Human Geography
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Ranking Nations
Stephen Morse
This engaging book assesses the statistical need for using particular ranking systems to compare the status of nations. With an overarching focus on human development, environmental performance and corruption, it carefully maps out some ... -
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The Urban Now
John R. Short
Drawing upon over a quarter of a century’s worth of research, The Urban Now illuminates our present urban condition. John Rennie Short captures the main features of this moment of urban significance, investigating the city as a crucial a... -
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Understanding Personal Mobilities
Aharon Kellerman
In this thought-provoking book, Aharon Kellerman presents a wide-ranging understanding of personal mobilities; the mobilities which individuals initiate, direct, and operate physically and virtually and which constitute an expression of ... -
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Nature-Based Solutions for Cities
Edited by Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, Niki Frantzeskaki
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, health, and urban sustainability, yet ensuring they are effective and inclusive remains a challenge. Addressing these challenges through chapters by l... -
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A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities
Edited by Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Niki Frantzeskaki
Global in its outlook, this Research Agenda systematically reviews and critiques existing research on sustainable cities, calling for greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives. It interrogates foundational assumptions in the fi... -
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Norway’s Arctic Policy
Edited by Andreas Østhagen
Offering a concise and coherent look at geopolitics and security in the Arctic, this book analyses how the High North has become central to the security interaction between NATO and Russia, and between China and the United States. Featur... -
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Hot Cities
Wendy Steele, John Handmer, Ian McShane
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contr... -
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Resilience and Regional Development
Edited by Gabriela C. Pescariu, Romana Tigănaşu, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp
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Critical Geographies of Resistance
Edited by Sarah M. Hughes
This cutting-edge book explores and advances contemporary geographical understandings of resistance. Calling for geographers to focus on the emergence of resistance and to avoid making assumptions on the forms it takes, chapters critical... -
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A Research Agenda for Food Systems
Edited by Colin Sage
Illuminating the global food system as a highly dynamic set of interconnecting interests that continues to drive rapid technological, societal, and cultural change, this cutting-edge Research Agenda examines the pressing issues that conf...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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A Research Agenda for Gentrification
Edited by Winifred Curran, Leslie Kern
Offering a new theoretical framework for understanding gentrification and displacement, this timely Research Agenda focuses on resistance as the central research area in this subject field. Arguing that the future of gentrification resea... -
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Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
Edited by Jussi P. Laine, Daniel Rauhut, Marika Gruber
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Focusing on the social impact of migration, this book explores migration as an inevitable pa...