Key Concepts in Geography - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412930227 ISBN 13: 9781412930222

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development, and risk and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling, standard student resource. The Second Edition of Key Concepts in Geography explains the key terms ? space, time, place, scale, landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides - in one volume ? concepts from both human geography and physical geography; especially relevant now that environment is so critical to our understanding of geography.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Clifford is Professor and Head of Department at King’s College London.

Professor Valentine has held prestigious international visiting fellowships at the Universities of Sydney, Australia and Otago, New Zealand and has visited and given keynote addresses at a range of prestigious international conferences. She was co-founder and co-editor of the international journal Social and Cultural Geography, and co-edited Gender, Place and Culture. She has undertaken international research in Europe, Africa and the USA and is committed to developing the University of Sheffield′s international strategy within the Faculty of Social Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412930227
• ISBN 13: 9781412930222
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Clifford Nicholas, Holloway Sarah L, Rice Stephen P, Valentine Gill