This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments.

The myriad ways that humans interact with their surroundings in the natural world has consequences that are both positive and negative. An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography offers an engaging and unique view of the spatial relationships between humans and their environment across geographical locations around the world.

This introductory level text presents the rich tapestry of theoretical approaches to the tradition and demonstrates how these may be productively applied to understand human-environment interactions. Introducing many of the fundamental concepts and major theoretical traditions within human-environment geography, the book explores various thematic issues within the field – such as population, food and agriculture, and water resources. It carefully balances exposure to the theoretical underpinnings of human-environment geography with the inclusion of a variety of real-world policy questions and illustrative field-notes contributed by prominent nature-society geographers. An engaging and student-friendly introduction, it offers rich and rewarding insights into a tradition of growing importance in the twenty-first century world.

This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments.

• Introduces students to fundamental concepts in environmental geography and science
• Explores the core theoretical traditions within the field, along with major thematic issues such as population, food and agriculture, and water resources
• Offers an engaging and unique view of the spatial relationships between humans and their environment across geographical locations around the world
• Includes a variety of real-world policy questions and emphasizes geography’s strong tradition of field work by featuring prominent nature-society geographers in guest field notes