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AAAS atlas of population & environment / Paul Harrison, Fred Pearce ; foreword by Peter H. Raven.

LIBRA HB849.415 .H374 2000
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
xi, 204 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; cm
Other Title:
Atlas of population and environment
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
Summary:
Brings together an enormous amount of available and up-to-date information concerning population growth and its impact on the biosphere, including the technology of waste management and the way the environment changes in response to a given amount of resource use and/or pollution. Scrupulously illustrated with charts and maps.
Contents:
  • The scale of our presence 3
  • The theory of population-environment links 7
  • Population and consumption trends 12
  • Natural resources and wastes 21
  • The state of major ecosystems 27
  • Policy responses 35
  • Part 2 Atlas
  • Population and natural resources 43
  • Energy 47
  • Freshwater 51
  • Foodcrops 55
  • Meat and fish 59
  • Forest products 63
  • International trade 67
  • Population and landuse 71
  • Croplands 75
  • Pastures 79
  • Mineral extraction 83
  • Migration and tourism 87
  • Urbanization 91
  • Population and atmosphere 95
  • Climate change 99
  • Air pollution 103
  • Population, waste and chemicals 107
  • Industrial chemicals 111
  • Agrochemicals 115
  • Population and ecosystems 119
  • Mountains 123
  • Forests 127
  • Deserts and drylands 131
  • Freshwater wetlands 135
  • Mangroves and estuaries 139
  • Coral reefs 143
  • Regional seas 147
  • Oceans 151
  • Polar regions 155
  • Population and biodiversity 159
  • Species 163
  • Ecosystems and conservation 167
  • The Northern Andes 178
  • Canaima National Park 180
  • The Dominican Republic 182
  • The Eastern Himalayas 184
  • Madagascar 186
  • The Sonoran Desert 188.
Notes:
  • At head of title: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index.
ISBN:
  • 0520230817
  • 0520230841
OCLC:
45583408

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