Including ten new chapters on nature globalization development & risk & a new section on practicing geography this is a completely revised & updated edition of the best-selling standard student resource. Key Concepts in Geography" explains the key terms
- space time place scale landscape
- that defines the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides
- in one volume
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