Methods and Techniques in Human Geography - Hardcover

Robinson, Guy M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471962317 ISBN 13: 9780471962311

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

The coverage in this book extends beyond standard accounts of particular techniques in human geography to include examples of their use, as well as examples of their relationship to the changing philosophical underpinnings of geographical research. The first section focuses on statistical methods, including recently developed methods of exploratory data analysis and techniques for analyzing categorical data. The second section covers mathematical models of spatial diffusion and auto correlation, and the final section explores quantitative methods with specific reference to humanistic approaches to geographical problems.

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From the Back Cover

The study of Human Geography has changed. From the quantitative revolution of the 1960s to the recent ‘cultural turn’, new theories, approaches, methodologies and arguments have completely remapped the discipline of Geography. Methods and Techniques in Human Geography provides the fullest available introduction and assessment of these changes in both quantitative and qualitative Geography. Clearly, concisely and generously written, Methods and Techniques in Human Geography will become the students’ companion to one of the most widely misunderstood, contested and fascinating areas of Human Geography. Geography / Social Science Contents

1. Introduction
2. Exploring Geographical Data
3. Testing Hypotheses
4. Measuring Associations
5. Multivariate Analysis
6. Generalised Linear Models and Categorical Data Analysis
7. Spatial Allocation
8. Spatial Interaction
9. Spatial Statistics, Spatial Models and Spatial Structure
10. Space and Time
11. Systems and Geographical Information Systems
12. Investigating Behaviour and Perception
13. Qualitative Methods
14. Marxist Analysis in Human Geography
15. Feminist Geographies
16. Postmodern Geographies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471962317
• ISBN 13: 9780471962311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 572