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1. Scale in Spatial Information and Analysis

   By Jingxiong Zhang, Peter Atkinson, Michael Goodchild

   Essential to the comprehension of spatial phenomena and application of spatial information, scale dependencies, along with their representations and analyses, must be properly and usefully incorporated for better-informed spatial problem-solving. This book provides a coherent synthesis of past and...

   To Be Published January 14th 2014 by CRC Press
2. The Handbook of Genetics & Society

   Mapping the New Genomic Era

   Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock

   Series: Genetics and Society

   An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics,...

   Published July 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Reconciliation and Pedagogy

   Edited by Pal Ahluwalia, Stephen Atkinson, Peter Bishop, Pam Christie, Robert Hattam, Julie Matthews

   Series: Postcolonial Politics

   Reconciliation is one of the most significant contemporary challenges in the world today. In this innovative new volume, educational academics and practitioners across a range of cultural and political contexts examine the links between reconciliation and critical pedagogy, putting forward the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
4. Fundamentals of the Physical Environment

   Fourth Edition

   By Peter Smithson, Ken Addison, Ken Atkinson

   Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the environmental sciences. Taking a systems approach, it demonstrates how the various factors operating at Earth’s surface can and do interact...

   Published May 15th 2008 by Routledge
5. New Genetics, New Identities

   Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Helen Greenslade

   Series: Genetics and Society

   What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society? New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also...

   Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
6. New Genetics, New Social Formations

   Edited by Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade

   Series: Genetics and Society

   New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and...

   Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
7. GeoDynamics

   Edited by Peter Atkinson, Giles M. Foody, Steven E. Darby, Fulong Wu

   While remote sensing gives a surface depiction of the world, its recent convergence with GIS enables richer depictions that can be used to simulate physical processes, identify trends, and make more accurate predictions. GeoDynamics is based on specialized lectures from an international field of...

   Published December 15th 2004 by CRC Press
8. Fundamentals of the Physical Environment

   3rd Edition

   By Peter Smithson, Ken Addison, Ken Atkinson

   The third edition of this popular textbook has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge in the area of physical geography and the environment whilst retaining its basic structure....

   Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge
9. GIS and GeoComputation

   Innovations in GIS 7

   Edited by Peter Atkinson

   Series: Innovations in GIS

   Geographic Information Systems are computer-based systems for geographic analysis. They have been developed over the past twenty five years and are now widely used. A recent research direction has been the development of geocomputation , representing computer-based geographical analysis beyond the...

   Published June 20th 2000 by CRC Press
10. Fundamentals of the Physical Environment Instructors Manual

    By Dr Ken Addison, Ken Addison, Ken Atkinson, David J. Briggs, Dr Peter Smithson, Peter Smithson

    How do physical, biological and human environments interact? Fundamentals of the Physical Environment presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of the natural environment. This completely rewritten and expanded edition of the classic student textbook Fundamentals of Physical Geography,...

    Published July 9th 1997 by Routledge