Ecoscapes
Subtitle: geographical patternings of relations
By: edited by Gary Backhaus and John Murungi.
Contributors: Backhaus, Gary, 1953-; Murungi, John, 1943-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780739114490; 9780739114506
Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on.; Human ecology.; Human geography.; Animal ecology.; Biotic communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Geophilia : a transdisciplinary science formed on the basis of geographicity; title: An introduction to the conceptual formation of geographicity / Gary Backhaus; title: Imperial gardens : ecological imperialism and the re-seeding of the new world / Eduardo Mendieta; title: Scape invaders : transgenic animals, nature and the ecoscape / Benjamin Hale; title: Cultivating famine : in search of the miracle seed / Azucena Cruz; title: Chickens, eggs, and the corn that feeds them : exploring the dialectics of native and hybrid ecoscapes in Mexico / Jessica Hayes-Conroy; title: Ecoscapes and environmental problems : the case of Puebla's municipal slaughterhouse, Puebla, Mexico / José-Hector Abraham; title: Enlightenment geography & local mapping initiatives : from the office to the field, 1700-1815 / Christine Petto; title: Ecology, technology, and wilderness management : a clash of eco-spatial paradigms / Dennis E. Skocz; title: From farmsteads to slag heaps : the restless ecoscape of the Ruhr Valley of Germany, 1830-1930 / Alex Zukas; title: Chronoscapes/chronos escapes : a meditation on historical time / Troy Paddock; title: Lifeworld cartography : echoes, footprints and other guideposts to the self / John E. Jalbert; title: Epilogue: Soiled work / John Murungi.