Military Geographies

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1053-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.

A book about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.

Sets a new agenda for the study of military geography with its critical analysis of the ways in which military control over space is legitimized.

Explores the ways in which militarism and military activities control development, the use of space and our understanding of place.

Focuses on military lands, establishments and personnel in contemporary peacetime settings.

Uses examples from Europe, North America and Australasia.

Draws on original research into the mechanisms by which the British government manages the defence estate.

Illustrated with maps, plans and other figures.

Contents:

List of Figures

List of Abbreviation

Acknowledgements

1. Military Geography, Militarism's Geographies

2. Military Space

3. Military Economic Geographies

4. Militarized Environments

5. Military Landscapes

6. Challenging Military Geographies

7. The Study of Military Geographies

Bibliography

Index

Zielgruppe

students and researchers of geography, planning and environmental studies taking courses in political geography, geographies of violence, countryside management, urban conservation, estate management, or environmental protection

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodward, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Woodward is a Lecturer in the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is the co-author of Leadership and Local Power in Contemporary Rural Europe (2002) and has written numerous journal articles on military land use, on rural development, and on gender and the military.