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  • HEDGING AND CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
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    HEDGING AND CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    The South China Sea is a geopolitical hotspot where China and the US compete for dominance and the adjacent countries try to improve their position by hedging between these two superpowers. This book unpacks the conflicting and competing interpretations of what is going on in the South China Sea. It will allow readers to understand the depth and complexity of the issues. It exp...

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  • HOSTING THE OLYMPIC GAMES
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    HOSTING THE OLYMPIC GAMES
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games, reviewing existing studies to evaluate the costs and benefits, and draws on case study experiences of the Summer and Winter Games from the past forty years to assess the short- and long-term urban legacies for host cities....

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  • ALTERNATIVE GEOGRAPHIES
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    ALTERNATIVE GEOGRAPHIES
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    An accessible and groundbreaking text that takes a fresh view of contemporary geographical issues by looking at the geographies we have lost.Geography means writing about the world. Alternative ways of writing about the world are introduced and critically evaluated. The book discusses medieval cosmologies, Renaissance magic, feng shui, and the knowledge systems of indigenous pe...

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  • THE UNEQUAL CITY
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    THE UNEQUAL CITY
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    Cities around the world have seen: an increase in population and capital investments in land and building; a shift in central city populations as the poor are forced out; and a radical restructuring of urban space. The Unequal City tells the story of urban change and acts as a comprehensive guide to the Urban Now. A number of trends are examined, including: the role of liquid c...

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  • CITIES AND NATURE
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    CITIES AND NATURE
    LISA BENTON-SHORT / JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Grea...

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  • GLOBALIZATION, MODERNITY AND THE CITY
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    GLOBALIZATION, MODERNITY AND THE CITY
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention. Cities are an integral part of the network of globalization and important sites of modernization. Globalization, Modernity and The City weaves together broad social theme...

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  • GLOBAL METROPOLITAN
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    GLOBAL METROPOLITAN
    JOHN RENNIE-SHORT
    Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities: the maintaining, securing and increasing of u...

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  • CITIES AND SUBURBS
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    CITIES AND SUBURBS
    BERNADETTE HANLON / JOHN RENNIE SHORT / THOMAS VICINO
    This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, their changing dynamics with each other, their growing diversity, the environmental consequences of their development and finally the extent and nature of their decline and renewal. Cities and Suburbs: Ne...

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  • CITIES AND ECONOMIES
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    CITIES AND ECONOMIES
    YEONG-HYUN KIM / JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    Cities and Economies explores the complex and subtle connections between cities and economies. The rise of the merchant city, the development of the industrial city and the creation of the service-dominated urban economy are all explored, along with economic globalization and its effects on cities in both developed and developing economies. This book provides a thorough examina...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    Old powers are falling. New states are emerging. The gap between East and West is narrowing. What are the problems facing the emerging new world order? Can action at the community level affect global issues? An Introduction to Political Geography, in its first edition helped shape the study of the discipline. Entirely revised and updated, this new edition explores political and...

    $1,420.00

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  • KOREA
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    KOREA
    JOHN RENNIE SHORT
    The first general history of Korea as seen through maps, Korea: A Cartographic History provides a beautifully illustrated introduction to how Korea was and is represented cartographically. John Rennie Short, one of today’s most prolific and well-respected geographers, encapsulates six hundred years of maps made by Koreans and non-Koreans alike.   Largely chronological in its or...

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