Naturalistic and existential realms of place in Roseau, Dominica

by Niko Lipsanen (2001)

    Contents

  1 Introduction

I   THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

  2 Research questions

  3 On studying places

• 3.1 Tradition of regional geography
• 3.2 Concept of place
• 3.3 Place and landscape
• 3.4 Place and city
• 3.5 Realms of place

  4 Naturalistic theories

• 4.1 Scientific naturalism
• 4.2 Settlement form
• 4.3 Urban pattern

  5 Existential theories

• 5.1 Existential phenomenology
• 5.2 Insideness and outsideness
• 5.3 To be in place
• 5.4 Mapping lived environment

  6 Methods

• 6.1 Defining the study area
• 6.1 Field methods
• 6.1 Methods of analysis
• 6.1 Methods of synthesis

II   NATURALISTIC ANALYSIS

Chapters 7 to 10

III   EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS

Chapters 11 to 13

IV   SYNTHESIS

Chapters 14 and 15

 

16 Discussion

    References

    Appendixes