Description:
Reading Our Landscapeshas a specific focus on understanding place and space through an investigation of changing physical and human processes. The activities provide a range of frameworks for geographical enquiry and out of class learning along with a wide range of varied resources for interpreting landscape and changing geographies.
With a particular focus on how landscapes change, this unique book will enable you to:
- Provide your students with a conceptual framework for interpreting landscapes
- Provide practical resources to assist your students to achieve a deeper understanding of the world around them
- Create a philosophical framework for the study of geography that focuses on processes and emphasises change
- Encourage your students to think about thinking and be more self-reflective in order to develop higher-level thinking skills
- Encourage your students to relate what they see around them to the ideas discussed in the book
- Reinforce the dynamism and relevance of landscapes and of geography as a subject
The book is divided into ten parts with each section incorporating case study material and activities designed to support the themes being discussed. The teaching resources have been included in electronic form on an accompanying CD-Rom.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Describing landscapes
Chapter 2: Changing landscapes
Chapter 3: Landscapes of economic power and success
Chapter 4: Industrial landscapes
Chapter 5: Changing landscapes of transport
Chapter 6: Landscapes of tourism and leisure
Chapter 7: Institutional and public landscape
Chapter 8: Landscape management and change
Chapter 9: Multi dimensional landscapes
Chapter 10: Landscapes of globalisation and standardisation
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index
