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    Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400723092
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 297p. 18 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Neighbourhood effects research
    RVK:
    RB 10792
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Geography ; Social policy ; Quality of Life Research ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Geography ; Social policy ; Quality of Life Research ; Human Geography ; Empirische Sozialforschung ; Lebensbedingungen ; Nachbarschaft ; Sozialstruktur ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Wohngebiet ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wohngebiet ; Sozialstruktur ; Nachbarschaft ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Lebensbedingungen ; Empirische Sozialforschung
    Abstract: Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents' life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects academic and policy interest in this topic, but also the fact that we are still no closer to answering the question of how important neighbourhood effects actually are. There is little doubt that these effects exist, but we do not know enough about the causal mechanisms which produce them, their relativ
    Description / Table of Contents: Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives; Introduction; Identifying Causal Neighbourhood Effects; Neighbourhood Effects Research at a Crossroads?; Book Structure and Contents; References; Chapter 2: The Mechanism(s) of Neighbourhood Effects: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications; Introduction; How Might Neighbourhood Effects Transpire?; Social-Interactive Mechanisms; Environmental Mechanisms; Geographical Mechanisms; Institutional Mechanisms
    Description / Table of Contents: Conceptual Issues in Uncovering and Measuring Mechanism(s) of Neighbourhood EffectsThe Composition of the Neighbourhood Dosage; The Administration of the Neighbourhood Dosage; The Neighbourhood Dosage-Response Relationship; Past Investigative Responses and Their Limitations; Evidence on Social-Interactive Mechanisms of Neighbourhood Effects; Social Contagion and Collective Socialization; Social Networks; Social Cohesion and Control; Competition and Relative Deprivation; Parental Mediation; Evidence on Environmental Mechanisms of Neighbourhood Effects
    Description / Table of Contents: Evidence on Geographical Mechanisms of Neighbourhood EffectsEvidence on Institutional Mechanisms of Neighbourhood Effects; A Provisional Synthesis Regarding Evidence on Neighbourhood Effect Mechanisms; Implications for Scholarship and Policy; Advancing Scholarship on Neighbourhood Effect Mechanisms; Implications for Public Policy; References; Chapter 3: Ethnographic Evidence, Heterogeneity, and Neighbourhood Effects After Moving to Opportunity; Introduction; The First Twenty Years of Neighbourhood Effects Research; Selection Bias; Effects on Average; Mechanisms
    Description / Table of Contents: A Turning Point: The Moving to Opportunity StudiesMoving Forward: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Individual Level; Neighbourhood Level; City Level; Moving Forward: Better Integrating Ethnographic Research; Two Roles for Ethnographic Research; Ethnographic Data and Heterogeneity; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Understanding Neighbourhood Effects: Selection Bias and Residential Mobility; Introduction; An Empirical Illustration of Selective Mobility Patterns; Selective Mobility and the Selection Problem; Factors Affecting Neighbourhood Choice
    Description / Table of Contents: Methods for Dealing with Neighbourhood Sorting and Selection BiasConcluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5: Social Mix, Reputation and Stigma: Exploring Residents' Perspectives of Neighbourhood Effects; Introduction; The Case Study Neighbourhoods; Survey Findings; Stigma and the Neighbourhood; The Condition of Housing; Attractiveness of the Neighbourhood; Safety of the Neighbourhood; Tenure and Neighbourhood Density; Summary and Discussion of Survey Results; Interview Findings; Attractiveness of the Neighbourhood and Condition of the Housing; Safety; Density; Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: Theorising and Measuring Place in Neighbourhood Effects Research: The Example of Teenage Parenthood in England
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2309-2
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    International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400721203 , 1283456192 , 9781283456197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIX, 353p. 66 illus., 24 illus. in color, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. International perspectives on teaching and learning with GIS in secondary schools
    RVK:
    RB 10874
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    RB 10104
    RVK:
    DP 2580
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    DP 2600
    Keywords: Geographical information systems ; Science Study and teaching ; Education ; Education ; Geographical information systems ; Science Study and teaching ; Bibliografie ; Geoinformationssystem ; Unterricht ; High school ; Sekundarstufe ; Geografieunterricht ; Geoinformationssystem
    Abstract: This, the first publication to collate a broad international perspective on the pedagogical value of GIS technology in classrooms, offers an unprecedented range of expert views on the subject. Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are now ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive. They have revolutionized the way people explore and understand the world around them. The capability they confer allows us to capture, manage, analyze, and display geographic data in ways that were undreamt of a generation ago. GIS has enabled users to make decisions and solve problems as diverse as designing bus routes
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Editors; About the Authors; 1 The World at Their Fingertips: A New Age for Spatial Thinking; 1.1 Introduction; References; 2 Australia: Inquiry Learning with GIS to Simulate Coastal Storm Inundation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Context of Secondary Education in Australia; 2.2.1 The Nature of Geography Education in Australian Schools; 2.2.2 Tertiary Training and Post-university Support of Geography Teachers; 2.3 The Use of GIS in Australian Geography Classrooms; 2.4 The Australian Geography Curriculum
