The development process : a spatial perspective / / Akin L. Mabogunje

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798091903321
• Autore: Mabogunje Akin L.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-65848-8; 1-317-33119-2; 1-317-33118-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography ; ; Volume 14
• Disciplina: 338.9/001
• Soggetti: Economic development; Space in economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1980 by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part One: Orientation; 2 Defining development; Development as economic growth; Development as modernization; Development as distributive justice; Development as socio-economic transformation; The nature of underdevelopment; 3 Geographic space and development; Space as part of socio-economic formation; Defining spatial structure; Elements of spatial organization; Development as spatial reorganization; Part Two: Rural Development4 Collapse of traditional rural structures; Traditional rural structures in Africa; The impact of colonial exploitation; Effects on the traditional rural structure; Post-colonial aggravation of rural conditions; 5 The nature of rural development; A critique of rural development projects; The nature of rural spatial reorganization; Social relations in spatial reorganization; 6 Strategy of rural development; Conceptual basis for the strategy of the 'big push'; Empirical evidence: Britain, United States, Soviet Union, China, Tanzania; Part Three: Urban Development; 7 Emergent urbanizationTypology of colonial urbanization; Colonial impact on the traditional urban economy; Post-colonial urbanization and import-substituting industrialization; Emergent urban systems in ; underdeveloped countries; Patterns of urbanization; 8 Urban crisis of underdevelopment; Growth of the urban population; Urban unemployment and the growth of the informal sector; Environmental problems of cities in underdeveloped countries; Social alienation and urban management; 9 Urban system and national development; The conceptual basis of urban development; Demand factors in the strategy of urbanizationTechnological choices and industrial development; Programme of urban development; Urban planning and management; Part Four: National Integration; 10 Integrating the national population; Population growth; Population density; The concept of a human carrying capacity; The role of social development; Population mobility and spatial interaction; Population planning and national integration; 11 Information flows; The nature of information; Network of information channels; Information flow and popular mobilization; Developing a control information system12 Movements of goods and services; Colonial spatial integrative strategy; A model of transportation development; Transportation for self-centred development; Organizing the flow of goods and services; 13 External relations; Problems of external dependent relations; The role of multinational corporations; The metropolitan interests; The constraints of future global resources; The concept of selective closure; The imperative of regional organizations; 14 Conclusion; The investment-mobilization distinction; The ideological smokescreen; The question of class analysis

Normandy to victory : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army / / William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith, Jr. ; edited by John T. Greenwood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967706503321
• Autore: Sylvan William C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008
• ISBN: 9786613232403; 9780813138664; 0813138663; 9780813135038; 0813135036; 9781283232401; 1283232405; 9780813126425; 0813126428
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (613 p.)
• Collana: American warriors
• Altri autori (Persone): SmithFrancis G., Jr.; HodgesCourtney H. <1887-1966.>; GreenwoodJohn T
• Disciplina: 940.54/1273092; B
• Soggetti: World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An AUSA book"--Ser. t.p.; Reproduces in edited form the First Army's daily war diary, maintained for Hodges by his aides.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-530) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Biographical Sketch: Courtney Hicks Hodges; 1. The Invasion of France and the Lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944; 2. Operation Cobra and the Breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944; 3. Exploitation of the St. Lo Breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944; 4. The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944; 5. The German Counteroffensive ; and the Drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945; Photo insert; 6. Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945; 7. Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945; 8. Exploutation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 19459. Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and approved. The diary chronicles Hodges's ascent to Commanding General in August 1944, as well as his viewpoints on strategy and the enemy, and follows Hodges and the First Army through savage European combat until the German surrender in May 1945. Edited and extensively annotated by John T. Greenwood, Norm