et historique pévé, mundang, laka, kuwong, kanembou, ngambaye et massa. Il explore les……続きを見る

Le livre qu'il présente est le fruit de nombreuses années de recherche sur le terrain. Il ouvre la brèche sur une question d'actualité qui concerne beaucoup de pays. Dans le cas du Sénégal, il s'est……続きを見る

Ce livre met en lumière les effets des préoccupations sécuritaires sur la conception, la gestion et l'usage des espaces urbains. Effectué par une équipe pluridisciplinaire, il renouvelle l'approche ……続きを見る

" Être du coin ", " venir d'ici ", " être du cru ", " être un enfant du pays ", autant d'expressions qui traduisent le poids de l'appartenance locale pour les individus et les collectifs. La valoris……続きを見る

Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia’s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra’s highland tributa……続きを見る

This book considers young people’s conceptions and experiences of social justice through key transitions in their lives. It examines the factors shaping and constraining young people’s actions for a……続きを見る

Mapping the transformative personal journeys of the displaced The travel writing genre has long been associated with a certain kind of privileged and autonomous journey, encouraged by society and ge……続きを見る

We are in an age of big data where all of our everyday interactions and transactions generate data. Much of this data is spatial – it is collected some-where – and identifying analytical insight fro……続きを見る

Appeals are a crucial part of Europe’s asylum system but they remain poorly understood. Building on insights and perspectives from legal geography and socio-legal studies, this book shines a light o……続きを見る

This book examines India's geopolitical gravity, and argues that the country is well positioned to play a game-changing role in the evolving world order. It begins by mapping India's political geogr……続きを見る

Since the birth of Airbnb in 2008, many of the world's cities have been transformed by platform-mediated short-term accommodationーa phenomenon suspected of disturbing local life and removing dwelli……続きを見る

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of seventeen goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, which were agreed by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for……続きを見る

Originally published in 1938, this book was the first to cover the history of geographical thought. It discusses the development of medieval earth-knowledge as it was affected, on the one hand, by t……続きを見る

This volume invokes the “postcolonial contemporary” in order to recognize and reflect upon the emphatically postcolonial character of the contemporary conjuncture, as well as to inquire into whether……続きを見る

Fifty years ago, urban waterfronts were industrial, polluted, and diseased. Today, luxury homes and shops line riverbanks, harbors, and lakes across Europe and North America. The visual drama of phy……続きを見る

Bodies out of Place asserts that anti-Black racism is not better than it used to be; it is just performed in more-nuanced ways. Barbara Harris Combs argues that racism is dynamic, so new theories ar……続きを見る

Este trabajo es un esfuerzo por presentar la evolución del proceso de poblamiento del actual territorio de Colombia a partir de la fundación de ciudades. Es una investigación que se ubica en el camp……続きを見る

The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how natureーdisease, climate, flora and fauna, and……続きを見る

This collection contributes to the theoretical literature on social reproductionーdefined by Marx as the necessary labor to arrive the next day at the factory gateーand extended by feminist geograph……続きを見る

This on-the-ground study of one square mile in Detroit was written in collaboration with neighborhood residents, many of whom were involved with the famous Detroit Geographical Expedition and Instit……続きを見る

Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form, be that two-dimensional paper or two- ……続きを見る

Increasingly, in the field of earth observation imagery, there is a need for image quality to be assessable in traceable Standard International Units (SIU), and for the standardization of common map……続きを見る

Spatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems. The links between the geographical informa……続きを見る

As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and ……続きを見る

Migrant Justice in the Age of Removal details the story of Migrant Justice, a migrant rights organization led by undocumented workers in a complicated and perhaps unexpected location: Vermont, Unite……続きを見る

In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who……続きを見る

The volume examines urbanization and migration trends and their patterns in the light of India's emerging urban policy, planning and governance perspectives. It sheds light on the differences in urb……続きを見る