Book Review: A companion to environmental geography

Abstract:

'A companion' is not a recipe book for how to overcome barriers between research fields or how to do interdisciplinary human-environment research – such a book is unlikely to exist given the multitude of approaches available to study any given issue. Individually, however, each chapter provides insight into the background of subdisciplinary linkages, highlighting important questions to be addressed and the methods and approaches that might be most fruitful to get the answers. Physical geographers will find specific chapters useful, both to understand speci?c connections they may be able to make to conduct research 'across the divide, but also as teaching tools for the next generation of geographers who will  increasingly be called upon to perform interdisciplinary research. Taken as a whole, 'A Companion' to environmental geography does a useful service of demonstrating how geographers’ diverse perspectives on human-environment interactions can contribute to contemporary environmental issues.