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The Baltic macroregion is a platform for the development of different areas of international cooperation, which are an important factor affecting the socioeconomic growth of the region’s states. The deteriorating political relations between Russia and its Baltic neighbours complicate the development of mutual connections. However, economic and sociocultural cooperation and joint environmental projects continue despite all the difficulties. Based on recent studies carried out by Russian and Polish researchers, this book examines current trends in the socioeconomic development of the region’s countries and various forms of transboundary cooperation and provides recommendations for further development. Special attention is paid to sustainable environmental management and environmental protection, transboundary ties among companies and among people, the development of international tourism, opportunities for reinforcing the contact function of the border, and spatial planning. The book addresses theoretical problems that are of crucial significance to economic development and transboundary cooperation, namely, those of path dependence, the emerge.

Baltic States --- Baltic Republics --- Baltics (States) --- Geography. --- Geography, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history

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This volume addresses the multi-disciplinary topic of engineering geology and the environment, one of the fastest growing, relevant and applied fields of research and study practiced within the geosciences. The volume covers the fundamentals of geology and engineering where the two fields overlap, and in addition, the content highlights specialized topics that address principles, concepts and paradigms of the discipline, as well as operational terms, materials, tools, techniques and methods including processes, procedures and implications. Some 200 international experts contributed to this authoritative volume, thereby ensuring proper geographic representation, and professional credibility and reliability. The encyclopedia provides a ready source of reference for several fields of study and practice including civil engineers, geologists, physical geographers, architects, hazards specialists, hydrologists, geotechnicians, geophysicists, geomorphologists, planners, resource explorationists, and many others. As a key library reference it definitely can be used by both undergraduate and graduate students for research. Teachers/professors can rely on it as the final authority of geotechnical related studies. .

Geotechnical engineering. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Environmental engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Geography. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Geography, general.

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This book provides a unique assessment of the development of research in geography education and its future prospects, offering a challenging critique of subject-based education research, with particular reference to geography education across a range of different jurisdictions. It covers a range of topics, including the changing role of research in geography education; the relationship between education research and professional practice, with special reference to geography education research; the place of academic subject knowledge in geography education research; critiques of the functions of research in geography education; and the key issues for education policy and policymakers concerning educational research at national and international levels. Importantly, in a period marked by radical change for education research and researchers, the book offers a timely appraisal of possible ways forward for geography education research. Addressing the needs of academics, research students, policymakers, and education practitioners who undertake, use or shape the future of research in geography education, it comprehensively explores the forces that have driven the development of geography education research and pedagogy. Further, by positioning its analysis in the context of education policy debates in the UK, and further afield, it assesses the role and function of research in education, and offers an outlook on its future. This book is essential reading for all those who wish to understand the sporadic and increasingly uncertain development of subject-based research in education.

Human Geography. --- Curriculum planning. --- Geography. --- Curriculum Studies. --- Geography, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Curriculum development --- Education --- Instructional systems --- Planning --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Curricula --- Design --- Human geography. --- Curriculums (Courses of study). --- Education—Curricula. --- Core curriculum --- Courses of study --- Curricula (Courses of study) --- Curriculums (Courses of study) --- Schools --- Study, Courses of --- Curricula.

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This textbook introduces fundamental methods related to planning assessment and impact analysis, which aid planners in answering the following crucial questions: · “Who are the people living here?” (demographic analysis); · “In what activities are people involved?” (economic analysis); · “Where in the region do these activities occur?” (land use analysis); · “How are people and their various human activities connected spatially?” (transportation analysis). Planners face a large variety of analytical tasks, requiring a wide range of skills, and they not only need to consider the question of “how,” they also have to know “where” and “when” to apply the appropriate methods. As such, the book includes a set of exercises and questions at the end of each chapter to address this need. It offers undergraduate and graduate students insights into the limitations, constraints and assumptions embedded in the selected analytical methods to help them make an informed selection. It is also an invaluable reference resource for planning professionals. This is the 2nd edition of Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning (2007). In this revision, some chapters are significantly revised and replace Chapter 5 on input output analysis with a new chapter on financial analysis. .

City planning. --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Government policy --- Management --- Sociology, Urban. --- Geography. --- Environmental geography. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Geography, general. --- Environmental Geography. --- Geography --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Urban sociology

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This book provides a review of the bioregionalist theory in the field of spatial planning and design as a suitable approach to cope with the growing concerns about the negative effects of metropolization processes and the need for a sustainable transition. The book starts out with a section on rethinking places for community life, and discusses the reframing of regional governance and development as well as social justice in spatial planning. It introduces the concept of the urban bioregion, a pivotal concept that underpins balanced polycentric spatial patterns and supports self-reliant and fair local development. The second part of the book focuses on planning, and particularly on the issues that arise from the ‘circular’ recovery of the relation between city and agro-ecosystems for integrated planning and resilience of settlements and discusses topics such as foodshed planning, biophilic urbanism and the integration of rural development and spatial planning. This volume sets out the reference framework for Volume II which deals with more specific and operational issues related to spatial policies and settlement design.

Bioregionalism. --- Bioregionalism --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Environmentalism --- Human ecology --- Planning. --- Human geography. --- Environmental policy. --- Sociology. --- Human Geography. --- Geography, general. --- Environmental Policy. --- Sociology, general. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Government policy --- Bioclimatisme --- Changement climatique --- Communauté