Determinism within human-environment research and the rediscovery of environmental causation.(Report)

From: The Geographical Journal | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Judkins, Gabriel; Keys, Eric; Smith, Marissa | Copyright information

The popularity of the work Guns, germs and steel (GGS) has served to bring the question of human-environment connections once again to the forefront of popular thought. We assert that the recent success of GGS represents both a persistence of environmental determinist logic and a contemporary trend that privileges the environment as the primary influence on human-environment relationships. The historical development of the human-environment field is reviewed from the cultural and political ...

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