Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations presents easy-to-understand information on countries and dependencies from around the world.

The new 3rd edition of this comprehensive resource provides entries on the physical geography of every country in the world plus other selected locations. Each entry features one or more maps depicting the geography of the location plus detailed text that describes its features, climate and vegetation. Entries are formatted with standardized rubrics to facilitate comparison. Statistics of particular use to students, such as "tallest mountain" and "world size ranking," are highlighted in each entry. Includes a comprehensive index.

The Springer Handbook of Geographic Information is organized in three parts, Basics, Geographic Information and Applications. Some parts of the basics belong to the larger field of computer science. However, the reader gets a comprehensive view on geographic information because the topics selected from computer science have a close relation to geographic information.

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors--in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens.

It addresses the wide range of ethical issues involved in collecting, analyzing and writing up research across the social sciences, and explores and explains the more specific ethical issues associated with different forms of geographical inquiry.

This book explores common ethical issues faced by human geographers in their research. It offers practical guidance for research planning and design that incorporates geographic disciplinary knowledge to conceptualise research ethics.