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.5 An Example of a GIS-Based Student Activity2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Austria: Links Between Research Institutions and Secondary Schools for Geoinformation Research and Practice; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Cases: GIS in Student Research Cooperations; 3.2.1 Schools on Ice (2007--2009); 3.2.2 Applications on the Move (2008--2010); 3.2.3 Geovisualization in Participatory Decision Making Processes (GEOKOM-PEP) (2009--2011); 3.3 Prospects; References; 4 Canada: Teaching Geography Through Geotechnology Across a Decentralized Curriculum Landscape; 4.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 Geography and GIS Education in Canada4.3 Case Studies from Across Canada; 4.3.1 Case Study 1 -- Teresa Kewachuk, Hants East Rural High School, Milford Station (Shubenacadie), Nova Scotia; 4.3.2 Case Study 2 -- Rob Langston, Neelin High School, Brandon, Manitoba; 4.3.3 Case Study 3 -- Kirsten Davel and Cheryl Murtland, SMUS, Victoria, British Columbia; 4.4 Prospects; 4.4.1 Access to Technology; 4.4.2 IT Conflicts; 4.4.3 Time/Training; 4.4.4 Being the Expert; 4.4.5 Education Policy; References; 5 Chile: GIS and the Reduction of the Digital Divide in the Pan-American World; 5.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2 A Holistic Curriculum for a 'Knowledge Society'5.3 Classrooms as Laboratories: A Problem-Based Learning Environment; 5.4 ICT and the Use of GIS: Problems and Solutions; 5.5 Examples of GIS Innovations and Applications; 5.6 Conclusions; References; 6 China: Teacher Preparation for GIS in the National Geography Curriculum; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cases; 6.2.1 Case 1: Geography Class for Second Year High School Students (Arts Majors); 6.2.2 Case 2: Geography Class for Second Year High School Students (Science Majors); 6.3 Prospects; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Colombia: Development of a Prototype Web-Based GIS Application for Teaching Geography7.1 Status of Geography Education in Colombia; 7.2 Geography Contents at the Secondary Basic Education in Colombia; 7.3 History of GIS in Schools in the Country; 7.4 The GIS Prototype; 7.5 Prospects; References; 8 Denmark: Early Adoption and Continued Progress of GIS for Education; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Primary and Secondary Education in Denmark; 8.3 In-service Training for Upper-Secondary Teachers; 8.4 The History of GIS in Denmark; 8.4.1 From Remote Sensing to GIS; 8.4.2 Establishment of ArcIMS in 2003
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.5 GIS in Primary Education 2003--2004
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2120-3
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    Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning : Cities, Policies, and Politics (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789048189243
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 217p. 15 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 102
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning
    RVK:
    RB 10909
    RVK:
    MS 1840
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Geography ; Regional planning ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Geography ; Regional planning ; Human Geography
    Abstract: The premise of this volume is that the concepts of 'neoliberalism' and 'neoliberalisation' have largely been overlooked in planning theory as well as in the analysis of planning practice, despite the common deployment of these terms in the social sciences. Combining a number of specially commissioned chapters with insights from papers presented to a recent conference session of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, the book is dedicated to filling this significant lacuna in the study of planning. What the case studies explored in these chapters--from Africa, Asia, North America an
    Abstract: The premise of this volume is that the concepts of 'neoliberalism' and 'neoliberalisation' have largely been overlooked in planning theory as well as in the analysis of planning practice, despite the common deployment of these terms in the social sciences. Combining a number of specially commissioned chapters with insights from papers presented to a recent conference session of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, the book is dedicated to filling this significant lacuna in the study of planning. What the case studies explored in these chapters--from Africa, Asia, North America an
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Authors; 1 Introduction: Contradictions of Neoliberal Urban Planning; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Varieties of Capitalism, Path-Dependency, and Diverse Reactions of Planning Institutions; 1.1.2 Ambivalent Position of Planning Institutions; 1.1.3 Increasing Opportunity-Led Approach of Planning Institutions; 1.2 Contradictions of Neoliberalisation for Urban Planning; 1.3 About This Book; References; 2 Normalising Neoliberal Planning: The Case of Malmö, Sweden; 2.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 Neoliberal Planning: New Urbanity, Urban Continuity2.2.1 The Plan; 2.2.2 The People: Reworking Malm''s Demographic Fabric Against the Odds; 2.3 The Production of the Örespectacle: New Scales and Landscapes of Prosperity and Poverty; 2.4 The Same and the New: Continuity and Change in an Age of Neoliberal Planning; 2.4.1 The Same; 2.4.2 The New; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Neoliberal Urban Policy, Aspirational Citizenship and the Uses of Cultural Distinction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Neoliberal Discourses, Urban Policy, and the Naturalising of Class Distinctions
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2 British Urban Policy and the Creation of Aspirational Citizens3.2.1 The Changing Form and Character of Urban Policy Interventions; 3.2.2 The Field of Culture-Led Urban Policy and the Evolution of Neoliberal Rationalities; 3.3 Conclusions; References; 4 Contradictions in the Neoliberal Policy Instruments: What Is the Stance of the State?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Changing Role and Policies of the State in the Neoliberal Era; 4.2.1 Re-territorialisation: Complex and Inconsistent Strategies; 4.2.2 Re-distribution of Power and Responsibilities: For What and to Whom?
