The Future of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) [Paperback]

The chapters in this book address fundamental questions of the nature and purpose of geography, scrutinising its contents, philosophy and methodology.

Aimed at undergraduates its purpose is to broaden the debate about what geography had become during the 1980s and what shape it might take in the future.

Part 1: The Content of GeographyIntroduction: Exploring The Future of Geography R. J. Johnston1. Physical Geography and the Natural Environmental Sciences Peter Worsley 2. Holistic and Reductionist Aproaches to Geography I. G. Simmons and N. J. Cox3. Geography Has Neither Existence Nor future Michael E. Eliot Hurst 4. The Value of A Geographical Perspective Peter J. TaylorPart 2: Philosophy and Methodology5. Geography as a Scientific Enterprise John U. Marshall6. Scientific Method in Geography Alan Hay 7.Arguments for a Humanistic Geography Stephen Daniels 8. Realism and Geography 9. Individual Action and Political Power: A Struturation Perspective James S. Duncan10. Any Space for Spatial Analysis? Anthony G. GatrellPart 3: Geography for Society 11. Quantification and Relevance 12. Geomorphology in the Service of Society 13. Understanding and Predicting the Physical World Antony Orme 14. Will Geographic Self-Creation Make You Blind? Peter Gould15. Geography and Schooling John Huckle16. Geography, Culture and Liberal Education J. M. Powell17. To The Ends of the Earth R. J. Johnston. Index.

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