Title:
Developing the environment : problems and management
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Publication Information:
Essex, Eng. : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1995
ISBN:
9780582087002
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Summary
Summary
This book presents a comprehensive overview of global environmental problems - past, present and future - examining their roots and implications and suggesting, where possible, ways in which they might be mitigated or avoided by careful management.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| 1 Development and environment |
| 2 Structure, function and management of the environment |
| 3 The state of the earth: environmental crisis ecocatastrophe environmental catastrophe? |
| 4 Stable environment? Sustainable development? |
| 5 Atmospheric changes due to natural and human causes |
| 6 Desertification and soil degradation |
| 7 The degradation and loss of vegetation |
| 8 Environmental problems associated with agriculture |
| 9 Problems with river development |
| 10 Urbanisation, waste and pollution problems |
| 11 The greening of development |
| 12 Future prospects |
