Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science

✍ Scribed by Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The investigation of the interactions between human and physical systems poses unique conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges. This book establishes a spatial science framework for policymakers, social scientists, and environmental researchers as they explore and analyze complex problems. The authors provide guidance for scientists, writers, and students across a broad range of fields on how to tackle discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and conduct research in the spatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty of concrete examples of spatial research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process, demystifying and illustrating how it is actually done. The appendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals for MA and PhD theses and dissertations, as well as successful research grants. By emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process, while providing students with the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science" can serve as a textbook for research-design or project-based courses at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate level.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Spatial Science and Its Traditions (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 1-13
Literature Reviews (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 15-28
Research Questions (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 29-39
Data and Methods in Spatial Science (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 41-52
Graduate Degree Proposals (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 53-58
Grants and Grant Writing (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 59-68
Disseminating Research (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 69-84
Reflections on Proposal Writing in Spatial Science (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 85-87
Model Proposals (Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, Rajiv R. Thakur)....Pages 89-90
Thesis I: Human Systems (Eric W. LaFary)....Pages 91-104
Thesis II: Human Systems-Mixed Methods (Robin A. Lewis)....Pages 105-118
Dissertation I: Human–Environment Interactions (Trevor K. Fuller)....Pages 119-137
Dissertation II: Geo-Techniques (Genong Yu)....Pages 139-158
Dissertation III: Physical Systems (Michael Jurmu)....Pages 159-175
Extramural Grant I: Collaborative Research and Outreach (Kevin Czajkowski, Alison Spongberg, Mark Templin)....Pages 177-195
Extramural Grant II: Instrumentation (Ryan R. Jensen, Jay D. Gatrell, Susan Berta, John Jensen, Paul Mausel)....Pages 197-210
Extramural III: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (James Speer)....Pages 211-220
Extramural IV: Training and Development (Ryan R. Jensen, Emanuel H. Martin)....Pages 221-232
Extramural V: Non-profit Organizations (Mark Patterson, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen)....Pages 233-236
Intramural Grants (Gregory D. Bierly, Jay D. Gatrell)....Pages 237-244

✦ Subjects

Economics; Regional/Spatial Science; Research Skills; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Human Geography