Location and Change: Perspectives on Economic Geography - Hardcover

Healey, Michael J.; Ilbery, Brian W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198741545 ISBN 13: 9780198741541

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is an introductory text in economic geography which takes account of recent trends and theoretical developments in the subject. It emphasizes the factors bringing about changes in the patterns of economic activity and provides a broad understanding of the processes which create real contrasts. A systematic approach is used to illustrate the concepts and theories of economic location both spatially and temporally.

About this title

About the Author

Brian W. Ilbery, Senior Lecturer in Geography, both a Coventry Polytechnic.

Review

`here is a big book, covering a lot of themes, some of which will not be familiar to all economic geographers. The choice is admirable, showing a remarkable ability to choose important topics and ones which can be used at undergraduate level, within a textbook ... an important new text, which
has been carefully and clearly assembled in excellent English, accessible to beginning students in the subject. There are good illustrations, and abundant references on recent articles and book sources. The two authors have worked well together, so that the separate contributions of each have been
welded together into a single style and level of understanding. It is a welcome addition to the geographical literature.'
Applied Geography

`I am most impressed by the thoroughness of the coverage.'
A. Mather, University of Aberdeen

`an important new text, which has been carefully and clearly assembled in excellent English, accessible to beginning students in the subject. There are good illustrations, and abundant references on recent articles and book sources. The two authors have worked well together, so that the
separate contributions of each have been welded together in a single style and level of understanding. It is a welcome addition to the geographical literature.'
Applied Geography

`The book is obviously designed as a `class text' and performs that function admirably ... The length of the bibliography, however, makes it an important student research tool.'
Urban Studies

`the clarity of presentation and thoroughness in reviewing a wide range of literature are models of their kind'
Environment and Planning

'This is a text that will be welcomed by those teaching geography to post-16 year old students for its stimulating text accompanied by clear simple maps and diagrams and for its clarity of expression and presentation.'
Graham Humphrys, Georgaphical Journal, Vol 158 (1) 1992

'There is a quality about the best teaching which gives energy and interest to its subject, and which imparts a clarity of understanding that survives the loss to memory of specific details. That quality is present in this book, making it a genuinely welcome addition to the range of textbooks
for undergraduate geographers. The clear enunciation of principles, attractive selection of case study examples, and thought provoking presentation, make it an interesting and illuminating text if read sequentially, but it is equally accessible if used as a 'source book' for the treatment of
individual issues, regions, or industries.'
Judith A. Matthews, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth, Planning Practice and Research, 1992, Issue 7/1

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198741545
• ISBN 13: 9780198741541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398