Christopher F. Meindl

Christopher Meindl Christopher F. Meindl
Geography
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Geography, University of Florida, 1996
Email: Dr. Chris Meindl
Phone: (727) 873-4961

I am a geographer interested in human-environment interaction, particularly in people’s perceptions of environmental issues, especially wetlands, natural hazards, and sustainability. My regional focus is on Florida, my methods are usually qualitative and archival, and my approach is as often as not historical. Recently, I have grown interested in defining the relations between political/economic power and environmental problems.

Selected Publications
Christopher F. Meindl. “Water, Water, Everywhere? Toward a Critical Water Geography of the South.” Southeastern Geographer. In press

Tokotch, Britni N., Christopher F. Meindl, Armando Hoare, and Michael Jepson. 2012. “Stakeholder Perceptions of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Grouper and Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program.” Marine Policy. 36 (1): 34-41.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2009. “Introduction: Florida, Bellwether of the South” (an introduction to a special issue I guest edited). Southeastern Geographer. 49 (2): 103-107.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2006. Toward a Historical Geography of Florida: Assessing the Consequences of Massive Population Growth. Florida Geographer. 37: 72-87.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2005. Wetland diversity: the limits of generalization. Journal of Geography. 104 (6): 243-256.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2005. “Water, Water Everywhere.” In Paradise Lost? An Environmental History of Florida, Edited by Jack Davis and Ray Arsenault, pp.113-137. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2004. “Wetland Research and Management Implications” (an introduction to a guest edited special issue). Physical Geography. 25 (1): 1-3.

Meindl. Christopher F. 2004. “Southerners and Their Swamps: The View from Middle Georgia.” Southeastern Geographer. 44 (1): 74-89.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2003.“On the Eve of Destruction: People and Florida's Everglades from the late 1800s to 1908.” Tequesta. 63: 5-36.

Meindl. Christopher F. 2003. “Finding our way INTO swamps” (an introduction to a themed section). North American Geographer. 5(1-2): 154-161.

Meindl, Christopher F., Derek H. Alderman, and Peter Waylen. 2002. “On the Importance of Environmental Claims Making: The Role of James O. Wright in Promoting the Drainage of Florida’s Everglades in the Early 20th Century.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 92 (4): 682-701.

Lamme, Ary J. and Christopher F. Meindl. 2002. “A Vibrant Cultural Boundary Florida.” Southeastern Geographer. 42 (2): 274-295.

Meindl, Christopher F. 2000. Past perceptions of the Great American Wetland: Florida’s Everglades during the Early 20th century. Environmental History. 5 (3): 378-395.

Courses
Intro to Physical Geography; The Human Footprint on the Landscape; Natural Hazards; Water Resources Management; Wetlands, People and Public Policy (graduate); Seminar in Advanced Human Geography-sustainability (graduate); Advances in Water Resources (graduate).

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