TY - BOOK AU - Matthews,John A. AU - Herbert,David T. TI - Unifying geography: common heritage, shared future SN - 0415305438 (hdbk. : alk. paper) AV - G70 .M38 2004 U1 - 910/.01 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Geography KW - Philosophy KW - Geographical perception N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003025770.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003025770-d.html ER -