Key Methods in Geography

PART ONE: GETTING STARTED IN GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH Getting Started in Geographical Research: How This Book Can Help - Nick Clifford, Shaun French and Gill Valentine How to Conduct a Literature Search - Mick Healey and Ruth L Healey Ethical Practice in Geographical Research - Iain Hay Health and Safety in the Field - Joanna Bullard PART TWO: GENERATING AND WORKING WITH DATA IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Making Use of Secondary Data - Paul White Conducting Questionnaire Surveys - Sara L McLafferty Finding Historical Sources - Miles Ogborn Semi-Structured Interviews and Focus Groups - Robyn Longhurst Participant Observation - Eric Laurier Geography and the Interpretation of Visual Imagery - Rob Bartram Participatory Research Methods - Myrna M Breitbart Working in Different Cultures - Fiona M Smith Internet Mediated Research - Clare Madge Diaries as a Research Method - Alan Latham PART THREE: GENERATING AND WORKING WITH DATA IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Getting Information About the Past: Palaeo and Historical Data Sources of Climate - Catherine Souch Making Observations and Measurements in the Field - Alice Turkington Sampling in Geography - Stephen Rice Analysing a Natural System - Ellen Wohl Numerical Modelling in Physical Geography: Understanding Explanation and Prediction in Physical Geography - Stuart N Lane Using Remotely Sensed Imagery - Paul Aplin PART FOUR: REPRESENTING AND INTERPRETING GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Data Handling and Representation - Richard Field Mapping and Graphicacy - Chris Perkins Using Statistics to Describe and Explore Data - Danny Dorling An Introduction to Geostatistics - Adrian Chappell Using Geographical Information Systems - Michael Batty Statistical Analysis Using PASW (formerly SPSS) - John H McKendrick Coding Transcripts and Diaries - Meghan Cope Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis - Bettina van Hoven Analyzing Historical and Archival Sources - Iain S Black Analysing Cultural Texts - Marcus A Doel Writing Essays, Reports and Dissertations - Michael Bradford Understanding Assessment - Robin A Kearns