Environmental Transformations: A Geography of the Anthropocene
Author:   Mark Whitehead
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415809832


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   07 May 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mark Whitehead
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780415809832


ISBN 10:   0415809835
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   07 May 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Introduction – Geography in the Anthropocene Section 1: Environmental Transformations Chapter 2: Resources – Oil and Water Chapter 3: Air – Science and the Atmosphere Chapter 4: Soil – The Political Ecology of Soil Degradation Chapter 5: Forests – Jungle Capitalism and the Corporate Environment Chapter 6: Cities – Sprawl and the Urban Planet Section 2: Living in the Anthropocene Chapter 7: Governing the Environment Chapter 8: Greening the Brain: Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour Chapter 9: Conclusions: Misanthropy, Adaptation and Safe Operating Spaces

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Environmental transformations can be provocative and thought provoking. It adds layers of depth to our understanding of human-environment relationships. This text is a highly recommended addition to the senior Australian Curriculum or International Baccalaureate Geography classroom. - Geographical Education, Julie Hearnden, Good Shepherd Lutheran College


""Environmental transformations can be provocative and thought provoking. It adds layers of depth to our understanding of human-environment relationships. This text is a highly recommended addition to the senior Australian Curriculum or International Baccalaureate Geography classroom."" – Geographical Education, Julie Hearnden, Good Shepherd Lutheran College


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Mark Whitehead is a professor of human geography at Aberystwyth University. His research interests include the politics of sustainable development, urban geography and environmental citizenship. He is the author of several books including Spaces of Sustainability: geographical perspectives on the sustainable society (Routledge, 2006) and State Science and the Skies: governmentalities of the British atmosphere (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). He is the Managing Editor of the journal Environmental Values.

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