Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography

From What to Why?

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Over the past twenty years, geography as an academic discipline has become more and more reflective, asking the key questions 'What are we doing?' 'Why are we doing it?'. These questions have, so far, been more enthusiastically taken up by human geography rather than physical geography. Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography aims to redress the balance.Written and edited by a distinguished group of physical geographers, Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography comprises of a collection of international writer's thoughts which reveal personal motivations, and look at tensions in the worlds of meaning in which physical geography is involved. How are the meanings of the physical environment derived? Is the future of physical geography one where the only, or at least the dominant, meanings are framed in the contexts of environmental issues.Covering a diverse and lively selection of topics, the contributors of this book offer guides to the contemporary debates in the philosophy of physical geography, and introduce the reader to its wider cultural significance. This book is an essential companion to anyone studying, or with an interest in, physical geography.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-06-27
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780340806906

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Designed as a text for those researching physical geography at undergraduate and postgraduate level, this book will inspire, provoke and educate its readers at a fundamental level. From first to last, it challenges and explores the relationships that physical geographers have with the world and their discipline(s).Progress in Physical Geography

Innehållsförteckning

Part I Setting the Scene. Previous actors and current influences: trends and fashions in physical geographyMeaning, knowledge, constructs and autobiography in physical geography. Part II: Personal Meanings. Meaning through fieldworkReflective on personal motivationsWhere did it happen for you? Wondering about geomorphologyGoodbye to geographical reality. Part III: Research Meanings. Constructing biogeographies: on utopias, dystopias and heteropiasClimatology and meaningThe natural science of geomorphologyImplications for an integrated geographyWhat it means to be a pebble in a highly turbulent streamSelf-organisation and complexity: a new perspective on landscape dynamicsIntergrated environmental systems and ethics: a case study of river basin managementGeomorhological knowledge and landscape knowledge in resource management. Part IV: Futures. 'The writing's on the walls': On style, substance and sellnig physical geographyConclusion: contemporary meaning in physical geography.