Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by R. Knowles and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and Social Geography reviews developments in the study of economic and social geography and brings together in a single volume work which is dispersed in many specialist textbooks. An attempt has been made to achieve a balance between oversimplification and over-elaboration, and to present essential concepts in a clear, concise manner. The book contains 25 chapters organized into five parts. Part One deals with the study of economic and social geography, including approaches to the study of human geography and environmental perception and behavior. Part Two on population geography covers topics such as population geography, population change, and population growth. Part Three on economic geography includes discussions of transportation, agriculture, and mineral resources. Part Four on settlement geography examines urbanization, the internal structure of towns and cities, and rural settlement. Part Five is devoted to urban and rural planning, problems of economic development, and resources. This book, together with its companion volume, Physical Geography Made Simple, should be of value to a variety of people. First, to those who are coming to academic geography for the first time, especially to those studying for GCE Advanced Level or ONC/OND examinations. It should also provide a concise introduction to first-year courses in further and higher education, including degree courses with a geography component, HNC/HND, and Certificate in Education courses.
Download or read book Economic Geography written by Pierre-Philippe Combes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-28 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facts and theories, spatial inequalities, space in economic thought. Space, trade, and agglomeration, monopolistics competition. Breadth and determinants of spatial concentration, the empiics of economic geography, theory with numbers, concluding remarks.
Download or read book Economic Geography written by Andrew Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turbulence of the current times has dramatically transformed the world’s economic geographies. The scale and scope of such changes require urgent attention. With intellectual roots dating to the nineteenth century, economic geography has traditionally sought to examine the spatial distributions of economic activity and the principles that account for them. More recently, the field has turned its attention to a range of questions relating to: globalization and its impact on different peoples and places; economic inequalities at different geographic scales; the development of the knowledge-based economy; and the relationship between economy and environment. Now, more than ever, the changing fortunes of peoples and places demands our attention. Economic Geography provides a stimulating and innovative introduction to economic geography by establishing the substantive concerns of economic geographers, the methods deployed to study them, the key concepts and theories that animate the field, and the major issues generating debate. This book is the first to address the diverse approaches to economic geography as well as the constantly shifting economic geographies on the ground. It encompasses traditional approaches, albeit from a critical perspective, while providing a thorough, accessible and engaging examination of the concerns, methods and approaches of the ‘new economic geography’. This unique introductory text covers the breadth of economic geography while engaging with a range of contemporary debates at the cutting-edge of the field. Written in an accessible and lucid style, this book offers a thorough and systematic introductory survey. It is enhanced by pedagogical features throughout including case studies dealing with topics ranging from the head office locations of the Fortune 500, Mexico’s maquiladoras to China’s investments in Southern Africa. This book also contains exercises based on the key concepts and annotated further reading and websites.
Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by Roger Knowles and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by Richard Knowles and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Geography written by Neil Coe and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Geography is a comprehensive introduction to this growing field, providing students with a vibrant and distinctive geographical insight into the economy. Contrasts a distinctively geographical approach with popular conceptions and assumptions in economics and management studies Debates a wide range of topics including economic discourses, uneven development, commodity chains, technology and agglomeration, the commodification of nature, states, transnational corporations, labour, consumption, economic cultures, gender, and ethnic economies Is richly illustrated with examples, vignettes, and case studies drawn from a variety of sectors around the world Is written in a clear, engaging and lively style Includes a rich array of photos, figures, text boxes, sample essay questions and annotated lists of further reading
Download or read book Introduction to Economic Geography written by Danny MacKinnon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s rapidly flowing global economy, hit by recession following the financial crisis of 2008/9, means the geographical economic perspective has never been more important. An Introduction to Economic Geography comprehensively guides you through the core issues and debates of this vibrant and exciting area, whilst also exploring the range of approaches and paradigms currently invigorating the wider discipline. Rigorous and accessible, the authors demystify and enliven a crucial subject for geographical study. Underpinned by the themes of globalisation, uneven development and place, the text explores the diversity and vitality of contemporary economic geography. It balances coverage of 'traditional' areas such as regional development and labour markets with insight into new and evolving topics like neoliberalism, consumption, creativity and alternative economic practices. An Introduction to Economic Geography is an essential textbook for undergraduate students taking courses in Economic Geography, Globalisation Studies and more broadly in Human Geography. It will also be of key interest to anyone in Planning, Business and Management Studies and Economics.
Download or read book Socio Economic Models in Geography Routledge Revivals written by Richard Chorley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968, this book explores the theme of geographical generalization, or model building. It is composed of seven of the chapters from the original Models in Geography, published in 1967. The first chapter broadly outlines this theme and examines the nature and function of generalized statements, ranging from conceptual models to scale models, in a geographical context. The following six chapters deal with socio-economic building in geography. They focus on demographic and sociological models as well as looking at special aspects of models in human geography in reference to economic development, urban geography and settlement location, industrial location, and agricultural activity. This book represents a robustly anti-idiographic statement of modern work in one of the major branches of geography.
Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by Sidney Everette Ekblaw and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Politics and Practice in Economic Geography written by Adam Tickell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The biggest strength of the book is its pedagogic design, which will appeal to new entrants in the field but also leaves space for methodological debates... It is well suited for use on general courses but it also involves far more than an introduction and is full of theoretical insights for a more theoretically advanced audience." - Economic Geography Research Group In the last fifteen years economic geography has experienced a number of fundamental theoretical and methodological shifts. Politics and Practice in Economic Geography explains and interrogates these fundamental issues of research practice in the discipline. Concerned with examining the methodological challenges associated with that ′cultural turn′, the text explains and discusses: qualitative and ethnographic methodologies the role and significance of quantitative and numerical methods the methodological implications of both post-structural and feminist theories the use of case-study approaches the methodological relation between the economic geography and neoclassical economics, economic sociology, and economic anthropology. Leading contributors examine substantive methodological issues in economic geography and make a distinctive contribution to economic-geographical debate and practice.
