Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development and risk, and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling, standard student resource.

THE NATURE OF GEOGRAPHYHistories of Geography - Mike HeffernanGeography and the Physical Science Tradition - Keith RichardsGeography and the Social Science Tradition - Ron JohnstonGeography and the Humanities Tradition - Alison BluntKEY CONCEPTSSpace: The Fundamental Stuff of Geography - Nigel ThriftSpace: Making Room for Space in Physical Geography - Martin KentTime: Change and Stability in Environmental Systems - John ThornesTime: From Hegemonic Change to Everyday Life - Peter TaylorPlace: Connections and Boundaries in an Interdependent World - Noel CastreePlace: The Management of Sustainable Physical Environments - Ken GregoryScale: Resolution, Analysis and Synthesis in Physical Geography - Tim BurtScale: The Local and the Global - Andy HerodSocial Formations: Thinking about Society, Identity, Power and Resistance - Cindi KatzPhysical Systems: Systems in Physical Geography - Stephan HarrisonLandscape and Environment: The Physical Layer - Murray GrayLandscape and Environment: Representing and Interpreting the World - Karen MorinNature: A Contested Concept - Franklin Ginn and David DemerittNature: Reclamation, Rehabilitation and Restoration - Roy Haines-YoungGlobalisation: Interconnected Worlds - James Faulconbridge & Jonathan BeaverstockGlobalisation: Earth System Science - Physical Diversity and Global Heterogeneity - Nick CliffordDevelopment: Critical Approaches in Human Geography - Kate WillisDevelopment: The Sustainability Industry - Robert InkpenRisk - Shaun FrenchRisk: Geophysical Processes in Natural Hazards - Graham Tobin & Burrell MontzConclusion: Practising GeographyRelevance: Human Geography, Public Policy and Public Geographies - David BellRelevance: The Application of Physical Geographical Knowledge - Mike Church