The Anthropocene: A Special Issue. Issue 3 (15th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Butler, David R.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Volume 111:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 633
• Page End: 637
• Publication Date: 2020-12-15
• Subjects: Anthropocene -- environmental change -- environmental degradation -- geographic education -- human impact -- natural hazards -- physical geography; ：人类世 -- 环境变化 -- 环境退化 -- 地理教育 -- 人类影响 -- 自然灾害 -- 自然地理。; Antropoceno -- cambio ambiental -- degradación ambiental -- educación geográfica -- geografía física -- impacto humano -- riesgos naturales; Geography -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Geography; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1859312
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2469-4452

Abstract

Abstract : This special issue of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is devoted to the Anthropocene, the period of unprecedented human impacts on Earth's environmental systems. The articles contained in this special issue illustrate that geographers have a diverse perspective on what the Anthropocene is and represents. The articles also show that geographers do not feel it necessary to identify only one starting point for the temporal onset of the Anthropocene. Several starting points are suggested, and some authors support the concept of a time-transgressive Anthropocene. Articles in this issue are organized into six sections, but many of them transcend easy categorization and could easily have fit into two or even three different sections. Geographers embrace the concept of the Anthropocene while defining it and studying it in a variety of ways that clearly show the breadth and diversity of the discipline.