
The Future of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography)
Ron Johnston(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 4. December 2013
Book
Hardback
354 pages
978-0-415-73324-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
657 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-73324-3 (9780415733243)
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Content
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.