Table of Contents

THE NATURE OF GEOGRAPHY
Histories of Geography - Mike Heffernan
Geography and the Physical Science Tradition - Keith Richards
Geography and the Social Science Tradition - Ron Johnston
Geography and the Humanities Tradition - Alison Blunt
KEY CONCEPTS
Space: The Fundamental Stuff of Geography - Nigel Thrift
Space: Making Room for Space in Physical Geography - Martin Kent
Time: Change and Stability in Environmental Systems - John Thornes
Time: From Hegemonic Change to Everyday Life - Peter Taylor
Place: Connections and Boundaries in an Interdependent World - Noel Castree
Place: The Management of Sustainable Physical Environments - Ken Gregory
Scale: Resolution, Analysis and Synthesis in Physical Geography - Tim Burt
Scale: The Local and the Global - Andy Herod
Social Formations: Thinking about Society, Identity, Power and Resistance - Cindi Katz
Physical Systems: Systems in Physical Geography - Stephan Harrison
Landscape and Environment: The Physical Layer - Murray Gray
Landscape and Environment: Representing and Interpreting the World - Karen Morin
Nature: A Contested Concept - Franklin Ginn and David Demeritt
Nature: Reclamation, Rehabilitation and Restoration - Roy Haines-Young
Globalisation: Interconnected Worlds - James Faulconbridge & Jonathan Beaverstock
Globalisation: Earth System Science - Physical Diversity and Global Heterogeneity - Nick Clifford
Development: Critical Approaches in Human Geography - Kate Willis
Development: The Sustainability Industry - Robert Inkpen
Risk - Shaun French
Risk: Geophysical Processes in Natural Hazards - Graham Tobin & Burrell Montz
Conclusion: Practising Geography
Relevance: Human Geography, Public Policy and Public Geographies - David Bell
Relevance: The Application of Physical Geographical Knowledge - Mike Church

About the Author

Nick Clifford is Professor and Head of Department at King’s College London. 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.