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Grazer Philosophische Studien, Vol. 86 - 2012
Editions Rodopi 2012; US$ 80.00Medical Geography
Guilford Publications 2010; US$ 77.00The leading text in the field, this comprehensive book reviews geographic approaches to studying disease and public health issues across the globe. It presents cutting-edge techniques of spatial and social analysis and explores their relevance for understanding cultural and political ecology, disease systems, and health promotion. Essential topics... more...
Principles of Map Design
Guilford Publications 2010; US$ 62.00This authoritative, reader-friendly introductory text presents core principles of good map design that apply regardless of production methods or technical approach. The book addresses the crucial questions that arise at each step of making a map Who is the audience? What is the purpose of the map? Where and how will it be used? Students get the knowledge... more...
Population Movements and the Third World
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 49.95The interrelationship between migration and development is complex. The causes of migration stem from the uneveness of the development process and the effects exert a powerful influence on the pattern and process of development. This volume explores both the concepts and facts behind the main forms of population movement in the third world today, particularly... more...
Fundamentals of Biogeography
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 59.95This textbook provides a fresh, up-to-date, introduction to biogeography. Examining where different animals and plants live and how they came to be living there it investigates how populations grow, interact and survive. It explores how equilibrium communities are formed, how communities change and looks at the likely shape of communities in the twenty-first... more...
Preventing Famine
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95Some urgent new thinking is needed if any lessons are to be learnt from the recent disasters. This book brings together the experience of a number of writers who have worked on, or studied, poverty alleviation programmes in Asia and Africa. more...
IMF Lending to Developing Countries
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 75.95As the linchpin of the global financial system, the International Monetary Fund provides the balance of payments support, chiefly to developing countries, conditional on strict remedial policy measures. Its approach to policy remains highly controversial, however. While the Fund claims it has adapted, critics allege its policies are harshly doctrinaire,... more...
Global Geographies of Post-Socialist Transitions
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 186.00Since the formal raising of the Iron Curtain, there has been much interest in post-socialism and the process of post-socialist transition. This timely book provides a systematic review and analysis of the process of ?transition?. Herrschel: explores recent theories, concepts and debates on post-socialism and the notion of transition provides... more...
Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Mongolia
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 288.00This volume provides the first systematic description of the most important geological structures of Mongolia and discusses the main features of these structures and their interactions. The main characteristics of magmatism are described for each stage of tectonic development and the evolution of magmatism is considered with reference to lithosphere... more...
Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies
Springer 2004; US$ 119.00Against the background of colonial and postcolonial experiences, this volume shows that power relations and stereotypes embedded in the original Western idea of a national park are a continuing reality of contemporary national and transnational parks. The volume seeks to dispel the myth that colonial beliefs and practices in protected areas have ended... more...









