Human cartography: when it is good to map.
Part of a special section on quantitative geography. The writer discusses some visual approaches to understanding society, in particular, the view of “human cartography.” Using a series of examples, he argues that there is much more to mapping society than simply reinforcing an image of the status...
| Publicado en: | Environment & Planning A Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 277 - 289 |
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Pion Limited
February 1998
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