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  • 2005-2009  (57)
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest  (31)
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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789264056015
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (250 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: West African Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les enjeux régionaux des migrations ouest-africaines ; Perspectives africaines et européennes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trémolières, Marie Regional challenges of West African migration
    DDC: 325/.266
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    Keywords: Economic Community of West African States ; Internationale Migration ; Westafrika ; Internationale Migration ; Zuwanderer ; Repatriierung ; Migrationspolitik ; Freizügigkeit ; Internationale Organisation ; Politik ; Fallstudie ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Westafrika ; Europa ; Maghreb ; Mauretanien ; Senegal ; Westafrika ; Flüchtling
    Abstract: This publication presents contributions by international experts on various aspects of West African migration. It provides a contrasting perspective to current debates which essentially focus on security issues. This rather non-institutional approach promotes a constant dialogue based on analyses of the actual situation: the authors encourage "win-win" mobility for all parties involved (Europe, North Africa and West Africa), whether it be a host, transit or departure country.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9780203886441
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (273 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Human Geography Ser.
    DDC: 331.25
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    Keywords: Kreativität ; Kulturleben ; Soziale Klasse ; Stadtentwicklung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government policy makers attempting to revive the economic and cultural life of cities in the 21st century. Concepts such as the creative class, the creative industries and bohemian cultural clusters have come to dominate thinking about how creativity can contribute to urban renewal. Spaces of Vernacular Creativity offers a critical perspective on the instrumental use of arts and creative practices for the purposes of urban regeneration or civic boosterism. Several important contributions are brought into one volume to examine the geography of locally embedded forms of arts and creative practice. There has been an explosion of interest in both academic and policy circles in the notion of creativity, and its role in economic development and urban regeneration. This book argues for a rethinking of what constitutes creativity, foregrounding non-economic values and practices, and the often marginal and everyday spaces in which creativity takes shape. Drawing on a range of geographic contexts including the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, the book explores a diverse array of creative practices ranging from art, music, and design to community gardening and anticapitalist resistance. The book examines working class, ethnic and non-elite forms of creativity, and a variety of creative spaces, including rural areas, suburbs and abandoned areas of the city. The authors argue for a broader and more inclusive conception of what constitutes creative practice, advocating for an approach that foregrounds economies of generosity, conviviality and activism. The book also explores the complexities and nuances that connect the local and the global and finally, the book provides a space for valuing alternative, marginal and displaced knowledges. Spaces of Vernacular Creativity...
    Abstract: provides an important contribution to the debates on the creative class and on the role of value of creative knowledge and skills. The book aims to contribute to contemporary academic debates regarding the development of post-industrial economies and the cognitive cultural economy. It will appeal to a wide range of disciplines including, geography, applied art, planning, cultural studies, sociology and urban studies, plus specialised programmes on creativity and cultural industries at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.
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  • 3
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    New Haven : Yale University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780300156522
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (465 pages)
    Series Statement: Yale Agrarian Studies
    DDC: 305.800959
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Bergbewohner ; Staat ; Südostasien
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  • 4
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    Cambridge : The MIT Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780262274838
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
    DDC: 305.800973
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1886-2005 ; Rassentheorie ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Quelle
    Abstract: A collection of wide-ranging primary source material that tracks the shifting relationships between race and science through two centuries of American history.
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  • 5
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    Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783531922287
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (119 pages)
    DDC: 303.38
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    Keywords: Stadt ; Öffentlicher Raum ; Graffito ; Politische Kommunikation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Sind die unzähligen Sprüche und Schriftzüge auf Häuserwänden, Haltestellen, Parkbänken, etc. nur Zufallsprodukte und unsystematische Mitteilungen oder wohnt ihnen eine weiterreichende Bedeutung inne? Sind Graffiti leere Parolen und Sprüche oder ernstzunehmende Projektionen gesellschaftlicher Phänomene des urbanen Lebens?Der Sammelband stellt Graffiti als Sprache an den Wänden in das Zentrum einer interdisziplinären wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung. Die Beiträge fokussieren dabei nicht nur die konkrete Seite des Phänomens Graffiti, sondern entfalten einen theoretischen Rahmen zur weiterführenden Betrachtung. Grundannahme ist es dabei, dass Graffiti in ihrer Gesamtheit die sozialen und politischen Verhältnisse, Befindlichkeiten und Einstellungen in Abhängigkeit von Zeit und Ort ihrer Kreation widerspiegeln.
