Nature (Paperback, New ed)

As everything from global warming to GM foods becomes headline news, the use and abuse of nature is on the agenda as never before. Is geography just one of several disciplines whose task is to reveal the "truths" of nature so that governments, businesses and the public can know what threats and opportunities it presents for human well-being?
"Nature "describes and explains the shifting ways geographers have studied nature, emphasizing the linkages and differences between human geography, physical geography and the middle ground of resource and hazards geography. It argues that it is no easy matter to determine which of these ideas is "correct." Instead, these ideas are seen to be part of a high-stakes game in which all sorts of actors--academics, citizens, politicians and the media, for example--determine how we act (or don't act) towards the many different aspects of nature. Indeed, these various actions and inactions we take have profound material and moral consequences as the ongoing controversies about human cloning and global warming indicate.
This distinctive text is the first to consider the topic of nature in modern geography as a whole. Secondly, it considers nature in all the major meanings of the term, from the human body and psyche through to the non-human world. Finally, it develops an original argument, namely that student readers should abandon the idea to know what nature is in favor of a close scrutiny of what agendas lie behind competing conceptions of nature.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Key Ideas in Geography
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	July 2005
Authors:	Noel Castree
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-33905-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
LSN:	0-415-33905-7
Barcode:	9780415339056

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