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3 State Interests and Concerns About Urban Areas: A New Dilemma4.3.1 Amendments to Previous Planning Legislation: The Reluctance of the Central Government to Transfer Planning Rights to Local Governments; 4.3.2 The Outcomes of the New Approach: Increasing Government Intervention; 4.4 The State as a New Actor in the Distribution of Benefits of Urban Development; 4.4.1 Urban Plans and Urban Policy Instruments as a Means of Redistribution: Changing from Indirect to Direct Transfer; 4.5 Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Transnational Neoliberalisation and the Role of Supranational Trade Agreements in Local Urban Policy Implementation: The Case of the European Union5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Globalisation and the Role of International Agreements in Local Urban Policy: The Case of the European Union; 5.3 Dutch Neoliberalisation? Changing Urban Policy Context Towards an Ambiguous 'Way'; 5.4 Constraints for PPP Structures Due to the EU Competitiveness Policy: State Aid and Public Procurement Practices in the Netherlands; 5.4.1 Amersfoort Case (Vathorst): Public Procurement and Consequences for New Town Development
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.4.2 Haaksbergen Case: State Aid and Consequences for Urban Renewal
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8924-3
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    Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process : GIS-based Applications (2011)
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    ISBN: 1283117789 , 9789400706712 , 9781283117784
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 100
    DDC: 519.5
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    Keywords: Geography ; Geographical information systems ; Regional planning ; Sustainable development ; Human Geography
    Abstract: Currently, spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources, such as GPS, Remote Sensing, and others. This book deals with spatial analysis and modelling. It provides a comprehensive discussion of spatial analysis, methods, and approaches related to human settlements and associated environment. Key contributions with empirical case studies from Iran, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, and Japan that apply spatial analysis including autocorrelation, fuzzy, voronoi, cellular automata, analytic hierarchy process, artificial neural network, spatial metrics, spatial statistics, regression, and remote sensing mapping techniques are compiled comprehensively. The core value of this book is a wide variety of results with state of the art discussion including empirical case studies. It provides a milestone reference to students, researchers, planners, and other practitioners dealing the spatial problems on urban and regional issues.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Spatial Analysis: Evolution, Methods, and Applications; 1.1 Development of Spatial Analysis with GIS; 1.1.1 Genealogy of Spatial Analysis; 1.1.2 New Spatial Analyses; 1.1.3 Why Is Spatial Analysis Conducted with GIS?; 1.1.3.1 Calculating; 1.1.3.2 Mining; 1.1.3.3 Visualizing; 1.1.3.4 Creating Data; 1.1.3.5 Handling Relations; 1.1.3.6 Understanding Processes; 1.1.4 Methodological Shift; 1.1.4.1 From Aggregate Thinking to Non-aggregate Thinking; 1.1.4.2 From Model-Driven to Data-Driven
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.1.4.3 From an Understanding of Pattern and Processes to Prediction, Control, and Management1.2 Contemporary Spatial Analysis and Modeling; 1.2.1 Spatial Autocorrelation; 1.2.2 Geographically Weighted Regression; 1.2.3 Spatial Metrics; 1.2.4 Voronoi Method; 1.2.5 Multi-criteria Decision Making and Analytical Hierarchy Process; 1.2.6 Fuzzy Logic; 1.2.7 Cellular Automata; 1.2.8 Artificial Neural Network; 1.2.9 Weight of Evidence; 1.2.10 Markov Chain; 1.2.11 Agent Based Model; 1.3 Future Perspectives on Spatial Analysis and Modeling; 1.4 Overview of the Book; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I Spatial Scale, Autocorrelation and Neighborhood Analysis2 Field-Based Fuzzy Spatial Reasoning Model for Constraint Satisfaction Problem; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fuzzy Sets; 2.2.1 Fuzzy Set Theory; 2.2.2 Fuzzy Membership Function; 2.3 Field-Based Qualitative Spatial Representation; 2.3.1 Field-Based Models; 2.3.2 Field-Based Qualitative Spatial Representation; 2.3.2.1 Representation of Direction; 2.3.2.2 Representation of Distance; 2.4 Field-Based Fuzzy Spatial Reasoning; 2.5 Application to an Illustrative Case Study; 2.6 Discussion; 2.7 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Testing Local Spatial Autocorrelation Using k-Order Neighbours3.1 Introduction; 3.2 k -Order Neighbours and Their Measurement ; 3.2.1 Defining k-Order Neighbours Using Delaunay Triangulation; 3.2.2 Search Algorithms; 3.2.3 Weight Coefficient Based on k-Order Neighbours; 3.3 Local Spatial Autocorrelation Statistics with Weight Coefficient of k-Order Neighbours ; 3.4 Example; 3.5 Delaunay Triangulation of Ichikawa; 3.5.1 Identification of Spatial Clusters; 3.5.2 Verifying the Normality of Zi ; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 Effect of Spatial Scale on Urban Land-Use Pattern Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 Introduction4.2 Methods; 4.2.1 Data and Study Area; 4.2.2 Land-Use Classification Systems; 4.2.3 Data Processing; 4.2.4 Detection of Spatial Autocorrelation; 4.3 Results and Analysis; 4.4 Discussion; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Modeling Neighborhood Interaction in Cellular Automata-Based Urban Geosimulation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Modelling Neighborhood Interaction; 5.3 Calibration of Neighborhood Interaction; 5.3.1 Study Area and Data Set; 5.3.2 Calibration of Neighborhood Interaction; 5.4 Simulation and Results; 5.5 Concluding Remarks; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II Urban Analysis: Zonation and Population Structure
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0671-2
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    Oceanic Migration : Paths, Sequence, Timing and Range of Prehistoric Migration in the Pacific and Indian Oceans (2010)
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    ISBN: 9789048138265
    Language: English
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    DDC: 304.82
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    RZ 90594
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Oceanography ; Physical geography ; Climatic changes ; Migration ; Pazifischer Ozean ; Indischer Ozean ; Meereskunde ; Indischer Ozean Region ; Klimaänderung ; Migration ; Pazifischer Raum ; Siedlung ; Pazifischer Raum ; Seehandel
