Series:

Active Geography

6 total works

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The authors argue that environmental preservation relies on more than the determination to solve environmental issues as they arise. It involves active management and planning for the future. Responsible management is, in turn, dependent on making informed decisions, based on a sound understanding of the components, processes and dynamics of the world's biophysical environments. Understanding Environments allows students to analyse the world's major biophysical environments and the processes that govern them, and then to explore environmental management in practice through a number of case studies selected from around the world. An integral part of the Active Geography series, this book will be of great interest to secondary school students studying geography.

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Interpreting our Earth

by Stephen Codrington and Ken Scott

Published 1 February 2000

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Investigating our World

by Stephen Codrington and Ken Scott

Published 12 February 1996
Investigating Our World examines four integrated areas of geographical investigation – fragile ecosystems, large cities, natural resources and productive activity – using in-depth case studies from around the world. The impact of rapid urban population growth, natural resource use and modern production processes have had a profound effect on the environment throughout the world. Students are shown that an understanding of the operation and fragile nature of ecosystems on a variety of scales enables a responsible management programme to be implemented, and that natural resources must be managed in the same way that productive activity is managed. This book has been written for the New South Wales geography syllabus, but will be of interest to secondary school students throughout the world.

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Appreciating Australia, the first of five books in the series Active Geography, is written specifically for the Geography Syllabus Years 7—10 as used by the NSW Board of Studies. Whilst the main audience is for students of Geography in New South Wales, the content of the book is also of potential use to students of Geography throughout Australia. The book provides a comprehensive coverage of Australia's environment and its communities as well as its place in the Asian region and global community. The book introduces the student to the continent of Australia and is an attempt, as spelled out in the new course, to raise student knowledge of the place and space of Australia.

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Changing Communities gives students the opportunity to explore community dynamics through a number of illuminating case studies selected from around the world. It shows how human interaction within communities operates at all levels, from family groups and villages to global organisations. It demonstrates how relations within and between communities are affected by political agreements, technological advances, increased global awareness and an ever-increasing rate of socio-economic change, and suggests that many traditional communities are under threat as a result. An integral part of the Active Geography series, this book is designed for students of geography in lower to middle secondary school.