International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

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Elsevier, Jul 16, 2009 - Social Science - 8250 pages

The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world.

This groundbreaking project covers every field of human geography and the discipline’s relationships to other disciplines, and is global in scope, involving an international set of contributors. Given its broad, inclusive scope and unique online accessibility, it is anticipated that the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography will become the major reference work for the discipline over the coming decades.

The Encyclopedia will be available in both limited edition print and online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ref_works/coming/

  • Available online on ScienceDirect and in limited edition print format
  • Broad, interdisciplinary coverage across human geography: Philosophy, Methods, People, Social/Cultural, Political, Economic, Development, Health, Cartography, Urban, Historical, Regional
  • Comprehensive and unique - the first of its kind in human geography
 

Contents

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Activist Geographies
Africa
Ageing and Health
Ageing and Mobility
Ageism and
Agglomeration
Agoraphobia
Agrarian Transformations
Glossary
ActorNetwork TheoryNetwork Geographies
AgriEnvironmentalism and Rural Change
Affect
Introduction

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