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This book covers methodology of the study for all aspects of human geography. As a comprehensive geography textbook, it consists of detailed research methodology for research in human geography including a few selected case studies in Asia. It explores different approaches, methodological possibilities, and challenges in conducting geographical research in human geography. New digital geographic data sources and GIS applications can help researchers to receive clearer concepts and obtain better measurements of the relevant attributes changes. Furthermore, the book provides an opportunity to critically examine the conceptualization and identification of the field in geographical research and how digital media has not only expanded the scope of what constitutes the field but has redefined the field in itself as well as the practices of observing, knowing, and analyzing the real world. The uniqueness of this book is due to the contribution of several professors and subject experts from South East and East Asia with special particular reference to cases studies from this region of the world.
Desa Saudara atau Sister Village merupakan bentuk kerja sama dalam konteks krisis bencana Gunung Api Merapi. Jika terjadi bencana di satu desa maka desa lain berfungsi untuk membantu penduduk di desa yang terkena bencana, misalnya dalam penyediaan tempat pengungsian dan membantu dalam proses evakuasi. Erupsi pada tahun 2010 merupakan turning point bagi desa-desa di sekitar Gunung Api Merapi untuk bisa menciptakan suatu kerja sama antarwilayah saat terjadi bencana. Buku ini mencoba untuk memaparkan konsep dan pelaksanaan program Sister Village dengan mengambil contoh Desa Ngargomulyo yang berada di wilayah yang memiliki ancaman gunung api tinggi (berada di Kawasan Rawan Bencana III) dengan Desa Tamanagung yang berada di wilayah yang lebih aman.
Bunga rampai ini terdiri dari 26 karya tulis ilmiah dari hasil pemikiran/penelitian dosen yang berkolaborasi dengan para mahasiswa untuk diterapkan kepada masyarakat. Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat dilakukan mulai dari tingkat dusun sampai provinsi di Pulau Jawa, tepatnya di Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Jawa Timur, Jawa Tengah, dan Jawa Barat. Buku ini disusun dalam 4 subtema, sehingga pembaca mendapatkan gambaran utuh hasil pengabdian masyarakat yang ditinjau dari keilmuan yang ada di Departemen Geografi Lingkungan, Sains Informasi Geografi, dan Geografi Pembangunan, Fakultas Geografi Universitas Gadjah Mada. Diawali dengan Subtema Lingkungan, Subtema Pemetaan dan Geovisualis...
Buku yang sangat inspiratif! Bangsa Indonesia patut bangga memiliki para wanita pejuang yang ulet, cerdas, dan tangguh. Semua ini membuktikan bahwa perempuan mampu meski banyak hal menghalang. Kita perlu meningkatkan kebijakan publik dan pemihakan agar perempuan Indonesia dapat terus mampu memajukan dirinya dan ikut memajukan bangsa dan negara. –Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Menteri Keuangan RI. Ketika dewasa ini perempuan Indonesia makin dituntut untuk memiliki gelar akademis tertinggi untuk menempati berbagai jabatan publik dan menghadapi benturan dengan peranan mereka di dalam rumah tangga, para tokoh perempuan yang digambarkan dalam buku ini membuktikan bahwa dengan ketekunan, ketangguhan, ke...
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Resilience has become a very topical issue transcending many spheres and sectors of sustainable urban development. This book presents a resilience framework for sustainable cities and towns in Africa. The rise in informal settlements is due to the urban planning practices in most African cities that rarely reflect the realities of urban life and environment for urban development. Aspects of places, people and process are central to the concept of urban resilience and sustainable urban growth. It stems from the observation that urban vulnerability is on the increase in Zimbabwe and beyond. In history, disasters have adversely affected nations across the world, inflicting wide ranging losses o...
A definitive guide, this book focuses on the design and construction of water infrastructure projects within karst formations and provides engineering approaches for preventing and mitigating their environmental problems. It features 200 figures, investigative techniques, practical design solutions, case studies with failure analysis, criteria prop
Global experts develop explanations of how governments responded to COVID-19
The author is one of the prominent researchers in the field of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a powerful data analysis tool that can be used in performance evaluation and benchmarking. This book is based upon the author’s years of research and teaching experiences. It is difficult to evaluate an organization’s performance when multiple performance metrics are present. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships among the performance metrics are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This book introduces Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a multiple-measure performance evaluation and benchmarking tool. The focus of performance evaluation and benchmarking is shifted from...
Mobile communications and ubiquitous computing generate large volumes of data. Mining this data can produce useful knowledge, yet individual privacy is at risk. This book investigates the various scientific and technological issues of mobility data, open problems, and roadmap. The editors manage a research project called GeoPKDD, Geographic Privacy-Aware Knowledge Discovery and Delivery, and this book relates their findings in 13 chapters covering all related subjects.