This edition has been substantially updated with the help of an advisory board of international experts in a range of key areas.
Geography is a system of highly developed sciences about the environment.
Containing 6,400 fully revised and updated entries on all aspects of physical and human geography, this dictionary is the most comprehensive of its kind. It includes feature panels on key areas and recommended web links for many entries,
The Penguin Dictionary of Geography has been expanded and revised and contains some 750 new entries to take into account developments in all areas of the subject. It now includes...
This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking.
This text provides an essential reference handbook for students of geography and related social sciences.
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... the duties of a citizen towards fellow members of the community they belong to (H. van Gunsteren 1998). ... M. Miles (2003) write on urban futures; see Jones and Evans (2006) Urb. Studs 43, 9 and Bell and Jayne (2003) Local Econ.
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