Dictionary of Geography, The Penguin
Subtitle: 2nd Edition (Penguin Reference Books)
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780140513882
Description: "The Penguin Dictionary of Geography has been expanded and revised and contains some 750 new entries to take into account developments in all areas of the subject. It now includes an explanation of terms connected with all aspects of the environment, natural and social; recent concepts in the field such as feminist geography, sustainability, uneven development and globalization; foreign and American terms; succinct, clear definitions of natural phenomena; sociological terminology; explanations of terms relating to climatology, ecology, economics, geology, remote sensing and statistics."--Jacket.