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The purpose of this comprehensive appraisal of the world's wetlands is threefold: firstly to explain the evolution, occurrence and composition of wetlands and their physical and biological dynamics; second, to consider the impact upon them of agriculture, industry, urbanization and recreation; and third to examine what steps are being and should be taken to manage and to preserve them.

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The purpose of this comprehensive appraisal of the world's wetlands is threefold: firstly to explain the evolution, occurrence and composition of wetlands and their physical and biological dynamics; second, to consider the impact upon them of agriculture, industry, urbanization and recreation; and third to examine what steps are being and should be taken to manage and to preserve them.
Autorenporträt
Michael Williams is Reader in Geography at the University of Oxford. He has written and published extensively in the fields of environmental science and landscape history.