Rediscovering Geography - New Relevance for Science and Society

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.

About the author

Rediscovering Geography Committee, National Research Council

Summary

Presents an overview of geography's renewed importance. This book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and more. It also provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline.

Product details

• Authors: Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Commission on Geosciences Environment an, Commission on Geosciences Environment and Resources, Division On Earth And Life Studies, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, Rediscovering Geography Committee
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1997
• EAN: 9780309076791
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07679-1
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography