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Document title
Geography in America (Anglais)
Géographie de l'Amérique
Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)
GAILE Gary L. (a1)
(Editeur scientifique)
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WILLMOTT Cort J.
(Editeur scientifique)
;
(a1) Univ. Colo., Boulder, CO, ETATS-UNIS
Abstract
A compendious tome involving 126 authors assessing most facets of geographical research conducted by Americans (and, in some cases, other nationalities). Separate chapters, accompanied by copious bibliographies, are on : foundations of modern American geography| geography in American education| biogeography| climatology| geomorphology| energy geography : water resources| coastal and marine geography| historical geography| cultural ecology| cultural geography| environmental perception and behavioral geography| geographical research on native americans| population geography| industrial geography| transportation geography| contemporary agriculture and rural land use| regional development and planning| geography of recreation, tourism and sport| hazards research| medical geography| aging and the aged| perspectives on Africa in the 1980s| Latin America| Asia| Soviet and East Europe| Canadian geography| political geography| geography from the left| the urban problematic| geographic perspectives on women| cartography| mathematical and statistical analysis in human geography| remote sensing| and geographic information systems. Though not powerfully critical in its approach, this volume represents the state-of-the-art of the discipline as practiced in North America. - (DWG)
Keyword(s)
Etats Unis ; Géographie ; Amérique du Nord ; Amérique ;
United States ; Geography ; North America ; America ;
Classification code(s)
Source
Book
ISBN : 0-675-20648-0
Editor : Merrill Publ. Co., Columbus, OH - ETATS-UNIS (1989)
Millesime : 1989 [840]
Collation : Illustration ;
Language
Anglais
Localisation
Réseau PRODIG - Paris