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9783839411551
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (339 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Series Statement: Sozialtheorie
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Regionalforschung ; Raum ; Begriff ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Diskursanalyse ; Anthropogeografie ; Methode ; Aufsatzsammlung
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  • 7
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849801911
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 307 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governing the environment
    DDC: 363.7
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomik ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltrecht ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Environmental policy ; Umweltpolitk ; Umweltökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltrecht
    Abstract: This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines - economics, political science, environmental science and law - thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature
    Abstract: pt. 1. Institutions : alternative solutions to the problem of assigning powers over the environment -- pt. 2. Issues in environmental governance : the comparative advantage of different levels of government
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  • 8
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848447233 , 1444328581 , 184844723X , 1282238841 , 9781847207647 , 9781444328585 , 1847207642 , 9781282238848
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 358 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate social responsibility in Europe
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    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Governance-Ansatz ; Industrie ; Bank ; Europa ; Industrial management ; Social responsibility of business ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: The acid test of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply this: does it lead to positive impacts on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? And if it does lead to positive impacts, how can these be enhanced? This timely book tackles this cutting-edge challenge by presenting empirical findings from a range of surveys and in-depth case studies. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR
    Abstract: pt. 1. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. Mapping CSR : survey data on selected issues in four sectors -- pt. 3. Assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR : case study findings -- pt. 4. CSR and public policy
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781849802239
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 246 pages) , illustrations, maps (some coloured)
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mendelsohn, Robert O., 1952 - Climate change and agriculture
    DDC: 338.14091724
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Klimawandel ; Welt ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Electronic books ; Afrika ; Lateinamerika ; Klimaänderung ; Landwirtschaft ; Landwirtschaftliches Einkommen ; Wettbewerbsvorteil ; Modellierung
    Abstract: Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides both a good analytical basis for additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of climate in agricultural production -- 3. Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural Ricardian models -- 7. Ricardian analyses of aggregate data -- 8. Ricardian models of individual farms -- 9. Adaptation studies -- 10. Structural Ricardian studies -- 11. Summary of results -- 12. Policy implications and future research needs
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848445987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 529 p) , ill., maps, plans
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of regional growth and development theories
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionales Wachstum ; Regionalentwicklung ; Entwicklung ; Innovation ; Wissenstransfer ; Regionales Cluster ; Agglomerationseffekt ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Regional economics ; Regional economics Econometric models ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionales Wirtschaftswachstum ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new pathways in regional economics, written by many well-known international scholars. The most advanced theories, measurement methods and policy issues in regional growth are given in-depth treatment
    Abstract: Growth theories and space -- Development theories : regional production factors -- Development theories : innovation, knowledge and space -- Regional growth and development measurement methods -- Regional growth and development policies
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780857937148
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 259 p) , ill
    Series Statement: The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment, and sustainable development
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Modelling sustainable development
    DDC: 338.94/07015195
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    Keywords: Nachhaltigkeit ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz ; Klimawandel ; Ökonometrisches Modell ; Modellierung ; Welt ; Sustainable development Econometric models ; Electronic books ; Sustainable development ; Mathematical models ; Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Mathematisches Modell
    Abstract: This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require. This book redresses the balance
    Abstract: pt. 1. Defining sustainability -- pt. 2. Issues in modelling sustainability -- pt. 3. Model descriptions -- pt. 4. Synthesis of TranSust
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  • 12
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    Nordhausen : Bautz | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783869452272
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (906 pages)
    DDC: 305.8933065
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    Keywords: Tuareg ; Tourismusindustrie ; Kulturkontakt ; Urlauber ; Niger
    Abstract: Reisen zu indigenen Kulturen sind wegen deren angeblichen Verletzlichkeit verpönt. Diese Berechtigung dieser Ansicht wird am Beispiel von Tourismus zu Tuareg-Nomaden in der Region Agadez, Zentralsahara, überprüft. Dazu wurden die historischen, politischen, ökonomischen und kulturellen Rahmenbedingungen und Entwicklungsprozesse der Region sowie auch jene des Bergdorfes Timia in den Aïr-Bergen untersucht. Besonderes Augenmerk galt den Strukturen der regionalen Tourismusentwicklung, wozu regionale Agenturbetreiber, Sahara-Touristen sowie Angehörige der betroffenen Landbevölkerung interviewt wurden. Weiters wurden die Kataloge von europäischen Reiseveranstaltern analysiert. Schließlich wurde auch eine Trekking-Reise mittels teilnehmender Beobachtung evaluiert, wobei keine wesentlichen soziokulturellen und ökologischen Belastungen nachweisbar waren. Als Evaluationsmaßstab wurde das System einer kybernetischen Ethik entwickelt, die sich als personelle Ausprägung der "nachhaltigen Entwicklung" versteht. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt war die ideologiekritische Analyse des Tuareg-Mythos."Tuareg-Tourismus" wird überwiegend von urbanisierten Tuareg-Nomaden und einstigen Tuareg-Rebellen betrieben. Charakteristisch sind das weitgehend ungelenkte Tourismuswachstum, intensives Konkurrenzverhalten der Reiseveranstalter und geringe interkulturelle Qualifikation des Personals. Die Region leidet unter Arbeitslosigkeit und Dürren, weshalb die ökonomische Rolle des Tourismus signifikant ist. Jedoch trägt diese Einkommenschance auch zu inneren Konflikten bei. Insofern weist Tourismus sowohl stabilisierende als auch destabilisierende Tendenzen auf. Die Belastungen des gesamten Tourismusaufkommens, maximal 4.000 Personen pro Jahr, halten sich aufgrund des großen Reisegebiets in Grenzen. Die Befragung der Bewohner der Bergoase Timia ergab, dass Tourismus als willkommene...
    Abstract: Einkommensalternative sowie als Mittel zur Requirierung von Entwicklungsprojekten betrachtet wird. Dieser Sichtweise wurde abschließend vor dem Hinterrund der Transzendentalpragmatik und des Kulturalismus auf deren Legitimationskraft analysiert. Im Ergebnis konnte die spezifische Form des Tuareg-Tourismus als vertretbar nachgewiesen werden, weil in seiner gegenwärtigen Form die stabilisierenden Effekte dominieren. Die Kritik am Tuareg-Tourismus konnte insofern im Wesentlichen als Ausdruck exotisierender Projektionen entlarvt werden. InhaltsverzeichnisInhaltsübersichtTabellenverzeichnisAbkürzungsverzeichnisTeil A: Theoretische Grundlagen1 Einleitung2 Theoretische Grundlagen einer universellen Tourismusethik3 "Entwicklung": Ideologischer Wandel und Krise eines Entwicklungsbegriffs4 "Entwicklungshilfe" Tourismus?5 Wahrnehmung und Interaktion zwischen Reisenden und "Bereisten"Teil B Empirische Untersuchung des Tourismusmarktes Agadez6 Die Region Agadez7 Geschichte des Tourismus in Agadez8 Die Tourismuspotentiale von Agadez9 Struktur des Tourismus in Agadez10 Strukturelle Probleme der Tourismusentwicklung in Agadez11 Die Marke "Tuareg" - Mythos und Images12 Der Markt des Tuareg-Tourismus13 Das Reiseprodukt: Versuch der Evaluation einer Trekking-Reise ins Aïr14 Konflikte im Einzugsbereich des Tuareg-TourismusTeil C: Das Verhältnis der Kel Timia zum Tourismus15 Portrait der Kel Timia: Tradition und Wandel16 Die Kel Timia heute: Kernprobleme und Lösungsstrategien17 Tourismus bei den Kel Timia18 Die wirtschaftliche Rolle des Tourismus in Timia19 Werte, soziokultureller Wandel und die Rolle des Tourismus20 Potentielle Tourismusentwicklung: Vier Testprojekte21 Probleme durch Tourismus bei den TuaregTeil D Gesamtevaluation22 Die ethische Relevanz der Meinung der Kel Timia23 Gesamt-SchlussfolgerungenQuellenverzeichnisAnhang.
