Geography At University

Author : Simon Tate,Peter Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351166744

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Studying Geography at University by Simon Tate,Peter Hopkins Pdf

Written by leading academics, this book is an invaluable ‘how to ...’ guide to studying for a Geography degree. Written in a practical and conversational style, it offers important insights into how to succeed in the first year of your degree course, covering everything from how to succeed in assessments to how to decide where to live. Some of the information the book provides is academic and some of it is non-academic, as negotiating both is important in order to be successful in the first year of a Geography degree. Studying Geography at University is ideal for those in the early stages of applying to university. Each chapter offers hints and tips and gives practical real-world insights into becoming a successful geography student that will enrich applications, open days and visit days. It is also possible to dip into the chapter summaries, ‘What Do Students Say?’ and ‘Top Tip’ boxes only. Written by current students, from a range of institutions, these provide unique insights into the book's key points. Current students should also keep and refer to the book as an invaluable guide through the first few months of their degree. This guide is a must-read for anyone starting their studies in Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Science or any other related subject at university.

Author : Simon Tate,Peter Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351166751

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Studying Geography at University by Simon Tate,Peter Hopkins Pdf

Written by leading academics, this book is an invaluable ‘how to ...’ guide to studying for a Geography degree. Written in a practical and conversational style, it offers important insights into how to succeed in the first year of your degree course, covering everything from how to succeed in assessments to how to decide where to live. Some of the information the book provides is academic and some of it is non-academic, as negotiating both is important in order to be successful in the first year of a Geography degree. Studying Geography at University is ideal for those in the early stages of applying to university. Each chapter offers hints and tips and gives practical real-world insights into becoming a successful geography student that will enrich applications, open days and visit days. It is also possible to dip into the chapter summaries, ‘What Do Students Say?’ and ‘Top Tip’ boxes only. Written by current students, from a range of institutions, these provide unique insights into the book's key points. Current students should also keep and refer to the book as an invaluable guide through the first few months of their degree. This guide is a must-read for anyone starting their studies in Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Science or any other related subject at university.

Author : Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 076194026X

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Geography at University by Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham Pdf

`An essential easy-to-use guide to geography... unique in providing not only advice but also activity based guidance to both potential and current geography undergraduates... an all encompassing text which offers a fresh and original outlook on geography at degree level' Lorraine Craig, Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers)

Author : Doreen Massey,John Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1984-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521317088

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Geography Matters! by Doreen Massey,John Allen Pdf

Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society changes entails understanding the geography of social change. In this new reader, the editors argue for a new way of looking at the relationship between society and its spatial organization, between society and nature, and between the interdependence and unique character of places. First, through a selection of material ranging from the changing geography of class cultures, gender relations, city structures, state power to the processes of international law, the readings demonstrate that neither space nor society can be understood independently of the other. Social change involves spatial change and spatial change affects social organization. The two sides of the relation mediate a geography of change. Second, a number of the articles explore the relation between society and nature, and demonstrate that that, too involves a continuous and changing interrelationship. Nature cannot be understood outside of its social interpretation and use; equally nature, the environment, has an impact upon the quality and future of our lives. Third, this collection presents an approach to the geography of place which has methodological implications for all those in social science who are concerned with the central problem of appreciating the of outcomes without losing sight of general processes of chance. To grasp the dynamic relation between society, space and nature is important not only for human geography, but for all the social sciences. Geography Matters! brings together a wide range of articles, from both geographers and non-geographers. It addresses a series of economic, political and cultural issues from a geographical angle that will put the social distinctiveness of place back on the agenda for all the social sciences.

Author : Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Geography
ISBN : 1861740840

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Geography @ University by Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham Pdf

Author : David Dorrell,Joseph P. Henderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1940771609

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Introduction to Human Geography by David Dorrell,Joseph P. Henderson Pdf

Author : James Ash,Rob Kitchin,Agnieszka Leszczynski
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526455383

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Digital Geographies by James Ash,Rob Kitchin,Agnieszka Leszczynski Pdf

As digital technologies have become part of everyday life, mediating tasks such as work, travel, consumption, production, and leisure, they are having increasingly profound effects on phenomena that are of immediate concern to geographers. These include: the production of space, spatiality and mobilities; the processes, practices, and forms of mapping; the contours of spatial knowledge and imaginaries; and, the formation and enactment of spatial knowledge politics Similarly, there are distinct geographies of digital media such as those of the internet, games, and social media that have become indispensable to geographic practice and scholarship across sub-disciplines, regardless of conceptual approach. This textbook presents a fully up-to-date, synoptic and critical overview of how digital devices, logics, methods, etc are transforming geography. It is divided into six inter-related sections introduction to digital geographies digital spaces digital methods digital cultures digital economies digital politics With illustrious instructors and researchers contributing to every chapter, Digital Geographies is the ideal textbook for courses concerning digital geographies, digital and new media and Internet communications, and the spatial knowledge of politics.

