ABSTRACT

This revised edition takes the theme of place as the unifying principle for a full account of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The work comprises sixty-four substantial essays addressing human and physical geography, and exploring their inter-relations. The Encyclopedia does full justice to the enormous growth of social and cultural geography in recent years. Leading international academics from ten countries and four continents have contributed, ensuring that differing traditions in geography around the world are represented. In addition to references, the essays also have recommendations for further reading.

As with the original work, the new Companion Encyclopedia of Geography provides a state-of-the-art survey of the discipline and is an indispensable addition to the reference shelves of libraries supporting research and teaching in geography.

part I|69 pages

The nature of place

chapter 1|13 pages

Living on the Earth

chapter 2|14 pages

Place as landscape

chapter 3|11 pages

Individual place

chapter 4|14 pages

Social place

chapter 5|13 pages

Place as network

part II|207 pages

Forces for change

chapter 6|17 pages

Drivers of global change

chapter 8|20 pages

Climate

chapter 9|27 pages

Population

chapter 10|12 pages

Health and disease

chapter 11|14 pages

Development

chapter 12|15 pages

Economic globalization

chapter 13|14 pages

Transport

The movement of goods and people

chapter 14|13 pages

Cultural change

chapter 15|15 pages

Ideological change

Belief, religion and place

chapter 16|20 pages

Information technology

chapter 17|15 pages

Biotechnology

part III|102 pages

Actors in the process

chapter 18|18 pages

International order

chapter 19|14 pages

National states

chapter 20|13 pages

Regional initiatives and responses

chapter 21|12 pages

Urban policy and politics

chapter 22|12 pages

Firms

chapter 23|14 pages

Households

chapter 24|16 pages

Individuals

part IV|154 pages

Nature, rate, and direction of change

chapter 25|19 pages

Unchanging places

chapter 26|13 pages

Preserved and conserved places

chapter 27|11 pages

Stagnation

chapter 28|18 pages

Rapid change

The Pearl River Delta under globalization

chapter 29|18 pages

Manufactured places

chapter 30|15 pages

Regenerating places

The contemporary British city — sweet centre, sour surround

chapter 31|13 pages

Reconcentration

chapter 32|20 pages

Counterurbanization

chapter 33|18 pages

Virtual places 1