The contributors of this impressive study offer a cogent collection of case studies focusing on the history, present and future of decentralization in Japan.

This book explores sexualities and sexual experiences in a variety of rural and marginal spaces, with contributions from a wide range of disciplines.

Entirely revised and updated, this reviews the history of the rise and fall of centres of power and draws on a wide range of case studies to illustrate current trends and offers discussion of future developments in a useful, compact form.

A comprehensive and up-to-date examination of a number of key crime and policing issues. Drawing on case material, the book examines the significance of spatial patterns of crime and the processes which produce them.

The prize-winning War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is discussed here, examining what the building's design, construction and shifting functions reveal about the university's values during the post-war years.

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

This tenth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, placing international issues in their most recent geographical contexts with the integra tion of nearly 100 maps, 43 of them new for this edition.

Leading researchers from the fields of both sports science and sports social science explore the controversial question of how a relatively small geographical area of Africa has produced such a high number of the world's greatest middle- and long-distance runners.

This text explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life and reveals the association between the changing fortunes of cities and the power and influence of global networks.

This book contrasts voluntary labor and political migration with the involuntary diaspora by focusing on the paradoxes of migration, exile, and survival of African immigrants in the New World.

This book discusses the minority status of African immigrants in the New World by revisiting the concept of a 'new' African diaspora and its multiple implications for citizenship and immigration policy.

The Atlas of World Affairs describes the events, conflicts, factions, and people that have shaped the modern world from the Second World War to the present day.

Analysing cities through spatial understanding, this book explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity and outlines new ways to address some of the ambiguities of cities: their promise, potential and problems.

This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions.

Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. This volume examines the growth and nature of civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance.

An Introduction to Political Geography provides a broad-based introduction to how power interacts with space; how place influences political identities; and how policy creates and remoulds territory.

Combines the benefits of local detailed area study (South East England in the 1980s) with a broader analysis of issues of place identity and political critique.