Author : Milton Santos
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452963242

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For a New Geography by Milton Santos Pdf

For the first time in English, a key work of critical geography Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese, For a New Geography is a milestone in the history of critical geography, and it marked the emergence of its author, Milton Santos (1926–2001), as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and one of the foremost global theorists of space. Published in the midst of a crisis in geographical thought, For a New Geography functioned as a bridge between geography’s past and its future. In advancing his vision of a geography of action and liberation, Santos begins by turning to the roots of modern geography and its colonial legacies. Moving from a critique of the shortcomings of geography from the field’s foundations as a modern science to the outline of a new field of critical geography, he sets forth both an ontology of space and a methodology for geography. In so doing, he introduces novel theoretical categories to the analysis of space. It is, in short, both a critique of the Northern, Anglo-centric discipline from within and a systematic critique of its flaws and assumptions from outside. Critical geography has developed in the past four decades into a heterogenous and creative field of enquiry. Though accruing a set of theoretical touchstones in the process, it has become detached from a longer and broader history of geographical thought. For a New Geography reconciles these divergent histories. Arriving in English at a time of renewed interest in alternative geographical traditions and the history of radical geography, it takes its place in the canonical works of critical geography.

Author : Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781446228630

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Geography at University by Gordon Clark,Terry Wareham Pdf

`This is an essential easy-to-use guide to geography. It is unique in providing not only passive advice but also offering activity based guidance to both potential and current geography undergraduates. Geography at University is wide ranging in its approach offering assistance to all; from those who need help with their dissertation to those writing their curriculum vitae. It is an all encompassing text which offers a fresh and original outlook on geography at degree level′ - Lorraine Craig, Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Geography at University will show students how to do better at university when studying for their degree in geography. It explains how university - and geography at university - differs from the subject at school. At university, students are taught new topics in different ways and will be tested on different abilities - the ability to understand, to explain and to apply knowledge; rather than just on the knowledge itself. This means that students need to learn the subject in new ways: Geography at University shows them exactly how to do that. Being at university is a phase between school and career, this book will show students how university geography builds on school geography and gives them skills employers will be looking for when appointing graduates. Geography at University reviews each of the main methods by which students are taught geography - lectures, tutorial, fieldwork, practicals and projects - and explains what tutors will be trying to do during these sessions so that students can gain the most from teaching. Geography at University explains what tutors are looking for when assessing students works through their essays, examinations, oral presentations anddissertations. There is more to getting a degree than just studying geography. There is much that students can do through a gap year or taking paid or voluntary work to give them an edge when applying for jobs after graduation, and Geography at University explains how they can make the most of these opportunities as well.

Author : Jean Tricart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Geography
ISBN : UIUC:30112124398147

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The Teaching of Geography at University Level by Jean Tricart Pdf

Author : Alan Parkinson
Publisher : London Publishing Partnership
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781913019167

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Why Study Geography? by Alan Parkinson Pdf

Considering studying geography at university? Wondering whether a geography degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it's actually like to study geography at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That's where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book sets out to enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.

Author : Gordon Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Geography
ISBN : OCLC:1120851920

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Geography @ University by Gordon Clark Pdf

Author : University of Victoria (B.C.). Department of Geography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Geography
ISBN : OCLC:858391881

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Geogplan by University of Victoria (B.C.). Department of Geography Pdf

Author : Brett McGillivray
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780774840170

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Geography of British Columbia, 2nd ed. by Brett McGillivray Pdf

Why is British Columbia unique within Canada? What physical processes have made this province so rugged and produced such remarkable variation in climate and vegetation? Why did non-Natives come to British Columbia, and what impact did they have on First Nations? Why did so many Asian immigrants come to this province and then leave for other parts of Canada? How were resources developed in the past and how are those resources developed today? Geography of British Columbia discusses these and many other aspects of the growth of this distinctive province. Brett McGillivray focuses first on the combination of physical processes that produced a spectacular variety of mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, fjords, forests, and minerals, explaining the forces that created the province and the natural hazards that can reshape it. A concise examination of B.C. historical geography follows, covering First Nations ways of life, colonization, Asian immigration, and the sad history of institutionalized racism. The second half of the book contains a detailed description of the economic geography of the province, with chapters on forestry, the salmon fishery, metal mining, energy supply and demand, agriculture, water, and the tourism industry. It addresses the present-day issues of urbanization, economic development, and resource management, providing a thorough background to these topics and suggesting what the future might hold. This up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of the rich historical geography and development of British Columbia will be welcomed by teachers, students, scholars, and everyone with an interest in the province.

Author : Daniel Scott,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Dept. of Geography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Geography
ISBN : 1550143476

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Where Can Geography Take You? by Daniel Scott,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Dept. of Geography Pdf