1st Edition

One World for One Earth Saving the environment

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

We have only one earth, and how we choose to live in it matters. This highly readable and challenging text sets out some important topical issues that tells us we are not making a very good job of it. From the tropical rainforests to the teeming cities of the developing world and the energy hungry nations of Europe and North America, One World for One Earth shows that many of today's... Read more
Introduction 1. Earth without Humanity 2. Valued Environments: Environmental Values 3. Tropical Rain Forests: Use and Abuse 4. Feeding the Five Billion 5. Urban Crisis 6. Minerals: Supplies, Impacts and Regulation 7. Energy: a Renewable Future? 8. Atmospheric Change: Evidence and Response 9. Towards a Sustainable Future 10. 'Think Globally, Act Locally' Selected Bibliography Index

Biography

Sarre, Philip ; Smith, Paul ; Morris, Paul Smith with Eleanor