Geography in America

Géographie de l'Amérique

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
A compendious tome involving 126 authors assessing most facets of geographical research conducted by Americans (and, in some cases, other nationalities). Separate chapters, accompanied by copious bibliographies, are on : foundations of modern American geography| geography in American education| biogeography| climatology| geomorphology| energy geography : water resources| coastal and marine geography| historical geography| cultural ecology| cultural geography| environmental perception and behavioral geography| geographical research on native americans| population geography| industrial geography| transportation geography| contemporary agriculture and rural land use| regional development and planning| geography of recreation, tourism and sport| hazards research| medical geography| aging and the aged| perspectives on Africa in the 1980s| Latin America| Asia| Soviet and East Europe| Canadian geography| political geography| geography from the left| the urban problematic| geographic perspectives on women| cartography| mathematical and statistical analysis in human geography| remote sensing| and geographic information systems. Though not powerfully critical in its approach, this volume represents the state-of-the-art of the discipline as practiced in North America. - (DWG)


Type de document :
Monographie

Source :
840, Collation : Illustration

Date :
1989

Identifiants :
isbn : 0-675-20648-0

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Columbus, OH, Merrill Publ. Co.