Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography - From What to Why? (Paperback, New)

Since the 1980s, geography as an academic discipline has become more and more reflective, asking the key questions "what are we doing?" and "why are we doing it?" These questions have, so far, been more enthusiastically taken up by human geography rather than physical geography and this volume aims to redress that balance. Written and edited by an international group of physical geographers, this text comprises a collection of the writers' thoughts which reveal personal motivations and look at tensions in the worlds of meaning in which physical geography is involved. How are the meanings of the physical environment derived? Is the future of physical geography one where the only, or at least the dominant, meanings are framed in the contexts of environmental issues? Covering a diverse and lively selection of topics, the contributors of this book offer guides to the contemporary debates in the philosophy of physical geography, and introduce the reader to its wider cultural significance.

General

Imprint:	Hodder Arnold
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Stephen Trudgill • Andre Roy
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-80690-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General
LSN:	0-340-80690-7
Barcode:	9780340806906

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