Books in the The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Studies in Geography series

In this introduction to the changing geography of China the author covers: resources and physical landscapes; the historic foundations of contemporary change; the structure of the People's Republic; rural development and rural problems; features of regional change; and the prospects for China.

The author offers an approach to the study of both debt and development, focusing on the international debt crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, and its economic and geopolitical consequences.

* Provides the first comprehensive geographical analysis of Russia since 1991. * Examines Russia in the context of its past, in relation to its post--Soviet neighbours, and in an international context. * Focuses on economic, political and social geography; rural and urban spaces; and ecological issues. .

The geography of services is no longer of local or national significance: it now embraces the international stage. Service industries have enabled, and themselves become participants in, world trade. Although this is not a new role, during the 1980s they have become a much more active ingredient in the process of social and economic change.