Human Geography, Planning and International Development
Here you can find relevant information for Human Geography, Planning and International Development students and staff.
News can be found on our UvA Social Sciences Library blog.
If you have any questions, please contact: j.c.opitz@uva.nl.
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News
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Location
The Human Geography, Planning and International Development collection is located at the Library Learning Centre Roeterseilandcampus, the library for the Faculty of Economics and Business and the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
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Collection
Collection formation is aimed at supporting education and research of the Human Geography, Planning and International Development department at the University of Amsterdam. Most of the collection can be found online.
The printed materials are placed in the stacks on the second floor of the Library Learning Centre Roeterseilandcampus. The printed books collection has specific classification marks listed below. View the Classification scheme [pdf] for an overview of the whole scheme.
21.60-21.79 architecture 43.00-43.99 environmental science 56.60-56.69 architectonic design (incl. 56.62 house-building) 56.70-56.79 urban development 71.14 urban society 71.60 social problems and social conflicts: gen. (incl. 71.61 discrimination, 71.62 ethnic relations, 71.63 minorities question, 71.68 socially handicapped, incl. poverty) 71.80 social policy: general (incl. 71.83 public housing) 73.08 development problems 74.00-74.29 (human) geography 74.60-74.79 physical planning (incl. 74.72 urban planning and 74.75 traffic, transport) 74.80-74.99 demography (incl. 74.94 migration) 83.46 development economics 83.64 regional economics, incl.: urban economics 86.71 building law 86.76 physical planning law 89.70 international relations: general (incl. globalization, geopolitics) All compulsory reading material is available at the library (one day loan) on the first floor across the information desk. The rest of the print collection can be requested from our book depot (IWO). The location of all materials can be found in CataloguePlus.
You can also request materials from other libraries through interlibrary loan.
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