Key Concepts in Geography

This book clearly outlines key concepts that all geographers should readily be able to explain. It does so in a highly accessible way. It is likely to be a text that my students will return to throughout their degree. - Dr Karen Parkhill Bangor UniversityThe editors have done a fantastic job. This second edition is really accessible to the student and provides the key literature in the key geographical terms of scale space time place and landscape. - Dr Elias Symeonakis Manchester Metropolitan UniversityAn excellent introductory text for accessible overviews of key concepts across human and physical geography. - Professor Patrick Devine-Wright Exeter University Including ten new chapters on nature globalization development and risk and a new section on practicing geography this is a completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling standard student resource. Key Concepts in Geography explains the key terms - space time place scale landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides in one volume concepts from both human geography and physical geography. Four introductory chapters on different intellectual traditions in geography situate and introduce the entries on the key concepts. Each entry then comprises a short definition a summary of the principal arguments a substantive 5000-word discussion the use of real-life examples and annotated notes for further reading. Written in an accessible way by established figures in the discipline the definitions provide thorough explanations of all the core concepts that undergraduates of geography must understand to complete their degree.