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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John A Matthews; David T Herbert |
| ISBN: | 0415305438 9780415305433 0415305446 9780415305440 9780203611395 020361139X |
| OCLC Number: | 53814306 |
| Description: | xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Geography: roots and continuities / David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- PART II. GEOGRAPHICAL METHODOLOGIES -- Introduction / John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Exploration, discovery and the cartographic tradition / Peter Vincent, Ian Whyte -- Fieldwork and unity in geography / David R. Stoddart, William M. Adams -- The potential of geographical information systems and earth observation / Paul A. Longley, Michael J. Barnsley -- PART III. A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction / John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Environmentalism and geography: the great debate? / Peter Beaumont, Chris Philo -- Beyond environmentalism: towards sustainability / Timothy O'Riordan -- Human vilnerability, past climatic variability and societal change / David Taylor, Anna R. Davies -- PART IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLACE -- Introduction / David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- Regions area studies and the meaning of place / Tim Unwin, Jim Rose -- Globalization: a spatial perspective / Wayne K.D. Davies -- PART V. LANDSCAPE: THE FACE OF GEOGRAPHY -- Introduction / John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Landscape as form, process and meaning / Richard Huggett, Chris Perkins -- Landscape and culture / Lesley Head -- PART VI. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY: CONTRIBUTING TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING -- Introduction / David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- Natural hazards on an unquiet earth / David E. Alexander -- Urbanization, development and the environment in an unequal world / Ian Douglas, Alan G. Gilbert -- Conservation, preservation and heritage / Michael E. Meadows, Maano F. Ramutsindela -- PART VII. BROADER FRAMEWORKS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE -- Introduction / David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- Space, time and science: individuals, emergence and geographies of space and place / Keith Richards ... [et al.] -- Geography and public policy: a political turn / Brian Robson, Elizabeth Shove -- PART VIII. GENERAL CONCLUSION -- Unity in geography: prospects for the discipline / John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert. |
| Responsibility: | edited by John A. Matthews and David T. Herbert. |
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Abstract:
Through its identification of unifying themes, this book will provide students with a meaningful framework through which to understand the nature of the geographical discipline.
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