The six volumes (1200+ entries) of the Encyclopedia of Geography encapsulate a diverse array of topics to offer a comprehensive and useful summary of the state of the discipline in the early 21st century. Key features:
- Gives a concise historical sketch of geography’s long, rich, and fascinating history, including human geography, physical geography, and GIS
- Provides succinct summaries of trends such as globalization, environmental destruction, new geospatial technologies, and cyberspace
- Decomposes geography into the six broad subject areas: physical geography; human geography; nature and society; methods, models, and GIS; history of geography; and geographer biographies, geographic organizations, and important social movements
- Provides hundreds of color illustrations and images that lend depth and realism to the text
- Includes a special map section
- Cross references between entries allow readers to pursue topics in depth