Frances Harris (Hrsg.)

Global Environmental Issues

Ed. by Frances Harris

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Global Environmental Issues offers a unique perspective on environmental change, viewing it as a product of natural biophysical change and human action. Underscoring this theme throughout, each chapter interlinks human demands on the earth's natural resources to natural biophysical change. Illustrated with global case studies that help contextualize the theory, the book examines such contemporary issues as biodiversity, urbanization, and sustainable development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780470845608
• ISBN-10: 0470845600
• Artikelnr.: 14919926

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.

Preface.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION.

1. Human-Environment Interactions (Frances Harris) .

PART TWO: THE CAHNGING SURFACE OF THE EARTH.

2. A change in the Weather?--Coming to Terms with Climate Change (Michael Hulme).

3. Understanding and Adapting to Sea-Level Change (Patrick D. Nunn).

4. Land Cover Change (Doreen S. Boyd and Giles M. Foody).

5. Conserving Biodiversity Resources (Frances M. A. Harris).

PART THREE: MEETING OUR NEEDS.

6. Food Production and Supply (Guy M. Robinson and F. M. A. Harris).

7. Meeting Society's Demand for Energy (Nick Petford).

PART FOUR: COPING WITH OUR IMPACT.

8 Managing Urbanisation (Kenneth Lynch).

9 Coping with Pollution: Dealing with Waste (Rosalind M. Taylor and Katherine H. Morrissey).

PART FIVE: CONCLUSION.

10 Sustainable Development (Frances M. A. Harris).

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.

References.

Index.