Key Concepts in Geography

Nick Clifford is Professor and Head of Department at King’s College London. Professor Valentine has held prestigious international visiting fellowships at the Universities of Sydney, Australia and Otago, New Zealand and has visited and given keynote addresses at a range of prestigious international conferences. She was co-founder and co-editor of the international journal Social and Cultural Geography, and co-edited Gender, Place and Culture. She has undertaken international research in Europe, Africa and the USA and is committed to developing the University of Sheffield′s international strategy within the Faculty of Social Sciences.

• THE NATURE OF GEOGRAPHYHistories of Geography - Mike HeffernanGeography and the Physical Science Tradition - Keith RichardsGeography and the Social Science Tradition - Ron JohnstonGeography and the Humanities Tradition - Alison BluntKEY CONCEPTSSpace: The Fundamental Stuff of Geography - Nigel ThriftSpace: Making Room for Space in Physical Geography - Martin KentTime: Change and Stability in Environmental Systems - John ThornesTime: From Hegemonic Change to Everyday Life - Peter TaylorPlace: Connections and Boundaries in an Interdependent World - Noel CastreePlace: The Management of Sustainable Physical Environments - Ken GregoryScale: Resolution, Analysis and Synthesis in Physical Geography - Tim BurtScale: The Local and the Global - Andy HerodSocial Formations: Thinking about Society, Identity, Power and Resistance - Cindi KatzPhysical Systems: Systems in Physical Geography - Stephan HarrisonLandscape and Environment: The Physical Layer - Murray GrayLandscape and Environment: Representing and Interpreting the World - Karen MorinNature: A Contested Concept - Franklin Ginn and David DemerittNature: Reclamation, Rehabilitation and Restoration - Roy Haines-YoungGlobalisation: Interconnected Worlds - James Faulconbridge & Jonathan BeaverstockGlobalisation: Earth System Science - Physical Diversity and Global Heterogeneity - Nick CliffordDevelopment: Critical Approaches in Human Geography - Kate WillisDevelopment: The Sustainability Industry - Robert InkpenRisk - Shaun FrenchRisk: Geophysical Processes in Natural Hazards - Graham Tobin & Burrell MontzConclusion: Practising GeographyRelevance: Human Geography, Public Policy and Public Geographies - David BellRelevance: The Application of Physical Geographical Knowledge - Mike Church

This book is an essential compulsory text at our master course "History and Philosophy of Geography""