Research Directions, Challenges and Achievements of Modern Geography
Author: Jerzy Bański
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Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789819966066
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Research Directions, Challenges and Achievements of Modern Geography
Author: Jerzy Bański
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-12-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9819966043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book identifies and discusses research directions, challenges and achievements in contemporary geography. It also documents the most current theoretical and methodological considerations undertaken by scientists representing various sub-disciplines of geography with particular reference to human geography. It was assumed that the thematic structure of the currently active International Geographical Union (IGU) problem commissions corresponds to the most relevant and current research directions in geography. Reflecting this assumption, the book consists of 14 chapters contributed by geographers representing 14 problem commissions of the IGU, which allows us to examine geography from different perspectives and to provide the reader with a complete overview of contemporary research issues in human geography. The first part discusses contemporary research problems and issues related to scientific methodology and achievements of selected geographical sub-disciplines, including urban geography, agricultural geography, transport geography, and political geography, among others. The second part focuses on the interdisciplinarity of geography and the topics of global dimension undertaken by geographers such as global change, GIS and geospatial technology, marginalization, and environmental change. This part also discusses the internal relations between geographical specializations and their links with other related sciences, including geology, sociology, and economics. The third part discusses the holistic approaches of geography applied to particular regions, territories, or conditions (Africa, costal systems, geomorphology and local development).
Rediscovering Geography
Author: Rediscovering Geography Committee
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1997-04-11
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0309577624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.
The Geography of South Africa
Author: Jasper Knight
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-10-03
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 3319949748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited collection examines contemporary directions in geographical research on South Africa. It encompasses a cross section of selected themes of critical importance not only to the discipline of Geography in South Africa, but also of relevance to other areas of the Global South. All chapters are original contributions, providing a state of the art research baseline on key themes in physical, human and environmental geography, and in understanding the changing geographical landscapes of modern South Africa. These contributions set the scene for an understanding of the relationships between modern South Africa and the wider contemporary world, including issues of sustainable development and growth in the Global South.
Applied Geography
Author: Michael Pacione
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 682
ISBN-13: 9780415182683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApplied Geography offers an invaluable introduction to useful research in physical, environmental and human geography and provides a new focus and reference point for investigating and understanding problem-orientated research. Forty-nine leading experts in the field introduce and explore research which crosses the traditional boundary between physical and human geography. A wide range of key issues and contemporary debates are within the books main sections, which cover: natural and environmental hazards environmental change and management challenges of the human environment techniques of spatial analysis Applied geography is the application of geographic knowledge and skills to identify the nature and causes of social, economic and environmental problems and inform policies which lead to their resolution.
Directions in Geography
Author: Richard J. Chorley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-10
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1000000214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1973. This collection of essays looks at the ‘quantitative revolution’ and the ‘new geography’ by some of the geographers who had a significant part in those innovations and looks ahead to further developments. The views in the chapters are diverse and offer a fascinating glimpse of the discipline of geography as the subject was undergoing such change and becoming more socially committed. They cover theory, spatial-systems theory, forecasting, human ecology and climatology alongside the teaching of the subject. The concerns of the contemporary geographer come across and are of interest today as these areas have developed still more.
The Geography of Contemporary China
Author: Jing’ai Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-06-28
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 3031041585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook provides a comprehensive and very detailed insight into Chinese Contemporary Geography in English. It documents the geographical issues associated with China's rapid growth. Since initiating the reforms and open policy, China has achieved tremendous success. China's rapid growth is now a driving force in the global economy and is achieving unprecedented rates of poverty reduction. However, China also faces a number of sustainability and emerging challenges associated with rapid growth such as growing regional disparities in terms of per capita income and social-economic development, sustainable resource development, and issues related to regional and global economic integration. In addition, rapid economic growth has also brought about major challenges such as resource shortages, ecological and environmental destruction, land degradation and frequent disasters. This book presents the authors’ reflections. This lavishly illustrated book covers physical geography, history, and economic and political systems of the world's most populous country. The major focus is on geographical issues in China's contemporary development: agriculture, population, urbanization, resource and energy, and environment. The lead author of the book has taught relevant courses in China for three decades, and authored and edited multiple textbooks for Chinese students. This book will appeal to undergraduate students of geography and related disciplines with a regional focus on China and to the general reader who wants to learn different geographical aspects of modern China with little academic background in geography.
Indian Geography in the 21st Century
Author: Ravi S. Singh
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2009-10-02
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1443816256
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, primarily a collection of statements on action agenda to be pursued in geography in India, consists of nineteen chapters exclusively authored by the young geographers. It is organised into five parts: Part I provides “The Contextual Orientation”, Part II contemplates on “Reshaping Geography Education”, Part III explores “Resurrecting Physical Geography”, Part IV looks at “Retrieving Human Geography”, and Part V: “The Summum Bonum” attempts to garland the emerging thoughts. The book seeks to provide a peep into the future Indian Geography and serve professional geographers, researchers, teachers and students alike.
International Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Symposium: Overview of research needs and the research agenda
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 400
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography
Author: Mark W. Rosenberg
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781032313795
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography is the defining reference for academics and postgraduate students seeking an advanced understanding of the debates, methodological developments, and methods transforming research in human geography. Part I reviews how the methods of contemporary human geography are part of processes that reflect the changing intellectual history of human geography and events both within human geography and society in general. In Part II, authors critically appraise key methodological and theoretical challenges/opportunities that are shaping contemporary research in various parts of human geography. Contemporary directions within the discipline will be elaborated on by established and emerging researchers who are leading ontological debates and the adoption of innovative methods in geographic research. In Part III authors' take on debates that human geographers implicitly and explicitly engage with in their thinking around methodology and the practice of research. The chapters range across issues like the use of multiple methods versus mixed methods research or the growing application of thematic analysis in qualitative research in human geography and the methodological implications for the discipline. Contributors emphasize examples from their research and the research of others to reflect the fluid, emotional, and pragmatic realities of research. In this the handbook captures key developments and disciplinary influences emerging from the various sub-disciplines of human geography"--
