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Unifying geography : common heritage, shared future
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Unifying geography : common heritage, shared future

Author: John A Matthews; David T Herbert
Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Geography is often regarded as a disorganized and fragmenting subject that has no clear focus. Themes identified in this study include those of the traditional core as well as new and developing topics that are based upon subject matter, concepts, methodology, theory, techniques and applications.
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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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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.  Read more...

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