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Nature's Geography

Author : Karl S. Zimmerer
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299159146
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Nature's Geography written by Karl S. Zimmerer and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are increasingly influenced by human-induced environmental changes. It is crucial that sustainable development be based on insights into these expanding processes--conservation as well as deterioration. Nature's Geography offers a new perspective on the geographical nature of these changes. The book reveals how human-environment relations must be understood at multiple scales and time frames. Editors Karl S. Zimmerer and Kenneth R. Young have forged an exciting group of case studies from distinguished geographers focusing on high mountains, tropical forests, and lowlands, as well as humid and arid-semiarid landscapes. Each chapter analyzes the implications for meshing environmental protection and sound resource use with development. The case studies evaluate three topics: spatial habitat fragmentation and forest dynamics; disturbances in mountain ecosystems; and the major activities of settled areas, chiefly farming, livestock-raising, and forestry. Included are analyses of interactions involving wildlife, such as primates and wild pandas; assessment of fire impacts and road-building; long-term forest management as well as recent techniques; and the role of environmental variation and ecosystem properties in agriculture and rangeland. Nature's Geography demonstrates the vital importance of advancing a new approach to geography. This definitive study of landscape change and environmental dynamics will have wide appeal for those interested in geography, ecology, environmental studies, conservation biology, and development studies.

The Origin and History of the English Language and of the Early Literature it Embodies

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin and History of the English Language and of the Early Literature it Embodies written by George Perkins Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781557866813
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference written by David Harvey and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-01-23 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with the politics of social and environmental justice, and seeks new ways to think about the future of urbanization in the twenty-first century. It establishes foundational concepts for understanding how space, time, place and nature - the material frames of daily life - are constituted and represented through social practices, not as separate elements but in relation to each other. It describes how geographical differences are produced, and shows how they then become fundamental to the exploration of political, economic and ecological alternatives to contemporary life. The book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the problematic nature of action and analysis at different scales of time and space, and introduces the reader to the modes of dialectical thinking and discourse which are used throughout the remainder of the work. Part II examines how "nature" and "environment" have been understood and valued in relation to processes of social change and seeks, from this basis, to make sense of contemporary environmental issues. Part III, is a wide-ranging discussion of history, geography and culture, explores the meaning of the social "production" of space and time, and clarifies problems related to "otherness" and "difference". The final part of the book deploys the foundational arguments the author has established to consider contemporary problems of social justice that have resulted from recent changes in geographical divisions of labor, in the environment, and in the pace and quality of urbanization. Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference speaks to a wide readership of students of social, cultural and spatial theory and of the dynamics of contemporary life. It is a convincing demonstration that it is both possible and necessary to value difference and to seek a just social order.

The Nature of Spectacle

Author : Jim Igoe
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816530440
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Spectacle written by Jim Igoe and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Nature Inc.

Author : Bram BŸscher
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816530955
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Nature Inc. written by Bram BŸscher and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With global wildlife populations and biodiversity riches in peril, it is obvious that innovative methods of addressing our planet's environmental problems are needed. But is “the market” the answer? Nature™ Inc. brings together cutting-edge research by respected scholars from around the world to analyze how “neoliberal conservation” is reshaping human–nature relations.

Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography written by George Perkins Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands

Author : Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319695320
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands by : Walter M. Goldberg

Download or read book The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands written by Walter M. Goldberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands. The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of Wold War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accomodate its residents.

Reflections on Richard Hartshorne's The Nature of Geography

Author : J. Nicholas Entrikin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Richard Hartshorne's The Nature of Geography written by J. Nicholas Entrikin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Frontiers of Biogeography

Author : Mark V. Lomolino
Publisher : Sinauer Associates Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780878934782
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Frontiers of Biogeography written by Mark V. Lomolino and published by Sinauer Associates Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed & published in association with the International Biogeography Society, this book concentrates on advances in historical biogeography, island biogeography & marine biogeography during the past quarter of a century.

Natural Elementary Geography

Author : Jacques Wardlaw Redway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Elementary Geography written by Jacques Wardlaw Redway and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Political Landscape

Author : Martin Warnke
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780232349
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Political Landscape written by Martin Warnke and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know what "the political landscape" is, and politicians and journalists never tire of referring to it. But in this ingenious and original book, Martin Warnke takes that well-worn metaphor literally and uses it to reveal just how politicized the real landscape of continental Europe has been for centuries. The author finds his evidence of humanity's intervention in nature in the form of monuments and milestones, gardens, roads and border crossings, in landscape paintings and maps – even, in fact, in the anthropomorphic interpretations once given to formations of hills and rocks. The Political Landscape is underpinned with a fascinating array of examples and illustrations, many of which will be new even to experts in the art of landscape and related disciplines.

The International Geography

Author : Hugh Robert Mill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The International Geography written by Hugh Robert Mill and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a general history and principles of international geography as a field of both study and research.

Nature

Author : Noel Castree
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134302150
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Nature written by Noel Castree and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature, this book emphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography, physical geography and resource and hazards geography. The first to consider the topic of nature in modern geography as a whole, this distinctive text looks at all its major meanings, from the human body and psyche through to the non-human world, and develops the argument that student readers should abandon the idea of knowing what nature is in favour of a close scrutiny of what agendas lie behind competing conceptions of it. It deals with, amongst others, the following areas: the idea of nature the 'nature' of geography de-naturalization and re-naturalization after-nature. As everything from global warming to GM foods becomes headline news, the use and abuse of nature is on the agenda as never before. Synthesizing a wealth of diverse and complex information, this text makes the significant theories, debates and information on nature accessible to students of geography, environmental studies, sociology, and cultural studies.

The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography ...

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Nature in Geography

Author : John Kirtland Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674434622
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Human Nature in Geography written by John Kirtland Wright and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Man and Nature

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Man and Nature written by George Perkins Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nature's Ideological Landscape

Author : Kenneth Olwig
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100070386X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Nature's Ideological Landscape written by Kenneth Olwig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984 Nature’s Ideological Language examines the common ideological roots of environmental reclamation and nature preservation. In the general context of European, British and American historical experience, the Jutland heaths of Denmark are taken as a concrete example for a general critique of European and American policy concerning the use of landscape. Two sets of contradictions are highlighted: ideological and practical between development and preservation; and those between scientific, historical aesthetic and recreational motivation for preservation. The book is based on a study of the Jutland heath from 1750 to the present, focusing on the Danish perception of the area as expressed in literary art and in economic journals, topographies and government reports. Against this background, the development of the modern conception of nature is traced and its ideological implications and planning consequences discussed. As a study of humanistic geography, this book will be of interest to geographers, conservationists and planners.