Paul Robbins - Environment and Society

Critical Introductions to Geography is a series of textbooks for undergraduate courses covering the key geographical sub-disciplines and providing broad and introductory treatment with a critical edge. They are designed for the North American and international market and take a lively and engaging approach with a distinct geographical voice that distinguishes them from more traditional and outdated texts.

Prospective authors interested in the series should contact the series editor:

John Paul Jones III

School of Geography and Development

University of Arizona

jpjones@email.arizona.edu

Published

Environment and Society, Third Edition

Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, Sarah A. Moore

Political Geography

Sara Smith

Political Ecology, Third Edition

Paul Robbins

Economic Geography

Trevor J. Barnes, Brett Christophers

Health Geographies

Tim Brown, Gavin J. Andrews, Steven Cummins, Beth Greenhough, Daniel Lewis, Andrew Power

Urban Geography

Andrew E. G. Jonas, Eugene McCann, Mary Thomas

Geographic Thought

Tim Cresswell

Mapping

Jeremy W. Crampton

Research Methods in Geography

Basil Gomez and John Paul Jones III

Geographies of Media and Communication

Paul C. Adams

Social Geography

Vincent J. Del Casino Jr .

Geographies of Globalization

Andrew Herod

Cultural Geography

Don Mitchell

Forthcoming

Introduction to Cultural Geography

Jamie Winders, Declan Cullen

Water and Society

Katie Meehan, Naho Mirumachi, Alex Lotus, Majed Akhter

Food Studies

Jessica Hayes-Conroy

Third Edition

Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, and Sarah A. Moore

This edition first published 2022

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Robbins, Paul, 1967- author. | Hintz, John G., author. | Moore, Sarah A., author.

Title: Environment and society : a critical introduction / Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, and Sarah A. Moore.

Description: Third edition. | Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022. | Series: Critical introductions to geography | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021037038 (print) | LCCN 2021037039 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119408239 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119408260 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119408246 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Environmental sciences--Social aspects. | Environmental protection--Social aspects. | Human ecology--Social aspects.

Classification: LCC GE105 .R63 2022 (print) | LCC GE105 (ebook) | DDC 333.72--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021037038LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021037039

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2 Serious page Critical Introductions to Geography Critical Introductions to Geography is a series of textbooks for undergraduate courses covering the key geographical sub-disciplines and providing broad and introductory treatment with a critical edge. They are designed for the North American and international market and take a lively and engaging approach with a distinct geographical voice that distinguishes them from more traditional and outdated texts. Prospective authors interested in the series should contact the series editor: John Paul Jones III School of Geography and Development University of Arizona jpjones@email.arizona.edu Published Environment and Society, Third Edition Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, Sarah A. Moore Political Geography Sara Smith Political Ecology, Third Edition Paul Robbins Economic Geography Trevor J. Barnes, Brett Christophers Health Geographies Tim Brown, Gavin J. Andrews, Steven Cummins, Beth Greenhough, Daniel Lewis, Andrew Power Urban Geography Andrew E. G. Jonas, Eugene McCann, Mary Thomas Geographic Thought Tim Cresswell Mapping Jeremy W. Crampton Research Methods in Geography Basil Gomez and John Paul Jones III Geographies of Media and Communication Paul C. Adams Social Geography Vincent J. Del Casino Jr . Geographies of Globalization Andrew Herod Cultural Geography Don Mitchell Forthcoming Introduction to Cultural Geography Jamie Winders, Declan Cullen Water and Society Katie Meehan, Naho Mirumachi, Alex Lotus, Majed Akhter Food Studies Jessica Hayes-Conroy