Regional Geography (Rle Social & Cultural Geography): Current Developments and Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780415734851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 218 str.

Ron Johnston; Joost Hauer; G. Hoekveld

Opis

The chapters in this book address fundamental questions of the nature and purpose of geography, scrutinising its contents, philosophy and methodology.

Aimed at undergraduates its purpose is to broaden the debate about what geography had become during the 1980s and what shape it might take in the future.

Spis treści

1. Region, place and locale: an introduction to different conceptions of regional geography R. J. Johnston, Joost Hauer and Gerard A. Hoekveld 2. Regional Geography Must Adjust to new realities Gerard A. Hoekveld 3. The Changing View of the World In Major Geographical Textbooks Hans van Ginkel and Leo Paul 4. Regions of the World System: Between the General and the Specific Cees P. Terlouw 5. Re-thinking Regions: Some Preliminary Considerations on Regions and Social Change Ray Hudson 6. What About Regional Geography After Structuration Theory? Joost Hauer 7. Regional Geography: Between Scientific Theory, Ideology and Practice (or, What Use is Regional Geography?) Roger Lee 8. The Challenge for Regional Geography: Some Proposals for Research Frontiers R. J. Johnston 9. Metamorphosis: How Spatial Facts Change Into Classes of Geographical Regions Gerda Hoekveld-Meijer 10. Doing Regional Geography in a Global System: The New International financial System, the City of London and the South East of England, 1984-7 Nigel Thrift Epilogue: Towards An agenda for Regional Geographical Research Joost Hauer, Gerard A. Hoekveld and R. J. Johnston

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