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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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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470999141 |
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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 g |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 / |