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Scale and geographic inquiry nature, society, and method /

This book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers, and GIS specialists. The editors place...

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Group Author: Sheppard, Eric S.; McMaster, Robert Brainerd.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Geography > Mathematics.
Multidimensional scaling.
Geographical perception.
Géographie > Mathématiques.
Échelle multidimensionnelle.
Perception géographique.
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470999141
Summary: This book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers, and GIS specialists. The editors place competing concepts of scale side by side, demonstrating how different aspects are significant for each, and providing a detailed comparative assessment. They set out from the premise that there is much acknowledged common ground between these different approaches and that valuable insight can be gained by exploring it. In light of the increased interest in global change and globalisation, there has been a huge surge of interest in the environmental and human sciences in the relationship between the global, the regional and the local. For this reason, this cutting edge survey of how geographers conceptualise scale should be of interest across a broad range of disciplines.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470999158
0470999152
9780470999141
0470999144
Index Number: G70
CLC: K90-3
Contents: Fractals and scale in environmental assessment and monitoring / Nina Siu-Ngan Lam -- Population and environment interactions : spatial considerations in landscape characterization and modeling / Stephen J. Walsh [and others] -- Crossing the divide : linking global and local scales in human-environment systems / William E. Easterling and Colin Polsky -- Independence, contingency, and scale linkage in physical geography / Jonathan D. Phillips -- Embedded scales in biogeography / Susy S. Ziegler, Gary M. Pereira, Dwight A. Brown -- Scaled geographies : nature, place, and the politics of scale / Erik Swyngedouw -- Scales of cybergeography / Michael F. Goodchild -- A long way from home : domesticating the social production of scale / Sallie Marston -- Scale bending and the fate of the national / Neil Smith -- Is there a Europe of cities? World cities and the limitations of geographical scale analyses / Peter J. Taylor -- The politics of scale and networks of spatial connectivity : transnational interurban networks and the rescaling of political governance in Europe / Helga Leitner -- Scale and geographic inquiry : contrasts, intersections, and boundaries / Eric Sheppard and Robert B. McMaster.

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