Environmental Discourse and Practice : A Reader

Lisa M. (Colgate University Benton

ISBN 10: 0631211144 / ISBN 13: 9780631211143

Edité par John Wiley And Sons Ltd Mär 1999, 1999

A propos de cet article

Neuware - This book provides an introduction to the broad relationship between people and environments, the emergence of environmental thought and practice and the importance of environmental ideas in wider social and political discourses. The authors introduce the concept of 'environmental discourses' - explanations of the world around us - to help readers understand why human-environmental relationships take on the forms that they do.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780631211143

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Environmental Discourse and Practice : A Reader
• Éditeur: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Mär 1999
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0631211144
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780631211143
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu

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Synopsis

This book brings together a set of readings that throw light on the relationship between people and the environment.

• Provides both historical background and an analysis of key debates and theories
• Based on tried and tested classroom teaching material
• Uses the idea of "environmental discourses" to explain human-environmental relationships

À propos de l?auteur

Lisa M. Benton teaches Geography and Environmental Studies at Colgate University. She is the author of The Presidio: From Army Post to National Park (1998) and numerous articles in such journals as Environmental Ethics, Environment and Planning and Urban Geography.

John Rennie Short is Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. Amongst his publications are The Humane City (1989), Imagined Country (1991), Human Settlement (1993) The Urban Order (1996), New Worlds, New Geographies (1998) and Representing the Republic (1999).