Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development and risk, and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling, standard student resource. "Key Concepts in Geography" explains the key terms - space, time, place, scale, landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides - in one volume - concepts from both human geography and physical geography; especially relevant now that environment is so critical to our understanding of geography. Four introductory chapters on different intellectual traditions in geography situate and introduce the entries on the key concepts. Each entry then comprises a short definition, a summary of the principal arguments, a substantive 5,000-word discussion, the use of real-life examples, and annotated notes for further reading. Written in an accessible way - by established figures in the discipline - the definitions provide thorough explanations of key geographical concepts. Each discussion provides references to, and summaries of, the key literature; as well as an examination of the history and use of each concept, illustrated with everyday examples. "Key Concepts in Geography" is a comprehensive overview of the all the core concepts that undergraduates of geography must understand to complete their degree.
| ISBN | 1412930227 | | Pages | 480 | | ISBN13 | 9781412930222
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 794 | | Imprint | SAGE Publications Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780761973898 | | Publication date | 18 Dec 2008 | | Height (mm) | 242 | | Library of Congress | G70 | | Width (mm) | 170 | | DEWEY | 910 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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The Nature of Geography Histories of Geography - Mike Heffernan Geography and the Physical Science Tradition - Keith Richards Geography and the Social Science Tradition - Ron Johnston Geography and the Humanities Tradition - Alison Blunt Key Concepts Space: the fundamental stuff of geography - Nigel Thrift Space: making room for space in physical geography - Martin Kent Time: change and stability in environmental systems - John Thornes Time: from hegemonic change to everyday life - Peter Taylor Place: connections and boundaries in an interdependent world - Noel Castree Place: the management of sustainable physical environments - Ken Gregory Scale: resolution, analysis and synthesis in physical geography - Tim Burt Scale: the local and the global - Andy Herod Social Formations: thinking about society, identity, power and resistance - Cindi Katz Physical Systems: systems in physical geography - Stephan Harrison Landscape and Environment: the physical layer - Murray Gray Landscape and Environment: representing and interpreting the world - Karen Morin Nature: a contested concept - Franklin Ginn and David Demeritt Nature: reclamation, rehabilitation and restoration - Roy Haines-Young Globalisation: interconnected worlds - James Faulconbridge & Jonathan Beaverstock Globalisation: Earth system science -- physical diversity and global heterogeneity - Nick Clifford Development: critical approaches in human geography - Kate Willis Development: the sustainability industry - Robert Inkpen Risk - Shaun French Risk: geophysical processes in natural hazards - Graham Tobin & Burrell Montz Conclusion: Practising Geography Relevance: human geography, public policy and public geographies - David Bell Relevance: the application of physical geographical knowledge - Mike Church
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