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Author : William Bunge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Geography written by William Bunge and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter E. Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Location in Space written by Peter E. Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Wheeler Bunge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Theoritical geography written by William Wheeler Bunge and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119845521
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Theory and Explanation in Geography written by Henry Wai-chung Yeung and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEORY AND EXPLANATION IN GEOGRAPHY “With this book Henry Yeung puts Geography back into the driver’s seat of new theory development. Foregrounding mid-range theories and mechanism-based explanations, he offers a pragmatic approach that has the capacity to shape the wider social sciences for years to come. The timing of this intervention is pitch-perfect, as scholars search for ways to understand and intervene in an increasingly distrustful and polarized world.” —KATHARYNE MITCHELL, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA “Critical human geography possesses a distinctive theory culture—pluralist, creative, distributed, restless, contested—prone to “turning,” wary of orthodoxies and fixed positions. In this original and provocative contribution, the leading economic geographer Henry Yeung steps out beyond his home turf to engage styles and practices of theorizing across this diverse field, carving out a new remit and rubric for middle-range theorizing.” —JAMIE PECK, Canadian Research Chair and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia, Canada Grounded in a generous reading of a multitude of critical approaches in human geography and their diverse conceptions of theory, Theory and Explanation in Geography draws upon cutting-edge debates on the mechanism-based approach to theory and explanation in analytical sociology, political science, and the philosophy of social sciences to inform current and future geographical thinking on theory. This consolidated conceptual work represents an extension and much further development of the author’s well-cited works on relational geography, critical realism and causal explanation, process-based methodology, globalization and the theory of global production networks, and “theorizing back” and situated knowledges that were published in leading journals in Geography. The work has several chapters that identify new directions for Geography’s current and future engagement with the wider social sciences and relevant research agendas in geographical thought. Its main chapters provide the necessary conceptual toolkits for mobilizing such an expanding research program in the 2020s and beyond. Compared to typical texts on geographical thought, this book is less retrospective and historical and more prospective in nature. Detailing why and how mid-range explanatory theories can be better developed through causal mechanisms and relational thinking that have been revitalized in the social sciences, Theory and Explanation in Geography is an essential read for academics, geographers, and scholars seeking unique perspective on an important facet of the field.
Author : Ptolemy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691214115
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Ptolemy's Geography written by Ptolemy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for more than fifteen centuries it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to gather data and draw maps. Ptolemy championed the use of astronomical observation and applied mathematics in determining geographical locations. But more importantly, he introduced the practice of writing down coordinates of latitude and longitude for every feature drawn on a world map, so that someone else possessing only the text of the Geography could reproduce Ptolemy's map at any time, in whole or in part, at any scale. Here Berggren and Jones render an exemplary translation of the Geography and provide a thorough introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the Geography, and the later history of the work.
Author : Jeremy R. Porter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940073848X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Geographical Sociology written by Jeremy R. Porter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial context in the analysis of social issues. Much of this history has revolved around the development and application of spatial theory aimed at understanding the geographic distribution of social problems, the organization of communities, and the relationship between society and the environment. More recently, the social sciences have seen a large number of technological innovations that now make it possible to place social behaviour in spatial context. Consequently, because of the historical disjuncture in the development of spatial theory and the recent development of relevant methodological tools, the relationship between materials describing both the methodological approaches and their theoretical importance a scattered throughout various books and articles. Geographical Sociology consolidates these materials into a single accessible source in which spatial concepts such as containment, proximity, adjacency, and others are examined in relation to such methodological tools as hierarchical linear models, point pattern analysis, and spatial regression. As these methods continue to increase in popularity among social scientists the ability to more generally understand societies relationship to geographic space will continue to increase in it importance in the field. This book represents a starting point to linking these concepts to practice and is presented in an accessible form in which students, researchers, and educators can all learn, and in turn, contribute to its development.
Author : Phil Hubbard
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567259889
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)
Download or read book Thinking Geographically written by Phil Hubbard and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has seen Geography transformed by an astonishing range of cultural and philosophical concepts and approaches. Thinking Geographically is designed for students as an accessible and enjoyable introduction to this new landscape of geographical ideas. The book takes the reader through the history of geographic thought up to a survey of the present. Contemporary theory is then used to explore real world issues drawn from across the discipline of social, cultural, political and economic geography.Entertainingly written and packed with examples and with profiles of key theorists, the book is an ideal introduction for any student who wants to discover the potential of thinking geographically.
Author : Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119845491
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Theory and Explanation in Geography written by Henry Wai-chung Yeung and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking resource detailing why causal theory is useful in geographical enquiry and how it can be developed through mechanism-based thinking. Includes a multitude of approaches and concepts in human geography today, covering important caveats, key considerations, and a synthetic approach Details contemporary geographical thought, covering theory in Marxism, poststructuralism and post-phenomenology/posthumanism, and feminism and postcolonialism Explores relationality and relational thought in contemporary human geography, plus moving towards a relational theory for the 2020s and beyond Discusses mechanism and process in causal explanation, covering causal theory and actors, neoliberalization, and the process-mechanism distinction of neoliberalism Essential reading for academics, geographers, and scholars seeking unique perspective on an important facet of the field
Author : François Bavaud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782940368082
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Theoretical and Quantitative Geography written by François Bavaud and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rob Kitchin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317885929
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Conducting Research in Human Geography written by Rob Kitchin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading this book is your first step to becoming a competent human geography researcher. Whether you are a novice needing practical help for your first piece of research or a professional in search of an accessible guide to best practice, Conducting Research in Human Geography is a unique and indispensable book to have at hand. The book provides a broad overview of theoretical underpinnings in contemporary human geography and links these with the main research methodologies currently being used. It is designed to guide the user through the complete research process, whether it be a one day field study or a large project, from the nurturing of ideas and development of a proposal, to the design of an enquiry, the generation and analysis of data, to the drawing of conclusions and the presentation of findings.
