1st Edition
Thinking Time Geography Concepts, Methods and Applications
By Kajsa Ellegård
Copyright 2019
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
38 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Time-geography is a mode of thinking that helps in the understanding of change in society, the wider context and ecological consequences of human actions. This book presents its assumptions, concepts and methods, and example applications. The intellectual path of the Swedish geographer Torsten Hägerstrand is a key foundation for this book. His research contributions are shown in... Read more
Part I Introducing the time-geographic approach 1. Introduction – origin and societal context 2. Ontological grounds 3. Time-geographic concepts and notation Part II Applications of the time-geographic approach 4. Urban and regional planning 5. Transportation and communication research 6. Organization of production and work 7. Everyday life, wellbeing and household division of labor 8. Ecological sustainability – time-geographic studies on resource use Part III Spread, criticism and future 9. International spread and criticism 10. Time-geography – from the past into the future
Biography
Kajsa Ellegård is Professor in Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden.
