The six volumes (1200+ entries) of the Encyclopedia of Geography encapsulate a diverse array of topics to offer a comprehensive and useful summary of the state of the discipline in the early 21^st century.  Key features:

• Gives a concise historical sketch of geography’s long, rich, and fascinating history, including human geography, physical geography, and GIS
• Provides succinct summaries of trends such as globalization, environmental destruction, new geospatial technologies, and cyberspace
• Decomposes geography into the six broad subject areas: physical geography; human geography; nature and society; methods, models, and GIS; history of geography; and geographer biographies, geographic organizations, and important social movements
• Provides hundreds of color illustrations and images that lend depth and realism to the text
• Includes a special map section
• Cross references between entries allow readers to pursue topics in depth