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Culture and Planning
by Simone AbramIn planning debates, culture is often treated as a fixed element, either as a quasi-economic resource or as a category of behaviour. Yet a wealth of research and analysis is available that moves the spotlight from the question of what culture is, towards understanding what we are doing when we talk ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Elusive Promises
Planning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differently-as the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what kind of promise plannin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Rationalities of Planning: Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing
What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development and environmental protection? Providing a thorough assessment of these important questions, this stimulating book reviews planning policy in the UK a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development: Knowledge and sentiments in conflict (European Association of Social Anthropologists)
This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate the attitudes and actions of all of those involved in local development schemes. The material is drawn from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Afr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1989 -
Green Ice
This book presents lively case studies of tourism developments in the European High North from diverse perspectives. It compares views of the changing political ecology of a fragile region shaped by climatic and cultural factors. In exploring the mutual relations between new developments in Arctic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Ethnographies of Power: A Political Anthropology of Energy (EASA Series #42)
Energy related infrastructures are crucial to political organization. They shape the contours of states and international bodies, as well as corporations and communities, framing their material existence and their fears and idealisations of the future. Ethnographies of Power brings together ethnogra... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Tourists and Tourism: Identifying with People and Places
The fact that tourism is a major global industry forecast to continue its dramatic growth well into the twenty-first century is often cited as a rationale for its analysis. However, while the connection between individual locations and the world's global markets is an obvious product of tourism, the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Electrifying Anthropology: Exploring Electrical Practices and Infrastructures (Criminal Practice Ser.)
What kinds of expertise and knowledge relate to electricity, and where is the space for alternative voices? How can the new roles for electricity in social and cultural life be acknowledged? How can we speak about ‘it’ in its own right while acknowledging that electricity is not one thing? This book... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Organic Food Systems: Meeting the Needs of Southern Africa
by Bernd Siebenhüner • Jane Battersby • Stephen Devereux • Albert Ackhurst • Anastasia Caude • Catherine Eckert • Johan Habig • Konrad Hauptfleisch • Gareth Haysom • Jostein Hertwig • Johannes Kahl • Christina Kifunda • Nico Labuschagne • Sandra C Lamprecht • Andre Leu • Simon Lorentz • Josua Louw • Jama Mashele • Mebelo Mataa • Robert Munthali • Jane Nalunga • Nic Olivier • Hannelise Piek • Matt Purkis • Mandla Sibiya • Charles Ssekyewa • Sheila Storey • Carola Strassner • Marike Swanepoel • Wim Troosters • Abraham Van Niekerk • Maren WesselowOrganic agriculture world-wide allows farmers to produce healthy food with low levels of external inputs, and often shortens the value chains, giving farmers a higher share of the consumer dollar. This book reports on long-term comparative organic farming systems research trials carried out over the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020