The fragile environment : the Darwin College lectures /

The Fragile Environment explores the impact of the human species on its environment and deals with such topical and urgent questions as the death of forests, acid rain and pollution, desertification, the greenhouse effect and other disruptions to the global climate. The eight contributors, all inter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Friday, Laurie, 1955-, Laskey, R. A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Series:Darwin College lecture series.
Subjects:
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Conservation of natural resources.
Nature > Conservation.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Conservation of natural resources
Ecology
Nature conservation
Natuurbehoud.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The changing human impact / Andrew Goudie
  • The future of forests / Norman Myers
  • Attitudes to animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins
  • How many species? / Robert May
  • Famine / Roger Whitehead
  • Exhaustible resources / Partha Dasgupta
  • Changing Climates / Bert Bolin
  • Observing earth's environment from space / Gordon Wells.

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