Time Geography in the Global Context (eBook, ePUB)

An Anthology
Redaktion: Ellegård, Kajsa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Time Geography is a mode of thinking that helps us understand how change occurs in society, the wider context and the ecological consequences of our actions. This book brings together international time-geographic research from a range of disciplines. Contributions from The Netherlands, USA, Japan, China, Norway and Sweden showcase the diverse palette of time-geography research. Chapters study societies adjusting to rapid urbanisation, or investigate the need for structural changes in childcare organization.This book looks at the outlook for this developing branch of research and the application of time-geography to societal and academic contexts. The interdisciplinary nature will be appealing to postgraduates and researchers who are interested in human geography, urban and regional planning and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351330404
• Artikelnr.: 56890780

Autorenporträt

Kajsa Ellegård is Professor in Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Roots and Diffusion of Time
Geography 2. Time
Geography in Japan: Its Application to Urban Life 3. The Time
geographic Approach in Research on Urban China's Transition 4. Green, Healthy Time
Geography: Using Time Geographic Concepts for Sustainable Mobility Research 5. Bringing the Background to the Fore: Time
Geography and the Study of Mobile ICTs in Everyday Life 6. A Relational Interpretation of Time
Geography 7. The Time
Geographic Diary Method in Studies of Everyday Life 8. What about Landscape in Time
Geography? The role of the landscape concept in Torsten Hägerstrand's thinking