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Mental Maps.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 1986Copyright date: ©1986Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203111512
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.2
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- MENTAL MAPS -- Copyright -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 The images of places -- WHERE WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO LIVE? -- THE NATURE OF DIFFERENT PLACES -- RELATIVE ACCESSIBILITY AND POPULATION POTENTIAL -- PERCEPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- THE GEOGRAPHER AND SPATIAL PERCEPTION -- 2 Images of Britain -- THE BRISTOL VIEWPOINT -- THE SEVENOAKS VIEWPOINT -- THE ABERYSTWYTH VIEWPOINT -- THE LIVERPOOL VIEWPOINT -- THE REDCAR VIEWPOINT -- THE INVERNESS VIEWPOINT -- THE NATIONAL SURFACE AND THE LOCAL DOMES OF PREFERENCE -- 3 Environmental preferences and regional images in the USA and Canada -- THE CALIFORNIA VIEWPOINT -- THE MINNESOTA VIEWPOINT -- THE PENNSYLVANIA VIEWPOINT -- THE ALABAMA VIEWPOINT -- THE NORTH DAKOTA VIEWPOINT -- PERCEPTION SPACE AROUND TEXAS AND GEORGIA -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGES FROM ILLINOIS -- ONTARIO AND QUEBEC -- 4 Patterns of ignorance, information and learning -- THE IGNORANCE SURFACES OF NORTH DAKOTA, ILLINOIS AND PENNSYLVANIA -- THE CONFUSION MATRIX -- THE TRAVEL FIELD -- THE INFORMATION SURFACE -- INFORMATION IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, CANADA -- INFORMATION IN SWEDEN -- PEOPLE IN INFORMATION SPACE -- BARRIERS TO INFORMATION FLOWS -- LEARNING AND THE STRENGTH OF PREFERENCE SIGNALS -- THE GROWTH OF SPATIAL PREFERENCES IN WESTERN NIGERIA -- 5 Mental maps and administration -- ALLOCATING PEOPLE TO PLACES -- GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN TANZANIA -- GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN GHANA -- CHINESE AND MALAYAN VIEWS OF MALAYA -- SMOOTHING MENTAL MAPS -- 6 Mental maps in today's world -- IMPLICATIONS OF MENTAL MAPS -- MENTAL MAPS AND LOCATIONAL DECISIONS -- MENTAL MAPS OF THE MILITARY -- CHANGING MENTAL MAPS -- THE PERCEPTION OF EUROPE -- THE GEOGRAPHER AND EDUCATION -- BARRIERS TO INFORMATION FLOWS -- Appendix: the construction of mental maps -- RANKING SPACE PREFERENCES -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MENTAL MAP.
Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Published in the year 2004, Mental Maps is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.
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Cover -- MENTAL MAPS -- Copyright -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 The images of places -- WHERE WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO LIVE? -- THE NATURE OF DIFFERENT PLACES -- RELATIVE ACCESSIBILITY AND POPULATION POTENTIAL -- PERCEPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- THE GEOGRAPHER AND SPATIAL PERCEPTION -- 2 Images of Britain -- THE BRISTOL VIEWPOINT -- THE SEVENOAKS VIEWPOINT -- THE ABERYSTWYTH VIEWPOINT -- THE LIVERPOOL VIEWPOINT -- THE REDCAR VIEWPOINT -- THE INVERNESS VIEWPOINT -- THE NATIONAL SURFACE AND THE LOCAL DOMES OF PREFERENCE -- 3 Environmental preferences and regional images in the USA and Canada -- THE CALIFORNIA VIEWPOINT -- THE MINNESOTA VIEWPOINT -- THE PENNSYLVANIA VIEWPOINT -- THE ALABAMA VIEWPOINT -- THE NORTH DAKOTA VIEWPOINT -- PERCEPTION SPACE AROUND TEXAS AND GEORGIA -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGES FROM ILLINOIS -- ONTARIO AND QUEBEC -- 4 Patterns of ignorance, information and learning -- THE IGNORANCE SURFACES OF NORTH DAKOTA, ILLINOIS AND PENNSYLVANIA -- THE CONFUSION MATRIX -- THE TRAVEL FIELD -- THE INFORMATION SURFACE -- INFORMATION IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, CANADA -- INFORMATION IN SWEDEN -- PEOPLE IN INFORMATION SPACE -- BARRIERS TO INFORMATION FLOWS -- LEARNING AND THE STRENGTH OF PREFERENCE SIGNALS -- THE GROWTH OF SPATIAL PREFERENCES IN WESTERN NIGERIA -- 5 Mental maps and administration -- ALLOCATING PEOPLE TO PLACES -- GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN TANZANIA -- GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN GHANA -- CHINESE AND MALAYAN VIEWS OF MALAYA -- SMOOTHING MENTAL MAPS -- 6 Mental maps in today's world -- IMPLICATIONS OF MENTAL MAPS -- MENTAL MAPS AND LOCATIONAL DECISIONS -- MENTAL MAPS OF THE MILITARY -- CHANGING MENTAL MAPS -- THE PERCEPTION OF EUROPE -- THE GEOGRAPHER AND EDUCATION -- BARRIERS TO INFORMATION FLOWS -- Appendix: the construction of mental maps -- RANKING SPACE PREFERENCES -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MENTAL MAP.

Bibliography -- Index.

Published in the year 2004, Mental Maps is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.

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