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  • Hedging and Conflict in the South China Sea
    John Rennie Short
    The South China Sea is a geopolitical hotspot where China and the US compete for dominance and the adjacent countries try to improve their position by hedging between these two superpowers. ...
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    77,81 €

  • The Rise and Fall of the National Atlas in the Twentieth Century
    John Rennie Short
    Many countries produced an official national atlas in the twentieth century. This book examines these national atlases as an intriguing window into the connections between science, state, territory and power. ...
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    47,06 €

  • Stress Testing the USA
    John Rennie Short
    Stress tests highlight a system’s weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. These major stresses-the country’s longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial col...
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    146,67 €

  • Geopolitics
    John Rennie Short
    In this cogent introduction to the state of contemporary geopolitics, Short provides an understanding of the basic themes of geopolitics and an overview of geopolitical issues around the globe. His regional approach to the study of the power relations between states is framed by a discussion of critical and popular geopolitical analysis. ...
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    72,60 €

  • Stress Testing the USA
    John Rennie Short
    Stress tests highlight a system’s weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. These major stresses-the country’s longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial col...
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    48,42 €

  • Hosting the Olympic Games
    John Rennie Short
    Written in an easily accessible style and format, it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s franchise model and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games. ...
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    44,09 €

  • The Unequal City
    John Rennie Short
    Cities around the world have seen: an increase in population and capital investments in land and building; a shift in central city populations as the poor are forced out; and a radical restructuring of urban space. The Unequal City tells the story of urban change and acts as a comprehensive guide to the Urban Now. A number of trends are examined, including: the role of liquid c...
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    99,08 €

  • Urban Theory
    John Rennie Short
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    74,35 €

  • Cities and Nature
    John Rennie Short / Lisa Benton-Short
    Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Grea...
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    121,91 €

  • Globalization, Modernity and the City
    John Rennie Short
    Globalization, Modernity and The City weaves together broad social themes with detailed urban analysis to explore the connections between the rise of big cities, the creation of a global network and the making of the modern world.  It explains the growth of big cities, the urban bias of global flows and the creation of metropolitan modernities. The text develops broad theories ...
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    76,96 €

  • Cities and Suburbs
    Bernadette Hanlon / John Rennie Short / Thomas J. Vicino
    This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, their changing dynamics with each other, their growing diversity, the environmental consequences of their development and finally the extent and nature of their decline and renewal. Cities and Suburbs: Ne...
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    106,81 €

  • Cities and Economies
    John Rennie Short / Yeong-Hyun Kim
    This outstanding text provides a clear introduction to the relationships between cities and economies in both historical and global contexts. ...
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    88,32 €

  • Global Metropolitan
    John Rennie-Short
    This book explains the economic and social changes cities experience as they compete in a global world and explores how the discourse of globalizing has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities around the world. ...
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    88,54 €

  • An Introduction to Political Geography
    John Rennie Short
    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. ...
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    98,25 €