This guide to the techniques in human geography examines key techniques in detail - survey and qualitative, numerical, spatial and computer based. The book draws on important case studies, such as the decennial census, to illustrate applications. The importance of up-to-date IT based techniques is particularly stressed, introducing widely recognized applications. A final section explores the Internet, which offers new resources but also creates problems for researchers used to traditional academic fields. Identifying important new directions of recent developments, particularly within...