Table of Contents

PART ONE: GEOGRAPHICAL TRADITIONS: EMERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE
Histories of Geography - Mike Heffernan
Geography and the Physical Sciences Tradition - Keith Richards
Geography and the Social Science Tradition - Ron Johnston
Geography and the Humanities - Alison Blunt
PART TWO: KEY CONCEPTS
Space - Nigel Thrift
The Fundamental Stuff of Geography
Space - Martin Kent
Making Room for Space in Physical Geography
Time - John B Thornes
Change and Stability in Environmental Systems
Time - Peter J Taylor
From Hegemonic Change to Everyday Life
Place - Noel Castree
Connections and Boundaries in an Interdependent World
Place - Ken Gregory
The Management of Sustainable Physical Environments
Scale - Tim Burt
Upscaling and Downscaling in Physical Geography
Scale - Andrew Herod
The Local and the Global
Social Formations - Cindi Katz
Thinking about Society, Identity, Power and Resistance
Physical Systems - Barbara A Kennedy
Environmental Systems and Cycles
Landscape and Environment - Nick Spedding
Biophysical Processes, Biophysical Forms
Landscape and Environment - Ian G Simmons
Natural Resources and Social Development
Landscape and Environment - Karen M Morin
Representing and Interpreting the World

About the Author

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.