An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography Local Dynamics and Global Processes.
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| Language: | English |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2013.
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| Series: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Notes on the Authors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Part I: Fundamentals of Human-Environment Geography
- 1 Introduction
- Icebreaker: Human-Environment Connections Across Time and Space
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Animals and Their Habitats
- What Is Geography and What Does It Have To Do with Studying the Environment?
- A Geographic Perspective on Environmental Questions1
- Plan for the Rest of the Book
- Chapter Summary
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- Notes
- References
- 2 The Politics of Nature
- Icebreaker: Evolving Environmentalism
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Human Conceptions of Nature
- The Contemporary Environmental Movement in Historical and Global Context
- Chapter Summary
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- Notes
- References
- 3 The Biophysical Environment
- Icebreaker: Amazonian Black Earths (Terra Preta de Indio)
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- The Science of Physical Geography
- Global to Local Patterns
- Earth-Sun Relations
- Solstice and Equinox
- Unequal Heating of Land and Water
- Pressure, Winds, and Precipitation
- Biomes and Major Climates
- The Biomes
- Disturbance, Succession, and Change
- Disturbance: Questioning the Human/Natural
- Key Ecological Concepts
- Limiting Factors and Niche
- Interactions: Competition, Predation, Mutualism
- Chapter Summary: Linking Back to Human-Environment Relations
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- References
- Part II: Contemporary Perspectives in Human-Environment Geography
- 4 Cultural and Political Ecology
- Icebreaker: A Farmer in Her Field
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Setting the Stage for Cultural Ecology
- Cultural Ecology
- The Emergence of Political Ecology
- Linkages to Development Studies
- Political Ecology
- Political Ecology Critiques
- Chapter Summary
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- Notes
- References
- 5 Environmental History
- Icebreaker: The Sonoran Desert Past and Present
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction: What Is Environmental History?
- The Range of Environmental Histories
- Reconstructing Past Environments: Texts and Tools of the Trade
- Urban, Industrial, and Bodily Environmental Histories
- Power, Economics, and Environmental History
- Transnational and Global Environmental Histories
- Environmental History as Context or as a Tool?
- Chapter Summary
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- References
- 6 Hazards Geography and Human Vulnerability
- Icebreaker: Cyclones Hitting Land in Bangladesh and Myanmar
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- What Is a Hazard?
- Hazards and Society
- The Political Economy of Natural Hazards
- Chapter Summary
- Critical Questions
- Key Vocabulary
- References
- 7 Environmental Justice
- Icebreaker: Environmental Quality in Long Beach, California
- Chapter Objectives