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  • 13
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264056763
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (288 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: West African Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Atlas régional de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regional atlas on West Africa
    DDC: 911.66
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    Keywords: Länderbericht ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Humangeographie ; Westafrika ; Development ; Westafrika ; Landeskunde ; Atlas ; Africa, West Economic conditions ; 1960- ; Africa, West Economic integration ; Africa, West Emigration and immigration ; Africa, West Population ; Africa, West Social conditions ; Africa, West Statistics, Vital ; Atlas ; Atlas ; Westafrika ; Landeskunde ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Migration ; Bevölkerung ; Soziale Situation ; Lebensbedingungen ; Statistik ; Atlas
    Abstract: Recent global changes have placed regional integration at the centre of Africa’s political and economic agenda. This Atlas is both a driver and the result of strategic thinking on regional integration in West Africa. Containing maps, statistics and analyses, it describes the West African region, its population, settlement, territories, its economy and its vulnerabilities. It analyses the developments and the ways in which West Africa is conforming to a constantly changing global environment. The Atlas also identifies the medium- and long-term trends and provides elements for strategic thinking on the future.
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    Berlin : transcript Verlag | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783839410059
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (257 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Kultur- und Medientheorie
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    Keywords: Wohnen ; Soziale Situation ; Lebensform ; Randgruppe ; Kreativität ; Alter ; Deutschland
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9789264029422
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: West African Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mobilités ouest-africaines et politiques migratoires des pays de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als West African mobility and migration policies of OECD countries
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    Keywords: Internationale Migration ; Westafrika ; Migrationspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; EU-Staaten ; Africans Migrations ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Africa, West Emigration and immigration ; OECD countries Emigration and immigration ; OECD countries Emigration and immigration ; Government policy ; Westafrika ; Einwanderung
    Abstract: This publication reviews migration policies in the main OECD countries receiving West African migrants and analyses the recent discussions within Europe. This report lists common approaches undertaken in Europe, Africa and West Africa and aims to shed light on decision makers’ strategic thinking. It provides the greater public with an objective understanding of this recent dynamic.
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    Chichester : Wiley | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780470777374
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (450 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Blackwell companions to religion
    DDC: 306.3
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftssoziologie ; Kulturwirtschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. Brings together exciting and innovative work from the last ten years in the emerging field of cultural economy. Contains a substantial introduction by the editors on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. Shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. Shows that thinking about cultural economy is both a substantive task and a valuable contribution to knowledge. Material is organised around different links in the value chain.
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    Cary : Oxford University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780199721405
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (303 pages)
    DDC: 306.60973
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    Keywords: Religiöses Leben ; USA
    Abstract: How can we grasp the complex religious lives of individuals such as Peter, an ordained Protestant minister who has little attachment to any church but centers his highly committed religious practice on peace-and-justice activism? Or Hannah, a devout Jew whose rich spiritual life revolves around her women's spirituality group and the daily practice of meditative dance? Or Laura, who identifies as Catholic but rarely attends Mass, and engages daily in Buddhist-style meditation at her home altar arranged with symbols of Mexican American popular religion? Diverse religious practices such as these have long baffled scholars, whose research often starts with the assumption that individuals commit, or refuse to commit, to an entire institutionally framed package of beliefs and practices. Meredith McGuire points the way forward toward a new way of understanding religion. She argues that scholars must study religion not as it is defined by religious organizations, but as it is actually lived in people's everyday lives. Drawing on her own extensive fieldwork, as well as recent work by others, McGuire explores the many, seemingly mundane, ways that individuals practice their religions and develop their spiritual lives. By examining the many eclectic and creative practices -- of body, mind, emotion, and spirit -- that have been invisible to researchers, she offers a fuller and more nuanced understanding of contemporary religion.
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781400828593
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (460 pages)
    DDC: 306.201
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    Keywords: Nationalstaat ; Rechtsgeltung ; Souveränität ; Gebietshoheit ; Supranationalität ; Transformation ; Globalisierung ; Normativität
    Abstract: Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while globalization is best understood as "denationalization," it continues to be shaped, channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law and respect for private authority. This process of state making produced some of the capabilities enabling the global era. The difference is that these capabilities have become part of new organizing logics: actors other than nation-states deploy them for new purposes. Sassen builds her case by examining how three components of any society in any age--territory, authority, and rights--have changed in themselves and in their interrelationships across three major historical "assemblages": the medieval, the national, and the global. The book consists of three parts. The first, "Assembling the National," traces the emergence of territoriality in the Middle Ages and considers monarchical divinity as a precursor to sovereign secular authority. The second part, "Disassembling the National," analyzes economic, legal, technological, and political conditions and projects that are shaping new organizing logics. The third part, "Assemblages of a Global Digital Age," examines particular intersections of the new digital technologies with territory, authority, and rights. Sweeping in scope, rich in detail, and highly readable, Territory, Authority, Rights is a definitive new statement on globalization that will resonate throughout the social sciences.
