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English Wetlands

Spaces of nature, culture, imagination

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Authors:
  1. Mary Gearey

    1. School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

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  2. Andrew Church

    1. School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

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  3. Neil Ravenscroft

    1. Real Estate and Land Management, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK

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  • Explores the cultural and natural significance of English wetlands
  • Examines the history of English wetlands
  • Discusses the effects climate change and changing political landscapes will have on wetlands

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Wetlands and Humans Across Time: An Overview

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 1-29

  3. Wetlands in Depth: The Waterscapes of Bedfordshire, North Lincolnshire and Somerset

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 31-66

  4. Wetlands as Ludic Spaces: Play, Recreation, Rejuvenation, In/Exclusion

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 67-90

  5. Wetlands as Literary Spaces: Off Kilter, Off Grid, Off the Wall

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 91-118

  6. Wetlands as Remembrance Spaces: Contemplation, Ceremony and Commemoration

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 119-144

  7. Human-Nature Connectivity: Wetlands Within Sustainable Futures

    • Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft
    Pages 145-169

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 171-175
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About this book

This book argues that to understand wetlands is to understand human development. Using case studies drawn from three English wetlands, the book moves between empirical research and scholarship to interrogate how these particular ecosystems have played an essential part in the development of our contemporary society; yet inhabit a strange place in our national psyche. Chapters address a range of cultural and environmental wetland concerns. Consideration is given to: the ways in which we have revered, engineered and renaturalised these landscapes throughout history; English wetlands as spaces of beauty, creativity, reflection, rejuvenation and multi-species interactions; accelerating climate change in an age of neoliberalism. The final chapter then is a reflection on our collective lives together alongside other species, exploring what sustainability transitions might mean for human-wetland relationships.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Mary Gearey, Andrew Church

  • Real Estate and Land Management, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK

    Neil Ravenscroft

About the authors

Mary Gearey PhD is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at the School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, UK. 


Andrew Church is Professor of Human Geography and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Brighton, UK. 


Neil Ravenscroft is Professor and Head of the School of Real Estate and Land Management at the Royal Agricultural University. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: English Wetlands

  • Book Subtitle: Spaces of nature, culture, imagination

  • Authors: Mary Gearey, Andrew Church, Neil Ravenscroft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41306-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41305-7Published: 17 July 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41306-4Published: 16 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 175

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environment Studies, Environmental Geography, Environmental Management, Environmental Sociology, Human Geography

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