The Distinctiveness of Geography

12/6/98


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Table of Contents

The Distinctiveness of Geography

Some preliminary thoughts

A definition of geography from Peet (1998)

Where lies the core of the discipline?

Space and place

Space continued

Place continued

Place continued

Some simple complexities of space

Making space

Closer inter-linkaging

Human-environmental interactions

And the biophysical world?

Further biophysical interactions

The Distinctiveness of Physical Geography

Land Use and Land Cover as a key concern of Geography

How do techniques and their evolution relate to Geography.

Mapping these considerations onto traditional geographical interests

Mapping these ideas onto traditional geographical interests contd.

Landscape

The political and moral dimensions

An overview

A cautionary note

A final perspective

Points to ponder

Author: John Townshend