Unifying geography [electronic resource] : common heritage, shared future / edited by John A. Matthews and David T. Herbert.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, NY :
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2004.
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Unifying Geography: Common Heritage, Shared Future |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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.