Author : Dieter Kogler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317358104
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Economic Geography written by Dieter Kogler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic geographers increasingly consider the significance of history in shaping the contemporary socio-economic landscape, and increasingly believe that experiences and competencies, acquired over time by individuals and entities in particular localities, to a large degree determine present configurations as well as future regional trajectories. Attempts to trace, understand, and investigate the pathways from past to present have given rise to the thriving and exciting sub-field of Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG). EEG highlights the important factors that initiate, inhibit, or consolidate the contextual settings and relationships in which regions and their respective agents, which comprise and shape economic activity and social reproduction, change over time. It has at its core the production and destruction of novelty in space, and the links between innovation and regional economic fortunes. The creation of knowledge, its movement and recombination within different regional ensembles of economic agents and institutions plays a critical role in the evolution of the space-economy. EEG provides a framework to disentangle the complexity of technological change and regional economic development based on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. In only a short time, EEG has established itself as a promising and rapidly evolving research framework with its focus on the driving forces of regional development across various scales and its attempt to translate findings into public policy. This book advances the theoretical foundations of EEG, and demonstrates how EEG utilises and operationalises conceptual frameworks, both established and new. Contributions also point to future research avenues and extensions of EEG, attempting to build stronger ties between theory, empirical evidence, and relevance to policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Regional Studies.
Author : Stuart Aitken
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847877273
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Approaches to Human Geography written by Stuart Aitken and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-01-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches to Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in human geography. It is a systematic review of the key ideas and debates informing post-war geography, explaining how those ideas work in practice. In three sections, the text provides: · A comprehensive contexualising essay: Introducing Philosophies, People and Practices · Philosophies: written by the principal proponents, easily comprehensible accounts of: Positivistic Geographies; Humanism; Feminist Geographies; Marxism; Structuration Theory; Behavioral Geography; Realism; Post Structuralist Theories; Actor-Network Theory; and Post Colonialism · People: prominent geographers explain events that formed their ways of knowing; the section offers situated accounts of theory and practice by, for example: David Ley; Linda McDowell; and David Harvey · Practices: applied accounts of Quantification, Evidence and Positivism; Geographic Information Systems; Humanism; Geography, Political Activism, and Marxism; the Production of Feminist Geographies; Poststructuralist Theory; Environmental Inquiry in a Postcolonial World; Contested Geographies · Student Exercises and Glossary Avoiding jargon - while attentive to the rigor and complexity of the ideas that underlie geographic knowledge – the text is written for students who have not met philosophical or theoretical approaches before. This is a beginning guide to geographic research and practice. Comprehensive and accessible, it will be the core text for courses on Approaches to Human Geography; Philosophy and Geography; and the History of Geography; and a key resource for students beginning research projects.
Author : V. A. Anuchin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Problems of Geography written by V. A. Anuchin and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ben Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317046951
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Taking-Place: Non-Representational Theories and Geography written by Ben Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging over the past ten years from a set of post-structuralist theoretical lineages, non-representational theories are having a major impact within Human Geography. Non-representational theorisation and research has opened up new sets of problematics around the body, practice and performativity and inspired new ways of doing and writing human geography that aim to engage with the taking-place of everyday life. Drawing together a range of innovative contributions from leading writers, this is the first book to provide an extensive and in-depth overview of non-representational theories and human geography. The work addresses the core themes of this still-developing field, demonstrates the implications of non-representational theories for many aspects of human geographic thought and practice, and highlights areas of emergent critical debate. The collection is structured around four thematic sections - Life, Representation, Ethics and Politics - which explore the varied relations between non-representational theories and contemporary human geography.
Author : Paul Cloke
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898624908
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (249 download)
Download or read book Approaching Human Geography written by Paul Cloke and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1991-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible and informed introduction to the development of new theoretical approaches to human geography. It sets out to explain the key features of these new approaches, and to trace their antecedents and implications. The authors also highlight points of comparison and contrast, inter-connection, and dissimilarity. An introductory chapter describes and accounts for the theoretical diversity present within twentieth-century human geography, and particular attention is paid to the transition from environmental and regional approaches to the `spatial science' of the 1960s. Later chapters deal systematically with different post1960s approaches: Marxism, humanism, structuration, realism, and postmodernism. Each of these chapters deals with the chronological development of the appropriate literature, describes the key claims and arguments, and indicates the particular sorts of substantive concerns that these theoretical materials help to illuminate. The principal chapters of the book are framed by both a preface and an epilogue, which address questions about `relativism' in approaching human geography, while also stressing the need for continued commitment and critical sensitivity in geographical inquiry. The book is written in an easily accessible style with generous expositions of key claims and arguments, and with thorough cross-referencing between chapters.
Author : Peter Gould
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780080196800
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Quantitative and Theoretical Geography written by Peter Gould and published by . This book was released on 1975-05-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirsten von Elverfeldt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400728220
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book System Theory in Geomorphology written by Kirsten von Elverfeldt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical research needs a profound theory to be successful. This is the simple but, in its consequences, radical approach for this study in geomorphology. It critically analyses the current system understanding and offers a new view for a geomorphology that understands systems as being open but at the same time operationally closed, as self-organized, structure-building and potentially self-referential. Kirsten von Elverfeldt succeeds in designing a theoretical framework that sets new standards within Physical Geography. By using state-of-the-art concepts in system theory, it offers also new bridges to Human Geography as well as to other neighbouring disciplines. This book was awarded the Dissertation prize 2010 of the German Working Group in Geomorphology of the DGfG and the Hans Bobek-prize of the ÖGG (Austrian Geographical Society).
