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School of Geography and the Environment

 School of Geography and the Environment

Undergraduate Honour School

Introductory Reading List

A taster introductory reading list for prospective students.

General Introduction to Geography
  • Dodds, K. (2007) Geopolitics: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Cloke, P., Crang, M. and Goodwin, M. (2005) Introducing Human Geographies. Hodder Arnold
  • Goudie, A. and Viles, H. (2010) Geomorphology: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Gregory, D., Johnston, R., Pratt, G., Watts, M. and Whatmore, S. (eds.) The Dictionary of Human Geography, 5th edition. Oxford, Blackwell.
  • Koser, K. (2007) International Migration: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Maslin, M. (2008) Global Warming: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Matthews, J. and Herbert, D. (2008) Geography: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Middleton, N. (2009) Deserts: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
  • Redfern, M. (2003) The Earth: A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP.
Physical Geography
  • Gregory, K.J. (2010) The Earth's Land Surface. Sage, London.
  • Thomas, D.S.G. (ed.) (2010) Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, form and change in drylands, 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, London.
  • Barry, R.G. and Chorley, R.J. (2009) Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. London, Routledge.
  • McIlveen, R. (2010) Fundamentals of Weather and Climate. Oxford, OUP.
  • Huggett, R.J. (2004) Fundamentals of Biogeography. London, Routledge.
  • Townsend, C.R., Begon, M. and Harper, J.L. (2003) Essentials of Ecology. Malden, MA, Blackwell.
  • Lomolino, M.V., Riddle, B.R., Whittaker, R.J. and Brown, J.H. (2010) Biogeography, 4th edition. Sunderland, MA, Sinauer Associates.
Human Geography
  • Jeffrey, C. and Dyson, J. (2008) Telling Young Lives: Portraits in global youth. Temple University Press.
  • Holloway, S., Rice, S. and Valentine, G. (eds.) (2003) Key Concepts in Human Geography. London: Sage.
  • Coe, N., Kelly, P. and Yeung, H. (2007) Economic Geography: A contemporary introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Mitchell, D. (2000) Cultural Geography. Oxford, Blackwell.
  • Flint, C. (2005) The Geography of War and Peace. New York, OUP.