Environmental Geography

This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape, and where many ..

This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape, and where many ..

A comprehensive and authoritative account of how primary school children and teachers can use maps to enhance learning and deepen understanding of this essential skill. It includes all aspects of map use, such as reading and interpreting maps and using maps to find the way, covering maps of all scal..

_x005F_x000D_ Learning Primary Geography is for all student and practising teachers. It showcases inspiring examples of children’s work from a wide range of schools and explains how and why approaches such as enquiry learning, learning outside the classroom and using imaginative resources work so we..

Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School has become the widely recommended textbook for student and new teachers of geography. It helps you acquire a deeper understanding of the role, purpose and potential of geography within the secondary curriculum, and provides the practical skills nee..

Originally published in 1980, the aim of this book was to help the A-level student make the most of the opportunity to undertake a local project...

We see and hear an awful lot about nature these days: melting ice sheets, invasive species, biodiversity, genetic illnesses, over-fishing and much more besides. We live, it is said, in the Anthropocene: an era in which the human impact on the natural world is equivalent to biophysical changes that n..

This argues that the root of the water crisis is the failure of suppliers and consumers to treat water as a scarce commodity and evaluates policies for improved management through case studies from around the world...

This argues that the root of the water crisis is the failure of suppliers and consumers to treat water as a scarce commodity and evaluates policies for improved management through case studies from around the world...

Mapping Women, Making Politics demonstrates the multiple ways in which gender influences political processes and the politics of space. The book addresses feminism's theoretical and conceptual challenges to a range of settings and topics...

Mapping Women, Making Politics demonstrates the multiple ways in which gender influences political processes and the politics of space. The book addresses feminism's theoretical and conceptual challenges to a range of settings and topics...

This book provides an authoritative picture of the current state of marine mineral extraction. A major work of reference, it will be essential reading for those engaged in maritime studies and for organisations involved in this business...