Synopses & Reviews
The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial context in the analysis of social issues.
Synopsis
Powerful new methods of analyzing social spatial relationships make this exploration of the nexus between spatial theory and sociology a vital addition to the literature that will deepen our understanding of society's relationship to geographical space.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Geo-Sociology.- PART I. THE SOCIOLOGY OF LOCATION: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS.- Chapter 2: Important Contributions to Geo-Sociology.- Chapter 3: Roots of Space in Sociology Community Sociology at the Wisconsin and Chicago Schools.- Chapter 4: Human Ecology and its Link to Geographical Sociology.- Chapter 5: Contemporary Movements in the Theories of Location.- PART II. SPATIAL CONTEXT IN SOCIAL RESEARCH: METHODOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.- Chapter 6: Making Data Spatial.- Chapter 7: Spatial Concepts and the Application to Geo-Sociology.- Chapter 8: Geo-Sociology in Practice.- Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks.- Bibliography.