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Management of natural resources, sustainable development and ecological hazards II / editors, C.A. Brebbia, N. Jovanovic, E. Tiezzi.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards (2nd : Cape Town, South Africa)
- International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards
- Series:
- WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 127.
- WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 127
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Management--Congresses.
- Natural resources.
- Sustainable development--Congresses.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (465 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Southampton : WIT, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Our current civilisation has fallen into a self-destructive process by which natural resources are consumed at an increasing rate. This process has now spread across the planet in search of further sources of energy and materials. The aggressiveness of this quest is such that the future of our planet is in the balance. The process is compounded by the pernicious effects of the resulting pollution. This book contains papers presented at the second International conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards, which was held in Western Cape, Sout
- Contents:
- Cover; Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards II; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Development issues; Section 2: Environmental issues; Section 3: Changing climates; Section 4: Transborder strategies; Section 5: Air quality; Section 6: Energy; Section 7: Aquifer studies; Section 8: Selected South African Water Issues (Special Session Chaired by Nebo Jovanovic); Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-79057-1
- 9786613700964
- 1-84564-381-X
- OCLC:
- 670411426
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