The Future of Geography (Rle Social & Cultural Geography)

Herausgeber: Johnston, Ron

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The chapters in this book address fundamental questions of the nature and purpose of geography, scrutinising its contents, philosophy and methodology. Aimed at undergraduates its purpose is to broaden the debate about what geography had become during the 1980s and what shape it might take in the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781138997851
• ISBN-10: 1138997854
• Artikelnr.: 44314234

Autorenporträt

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Content of Geography Introduction: Exploring The Future of
Geography 1. Physical Geography and the Natural Environmental Sciences 2.
Holistic and Reductionist Aproaches to Geography 3. Geography Has Neither
Existence Nor Future 4. The Value of A Geographical Perspective Part 2:
Philosophy and Methodology 5. Geography as a Scientific Enterprise 6.
Scientific Method in Geography 7. Arguments for a Humanistic Geography 8.
Realism and Geography 9. Individual Action and Political Power: A
Struturation Perspective 10. Any Space for Spatial Analysis? Part 3:
Geography for Society 11. Quantification and Relevance 12. Geomorphology in
the Service of Society 13. Understanding and Predicting the Physical World
14. Will Geographic Self-Creation Make You Blind? 15. Geography and
Schooling 16. Geography, Culture and Liberal Education 17. To The Ends of
the Earth . Index.