Table of Contents

Notes on the Authors ix

Preface and Acknowledgments xi

Part I: Fundamentals of Human–Environment

Geography 1

1 Introduction: A Geographic Perspective on Human–Environment Interactions 3

2 The Politics of Nature 31

3 The Biophysical Environment 47

Part II: Contemporary Perspectives in Human–Environment Geography 87

4 Cultural and Political Ecology: Local Human–Environment Interactions in a Global Context 89

5 Environmental History 111

6 Hazards Geography and Human Vulnerability 137

7 Environmental Justice: The Uneven Distribution of People, Pollution, and Environmental Opportunity 157

Part III: Thematic Issues in Human–Environment Geography 189

8 Climate, Atmosphere, and Energy 191

9 The Population–Consumption–Technology Nexus 227

10 Agriculture and Food Systems 255

11 Biodiversity, Conservation, and Protected Areas 285

12 Water Resources and Fishing Livelihoods 309

Part IV: Bridging Theory and Practice 341

13 Geographic Research 343

14 Conclusion: Making a Difference 375

Index 389

About the Author

William G. Moseley is Professor in the Department ofGeography at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is theauthor of over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as wellas four edited volumes. Eric Perramond is Associate Professor in both theEnvironmental Science and Southwest Studies programs at theColorado College. He is the author of Political Ecologies ofCattle Ranching in Northern Mexico: Private Revolutions (2010)and a former Fulbright-Garcia Robles fellow to Mexico. Holly M. Hapke is Associate Professor in the Departmentof Geography at East Carolina University. She has publishedarticles in various journals and is a contributing author toWorld Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives, 5thedition (2010). Paul Laris is Professor and Chair of the Department ofGeography at California State University, Long Beach.

Reviews

This is a great textbook, which introduces students tofundamental concepts in environmental geography and science... Itis warmly recommended to bachelor students in human ecology and tomaster degree students in environmental sciences andgeography. (International Journal Environment & Pollution, 1 October 2014) Contributes a much-needed geographic perspective to theburgeoning, interdiscplinary field of environmental studies...Wheremany environmental science texts operate from the assumption thatnature is a place without humans, this book demonstrates that evenforests and soils have a human history...Wellsuited to beginningundergraduates. Chapters contain clear learning objectives,summaries, and end-of-chapter questions. Scientific and socialscientific concepts are explained with a minimum of technicalterminology. Geography students will find it provides a solidfoundation for future studies in human-environmentinteractions...fills an important niche by adding a distinctlygeographical voice to the environmental studiesconversation. (Journal of Geography, September2014) As a primer on the sort of ideas that should beconsidered, this is a useful addition. (Ecogeog, 1 May 2014) "Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate andgraduate readers." (Choice, 1 May 2014)