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Scale and Geographic Inquiry
Sheppard
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Description for Scale and Geographic Inquiry
Hardcover. A contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes contributions by human geographers, physical geographers and GIS specialists. Editor(s): Sheppard, Eric; McMaster, Robert B. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631230694
SKU
V9780631230694
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99-50
About Sheppard
Eric Sheppard is Fesler-Lampert Professor in Geography at the University of Minnesota. He is the co-author and editor of a number of books, including A Companion to Economic Geography (Blackwell, 2001) and Reading Economic Geography (Blackwell, 2003), and of over 80 scholarly articles. His current research interests include spatiality and political economy, environmental justice, critical GIS and interurban policy and ... Read more
Reviews for Scale and Geographic Inquiry
"…engages incisively with what consideration of scale can offer to a wide range of crucial social, physical, and cartographic issues – from environmental monitoring to urban development – and provides an essential starting point in terms of the uses and meanings of the concept." John Agnew, University of California Los Angeles "This volume ... Read more