The techniques of analytic mapping and of geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasingly important tools for analyzing census, crime, environmental and consumer data. The authors of this significant volume discuss data access, transformation and preparation issues, and how to select the appropriate analytic graphics techniques through a review of various GIS and common data sources, such as census products, TIGER files, and CD-ROM access. They describe each procedure, review its assumptions and requirements and provide illustrative output for sample data using selected software. Researchers and administrators who need to manage data of geographic locations will find this book a useful guide to systems for storing, retrieving, analyzing, and displaying this information.
Practising Human Geography provides a critical introduction to recent disciplinary debates about the practise of human geography, examining those methods and practices which are integral to 'doing' geography. Paul Cloke introduces the core issues that inform research design and practise in the discipline in this systematic, comprehensive and pedagogic volume. The book, organized into two main sections, offers a theoretically-informed reflection on the construction and interpretation of geographical data. It is framed by an historical overview of how ideas of practising human geography have changed. Section one examines pre-constructed data from official and non-official sources and constructed data from fieldwork. Section two reviews four interpretive strategies: ordering and sorting; enumeration and the use of numerical methods; 'scientific' explanation and analysis; understanding - informed by thinking in the humanities and cultural studies; Illustrated with approximately 35 tables and figures, the text is punctuated by bibliographically referenced text boxes offering definitions of key terms.
Practising Human Geography provides a critical introduction to recent disciplinary debates about the practise of human geography, examining those methods and practices which are integral to 'doing' geography. Paul Cloke introduces the core issues that inform research design and practise in the discipline in this systematic, comprehensive and pedagogic volume. The book, organized into two main sections, offers a theoretically-informed reflection on the construction and interpretation of geographical data. It is framed by an historical overview of how ideas of practising human geography have changed. Section one examines pre-constructed data from official and non-official sources and constructed data from fieldwork. Section two reviews four interpretive strategies: ordering and sorting; enumeration and the use of numerical methods; 'scientific' explanation and analysis; understanding - informed by thinking in the humanities and cultural studies; Illustrated with approximately 35 tables and figures, the text is punctuated by bibliographically referenced text boxes offering definitions of key terms.
Health and Inequality presents a comprehensive analysis of how geographical perspectives can be used to understand the problems of health inequalities. The book has three principal themes: to discuss the geography of health inequality and to examine strategies for reducing disadvantage; to review and develop the theoretical basis for a ......
These volumes bring together major critical responses to, and engagement with, the work of Manuel Castells. Arguably the leading analyst of the current age, Castells' magnum opus, The Information Age, has been compared to the work of Karl Marx and Max Weber. His concept of `the network society' has influenced much recent social science and his ......
In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's ......
Health and Inequality presents a comprehensive analysis of how geographical perspectives can be used to understand the problems of health inequalities. The book has three principal themes: to discuss the geography of health inequality and to examine strategies for reducing disadvantage; to review and develop the theoretical basis for a ......
Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution in North America
In his widely acclaimed The Pennsylvania Barn, Robert Ensminger provided the first comprehensive study of an important piece of American vernacular architecturethe forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn. Now, in this revised edition, Ensminger has continued his diligent fieldwork and archival ......
What does it mean to dwell? Every civilization has a story to tell, according to Anne Buttimer, and exploring those stories brings fresh light to modern ideas about the relationship between humanity and its environment. In Geography and the Human Spirit, Buttimer ranges widely from Plato to Barry Lopez, from the Upanishads to Goethe, taking an ......
