The Palgrave handbook of critical physical geography

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: Introducing Critical Physical Geography -- Barriers to Interdisciplinary1 Research -- Doing CPG Research: Structure and Methods -- Epistemology -- Relations to Cognate Fields -- Structure of this Handbook -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Towards a Genealogy of Critical Physical Geography -- Introduction -- Early Academic Geography: From Integration to Schism -- Man (Sic) as a 'Unit Process' -- Systems and Integration -- Physical Geography and Engagements with Philosophy -- A Genealogy of a More Critical Physical Geography -- Towards a More Physical Critical Human Geography -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: In Defense of Crappy Landscapes (Core Tenet #1) -- Introduction -- The Age of Us -- Disturbance -- Crappy Landscapes -- Critical Theory and Crappy Landscapes: From Science to Intervention -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: A Framework for Understanding the Politics of Science (Core Tenet #2) -- Introduction -- Science, Facts, and Big-P Politics -- Scientific Choices and Their Consequences: A Small-p Politics of Science -- Theory -- Methodology and Data Availability -- Application-Driven Environmental Science: Why and for Whom? -- Institutions: Structuring Our Scientific Choices -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: The Impacts of Doing Environmental Research (Core Tenet #3) -- Introduction -- Fieldwork Impacts on Biophysical Environments -- Fieldwork Impacts on Social Relations -- Fieldwork Impacts on Socioecological Imaginaries -- The Impacts of Our Research Results -- Research in the Anthropocene -- Discussion and Future Directions -- References -- Part II: CPG in Practice -- 6: The Trouble with Savanna and Other Environmental Categories, Especially in Africa -- Geographic Philosophy and Society.