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    Cary : Oxford University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780199710058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (243 pages)
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Anthropogeografie ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Globals, Locals, and Mobals. 2. The Imperial Legacy of Language. 3. The Fateful Geography of Religion. 4. The Rough Topography of Human Health. 5. Geography of Jeopardy. 6. Places Open and Shut. 7. Same Place, Divergent Destinites. 8. Power and the City. 9. Promise and Peril in the Provinces. 10. Lowering the Barriers. Works Cited. Index.
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    Chichester : Wiley | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780470997253
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (546 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Blackwell companions to geography
    DDC: 304.2
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    Abstract: A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study. Provides accessible overviews of key themes, debates and controversies from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points Charts significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the field A valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding of the contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates.
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    Williston : Wiley | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781405137362
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (637 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Blackwell companions to geography
    DDC: 305.42
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    Keywords: Geografie ; Feminismus ; Frauenforschung ; Geschlechterforschung
    Abstract: "A kaleidoscopic presentation of the riches of feminist geography, revealing at every turn the breadth of its theoretical perspectives, the variety of its objects of inquiry, and the reach of its methodologies. At once poetic, polemical and rigorous, the Companion to Feminist Geography cross-cuts contemporary feminist research at all scales with historiographies of feminist thought in the field. With chapters by a truly international group of authors, this anthology inscribes feminist geography at the heart of the discipline as it makes the vitality of geographic thought vivid not only for other fields but for a range of political movements as well." Cindi Katz, Graduate Centre, City University of New York "Though each of the essays can be read for its own distinctive contribution, the anthology as a whole is designed to provide a mosaic of feminist geography for both scholars and students." Reference and Research Book News, Vol 20/1, Feb 2005 "An extensive resource written by influential feminist thinkers and practitioners...All Blackwell Companions are relevant to academics, researchers and students in their disciplines and beyond, but this volume on feminist geography will have more general appeal" Reference Reviews.
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    ISBN: 9781848444966
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 246 p)
    Series Statement: Services, economy, and innovation
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Djellal, Faridah Measuring and improving productivity in services
    DDC: 331.118
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    Keywords: Dienstleistungssektor ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Produktivität ; Messung ; Theorie ; Industrial productivity ; Service industries ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Produktivität ; Electronic books ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Produktivität
    Abstract: The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the attempts to measure it. The second part is devoted to the main determinants of productivity growth and the strategies to increase productivity in service firms and organisations
    Abstract: pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies
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    ISBN: 9781848445079
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 461 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research on clusters series 2
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on innovation and clusters
    DDC: 338.6042
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    Keywords: Hochtechnologie ; Regionales Cluster ; Clusteranalyse ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Industrial clusters Research ; Methodology ; High technology industries ; Industrial clusters ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Spitzentechnologie ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Cluster
    Abstract: The role of innovations and clusters has increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades. This authoritative and accessible Handbook considers important aspects of high-tech clusters, analyses insightful cluster case studies, and provides a number of recommendations for cluster policies
    Abstract: pt. 1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and clustering of high-tech. firms -- pt. 2. Case studies -- pt. 3. Cluster policies
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    ISBN: 9781848444898
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 323 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing countries
    DDC: 362.19697920091724
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    Keywords: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; 1995-2005 ; Infektionskrankheit ; AIDS ; Arzneimittel ; Generika ; TRIPS ; Technologietransfer ; Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Public health ; Health services accessibility ; AIDS (Disease) Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aidskranker ; Medizinische Versorgung ; Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce : 1994
    Abstract: The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of the obstacles that remain, especially the constraints imposed by TRIPS and the poor state of most public health systems in Southern countries. In so doing, the book renews our understanding of the political economy of HIV/AIDS in these vast regions, where it continues to spread with devastating social and economic consequences
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , New antiretroviral treatments and post-2005 TRIPS constraints : first moves toward IP flexibilization in developing countries , New trends in IP protection and health issues in FTA negotiations , Evolution of prices and quantities of ARV drugs in African countries: from emerging to strategic markets , The Brazilian experience of 'scaling-up' : a public policy approach , Technology transfer agreements and access to HIV/AIDS drugs : the Brazilian case , Scaling-up and reverse engineering : acquisition of industrial knowledge by copying drugs in Brazil , Compulsory licensing in the real world : the case of ARV drugs in Brazil , HIV prevalence estimates : the new deal in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000 , 'Fragility' : a macro-dynamic motive to offer quick and general access to ART in LDC , Procurement policies, governance models and ARV availability in French-speaking African countries : an overview , The public health approach to antiretroviral treatment : the case of Cameroon , The cost of universal free access for treating HIV/AIDS in low-income countries : the case of Senegal , Implementing funding modalities for free access : the case for a 'purchasing fund system' to cover medical care for PLWHA
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848442849
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 316 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research on clusters series 1
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on cluster theory
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: Regionales Cluster ; Industrieregion ; Industrial clusters Research ; Methodology ; Industrial clusters ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Cluster
    Abstract: Clusters have increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades and the growing intellectual and political interest for clusters and clustering is the prime motivation for this Handbook. Charlie Karlsson unites leading experts to present a thorough overview of economic cluster research
    Abstract: pt. 1. Agglomeration and cluster theory -- pt. 2. Cluster research methods -- pt. 3. Clusters in different spatial contexts -- pt. 4. Sectoral clusters
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    ISBN: 9781847209948
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 367 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creative cities, cultural clusters and local economic development
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Regionales Cluster ; Kultursektor ; Kreativsektor ; Innovation ; Welt ; Urban economics ; City planning Economic aspects ; Stadtplanung ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Electronic books ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Stadtplanung ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Stadt ; Innovation ; Kreativität ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Cluster
    Abstract: pt. 1. Cultural districts, cultural clusters and local economic development -- pt. 2. Knowledge, creative industries and local economic development.
