Scale and Geographic Inquiry ：Nature, Society, and Method

Publication subTitle ：Nature, Society, and Method

Author： Eric Sheppard  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9780470999158

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780631230700

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780631230694

Subject： K90 Geography

Language： ENG

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Description

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 and conclusion, by the editors, explores the common ground.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  7 – 9

List of Figures

pp.：  9 – 12

List of Tables

pp.：  12 – 13

List of Contributors

pp.：  13 – 17

Preface

pp.：  17 – 19

Introduction: Scale and Geographic Inquiry

pp.：  19 – 41

1 Fractals and Scale in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring

pp.：  41 – 59

2 Population and Environment Interactions: Spatial Considerations in Landscape Characterization and Modeling

pp.：  59 – 84

3 Crossing the Divide: Linking Global and Local Scales in Human–Environment Systems

pp.：  84 – 104

4 Independence, Contingency, and Scale Linkage in Physical Geography

pp.：  104 – 119

5 Embedded Scales in Biogeography

pp.：  119 – 147

6 Scaled Geographies: Nature, Place, and the Politics of Scale

pp.：  147 – 172

7 Scales of Cybergeography

pp.：  172 – 188

8 A Long Way from Home: Domesticating the Social Production of Scale

pp.：  188 – 210

9 Scale Bending and the Fate of the National

pp.：  210 – 231

10 Is There a Europe of Cities? World Cities and the Limitations of Geographical Scale Analyses

pp.：  231 – 254

11 The Politics of Scale and Networks of Spatial Connectivity: Transnational Interurban Networks and the Rescaling of Political Governance in Europe

pp.：  254 – 274

12 Scale and Geographic Inquiry: Contrasts, Intersections, and Boundaries

pp.：  274 – 286

Index

pp.：  286 – 290

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