Environmental Geography Science, Land Use, and Earth Systems

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An environmental studies text written for geographers by geographers Offering a true geographic approach to environmental issues, this Third Edition of William Marsh and John Grossa's ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY: SCIENCE, LAND USE, AND EARTH SYSTEMS examines human-related environmental issues in the context of the processes and systems of physical geography. Throughout, the authors emphasize traditional themes of geography, such as the concept of an integrated planet; the principles of space, scale, and distributions; the idea of landscape as a human-environmental interplay; and the perspective of earth as a dynamic planet with many environmental opportunities, constraints, and risks. Now updated and revised, this Third Edition features: A continuing theme of sustainability, with more emphasis on efforts by governments, corporations, private organizations, and individuals that are showing promise in bringing us into balance with the planet. 16 new case studies, 12 of which deal with sustainability issues. A revised organization. The first five chapters have been rearranged to provide a better flow of topics from issues and perspectives, to environmental foundation material, to factual matter on the condition of earth and its people. New material in several chapters, including the increasing role of NGO's in working out solutions to environmental problems from the global to the local level. Thoroughly updated statistics on population, energy, and food production. Revised graphics, including dozens of new photos.