Environmental Change and Human Development: Controlling nature?
Author:   Chris Barrow
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780340764046


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 May 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Chris Barrow
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780340764046


ISBN 10:   034076404
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 May 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Past environmental change (pre-history to Roman) Past environmental change (Roman to modern) Modern situation Threats - due to humans Acts of nature Environmental management and environmental change Responses The future.

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It provides a readable overview of environmental change in an attractive overall package. -- The Holocene 20040510 ...needs to be on the book shelf of academics, senior government officials and industrialists -- International Journal of Environmental Studies 20040601 I do not hesitate to recommend it [the book] for inclusion in library collections and extended reading lists. -- Environmental Conservation 20040601 This book addresses key issues such as soil degradation, natural climatic variations and volcanic activity, and provides geography and earth sciences students with an essential introduction to the major debates surrounding this topic. - January -- CAB abstracts 20040601 Student friendly, clearly written and logically structured, contemporary in approach and content and informed by international literature. -- The Times Higher 20050204


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C. J. Barrow is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences & International Development, University of Wales Swansea (UK)

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