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Qualitative GIS
Jasmine Arpagian, Stuart Aitken
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2018-05-24
Qualitative GISIntroductionQualitative geographic information systems (qual-GIS) incorporates nonquantitative data into GIS, integrates qualitative da...
Qualitative Methods
Annette Watson
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Qualitative Methods Introduction Much of the current qualitative scholarship in geography can be characterized as inductive or descriptive, th...
Quantitative Methods in Human Geography
Suzanne Davies Withers
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Quantitative Methods in Human Geography Introduction The term “quantitative research” refers to the systematic scientific investigation of qua...
Questionnaires
Joann Zadrozny
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
QuestionnairesIntroductionGeography prospered as a qualitative discipline until a paradigm shift known as the quantitative revolution in the 1940s and...
Race and Racism
James A. Tyner
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Race and RacismIntroductionThe geographic study of race and racism has a long and sometimes contested history dating to the founding of modern geograp...
Refugees, Geography of
Jessie Clark
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Geography of RefugeesIntroductionWhile there is debate about terminology, ‘refugee’ broadly defined refers to people who have been forcibly displaced ...
Religion, Geographies of
Peter Hopkins
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Geographies of Religion Introduction In the early 1990s, the topic of religion generated very little interest within geography, and there were...
Retail Trade, Geography of
John Dawson
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Geography of Retail TradeIntroductionRetailing is a universal activity. Activities comprising retailing are linked closely to the culture and economy ...
Rural Geography
Soren Larsen
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Rural Geography Introduction Rural geography focuses on the spatiality of rural life and environment. Its historical development as a subfield...
Science and Technology Studies (STS) in Geography
Rebecca Lave
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Science and Technology Studies (STS) in Geography Introduction STS is an interdiscipline that draws together anthropologists, historians, and ...
Sea-Level Research, Quaternary
Mark Schuerch
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Quaternary Sea-Level ResearchIntroductionSea level variations have been, are, and will always be taking place on local, regional, and global scales as...
Segregation, Ethnic and Racial
David H. Kaplan
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Ethnic and Racial SegregationIntroductionThe segregation of peoples based on particular cultural or racial characteristics has been a feature of urban...
Service Industries, Geography of
Peter Daniels
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Geography of Service IndustriesIntroductionThere are very few business activities, government departments, households, or individual persons that are ...
Settlement Geography
Timothy Anderson
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Settlement Geography Introduction The classification of settlement geography as a separate subfield in the discipline has become less clear ov...
Sexuality, Geography of
Phil Hubbard
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Geography of Sexuality Introduction Geography as a discipline has been reticent about recognizing that sexuality is foundational to the making...
Slope Processes
Simon M. Mudd
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Slope Processes Introduction Much of the terrestrial surface of our planet is sloping. Rivers and glaciers occupy some of this terrain, but th...
Social Justice
Marcia England
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Social Justice Introduction Originating from religious doctrine, social justice is concerned with ensuring equitable rights for members of a s...
Soils, Diversity of
J.J. Ibáñez
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Diversity of SoilsIntroductionThe earth’s surface is heterogeneous in nature. This feature of the earth’s crust implies that the distribution in space...
Sonic Methods in Geography
Jonathan Prior
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
Sonic Methods in GeographyIntroductionResearch into sound—including both musical and nonmusical sound—amounts to a varied body of work that straddles ...
Spatial Analysis
Tony H. Grubesic, Jake R. Nelson
Subject: Geography »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Spatial AnalysisIntroductionSpatial analysis refers to a process that relies upon both exploratory and confirmatory techniques to answer important que...
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