the purpose of this paper is to describe the concept of neoliberalism, globalization. also, the effects of these concepts on space and geographical identity and also by focusing on globalization effects on geography science have been addressed. finally by criticizing the present way that expands neoliberalism ideology is sought to be able to maintain human being dignity in of economic, social a...

In this paper, we reflect on the positioning of health geography within the wider academic landscapes of geography and health-related research. Drawing on examples from a number of countries, we consider the extent to which a ‘new geography of health’ has emerged in recent years. We structure our discussion around the themes of place, theoretical engagement and critical relevancy. Changes withi...

Analysis of Movement Data Somayeh Dodge, Robert Weibel, Sean C Ahearn, Maike Buchin, Jennifer A. Miller Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Department of Geography, City University of New York – Hunter College, New York, USA Faculty of Mathematics, Ruhr University Bochum, Germa...

Glossary Affect Emotional component of psychological states including mood, stress, preference, and attitude. Cognitive Map Spatial and nonspatial knowledge about places stored in the mind. Cognitive Regions Regions in the mind, used by people informally to organize their understanding of the Earth surface. Dead Reckoning Updating orientation by calculating or inferring a new location or headin...

Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH UK Tel. +44 116 252 3812/ 3823 Fax +44 116 252 3854 [email protected], http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/ajc36 2 Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, W1T 4TJ UK [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Department of Geography, Univ...

Human geography is a major subdiscipline within the wider subject field of geography. Traditionally, geography is considered the study of the Earth’s environments and peoples, and the interactions between them. ‘Geography’ comes from ancient Greek origins (Eratosthenes was the first to use it), literally translating as ‘to write or describe the world’. In classical and Enlightenment geography, ...

The increasingly widespread use of Geographical Information Systems (GISystems, widely known as GIS) has meant that a version of ‘geography’ has been exported to many other disciplines and walks of life where this technology has been found to be useful. As an undergraduate, one of us read Applied Geography by Dudley Stamp (Stamp, 1960). It is full of ideas and examples of the applications of ge...