The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography
This handbook is recognition of the need to better integrate physical and human geography. It combines a collection of work and research within the new field of Critical Physical Geography, which gives critical attention to relations of social power with
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Rebecca Lave, Christine Biermann, and Stuart N. Lane
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography
Rebecca Lave • Christine Biermann Stuart N. Lane Editors
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography
Editors Rebecca Lave Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA
Christine Biermann University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA
Stuart N. Lane Université de Lausanne Gryon, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-71460-8 ISBN 978-3-319-71461-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71461-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017960189 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Getty/Image Source Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
One could imagine the origins of Critical Physical Geography (CPG) as a moment of forehead-smacking revelation while staring at an obviously ecosocial landscape: the Tijuana Estuary, bifurcated by a particularly formidable segment of the US/Mexico border wall, or an expanse of sugarcane being grown to produce ethanol on former rainforest land in the Brazilian Amazon. But in fact the origins of CPG lie in a windowless conference room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where, in 2010, Mona Domosh gave it to Rebecca Lave as a belated birthday present at a conference panel on Geography and Science and Technology Studies (co-organized with Matthew Wilson). During a great discussion among the panelists and audience, someone asked if there were any physical geographers who engaged with science and technology studies (STS). Mona Domosh replied from the audience, “You mean a critical physical geographer?” And then she an
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