The chapters in this book address fundamental questions of the nature and purpose of geography, scrutinising its contents, philosophy and methodology. Aimed at undergraduates its purpose is to broaden the debate about what geography had become during the 1980s and what shape it might take in the future.

Part 1: The Content of Geography Introduction: Exploring The Future of Geography 1. Physical Geography and the Natural Environmental Sciences 2. Holistic and Reductionist Aproaches to Geography 3. Geography Has Neither Existence Nor Future 4. The Value of A Geographical Perspective Part 2: Philosophy and Methodology 5. Geography as a Scientific Enterprise 6. Scientific Method in Geography 7. Arguments for a Humanistic Geography 8. Realism and Geography 9. Individual Action and Political Power: A Struturation Perspective 10. Any Space for Spatial Analysis? Part 3: Geography for Society 11. Quantification and Relevance 12. Geomorphology in the Service of Society 13. Understanding and Predicting the Physical World 14. Will Geographic Self-Creation Make You Blind? 15. Geography and Schooling 16. Geography, Culture and Liberal Education 17. To The Ends of the Earth . Index.