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Author:   Philip Dearden (Professor, Department of Geography, Professor, Department of Geography, Univeristy of Victoria) ,  Bruce Mitchell (Professor Emeritus Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Professor Emeritus Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo) ,  Erin O'Connell (Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.50cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780199033829

ISBN 10:   019903382
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   20 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"NOTE: Each chapter includes - Learning objectives - Introduction - Key Terms Bolded at First Use - Photos, Maps, Tables, and Figures - ""Perspectives on the Environment"" boxes - ""Vision from the Field"" boxes (NEW) - ""Environment in Focus"" boxes - Summary - Key Terms - Questions for Review and Critical Thinking - Related Websites Part A: Introduction 1: Environment, Resources, and Society 2: Responding to Global Environmental Change Part B: The Ecosphere 3: Energy Flows and Ecosystems 4: Ecosystems Are Dynamic 5: Ecosystems and Matter Cycling Part C: Planning and Management: Perspectives, Processes, and Methods 6: Planning and Management Perspectives 7: Planning and Management: Processes and Methods Part D: Resource and Environmental Management in Canada 8: Climate Change 9: Oceans and Fisheries 10: Forests 11: Agriculture 12: Water 13: Minerals and Energy 14: Urban Environmental Management 15: Endangered Species and Protected Areas 16: Epilogue: The Sustainability Revolution NEW Glossary Index"

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Philip Dearden is a prolific and well-known geographer and former chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. His research specialization is in conservation, in particular protected areas systems, and his work in this field has taken him around the world, though his focus has been on Canada and Southeast Asia. In addition to co-authoring the first five editions of Environmental Change and Challenge, he has co-edited four editions of Parks and Protected Areas in Canada. Bruce Mitchell has been an OUP Canada author for two and a half decades, publishing five editions of Resource and Environmental Management in Canada as the volume's editor in addition to co-authoring the previous five editions of Environmental Change and Challenge. Mitchell has studied water management for over 50 years years and in 2005 was named a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada and the International Water Resources Association. He received the Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2008. Erin O'Connell is a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. Her academic interests and research publications are in areas of natural hazards and disaster recovery, faith-based perceptions of environmental phenomena, and student learning and engagement. Erin has taught the Introduction to Environmental Studies course at Waterloo 12 times to more than 2,700 students.

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