Die 3. überarbeitete Auflage dieses Standardwerks führt Studierende ohne Vorkenntnisse in die Geographie ein. Sie behandelt die wachsende Bedeutung des Fachs für Umweltprobleme und regionale Ungleichgewichte im Wohlstand und berücksichtigt die mitteleuropäische Situation für deutsche, österreichische und Schweizer Leser.
First published in 1968, this book explores the theme of geographical generalization, or model building. It is composed of seven of the chapters from the original Models in Geography, published in 1967. The first chapter broadly outlines this theme and examines the nature and function of generalized statements, ranging from conceptual models to scale models, in a geographical context. The following six chapters deal with socio-economic building in geography. They focus on demographic and sociological models as well as looking at special aspects of models in human geography in reference to economic development, urban geography and settlement location, industrial location, and agricultural activity. This book represents a robustly anti-idiographic statement of modern work in one of the major branches of geography.
Este libro explora la geografía en un contexto moderno, uniendo diversas tradiciones y temas de la especialidad. Destaca el papel integrador de la geografía en relación con otras disciplinas, desafiando a los estudiantes a reflexionar sobre las interacciones entre los humanos y su entorno.