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Mark Whitehead

Environmental Transformations

A Geography of the Anthropocene

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From the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, the human impact on the environment is significant and undeniable. These forms of global and local environmental change collectively appear to signal the arrival of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This is a geological era defined not by natural environmental fluctuations or meteorite impacts, but by collective actions of humanity. Environmental Transformations offers a concise and accessible introduction to the human practices and systems that sustain the Anthropocene. It combines accounts of the carbon cycle, global heat balances, entropy, hydrology, forest eco… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-415-80984-9
  • EAN: 9780415809849
  • Produktnummer: 15824363
  • Verlag: Taylor and Francis
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 176 S.
  • Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.9 cm 426 g
  • Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
  • Gewicht: 426

Über den Autor


Mark Whitehead is a professor of human geography at Aberystwyth University. His research interests include the politics of sustainable development, urban geography and environmental citizenship. He is the author of several books including Spaces of Sustainability: geographical perspectives on the sustainable society (Routledge, 2006) and State Science and the Skies: governmentalities of the British atmosphere (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). He is the Managing Editor of the journal Environmental Values.

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