The Challenge For Geography: Changing World - Changing Discipline (Institute of British Geographers Special Publications) - Hardcover

JOHNSTON

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631187138 ISBN 13: 9780631187134

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1992

Synopsis

At the heart of this important and timely study of contemporary geography lies a deceptively simple question: how should geographers respond to a world which is changing fast - perhaps faster than ever before? The Challenge for Geography addresses this question directly, bringing together ten prominent geographers to examine both changes in the contemporary world and transformations within the discipline of geography. Two substantial introductory chapters by Ron Johnston set the agenda for each of the book's main sections, 'A Changing World' and 'A Changing Discipline'. Part One features Peter Dicken on the changing global economy, Susan J Smith on social landscapes, Graham Smith on geopolitics, Ian Simmons on human societies and environmental change, Andrew Goudie on land transformation, and Martin Parry on climate change. In Part Two, Peter Taylor, Peter Jackson and Ron Abler examine the implications of these changes in the world for the discipline of geography. This book will be welcomed by anyone concerned with the past, present and future of geography.

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Review

"A timely book which presents an excellent summary of modern ideas and of the associate literature." The Geographical Journal

"A thought provoking review of the place of geographical research in the contemporary world." Ecumene

About the Author

R. J. Johnson is Vice–Chancellor of the University of Essex and was formerly Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield. His previous publications include: On Human Geography (Blackwell, 1988), The Future of Geography (1988), Geography and Geographers (1991), and A Question of Place (Blackwell, 1991). He also edited, together with Derek Gregory and David M. Smith, The Dictionary of Human Geography (Blackwell, 4th edition, 2000) and together with P. J. Taylor, A World in Crisis (Blackwell, 2nd edition, 1989).

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631187138
• ISBN 13: 9780631187134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288