Environmental Transformations A Geography of the Anthropocene

Name: Environmental Transformations A Geography of the Anthropocene
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ISBN: 9780415809849

ISBN-10: 0415809843

ISBN-13: 9780415809849

Edition: 2014

Authors: Mark Whitehead

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From the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, the human impact on the environment is significant and undeniable. These forms of global and local environmental change collectively signal the arrival of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This is a geological era defined not by natural environmental fluctuations or meteorite impacts, but by collective actions of humanity. Environmental Transformations offers a concise and accessible introduction to the human practices and systems that sustain the Anthropocene. It combines accounts of the carbon cycle, global heat balances, entropy, hydrology, forest ecology, and pedology, with theories of demography, war,…

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List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/22/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Introduction-Geography in the Anthropocene



Environmental Transformations



Resources-Oil and Water



Air-Science and the Atmosphere



Soil-The Political Ecology of Soil Degradation



Forests-Jungle Capitalism and the Corporate Environment



Cities-Sprawl and the Urban Planet



Living in the Anthropocene



Governing the Environment



Greening the Brain: Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour



Conclusions: Misanthropy, Adaptation and Safe Operating Spaces