Product Description

This title presents a core text for geography and related studies as it focuses on the fundamental issue of the relationships between people and the environment. These complex interactions are dynamic in time and space and are manifested as land-cover and land-use characteristics. Natural factors such as climate, geology and hydrology conspire with socio-economic factors such as population growth, economic and political forces, resource availability abd cultural traditions, to generate continually changing land-cover and land-use patterns. This text looks at changes in land-cover and land-use over the last three million years, as the ice caps have waxed and waned, human life has evolved, technology has advanced and the needs of society have transformed. The title considers the impact of factors as diverse as agriculture, urban growth, waste disposal, war, terrorism and tourism. Case studies from a wide range of environments illustrated the text and further reading recopmmendations accompany each chapter. It examines the past, present and future changes of planet Earth.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1831851 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Dr J Lloyd, Department of Geography, University of Durham
Provides and up-to-date discussion of the relationship between humans and their environment. Ver reader friendly and provides good examples