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Vol I - Human Mobility in a Borderless World (2002) and Vol II - Food and Environment - Geographies of Taste )2002): OUT OF PRINT

Vol III - Rights to the City (EU: € 18 / non-EU: € 24)
Vol IV - The New Geography of Human Mobility - Inequality Trends (EU: € 20 / non-EU: € 26)
Vol V - Migrations in Europe - The Four Last Decades (EU: € 13 / non-EU: € 19)
Vol VI - Gendered Cities: Identities, Activities, Networks - A Life-course Approach (EU: € 20 / non-EU: € 26)
Vol VII - Managing Water Resources in a Changing Physical and Social Environment (EU: € 18 / non-EU: € 24)
Vol VIII - Migration in a new Europe: Peoples, Borders and Trajectories (2007) Eds: T. van Naerssen and M. van der Velde.(EU: € 18 / non-EU: € 24)

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Brief presentation of the available books:
Vol III - Rights to the City (2005) Eds: D Wastl-Water, L. Staeheli & L. Dowler
The third volume in the Home of Geography Publication Series includes the presentations held at the "Rights to the City" conference of the IGU Commissions on Geography and Public Policy and Political Geography, which was held in Rome, from 29th May - 1st June, 2002. The 30 contributions of scholars from multiple disciplines interested in questions of governance, justice and rights in urban areas around the world discuss the following proposition: contemporary changes in economies and governance are creating increased inequality leading to a retrenchment of rights. Social groups within cities differentially experience the effects of these changes. The volume tentatively offers the following themes as foci of discussion:
Evaluation of urban social, economic and political trends;
Evaluation of competing theories and conceptualisations of justice and rights;
Changing governance structures;
New political movements, sites, and agents;
Differential access to spaces of the city;
New scalar linkages that change the relationships between cities, states and the international scale.
Vol IV - The New Geography of Human Mobility - Inequality Trends (2003) Eds: Y. Ishikawa & A. Montanari
In post-industrial society, mobility in the working and leisure related activities tends to take on subtle differences as far as place of work, free time, recreation, training and continuing education are concerned. Human mobility is sensitive to change in the organisational plan and logistics of a model which is mainly concerned with demand. The concentration of mobility flows occurs as a result of the devolution of production centres and the consumption of these products is the determining component of mobility, whereas in the past traditional political-administrative boundary trends were the factors which determined mobility. Inequality in human mobility is considered from the point of view of the divide between developed and developing countries, the unskilled/skilled perspective, and the relationships between internal and international flows. The fourth volume in the Home of Geography Publication series assembles the research carried out by the IGU Commission on Global Change and Human Mobility during meetings organised in three locations that are particularly significant for human mobility: California, where the metaphor "melting pot" has been replaced by the term "cauldron"; South Africa, during an IGU Regional Conference, whose position enabled the participation of many geographers from developing countries; and Mongolia, where migratory flows have until today continued to modify the ethnic and cultural map of the region.
Vol V - Migrations in Europe - The Four Last Decades (2004) Eds: C. Vandermotten, G. Van Hamme, P. Medina Lockhart & B. Wayens
The fifth volume of the Home of Geography Publication Series summarises the results of a European research project, founded by the European Commission, on interregional migrations in Europe (MIRE).
Starting from the Sixties, the study focuses on the changing causes and the new patterns of interregional migrations, paying special attention to the new waves of migrations and the new trends of the Nineties. The research crosses the geographical patterns with different logics of present-day mobility: ethnic and East European migration to the metropolitan areas, gentrification and migrations of executives, periurbanisation, rurbanisation, weak mobility of the early manufacturing areas, retirement migrations, etc.
A specific chapter is devoted to the migratory balances in the Central-Eastern European countries.
Vol VI - Gendered Cities: Identities, Activities, Networks - A Life-course Approach (2004) G. Cortesi, F. Cristaldi & J. Droogleever Fortuijn
This volume assembles a selection of papers presented at a conference organised by the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography held in Rome at the end of May 2003.
The gendered character of urban life and urban structures and the heterogeneous mix of people to be found in cities around the world have always fascinated feminist geographers. Today, the emphasis has shifted towards issues of identities, feelings and experiences. Women are now not primarily seen as "women", but rather as persons with multiple identities in terms of ethnicity, nationality, age, sexual orientation, and ability. The most important achievement of the seminar was the blurring of the boundaries between "first" and "third" world geography, between theory and empiricism, between identity and activity-focused research, and between quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
