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  • Spatial Inequalities

    Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra, Ghana

    Edición de Allan G. Hill, Justin Stoler, John R. Weeks ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a fresh analysis of the demography, health and well-being of a major African city. It brings a range of disciplinary approaches to bear on the pressing topics of urban poverty, urban health inequalities and urban growth. The approach is primarily spatial and includes the integration of environmental information from satellites and other geospatial sources with social science and ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

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  • 1St Grade Geography: Continents of the World

    First Grade Books

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
    At first grade, your child is expected to know all the continents of the world. But if he/she is lagging behind, don't worry because this educational book can help. Information presented here is done with the use of vibrantly colored pictures that call the attention. The use of colors and images allows for the better processing of memory and retention. Order a copy now! ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Next America

    Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown

    de Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center ...
    The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.Today's Millennials -- well-educated, tech ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • Floods in a Megacity

    Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

    de Ashraf Dewan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly in urban agglomerations of 10 million people or more, floods could cause widespread ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa

    Coethnic Strangers

    de Claire L. Adida ...
    This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence. It shows, counterintuitively, that cultural similarities between immigrants and their hosts do not help immigrant integration and may, in fact, disrupt it. This book is one of the first to describe and explain in a systematic way immigrant ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Education Matters

    Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century

    de Robert J. Barro, Jong-Wha Lee ...
    Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • From Communists to Foreign Capitalists

    The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe

    de Nina Bandelj ...
    From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). She demonstrates how ... Leer más

    $50.39 USD

  • Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing

    A Case Study of Kolkata, India 1980–2010

    de Basudeb Bhatta ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980-2010 in the city of Kolkata, India. The aim of the research was to use metrics that were less demanding in terms of data and computation than normal metrics. However, it has been found that most of them were inferior in capturing ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Demography of the Dobe! Kung

    de Nancy Howell ...
    First published in 1979, this is a classic study of the population of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Deselt of Botswana. Using methods that are simple and fully illustrated, the author presents empirical descriptions of the fertility, mortality, and marriage patterns of the now famous !Kung hunter-gatherers.The !King "Bushman" people of the Kalahari desert in Africa occupy an anomalous position in ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies

    Edición de Myron P Gutmann, Glenn D Deane, Emily R Merchant, Kenneth M Sylvester ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data along with spatially and temporally explicit analytical methods to evaluate and refine core demographic theories and to pose new questions about ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • Against the Stream

    Reflections of an Unconventional Demographer

    de William Petersen ...
    With the insight and clarity that mark all of Petersen's writings, Against the Stream brings together reflections of an unconventional demographer. Thirteen essays on various topics become a cohesive unit by virtue of the author's unique point of view, and the understanding of contemporary events he has gathered in his long mastery of demography is evident in this volume.In a brief introduction ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare

    Past Lessons and Modern Challenges

    Edición de Eric V. McDonald, Thomas Bullard ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is a collection of papers presented at the 9th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2011. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD