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Environmental geography : science, land use, and earth systems. William M. Marsh, John Grossa, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 2004.Edition: 3rd ed / William M. MarshDescription: 480 pISBN:
  • 9780471482802 (hbk.) :
  • 0471116459 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.709 MAR
LOC classification:
  • GF41
Contents:
1.A world in crisis: environment and humanity in the twenty-first century -- 2.The search for an enduring balance between humanity and environment -- 3.The global context and some geographic imperatives -- 4.Global cycles and systems: the master environmental framework -- 5.Ecosystems and the bioclimatic environment -- 6.The spread of humanity and the challenge of the last frontiers -- 7.The human population: trends, patterns, and problems -- 8.Agriculture, food production, hunger, and the environment -- 9.Energy generation, use, and the environment -- 10.The atmospheric environment: climate, land use, and global warming -- 11.Air pollution: patterns, trends and impacts -- 12.The hydrologic environment: precipation, land use, and water resources -- 13.Water pollution: patterns, trends, and impacts -- 14.Hazardous waste: sources, problems, and management -- 15.Soil and land: formation, use, and abuse -- 16.Biological diversity: trends, threats, and protection -- 17.Open-land resources: forests, grasslands and shrublands, parks, and preserves -- 18.Managing the global environment: the drive towards a sustainable world.
Summary: This title describes use and misuse of the environment and where we seem to be headed as a species on the planet. It provides an overview of the modern environmental dilemma and factors needing to be examined to gain an understanding of the problem.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.709 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 217028

Previous ed.: 2001.

1.A world in crisis: environment and humanity in the twenty-first century -- 2.The search for an enduring balance between humanity and environment -- 3.The global context and some geographic imperatives -- 4.Global cycles and systems: the master environmental framework -- 5.Ecosystems and the bioclimatic environment -- 6.The spread of humanity and the challenge of the last frontiers -- 7.The human population: trends, patterns, and problems -- 8.Agriculture, food production, hunger, and the environment -- 9.Energy generation, use, and the environment -- 10.The atmospheric environment: climate, land use, and global warming -- 11.Air pollution: patterns, trends and impacts -- 12.The hydrologic environment: precipation, land use, and water resources -- 13.Water pollution: patterns, trends, and impacts -- 14.Hazardous waste: sources, problems, and management -- 15.Soil and land: formation, use, and abuse -- 16.Biological diversity: trends, threats, and protection -- 17.Open-land resources: forests, grasslands and shrublands, parks, and preserves -- 18.Managing the global environment: the drive towards a sustainable world.

This title describes use and misuse of the environment and where we seem to be headed as a species on the planet. It provides an overview of the modern environmental dilemma and factors needing to be examined to gain an understanding of the problem.

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