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"Presents an engaging and concise introduction to the major concepts in geography through an exploration of the world's regions. World Regional Geography emphasizes connections between places and an in-depth understanding of core themes with an overall focus on globalization and inequality. This thematic approach provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically and to critically considering complex global issues. The text is intentionally written in an accessible style, often addressing the reader directly, and includes clear learning objectives and rhetorical questions to help students reflect on the content and consider concepts from different perspectives." -- Back cover.

Geography --- Human geography --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Human ecology --- 551.1

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Water is one of the most pressing concerns of our time. This book argues for the importance of water as a cultural object, and as a source of complex meanings and practices in everyday life, embedded in the socio-economics of local water provision. Each chapter aims to capture one element of water’s fluid existence in the world, as material object, cultural representation, as movement, as actor, as practice and as ritual. The book explores the interconnectedness of humans and non-humans, of nature and culture, and the complex entanglements of water in all its many forms; how water constitutes multiple differences and is implicated in relations of power, often invisible, but present nevertheless in the workings of daily life in all its rhythms and forms; and water’s capacity to assemble a multiplicity of publics and constitute new socialities and connections. Cities, and their inhabitants, without water will die, and so will their cultures.

Sociology, Urban. --- Human Geography. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Human geography.

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Social policy and human geography are intimately intertwined yet frequently disconnected fields. Whilst social policies are always conceived, implemented and experienced in and through geography, the role of place in social policy scholarship and practice is frequently overlooked. Bringing together experts from both fields, this collection illuminates the myriad of ways that human geography offers rich insights conceptually, empirically and methodologically into the neglected spatialities of policy scholarship, practice and experience. By building the necessary bridges towards a spatial social policy, this book enables the enhanced design, performance and understanding of social policies once properly rooted in their multiple spatialities.

Social policy. --- Human geography. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history

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This book examines the flow of investment into rural land assets in Europe, particularly farmland, woodland and wineries, but extending also to leisure uses such as golf courses and theme parks. It explores the characteristics of investors in rural land and their motivations before undertaking an analysis of the place impacts of investment, viewing ‘new money’ as a potential development opportunity, delivering a variety of outcomes for local landscapes and communities. After providing introductory insights into rural land investment and the measurement of associated impacts, ten case studies – from different European locations – explore actual investment motives and local impacts. The book concludes with a synthesis of investment experiences and an assessment of the transformative changes brought to rural areas by the flow of new money.

Human Geography. --- Regional planning. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Government policy

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Vera Köpsel investigates the relevance of local perceptions of landscape and nature for the current topic of adaptation to climate change. She highlights the influence that differing conceptualisations of landscape among actors in environmental management have on their perspectives on climate change and adaptation. Qualitative empirical data from Cornwall (UK) constitutes a valuable foundation for an enhanced theoretical understanding of societal constructions of landscape and their implications for local negotiation processes. Using the example of coastal erosion, the author discusses how contrasting perceptions of a local landscape can significantly complicate consensus‐finding around physical‐material adaptation measures. Contents Climate Adaptation, People-Place Relationships, and Local Actors: Reviewing the Literature The Societal Construction of Landscapes in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Landscape Narratives in Cornwall and their Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Coastal Erosion at Godrevy – Adaptation in the Context of Local Debates Target Groups Researchers, academics, and scholars in the fields of human and integrative geography, and (constructivist) landscape research Practitioners and decision‐makers in the fields of landscape planning and (environmental) management The Author Vera Köpsel conducted her PhD at the Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg. She now works as a human geographer focusing on human‐environment interactions, stakeholder dialogue and communication at the university’s Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science.

Human Geography. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Environmental sociology. --- Social Theory. --- Environmental Sociology. --- Environmental sciences --- Environmentalism --- Sociology --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Social aspects --- Human geography. --- Social sciences—Philosophy.