The Fragile Environment
The Darwin College Lectures
Published on 9. May 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-0-521-42266-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Fragile Environment explores the impact of the human species on its environment and deals with such topical and urgent questions as the death of forests, acid rain and pollution, desertification, the greenhouse effect and other disruptions to the global climate. The eight contributors, all international authorities, address themselves to a broad general readership.
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'I doubt if there are many better short guides to the debate. Written by scientists for laymen, the book gives you not only the technical essentials but the perspective of people who really understand the problems and whose advice will influence the answers.' The Financial TimesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
60 Halftones, unspecified; 60 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-42266-6 (9780521422666)
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08/1989
Cambridge University Press
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08/1989
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Content
Editorial note; Preface; 1. The changing human impact Andrew Goudie; 2. The future of forests Norman Myers; 3. Attitudes to animals Marian Stamp Dawkins; 4. How many species? Robert May; 5. Famine Roger Whitehead; 6. Exhaustible resources Partha Dasgupta; 7. Changing climates Bert Bolin; 8. Observing earth's environment from space Gordon Wells; Index.