Geography: Ideas in Profile

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Geography: Ideas in Profile
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Danny Dorling
By (author) Carl Lee
SeriesIdeas in Profile - small books, big ideas
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreGeography
ISBN/Barcode 9781781255308
ClassificationsDewey:910
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Imprint Profile Books Ltd
Publication Date 24 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Geography gives shape to our innate curiosity; cartography is older than writing. Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand, geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels. In this incisive introduction to the subject, Danny Dorling and Carl Lee reveal geography as a science which tackles all of the biggest issues that face us today, from globalisation to equality, from sustainability to population growth, from climate change to changing technology - and the complex interactions between them all. Illustrated by a series of award-winning maps created by Benjamin D. Hennig, this is a book for anyone who wants to know more about why our world is the way it is today, and where it might be heading next.

Author Biography

Danny Dorling joined the University of Oxford in 2013 to take up the Halford Mackinder Professorship in Geography. He was previously a professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield. His recent books include co-authored texts The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the way we live and Bankrupt Britain: An atlas of social change and sole authored books, Injustice: Why social inequalities persist, The 32 Stops and Population Ten Billion. Carl Lee has taught Geography for the past twenty years at The Sheffield College. He has written The Urban Challenge (with Graham Drake) and Home: A Personal Geography of Sheffield. His latest book is Everything is Connected To Everything Else. He has made several short films about geographical issues.