Changing Geography of the UK
Third Edition
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Word Count
132,000 words, Guess
Page Count
528 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivechanginggeograph00gard
- ISBN-100415179009
- ISBN-139780415179003
- LibraryThing8976151
- Open LibraryOL7485427M
Description
The United Kingdom has changed very rapidly in recent years. Within the last decade it has undergone major shifts in terms of its land, economy, society, polity and environment all of which have had a profound effect on the geographical landscape. This fully revised edition of a widely appreciated book presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred during the 1990s and provides an understanding of the social, economic, political and physical forces bringing about change. * The contents of the new edition reflects the changing concerns of human geographers, new material on gender, sexuality, lifestyles, commodification, consumption and globalisation are woven into existing chapters or are covered in completely new chapters* similarly new chapters on pollution, climate change, conservation and environmental futures reflect the increasing emphasis on environmental issues by physical geographers* larger format of this edition has enabled the use of more student friendly layout and the use of pedagogical features such as boxed case-studies, excellent further reading section and internet resources list. The contributors are: Tony Champion, David Herbert, Malcolm Moseley, Danny Dorling, David Crouch, Peter Jackson, Joe Painter, Ron Johnston, Keith Chapman, John Blunden, Ian Bowler, Brian Turton, Jamie Peck, David Jones, Jonathan Horner, Mike Hulme, Chris Park, Hugh Matthews, Vince Gardiner
First Sentence
The rapid elimination of the manufacturing industries on which most of urban Britain's nineteenth- and early twentieth-century prosperity was based, especially urban Britain north of the Watford Gap, was short and sharp, ending a long period of slow decline.
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