Environmental Geography

Book Details

• Author: H.M. Saxena

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Edition: 3rd

• Binding: Hardcover

• Pages: 420

• Release Date: 01-01-2017

• ISBN: 9788131608487

• Languages: English

• Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches

About the Book

This comprehensive book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of both the natural and anthropogenic components of the environment, rooted in the crucial relationship between man and his environment. As environmental degradation continues to intensify due to human activities, this book explores both the global and regional environmental issues that geographers have long studied, alongside the vital question of sustainable development.

Now in its third edition, this updated version incorporates several new topics to ensure the text remains current. The book’s new chapters focus on Biomes, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Towards Sustainability. These additions, alongside updates across almost all chapters, offer readers an in-depth, up-to-date understanding of geographical concepts in environmental studies.

It is essential reading for students of geography and environmental science, and also valuable to a broader social science audience interested in applying social knowledge to the understanding of environmental problems at both local and global scales.

Contents

• Introduction: Environment, Ecology and Geography

• Man-Environment Relationship in Geography

• The Nature of Ecosystems

• Biomes: World Ecosystem Types

• Human Impact on the Natural Environment

• Degradation of Environment

• Air Pollution

• Water Pollution

• Noise Pollution, Land Pollution and Pollution by Radioactivity

• Environmental Hazards and Disasters

• Population and Ecological Crisis

• Conservation of Natural Resources

• Management of Environment: Approaches and Issues

• Environmental Impact Assessment and Eco-Auditing

• Biodiversity

• Climate Change

• Sustainable Development

• Towards Sustainability

• Governance and Geo-politics of the Environment

• Global Environmental Issues

• Environmental Problems and Planning in India

• Environmental Ethics and Legislations in India

About the Author
H.M. Saxena is a senior geographer who has been a member of the Rajasthan College Education Service since 1967. Throughout his career, he has served as a Lecturer, Head of the Postgraduate Department of Geography, Principal, and finally as Joint Director of College Education for the Government of Rajasthan. Saxena has contributed extensively to academic journals and authored several books, both in English and Hindi, on topics such as Economic Geography, Indian and World Geography, Environmental Management, and Transport Geography. Currently, he is actively engaged in research and writing in the fields of economic geography and environmental geography.