    Abstract: This book tracks the progress of the prehistoric influx of population into the Pacific region, the last set of migrations involved in peopling the planet that saw the colonization of islands stretching across a quarter of the globe: from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island in the east, from Hawaii in the North to New Zealand in the south. The authors use science and mathematics to cast new light on this final human expansion. The book focuses on two undeveloped areas of research, showing how oceanography and global climate change determined the paths, sequence, timing and range of migrations. Though the book has an oceanographic base and Pacific prehistory as its focus, it is interdisciplinary. It was a belief in the power of science to advance other disciplines that prompted its writing, and in the last decade genetic research has established Halmahera, the largest of the Spice Islands, rather than Taiwan as the ancient Polynesian homeland. Taking this as its starting point, the reader is led on a journey of discovery that takes in fields as diverse as oceanography, genetics, geology and vulcanology, ship hydrodynamics, global climate history and palaeodemography. Key themes: Prehistoric migration West Pacific Warm Pool currents Primary oceanic routes Settlement sequence Transoceanic spice trading Climate-driven chronology Charles Pearce holds the Thomas Elder Chair of Mathematics, University of Adelaide, Australia. He has been awarded the ANZIAM Medal and the Potts Medal for outstanding contributions to applied and industrial mathematics and to operations research. He is foundation Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM Journal) and a member of the editorial boards of a number of international mathematical journals. He has over 300 research publications in the fields of optimization, convex analysis and the probabilistic modelling of physical and biological processes. Frances Pearce, a writer, plant hybridizer and former lecturer from the University of Adelaide, has interests in the areas of prehistory, oceanography, genetics and climate history, particularly in the use of science to illuminate prehistory.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Journal Abbreviations; Part I Early Exploration Strategies and Migration Paths; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Genetic Evidence for a Spice Island Polynesian Homeland; 1.3 Cold Adaptation; 1.4 A New Focus; 1.5 Some of the Implications of a Spice Island-Based Polynesian Prehistory; 1.6 Consilience; References; 2 The Genetic Context; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Speculative Prehistories for the Lapita Peoples; 2.3 Genetic Evidence for a Lapita Homeland in Wallacea
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 Evidence for a Spice Island Homeland from the Study of Commensal Animals2.5 Polynesian Cold Resistance and Famine Resistance: Houghtons Evidence; 2.6 Houghtons Prehistory for the Proto-Polynesians; References; 3 The Oceanographic Context; 3.1 The West Pacific Warm Pool; 3.2 The Oceanographic Functions of the West Pacific Warm Pool; 3.3 The Major West Pacific Warm Pool Currents; 3.4 Early Evidence for Maritime Trading in the Spice Island Region; 3.5 The West Pacific Warm Pool as a Long-Distance Voyaging Nursery
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.6 Spice Island Expansion from Regional to Long-Distance Trading After the Last Ice Age Flood3.7 International Spice Trading; 3.8 Ancient Spice Island Trading and Cultural Links with Mesopotamia and the Sepik/Ramu Region of New Guinea; 3.9 Evolution of the Sailing Strategy of Following Fast Warm Currents over Long Distances; 3.10 The Early Settlement of Micronesia; 3.11 Maritime Expansions from a Maritime Ice Age Refuge; 3.12 Solheim and the Nusantao Trading Culture; 3.13 A Summary; References; 4 Transoceanic Trade and Migration (1); 4.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 The Maori Whare Wananga Traditions4.3 The Cinnamon Route; 4.4 The Origins of the Malagasy; 4.5 Dating the First Settlement of Madagascar; 4.6 A Replica Voyage from Java to Africa; 4.7 Did Spice Island Mariners Follow Another Major Current from the West Pacific Warm Pool into the Indian Ocean?; References; 5 Transoceanic Trade and Migration (2); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Some Evidence for a First-Wave Spice Island Colony in Southern Japan; 5.3 Evidence from the Japanese Taro; 5.4 Evidence for a Second-Wave Spice Island Colony in Southern Japan
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.5 Linguistic, Archaeological, Horticultural and Cultural Evidence5.6 The Moon/Lake Myth and the Myth of the Cosmogonic Tree; 5.7 A Summary; References; 6 Transoceanic Voyaging in the Pacific; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Archaeological Evidence for Spice Island Contact with America; 6.3 The Polynesian Chicken in America; 6.4 Consilient Evidence for the Pre-Columbian Introduction of the Chicken to America; 6.5 The Asiatic Melanotic Chicken; 6.6 The Melanotic Chicken and the Cultural Complex of Cockfighting; 6.7 White Chickens and the Cultural Complex of Sacrifice and Divination; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 The Horticultural Context
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    Geographies of science (2010)
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    ISBN: 1282927353 , 9789048186112 , 9781282927353
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Knowledge and Space, Klaus Tschira Symposia 3
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Geographies of science
    DDC: 303.483
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    RB 10038
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    RB 10862
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    Keywords: Geography ; Science History ; Sociology ; Konferenzschrift 2007 ; Konferenzschrift 2007 ; Wissensproduktion ; Wissenschaftsgeschichte ; Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung ; Wissenschaftsforschung ; Geschichte 1500-2000
    Abstract: This collection of essays aims to further the understanding of historical and contemporary geographies of science. It offers a fresh perspective on comparative approaches to scientific knowledge and practice as pursued by geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and historians of science. The authors explore the formation and changing geographies of scientific centers from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and critically discuss the designing of knowledge spaces in early museums, in modern laboratories, at world fairs, and in the periphery of contemporary science. They also analyze the interactions between science and the public in Victorian Britain, interwar Germany, and recent environmental policy debates. The book provides a genuine geographical perspective on the production and dissemination of knowledge and will thus be an important point of reference for those interested in the spatial relations of science and associated fields. The Klaus Tschira Foundation supports diverse symposia, the essence of which is published in this Springer series (www.kts.villa-bosch.de). TOC:Introduction: Interdisciplinary geographies of science.- Part I: Comparative approaches to scientific knowledge. 1: Landscapes of knowledge. 2: Global knowledge.- Part II Academic mobility and scientific centres. 3: A geohistorical study of `The rise of modern science`: Mapping scientific practice through urban networks, 1500-1900. 4: Heidelberg University between 1803 and 1932: From mediocrity to excellence. 5: Academic travel from Cambridge University and the formation of centres of knowledge, 1885-1954.- Part III Designing spaces for science. 6: Big sciences, open networks, and global collecting in early museums. 