    Abstract: This book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first is largely subsidized while the second is highly entrepreneurial hence they actually make very different kinds of contribution to a city's character, attractiveness and competitiveness
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    New York : Cambridge University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780511413230
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (298 pages)
    Series Statement: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    DDC: 305.8
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    Abstract: Hale examines separatism in the USSR and CIS through a new psychological understanding of ethnic identity.
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    London : I. B. Tauris & Company | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780857712905
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (269 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: International Library of Human Geography
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Anthropogeografie ; Kartografie ; Landschaft ; Umweltwahrnehmung ; Art and geography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Leading geographer Denis Cosgrove provides a series of personal reflections on the complex connections between seeing, imagining and representing the world geographically. In a series of eloquent essays he draws upon pictorial images - including maps, sketches, cartoons, paintings, and photographs - to explore and elaborate upon the many and varied ways in which the vast and varied earth, and at times the heavens beyond, have been both imagined and represented as a place of human habitation. The essays include reflections upon geographical discovery; urban cartography and utopian visions; ideas of landscape and the shaping of America; wilderness and masculinity; conceptions of the Pacific; and the imaginative grip of the Equator. Extensively illustrated, this engaging work reveals the richness of the geographical imagination as expressed over the past five centuries._x000D__x000D_'A richly evocative set of meditations on landscape and vision by a master craftsman. ... Across myriad times and spaces, he displays for us the kaleidoscope of meanings that we humans have attached to the terrestrial sphere. Each essay is a delightful creation fashioned by an artist whose eye is informed throughout by a profound geographical sensibility.'- David Livingstone, OBE, Professor of Geography and Intellectual History, Queen's University, Belfast_x000D__x000D_'Among modern geographers who have re-imagined, re-charged and extended their subject, Denis Cosgrove is pre-eminent, and his understanding of landscape, in particular, the most vital contribution... The range of his chosen topics is both their challenge and their excitement - from Renaissance arcadias to Ruskin's mythopoeic science, from meditations on the invisible Equator to extra-terrestrial cosmography for the twenty-first century, from American nature and urban mapping to the idea of the Pacific as a...
    Abstract: single geographical region...'- John Dixon Hunt, Professor of the History & Theory of Landscape, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania_x000D__x000D_.
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    Berlin : transcript Verlag | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783839408223
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (251 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Kultur und soziale Praxis
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    Keywords: Aleviten ; Religiöse Identität ; Kulturelle Identität ; Türkischer Einwanderer ; Soziale Integration ; Deutschland ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Leverkusen-Opladen : Budrich UniPress | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783863884376
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (336 Seiten)
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    Keywords: Migration ; Stadtsoziologie ; Großstadt ; Einwanderer ; Soziale Integration ; Segregation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2008 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2008
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    Berkeley : University of California Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780520942462
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (273 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 973.0046872
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1940-2005 ; Mexikanischer Einwanderer ; Mexikaner ; Migrationspolitik ; USA ; Houston, Tex. ; Mexiko ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Abstract: Challenging many common perceptions, this is the first book fully dedicated to understanding a major new phenomenon-the large numbers of skilled urban workers who are now coming across the border from Mexico's cities. Based on a ten-year, on-the-ground study of one working-class neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico's industrial powerhouse and third-largest city, Metropolitan Migrants explores the ways in which Mexico's economic restructuring and the industrial modernization of the past three decades have pushed a new flow of migrants toward cities such as Houston, Texas, the global capital of the oil industry. Weaving together rich details of everyday life with a lucid analysis of Mexico's political economy, Rubén Hernández-León deftly traces the effects of restructuring on the lives of the working class, from the national level to the kitchen table.
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    ISBN: 926401909X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: OECD sustainable development studies
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. u.d.T. Institutionalising sustainable development
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Institutionalising sustainable development
    DDC: 338.9270601
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; OECD-Staaten ; Konferenzschrift 2006 ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Internationaler Vergleich
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    ISBN: 9789264019096
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (162 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Sustainable Development Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Institutionalising sustainable development
    DDC: 338.9270601
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; OECD-Staaten ; Environment ; Governance ; Konferenzschrift ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Achieving sustainable development depends on good governance practices, particularly the effective implementation of national sustainable development strategies which integrate government decision-making in the economic, environmental and social spheres. This volume contains recommendations for the true “institutionalisation” of sustainable development. Institutionalisation will embed the concept in government operations for the long-term and will reduce the vulnerability of sustainable development aims to shorter-term political objectives.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264107014 , 9789264029095 , 9789264048669
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (150 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le capital humain ; Comment le savoir détermine notre vie
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Humankapital; Wie Wissen unser Leben bestimmt
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Capital humano ; Cómo influye en su vida lo que usted sabe
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Human Capital; How what you know shapes your life (Croatian version)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Keeley, Brian Human capital
    DDC: 338.4737
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    Keywords: Humankapital ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; Humankapital
    Abstract: This first book in the new OECD Insights Series examines the increasing economic and social importance of human capital - our education, skills, competencies, and knowledge. As economies in developed countries shift away from manufacturing, economic success for individuals and national economies is increasingly reliant on the quality of human capital. Raising human capital has emerged as a key policy priority, particularly for low-skilled individuals, who are at risk of being left even further behind. Policy in this area is focusing on early childhood development, improving quality and choice in schooling, creating excellence in tertiary education, and widening access to adult learning. Drawing on the research and analysis of the OECD, this dynamic new book uses straightforward language to explain how countries across the OECD area are responding to the challenge of raising their levels of human capital. This book includes Statlinks, URLs linking statistical tables and graphs in the text of the book to Excel spreadsheets showing the underlying data.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264026100
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (148 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. La cohérence des politiques au service du développement 2007 ; Migrations et pays en développement
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Policy coherence for development 2007
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmigranten ; Brain Drain ; Rücküberweisungen ; Migrationspolitik ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer ; Migration
    Abstract: This edition of the Development Centre's annual report on policy coherence focuses on migration. The book examines the costs and benefits of migration for developing countries and how these flows can be better organised to yield greater benefits for all parties concerned -- migrant-sending countries, migrant-receiving countries, and the migrants themselves. It takes stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development, and distills from that knowledge a set of policy recommendations for sending and receiving countries alike. It draws on a large number of country and regional case studies co-ordinated by the OECD Development Centre to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development: labour-market effects, brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.
