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 a?? space time place scale landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides - in one volume a?? 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 comprises: a?? a short definition a?? a summary of the principal arguments a?? a substantive 5000-word discussion a?? use of real-life examples a?? 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.
Table of Contents
The Nature of Geography
1. Histories of geography - Mike Heffernan
2. Geography and the physical science tradition - Keith Richards
3. Geography and the social science tradition - Ron Johnston
4. Geography and the humanities tradition - Alison Blunt Key Concepts
5. Space: the fundamental stuff of geography - Nigel Thrift
6. Space: making room for space in physical geography - Martin Kent
7. Time: change and stability in environmental systems - John Thornes
8. Time: from hegemonic change to everyday life - Peter Taylor
9. Place: connections and boundaries in an interdependent world - Noel Castree
10. Place: the management of sustainable physical environments - Ken Gregory
11. Scale: resolution analysis and synthesis in physical geography - Tim Burt
12. Scale: the local and the global - Andy Herod
13. Social formations: thinking about society identity power and resistance - Cindi Katz
14. Physical systems: systems in physical geography - Stephan Harrison
15. Landscape and Environment: the physical layer - Murray Gray
16. Landscape and Environment: representing and interpreting the world - Karen Morin
17. Nature - Franklin Ginn and David Demeritt
18. Nature: reclamation rehabilitation and restoration - Roy Haines-Young
19. Globalisation: interconnected worlds - James Faulconbridge & Jonathan Beaverstock
20. Globalisation: Earth system science -- physical diversity and global heterogeneity - Nick Clifford
21. Development: critical approaches in human geography - Kate Willis
22. Development: the sustainability industry
23. Risk - Shaun French
24. Risk: geophysical processes in natural hazards - Graham Tobin & Burrell Montz Conclusion: Practising Geography
25. Relevance: human geography public policy and public geographies - David Bell
26. Relevance: the application of physical geographical knowledge - Mike Church
