Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: New Companion Encylopedia of Geography (Routledge Companion Encyclopedias) (Volume 1)

This is a completely revised edition of Routledge's very successful 1996 Companion Encyclopedia of Geography. As did the first, the second edition provides a comprehensive and integrated survey the discipline. The revised edition takes the theme of place and places as the unifying principal for a full account of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century.The work is comprised of substantial essays of c. 10,000 words. Both physical and social and cultural geography are thoroughly covered, as are the relations between the two. The Encyclopedia does full justice to the enormous growth of social and cultural geography in recent years. Many leading international academics have written for the work ensuring that differing traditions in geography around the world are given representation. In addition to references, essays also carry 'further reading' bibliographies. There is a full index.As the first edition, the Companion Encyclopedia of Geog

Douglas, Ian; Huggett, Richard; Perkins, Chris