Industrial Location (by) David M. Smith
Author : Smith, David Marshall Smith
Publisher :
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 1971
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ISBN : 9780471801856
Author : Smith, David Marshall Smith
Publisher :
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 1971
Category :
ISBN : 9780471801856
Author : David Marshall Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : David M. Smith
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 1994-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780631190264
Human geography - cultural, economic, political, and social - is inherently concerned with social justice and injustice. So also are the associated fields of urban and regional analysis and planning: being born in one country, region or one part of a particular city many, for example, be the single most important factor in an individual's health, education, and longevity. It is clear that in every nation, including present and former socialist societies, wealth and privilege are unevenly divided. But would an equal division of resources really be preferable from a moral point of view? Is it even possible to propound universal prescriptions of what is socially just? or to talk about universal rights in a world in which different kinds of people (according to class, gender, race, and religion) are treated so differently in different places? Such questions are far from simple. In this book David Smith, one of the world's leading geographical thinkers, throws incisive light upon them. He proceeds first by providing a critical and accessible review of relevant issues in social and moral philosophy, in particular the contrasting claims of different theories of social justice, and the nature of rights and needs. He examines John Rawls's proposition that inequality can be justified to the extent that it benefits the worst-off; and he considers how far justice may or should be seen as a process for equalization or of returning to equality, in the face of persistent and widespread inequality. The author then applied theoretical perspectives to case studies. These are based on his own first-hand research, and cover racial injustice in the American South, inequality under socialism and its aftermath in eastern Europe, and the porspects for social justice in post-apartheid South Africa. David Smith examines the plight of those peoples who have no secure place or defined territory, focussing on the conflicting claims of the Palestinians and the Israelis. Finally he draws together elements of theory and experience to present trenchantly argued conclusions on the justice of market-led society, the ends of egalitarianism, and the universality of just principles. By both precept and example he shows the central contribution that geographers can make to the understanding of social justice in a complex and rapidly changing world.
Author : David Marshall Smith
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780070585508
Author : David Marshall Smith
Publisher : Ethics in a World of Differenc
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
This book explores the interface between geography, ethics and morality. It considers questions that have haunted the past, are subjects of controversy in the present, and which affect the future. Does distance diminish responsibility? Should we interfere with the lives of those we do not know? Is there a distinction between private and public space? Which values and morals, if any, are absolute, and which cultural, communal or personal? And are universal rights consistent with respect for difference? David Smith shows how these questions play themselves out in politics, planning, development, social and personal relations, the exploitation of resources, and competition for territory. After introducing the essential elements of moral philosophy from Plato to postmodernism, he examines the moral significance of concepts of landscape, location and place, proximity, distance and community, space and territory, justice, and nature. He is concerned above all with the morality people practice, to see how this varies according to geographical context, and to assess the inevitability of its outcomes. His argument is seamlessly interwoven with everyday observation and vividly described case studies: the latter include genocide and rescue during the Holocaust, the conflicts over space between Israeland Palestine and within Israel itself, and the social tensions and aspirations in post-apartheid South Africa. The meaning, possibility and limits of social justice lie at the heart of the book. That geographical context is vital to the understanding of moral practice and ethical theory is its central proposition. The book is clearly and engagingly written. The author has a student readership in mind, but his book will appeal widely to geographers and others involved in planning, development, politics, social theory, and the analysis of the contemporary world.
Author : Joe R. Feagin
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1587981483
This is a reprint of a 1990 book A comprehensive analysis of how cities grow, change, deteriorate and are resuscitated
Author : A. L. van Naerssen
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9971902184
During the period 1970-80, nearly 10,000 jobs were created in the industrial estates of Malacca. However, multinational import-export firms in the Free Trade Zones dominate the industrialization process, and whatever advantageous regional effects there may be are limited. The conclusion reached in this paper is that spin-offs benefitting other rmanufacturing industries are more obviously felt in the Klang Valley Metropolitan Area outside Malacca than in the state itself.
Author : David M. Smith (omonimi non identificati.)
Publisher :
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : Roger Lee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2011-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1444355503
This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. Covers both the geographical context of morality, and moralities in geographical methods and practices. Contains up-to-date case studies based on original research. Deals with controversial issues, such as problems of globalization, European integration, human rights in Nigeria, territorial conflict in Israel, and land reform in post-apartheid South Africa. The editors are well-published leading international authorities. The contributors are drawn from Australia, Eastern Europe, Israel, South Africa, the UK and the US.
Author : Michael Carr
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780174386810
New Patterns: Process and Change in Human Geography introduces modern geographical theory in an accessible format and reflects the changing nature of the subject. The in-depth applied analysis of topics, consolidated by extensive reference to case study material, makes it an essential textbook for advanced level geography students.