John R. Gold is Professor of Urban Geography and George Revill is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Oxford Brookes University.

'An accessible well-balanced and historically informed look at how societies portray and understand the natural environment.' - Richard Ek, Lund University, Sweden'The strength of this text is the approachable way in which it has been written and the book provides a superb introduction for anyone wanting to better understand how the environment is being represented, by whom and for what purpose.'-Mags Adams, University of Salford

• 1. Introduction  2. Studying Environmental Representations  3. Representations in Context  4. The Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Legacies  5. Enlightenment and Romanticism  6. Empire, Exploitation and Control  7. Representing Urban Environments  8. Historic Cities, Future Cities  9. Conclusion

John R. Gold is Professor of Urban Geography and George Revill is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Oxford Brookes University.

'An accessible well-balanced and historically informed look at how societies portray and understand the natural environment.' - Richard Ek, Lund University, Sweden'The strength of this text is the approachable way in which it has been written and the book provides a superb introduction for anyone wanting to better understand how the environment is being represented, by whom and for what purpose.'-Mags Adams, University of Salford

• 1. Introduction  2. Studying Environmental Representations  3. Representations in Context  4. The Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Legacies  5. Enlightenment and Romanticism  6. Empire, Exploitation and Control  7. Representing Urban Environments  8. Historic Cities, Future Cities  9. Conclusion