These essays explore the origins, development and applications of the most fundamental and enduring concepts in human geography. There are nine essays on substantive concepts (nature, culture, space, time region and ecology); and seven on methodological concepts (maps, models).

This collection of essays explores the origins, development and applications of the most fundamental and enduring concepts in human geography. Providing a comprehensive examination of the field, there are nine essays on substantive concepts, such as nature, culture, space, time region and ecology; and seven essays on methodological concepts, ranging from maps and models to feminism and postmodernism. The authors offer, in a clear style, a range of views accenting the pluralistic nature of geography. The book is universal in scope, conceptual in content and accessible in exposition. It is intended to be of use to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates in geographic methods, history and philosophy. The book should also be of interest to scholars in other fields such as sociology and anthropology.