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    Brookfield : Ashgate Publishing Ltd | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780754684787
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (279 pages) , Illustrationen
    DDC: 306.76/601
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    Keywords: Sexualität ; Öffentlicher Raum ; Soziale Situation ; Homosexualität ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    New York : NYU Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780814733073
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (296 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Tourismus ; Stadtentwicklung ; New Orleans, La. ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Honorable Mention for the 2008 Robert Park Outstanding Book Award given by the ASA's Community and Urban Sociology Section Mardi Gras, jazz, voodoo, gumbo, Bourbon Street, the French Quarter-all evoke that place that is unlike any other: New Orleans. In Authentic New Orleans, Kevin Fox Gotham explains how New Orleans became a tourist town, a spectacular locale known as much for its excesses as for its quirky Southern charm. Gotham begins in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina amid the whirlwind of speculation about the rebuilding of the city and the dread of outsiders wiping New Orleans clean of the grit that made it great. He continues with the origins of Carnival and the Mardi Gras celebration in the nineteenth century, showing how, through careful planning and promotion, the city constructed itself as a major tourist attraction. By examining various image-building campaigns and promotional strategies to disseminate a palatable image of New Orleans on a national scale Gotham ultimately establishes New Orleans as one of the originators of the mass tourism industry-which linked leisure to travel, promoted international expositions, and developed the concept of pleasure travel. Gotham shows how New Orleans was able to become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States, especially through the transformation of Mardi Gras into a national, even international, event. All the while Gotham is concerned with showing the difference between tourism from above and tourism from below-that is, how New Orleans' distinctiveness is both maximized, some might say exploited, to serve the global economy of tourism as well as how local groups and individuals use tourism to preserve and anchor longstanding communal traditions.
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    ISBN: 9781847205537
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 301 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rutten, Roel, 1971 - The learning region
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Regionalpolitik ; Innovation ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Lernende Organisation ; Humankapital ; Sozialkapital ; Wettbewerbsvorteil ; Frankreich ; Italien ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; Regional economics ; Learning Economic aspects ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Space in economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Lernen ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation
    Abstract: pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. State of the art -- pt. 3. Future.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a state of the art exploration of theories. Leading scholars from across Europe, the USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning
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    ISBN: 9781847205223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 489 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of sustainable development
    DDC: 338.9/27
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    Abstract: This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy makers who have publicly stated their commitment to the goal of sustainable development. The Handbook of Sustainable Development seeks to provide an account of the considerable progress made in fleshing out these issues
    Abstract: Introduction / Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric Neumayer -- Ethics and sustainable development : an adaptive approach to environmental choice / Bryan G. Norton -- The capital approach to sustainability / Giovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton -- Sustainable development in ecological economics / Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh -- Ecological and social resilience / W. Neil Adger -- Benefit cost analysis and a safe minimum standard of conservation / Alan Randall -- Valuing the far-off future : discounting and its alternatives / Cameron Hepburn -- Population and sustainability / Geoffrey McNicoll -- Technological lock-in and the role of innovation / Timothy J. Foxon -- Distribution, sustainability and environmental policy / Geoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström -- Environmental justice and sustainability / Julian Agyeman -- Vulnerability, poverty and sustaining well-being / W. Neil Adger and Alexandra Winkels -- The resource curse and sustainable development / Richard M. Auty -- -Structural change, poverty and natural resource degradation / Ramón López -- - Eonomic growth and the environment / Matthew A. Cole -- Sustainable consumption / Tim Jackson -- Environmental and resource accounting / Glenn-Marie Lange -- Genuine saving as an indicator of sustainability -- / Kirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt -- Measuring sustainable economic welfare / Clive Hamilton -- Environmental space, material flow analysis and ecological footprinting / Ian Moffatt -- Sustainable cities and local sustainability / Yvonne Rydin -- Sustainable agriculture / Clement A. Tisdell -- Corporate sustainability : accountability or impossible dream? / Rob Gray and Jan Bebbington -- International environmental cooperation : the role of political feasibility / Camilla Bretteville Foyn -- Trade and sustainable development / Kevin P. Gallagher -- The international politics of sustainable development / John Vogler -- Financing for sustainable development / David Pearce
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    ISBN: 9781847206930
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 328 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regional knowledge economies
    DDC: 338.60941
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    Keywords: Hochtechnologie ; Informationstechnik ; Biotechnologie-Industrie ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionales Cluster ; Großbritannien ; Österreich ; High technology industries Location ; High technology industries Location ; Technological innovations ; Knowledge management ; Industrial clusters ; Biotechnologie ; Cluster ; Innovation ; Markt ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Wirtschaft ; globale Netzwerke ; wissensbasiert ; Electronic books ; Großbritannien ; Spitzentechnologie ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionalentwicklung ; Österreich ; Spitzentechnologie ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionalentwicklung
    Abstract: Introduction : aims of the book -- The emergent knowledge economy : concepts and evidence -- Knowledge-based sectors : key drivers of innovation and models of knowledge exchange -- Local clusters and global networks -- Varieties of business system and innovation -- Introduction to key research results -- UK ICT and biotechnology performance : the significance of collaboration and clustering -- Austrian catch-up in knowledge-based sectors : research exploitation, spatial clustering and knowledge links -- Comparing the cases and lessons for knowledge-based sector policy -- Reflections on the research and conclusions for policy.
