Key Methods in Geography

Key Methods in Geography is the perfect introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. The fourth edition of this essential and accessible primer covers the breadth of the discipline and offer critical and contextual perspectives on research methods. New coverage takes account of newer technologies and practice, and 9 new chapters bring greater diversity of positionality and perspective to the volume, including decolonial methods, predicting, visualizing and modelling climate and environmental change, and writing up research. Case study examples, summaries and exercises have been included in each chapter to enable learning. This is vital reading for any student undertaking a Geography Methods module as well as a valuable resource for any student embarking on independent research as part of their degree.

Table of Contents:
Starting Points And Perspectives Getting Started In Geographical Research: How This Book Can Help Health, Safety And Risk In The Field On Being Ethical In Geographical Research Identifying And Reviewing The Key Literature For Your Assignment Effective Research Communication Fundamentals Of Mapping And GIS Decolonial Methods Exploring Human And More-Than-Human Geographies Historical And Archival Research Conducting Questionnaire Surveys Semi-Structured Interviews And Focus Groups Respondent Diaries Participant Observation Researching Affect And Emotion More-Than-Human Research Methodologies Textual Analysis Interpreting The Visual Using Digital Social Data In Geographic Research GeoHumanities And Creative Research Methods Critical GIS Quantitative Modelling In Human Geography Exploring The Physical Environment Making Observations And Measurements In The Field Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) For Predicting, Visualizing, And Modelling Environmental Change Getting Information From The Past: Palaeoecological Studies Of Terrestrial Ecosystems Numerical Modelling: Understanding Explanation and Prediction in Physical Geography Simulation And Reduced Complexity Models Remote Sensing And Satellite Earth Observation Digital Terrain Analysis Environmental GIS Models And Data In Biogeography And Landscape Ecology Environment And Sustainability: Environmental Auditing, Impact Assessment And Valuation Revised Geographical Analysis: Interpreting, Visualising, And Representing Geographical Data Making Use Of Secondary Data Using Statistics To Describe And Explore Spatial Data Exploring And Presenting Quantitative Data Case Study Methodology Making Sense Of Qualitative Data: Coding, Organizing, And Analyzing Video, Audio And Technology-Based Applications Writing: An Embodied Spatial Practice of Scholarly Sharing Perspectives On Research In Practice Encountering The Digital In Human Geography Research Doing Engaged Scholarship: Why Methods Matter

About the Author :
Nick Clifford is Professor and Head of Department at King’s College London. Dr. Meghan Cope is an urban social geographer. She is mainly interested in the ways that social, economic, political, and environmental processes influence cities and communities, as well as the ways that people′s everyday lives create meaningful spaces and places within, or even against, the larger-scale processes operating on them. Her focus has always been on social/spatial processes of marginalization and disempowerment, for example, through gender, race/ethnicity, class, youth, etc. She is especially motivated by issues such as employment, households and neighborhoods, welfare, public space, poverty, discrimination, and identity. She is also a qualitative researcher who uses ethnography and other methods to learn about the geographic meanings and processes that matter to marginalized groups. Over the past 10 years she has developed an associated interest in critical perspectives on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and have explored methods of combining qualitative research with GIS (Cope & Elwood, 2009). Thomas Gillespie teaches geography at UCLA.

Review :
An in-depth inquisition of the complex dynamic landscape associated with human and physical geography and their interactions, expertly articulated and packaged by an ecosystem of experts, key methods in geography is an ideal reference book for novice and experienced researchers.  Faith Njoki Karanja - Geoinformation Expert