爱德华•雷尔夫，加拿大地理学家爱德华•雷尔夫以其著作《地方与无地方》闻名于上世纪七十年代，与段义孚、布蒂默等人齐名为当代欧美人文主义地理学思潮的中流砥柱。雷尔夫的论著多从人类的经验视角出发去探讨地理学的现象学基础。其研究往往涉及对地方感、地方依附与地方认同的阐述，以及它们随时代演进而出现的变化。此外，雷尔夫颇具影响力的著作还包括《理性的景观与人本主义地理学》（1981）和《现代城市景观》（1987），等等。

爱德华•雷尔夫，加拿大地理学家爱德华•雷尔夫以其著作《地方与无地方》闻名于上世纪七十年代，与段义孚、布蒂默等人齐名为当代欧美人文主义地理学思潮的中流砥柱。雷尔夫的论著多从人类的经验视角出发去探讨地理学的现象学基础。其研究往往涉及对地方感、地方依附与地方认同的阐述，以及它们随时代演进而出现的变化。此外，雷尔夫颇具影响力的著作还包括《理性的景观与人本主义地理学》（1981）和《现代城市景观》（1987），等等。

'With this book David de Vaus has written one of the best general research methods textbooks around. The use of different types of research design as the point of departure is a different and very helpful approach to take, especially since many textbooks confuse issues of method and design. The author outlines with great clarity a wide variety of issues, including testing theor...(展开全部)

'With this book David de Vaus has written one of the best general research methods textbooks around. The use of different types of research design as the point of departure is a different and very helpful approach to take, especially since many textbooks confuse issues of method and design. The author outlines with great clarity a wide variety of issues, including testing theor...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be religious in the modern world? This is the question posed by well-known human geographer, Yi-Fu Tuan in Religion: From Place to Placelessness. In this, the latest book in his long and distinguished career, Tuan turns to this specific challenge, which has been a uniting current in much of his previous work. To illustrate the modern meaning of religion, Tu...(展开全部)

The tools of design research, writes Brenda Laurel, will allow designers "to claim and direct the power of their profession." Often neglected in the various curricula of design schools, the new models of design research described in this book help designers to investigate people, form, and process in ways that can make their work more potent and more delightful. "At the very le...(展开全部)

The tools of design research, writes Brenda Laurel, will allow designers "to claim and direct the power of their profession." Often neglected in the various curricula of design schools, the new models of design research described in this book help designers to investigate people, form, and process in ways that can make their work more potent and more delightful. "At the very le...(展开全部)

Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text "Case Study Research" offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25 per cent new), gives fresh attention to quantitativ...(展开全部)

Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text "Case Study Research" offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25 per cent new), gives fresh attention to quantitativ...(展开全部)

This book gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Based on a course that the author taught for 7 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and hands-on exercises. Rather than the rigid, linear approach to design usually found in re...(展开全部)