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How do human beings negotiate the spaces in which they live, work, and play? How are firms and institutions, and their spatial behaviors, being affected by processes of economic and societal change? What decisions do they make about their natural and built environment, and how are these decisions acted out? Updating and expanding concepts of decision making and choice behavior on different geographic scales, this major revision of the authors' acclaimed "Analytical Behavioral Geography" presents theoretical foundations, extensive case studies, and empirical evidence of human behavior in a comprehensive range of physical, social, and economic settings. Generously illustrated with maps, diagrams, and tables, the volume also covers issues of gender, discusses traditionally excluded groups such as the physically and mentally challenged, and addresses the pressing needs of our growing elderly population.
Review Quotes: "I used the text in an introductory social geography class. I just got the student evaluations and they are the highest I have had for the course. A lot of credit has to go to the book. Overall satisfaction with the text was high. The price is also right. In sum, it is a good book, well received, and I will use it again next semester." --Bill Dakan, University of Louisville
"Spatial Behavior is a valuable and useful source book and a 'must' for active researchers, teachers, practitioners, and policy makers. This thick volume combines a very comprehensive review of past scholarship with important new research on a host of theoretical, methodological, and applied topics, from perception, to consumer behavior, to gendering and the elderly. Especially helpful is the attention given to policy perspectives and to computer applications. Remarkably, the book is also eminently readable. Golledge and Stimson have made an enduring contribution." --Julian Wolpert, Ph.D., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University "From globalization to cognitive maps, Spatial Behavior presents a comprehensive survey of the field. Golledge and Stimson begin the book by demanding that students think reflexively about how we create knowledge, and toward the end, in an innovative chapter on geography and 'the other, ' they invite students to think critically about power relationships in our society. Thorough and up-to-date." --Susan Hanson, Ph.D., Clark University "The well-designed volume is amply illustrated with close to 70 tables and 150 figures... Spatial Behavior offers real depth and breadth of content. A particular strength is the completeness of presentation of the themes addressed in each chapter....The authors integrate concepts, research design and data collection, methodology, results, and interpretations of empirical studies in their treatment of each theme. This approach gives readers--students and scholars--a valuable model of inquiry. Very reasonably priced, this book is a worthwhile text for anyone interested in human geography." --E. Cromley, Environment and Planning A