GEOG 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Sustainability And Environmental Management, George Perkins Marsh, Rhodes
6 Jan 2020
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There has also been an increasing stream of work on the interactions between human societies and physical environments-long a central concern for some geographers, as illustrated by. Clarence glacken"s magisterial treatment of western interpretations of nature in traces on the. Rhodian shore: nature and culture in western thought from ancient times to the end of the. Human abuse and despoliation of the environment are important themes introduced in their modern context by a pioneering american conservationist, george. Perkins marsh, in man and nature (1864), but they were minor concerns among most geographers until the late 20th century. One significant example of work on the interaction of human society and nature was stimulated by gilbert white, a geography graduate of the university of chicago. White returned to chicago in the 1950s to lead a major research program on floodplains and their management, assessing people"s views of the risks of floodplain use and evaluating the influence of flood insurance on their actions.
