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Representing place and territorial identities in Europe : discourses, images and practices
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ISBN: 3030667669 3030667650 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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Jerusalem online : critical cartography for the digital age
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ISBN: 9811633142 9811633134 Year: 2021 Publisher: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan,

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The city and the super-organism : a history of naturalism in urban planning
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ISBN: 9811639779 9811639760 Year: 2021 Publisher: Gateway East, Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan,

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Settlement spaces : urban survival prospects of China's special communities : empirical study of four types of representative community samples
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ISBN: 9811648921 9811648913 Year: 2021 Publisher: Singapore : Springer,

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Bridging social and geographical space through networks
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ISBN: 9464270004 9789464270006 9464270012 9789464270013 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leiden Sidestone Press

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This volume represents a bold attempt by the editors to bring scholars from distinct research orientations together, to discuss the interplay between the geographic and social dimensions of different kinds of interaction networks.0Within the humanities, networks afford an umbrella of approaches to the study of social relations and their patterning, both through qualitative and quantitative applications, with two main perspectives standing out: those centered on space and those concerned with the social dimension of interaction. In this book, we aim to highlight the potential for integrating these different research directions and identify common ground for developing new interdisciplinary insights.0The volume demonstrates how a network approach can successfully incorporate and frame different kinds of theoretical perspectives and methodological applications, drawing on multiple strands of social and geographical theory and using data as diverse as archaeological artefacts, roads/infrastructure, textual sources, and information from living informants. As such, it will appeal to archaeologists, historians, geographers, and sociologists, as well as anyone interested in exploring further the potential for employing network-based methodologies within the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in enriching their understanding of the theoretical and interdisciplinary underpinnings of widely employed concepts in network science.0The volume stems from a workshop held at the Freie Universität Berlin which was funded and hosted by the Excellence Cluster Topoi. The publication of the proceedings has been made possible thanks to generous financial support from the Gerda Henkel Foundation.


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Hidden geographies
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ISBN: 3030745902 3030745899 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,


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Immobility and medicine : exploring stillness, waiting and the in-between
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ISBN: 9811549761 9811549753 Year: 2021 Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Recent work in the mobilities literature has highlighted the importance of thinking about mobility and immobility as a continuum, where movement intersects with processes that might entail episodes of transition, waiting, emptiness, and fixity. This focus on stillness, things that are stuck, incomplete or in a state of transition can point to new theoretical, methodological and practical dimensions in social studies of medicine. This edited volume brings the concept of immobility to the forefront of social studies of medicine to explore how immobility shapes processes of medical care and the theoretical and methodological challenges of studying immobility in medical contexts. The authors in this volume draw from a wide range of case studies across the globe to make contributions to our current understanding of health, illness and medicine, mobilities and immobilities. Chapter 2 “Lists in Flux, Lives on Hold? Technologies of Waiting in Liver Transplant Medicine” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Cecilia Vindrola-Padros is a medical anthropologist working in the Department of Targeted Intervention, UCL. She is the lead editor of Healthcare in Motion: (Im)mobilities in Health Service Delivery and Access (2018). Bruno Vindrola-Padros is based in the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. He specialises in material culture studies and is currently exploring manifestations of (im)mobilities in the neolithic period. Kyle Lee-Crossett is based in the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. He specialises in heritage studies and currently investigates institutional (im)mobilities in the context of collecting contemporary bio- and cultural diversity in public archives and museums.


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Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities : Global Perspectives
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ISBN: 3030503631 3030503623 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book draws on evidence from global cities around the world and explores various dimensions of immigrant entrepreneurship and urban development. It provides a substantive contribution to the existing literature in several ways. First of all, it pursues a comparative approach, with case studies from both the global north and global south, so as to broaden the theoretical framework in this area especially as pertinent to emerging economies. Second, it covers multiple scales, from local community place-making, to urban contexts of reception, to transnational networks and connections. Third, it combines approaches and research methods from numerous disciplines, investigating entry dynamics, trends and patterns, business performance, challenges, and the impact of immigrant entrepreneurship in urban areas. Finally, it pays particular attention to current international experiences regarding urban policies on immigrant entrepreneurship. Given its scope, the book will be an enlightening read for anyone interested in immigration, entrepreneurship and urban development issues around the globe. As global cities around the world continue to attract both domestic migrants and international migrants to their bustling metropolises, immigrant entrepreneurship is emerging as an important urban phenomenon that calls for careful examination. From Chinatown in New York, to Silicon Valley in San Francisco, to Little Africa in Guangzhou, immigrant-owned businesses are not only changing the business landscape in their host communities, but also transforming the spatial, economic, social, and cultural dynamics of cities and regions.


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A historical survey of the Yellow River and the river civilizations
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ISBN: 9813344814 9813344806 Year: 2021 Publisher: Gateway East, Singapore : Springer,

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This book explores the relationship between rivers and ethics in China, with a particular focus on the health of the Yellow River and China’s sustainable development. Though the book falls into the category of East Asian History, it is an interdisciplinary academic work that addresses not only history, but also culture, human geography and physical geography. It traces the changes in the Yellow River over time and examines the origin and developmental course of Chinese civilization, which has always been closely intertwined with the Yellow River. It also draws comparisons between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus rivers to provide insights into how they have contributed to civilizations. At the same time, it discusses the lessons learned from people’s taming the Yellow River. Most significantly, the book explores the relationship between humans and the environment from an ethical standpoint, making it an urgent reminder of the crucial role that human activities play in environmental issues concerning the Yellow River so as to achieve a sustainable development for China’s “mother river.” The intended audience includes academic readers researching East Asian and Chinese history & culture, geography, human geography, historical geography, the environment, river civilizations, etc., as well as history and geography lovers and members of the general public who are interested in the Yellow River and the civilization that has evolved around it.


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The Philosophy of Geography
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ISBN: 3030771555 3030771547 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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The relationship between geography and philosophy is still largely in need of being explored. Geographers and philosophers share the responsibility for that. On the one hand, geographers have considered as a dangerous deviation any attempt to elaborate an image of the Earth which was not a mere replica of a cartographic representation. On the other hand, philosophers have generally been uninterested in a discipline offering little chance for critical reflection. In light of these considerations, the purpose of this book is to identify some fundamental philosophical issues involved in the reflection of geography by adopting a perspective which looks at the discipline with a specific focus on its fundamental concepts and distinctions.

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