Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scholten, Henk J. (Editor), Velde, Rob van de (Editor), Manen, Niels van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 96
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Social sciences.; Human geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Human Geography.; Social Sciences, general.

Globalisation has not led to the ‘death of geography’. Intensified relations between communities in different parts of the world have only highlighted the need for understanding and managing phenomena on a variety of geographic scales. From global warming to credit crunch, and from epidemics to terr...