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

Moseley, William G.; Perramond, Eric; Hapke, Holly M.; Laris, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405189312 ISBN 13: 9781405189316

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments.

• Introduces students to fundamental concepts in environmental geography and science
• Explores the core theoretical traditions within the field, along with major thematic issues such as population, food and agriculture, and water resources
• Offers an engaging and unique view of the spatial relationships between humans and their environment across geographical locations around the world
• Includes a variety of real-world policy questions and emphasizes geography’s strong tradition of field work by featuring prominent nature-society geographers in guest field notes

About this title

About the Author

William G. Moseley is Professor in the Department of Geography at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as four edited volumes. 

Eric Perramond is Associate Professor in both the Environmental Science and Southwest Studies programs at the Colorado College. He is the author of Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico: Private Revolutions (2010) and a former Fulbright-García Robles fellow to Mexico.

Holly M. Hapke is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at East Carolina University.  She has published articles in various journals and is a contributing author to World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives, 5th edition (2010).

Paul Laris is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at California State University, Long Beach.

From the Back Cover

"A first of its kind, and in my opinion a complete winner. An introductory textbook that presents, in an engaging and accessible style, geography's unique approach to environmental issues. Highly recommended."
―Judith Carney, UCLA

"A long-overdue textbook that is at once comprehensible while remaining accessible. The authors have done an impressive job with a clarity that is refreshing and engaging. This book provides students with a guide to this dynamic sub-field, including features such as clear chapter objectives, critical questions, and 'ice-breakers,' and demonstrates how to address important and complex issues in the contemporary world."
―Antoinette WinklerPrins, Johns Hopkins University

The myriad ways that humans interact with their surroundings in the natural world has consequences that are both positive and negative. An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography offers an engaging and unique view of the spatial relationships between humans and their environment across geographical locations around the world.

This introductory level text presents the rich tapestry of theoretical approaches to the tradition and demonstrates how these may be productively applied to understand human-environment interactions. Introducing many of the fundamental concepts and major theoretical traditions within human-environment geography, the book explores various thematic issues within the field – such as population, food and agriculture, and water resources. It carefully balances exposure to the theoretical underpinnings of human-environment geography with the inclusion of a variety of real-world policy questions and illustrative field-notes contributed by prominent nature-society geographers. An engaging and student-friendly introduction, it offers rich and rewarding insights into a tradition of growing importance in the twenty-first century world.

From the Inside Flap

“A first of its kind, and in my opinion a complete winner. An introductory textbook that presents, in an engaging and accessible style, geography’s unique approach to environmental issues. Highly recommended.”

Judith Carney, UCLA

“A long-overdue textbook that is at once comprehensible while remaining accessible. The authors have done an impressive job with a clarity that is refreshing and engaging. This book provides students with a guide to this dynamic sub-field, including features such as clear chapter objectives, critical questions, and ‘ice-breakers,’ and demonstrates how to address important and complex issues in the contemporary world.”

Antoinette WinklerPrins, Johns Hopkins University

The myriad ways that humans interact with their surroundings in the natural world has consequences that are both positive and negative. An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography offers an engaging and unique view of the spatial relationships between humans and their environment across geographical locations around the world.

This introductory level text presents the rich tapestry of theoretical approaches to the tradition and demonstrates how these may be productively applied to understand human-environment interactions. Introducing many of the fundamental concepts and major theoretical traditions within human-environment geography, the book explores various thematic issues within the field – such as population, food and agriculture, and water resources. It carefully balances exposure to the theoretical underpinnings of human-environment geography with the inclusion of a variety of real-world policy questions and illustrative field-notes contributed by prominent nature-society geographers. An engaging and student-friendly introduction, it offers rich and rewarding insights into a tradition of growing importance in the twenty-first century world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405189312
• ISBN 13: 9781405189316
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416