ABSTRACT
Inthisbookwehavesoughttoprovideyouwithan insightintohowtoconductsuccessfulresearchin humangeography.Wehopewehavemanagedto conveythesentimentthatwhilstresearchischallenging,itisalsostimulatingandexciting.Throughconductingresearchyoucanexploreanddiscoverthings thatno-oneelseyetknows.Conductingresearchis alsoalearningexperience.Besideslearningabout yourchosentopic,yougettoexperienceatfirst handthetrialsandtribulationsofgenerating,analysingandinterpretingdata.Inthecourseofdoingso youmaygainaninsightintotheprocesseswhich underlieotherstudies.Conductingresearchthusprovidesapracticalbenchmarkbywhichtounderstand thefindingsandconclusionsofotherresearchers.It alsoprovidesyouwithskillsthatwillbeofuseinthe workplace.
