This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography, covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project, from the selection of an appropriate topic through to the organisation and writing of the final report.

List of figuresList of tablesList of boxesList of contributorsPrefaceAcknowledgements 1 Introduction2 Philosophies underlying human geography researchSection A Preparing for the research project3 Choosing a topic4 Finding previous work on the topic5 Secondary dataSection B Collecting primary data6 Questionnaire design and sampling7 Tell me about ...: using interviews as a research methodology8 Focus groups9 'Participatory' approaches and diagramming techniques10 Participant observationSection C Analysis of data11 Analysing numerical spatial data12 Analysing categorical data13 Analysing qualitative materials14 Textual analysis: reading culture and context15 Visual methodologies: what you see is not always what you get16 Geographical information systems and spatial analysisSection D Producing the report17 Designing the report18 Writing the report19 Illustrating the report20 ConclusionReferencesIndex