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020 _a9781412956970 (6 vol. set)
050 _aG 63
_b.En19 2010
245 0 _aEncyclopedia of geography /
_cBarney Warf, editor.
260 _aThousand Oaks, Calif. :
_bSage Publications,
_cc2010.
300 _a6 v. (lv, 3398 p.) :
_bill.(some col.), maps (some col.)
_c29 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _av. 1. Abler-Commons -- v. 2. Commonwealth-Exurbs -- v. 3. Factors-Isopleth -- v. 4. Jackson-Pickles -- v. 5. Pilgrimage-Supervised -- v. 6. Supranational-Zoning.
520 _a 2) Provide summaries of trends such as globalization, environmental destruction, new geospatial technologies, and cyberspace
520 _a 3) Decomposes geography into six broad subject areas: physical geography
520 _a and notable geographers and geographic organizations and important social movements.
520 _a history of geography
520 _a human geography
520 _a methods, models and GIS
520 _a nature and society
520 _aThe key features of this encyclopedia are as follows: 1) Gives a concise historical sketch of geography's long, rich and fascinating history, including human geography, physical geography, and geographic information system(GIS)
650 _aGeography
700 _aWarf, Barney,
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