Managing the Human Impact on the Natural Environment
Patterns and Processes
Published on 15. July 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-471-94733-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on a successful undergraduate course, this is designed to be a core textbook on the physical processes of the natural environment and the human use and abuse of it. Looking at the principles and practices of environment management the final section of the book looks to the future and our abilities to plan and control management strategies. The particular perspective applied here is from the discipline of geography, which the editor argues holds the key to our understanding how to manage the environment constructively. Given that the essential feature of environmental problems is their geographic pattern, this book should be of interest to both geographers and non-geographers alike.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94733-2 (9780471947332)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Principles: introduction, M. Newson; the geography of pollution, M. Newson; the geography of conservation, T. Stevenson; environmental law, D. Harte; environmental economics, M. Newson. Part 2 Practices: patterns of air pollution, A. Davison; patterns of fresh water pollution, M. Newson; patterns of land, water and air pollution by waste, T. Douglas; metal polution of sediments and soils, M. Macklin; emergency planning and pollution, P. Read and B. Myers. Part 3 Futures: energy and the environment - types, sources, impacts anmd management, S. Openshaw; energy, industry and pollution, I. Fells; "natural" environments of the future, T. Stevenson and M. Newson; management, control, planning futures, M. Newson.