Overview
- Presents a unique modern, comprehensive account of the Geography of Spain
- Provides the first Anglo-American school approach to the topic
- Includes tens of GIS maps with up-to-date information
- Includes hundreds of photographies and images, including remote sensing imagery
- Constitutes a prime reference for market research and strategic studies, incl. corporate and business plans and geomarketing
Part of the book series: World Regional Geography Book Series (WRGBS)
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book is the latest and most comprehensive reference to the regional geography of Spain, taking into account emergent issues such as biodiversity, climate change and nationalism. It appeals to scientists as well as to students and instructors and all fields of geography, regional, environmental and cultural studies, and business related disciplines.
It covers the whole range of topics from the physical to the human geography of Spain and provides detailed insights into all 17 autonomous communities. Dozens of GIS maps and hundreds of photographs and images including remote sensing imagery make this volume a must have for every geography department.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor Francisco J. Tapiador lectures at the Department of Environmental Sciences and in the Architecture School of UCLM (Toledo, Spain). He graduated in Geography and History and holds a PhD in Physics. He has worked as professional geographer in large regional development projects, developing both guidelines and policies for regional and rural planning, and implementing geographical information and management systems. His research in rural issues spans from Climate Change to Historical GIS and Remote Sensing. His findings have been published in highly cited journals (Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of Climate, Energy and Environmental Science, Political Geography, Geophysical Research Letters and International Journal of Remote Sensing, amongst others). He has been a visiting scholar at the universities of Barcelona (Spain), Cambridge (UK) The Sorbonne (Paris 7, France), Oklahoma University (USA), Caltech (USA) and Colorado State University (USA). He was the chief editor of the Journal of the Geographical Information System. He has also been the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry at UCLM.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geography of Spain
Book Subtitle: A Complete Synthesis
Authors: Francisco J. Tapiador
Series Title: World Regional Geography Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18907-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18906-8Published: 28 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18909-9Published: 28 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18907-5Published: 19 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2363-9083
Series E-ISSN: 2363-9091
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIII, 488
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 508 illustrations in colour
Topics: World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Regional and Cultural Studies, Human Geography, Cultural Geography, Natural Resources