Environmental Geology
Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth
Published on 31. July 2002
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8160-4727-7 (ISBN)
Description
Helping readers to understand the hopes and the hazards facing humankind by learning more about the causes and the consequences of environmental change, Environmental Geology is a valuable guide to an exciting and relatively new science that deals with the relationship between people and their geologic environment. Chapter by chapter, this volume details the many ways man-made and natural forces have brought about serious - and in some cases, irreversible - damage to the earth, including: - Climate Change: The Greenhouse Effect - Hydrologic Activity: Water Flow and Flooding - Coastal Processes: Seacoasts and Estuaries - Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Desertification: Deserts and Droughts - Natural Resources: Depletion of Industrial Materials - Land Use: The Changing Landscape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
153 b&w photographs, 51 maps, graphs and diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
826 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-4727-7 (9780816047277)
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