Qualitative Methodologies for Geographers: Issues and Debates

This book is a critical introduction to qualitative methodologies for those preparing to undertake their own qualitative research, or who need to better understand the processes to evaluate and interpret the geographic research of others. Its aim is to demystify the process of using qualitative methodologies through the discussion and illustration of research in practice. Each chapter presents an insight into the author's own experiences of using qualitative research across a number of projects, and reflects on the dilemmas, thought-processes, and questions involved. The reader is invited to engage in the issues and debates thrown up by these examples and, in so doing, to deepen their understanding of the research processes that may be applied to their own projects.

Melanie Limb, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University College Northampton. Claire Dwyer, Lecturer in Geography, University College, London.