Originally published in 1973. This collection of essays looks at the quantitative revolution and the new geography by some of the geographers who had a significant part in those innovations and looks ahead to further developments. The views in the chapters are diverse and offer a fascinating glimpse of the discipline of geography as the subject was undergoing such change and becoming more socially committed. They cover theory, spatial-systems theory, forecasting, human ecology and climatology alongside the teaching of the subject. The concerns of the contemporary geographer come across and are of interest today as these areas have developed still more.
Preface Part 1: Theoretical
1. A Paradigm for Modern Geography Brian J.
L. Berry
2. Between Theory and Metatheory Dietrich Bartels
3. Theory of
Geography V. A. Anuchin Part 2: Spatial
4. The Domain of Human Geography
Torsten Hägerstrand
5. New Geography as General Spatial Systems Theory Old
Social Physics Writ Large? William Warntz
6. Some Questions about Spatial
Distributions Michael F. Dacey Part 3: Environmental
7. Geography as Human
Ecology Richard J. Chorley
8. Energy-based Climatology and its Frontier with
Ecology F. Kenneth Hare
9. Natural Hazards Research Gilbert F. White Part 4:
Temporal
10. Forecasting Alternative Spatial, Ecological and Regional
Futures: Problems and Possibilities Peter Haggett
11. Future Geographies W.
L. Garrison Part 5: Educational
12. The Open Geographic Curriculum Peter R.
Gould
13. Does Geography Have a Structure? Can it be Discovered? The Case
of the High School Geography Project Robert B. McNee Part 6: Ethical
14.
Ethics and Logic in Geography W. Bunge
Richard J. Chorley
