Twenty-six leading American geographers meditate on the themes that unify contemporary geography. They emphasize the concepts and methods that run through all geography's sub-disciplines and give it a distinctive place among both the natural and social sciences. Prepared under the sponsorship of the American Association of Geographers for the International Geographical Congress 1992, these insightful essays on the character of the discipline and its future will be required reading for every student of the field.
Twenty-six leading American geographers meditate on the themes that unify contemporary geography. They emphasize the concepts and methods that run through all geography's sub-disciplines and give it a distinctive place among both the natural and social sciences. Prepared under the sponsorship of the American Association of Geographers for the International Geographical Congress 1992, these insightful essays on the character of the discipline and its future will be required reading for every student of the field.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ronald F. Abler is Executive Director of the Association of American Geographers and Professor of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
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Contemporary American geography Geography's worlds / C. Gregory Knight Places and regions / Bonham C. Richardson Representations of the world / David Woodward Observation / Philip J. Gersmehl, Dwight A. Brown Visualization / Alan M. MacEachren in collaboration with Barbara P. Buttenfield [and others] Analysis / Michael F. Goodchild Modeling / Cort J. Willmott, Gary L. Gaile Communication / David A. Lanegran Location, place, region, and space / Helen Couclelis Movements, cycles, and systems / William L. Graf, Patricia Gober The local-global continuum / William B. Meyer [and others] Scale in space and time / John C. Hudson Paradigms for inquiry? / John Pickles, Michael J. Watts Humanism and science in geography / Melvin G. Marcus in collaboration with Judy M. Olson and Ronald F. Abler Applications of geographic concepts and methods / Risa I. Palm, Anthony J. Brazel The peopling of American geography / Donald G. Janelle
Contemporary American geography Geography's worlds / C. Gregory Knight Places and regions / Bonham C. Richardson Representations of the world / David Woodward Observation / Philip J. Gersmehl, Dwight A. Brown Visualization / Alan M. MacEachren in collaboration with Barbara P. Buttenfield [and others] Analysis / Michael F. Goodchild Modeling / Cort J. Willmott, Gary L. Gaile Communication / David A. Lanegran Location, place, region, and space / Helen Couclelis Movements, cycles, and systems / William L. Graf, Patricia Gober The local-global continuum / William B. Meyer [and others] Scale in space and time / John C. Hudson Paradigms for inquiry? / John Pickles, Michael J. Watts Humanism and science in geography / Melvin G. Marcus in collaboration with Judy M. Olson and Ronald F. Abler Applications of geographic concepts and methods / Risa I. Palm, Anthony J. Brazel The peopling of American geography / Donald G. Janelle
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