An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues

call no : 363.7 PIC

Physical Description:

 xxiii, 390 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes : includes index

An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues provides a full description of scientific knowledge of environmental systems and processes. The authors build on this factual base to analyze the world's major environmental concerns. The human dimension - cultural, economic and political factors and impacts - is explained and integrated into this discussion. Contemporary case studies are drawn from every part of the world and state-of-the-art research on specific problems and solutions is explained.