TY - BOOK AU - Friday,Laurie AU - Laskey,R.A. TI - The fragile environment: the Darwin College lectures T2 - Darwin College lecture series SN - 051100611X AV - QH541 .F695 1989eb U1 - 333.7/2 19 PY - 1989/// CY - Cambridge, U.K., New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Ecology KW - Nature conservation KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Nature KW - Conservation KW - Conservation des ressources naturelles KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Development KW - Sustainable Development KW - bisacsh KW - NATURE KW - Environmental Conservation & Protection KW - fast KW - Natuurbehoud KW - gtt KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=55775 ER -