The Changing Nature of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography)

Download or read book The Changing Nature of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) written by Roger Minshull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the nature of geography. There are detailed sections on content, methods and purposes and an attempt is made to distinguish progress from those changes which are merely fashion and those which result in genuine progress. One of these, resulting partly from the adoption of quantitative techniques, is the improvement in the accuracy and the type of explanation which the geographer is now able to give. The new techniques have also helped in the bringing about of profound changes in geographical laws, the use of models and even the relevance of determinism.