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Klappentext "Practical, accessible, careful and interesting, this...revised volume brings the subject up-to-date and explains, in bite sized chunks, the "how's" and "why's" of modern day geographical study...[It] brings together physical and human approaches again in a new synthesis." - Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of OxfordKey Methods in Geography is the perfect introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. New to the third edition: 12 new chapters representing emerging themes including online, virtual and digital geographical methods Video introductions for each section Real-life case study examples Summaries and exercises for each chapter Free online access to full text of Progress in Human Geography and Progress in Physical Geography Progress Reports The teaching of research methods is integral to all geography courses: Key Methods in Geography, 3rd Edition explains all of the key methods with which geography undergraduates must be conversant. Zusammenfassung Covering both qualitative and quantitative methods! this is a new edition of the essential companion for human and physical geography students. The book has 12 brand new chapters and is now supported by video introductions and free journal articles. Inhaltsverzeichnis SECTION ONE: PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT: GETTING STARTED AND PUTTING YOUR RESEARCH INTO CONTEXT Getting Started in Geographical Research: how this book can help - Nicholas Clifford, Shaun French, Meghan Cope and Thomas Gillespie Health, Safety and Risk in the Field - Joanna Bullard On Being Ethical in Geographical Research - Iain Hay How to Conduct a Literature Search - Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey Effective Research Communication - Jennifer Hill and Helen Walkington Working in different cultures and different languages - Fiona Smith SECTION TWO: GENERATING AND WORKING WITH DATA IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Historical and Archival Research - Ruth Craggs Conducting questionaire surveys - Sara L. McLafferty Semi-structured interview and focus groups - Robyn Longhurst Respondent Diaries - Alan Latham Participant and non-participant observation - Eric Laurier Researching Affect and Emotion - Ben Anderson Participatory Action Research - Myrna Breitbart Textual Analysis - Marcus Doel Interpreting the Visual - Liz Roberts Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research - Ate Poorthuis, Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton, Mark Graham & Monica Stephens Researching Virtual Communities - Mike Crang & Siti Haji Bin Mohamed Critical GIS - Matthew W. Wilson Quantitative modelling in human geography - Alan Marshall SECTION THREE: GENERATING AND WORKING WITH DATA IN PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY Making Observations and Measurements in the Field - Shelly A. Rayback Making Observations and Measurements in the Laboratory - Scott A. Mensing Getting information from the past: Paleoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems - Laura N. Stahle and Cathy Whitlock Numerical modelling: Understanding explanation and prediction in physical geography - Stuart Lane Simulation and reduced complexity models - James D. A. Millington Remote Sensing and Satellite Earth Observation - Martin Wooster, Nicholas Drake & Tom Smith Digital Terrain Analysis - Peter L. Guth Environmental GIS - Thomas Gillespie Models and Data in Biogeography and Landscape Ecology - George P. Malanson and Benjamin W. Heumann Environmental audit, appraisal and valuation - Peter Glaves SECTION FOUR: GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS: REPRESENTING, VISUALISING AND INTERPRETING GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Making use of secondary data - Naomi Tyrrell Using Statistics to Describe and Explore Spatial Data - Eric Delmelle Exploring and presenting quantitative data - Richard Field Case St...
