TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moseley,William G.,Jr
TI  - An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography: Local Dynamics and Global Processes
T2  - New York Academy of Sciences Series
SN  - 9781118241059
AV  - GF43 .M67 2014 
U1  - 304.2 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Newark
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
KW  - Human ecology-Textbooks
KW  - Human geography-Textbooks
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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 -- Introduction -- Definitions and History of Environmental Justice -- What Key Questions Does an EJ Perspective Help Us Answer? -- Research Agenda -- Activist Agenda -- Some Key Terms in Environmental Justice -- Environmental Racism or Environmental Justice? -- History of a Movement -- Towards a Global Movement -- Documenting Disparities: Cause and Effect and the Evolution of a Field -- Theoretical Explanations of Environmental Inequality -- Future Directions for Environmental Justice -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- Part III: Thematic Issues in Human-Environment Geography -- 8 Climate, Atmosphere, and Energy -- Icebreaker: The Perils of a Micronesian Island State -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Global Atmospheric Issues -- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion; Climate Change and Global Warming -- Local and Urban Air Pollution -- Energy Consumption -- Conventional and Alternative Sources of Energy -- Energy and Transport -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Population-Consumption-Technology Nexus -- Icebreaker: Complicating Overpopulation -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Population Change in Time and Space -- Population, Consumption, and Technology in Relation to the Resource Base -- Major Perspectives on the Population-Resource Question -- Population Change and Development -- Factors that Influence Birth and Fertility Rates -- Population and Consumption Politics and Policies -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 10 Agriculture and Food Systems -- Icebreaker: The Global Food Crisis -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Systems of Agricultural Production -- The Industrialization of Agriculture -- Ecology of Agroecosystems -- Common Environmental Constraints and Remedies Associated with Traditional Agriculture -- Common Environmental Constraints and Remedies Associated with Industrial and Plantation Agriculture -- Agribusiness and Government Agricultural Policy -- Famine and Hunger -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 11 Biodiversity, Conservation, and Protected Areas -- Icebreaker: Jaguar Habitat -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation -- Nation-State Efforts at Conservation -- National Protected Areas in the Pyrenees -- Globalizing Conservation and Preservation Efforts -- Transboundary Conservation Approaches -- Cultural and Natural Biodiversity -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 12 Water Resources and Fishing Livelihoods -- Icebreaker: Privatized Water in Cochabamba, Bolivia; Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- The Global Water (Hydrologic) Cycle -- The Geography of Water -- Human Interventions in the Hydrologic Cycle -- Contemporary Water Practices: How Do We Use (and Abuse) Water? -- The Global Water Crisis -- The Politics of Water: Governance in a Globalized World -- Ocean Resources and Fishing Livelihoods -- Management of Common Property Resources -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- Part IV: Bridging Theory and Practice -- 13 Geographic Research -- Icebreaker: Declining Fish Catches in Trivandrum, India -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction: What Is Geographic Research? -- How Geographers Theorize the World -- Research Paradigms in Geography -- Collection and Analysis of Geographic Data: Approaches to Field Research -- Understanding the "Big Picture" of Human-Environment Interactions -- Geographic Research, Politics, and Social Change -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 14 Conclusion -- Icebreaker: Three Human-Environment Geographers who Made a Difference -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- A Brief Review of Major Themes from the Book -- Theory, Scholarship, and the "Real World" -- Geographic Research and Social Change -- Making a Difference -- Thoughtful Practitioners and Engaged Scholars -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- Index
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