First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Vince Gardiner is Director of the School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University. Hugh Matthews is Professor of Geography at Nene-University College, Northampton.

List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction /Ron Johnston -- 2. Water resources /Vince Gardiner-- 3. Energy /Keith Chapman -- 4. Earth resources /John Blunden -- 5. Agriculture /Ian Bowler -- 6. Transport /Brian Turton -- 7. Manufacturing industry /David Sadler -- 10. Labour markets /Jamie Peck and Adam Tickell -- 9. Demography /Tony Champion -- 10. Towns and cities /David Herbert -- 11. Rural change and development /Malcolm Moseley -- 12. Life chances and lifestyles /Daniel Dorling and Mary Shaw -- 13. Leisure and consumption /David Crouch -- 14. Cultures of difference /Peter Jackson -- 15. Local government and governance /Joe Painter -- 16. A (dis)United Kingdom /Charles Pattie -- 17. Human occupance and the physical environment /David Jones -- 18. Atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic pollution /Jonathan Horner -- 19. Climate change /Mike Hulme -- 20. Conservation and preservation /Chris Park -- 21. Growing into the twenty-first century: social futures /Hugh Matthews -- 22. Growing into the twenty-first century: environmental futures /Vince Gardiner -- Index.