The Social Atlas of Europe

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1353-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 271 mm, Gewicht: 1048 g

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015

Many of us think of European countries as discreet entities—their own languages, cultures, food, and economies squarely contained within their national boundaries. But in fact Europe is at once a unified place and a sophisticatedly fragmented one, and national boundaries rarely reflect its social and economic realities. The social atlas of Europe is the first atlas to map Europe according to these realities, from the perspective of human geography rather than simply a political one.

Using innovative full-color visualization methods, it reconsiders European identity through its many different facets: economy, culture, history, and human and physical geography, visualizing Europe and its people in a more fluid way, in some cases using maps without artificial national boundaries. It utilizes the latest available demographic, social, and economic data through state-of-the-art geographical information systems and new cartography techniques. Through these new visualizations, this highly illustrated book offers fresh perspectives on a range of topics, including social values, culture, education, employment, environmental footprints, health and well-being, and social inequalities and cohesion. It is a bold rethinking of Europe as we know it and will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the continent in its truest form.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballas, Dimitris

Dorling, Danny

Hennig, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction;

Identity and Culture;

Demography;

Education;

Employment;

Industry and Occupation;

Health;

Politics;

Economy;

Environment;

Social Cohesion;

Policy;

Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Ballas, Dimitris
Dimitris Ballas is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of the Aegean. He has published widely in the fields of Social and Economic Geography, Regional Science and Geoinformatics in the Social Sciences

Hennig, Benjamin
Benjamin Hennig is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Iceland and author of the website www.viewsoftheworld.net

Dorling, Danny
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014).

Dimitris Ballas is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely in the field of Geoinformatics in the Social Sciences.

Danny Dorling is a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. His recent books include The 32 Stops: Lives on London’s Central Line and Bankrupt Britain: An Atlas of Social Change

Benjamin D. Hennig is a geographer who loves maps. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and maintains the website www.viewsoftheworld.net