Key methods in geography /
edited by Nicholas Clifford, Meghan Cope, Thomas Gillespie & Shaun French.
- Third edition.
- xxx, 722 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Previous edition 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting started in geographical research: how this book can help / Health, safety, and risk in the field / On being ethical in geographical research / How to conduct a literature search / Effective research communication / Working in different cultures and different languages / Historical and archival research / Conducting questionnaire surveys / Semi-structured interviews and focus groups / Respondent diaries / Participant and non-participant observation / Participatory action research / Textual analysis / Interpreting the visual / Using geotagged digital social data in geographic research / Researching virtual communities / Critical GIS / Quantitative modeling in human geography / Making observations and measurements in the field / Making observations and measurements in the laboratory / Getting information from the past: palaeoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems / Numerical modeling: understanding explanation and prediction in physical geography / Simulation and reduced complexity models / Remote sensing and satellite earth observation / Digital terrain analysis / Environmental GIS / Models and data in biogeography and landscape ecology / Environmental audit, appraisal and valuation / Making use of secondary data / Using statistics to describe and explore spatial data / Exploring and presenting quantitative data / Case study methodology / Mapping and graphicacy / Statistical analysis using MINITAB and SPSS / Organizing, coding and analyzing qualitative data / Using geographical information systems (GIS) / Video, audio and technology-based applications / Nick Clifford, Meghan Cope, Tom Gillespie, Shaun French, and Gill Valentine -- Joanna Bullard -- Iain Hay -- Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey -- Jennifer Hill and Helen Walkington -- Fiona M. Smith -- Ruth Craggs -- Sara L. McLafferty -- Robyn Longhurst -- Alan Latham -- Eric Laurier -- Researching affect and emotion / Ben Anderson -- Myrna M. Breitbart -- Marcus A. Doel -- Liz Roberts -- Ate Poorthuis, Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton, Mark Graham, and Monica Stephens -- Mike Crang and Siti Mazidah Haji Mohamad -- Matthew W. Wilson -- Alan Marshall -- Shelly A. Rayback -- Scott A. Mensing -- Laura N. Stahle and Cathy Whitlock -- Stuart N. Lane -- James D.A. Millington -- Martin J. Wooster, Thomas Smith and Nick A. Drake -- Peter L. Guth -- Thomas W. Gillespie -- George P. Malanson and Benjamin W. Heumann -- Peter Glaves -- Naomi Tyrrell -- Eric Delmelle -- Richard Field -- Liz Taylor -- Chris Perkins -- Stewart Barr -- Meghan Cope and Hilda Kurtz -- Nigel Walford -- Bradley L. Garrett. Planning a research project: getting started and putting your research into context -- Generating and working with data in human geography -- Generating and working with data in physical and environmental geography -- Geographical analysis: representing, visualizing, and interpreting geograhical data --
Key Methods in Geography is an introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. This third edition features 12 new chapters representing emerging themes including online, virtual and digital geographical methods; video introductions for each section; real-life case study examples; summaries and exercises for each chapter; and free online access to full text of Progress in Human Geography and Progress in Physical Geography Progress Reports.
9781446298602 1446298604 9781446298589 (hardcover) 1446298582 (hardcover)
2015955789
015489887 Uk
Geography--Research--Methodology.
G74 / .K429 2016
910.72
Previous edition 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting started in geographical research: how this book can help / Health, safety, and risk in the field / On being ethical in geographical research / How to conduct a literature search / Effective research communication / Working in different cultures and different languages / Historical and archival research / Conducting questionnaire surveys / Semi-structured interviews and focus groups / Respondent diaries / Participant and non-participant observation / Participatory action research / Textual analysis / Interpreting the visual / Using geotagged digital social data in geographic research / Researching virtual communities / Critical GIS / Quantitative modeling in human geography / Making observations and measurements in the field / Making observations and measurements in the laboratory / Getting information from the past: palaeoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems / Numerical modeling: understanding explanation and prediction in physical geography / Simulation and reduced complexity models / Remote sensing and satellite earth observation / Digital terrain analysis / Environmental GIS / Models and data in biogeography and landscape ecology / Environmental audit, appraisal and valuation / Making use of secondary data / Using statistics to describe and explore spatial data / Exploring and presenting quantitative data / Case study methodology / Mapping and graphicacy / Statistical analysis using MINITAB and SPSS / Organizing, coding and analyzing qualitative data / Using geographical information systems (GIS) / Video, audio and technology-based applications / Nick Clifford, Meghan Cope, Tom Gillespie, Shaun French, and Gill Valentine -- Joanna Bullard -- Iain Hay -- Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey -- Jennifer Hill and Helen Walkington -- Fiona M. Smith -- Ruth Craggs -- Sara L. McLafferty -- Robyn Longhurst -- Alan Latham -- Eric Laurier -- Researching affect and emotion / Ben Anderson -- Myrna M. Breitbart -- Marcus A. Doel -- Liz Roberts -- Ate Poorthuis, Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton, Mark Graham, and Monica Stephens -- Mike Crang and Siti Mazidah Haji Mohamad -- Matthew W. Wilson -- Alan Marshall -- Shelly A. Rayback -- Scott A. Mensing -- Laura N. Stahle and Cathy Whitlock -- Stuart N. Lane -- James D.A. Millington -- Martin J. Wooster, Thomas Smith and Nick A. Drake -- Peter L. Guth -- Thomas W. Gillespie -- George P. Malanson and Benjamin W. Heumann -- Peter Glaves -- Naomi Tyrrell -- Eric Delmelle -- Richard Field -- Liz Taylor -- Chris Perkins -- Stewart Barr -- Meghan Cope and Hilda Kurtz -- Nigel Walford -- Bradley L. Garrett. Planning a research project: getting started and putting your research into context -- Generating and working with data in human geography -- Generating and working with data in physical and environmental geography -- Geographical analysis: representing, visualizing, and interpreting geograhical data --
Key Methods in Geography is an introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. This third edition features 12 new chapters representing emerging themes including online, virtual and digital geographical methods; video introductions for each section; real-life case study examples; summaries and exercises for each chapter; and free online access to full text of Progress in Human Geography and Progress in Physical Geography Progress Reports.
9781446298602 1446298604 9781446298589 (hardcover) 1446298582 (hardcover)
2015955789
015489887 Uk
Geography--Research--Methodology.
G74 / .K429 2016
910.72