ECONOMIC growth in poor countries, it seems reasonable to suppose, depends on getting lots of different things right, and probably on a generous measure of good luck as well. Is it possible to say ...

Economic and Development Geography focuses on economic and business geography, and it prepares students to critically assess the process of globalization operating in the world today, including the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper focuses on how livelihood and the question of development and environment in a globalising era should be examined. It discusses ...

Deepen your understanding of local and regional economic development in this specialist programme, affiliated with the Institute for Economic Development (IED). Technological change, shifting patterns ...

Daniel Hammett read for a BA Geography at the University of Oxford (2002) before moving to the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh where he gained his MSc by research (2003) and ...

This resource provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of Geography and Urban Planning through the lens of threshold concepts. Geography integrates the study of people, places, and ...

Review urbanism from colonial to contemporary periods, understand urban problems and critically evaluate prescribed solutions in this programme. The MSc Urbanisation and Development reviews urbanism ...

Xunhuan Li is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at UB-SUNY under the supervision of Dr. Jessie Poon. His research examines energy justice in the renewable energy transition using a ...

This is a course for students interested in learning about relationships between environment and development in S. America. We will explore the complexity of development practices and efforts to ...

Human geography first and foremost involves the study of human beings--more specifically, of the organization of human activity and of spatial patterns as they affect and, in turn, respond to the ...