Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science

ISBN-13: 9783030600181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 244 str.

Jay D. Gatrell; Gregory D. Bierly; Ryan R. Jensen

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

About the authors

CH1. Spatial Science and Its Traditions

CH2. Literature Reviews

CH3. Research Questions

CH4. Data and Methods in Spatial Science

CH5. Graduate Degree Proposals

CH6. Grants and Grant Writing

CH7. Disseminating Research

CH8. Reflections on Proposal Writing in Spatial Science

CH9. Model Proposals

CH10. Thesis I: Human Systems

CH11. Thesis II: Human Systems-Mixed Methods

CH12. Dissertation I: Human-Environment Interactions

CH13. Dissertation II: Geo-Techniques

CH14. Dissertation III: Physical Systems

CH15. Extramural Grant I: Collaborative Research and Outreach

CH16. Extramural Grant II: Instrumentation

CH17. Extramural III: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

CH18. Intramural Grants

Index

O autorze

Jay D. Gatrell (Ph.D., West Virginia University) is Provost and Professor of Geography at Eastern Illinois University.  His research interests focus primarily on economic geography and spatial research methods inclusive of human-environment interactions.

Gregory D. Bierly (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Dean of the Honors College and Professor of Geography at Indiana State University.  Greg is a climatologist with interests in circulation patterns, jet streaks and cyclone dynamics, linkages between cyclone airflow and intensity, synoptic climatology of arid environments.

Ryan R. Jensen (Ph.D., University of Florida) is Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University.  Ryan has primary research interests in biogeography and landscape ecology and expertise in remote sensing and geographic information systems.

Rajiv R. Thakur (Ph.D., Indiana State University) is Associate Professor of Geography and Chairperson at Missouri State University.  Dr. Thakur is an economic geographer with expertise in regional development and emerging interests that reside at the intersection of economics and the environment.

Blurb

The investigation of the interactions between human and physical systems poses unique conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges.  This book establishes a spatial science framework for policymakers, social scientists, and environmental researchers as they explore and analyze complex problems.  The authors provide guidance for scientists, writers, and students across a broad range of fields on how to tackle discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and conduct research in the spatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty of concrete examples of spatial research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process, demystifying and illustrating how it is actually done. The appendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals for MA and PhD theses and dissertations, as well as successful research grants. By emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process, while providing students with the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science" can serve as a textbook for research-design or project-based courses at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate level.