LEADER 03658nam 22007214a 450 001 9911019247103321 005 20230617041703.0 010 $a9786611312657 010 $a9781281312655 010 $a1281312657 010 $a9780470705377 010 $a047070537X 010 $a9780470999141 010 $a0470999144 010 $a9780470999158 010 $a0470999152 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408723 035 $a(EBL)351421 035 $a(OCoLC)437218675 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000241518 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176281 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241518 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298462 035 $a(PQKB)10297257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351421 035 $a(Perlego)2767685 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408723 100 $a20030224d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aScale and geographic inquiry $enature, society, and method /$fedited by Eric Sheppard and Robert B. McMaster 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780631230700 311 08$a063123070X 311 08$a9780631230694 311 08$a0631230696 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aScale and Geographic Inquiry; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Scale and Geographic Inquiry; 1 Fractals and Scale in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring; 2 Population and Environment Interactions: Spatial Considerations in Landscape Characterization and Modeling; 3 Crossing the Divide: Linking Global and Local Scales in Human-Environment Systems; 4 Independence, Contingency, and Scale Linkage in Physical Geography; 5 Embedded Scales in Biogeography; 6 Scaled Geographies: Nature, Place, and the Politics of Scale 327 $a7 Scales of Cybergeography8 A Long Way from Home: Domesticating the Social Production of Scale; 9 Scale Bending and the Fate of the National; 10 Is There a Europe of Cities? World Cities and the Limitations of Geographical Scale Analyses; 11 The Politics of Scale and Networks of Spatial Connectivity: Transnational Interurban Networks and the Rescaling of Political Governance in Europe; 12 Scale and Geographic Inquiry: Contrasts, Intersections, and Boundaries; Index 330 $aThis book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers and GIS specialists. Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers think about scale. Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physical geography, as well as geographic information science Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order to compare them. The introduction 606 $aGeography$xMathematics 606 $aMultidimensional scaling 606 $aGeographical perception 615 0$aGeography$xMathematics. 615 0$aMultidimensional scaling. 615 0$aGeographical perception. 676 $a910.01 676 $a910/.01 701 $aSheppard$b Eric S$0897418 701 $aMcMaster$b Robert Brainerd$0897419 712 02$aWiley Online Library (Servicio en línea) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019247103321 996 $aScale and geographic inquiry$92004971 997 $aUNINA