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This book underpins the geography of the Black Sea, covering topics such as morphology, morphography, geology, and history of the Black Sea. It also discusses environmental aspects affecting the population in the Black Sea's coastal settlements and looks to the future of the Black Sea region. This book covers a gap in research in the field of world regional geography of the Black Sea by providing a comprehensive methodology and terminology to readers, students and teachers in the field.

Geography. --- Oceanography. --- Coasts. --- Physical geography. --- Environmental management. --- Physical Geography. --- Coastal Sciences. --- Environmental Management. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Geography --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms --- Seashore

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Drawing from military geography’s  spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding  the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and multi-disciplinary ways of acting in a complex world, while making  the case for a resurgence of strategic and military geography in Australia.  Here, leading experts demonstrate that geography retains its relevance in clarifying the scale and dynamics of defense activities in assessments of the international, regional, national, and site impacts of changes in physical, cyber and human geographies. The cases presented show Australia contributing to a growing strategic and military geography. Contemporary publication in an important and emerging topic at a key time; Includes material from leading thinkers and practitioners in the field and crossing the academic-professional- practitioner interface; First synthesis of a post-modern strategic military geography and a forward-looking volume that includes human, biophysical and epistemological materials.

Geography. --- Military history. --- Politics and war. --- Physical geography. --- Human geography. --- Physical Geography. --- Military and Defence Studies. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Human Geography. --- History of Military. --- Military historiography --- Military history --- Wars --- Historiography --- History --- Naval history --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- War --- War and politics --- Political aspects

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This book reviews the recent evolutions of cities in the world according to entirely revised theoretical fundamentals of urban systems. It relies on a vision of cities sharing common dynamic features as co-evolving entities in complex systems. Systems of cities that are interdependent in their evolutions are characterized in the context of that dynamics. They are identified on various geographical scales—worldwide, regional, or national. Each system exhibits peculiarities that are related to its demographic, economic, and geopolitical history, and that are underlined by the systematic comparison of continental and regional urban systems, following a common template throughout the book. Multi-scale urban processes, whether local (one city), or within national systems (systems of cities), or linked to the expansion of transnational networks (towards global urban systems) throughout the world over the period 1950–2010 are deeply analyzed in 16 chapters. This global overview challenges urban governance for designing policies facing globalization and the subsequent ecological transition. The answers, which emerge from the diversity of situations in the world, add some reflections on and recommendations to the “urban system framework” proposed in the Habitat III agenda.

Sustainable urban development. --- City planning --- Environmental aspects. --- Geography. --- Culture --- Urban geography. --- Physical geography. --- Sustainable development. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Sustainable Development. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Geography --- Cultural studies --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Environmental aspects --- Environmentally sustainable urban development --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Culture—Study and teaching.

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This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese “closed-door” policy that had been in effect from the seventeenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century. The birds’ plumage was of high quality and sold at quite a good price in Europe. The Japanese realized the advantage of this global trade, and their desire to capture albatross motivated them to advance into the Pacific. The exploration of the uninhabited islands had become a fast-moving trend, defined by the author as the “Bird Rush”. As a consequence, the advance into the Pacific by the Japanese resulted in the expansion of Japanese territory. The author has interpreted this Japanese movement into the Pacific by making use of the framework of three distinct shifts: in the aim of their actions from birds to guano / phosphate ore, in the agents of action from individual speculators to commercial capital and then to monopolistic capital, and from the sea near Japan to the wider Pacific. This concept can be termed “a view of history centered on the albatross”.

Geography. --- Japan --- Mineral resources. --- Economic geography. --- Physical geography. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Economic Geography. --- History of Japan. --- Mineral Resources. --- History. --- Wild bird trade --- Japanese --- Ethnology --- Wild animal trade --- Cage bird industry --- Japan-History. --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Japan—History. --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- 1900-1999 --- Japan. --- Southeast Asia. --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I͡Aponii͡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān

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This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands.  The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of World War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accommodate its residents.

Geography. --- Ethnology. --- Physical geography. --- Climate change. --- Emigration and immigration. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Environment Studies. --- Cultural Geography. --- Climate Change. --- Migration. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Pacific Area --- History. --- Asia-Pacific Region --- Asian-Pacific Region --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Pacific Ocean Region --- Pacific Region --- Pacific Rim --- Environment. --- Cultural geography. --- Climatic changes. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Human geography --- Environmental aspects --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Geography --- Global environmental change --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Ecology.