Scale and Geographic Inquiry

by Eric Sheppard

Author	: Eric Sheppard
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 288
Release	: 2008-04-15
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 0470999152

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This book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers and GIS specialists. Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers think about scale. Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physical geography, as well as geographic information science Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order to compare them. The introduction and conclusion, by the editors, explores the common ground.

Rediscovering Geography

by National Research Council

Author	: National Research Council
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 260
Release	: 1997-03-28
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 0309051991

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As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.

Exploring Spatial Scale in Geography

by Christopher D. Lloyd

Author	: Christopher D. Lloyd
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 274
Release	: 2014-03-04
Genre	: Technology & Engineering
ISBN	: 1118526813

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Exploring Spatial Scale in Geography provides a conceptual and practical guide to issues of spatial scale in all areas of the physical and social sciences. Scale is at the heart of geography and other spatial sciences. Whether dealing with geomorphological processes, population movements or meteorology, a consideration of spatial scale is vital. Exploring Spatial Scale in Geography takes a practical approach with a core focus on real world problems and potential solutions. Links are made to appropriate software environments with an associated website providing access to guidance material which outlines how particular problems can be approached using popular GIS and spatial data analysis software. This book offers alternative definitions of spatial scale, presents approaches for exploring spatial scale and makes use of a wide variety of case studies in the physical and social sciences to demonstrate key concepts, making it a key resource for anyone who makes use of geographical information.

Scale in Spatial Information and Analysis

by Jingxiong Zhang

Author	: Jingxiong Zhang
Publisher	: CRC Press
Total Pages	: 362
Release	: 2014-04-15
Genre	: Mathematics
ISBN	: 1439829381

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Now ubiquitous in modern life, spatial data present great opportunities to transform many of the processes on which we base our everyday lives. However, not only do these data depend on the scale of measurement, but also handling these data (e.g., to make suitable maps) requires that we account for the scale of measurement explicitly. Scale in Spat

Reading Economic Geography

by Trevor J. Barnes

Author	: Trevor J. Barnes
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 494
Release	: 2008-04-15
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 0470754745

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This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research in the field of economic geography. Brings together the most important research contributions to economic geography. Editorial commentary makes the material accessible for students. The editors are highly respected in their field.

Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning across Disciplines

by Gillian Kidman

Author	: Gillian Kidman
Publisher	: Palgrave Pivot
Total Pages	: 159
Release	: 2017-08-29
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 9781137534620

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This research-based book dissects and explores the meaning and nature of Inquiry in teaching and learning in schools, challenging existing concepts and practices. In particular, it explores and contests prevailing attitudes about the practice of inquiry-based learning across the Science, Geography and History disciplines, as well as focusing on the importance of the role of teacher in what is frequently criticised as being a student-controlled activity. Three frameworks, which are argued to be necessarily intertwined for discipline-specific literacy, guide this inquiry work: the classroom goals; the instructional approach; and the degree of teacher direction. The foundation of the analysis is the notion of educational inquiry as it is structured in the Australian Curriculum, along with the locating of the study in international trends in inquiry learning over time. It will be of great interest to researchers, higher degree students and practicing professionals working in Education and Sociology.

Reshaping Environments

by Helena Bender

Author	: Helena Bender
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 417
Release	: 2012-07-17
Genre	: Law
ISBN	: 1107688663

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An interdisciplinary textbook that incorporates case material and theoretical tools for the Earth changers of today and tomorrow.

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

by John A. Agnew

Author	: John A. Agnew
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 628
Release	: 2011-03-01
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 1444395823

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This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives. Edited and written by the world's leading authorities in the discipline Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography) Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same theme

Methods in Human Geography

by Robin Flowerdew

Author	: Robin Flowerdew
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 391
Release	: 2013-10-08
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 1317873386

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First published in 2004. This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography, covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project, from the selection of an appropriate topic through to the organisation and writing of the final report. Covering a wide range of contemporary research methods, the authors provide practical advice on how to actually undertake a project.