Approaches to Human Geography.0761942629 Approaches to human geography Human geography, is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface. . Ed. by Stuart Aitken and Gill Valentine. Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 2006 349 pages $135.00 Hardcover GF41 Rather than seeking common ground, Aitken (San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State U.) and Valentine (U. of Leeds, UK) introduce 29 chapters linking different philosophical approaches to theoretical and methodological ways of knowing and doing research in geography. International scholars in relevant fields describe ways of constructing human space with differing emphases: e.g. humanistic (cultural aspects), feminist (gender as a social construction), and poststructuralist (the role of language). They address such provocative issues as colonial aspects of environmental science, and the relationship of geographical information systems Geographical Information System - Geographic Information System with critical social theory. The text, related to a "Philosophy in Geography" seminar, includes exercises and a glossary defining such modern/postmodern terms as positivism positivism (pŏ`zĭtĭvĭzəm), philosophical doctrine that denies any validity to speculation or metaphysics. Sometimes associated with empiricism, positivism maintains that metaphysical questions are unanswerable and that the only and deconstruction. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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