Key Methods in Geography is the perfect introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. The fourth edition of this essential and accessible primer covers the breadth of the discipline and offer critical and contextual perspectives on research methods. New coverage takes account of newer technologies and practice, and 9 new chapters bring greater diversity of positionality and perspective to the volume, including decolonial methods, predicting, visualizing and modelling climate and environmental change, and writing up research. Case study examples, summaries and exercises have been included in each chapter to enable learning.

Starting Points And PerspectivesGetting Started In Geographical Research: How This Book Can HelpHealth, Safety And Risk In The FieldOn Being Ethical In Geographical ResearchIdentifying And Reviewing The Key Literature For Your AssignmentEffective Research CommunicationFundamentals Of Mapping And GISDecolonial MethodsExploring Human And More-Than-Human GeographiesHistorical And Archival ResearchConducting Questionnaire SurveysSemi-Structured Interviews And Focus GroupsRespondent DiariesParticipant ObservationResearching Affect And EmotionMore-Than-Human Research MethodologiesTextual AnalysisInterpreting The VisualUsing Digital Social Data In Geographic ResearchGeoHumanities And Creative Research MethodsCritical GISQuantitative Modelling In Human GeographyExploring The Physical EnvironmentMaking Observations And Measurements In The FieldUncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) For Predicting, Visualizing, And Modelling Environmental ChangeGetting Information From The Past: Palaeoecological Studies Of Terrestrial EcosystemsNumerical Modelling: Understanding Explanation and Prediction in Physical GeographySimulation And Reduced Complexity ModelsRemote Sensing And Satellite Earth ObservationDigital Terrain AnalysisEnvironmental GISModels And Data In Biogeography And Landscape EcologyEnvironment And Sustainability: Environmental Auditing, Impact Assessment And Valuation RevisedGeographical Analysis: Interpreting, Visualising, And Representing Geographical DataMaking Use Of Secondary DataUsing Statistics To Describe And Explore Spatial DataExploring And Presenting Quantitative DataCase Study MethodologyMaking Sense Of Qualitative Data: Coding, Organizing, And AnalyzingVideo, Audio And Technology-Based ApplicationsWriting: An Embodied Spatial Practice of Scholarly SharingPerspectives On Research In PracticeEncountering The Digital In Human Geography ResearchDoing Engaged Scholarship: Why Methods Matter