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Geographical Books and their Authors

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Book
Author
Field/Notes
Principles of Geology
Charles Lyell
Foundation of modern geology
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Evolution & biogeography
Kosmos
Alexander von Humboldt
Physical geography & exploration
Physical Geography
Mary Somerville
Early textbook of physical geography
The Face of the Earth
Eduard Suess
Concept of Gondwanaland
The Geographical Pivot of History
H. J. Mackinder
Heartland theory
Democratic Ideals and Reality
H. J. Mackinder
Geopolitics
The influence of Sea Power upon History
Alfred Mahan
Geopolitics
Principles of Geomorphology
W. D. Thornbury
Landform study
Climatic Geomorphology
Julius Büdel
Role of climate in landforms
Surface Processes and landforms
D. J. Easterbrook
Geomorphology
Process Geomorphology
Dale Ritter,
R . Craig Kochel,
Jerry Russell Miller
 
Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology
Leopold; Wolman; Miller
River processes
Theoretical Geomorphology
Adrian Scheidegger
Quantitative geomorphology
Theoretical Geomorphology
Chorley; Schumm; Sugden
Geomorphology
Geography of Plants
Alexander von Humboldt,
Aimé Bonpland
Biogeography
Handbook of Plant Geography
Oscar Drude
Phytogeography
Plant Geography upon a Physiological Basis
Andreas Schimper
Phytogeography
The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Alfred Russel Wallace
Animal geography
The Malay Archipelago
Alfred Russel Wallace
Biogeography
Politische Geographie
Friedrich Ratzel
Political geography
Anthropogeographie
Friedrich Ratzel
Human geography foundation
Principles of Human Geography
Ellsworth Huntington
Environmental determinism
Civilization and Climate
Ellsworth Huntington
Climate & culture
The Geography of Hunger
Josué de Castro
Food & population geography
The Nature of Geography
Richard Hartshorne
Methodology in geography
Political Geography in the Modern World
Richard Hartshorne
Geography as science
Geography, its History, Its Essence and Its Methods
Alfred Hettner
Methodology
The City
Ernest Burgess,
Robert Erza Park
Urban land use model
Human Communities: The City and Human Ecology
Robert Park
Chicago school urban sociology
Urbanism as a Way of Life
Louis Wirth
Urban sociology
Die Zentralen Orte in Süddeutschland
Walter Christaller
Central Place Theory
Location and Space-Economy: A General Theory Relating to Industrial Location, Market Areas, Land Use, Trade, and Urban Structure.
August Lösch
Economic location theory
The Theory of the Location of Industries.
Alfred Weber
Industrial location theory
Der Isolierte Staat (The Isolated State)
Johann Heinrich von Thünen
Agricultural location theory
he Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise
David Livingstone
History of geography
World Cities
Peter Hall
Urban hierarchy
The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics
Adna Weber
Urbanization study
Social Justice and the City
David Harvey
Critical geography
The Limits to Capital
David Harvey
Marxist geography
The Condition of Postmodernity
David Harvey
Time-space compression
Spaces of Hope
David Harvey
Critical urban theory
The City in History
Lewis Mumford
Urban development
The Culture of Cities
Lewis Mumford
Urban studies
The Study Of Urban Geography
Harold Carter
Urban geography textbook
Urban Land Use Planning
F. Stuart Chapin Jr.
Urban geography
The Urban Pattern
Simon Eisner,
Arthur Gallion,
Stanley Eisner
Urban planning
Location and Space in Human Geography
Peter Haggett
Locational analysis
Locational Analysis in Human Geography
Peter Haggett
Quantitative geography
Models in Geography
RJ Chorley;
Peter Haggett
Models & methodology
Frontiers in Geographical Teaching
RJ Chorley;
Peter Haggett
Teaching geography
Road to Survival
William Vogt
Population & food
Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour
William Arthur Lewis
Development economics
Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto
Walt Whitman Rostow
Development model
Environment Power and Society
Howard T. Odum
Human–environment systems
Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth
William L. Thomas (Ed.)
