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Sustainable development and the environment : an aspect of development / Akampurira Abraham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abraham, Akampurira, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development--Germany.
- Sustainable development.
- Environmental policy--Social aspects.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The survival of man depends on the physical environment. The use of the environment has increased in order to satisfy the needs of men. Therefore, human negligence and collective actions for economic gains have put the environment at a disadvantage.Many of the natural ecosystems have been interfered. This has been through encroachment on forest reserves, degradation of wetlands, uncontrollable expansion of agricultural land leading to soil erosion and soil exhaustion, overgrazing and burning of grasslands leading to bear soils that are susceptible to erosion agents. A sustainable situation occ
- Contents:
- Sustainable Development and the Environment: An Aspect of Development; Table of Contents; Chapter one; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 Purpose of the study; 1.3. Definitions; 1.4 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter two; 2.1 Causes of environmental degradation; Chapter three; 3.0 Impact of environment Mismanagement; Chapter four; Environmental Management; 4.1 Sustainable agriculture; 4.2 Mixed Farming; 4.3. Multiple Cropping; 4.4. Water management; 4.5 Management of forest resources; 4.6 Improved health for a sustainable development; 4.7. Environmental management: principles from quantum theory
- 4.8. Other parameters for sustainable developmentChapter Five; 5.0 Recommendations; Chapter six; 6.0 Conclusion; Acronyms; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 3-95489-653-2
- OCLC:
- 871779776
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