WorldMinds provides broad exposure to a geography that is engaged with discovery, interpretation, and problem solving. Its 100 succinct chapters demonstrate the theories, methods, and data used by geographers, and address the challenges posed by issues such as globalization, regional and ethnic conflict, environmental hazards, terrorism, poverty, and sustainable development. Through its theoretical and practical applications, we are reminded that the study of Geography informs policy making.
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WorldMinds provides broad exposure to a geography that is engaged with discovery, interpretation, and problem solving. Its 100 succinct chapters demonstrate the theories, methods, and data used by geographers, and address the challenges posed by issues such as globalization, regional and ethnic conflict, environmental hazards, terrorism, poverty, and sustainable development. Through its theoretical and practical applications, we are reminded that the study of Geography informs policy making.
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. 660 pages. Writing on FFEPGeography today is a vibrant amalgam of theories, methods, and data about pas t, current, and emerging worlds. Geography and the geographers who produce it dw ell at the intersection of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the hu manities, and various admixtures of their theories, methods, and data constitute the 100 chapters included in WorldMinds. Arrayed under the rubrics of politics and power, human wellbeing, cities, livelihood, ecosystems, human environment interactions, hazards, natural systems, new methods, and human perceptions, thes e 100 short essays reveal and exemplify the conceptual and topical richness of c ontemporary North American geography. As is evident in these rubrics and essays, geography today is a many splendored enterprise ranging, as the editors note, from feminist deconstruc tion to fluvial geomorphology. Geographers have so mething strikingly valuable to say about many, if not most of the problems that confront indi viduals and groups in locales and regions ranging from the plots of smallholders to the entire globe. The diverse chapters of WorldMinds well il lustrate some of the key geographical perspectives that contribute usefully to t he broader understanding of common problems. versary of the Association of American Geographers 1904?2004. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4898q
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. CI6 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has bumped corners, some wrinkling and chipping on the cover edges, light scratches on the cover, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Association of American Geographers 1904-2004. Celebrating Geography - the Next 100 Years. 9.75"x6.5", 635 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This volume, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Association of American Geographers, is dedicated to the idea that geographers can make substantive differences to the lives of people and to the well being of the planet that gives the discipline its name. WorldMinds provides broad exposure to a geography that is engaged with discovery, interpretation, and problem solving. Its 100 succinct chapters demonstrate the theories, methods, and data used by geographers, and exemplify the conceptual and topical richness of contemporary geography. The 150 contributing authors and co-authors address the challenges posed by issues such as globalization, regional and ethnic conflict, environmental hazards, terrorism, poverty, and sustainable development. This volume demonstrates the utility of geography as a conceptual discipline that contributes theoretically; as an applied practice that informs policy-making; and as a coherent set of methodologies to gather and analyze data about Earth and its occupants. WorldMinds is the ideal general reader to supplement textbooks in the full range of academic geography courses. In addition to geography students and instructors, it is relevant to researchers, applied geographers and policy makers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: EC38741BB
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