Key Concepts in Geography

Download or read book Key Concepts in Geography written by Nicholas Clifford and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development, and risk and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling, standard student resource. The Second Edition of 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; especially relevant now that environment is so critical to our understanding of geography.