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Geography

This subject guide offers resources on both human and physical geography.

Books on background information (geography in general)

The concise Oxford dictionary of world place names by John Everett-Heath
Publication Date: 2020

This dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. It covers continents, countries, regions, islands, bays, capes, cities, towns, deserts, lakes, mountains, and rivers, giving the name in the local language as well as key historical facts associated with many place names.
DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY by SUSAN MAYHEW
ISBN: 0192650262

Publication Date: 2022
Encyclopedia of global warming & climate change by S George Philander
ISBN: 9781506320755

Publication Date: 2012
Companion Encyclopedia of Geography by Ian Douglas (Editor); Richard Huggett (Editor); Chris Perkins (Editor)
ISBN: 9781136934926

Publication Date: 2018
The Oxford Companion to Global Change by Andrew Goudie; David Cuff
ISBN: 9780195324884

Publication Date: 2008

Books on background information (human geography)

A dictionary of human geography by Noel Castree, Rob Kitchen, and Alisdair Rogers
Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of Human Geography by Barney Warf (Editor)
ISBN: 0761988580

Publication Date: 2006
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography by Audrey Kobayashi (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780081022962

Publication Date: 2019
Cultural Geography by David Atkinson
ISBN: 9781423729013

Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of urban studies by Ray Hutchison
ISBN: 1412972019

Publication Date: 2010
The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography by Andrew Leyshon (Editor); Roger Lee (Editor); Linda McDowell (Editor); Peter Sunley (Editor)
ISBN: 9781446209844

Publication Date: 2011
The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography by Kevin COX (Editor); Murray Low (Editor); Jennifer Robinson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761943273

Publication Date: 2007
Handbook of urban geography by Tim Schwanen (Editor), Ronald van Kempen
ISBN: 178536460X
Handbook of Territorial Politics by Klaus Detterbeck (Editor); Eve Hepburn (Editor)
ISBN: 9781784718770

Publication Date: 2018
Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption by Barney Warf (Editor)
ISBN: 9781786434753

Publication Date: 2018
The new Oxford handbook of economic geography by Gordon L Clark(Editor)Maryann P Feldman(Editor)Meric S Gertler(Editor)Dariusz Wójcik 1972-(Editor)Angelika Kaiser(Contributor)
ISBN: 9780191072161
The Oxford handbook of migration crises by Cecilia Menjívar(Editor)Marie Ruiz(Editor)Immanuel Ness(Editor)
ISBN: 0190856939

Publication Date: 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography by Alexander J. Kent (Editor); Peter Vujakovic (Editor)
ISBN: 9781315736822

Publication Date: 2017
The Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics by Kevin Ward (Editor); Andrew E. G. Jonas (Editor); Byron Miller (Editor); David Wilson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781317495017

Publication Date: 2018

Books on background information (physical geography)

Comprehensive Remote Sensing by Shunlin Liang (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780128032213

Publication Date: 2017
The Dictionary of Physical Geography by David S. G. Thomas
ISBN: 9781118782347

Publication Date: 2016
The Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences by Malcolm G. Anderson; Jeffrey J. McDonnell (Consultant Editor)
ISBN: 9780471491033

Publication Date: 2005
Water Encyclopedia by Jay H. Lehr; Jack Keeley (Editor)
ISBN: 9780471441649

Publication Date: 2005

Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing by Eni G. Njoku (Editor)
ISBN: 9780387366999

Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment by Michael J. Goss (Editor-In-Chief); Margaret A. Oliver (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780323951333

Publication Date: 2023
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia by Glenn D. Considine (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780471743989

Publication Date: 2008

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