Human impact
Our Ecological Crisis
Barry Commoner
Environmental geography
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Environmental impact
Book
Author
Field/Notes
India: A Regional Geography
R. L. Singh
Indian geography
Banaras: A Study in Urban Geography
R. L. Singh
Urban geography (Indian context)
Geography of Transport
R. L. Singh
Transport geography
The Closing Circle
Barry Commoner
Environmental geography
The Poverty of Power
Barry Commoner
Environmental Economics
Making Peace with the Planet
Barry Commoner
Environmental Economics
Elements of Practical Geography
R. L. Singh
Practical geography
Perspective in Agricultural Geography
Noor Mohammad
Agricultural geography
Agricultural Geography
M. Shafi
Agricultural geography
Economic Geography of India
T. C. Sharma
Agricultural geography
Urban Geography of India
K. N. Singh
Urban geography
Geography of Transport Development in India
B.C. Vaidya
Transport geography
Regional Planning in India
L. S. Bhat
Regional planning
Political Geography
Martin Ira Glassner
Political geography
Neptune’s Domain: A Political Geography of the Sea
Martin Ira Glassner
Political geography
Political Geography: World-Economy, Nation-State, and Locality
Peter Taylor,
Colin Flint
Critical geopolitics
An Introduction to Political Geography
John R. Short
Political geography
Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture
Erin H. Fouberg,
Alexander B. Murphy,
H. J. de Blij
Modern textbook
Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities
Carl Suer Jordan; Mona Domosh;
Roderick P. Neumann;
Patricia L. Price;
Jerome D. Fellmann, Arthur Getis;
Judith Getis
Textbook
A Geography of Population: World Patterns
Glenn T Trewartha
Demography
Population Studies
D. J. Bogue
Demography
Principles of Demography
D. J. Bogue
Demography
Principles of Population Geography
John Innes Clarke
Demography
Geography of Population
Wilbur Zelinsky
Demography
A Prologue to Population Geography
Wilbur Zelinsky
Demography
Migration and Mobility
Zelinsky
Migration studies
The Population Bomb
Paul Ehrlich
Population
The Ultimate Resources
Julian Simon
Population
Terrae Incognitae: The Place of Imagination in Geography.
John K. Wright
Geography of knowledge
Values in Geography
Anne Buttimer
Human geography
The Human Experience of Space and Place
Anne Buttimer;
David Seamon
Human geography
Place and Placelessness
Edward Relph
Humanistic geography
Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values
Yi-Fu Tuan
Humanistic geography
Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience
Yi-Fu Tuan
Humanistic geography
The Experience of Place
Tony Hiss
Human geography
The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes: Geographical Essays
Donald Meinig
Cultural landscape
The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes
Donald Meinig
Cultural geography
The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History
Donald Meinig
Cultural geography
American Geography: Inventory & Prospect
Preston James
History of geography
The Morphology of Landscape
Carl O Sauer
Cultural Geography
Regions and Economic Development
G. H. Hanson
Regional geography
Economic Space: Theory and Applications
Perroux
Economic geography
Geography of World Economy
Peter Knox;
John Agnew
Economic geography
Spatial Organization
Ronald Abler;
John Adams;
Peter Gould
Spatial science
Explorations in Geography
Peter Gould
Spatial perception
Behavioral Problems in Geography
Kenneth Cox
Behavioral geography
Readings in Rural Settlement Geography
K. N. Singh
Indian geography
Urbanization and Urban Systems in India
Ramachandran
Settlement geography
Geography of Settlement
R. Y. Singh
Settlement geography
Medical Geography
Melinda Meade;
Michael Emch
Medical geography
Geography of Health
Anthony C. Gatrell
Medical geography
Introduction to Remote Sensing
James Campbell
Remote sensing
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
Thomas Lillesand;
Ralph W Kiefer;
Jonathan Chipman
Remote sensing
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
George Joseph
Remote sensing (Indian author)
Concepts and Techniques in GIS
Chor Pang;
Albert K. W
GIS
Principles of Geographical Information Systems
P. A. Burrough;
Rachael A McDonnell
GIS
An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Kang-Tsung Chang
GIS
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