Product Description: "Questioning Geography" introduces students to the fundamental debates that animate geography today. Covering both human and physical geography, each chapter addresses a key issue that continues to preoccupy geographers. Questions considered include: Is geography a coherent discipline? Are human and physical geography sciences? In what ways is geography relevant? Supported by essay questions and suggestions for further reading, this accessible text demonstrates to students the distinctiveness and vitality of modern geography...read more

An illustrated atlas presenting the people, places, nature, farming, and industries of each major region of the world.

A guide to the study of geography includes information on the roles of geographers and reasons to study geography, along with advice on improving study and research skills. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Globalization is a dominant feature of the end of the 20th century. One phenomenon characterizing the contemporary world is the increase in international population movements. These massive population flows have been facilitated by a series of factors, such as the development of communication, transport, technologies and global networks which have significantly contributed to the increased immigration of refugee workers and their families to developed countires - particularly to Western European countries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This volume provides students of human geography with a useful resource, a collection of writings critical to understanding the field as a whole, which reveal the interactions of its component parts. It has been designed to give students ready access to the articles their studies are most likely to lead them to consult. The book is divided into five parts. Parts 1 and 2 describe the nature of the enterprise, to show the origins and current state of thinking on its central issues. Part 3 is concerned with the interactions between nature, culture and landscape. Part 4 considers aerial differences and geographic units, with the links between region, place and locality. Part 5 provides insights on the fundamental concepts of space, time and space-time. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Addresses issues of current social and theoretical concern such as urban ethnic conflict, multiculturalism and immigration.How do people make sense of their lives amid the social and cultural diversity of cities? The essays in this volume argue that a powerful and related set of methodologies - including comparative research, the ethnography of situations such as dances and parades, and social network analysis - can further our understanding of the intertwined processes of ethnicity and community, class and gender...read more

Product Description: Culture influences almost every aspect of human life. It shapes our languages, religions, political, and economic systems, group and family hierarchies; it is reflected in the way we dress, eat, build our houses, celebrate life, and mourn our dead...read more

This book examines critically the various concepts of the inner city; looks at examples of urban decline and renewal, both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; and, asking whether the "inner city" is more than a rhetorical device, looks beyond the political and theoretical notion of inner city problems to the impact of policies on people's lives. Contributors include professional planners and academics from departments of sociology, politics, race relation and geography.

This atlas covers issues of social relevance in today's world, such as national independence, Third World debt, crime, disease, and health