Global environmental issues
Meeting the needs of upper level students, this book treats global environmental problems as complex issues with a network of human and biophysical causes. Each chapter interlinks human demands on the Earth's resources to natural biophysical change - not simply a 'cause and effect' treatment of global issues and environmental changeIncludes coverage of contemporary hot topics such as biodiversity, urbanisation and sustainable developmentGlobal case studies (two per chapter) contextualise theory for students ""This book should have considerable appeal among undergraduate
1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : illustrations
9780470093955, 9781280269493, 9786610269495, 0470093951, 1280269499, 6610269491
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Human-environment interactions / Frances Harris
A change in the weather?
coming to terms with climate change / Mike Hulme
Understanding and adapting to sea-level change / Patrick D. Nunn
Changing land cover / Doreen S. Boyd and Giles M. Foody
Conserving biodiversity resources / Frances Harris
Food production and supply / Guy M. Robinson and Frances Harris
Meeting society's demand for energy / Nick Petford
Managing urbanisation / Kenneth Lynch
Coping with pollution : dealing with waste / Ros Taylor and Kathy Morrissey
Sustainable development / Frances Harris
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English