1st Edition

People and Environment A Global Approach

By Gareth Jones Copyright 2004
    294 Pages
    by Routledge

    296 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
    • Biodiversity, and the need to maintain genetic diversity.
    The book argues that our knowledge and understanding of the environment is now so great that we can predict with considerable accuracy where the skills of science and technology need to be focussed in order to prevent severe environmental damage from occurring. Achieving successful management of the environment has become dependent upon active participation of a society prepared to pay for a high quality of life and the willingness of our elected politicians to legislate and enforce the very highest standards of environmental management. This book will be essential reading for students of geography, environmental studies/science and land use planners and will also contribute valuable information for climatology, biogeography, hydrology, land economy and forestry students.

    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