7: Is the atrium more important than the lab? Designer buildings for new cultures of creativity. 8: "New smartness" and the making of geographies of knowledge at world fairs: Morocco at Expo 2000 in Hanover. 9: Outer space of science: A video ethnography of reagency in Ghana.- Part IV: Science and the public. 10: Geographies of science and public understanding? Exploring the reception of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Britain and in Ireland, c.1845-1939. 11: Testing times: Experimental counter-conduct in interwar Germany. 12: NGOs, the science-lay dichotomy and hybrid spaces of environmental knowledge. 13: Regulatory science and risk assessment in Indian Country: Taking tribal publics into account.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Contributors; Interdisciplinary Geographies of Science; References; Part I Comparative Approaches; Landscapes of Knowledge; Global Knowledge?; Part II Mobilities and Centers; A Geohistorical Study of The Rise of Modern Science: Mapping Scientific Practice Through Urban Networks, 15001900; From Mediocrity and Existential Crisis to Scientific Excellence: Heidelberg University Between 1803 and 1932; Academic Travel from Cambridge University and the Formation of Centers of Knowledge, 18851954; Part III Designing Knowledge Spaces
    Description / Table of Contents: Big Sciences, Open Networks, and Global Collectingin Early MuseumsIs the Atrium More Important than the Lab? Designer Buildings for New Cultures of Creativity; Outer Space of Science: A Video Ethnography of Reagency in Ghana; The Making of Geographies of Knowledge at Worlds Fairs: Morocco at Expo 2000 in Hanover; Part IV Science and the Public; Geographies of Science and Public Understanding? Exploring the Reception of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Britain and in Ireland, c.18451939; Testing Times: Experimental Counter-Conductin Interwar Germany
    Description / Table of Contents: NGOs, the Science-Lay Dichotomy, and Hybrid Spaces of Environmental KnowledgeRegulatory Science and Risk Assessment in Indian Country: Taking Tribal Publics into Account; Abstract of the Contributions; Landscape of Knowledge; Global Knowledge?; A Geohistorical Study of The Rise of Modern Science: Mapping Scientific Practice Through Urban Networks, 15001900; From Mediocrity and Existential Crisis to Scientific Excellence: Heidelberg University Between 1803 and 1932; Academic Travel from Cambridge University and the Formation of Centres of Knowledge, 18851954
    Description / Table of Contents: Big Sciences, Open Networks, and Global Collecting in Early MuseumsIs the Atrium More Important than the Lab? Designer Buildings for New Cultures of Creativity; Outer Space of Science: A Video Ethnography of Reagency in Ghana; The Making of Geographies of Knowledge at Worlds Fairs: Morocco at Expo 2000 in Hanover; Geographies of Science and Public Understanding? Exploring the Reception of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Britain and in Ireland, c. 18451939; Testing Times: Experimental Counter-Conduct in Interwar Germany
    Description / Table of Contents: NGOs, the Science-Lay Dichotomy, and Hybrid Spaces of Environmental KnowledgeRegulatory Science and Risk Assessment in Indian Country: Taking Tribal Politics into Account; The Klaus Tschira Foundation; Index
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    Malaria in South Asia : Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (2010)
    Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V
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    ISBN: 9789048133581
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research 1
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Malaria in South Asia
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Social Sciences ; Physical geography ; Environmental Medicine ; Human Geography ; Public health ; Physical geography ; Environmental Medicine ; Human Geography ; Social sciences ; Malaria epidemiology ; Malaria history ; Malaria prevention & control ; Disease Vectors ; History, 20th Century ; Risk Factors ; Malaria ; South Asia ; History ; 20th century ; Malaria ; South Asia ; Prevention ; Malaria ; Control ; South Asia ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südasien ; Malaria
    Abstract: The History and Progression of Malaria: A Global and Regional View -- Resurgence of Malaria in Sri Lanka in the 1970s -- Malaria in Sri Lanka: A Geomedical Analysis1 -- Malaria Resurgence in Nepal: An Overview -- Resurgence and Post-resurgence Periods of Malaria in Bangladesh -- Resurgence of Malaria in Bangladesh -- The Resurgence of Malaria in Pakistan: A Geographical Evaluation -- Malaria Resurgence in Urban India: Lessons from Health Planning Strategies1,2 -- The Dynamics of Urban Malaria in India: An Update -- Lessons from the Past, View to the Future: Summary and Concluding Remarks
    Abstract: This highly topical book provides an in-depth account of the South Asian experience with the deadly disease that has held this region hostage for millennia. The book touches specifically on the resurgence of malaria experienced in the second half of the twentieth century, which occurred just a few years after malaria was thought to have been virtually eradicated from the region. The causes and consequences of this reappearance across space and time are discussed. The book also covers past, present and future ways to curb, control and ultimately, conquer malaria. As malaria continues to ravage the developing world, even in today’s ‘age of science’, this is a particularly relevant book, especially as most studies analyze the problem in Africa, the continent that bears the brunt of this disease. Here, the authors call attention to challenges in South Asia, home to an immense at-risk population. The chapters use a range of conceptual frameworks, quantitative analyses and descriptive approaches, finding that malaria is not just a complex disease driven by highly adaptive agents and vectors thriving in particular ecologies, but also a social concern deeply related to the region’s cultural traditions, financial and developmental shortfalls, and inexorably related to political will. The book comprehensively deals with all aspects of the malaria situation in South Asia, and is invaluable to upper level students as well as emerging and established scholars in the fields of medical geography and epidemiology, Asian studies and development studies. Key themes: malaria, South Asia, resurgence, eradication, medical geography Rais Akhtar is CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has numerous publications on medical geography, and over 12 books. He is the recipient of multiple international fellowships, and was nominated to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore. Dr. Ashok K. Dutt is Professor Emeritus of Geography, Planning, and Urban Studies at The University of Akron. He has published in major journals of the world and has written and edited over 20 books. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and Ford Foundation Fellow, received the R.N. Dubey Foundation award for Lifetime Achievement in Geography, and Bhugool Bachaspati (Most Learned Geographer) award from the National Association of Indian Geographers. Dr. Vandana Wadh ...
