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Apple Academic Developmental Geography by Summer Banks
In development geography, geographers study spatial patterns in development. They try to find by what characteristics they can measure development by looking at economic, political, and social factors. They seek to understand both the geographical causes and consequences of varying development.This book provides readers with the latest research in developmental geography. The chapters deal with the study of the standard and quality of living of the Earth's human inhabitants.Selected Contents: Global Influences on Milk Purchasing in New Zealand Implications for Health and Inequalities; The POETICs of Industrial Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Japan: An Urban and Institutional Extension of the IPAT Identity; The Traditional Commons of England and Wales in the Twenty-First Century: Meeting New and Old Challenges; Carbon Fluxes Resulting From Land-Use Changes in the Tamaulipan Thornscrub of Northeastern Mexico; Potential of Wind Power Projects Under the Clean Development Mechanism in India; Can the Ubiquitous Power of Mobile Phones be Used to Improve Health Outcomes in Developing Countries?; Rural Land Use Change during 19862002 in Lijiang, China, Based on Remote Sensing and GIS Data; Globalization, Migration Health, and Educational Preparation for Transnational Medical Encounters; Modelling Carbon Dynamics from Urban Land Conversion: Fundamental Model of City in Relation to a Local Carbon Cycle; Evolutionary Geomorphology: Thresholds and Nonlinearity in Landform Response to Environmental Change; National Forests on the Edge: Developmental Pressures on Americas National Forests and Grasslands