Geography is the science of place and space. Geographers ask where things are located on the surface of the earth, why they are located where they are, how places differ from one another, another interact with the environment. The foundation of modern geography as an academic subject stems from the writings of Friedrich Humboldt and Johann Ritter, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who for the first time defined geography as a major branch of scientific inquiry. It is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities-not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be.
The present encyclopaedia of geography is a compendium of ten volumes, which provides authentic information of various topics of geography. It aims to encourage the development of readers’ geographical knowledge with clear in-depth material making key concepts more accessible.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amarjit Sinha
Dr. Amarjit Sinha obtained his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in geography. He has a brilliant academic record to his credit and he has been awarded with several prizes, including gold medals and scholarships. At present, he is working as a senior lecturer in geography. His area of research activity has been agricultural and environmental geography. He is engaged in research and teaching for more than one and half decades. He has published a number of research papers in various journals, proceeding and edited books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Subhah Mehtani
Dr. Subhah Mehtani, an assistant professor of physical geography has been acclaimed as a leading specialist of Indian physical geography. He has been a recipient of many awards for his academic excellence. As a keen analyst of geographical events, he denies to accept geography to be a holistic subject for pedagogic treatment but tries to see it as a very positivist subject for re-inventing it into a front-line discipline. As an erudite scholar and a prolific writer, he has credits. He is a widely traveled person both in India and abroad.
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