This study expounds the author's view of the nature and purpose, philosophy and methodology of the discipline and practice of geography. Ranging over every aspect of the subject, he considers the attractions, opportunities and responsibilities of life as a geographer, and tries to answer some of the basic questions facing the discipline. The result is an individual look at geography and geographers, illustrated throughout from Peter Haggett's own research and experience. Geography is immemorial and universal: it touches us in many ways, in many forms and frequently in a manner neither fully perceived nor understood. Today, interest in geography is growing: both the need for greater geographic awareness and the geographer's vital role in understanding the processes and consequences of global and environmental change have received widespread recognition throughout the world. Yet, the nature of the subject and the role of geographers remain little known to non-geographers and have yet to penetrate many hallowed academic and government halls. Just what do geographers do? What fires their imagination? Why are they so devoted to their subject? How can geography be used?
Do we need more or less geographers, and how should they be educated? These and many other issues are addressed by Peter Haggett as he ranges over every aspect of the subject, theoretical and applied, physical and human, in order to explain the essence and importance of this multi-faceted subject.
- ISBN10 0631199837
- ISBN13 9780631199830
- Publish Date 18 December 1995 (first published 24 May 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English