Time Geography

ISBN-13: 9781138573796 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 160 str.

Kajsa Ellegard

Opis

Time Geography is a mode of thinking that helps understanding change in society, the wider context and ecological consequences of human actions. This book presents its assumptions, concepts, methods, and exemplifies applications. This book looks at the outlook for this developing branch of research and the future application of time-geography to societal and academic contexts. The interdisciplinary nature will be appealing to postgraduates and researchers who are interested in human geography, urban and regional planning and sociology.

Spis treści

Part I Introducing the time-geographic approach 1. Introduction – origin and societal context 2. Ontological grounds 3. Time-geographic concepts and notation Part II Applications of the time-geographic approach 4. Urban and regional planning 5. Transportation and communication research 6. Organization of production and work 7. Everyday life, wellbeing and household division of labor 8. Ecological sustainability – time-geographic studies on resource use Part III Spread, criticism and future 9. International spread and criticism 10. Time-geography – from the past into the future

O autorze

Kajsa Ellegård is Professor in Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden.