This book is the first contemporary book to compare and integratethe various ways geographers think about and use scale across thespectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-artcontributions by authoritative human geographers, physicalgeographers and GIS specialists.* * Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers thinkabout scale.* Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physicalgeography, as well as geographic information science* Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order tocompare them.* The introduction and conclusion, by the editors, explores thecommon ground.

List of Figures.List of Tables.List of Contributors.Preface.Introduction: Scale And Geographic Inquiry: Robert B. McmasterAnd Eric Sheppard (University Of Minnesota, University OfMinnesota).1. Fractals And Scale In Environmental Assessment AndMonitoring: Nina Siu-Ngan Lam (Louisiana State University).2. Population And Environment Interactions: SpatialConsiderations In Landscape Characterization And Modeling: StephenJ. Walsh, Kelley A. Crews-Meyer, Thomas W. Crawford, William F.Welsh (University Of North Carolina, University Of Texas,Gettysburg College, University Of North Carolina).3 Crossing The Divide: Linking Global And Local Scales InHuman-Environment Systems: William E. Easterling And Colin Polsky(Penn State University, Harvard University).4. Independence, Contingency, And Scale Linkage In PhysicalGeography: Jonathan D. Phillips (University Of Kentucky).5. Embedded Scales In Biogeography: Susy S. Ziegler, Gary M.Pereira, Dwight A. Brown (All At University Of Minnesota).6. Scaled Geographies: Nature, Place, And The Contested PoliticsOf Scale: Erik Swyndegouw (University Of Oxford).7. Scales Of Cybergeography: Michael F. Goodchild (University OfCalifornia).8. A Long Way From Home: Domesticating The Social Production OfScale: Sallie Marston (University Of Arizona).9. Scale Bending And The Fate Of The National: Neil Smith (CityUniversity Of New York).10. Is There A Europe Of Cities? Peter Taylor (LoughboroughUniversity).11. The Politics Of Scale And Networks Of Spatial Connectivity:Transnational Interurban Networks And Rescaling Of PoliticalGovernance In Europe: Helga Leitner (University Of Minnesota).12. Scale And Geographic Inquiry: Contrasts, Intersections, AndBoundaries: Robert B. Mcmaster And Eric Sheppard (University OfMinnesota, University Of Minnesota).Index.