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Exploring environmental issues : an integrated approach / David D. Kemp.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2004.Description: xvii, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415268646 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415268639 (hbk.) :
  • 041526863X (cased) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 KEM
LOC classification:
  • GE140 .K48 2004
Contents:
1.The environment and the history of environmental concerns -- 2.The physical environment -- 3.The biosphere: the living environment -- 4.Demography and world population growth -- 5.Society, resources, technology and the environmen t-- 6.Human use of the land its enviromental consequences -- 7.Threats to wildlife and plants -- 8.Threats to the availability and quality of water -- 9.Drought, famine and desertificaiton -- 10.Air pollutin and acid rain -- 11.Ozone depletion and gloabl warning -- 12.Problems, prospects and solutions.
Summary: Global warming, ozone depletion, drought, acid rain - their causes are viewed as extraordinarily complex; their effects are assumed catastrophic. 'Exploring Environmental Issues' provides a key to understanding our potential crisis.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-432) and index.

1.The environment and the history of environmental concerns -- 2.The physical environment -- 3.The biosphere: the living environment -- 4.Demography and world population growth -- 5.Society, resources, technology and the environmen t-- 6.Human use of the land its enviromental consequences -- 7.Threats to wildlife and plants -- 8.Threats to the availability and quality of water -- 9.Drought, famine and desertificaiton -- 10.Air pollutin and acid rain -- 11.Ozone depletion and gloabl warning -- 12.Problems, prospects and solutions.

Global warming, ozone depletion, drought, acid rain - their causes are viewed as extraordinarily complex; their effects are assumed catastrophic. 'Exploring Environmental Issues' provides a key to understanding our potential crisis.

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