International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

by Elsevier Science
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

by Elsevier Science

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The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world.

This groundbreaking project covers every field of human geography and the discipline’s relationships to other disciplines, and is global in scope, involving an international set of contributors. Given its broad, inclusive scope and unique online accessibility, it is anticipated that the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography will become the major reference work for the discipline over the coming decades.

The Encyclopedia will be available in both limited edition print and online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ref_works/coming/

  • Available online on ScienceDirect and in limited edition print format
  • Broad, interdisciplinary coverage across human geography: Philosophy, Methods, People, Social/Cultural, Political, Economic, Development, Health, Cartography, Urban, Historical, Regional
  • Comprehensive and unique - the first of its kind in human geography

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780080449104
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication date: 07/16/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 8250
File size: 83 MB
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About the Author

Audrey Kobayashi is a native of British Columbia, with a B.A. (1976) and M.A. (1978) from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD (1983) at UCLA, and PhD research study (Monbusho Scholarship) at the University of Kyoto (1980-1982); taught in Geography and East Asian Studies at McGill University (1983-1994), then Queen’s University, initially as Director of the Institute of Women’s Studies (1994-1999) and thereafter as Professor of Geography; appointed Queen’s Research Chair in 2005; visiting professorships include the University of British Columbia, University College London, Canterbury University, New Zealand; Fulbright Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC (1994); elected positions include President of the Canadian Association of Geographers (1999-2001), President of the Association of American Geographers (2010-2011); appointed to the Royal Society of Canada; awards include Lifetime Achievement Awards of the CAG, AAG, and Ethnic Geography Study Group, AAG Presidential Achievement Award, Aspen Institute Scholarship, several teaching awards; over 100 publications and numerous grants, with research focusing on migration, racism, employment equity and human rights, and the history and philosophy of geography.

Dr Kobayashi has held many editorial responsibilities, including a number of books and special issues; ten years as human geography editor of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2002-2011); numerous editorial boards; and most recently human geography editor of the American Association of Geographers International Encyclopedia of Geography (Wiley-Blackwell 2017). She has contributed articles to the previous edition of HUGY, to the Sage Encyclopedia, and to numerous handbooks and companions

Table of Contents

Cartography - Jeremy Crampton, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA Development - Katie Willis; Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK Economic Geography - Henry Yeung, National University of Singapore, Singapore General - James Sidaway, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK Health/Medical - Robin Kearns, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Historical Geography - Brian Graham, University of Ulster, N. Ireland, UK Methods - Mei-Po Kwan, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA&Sara McLafferty, University of Illinois Urbana, IL, USA Overview – Nigel Thrift and Rob Kitchin People - Phil Hubbard, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Philosophy - Chris Philo, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Political Geography - Anssi Passi, University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, Oulu, Finland Regional Development - Costis Hadjimichalis, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Rural, Nature/Environment - Paul Cloke, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK Social&Cultural Geography - Kay Anderson, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia&Rob Kitchin, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland Urban Geography - Loretta Lees, King’s College London, London, UK

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