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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Geographies of developing areas
    sub title: the global south in a changing world
  name:
    name part: Williams, Glyn.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Meth, Paula.
  name:
    name part: Willis, Katie
    name part: 1968-
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Routledge
    date issued: 2014
    edition: Second edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxv, 410 p : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
  abstract: "Geographies of Developing Areas is thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate. Rather than presenting the Global South as a set of problems, from rapid urbanization to poverty, this book focuses on the diversity of life in the South, and looks at the role the South plays in shaping and responding to current global change. The core contents of the book integrate 'traditional' concerns of development geographers, such as economic development and social inequality, with aspects of the global South that are usually given less attention, such as cultural identity and political conflict. This edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the field and highlight issues of security, risk and violence; environmental sustainability and climate change; and the impact of ICT on patterns of North-South and South-South exchange. It also challenges students to think about how space is important in both the directions and the outcomes of change in the Global South, emphasizing the inherently spatial nature of political, economic and socio-cultural processes. Students are introduced to the Global South via contemporary debates in development and current research in cultural, economic and political geographies of developing areas. The textbook consider how images of the so-called 'Third World' are powerful, but problematic. It explores the economic, political and cultural processes shaping the South at the global scale and the impact that these have on people's lives and identities. Finally, the text considers the possibilities and limitations of different development strategies.The main arguments of the book are richly illustrated through case study material drawn from across the Global South as well as full colour figures and photos. Students are supported throughout with clear examples, explanations of key terms, ideas and debates, and introducti…
  note: Glyn Williams, Paula Meth and Katie Willis.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-394) and index.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: d------
  subject:
    topic: Economic geography
    genre: Textbooks
  subject:
    topic: Globalization
    geographic: Developing countries
    genre: Textbooks
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Historical Geography
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
  subject:
    geographic: Developing countries
    genre: Textbooks
  classification: HC59.7 .W53
  classification: 337.09172/4
  classification: HIS052000 SCI030000 SOC015000
  identifier: 9780415643894 (paperback)
  identifier: 2013027165
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 130724
    record change date: 20190117020005.0
    record identifier: 0000059917
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng