Ten geographic ideas that changed the world
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Ten geographic ideas that changed the world
Rutgers University Press, c1997
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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In this collection of essays, geographers explore ten geographic ideas that have changed the world - ideas that impose shape on the world, mould understanding of the environment, and establish relationships between people and places.
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When geographic ideas change the world in our heads, the impact can be read on the ground and in our lives. In these thought-provoking, witty essays, some of America's most distinguished geographers explore ten geographic ideas that have literally changed the world and the way we think and act. They tackle ideas that impose shape on the world, ideas that mold our understanding of the natural environment, and ideas that establish relationships between people and places. Every one of these ideas has had--and continues to have-a deep effect on the way we understand the world and our place in it. A compelling introduction to the discipline of geography, this colleciton will change the way you look at both geography and the world!
The contributors, who include several past presidents of the Association of American Geographers, members of the National Academy of Sciences, and authors of major works in the discipline, are: Elizabeth K. Burns, Patricia Gober, Anne Godlewska, Michael F. Goodchild, Susan Hanson, Robert W. Kates, John R. Mather, William B. Meyer, Mark Monmonier, Edward Relph, Edward J. Taaffe, and B. L. Turner, II.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Ten Geographic Ideas that Changed the World
PART ONE: FRAMES OF THE WORLD
1 The Idea of the Map
2 The Weather Map: Exploiting Electronic Telecommunications to Forecast the Geography of the Atmosphere
3 Geographic Information System
PART TWO: THW WORLD AS HUMAN HOME
4 Human Adjustment
5 Water Budget Climatology
6 Human Transformation of the Earth
PART THREE: THE WORLD AS LINKED MOSAIC
7 Spatial Organization and Interdependence
8 Nested Hexagons: Central Place Theory
9 Megalopolis: The Future is Now
PART FOUR: CODA
10 Sense of Place
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