Nature (Key Ideas in Geography)

Nature (Key Ideas in Geography)

<P>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. </P> <P></P> <P>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:</P> <P></P> <UL> <LI>the idea of nature </LI> <LI>the 'nature' of geography </LI> <LI>de-naturalization and re-naturalization</LI> <LI>after-nature.</LI></UL> <P></P> <P>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.</P>