Environmental Change and Human Development : Controlling nature?

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrow, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental conditions.

Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2003.

Summary:

Environmental Change and Human Development 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.

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental change before modern humans appeared; 3 Environmental change during historical times; 4 Are twenty-first-century humans more vulnerable to nature?; 5 Ongoing natural threats; 6 Reacting to environmental challenges and opportunities; 7 Coping with nature; 8 The future; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-134-66472-9

1-283-27013-7

9786613270139

1-4441-4464-2

1-4175-3185-1

OCLC:

795119859