Mapping Across Academia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brunn, Stanley D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dodge, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Human geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Human Geography.

This book addresses the role and importance of space in the respective fields of the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses how map representations and mapping processes can inform ongoing intellectual debates or open new avenues for scholarly inquiry within and across disciplines, includi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• What is where? The role of map representations and mapping practices in advancing scholarship
• Physical landscapes
• Making sense of cities: The role of maps in the past, present, and future of urban planning
• Ecology and space: A case study in mapping harmful invasive species
• Mapping the universe
• Mapping the human body: A GIS perspective
• The brain and its maps: An illustrative history
• Weather maps
• Mapping in public health
• Languages. Landscape: The thing about landscape’s nature: Is it a creature/monster of the map?.