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Environmental change and human development : controlling nature? / C.J. Barrow.
LIBRA GF51 .B375 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrow, Christopher J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Effect of environment on--History.
- Human beings.
- Human ecology.
- Social evolution.
- Environmental impact analysis.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Focuses on environmental change and human fortunes. While there is a large and rapidly expanding literature dealing with how people affect the environment, less attention has been given in recent years to how the environment shapes human development. It also addresses key issues such as soil degredation, natural climatic variations and volcanic activity. Provides geography and earth sciences students with an essential introduction to the major debates surrounding this topic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0340764031
- 034076404X
- OCLC:
- 51000312
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