1st Edition

People and Environment A Global Approach

By Gareth Jones Copyright 2004
294 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

People and Physical Environment, A Global Approach provides an introduction to the main areas of environmental concern for geographers, environmental scientists and planners at the beginning of the twenty-first century. These include: Pollution of the atmosphere and its impact on our climate; The exploitation of the oceans; Management and supply of fresh water; Degradation of the land, and... Read more

Chapter 1

The Environment

Chapter 2

Changing Perceptions of the Environment

Chapter 3

Politics and the Management of the Environment

Chapter 4

The Atmosphere and the Environment

Chapter 5

Environmental (Mis-)Management of Fresh Water

Chapter 6

Managing the Oceans

Chapter 7

Land Degradation

Chapter 8

Why Retain Biodiversity?

Chapter 9

Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years

Biography

Gareth Jones