The fragile environment : the Darwin College lectures /
The fragile environment : the Darwin College lectures /
edited by Laurie Friday and Ronald Laskey.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Darwin College lecture series .
- Darwin College lecture series. .
Lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The changing human impact / Andrew Goudie -- The future of forests / Norman Myers -- Attitudes to animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- How many species? / Robert May -- Famine / Roger Whitehead -- Exhaustible resources / Partha Dasgupta -- Changing Climates / Bert Bolin -- Observing earth's environment from space / Gordon Wells.
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.
English.
051100611X (electronic bk.) 9780511006111 (electronic bk.) 0521422663 9780521422666 0521363373 9780521363372 0511611994 9780511611995
88028551
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Conservation of natural resources.
Nature--Conservation.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Development--Sustainable Development.
NATURE--Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Conservation of natural resources.
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Natuurbehoud.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QH541 / .F695 1989eb
333.7/2
Lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The changing human impact / Andrew Goudie -- The future of forests / Norman Myers -- Attitudes to animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- How many species? / Robert May -- Famine / Roger Whitehead -- Exhaustible resources / Partha Dasgupta -- Changing Climates / Bert Bolin -- Observing earth's environment from space / Gordon Wells.
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.
English.
051100611X (electronic bk.) 9780511006111 (electronic bk.) 0521422663 9780521422666 0521363373 9780521363372 0511611994 9780511611995
88028551
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Conservation of natural resources.
Nature--Conservation.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Development--Sustainable Development.
NATURE--Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Conservation of natural resources.
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Natuurbehoud.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QH541 / .F695 1989eb
333.7/2