Authors: Rediscovering Geography Committee, National Research Council Authoring Organizations
Description: Rediscovering Geography presents an overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and case studies, this volume provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet ... Read More
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"It is refreshing to discover that Geography, as an academic discipline, is undergoing a period of increased importance and relevance in the United States, as this book indicates. Rediscovering Geography is the result of a reassessment of Geography, which reflects ...
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Rediscovering Geography presents an overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and case studies, this volume provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.
"It is refreshing to discover that Geography, as an academic discipline, is undergoing a period of increased importance and relevance in the United States, as this book indicates. Rediscovering Geography is the result of a reassessment of Geography, which reflects the perception that Geography is a useful and worthwhile subject." -- The Geographical Journal
"...the first comprehensive assessment of the subject in [the U.S.] in almost 30 years. ...[Rediscovering Geography] is directed mainly towards readers outside geography with a view to making the subject more relevant to science, education and decision-making." -- Ecumene, 2001
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