The papers highlight the problems, inequalities and contradictions of women's life in cities. They also clarify at the same time the improvements in the living conditions of women in many cities in terms of visibility, identity, activity, safety and network formation. Cities are highly gendered, but their gendered nature does not always imply subordination, exclusion, deprivation and sadness. Feminist activism and feminist urban research have resulted in some improvements in urban structures, urban life and urban policy from a feminist perspective.
Vol VII - Managing Water Resources in a Changing Physical and Social Environment (2007) Eds: P. J. Robinson, J. A. A. Jones & M-K. Woo
The seventh volume of the Home of Geography Publication Series refers to water sustainability and water resource issues.
Geographers are involved in all aspects of water sustainability and water resource issues, and in an immense variety of ways. The present volume provides only a sampling of the work of geographers and closely allied professionals, but is designed to indicate the range of research activities going on under the general heading of managing water resources in a changing physical and social environment. The geographical scope is wide, and the spatial scales range from individual lakes and reservoirs to whole nations. Topics run the gamut from the ethical underpinning of the work we do through explorations of the physical and chemical processes involved in water moving below, on, and above the surface of the earth, to studies of the roles of individuals and societies in using, mis-using or restoring that water. Approaches adopted range from qualitative discussions through standard statistical and mathematical analysis to complex process modelling. In short, it is a cross section of the kind of work geographers and environmental scientists do when involved with water.
The IGU Commission on Water Sustainability is a prime forum for the development and interchange of ideas and information about water, water resources, water sustainability, and related issues. Over the years it has organized a variety of meetings in a diverse number of places, many with specific themes, and from them has come a variety of publications. This book continues that tradition, but in a very different context. Rather than highlight and treat in depth a single issue, this volume celebrates the vast range of activities undertaken by Commission members and associates in addressing the many issues involved in providing safe and sustainable water to societies around the world. Most papers are based on information which was first presented at one of the Commission meetings. Often the objective of the original presentation was to stimulate discussion and to develop strategies for dealing with particular issues. Here we present the results of some of these efforts.
Vol VIII - Migrations in a New Europe: Peoples, Borders, Trajectories
The enlargement process of the European Union has raised a considerable number of academic, political and public debates about a wide variety of related issues. Perhaps the most controversial debate in this respect concerns the issue of east-west migration after enlargement, equally feared and desired in and by the old EU 15 member states. In the majority of the old EU countries, the enlargement of May 2004 led to a diversity of adaptations and responses to the new situation, in particular temporary restrictions on labour migration from Central and East European countries. It was within this context that a workshop was organised in June 2004 which focused on east-west migration issues as part of the research programme 'Governance and Places' (GaP) of Radboud University Nijmegen. Among the participants who were quantitatively oriented, the focus was on 'positivist' forecasting and impact studies - estimating either flows of migration or their influence on labour markets and/or social welfare systems. Others, positioned within a more qualitative tradition, made use of 'social constructionist' approaches in order to scrutinise the de- and re-bordering of the European Union with regard to migration and mobility. In addition, the workshop highlighted from an academic perspective the problem of borders with respect to migration in the framework of an enlarged European Union. The success of the workshop provided the impetus to revise the core papers and publish them in a book. Four other contributions have been added to the collection of core papers from the aforementioned workshop, among others on Roma migration and sex trafficking. The first 'Global Migration in the Middle East and Eurasia: Security and Human Rights Challenges to Europe' (GLOMIG) workshop, held at the Radboud University in September 2006, provided further insights into migration and borders, leading to the elaboration of a geographical model of migration, borders and trajectories in the final chapter. Finally, the further expansion of the EU in January 2007 and restrictions imposed by EU countries on labour migration from Bulgaria and Romania added urgency to the publication of this book.

NEW: Volume IX dedicated to Geographical Education should appear by the end of 2009.