Table of Contents

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

List of Boxes.

List of Exercises.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

1 Introduction (John Paul Jones III and Basil Gomez).

Part I Theory and Methodology.

2 Theorizing Our World (Ian Graham Ronald Shaw, Deborah P. Dixon, and John Paul Jones III).

3 Observing Our World (Bruce L. Rhoads and David Wilson).

4 Measurement and Interpretation (Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III).

5 Operational Decisions (Andrew Herod and Kathleen C. Parker).

6 Sampling Our World (Ryan R. Jensen and J. Matthew Shumway).

Part II Collecting Data.

7 Physical Landscapes (Michael J. Crozier, Ulrike Hardenbicker, and Basil Gomez).

8 Climates (Julie A. Winkler).

9 Vegetation (Thomas W. Gillespie and Glen M. MacDonald).

10 Remote Sensing (Douglas A. Stow).

11 Secondary Data (Kevin St Martin and Marianna Pavlovskaya).

12 Social Surveys, Interviews, and Focus Groups (Anna J. Secor).

13 Ethnography and Participant Observation (Debbie Allsop, Hannah Allen, Helen Clare, Ian Cook, Hayley Raxter, Christina Upton, and Alice Williams).

14 Cultural Landscapes (Richard H. Schein).

15 Human-Environment Field Study (Paul F. Robbins).

Part III Representing and Analyzing.

16 Maps and Diagrams (Stephen P. Hanna).

17 Descriptive Statistics (Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III).

18 Explanatory Statistics (Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III).

19 Mathematical Analysis (Sandra Lach Arlinghaus).

20 Regional Analysis (Gordon F. Mulligan).

21 Modeling (Yvonne Martin and Stefania Bertazzon).

22 Geographic Information Systems (Michael F. Goodchild).

23 Analyzing Meaning (Deborah P. Dixon).

Part IV Obligations.

24 The Politics and Ethics of Research (David M. Smith).

25 Writing It Up (Dydia DeLyser).

Glossary.

Index.

About the Author

Basil Gomez is an Editor-in-Chief of the online journal Geography Compass. He has published widely across a number of journals.

John Paul Jones III is Professor of Geography and Director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He was the co-founder and co-director of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky, where he taught from 1986 to 2003. He is co-editor of the journal Dialogues in Human Geography.

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