    Abstract: This original and timely book presents the most comprehensive, empirically based analysis of clustering dynamics in the high-technology sector across liberal and co-ordinated market economies
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    ISBN: 9781847204219
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 369 p) , ill
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    Keywords: 1986-2002 ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Faktormobilität ; Regionalentwicklung ; Transportkosten ; Industrie ; Auslandsinvestition ; Strukturpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Economic geography ; EU ; Effizienz ; Internet ; Produktion ; Technik ; Transport ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsgeografie ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: New economic geography : some preliminaries / Bernard Fingleton -- Models of 'new economic geography' : factor mobility vs. vertical linkages / Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Testing the 'new economic geography' : a comparative analysis based on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic geography / Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen -- Agglomeration and growth in NEG : a critical assessment / Fabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru -- Sinking the iceberg? : on the treatment of transport costs in new economic geography / Bernard Fingleton and Philip McCann -- Specialization and regional size / John Dewhurst and Philip McCann -- A non-parametric analysis of productivity, efficiency and technical change in EU regional manufacturing, 1986-2002 / Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz -- A methodology for evaluating regional political economy / Paul Plummer and Eric Sheppard -- FDI : a difficult connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet morphology / Alessio D'Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti -- Explaining the scarce returns of European structural policies from a new economic geography perspective / Andrés Rodriguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi.
    Abstract: This important book explores original and alternative directions for economic geography following the revolution precipitated by the advent of so-called 'new economic geography' (NEG). Whilst, to some extent, the volume could be regarded as part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical contributions within spatial economic analysis, in which the rationale of scientific analysis and economic logic maintain a central place. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide practical insights, the authors highlight novel approaches, emerging trends, and promising new lines of enquiry in the wake of advances made by NEG
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    ISBN: 9781847205391
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 326 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Applied evolutionary economics and economic geography
    DDC: 330.1
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    Keywords: 1945-2005 ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Entrepreneurship ; Regionalplanung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionales Cluster ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Wissenstransfer ; Industrieländer ; Evolutionary economics Congresses ; Economic geography Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: pt. 1. Entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. Industrial dynamics -- pt. 3. Network analysis -- pt. 4. Spatial systems -- pt. 5. Planning.
    Abstract: Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to further advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, with a special emphasis on geography and firm location. It does so by bringing together a select group of leading scholars including economists, geographers and sociologists, all of whom share an interest in explaining the uneven distribution of economic activities in space and the historical processes that have produced these patterns
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    Berlin : Transcipt Verlag | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783839407240
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (385 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Kultur und soziale Praxis
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Kulturelle Identität ; Anthropogeografie ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    ISBN: 9264025065
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: The Development Dimension
    Series Statement: The development dimension
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. u.d.T. Cotton in West Africa
    Parallel Title: Franz. Ausg. u.d.T. ;Le coton en Afrique de l'Ouest
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le coton en Afrique de l'Ouest : Un enjeu économique et social
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cotton in West Africa
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    Keywords: Baumwollanbau ; Baumwollindustrie ; Baumwolle ; Außenhandel ; Westafrika ; Westafrika ; Baumwollanbau ; Baumwollhandel
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264025066
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (127 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: The Development Dimension
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le coton en Afrique de l'Ouest ; Un enjeu économique et social
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cotton in West Africa
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    Keywords: Baumwollanbau ; Baumwollindustrie ; Baumwolle ; Außenhandel ; Westafrika ; Agriculture and Food ; Development ; Trade ; Westafrika ; Baumwollanbau ; Baumwollhandel
    Abstract: In West Africa, approximately 16 million people depend directly or indirectly on cotton cultivation. But subsidies in the developed world have suppressed cotton prices and have made it difficult for West African producers to compete. Compounding the problem, WTO negotiations on the problem have been suspended. This publication contends that the dialogue between developed and developing countries on this topic must continue. It sets out the regional stakes linked to the economic and social importance of cotton in West Africa. It retraces the consultation process on the West African cotton crisis with the aim of finding a negotiated solution acceptable to all parties. Also discussed are the challenges and the measures that need to be taken over the medium and long term in order to prevent this sub-sector’s sudden collapse.
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    Wallingford : CABI | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781845931216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (389 pages)
    DDC: 306.4819
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    Keywords: Zweitwohnung ; Ferienwohnung ; Tourismus ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: The movement of people, goods, capital and information is a central aspect of living in the inter-connected, globalised late-modern world. Although this broader view of mobility is recognized, this book focuses mainly on migration or the movement of people and examines multiple dwelling as a societal response to the major influences of increased mobility and amenity tourism (visiting or residing in high quality landscapes such as mountains, beaches and forests for leisure experiences).
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    Cambridge : Harvard University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780674039247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (278 pages)
    Series Statement: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
    DDC: 304.2/8
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    Keywords: Technischer Fortschritt ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltpolitik
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    Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780889207943
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (295 pages)
    DDC: 200
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    Keywords: Evangelical Mennonite Brethren ; Kanada
    Abstract: More than 450 years after their birth in the Anabaptist movement, 125 years after their secession from Russian Mennonitism, and 60 years after their immigration to Canada, the Mennonite Brethren exhibit specific and measurable signs of sectarian viability and religious vitality. To explain the persistence of the sect, Hamm analyses the process of sacralization within the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Church - which "safeguards identity, a system of meaning, or a definition of reality" - and the process of secularization - which "erodes boundaries, dislodges stable structures, and destroys identity." It is an oversimplification, the author argues, to insist that the factors of continuity - ethical and cognitive norms, family solidarity, ethnicity, worship, evangelism, community and church structures, and service agencies - are solely integrative and that the factors of change - urbanization, education, occupational change, and economic affluence - are solely disruptive. Instead, a complex dialectic between the two processes is at work that prevents restrictive rigidity within the sect and excessive accommodation to the host society. According to the author, "this analysis of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren becomes a case study to test the utility of an identity theory of religion, which hinges on the integration/differentiation dialectic. It is, at the same time, a serious self-study in religious sociology, by which the author seeks to gain a better understanding of the processes of growth and decline, of continuity and change, and of the ongoing tension resulting from the religious movement's confrontation with society.".
