Unifying geography : common heritage, shared future /
by Matthews, John A. (John Anthony); Herbert, David T.
Material type: BookPublisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004Description: xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415305438 (hdbk. : alk. paper); 0415305446 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Geography -- Philosophy | Geographical perceptionOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Dhaka University Science Library General Stacks | Non Fiction | 910.01 UNI (Browse shelf) | Available | 212333 |
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910.010 UNI Introductory spatial analysis / | 910.010 UNI Introductory spatial analysis / | 910.010 UNI Introductory spatial analysis / | 910.01 UNI Unifying geography : | 910.01 WRQ Quantitative geography : | 910.01 WRQ Quantitative geography : | 910.015195 Statistics in geography / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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