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Preface 1; Preface 2; Preface 3; Acknowledgments; Contents; Annotated Glossary and Abbreviations; Contributors; About the Authors; 1 The History and Progression of Malaria: A Global and Regional View; 2 Resurgence of Malaria in Sri Lanka in the 1970s; 3 Malaria in Sri Lanka: A Geomedical Analysis; 4 Malaria Resurgence in Nepal: An Overview; 5 Resurgence and Post-resurgence Periods of Malariain Bangladesh; 6 Resurgence of Malaria in Bangladesh; 7 The Resurgence of Malaria in Pakistan: A GeographicalEvaluation.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3358-1
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    Geospatial Analysis and Modelling of Urban Structure and Dynamics (2010)
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    ISBN: 9789048185726
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 440p, digital)
    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 99
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Geospatial analysis and modelling of urban structure and dynamics
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    Keywords: Regional planning ; Geography ; Geographical information systems ; Architecture ; Human Geography ; Physical geography ; Geography ; Geographical information systems ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Human Geography ; Urban economics ; Mathematical models ; Urbanization ; Mathematical models ; Geospatial data ; Spatial analysis (Statistics) ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadtplanung ; Geoinformation
    Abstract: Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Urban Structure and Dynamics: An Overview -- Individual-Based Data Capture for Modeling Urban Structure and Dynamics -- High-Resolution Geographic Data and Urban Modeling: The Case of Residential Segregation -- Space Syntax and Pervasive Systems -- Decentralized Spatial Computing in Urban Environments -- Modeling Urban Complexity and Hierarchy -- Network Cities: A Complexity-Network Approach to Urban Dynamics and Development -- Scaling Analysis of the Cascade Structure of the Hierarchy of Cities -- Simulating and Modeling Urban Transportation Systems -- The Dilemma of On-Street Parking Policy: Exploring Cruising for Parking Using an Agent-Based Model -- Multiscale Modeling of Virtual Urban Environments and Associated Populations -- Imageability and Topological Eccentricity of Urban Streets -- A Spatial Analysis of Transportation Convenience in Beijing: Users’ Perception Versus Objective Measurements -- Object-Oriented Data Modeling of an Indoor/Outdoor Urban Transportation Network and Route Planning Analysis -- Analyzing and Modeling Urban Grown, Urban Changes and Impacts -- Integration of Remote Sensing with GIS for Urban Growth Characterization -- Evaluating the Ecological and Environmental Impact of Urbanization in the Greater Toronto Area through Multi-Temporal Remotely Sensed Data and Landscape Ecological Measures -- Modeling Urban Effects on the Precipitation Component of the Water Cycle -- Interpolating a Consumption Variable for Scaling and Generalizing Potential Population Pressure on Urbanizing Natural Areas -- Modeling Cities as Spatio-Temporal Places -- Studying Other Urban Problems Using Geospatial Analysis and Modeling -- Geospatial Analysis and Living Urban Geometry -- Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Late-Stage Breast Cancer in Chicago Region: A Modified Scale-Space Clustering Approach -- Influence of Job Accessibility on Housing Market Processes: Study of Spatial Stationarity in the Buffalo and Seattle Metropolitan Areas -- How do Socioeconomic Characteristics Interact with Equity and Efficiency Considerations? An Analysis of Hurricane Disaster Relief Goods Provision -- Visualizing and Diagnosing Coefficients from Geographically Weighted Regression Models
    Abstract: The increasingly urbanized world has created various problems of environment, climate, consumption of resources, and public health, which are closely linked to the side-effects of urbanization such as sprawl, congestion, housing affordability and loss of open space. Fundamental to the urban problems are two separate yet related issues: urban structure and urban dynamics. The chapters collected in this book present an excellent profile of the current state of geospatial analysis and modelling, and demonstrate how these approaches can contribute to the study of various urban issues. The book addresses key themes including new ways of capturing data digitally at the individual level, the development of systems based around networks, the notion of linking hierarchy to networks to morphology as in complexity theory, and the development of new ways of integrating diverse urban processes through simulation paying careful attention to the basic econometric and statistical principles of spatial analysis. With a foreword by Michael Batty and an epilog by Michael F. Goodchild
    Description / Table of Contents: Geospatial Analysis and Modelling of Urban Structure and Dynamics; Part 1: Introduction; Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Urban Structure and Dynamics: An Overview; Part 2: Individual-Based Data Capture for Modeling Urban Structure and Dynamics; High-Resolution Geographic Data and Urban Modeling: The Case of Residential Segregation; Space Syntax and Pervasive Systems; Decentralized Spatial Computing in Urban Environments; Part 3: Modeling Urban Complexity and Hierarchy; Network Cities: A Complexity-Network Approach to Urban Dynamics and Development
    Description / Table of Contents: Scaling Analysis of the Cascade Structure of the Hierarchy of CitiesPart 4: Simulating and Modeling Urban Transportation Systems; The Dilemma of On-Street Parking Policy: Exploring Cruising for Parking Using an Agent-Based Model; Multiscale Modeling of Virtual Urban Environments and Associated Populations; Imageability and Topological Eccentricity of Urban Streets; A Spatial Analysis of Transportation Convenience in Beijing: Users' Perception Versus Objective Measurements; Object-Oriented Data Modeling of an Indoor/Outdoor Urban Transportation Network and Route Planning Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 5: Analyzing and Modeling Urban Grown, Urban Changes and ImpactsIntegration of Remote Sensing with GIS for Urban Growth Characterization; Evaluating the Ecological and Environmental Impact of Urbanization in the Greater Toronto Area through Multi-Temporal Remotely; Modeling Urban Effects on the Precipitation Component of the Water Cycle; Interpolating a Consumption Variable for Scaling and Generalizing Potential Population Pressure on Urbanizing Natural Areas; Modeling Cities as Spatio-Temporal Places; Part 6: Studying Other Urban Problems Using Geospatial Analysis and Modeling
    Description / Table of Contents: Geospatial Analysis and Living Urban GeometryAnalyzing Spatial Patterns of Late-Stage Breast Cancer in Chicago Region: A Modified Scale-Space Clustering Approach; Influence of Job Accessibility on Housing Market Processes: Study of Spatial Stationarity in the Buffalo and Seattle Metropolit; How do Socioeconomic Characteristics Interact with Equity and Efficiency Considerations? An Analysis of Hurricane Disaster Reli; Visualizing and Diagnosing Coefficients from Geographically Weighted Regression Models; Epilog; Index
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8572-6
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    Decentralized Development in Latin America : Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development (2010)
    Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V
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    ISBN: 9789048137398 , 1282927264 , 9781282927261
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 217p, digital)
    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 97
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Decentralized Development in Latin America
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Architecture ; Political science ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Architecture ; Political science ; Human Geography ; Lateinamerika ; Dezentralisation ; Regionalentwicklung ; Gemeindeverwaltung
    Abstract: The Latin American subcontinent appears to have reinvented itself in the 21st century. Its economy has been transformed under liberalization and globalisation. Decentralization and the democratic transition have modified the political environment, while local development approaches are replacing the (grand) national-regional development schemes. The current local governance and local development debates refer to very different levels of scale: from small, rural communities to fairly extensive (even international) spaces. It is clear that the development process shows substantial differences be
    Description / Table of Contents: Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development; Paul van LindertUtrecht UniversityFaculty of GeosciencesInternational Development StudiesPO Box 80.1153508 TC Utr; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Chapter 1; Local Governance and Local Development in Latin America: Views from Above and Below; From State-led to Market-led Development; Decentralisation and the Role of Local Government; Local Governance; Box 1.1  The role of local government under the new vision of local governance (Shah and Shah 2006, p. 43); Planning for Regional Development in Latin America
    Description / Table of Contents: Planning for Local DevelopmentBox 1.2  Local and regional development: old vs. new approaches (Pike et al. 2007, p. 17.); The Contributions to This Book; Chapter 2; From Polarization to Fragmentation. Recent Changes in Latin American Urbanization; Changing Economic and Social Conditions in Latin America; Additional Causes for Socio-spatial Segregation and the Rise of Gated Communities in Latin America; Types of Gated Communities; The Distribution of Gated Communities; Modelling the Fragmented City; Consequences for the Social Contract in Latin America; Chapter 3
    Description / Table of Contents: Territory, Local Governance, and Urban Transformation: The Processes of Residential Enclave Building in Lima, PeruThe Concept of 'Condominisation'; Residential Enclaves in Latin America; Residential Enclave Building in Lima; Subsequently Enclosed Neighbourhoods; Regulation of Security Measures; Informalisation of the Security Landscape; The Framework for 'Condominisation' in Lima Metropolitana; Local Crime and Security Discourses; Weakness and Inefficiency of Public Authorities; Residential Enclave Las Flores; Residential Enclave Sta. Patricia; Conclusion; Chapter 4
    Description / Table of Contents: Global Cities and the Governance of Commodity Chains: A Case Study From Latin America1Global City Formation and the Deepened Integration of Mexico and Chile in the World Economy; Globalisation and the Role of Financial Service Intermediaries in Mexico and Chile; The Financial Service Sector in Mexico and Chile; Empirical Basis and Method; Empirical Findings; Ranking of Asset Managers in Mexico and Chile3; Empirical Assessment: Comparing Bloomberg and GaWC data; Interpretation of the Empirical Findings; Conclusion: Towards a Geography of Governance in Global Commodity Chains; Chapter 5
    Description / Table of Contents: The Impact of Decentralisation on Local Development: The Case of BoliviaThe Concept of Local Development Revisited; Bolivia's Decentralisation Programme; Introducing the Research Area: Six Rural Municipalities in Chuquisaca; Impact on Local Development; Generating Funds; Main Characteristics of Local Investments; The Impact of Decentralization on Local Employment; Conclusion; Chapter 6; Political Reforms and Local Development in the Bolivian Amazon; Political Reforms in Bolivia - Hollow Words or Drastic Change?; Historical Context; The Reforms; Conditions for Successful Implementation
    Description / Table of Contents: The Amazon Region of Bolivia: Effects of Institutional Reforms in a Peripheral Region
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    SIKU: Knowing Our Ice : Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use (2010)
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    ISBN: 9789048185870
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Geography ; Anthropological linguistics ; Climatic changes ; Anthropology ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Geography ; Anthropological linguistics ; Climatic changes ; Anthropology ; Human Geography ; Ethnoscience ; Arctic regions ; Research ; Arctic regions ; International Polar Year, 2007-2008 ; Human ecology ; Arctic regions ; Ethnobiology ; Arctic regions ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Arctic regions ; Human beings ; Effect of environment on ; Arctic regions ; Arctic regions ; Research ; Arctic regions ; Environmental conditions
    Abstract: By exploring indigenous people`s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public TOC:Preface .- Foreword .- Volume Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Overview.- Part 1 - RECORDING THE KNOWLEDGE:.- Part 2 - USING THE ICE: .- Part 3 - LEARNING, KNOWING, AND PRESERVING THE KNOWLEDGE.- Part 4 - SIKU and Siku: OPENING NEW PERSPECTIVES .-EPILOGUE: The Humanism of Sea Ice.- Appendix 1. Nunavimmiut Sea Ice Terminology.- Appendix 2. List of the SIKU-generated publications and science presentations, 2006-2010.- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Recording the knowledge : Inuit observations of ice, climate and change -- pt. 2. Using the ice : indigenous knowledge and modern technologies -- pt. 3. Learning, knowing and preserving the knowledge -- pt. 4. SIKU and Siku : opening new perspectives.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8587-0
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    Spatial and Social Disparities : Understanding Population Trends and Processes: volume 2 (2010)
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    ISBN: 9789048187508
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 300p, digital)
    Series Statement: Understanding Population Trends and Processes 2
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Spatial and social disparities
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    Keywords: Räumliche Verteilung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Soziale Schicht ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Migranten ; Großbritannien ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Population ; Quality of Life Research ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Public health ; Quality of Life ; Population ; Quality of Life Research ; Demography ; Großbritannien ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Population. ; Equality. ; Income distribution. ; Population--Statistics. ; Equality--Statistics. ; Income distribution--Statistics. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
