Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science - Hardcover

Gatrell, Jay D.; Bierly, Gregory D.; Jensen, Ryan R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540279520 ISBN 13: 9783540279525

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2005

Synopsis

Unique among the soil literature, this graduate-level text and reference treats the subjects related to the interdisciplinary fields of soil pollution and remediation. After a thorough and comprehensible introduction to the relevant fundamentals of the mineralogy, chemistry, and properties of soil, readers are well prepared to understand the biochemical aspects of soil remediation then presented. Mathematical modelling and soil monitoring are covered in a manner enabling readers from various disciplines to acquire the scientific literacy that makes further reading and research practical. The book's holistic approach and narrative style are complemented by numerous and detailed illustrations. Not only will graduate students and instructors find it useful for teaching and study, but Soil Pollution also offers professionals from the earth, environmental, and agricultural sciences the integrated overview of previously separately treated materials they may have been seeking.

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Synopsis

The complex interactions between human and physical systems confronting geographers pose unique conceptual, methodological, and practical complications when 'doing research'. Graduate students in a broad range of related fields need to learn how to tackle the discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and perform research in spatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty of concrete examples of geographic research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process as it demystifies and exemplifies how to really do it. The appendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals (some including advisor feedback) for MA and PhD theses and dissertations. Emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process while providing students with the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science" can serve as a textbook for graduate-level research-design courses, as well as for undergraduate-level project-based spatial science courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540279520
• ISBN 13: 9783540279525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236