Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature this bookemphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography physicalgeogr... » 

Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature this bookemphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography physicalgeography and resource and hazards geography. The first to consider the topicof nature in modern geography as a whole this distinctive text looks at allthe major meanings of nature from the human body and psyche through to thenonhuman world and develops the argument that student readers should abandonthe idea of knowing what nature is in favour of a close scrutiny of whatagendas lie behind competing conceptions of it. It deals with amongst othersthe following areas the idea of nature the nature of geography denaturalisation and renaturalisation afternature. As everything from globalwarming to GM foods becomes headline news the use and abuse of nature is onthe agenda as never before. Synthesizing a wealth of diverse and complexinformation this text makes the significant theories debates and informationon nature accessible to students of geography environmental studiessociology and cultural studies. «