Title: Analytical human geography: a collection and interpretation of some recent work;
Authors: Ambrose, Peter J.
Publisher: Longmans,
Year: 1969
Subjects: Human geography Collections.; Human geography
Contents: 1. the nature of recent developments in human geography: The subject matter of human geography; Alternative methods of study; The timing and rationale of recent trends; Introduction to the collected material -- 2. The methodological foundations of change; The quantitative revolution and theoretical geogrpahy / Ian Burton; Theory, science and geography / Wayne K. D. Davies; Exceptionalism in geograpy: a methodological examination -- 3. Some techniques of measurement. A quantitative expression of the pattern of urban settlements in selected aras of the United States / Leslie J. King; Connectivity of the interstate highway system / William L. Garrison -- 4. Central place theory; A theory of location for cities / Edward Ullman; The functional bases of the central place hierarchy / Brian J.L. Berry and William L. Garrison; Defining and estimating a trading area / David L. Huff -- 5. Perceptions of space, distance and the environment; Perception of the drought hazard / T.F. Saarinen; New concept: subjective distance / Donald L. Thompson; The determaination of the location of retail activities with the use of a map transformation / Arthur Getis -- 6. Some predictive models; An historical review of the gravity and potential concepts of human interaction / Gerald A.P. Carrothers; Man against his environment: a game theoretic framework / Peter R. Gould; The Negro ghetto: problems and alternatives / Richard L. Morrill -- Epilogue -- a redefitiion and some concepts; The development of the "locationalist" school. The use of spatial concepts.