A dictionary of environment and conservation / Chris Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Chris C.

Contributor:

Oxford University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Dictionaries.

Environmental sciences.

Conservation of natural resources.

Conservation of natural resources--Dictionaries.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Oxford dictionary of environment and conservation

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Online searchable resource with over 8,500 entries on all aspects of environmental science and conservation. Social as well as scientific in focus, it provides comprehensive coverage of the social aspect of environmental science (including treaties, organizations, and agencies relating to the environment) and ecology, as well as biographies of key figures in the field. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development; biodiversity; conservation; environmental ethics, philosophy, and history; resource management; sociology; and policy on the environment. It also features over 30 highlighted entries on key topics, such as Air pollution, Chernobyl, El Niño, the Gaia hypothesis, and Ozone depletion, and 10 appendices covering a range of related subjects including international environmental treaties, the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, the geologic timescale, and web links.--From title screen.

Contents:

A dictionary of environment and conservation

Appendices

Appendix 1 : Sources of online data on the environment

Appendix 2 : International environmental treaties

Appendix 3 : The Beaufort scale of wind strength

Appendix 4 : The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale

Appendix 5 : The Fujita scale of tornado intensity

Appendix 6 : Torino asteroid and comet impact hazards scale

Appendix 7 : Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales

Appendix 8 : The geological time-scale

Appendix 9 : Chemical elements

Appendix 10 : SI units and conversions.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 13, 2007)

Other Format:

Print version: Park, Chris C. Dictionary of environment and conservation.

ISBN:

9780198609957

0198609957

OCLC:

181100999

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.