Planning in Pioneer Settlement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18946384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isaiah Bowman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1932 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 93-107 |
| Publication date | 1932-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | American Association of Geographers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00045603209357102 |
| OpenAlex | W1974681048 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Geographers have always had a good deal to say about agriculture and the use of the land but until recently they have spoken in general descriptive terms that have conveyed only elementary impressions on the subject. Like other sciences, geography has grown progressively more technical, specific'-analytical. It remains to be seen whether these advances have given it any greater value in helping man to become better adjusted to his environment. Most of the papers dealing with land-use seem to be more concerned with the development of techniques than with ideas. Techniques alone are but schemes of systematic observation and notation. They are not ideas but the servants of ideas. If geography is ever to influence political and social policies it must deal with ideas that seem to be of critical importance to government and society, conveyed in terms that leaders can understand. May I suggest that every person and every subject goes through what might be called a technological phase. Youth enjoys the sound of new terms. Who has not liked to play with dot maps and land-use maps, with the symbols of cartography, with surveying instruments, with the detailed analysis of land forms? All these are extremely valuable tools; but for what? Surely for the purpose of serving ideas that are believed to affect the progress of science or the destiny of mankind. Otherwise technology remains a game and often a kindergarten game at that.. These observations are inspired by the present state of agriculture
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1950 - 2018 (69) |
| Highly cited | No |