10 Geographic Ideas That Changed the World

Herausgeber: Hanson, Susan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When geographic ideas change the world in our heads, the impact can be read on the ground and in our lives. In these thought-provoking, witty essays, some of America's most distinguished geographers explore ten geographic ideas that have literally changed the world and the way we think and act.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 151mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780813523576
• ISBN-10: 0813523575
• Artikelnr.: 21288542

Autorenporträt

Hanson, Susan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Ten Geographic Ideas that Changed the World
PART ONE: FRAMES OF THE WORLD
1 The Idea of the Map 
2 The Weather Map: Exploiting Electronic Telecommunications to Forecast the
Geography of the Atmosphere
3 Geographic Information System
PART TWO: THW WORLD AS HUMAN HOME
4 Human Adjustment
5 Water Budget Climatology
6 Human Transformation of the Earth
PART THREE: THE WORLD AS LINKED MOSAIC
7 Spatial Organization and Interdependence
8 Nested Hexagons: Central Place Theory
9 Megalopolis: The Future is Now
PART FOUR: CODA
10 Sense of Place
About the Contributors
Index