En géographie, l'étude de l'environnement représente un large champ scientifique qui couvre les dimensions biophysiques de la nature, les dimensions sociales associées au cadre de vie des individus et leurs interactions complexes et hybridées dans la construction des questions environnementales contemporaines. Cet ouvrage propose un panorama actualisé des concepts, des méthodes et d'exemples emblématiques (thèmes, objets, pratiques) d'une approche biophysique de l'environnement en géographie. Il vient également mettre en évidence l'apport d'une telle approche dans la compréhension et la gestion des enjeux environnementaux (aide à la décision, production d'indicateurs, rôle politique de l'expertise...). Un ouvrage assorti d'une cinquantaine de cartes originales.
SIMON DUFOUR est maître de conférences en Géographie à l'université de
Rennes 2 et au laboratoire LETG-CNRS UMR 6554.
LAURENT LESPEZ est professeur de Géographie à l'université Paris Est-Créteil,
directeur adjoint du LGP-CNRS UMR 8591 et membre de l'Institut universitaire
de France.
Avec les contributions de Pascal BARTOUT, François BÉTARD, Clélia BILODEAU, Xavier BODIN, Valérie BONNARDOT, Sébastien CAILLAULT, Nathalie CARCAUD, Philip DELINE, Vincent DUBREUIL, Pierre-Allain DUVILLARD, Frédéric GOB, Nicolas JACOB-ROUSSEAU, Candice LISSAK, Malika MADELIN, Florence MAGNIN, Véronique MALEVAL, Thibaut PREUX, Hervé QUENOL, Ludovic RAVANEL, Romain REULIER, Anne-Julia ROLLET, Fabien ROUSSEL, Pierre STÉPHAN, Serge SUANEZ, Vincent TAMISIER, Nathalie THOMMERET, Laurent TOUCHART, Vincent VIEL.
The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous. This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies? Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.
The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous. This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies? Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.
