Unifying geography :

Unifying geography : common heritage, shared future / edited by John A. Matthews and David T. Herbert. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2004. - xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Geography: roots and continuities / Exploration, discovery and the cartographic tradition / Fieldwork and unity in geography / The potential of geographical information systems and earth observation / Environmentalism and geography: the great debate? / Beyond environmentalism: towards sustainability / Human vilnerability, past climatic variability and societal change / Regions area studies and the meaning of place / Globalization: a spatial perspective / Landscape as form, process and meaning / Landscape and culture / Natural hazards on an unquiet earth / Urbanization, development and the environment in an unequal world / Conservation, preservation and heritage / Space, time and science: individuals, emergence and geographies of space and place / Geography and public policy: a political turn / Unity in geography: prospects for the discipline / David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Peter Vincent, Ian Whyte -- David R. Stoddart, William M. Adams -- Paul A. Longley, Michael J. Barnsley -- John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Peter Beaumont, Chris Philo -- Timothy O'Riordan -- David Taylor, Anna R. Davies -- David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- Tim Unwin, Jim Rose -- Wayne K.D. Davies -- John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert -- Richard Huggett, Chris Perkins -- Lesley Head -- David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- David E. Alexander -- Ian Douglas, Alan G. Gilbert -- Michael E. Meadows, Maano F. Ramutsindela -- David T. Herbert, John A. Matthews -- Keith Richards ... [et al.] -- Brian Robson, Elizabeth Shove -- John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert. PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- PART II. GEOGRAPHICAL METHODOLOGIES -- Introduction / PART III. A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction / PART IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLACE -- Introduction / PART V. LANDSCAPE: THE FACE OF GEOGRAPHY -- Introduction / PART VI. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY: CONTRIBUTING TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING -- Introduction / PART VII. BROADER FRAMEWORKS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE -- Introduction / PART VIII. GENERAL CONCLUSION --

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Geography--Philosophy.
Geographical perception.

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