Regional geography : current developments and future prospects /
edited by R.J. Johnston, J. Hauer, and G.A. Hoekveld.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 216 p.) : ill., maps.
- Routledge library editions. Social and cultural geography ; 8 .
First published in 1990. Papers from a seminar convened by members of the Department of Geography of the University of Utrecht in October 1987.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Region, place and locale : an introduction to different conceptions of regional geography / R.J. Johnston, Joost Hauer, and Gerard A. Hoekveld -- 2. Regional geography must adjust to new realities / Gerard A. Hoekveld -- 3. The changing view of the world in major geographical textbooks / Hans van Ginkel and Leo Paul -- 4. Regions of the world system : between the general and the specific / Cees P. Terlouw -- 5. Re-thinking regions : some preliminary considerations on regions and social change / Ray Hudson -- 6. What about regional geography after structuration theory? / Joost Hauer -- 7. Regional geography : between scientific theory, ideology, and practice (or, what use is regional geography?) / Roger Lee -- 8. The challenge for regional geography : some proposals for research frontiers / R.J. Johnston -- 9. Metamorphosis : how spatial facts change into classes of geographical regions / Gerda Hoekveld-Meijer -- 10. Doing regional geography in a global system : the new international financial system, the city of London, and the south east of England, 1984-7 / Nigel Thrift.