Geography Brings Us Together
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 1992
Category : ARC/INFO
ISBN :
Rediscovering Geography
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 1997-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309051991
Book Description
As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.
Geography
Author : Alexander B. Murphy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1509523049
Book Description
Ever since humans sketched primitive maps in the dirt, the quest to understand our surroundings has been fundamental to our survival. Studying geography revealed that the earth was round, showed our ancestors where to plant crops, and helped them appreciate the diversity of the planet. Today, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, as a result of rising sea levels, deforestation, species extinction, rapid urbanization, and mass migration. Modern technologies have brought people from across the globe into contact with each other, with enormous political and cultural consequences. As a subject concerned with how people, environments, and places are organized and interconnected, geography provides a critical window into where things happen, why they happen where they do, and how geographical context influences environmental processes and human affairs. These perspectives make the study of geography more relevant than ever, yet it remains little understood. In this engrossing book, Alexander B. Murphy explains why geography is so important to the current moment.
The Geography of You and Me
Author : Jennifer E. Smith
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0316254746
Book Description
Lucy lives on the twenty-fourth floor. Owen lives in the basement. It's fitting, then, that they meet in the middle -- stuck between two floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, Lucy and Owen spend the night wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is back, so is reality. Lucy soon moves abroad with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father. The brief time they spend together leaves a mark. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and to San Francisco, to Prague and to Portland, Lucy and Owen stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and phone calls. But can they -- despite the odds -- find a way to reunite? Smartly observed and wonderfully romantic, Jennifer E. Smith's new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a place. Sometimes, it can be a person.
Why Geography Matters, More Than Ever
Author : Harm de Blij
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0199913749
Book Description
"This work was first published by Oxford University Press in 2005 as Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America."
The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950
Author : Susan Schulten
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2001-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226740553
Book Description
Schulten examines four enduring institutions of learning that produced some of the most influential sources of geographic knowledge in modern history: maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools."--BOOK JACKET.
Explanation in Geography
Author : David Harvey
Publisher :
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 1939
Category : Geography
ISBN :
Book Description
Church in Hard Places
Author : Mez McConnell
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,68 MB
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433549077
Book Description
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, paying particular attention to the downtrodden and the poor. As followers of Jesus, Christians are called to imitate his example and reach out to those who have the least. This book offers biblical guidelines and practical strategies for reaching those on the margins of our society with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The authors—both pastors with years of experience ministering among the poor—set forth helpful “dos” and “don’ts” related to serving in the midst of less-affluent communities. Emphasizing the priority of the gospel as well as the importance of addressing issues of social justice, this volume will help pastors and other church leaders mobilize their people to plant churches and make an impact in “hard places”—in their own communities and around the world.
Kids Learn America!
Author : Patricia Gordon
Publisher : Williamson Books
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 1992-01
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780913589588
Book Description
Surveys the geography, history, and culture of the states and territories of the United States.
Spatial Histories of Radical Geography
Author : Trevor J. Barnes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119404711
Book Description
A wide-ranging and knowledgeable guide to the history of radical geography in North America and beyond. Includes contributions from an international group of scholars Focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread A celebration of radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after Draws on oral histories by leaders in the field and private and public archives Contains a wealth of never-before published historical material Serves as both authoritative introduction and indispensable professional reference