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    Bristol : Channel View Publications | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781845410193
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (189 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Tourism and Cultural Change v.4
    DDC: 306.48
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    Keywords: Tourismus ; Kulturaustausch
    Abstract: This book looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. It draws on empirical work and a range of theoretical frameworks, arguing that tourism matters precisely because of the lessons it can teach us about everyday life.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264009479
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (142 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Building competitive regions
    DDC: 338.604809177
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    Keywords: Wettbewerb ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Wirtschaftsraum ; OECD-Staaten ; Competition ; Economic development ; Regional economics ; Governance ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Wirtschaftsraum ; Wettbewerb
    Abstract: In recent years, the main focus of territorial policy has been on sustaining growth, not only to address relative decline, but also to make regions more competitive. Putting this in practice is complicated because different regions have different characteristics (urban, intermediate, industrial, rural, etc.), which imply specific policy and investment needs. This report assesses the strategies pursued by OECD member governments to address the competitiveness of regional economies and the accompanying governance mechanisms on which the implementation of these strategies rests. The report is principally based on findings from the series of reviews undertaken by the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee at national and regional levels.
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    Florence : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780203997659
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
    Series Statement: Global Realities v.1
    DDC: 303.40994
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Australien
    Abstract: In this book Anthony Moran traces the development of contemporary Australian society in the global age, focusing on four major themes: settler/indigenous relations; economics and culture since the 1980s and their impact on national identity; the effects of increasing diversity fostered by globalization; and the transformation of Australian social space wrought by globalization.
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    Florence : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780203983263
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (245 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 306.3490966
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    Keywords: Lebensbedingungen ; Humanökologie ; Wüste ; Desertifikation ; Nigeria ; Sahel
    Abstract: This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment. It draws on four years of field research with farmers in the Sahelian region and builds on work with these communities over several decades. Reporting on studies of four village communities, it shows how people work to achieve sustainable livelihoods and emphasises that there can be development without disaster.
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    Florence : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780203983966
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (309 pages)
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Mensch ; Natur ; Jahrtausendwende ; Anthropogener Einfluss ; Soziale Konstruktion ; Humanökologie ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This book rejects apocalyptic pronouncements that the end of the millenium represents the 'end' of nature as well. Remaking Reality brings together contributors from across the human sciences who argue that a notion of 'social nature' provides great hope for the future. Applying a variety of theoretical approaches to social nature, and engaging with debates in politics, science, technology and social movements surrouding race, gender and class, the contributors explroe important and emerging sites where nature is now being remade with considerable social and ecological consequences. The essays are organised around two themes: 'capitalising and envisioning nature' and 'actors, networks and the politics of hybridity'. An afterword by Neil Smith reflects on the problems and possibilities of future names. For critics and activists alike, Remaking Reality provides essential theoretical and political tools to rethink environmentalism and progressive social natures for the twenty first century.
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    London : SAGE Publications | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781847877314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (197 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Poststrukturalismus ; Geografie ; Anthropogeografie
    Abstract: 'Murdoch has written a book that is a welcome contribution to an ongoing debate about the nature of geography' - Area (Royal Geographical Society) Post-structuralist Geography is a highly accessible introduction to post-structuralist theory that critically assesses how post-structuralism can be used to study space and place. The text comprises: - a thorough appraisal of the work of key post-structuralist thinkers, including Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Bruno Latour - case studies to elucidate, illustrate, and apply the theory - boxed summaries of complex arguments which - with the engaging writing style - provide a clear overview of post-structuralist approaches to the study of space and place. Comprehensive and comprehensible - communicating a new and exciting agenda for human geography - Post-structuralist Geography is the students' essential guide to the theoretical literature.
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    Florence : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780203981382
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (260 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Umwelt ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic growth; large-scale production of food; the speed of transport and communication; the 24 hour society and even democratic politics are among the invisible hazards we face. With this unique 'timescape' perspective the author dislodges assumptions about environmental change, enables a rethinking of environmental problems and provides the potential for new strategies to deal with environmental hazards.
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    Berlin : Transcipt Verlag | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9783839402665
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (381 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Kultur- und Medientheorie
    DDC: 306
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    Keywords: Geschichtsphilosophie ; Philosophische Anthropologie ; Geschichtsbild ; Kulturanthropologie ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264008991
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Martín-Hurtado, Roberto Environmental management in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
    DDC: 363.7/00946
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Osteuropa ; Kaukasus ; Zentralasien ; Environment ; Osteuropa ; Kaukasusländer ; Mittelasien ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: This book brings together the findings of key sector- and media-specific analyses of the environment in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) area and puts forward a set of indicators to provide a one-stop, concise and up-to-date assessment that is accessible also to a non-specialist audience. It systematically looks at environmental legislation, policies, and institutions; pollution prevention and control; natural resources management; environmental policy integration; financial resources for the environment; environmental information and public awareness; and co-operation on transboundary issues. It finds that the problems are serious, but they vary across countries. A significant burden of environmental disease persists – one out of 1 000 children born in Tajikistan dies before the age of five due to diarrhoeal diseases closely associated to lack of safe water. Despite low income levels, natural resources are under heavy pressure – nine out of twelve countries forming the region are water-stressed. To confront those problems, institutional development and policy responses would need to be stepped up. This assessment finds that current policies are often ineffective in stimulating significant improvements, scarce resources are spent without clear programmatic frameworks, and policy integration is very limited.
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