Key Concepts in Geography
- Nicholas Clifford - Loughborough University, UK
- Sarah Holloway - Loughborough University, UK
- Stephen P Rice - Loughborough University, UK
- Gill Valentine - Sheffield University, UK
"This book clearly outlines key concepts that all geographers should readily be able to explain. It does so in a highly accessible way. It is likely to be a text that my students will return to throughout their degree."
- Dr Karen Parkhill, Bangor University
"The editors have done a fantastic job. This second edition is really accessible to the student and provides the key literature in the key geographical terms of scale, space, time, place and landscape."
- Dr Elias Symeonakis, Manchester Metropolitan University
"An excellent introductory text for accessible overviews of key concepts across human and physical geography."
- Professor Patrick Devine-Wright, Exeter University
Key Concepts in Geography explains the key terms - space, time, place, scale, landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides in one volume concepts from both human geography and physical geography.
Four introductory chapters on different intellectual traditions in geography situate and introduce the entries on the key concepts. Each entry then comprises a short definition, a summary of the principal arguments, a substantive 5,000-word discussion, the use of real-life examples, and annotated notes for further reading.
Written in an accessible way by established figures in the discipline, the definitions provide thorough explanations of all the core concepts that undergraduates of geography must understand to complete their degree.
This book is an essential compulsory text at our master course "History and Philosophy of Geography""
The editors have done a fantastic job. This second edition is really accessible to the student and provides the key literature in the key geographical terms of scale, space, time, place and landscape.
"The key concepts" provides a comprehensive understanding of the building blocks of geography by examining its main "keywords". It is a unique textbook for every level of geography students and professionals."
An excellent accompliment to Key Methods in Geography. I will be recommending this book to our undergraduate students, especially those who wish to gain a broader understanding of geographical concepts.
This book clearly outlines key concepts that all geographers should readily be able to explain. It does so in a highly accessible way. It is likely to be a text that my students will return to throughout their degree.
This title has been fundamental in shaping the new teaching format of my module. The concepts are easy for students to follow and the split format of discussing both human and physical principles allows students to generate a more holistic understanding of geographical thought. The inclusion of the practising chapters has been particularly useful in providing my students with an introduction into the more practical application of geography which they have enjoyed immensely.
We are currently redesigning our practical modules in Level 1 and Level 2. This book, allied with the key methods book, provides an appropriate focus for the course. Although I am not designing the course myself, I recommended these texts to the appropriate staff member (though I think they already had this in mind).
Currently I refer students to an encyclopedia of human geography for many of the background concepts and themes informing the module. This work very usefully offers additional discussion of a few key notions of the course: geographical knowledge, space, time, place, scale, landscape, nature. As such it will be recommended as a key reference work. Expensive for a recommended purchase.
I found this book very useful and have integrated it in my teaching in BA introduction to Social geography
An excellent complimentary volume to the Key Methods book which concisely outlines geographical concepts, with relevance to physical and human geographers.