    Abstract: Inequality is one of the major problems of the contemporary world. Significant geographical disparities exist within nations of the developed world, as well as between these countries and those referred to as the 'South' in the Bruntland Report. Issues of equity and deprivation must be addressed in view of sustainable development. However, before policymakers can remove the obstacles to a fairer world, it is essential to understand the nature of inequality, both in terms of its spatial and socio-demographic characteristics. This second volume in the series contains population studies that examine the disparities evident across geographical space in the UK and between different individuals or groups. Topics include demographic and social change, deprivation, happiness, cultural consumption, ethnicity, gender, employment, health, religion, education and social values. These topics and the relationships between them are explored using secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records. In volume 1 the findings of research on fertility, living arrangements, care and mobility are examined. Volume 3 will focus on ethnicity and integration.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1 Spatial and Social Disparities; Introduction; Disparities in the UK; Structure and Content of the Book; Spatial Disparities: Demographic Change, Deprivation, Social Patterns, Happiness and Cultural Consumption; Social Disparities: Ethnicity, Gender, Employment and Health; Social Disparities: Religion, Education and Social Values; Conclusions; References; 2 Demographic and Deprivation Change in the UK; Introduction; Methodology; Harmonising Geographical Information; Re-estimating 1991 Mid-year Populations
    Description / Table of Contents: Calculating Deprivation ScoresPopulation Change in Small Areas; Deprivation Change in the UKs Small Areas; Case Study: Deprivation Change in Leeds; Conclusions; References; 3 Englands Changing Social Geology; Introduction; Classifying Areas; Data Selection; Methodology; Results; Conclusions; References; 4 Geographical Modelling of Happiness and Well-Being; Introduction; Data; Building Multilevel Models of Happiness; Building Spatial Microsimulation Models of Happiness; Conclusions; References; 5 Geographic Analysis of Cultural Consumption; Introduction; The Data
    Description / Table of Contents: Accessibility and Commuting IndicesModelling Arts Attendance; Regression Modelling; Comparing Models for Specific Artforms; Comparing Models for Specific Venues; Manchester; Comparing Our Model to Existing Geodemographic Classifications; Conclusions; References; 6 Struggling onto the Ladder, Climbing the Rungs: Employment and Class Position of Minority Ethnic Groups in Britain; Introduction; Data and Methods; Analysis; Discussion and Conclusion; References; 7 Occupational Segregation and Concentration: An Analysis by Sex, Employment Status and Ethnic Group in England and Wales; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: The Theil Index for Measuring Multigroup SegregationData; Demography and Patterns of Work Participation by Ethnic Group, 19912001; Segregation Indices and Patterns of Occupational Concentration; Conclusions; References; 8 Effects of Employment on Cardiovascular Risk; Introduction; Methodology; Findings; Shift Work and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease; Night-Work, Long Working Hours, Job Control and Cortisol Secretion in Mid-life; Conclusions; References; 9 Employment and Health Trajectories; Introduction; Data
    Description / Table of Contents: Do Past Patterns Influence Current Status of Labour Force Participation and of Health?Employment and Health Trajectories: Do They Cluster?; Are Employment and Health Trajectories Similar?; Employment and Objective Health Measures; Conclusions; References; 10 The Circumstances and Attitudes of Different Muslim Groups in England and Europe; Introduction; Methods; Data Sources; Sample Weights; Measures; Socioeconomic and Migration Status; Racial Harassment and Discrimination; Religiosity and Ethnic/National Identity; Research Findings; Discussion and Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 Investigating Inequalities in Educational Attainment
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    The Indirect Estimation of Migration : Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data (2010)
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    ISBN: 1282927841 , 9789048189151 , 9781282927841
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
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    Series Statement: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis 26
    DDC: 304.80727
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Cartography ; Statistics ; Sociology ; Migration ; Demography ; Demographie ; Migration ; Statistik
    Abstract: This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of human populations. Demographers have found that all three generally exhibit persistent regularities in their age and spatial patterns, when changing levels are controlled for. Drawing on statistical descriptions of such regularities, it is often possible to improve the quality of the available data by smoothing irregular data, imposing the structures of borrowed and related data on unreliable data, and estimating missing data by indirect methods. Model migration schedules and log-linear models are presented as powerful methods for helping population researchers, historical demographers, geographers, and migration analysts work with the data available to them. TOC:Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Describing age strucutres of migration.- Chapter 3: Describing Spatial Structures of Migration.- Chapter 4: Smooting age and spatial patterns.- Chapter 5: Imposing age and spatial structures.- Chapter 6: Inferring age and spatial patterns.- Chapter 7: Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; The Indirect Estimation of Migration Website; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Models; 1.3 Data; 1.4 Outline of Book; 2 Describing Age Structures of Migration; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Age Patterns of Migration; 2.3 Comparative Analysis; 2.4 Related Topics; 2.5 Summary and Discussion; 2.6 Appendix: Estimation of Model Schedule Parameters; 3 Describing Spatial Structures of Migration; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Representing Spatial Structures of Migration: The Log-Linear Model; 3.3 Biproportional Adjustment and the Method of Offsets; 3.4 Introducing Additional Structures
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5 Summary and Discussion4 Smoothing Age and Spatial Patterns; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Smoothing Irregular Migration Data: Census 2000 Full Sample; 4.3 Smoothing Irregular and Inadequate Migration Data: Census 2000 PUMS 1 Sample; 4.4 Smoothing Data of Low Reliability: ACS PUMS Data; 4.5 Log-Linear Smoothing of Spatial and Age Patterns in Migration Flow Tables; 4.6 Summary and Discussion; 5 Imposing Age and Spatial Patterns; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Regional Membership Method for Imposing Migration Age Structures; 5.3 The Family Membership Method for Imposing Migration Age Structures
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.4 Imposing Migration Age Structures with ACS Data5.5 Imposing Spatial Migration Patterns; 5.6 Summary and Discussion; 6 Inferring Age and Spatial Patterns; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Age Compositions of Out-Migrants; 6.3 Inferring Historical Spatial Patterns Using Infant Migration Estimates; 6.4 Inferring Current Spatial Patterns Using Combined Data Sets; 6.5 Summary and Discussion; 7 Conclusion; References; Index;
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