This encyclopedia brings together a comprehensive collection of work highlighting established research and emerging science in all relevant disciplines in Human Geography. It offers an overview of topics, the origins and developments, theories and contemporary approaches, links to other issues, policy implications, and suggested readings. It allows readers to gain quick overviews and to compare and contrast different views and topics. Paying careful attention to empirical research and literature from around the globe, the encyclopedia is of interest to a wide audience that includes researchers, teachers and students, policy makers, (non)governmental agencies, practitioners, and many other individuals and organizations.

Barney Warf is a professor of Geography at the University of Kansas, USA. His research and teaching interests lie within the broad domain of human geography. Much of his research concerns telecommunications, particularly the geographies of the internet, including the digital divide, e-government, and internet censorship. He maintains an active interest in political geography, including elections, voting technologies, and the U.S. electoral college. More recently he has studied the geographies of corruption.  He has authored, co-authored, or co-edited nine research books, 3 textbooks, three encyclopedias, 65 book chapters, and roughly 110 refereed journal articles.