Land

Informationen zum Autor Derek Hall is Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. Klappentext Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. This richly detailed and authoritative guide will be of interest to students across the social sciences, as well as anyone interested in current affairs and contemporary geopolitics. Zusammenfassung Land is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources! and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global! we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex! it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Tables vi Acronyms vii Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 2 Interstate Struggles 23 3 Frontiers 52 4 Land Booms 82 5 Titling and Conservation 112 6 Social Movements 139 7 Conclusion 167 Selected Readings 175 Notes and References 181 Index 192

Product details

• Authors: D Hall, Derek Hall, Hall Derek
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2013
• EAN: 9780745652764
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-5276-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Resources; Resources
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Land Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Land, geopolitics, resource politics, land grabs