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. Provides a state of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Wiley Online Library (Servicio en línea) (-)
Otros Autores: Sheppard, Eric S. (-), McMaster, Robert Brainerd
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub c2004.
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Sumario: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. Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers think about scale. Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physical geography, as well as geographic information science Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order to compare them. The introduction
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781281312655
9786611312657
9780470705377
9780470999141
9780470999158