Download or read book Human and Economic Geography written by Mwl. Frank Philemon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, the economy includes several sectors (known as industries), that evolved in successive phases. The ancient economy was mainly based on subsistence farming. The industrial revolution lessened the role of subsistence farming, converting it to more extensive and monoculture forms of agriculture in the last three centuries. The economic growth took place mostly in mining, construction and manufacturing industries. The book titled "Human and Economic Geography" is the book that covers directly the field related to the human activities that involving production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services as a whole. The book gives the general idea, skills, knowledge and understanding about all human activities, and investment as core variable components in economic development. The book explains on the sectors of economic activity namely; primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Human and Economic geography is the branch of geography deals with all types of human activities undertaken by people in the universe for economic developments In the economies of modern consumer societies there is a growing part played by services, finance, and technology (the knowledge economy). In modern economies, there are four main sectors of economic activity: Primary sector of the economy: Involves the extraction and production of raw materials, such as corn, coal, wood and iron. (A coal miner and an angler would be workers in the primary sector). Secondary sector of the economy: Involves the transformation of raw or intermediate materials into goods e.g. manufacturing steel into cars, or textiles into clothing. (A builder and a dressmaker would be workers in the secondary sector.) Tertiary sector of the economy: Involves the provision of services to consumers and businesses, such as babysitting, cinema and banking. (A shopkeeper and an accountant would be workers in the tertiary sector). Quaternary sector of the economy: Involves the research and development needed to produce products from natural resources. (A logging company might research ways to use partially burnt wood to be processed so that the undamaged portions of it can be made into pulp for paper.) Note that education is sometimes included in this sector. The work in this book is a scholarly work that contain case and focal studies from different countries of the world in which gives information far from being a mere descriptive compilation of facts derived from different sources. There are much new information available never known and acquired that concerning about Human and Economic Geography with solutions to impacts caused by human activities. The book is comprehensive, and easy to use; invaluable references in the book deriver the tools needed in bringing clear understanding in human and economic geography. The work of the book contains thirteen (13) chapters, which all comprises a detailed explanations and trial questions in each chapter. All The thirteen chapters are identified as follows: Introduction to human activities Agricultural sector (both crops and animal keeping) Mining activities Tourism industry, Transport Water management for economic development, Sustainable use of forest Sustainable use of sources of energy power Manufacturing industries Introduction to research Settlement Environmental issues and management Climatic regions of the world All the mention chapters above are clearly elaborated inside of the book (Human and Economic Geography), which has been prepared to meet the needs of the pupils, students, facilitators, and all geographers in general; because it has a lot of questions and example which influences cognitive and practical assessment in all level of education. The author have written and published two books; namely: "Secrets of Success In Entrepreneurship" and "Human population and Development." Both of the two books are available in digital and Printable form on Amazon Company.
Download or read book China s Geography written by Gregory Veeck and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite China's obvious and growing importance on the world stage, it is often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey of contemporary China vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition that offers the only sustained geography of the reform era, this book traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors present contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces of past and present. They trace current and future successes and challenges while placing China in its international context as a massive, still-developing nation that must meet the needs of its 1.3 billion citizens while becoming a major regional and global player. Through clear prose and new, dynamic maps and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great differences in economy and culture found throughout China's many regions.
Download or read book Economic and Social Geography written by R. Knowles and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of economic and social geography written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Key Concepts in Economic Geography written by Yuko Aoyama and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive and highly readable review of the conceptual underpinnings of economic geography. Students and professional scholars alike will find it extremely useful both as a reference manual and as an authoritative guide to the numerous theoretical debates that characterize the field." - Allen J. Scott, University of California "Guides readers skilfully through the rapidly changing field of economic geography... The key concepts used to structure this narrative range from key actors and processes within global economic change to a discussion of newer areas of research including work on financialisation and consumption. The result is a highly readable synthesis of contemporary debates within economic geography that is also sensitive to the history of the sub-discipline." - Sarah Hall, University of Nottingham "The nice thing about this text is that it is concise but with depth in its coverage. A must have for any library, and a useful desk reference for any serious student of economic geography or political economy." - Adam Dixon, Bristol University Organized around 20 short essays, Key Concepts in Economic Geography provides a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in economic geography. Involving detailed and expansive discussions, the book includes: An introductory chapter providing a succinct overview of the recent developments in the field. Over 20 key concept entries with comprehensive explanations, definitions and evolutions of the subject. Extensive pedagogic features that enhance understanding including figures, diagrams and further reading. An ideal companion text for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students in economic geography, the book presents the key concepts in the discipline, demonstrating their historical roots and contemporary applications to fully understand the processes of economic change, regional growth and decline, globalization, and the changing locations of firms and industries. Written by an internationally recognized set of authors, the book is an essential addition to any geography student′s library.
Download or read book Economic Geography written by William Peter Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to provide the student with a rigorous introduction to a diverse but logically consistent set of analytical models of the spatial decisions and interactions that drive the evolution of the economic landscape.
Download or read book Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography written by Koen Frenken and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The volume Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography is the fourth book published by Edward Elgar on applied evolutionary economics stems from the fourth European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (EMAEE) held in Utrecht, 19-21 May, 2005. ... The present volume Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, this time with a special emphasis on geography"-- Preface.
