The Social Atlas of Europe highlights the notion that Europe as a continent, and as a group of countries can be conceived as a single entity. Through the innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) and cartographic techniques the authors display the multiple human geographies of Europe, highlighting that Europe is not simply a collection of nation states, but an amalgamation of multiple regions which are both heterogeneous but also share many commonalities - revealing multiple different views of Europe. The authors, three geographers, attempt to display the realities of Europe from the perspective of human geography, developing a sense of the national, regional and spatial differences across the continent. The Social Atlas of Europe uses GIS and cartographic techniques to offer alternative views of Europe, focusing less on national boundaries as they rarely reflect the social and economic realities, but more on characteristics of the people and places within the continent.
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