Title An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography Local Dynamics and Global Processes

Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (477 p.) Series New York Academy of Sciences Ser New York Academy of Sciences Ser 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 Notes Description based upon print version of record Introduction Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9781118241059 1118241053

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