Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science

Jay D. Gatrell

ISBN 10: 3030600211 / ISBN 13: 9783030600211

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2021

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The investigation ofthe interactions between human and physical systems poses unique conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges. This book establishes a spatial science framework for policymakers, social scientists, and environmental researchers as they explore and analyze complex problems. The authors provide guidance for scientists, writers, and students across a broad range offields on how totackle discipline-specific issues ofspace, place, and scale as they propose and conduct research in thespatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty ofconcrete examples ofspatial research and case studies tofamiliarize readers withtheresearch process, demystifying and illustrating how it is actually done. Theappendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals forMA and PhD theses and dissertations, as well as successful research grants. By emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process, while providing students withtheencouragement and skills needed forsuccess in proposal writing, 'Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science' can serve as a textbook for research-design or project-based courses at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate level.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030600211
• ISBN 13: 9783030600211
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 411 grams

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Synopsis

The investigation of the interactions between human and physical systems poses unique conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges.  This book establishes a spatial science framework for policymakers, social scientists, and environmental researchers as they explore and analyze complex problems.  The authors provide guidance for scientists, writers, and students across a broad range of fields on how to tackle discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and conduct research in the spatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty of concrete examples of spatial research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process, demystifying and illustrating how it is actually done. The appendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals for MA and PhD theses and dissertations, as well as successful research grants. By emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process, while providing students with the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science" can serve as a textbook for research-design or project-based courses at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate level.

About the Author

Jay D. Gatrell (Ph.D., West Virginia University) is Provost and Professor of Geography at Eastern Illinois University.  His research interests focus primarily on economic geography and spatial research methods inclusive of human-environment interactions.

Gregory D. Bierly (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Dean of the Honors College and Professor of Geography at Indiana State University.  Greg is a climatologist with interests in circulation patterns, jet streaks and cyclone dynamics, linkages between cyclone airflow and intensity, synoptic climatology of arid environments.

Ryan R. Jensen (Ph.D., University of Florida) is Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University.  Ryan has primary research interests in biogeography and landscape ecology and expertise in remote sensing and geographic information systems.

Rajiv R. Thakur (Ph.D., Indiana State University) is Associate Professor of Geography and Chairperson at Missouri State University.  Dr. Thakur is an economic geographer with expertise in regional development and emerging interests that reside at the intersection of economics and the environment.