Chapter 1. The development and context of Geography in South Africa -- Part I. Physical and Environmental Geography -- Chapter 2. The making of the South African landscape -- Chapter 3. Mapping the environment, past and present -- Chapter 4. Minerals and mining in South Africa -- Chapter 5. Climate change during the late Quaternary in South Africa -- Chapter 6. The Holocene climates of South Af…
Iceland - a Worthwhile and Popular Island to Visit -- Iceland - an Island in the North Atlantic -- Geographical Subspaces of Iceland -- Geology of Iceland -- The Economy of Iceland -- Excursion Proposals.The book thoroughly describes Iceland’s geological development and its current geological processes, taking into account both geographic and geo-ecological aspects. Furthermore, it includes s…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Geographies of Latin American Corruption -- Chapter 3. European Corruption in Geographic Perspective -- Chapter 4. Spatiality of Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 5. Geographies of Sub-Saharan African Corruption -- Chapter 6. Geographically Uneven Landscapes of Asian Corruption -- Chapter 7. Corruption in Oceania -- Chapter 8. Corrup…
Introduction -- Part 1: Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension -- Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion -- Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: A New Approach on Spatial Injustice -- Territorial Cohesion: the Economy and Welfare of Cities -- Part 2: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems -- Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion -- Cross-borde…
Part I. World heritage on continental coasts. – Africa -- 1. Banc D´Arguin National Park, Mauritania -- 2. Nambid Sand Sea, Namibia -- 3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal -- 4. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa -- 5. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa -- Asia -- 6. The Sandarbans, Bangladesh and India -- 7. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, the Phil…
Introduction -- Soil research history -- Climate -- Geology and geomorphology -- Soil maps and major soil types -- Soil properties and its sustainability -- Soil classification -- Soil fertility and its security -- Land use and vegetation -- Soil pollution and its management -- Soils and humans -- Future soil issues.This book reviews the distribution of soils across Egypt, their history, genesi…
Introduction -- Spatial Planning and Governance: Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework and Methodology -- Changing Spatial Planning in the Chinese FYP System -- JSYR Plan Articulated in Jiangsu 11th FYP System: The Process, Rhetoric and Realities -- Spatial Planning Articulated in Suzhou Municipal 11th FYP: Plan Coordination and Development Control -- Conclusion and Discussion.As a legacy o…
Introduction -- How Has Production Space Evolved in China? -- How Does Regional Industrial Structure Evolve in China? -- What Matters for Regional Industrial Dynamics in China? -- What Facilitates New Firm Formation in China? -- Does Creative Destruction Work for Chinese Regions? -- What Causes Firm Failure in China? -- What Sustains Large Firms in China? -- How Do Agglomeration Economies Contr…
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction-. 1. Water -- 2. Natural and Cultural Landscapes -- 3. Natural Resources -- 4. Energy, Environmental Pollution and Policy -- 5. Demography -- 6. The Netherlands, Europe and the World -- 7. Cultural and Electoral Geography -- 8. Governance -- 9. Economic Geography -- 10. Cities, Suburbs, Villages -- 11. Infrastructures -- 12. Social Map -- 13. Prospect…
Chapter 1. Mediterranean Mobilities and Europe’s Changing Relationships -- Part 1: Viewpoints on the Mediterranean and Europe -- Chapter 2. EU Elite Representations of Mediterranean Space: Arab Student Perspectives -- Chapter 3. The EU and the Symbolic, Territorial and Institutional Organisation of the Mediterranean as a Global Mobile Space: Moroccan Student Perspectives -- Part 2: Narratives…