ISBN:
0226534677
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0226534685
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9780226534633
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9781282584907
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 242 p)
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version No Dig, No Fly, No Go
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Monmonier, Mark S., 1943 - No dig, no fly, no go
DDC:
303.3
Keywords:
Cartography Social aspects
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Cartography Political aspects
;
Maps Political aspects
;
Maps Economic aspects
;
Cartography Economic aspects
;
Maps Social aspects
;
Kartographie
;
Karte
;
Soziologie
;
Cartography
;
Social aspects
;
Maps
;
Social aspects
;
Cartography
;
Economic aspects
;
Maps
;
Economic aspects
;
Cartography
;
Political aspects
;
Maps
;
Political aspects
;
Karte
;
Kartografie
;
Soziologie
;
Karte
;
Kartografie
;
Wirtschaft
;
Karte
;
Kartografie
;
Politik
Abstract:
Some maps help us find our way; others restrict where we go and what we do. These maps control behavior, regulating activities from flying to fishing, prohibiting students from one part of town from being schooled on the other, and banishing certain individuals and industries to the periphery. This restrictive cartography has boomed in recent decades as governments seek regulate activities as diverse as hiking, building a residence, opening a store, locating a chemical plant, or painting your house anything but regulation colors. It is this aspect of mapping-its power to prohibit-that celebrat
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Boundaries Matter""; ""2. Keep Off!""; ""3. Keep Out!""; ""4. Absentee Landlords""; ""5. Dividing the Sea""; ""6. Divide and Govern""; ""7. Contorted Boundaries, Wasted Votes""; ""8. Redlining and Greenlining""; ""9. Growth Management""; ""10. Vice Squad""; ""11. No Dig, No Fly, No Go""; ""12. Electronic Boundaries""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Readings for Further Exploration""; ""Sources of Illustration""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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