Human Geography: The Basics
- ISBN-10
- 1136307184
- ISBN-13
- 9781136307188
- Series
- Human Geography
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-21
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Andrew Jones
Description
Human Geography: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of the role that humankind plays in shaping the world around us. Whether it’s environmental concerns, the cities we live in or the globalization of the economy, these are issues which affect us all. This book introduces these topics and more including: global environment issues and development cities, firms and regions migration, immigration and asylum landscape, culture and identity travel, mobility and tourism agriculture and food. Featuring an overview of theory, end of chapter summaries, case study boxes, further reading lists and a glossary, this book is the ideal introduction for anybody new to the study of human geography.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Introduction to Human Geography
By David Dorrell, Joseph P. HendersonIntroduction to Human Geography
-
The Dictionary of Human Geography
By Sarah Whatmore, Geraldine Pratt, Derek GregoryThe fifth edition belongs on the bookshelf of all serious students.' Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech 'With an exceptional balance between breadth and depth, this is undoubtedly a timely and ground-breaking revision of the Dictionary.
-
Human Geography in Action
By Patricia Gober, Michael Kuby, John HarnerMichael Kuby, John Harner, Patricia Gober ... Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Kent, Mary M. 2007. Immigration and America's Black Population. Population Bulletin 62(4):1–16. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Lee, Sharon M., ...
-
Exploring Human Geography: A Reader
By Stephen Daniels, Roger LeeBecause the subject is both broad and necessarily only loosely defined, a principal aim of this book is to present a view of the subject which is theoretically informed and yet recognises that any view is partial, contingent and subject to ...
-
Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture
By Harm J. de Blij, Erin Hogan Fouberg, Alexander B. MurphyBarnett, T., & Blaikie, P. AIDS in Africa: Its Present and Future Impact. New York: Guilford Press, 1992. Beneria, L., & Feldman, S., eds. Unequal Burden: Economic Crises, Persistent Poverty and Women's Work. Boulder, Colo.
-
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography: A 12-Volume Set
networks. For instance, European Spatial Development Policy (ESDP) isanorganized and integrated spatial policy at ... linkedby integrated communication corridors, and separated by protected environmental and water catchments.
-
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
By Barney WarfPhenomenology generally is a complex philosophical approach and remains an important tradition within a larger history of science and scientific thought. —Vincent Del Casino See also Humanistic Geography; Theory Suggested Reading ...
-
Practising Human Geography
By Paul Cloke, Ian Cook, Philip CrangThis is not a manual of approved geographical techniques. It is a reflexive, critical and highly personal account, combining historical depth with up-to-the-minute examples of research in practice.
-
A Dictionary of Human Geography
By Rob Kitchin, Noel Castree, Alisdair RogersIndeed, human geographers shone a sceptical light on their own knowledge claims, pursuing the fifth theme above in historical work into the rhetorics used by their spatial science and Marxist forebears (Barnes 1996).
-
Human Geography Today
By John Allen, Doreen Massey, Phil SarreThis book offers a unique assessment of the current state and future directions of human geography, exploring the developments and themes that have put the discipline at the heart of a number of important debates.