Ripples in the Storm: - the Idea of Nature in Geography

Nature, many geographers agree, is a concept centralto geographical inquiry. What fewer geographers agreeon, however, is the meaning of the word ?nature?. Complex, polysemic, multifarious, ambiguous, misunderstood, contested, politicised ? these are afew of the words that have been used to describe theconcept of nature in geography. Ripples in the Storm is a survey that traces the ideaof nature as it developed and cycled through time andthrough geographical thought and writings ? fromgeography?s beginnings as a discipline, topresent-day currents and debates revolving aroundquestions of nature, culture and society. The book is also a celebration of sorts inrecognition of the richness and diversity of thediscipline of geography ? a diversity within whichthe author outlines a pattern to help students ofgeography, and readers interested in geography andnature, make sense of the complexity and ambiguity ofthe nature concept.