The Earth As Transformed By Human Action

Author : B. L. Turner,William C. Clark,Robert W. Kates,John F. Richards,Jessica T. Mathews,William B. Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521446309

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The Earth as Transformed by Human Action by B. L. Turner,William C. Clark,Robert W. Kates,John F. Richards,Jessica T. Mathews,William B. Meyer Pdf

The Earth as Transformed by Human Action is the culmination of a mammoth undertaking involving the examination of the toll our continual strides forward, technical and social, take on our world. The purpose of such a study is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years, to contrast global patterns of change to those appearing on a regional level, and to explain the major human forces that have driven these changes. The first section deals strictly with the major human forces of the past 300 years and the second is a detailed account of the transformations of the global environment wrought by human action. The final section examines a range of perspectives and theories that purport to explain human actions with regard to the biosphere.

Author : William B. Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-02-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521558476

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Human Impact on the Earth by William B. Meyer Pdf

At a level accessible to the general reader, this balanced and non-polemical book describes the changes human activities have produced in the global environment from 300 years ago to today.

Author : Andrew Goudie,Heather Viles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Human beings
ISBN : OCLC:808383354

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The Earth Transformed by Andrew Goudie,Heather Viles Pdf

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Human geography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107355828

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh Pdf

Author : George Marsh
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1421902176

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The Earth As Modified by Human Action by George Marsh Pdf

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Human geography
ISBN : LCCN:03005889

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh Pdf

Author : George P. Marsh
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1130 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368348205

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Human geography
ISBN : UOM:39015028676420

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh Pdf

Author : George Marsh
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368802806

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George Marsh Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : William B. Meyer,Billie Lee Turner,University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521470854

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Changes in Land Use and Land Cover by William B. Meyer,Billie Lee Turner,University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies Pdf

This book analyses the impact of human activities on the Earth's surface and environment.

Author : Richard J. Lazarus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226695594

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The Making of Environmental Law by Richard J. Lazarus Pdf

An updated and passionate second edition of a foundational book. How did environmental law first emerge in the United States? Why has it evolved in the ways that it has? And what are the unique challenges inherent to environmental lawmaking in general and in the United States in particular? Since its first edition, The Making of Environmental Law has been foundational to our understanding of these questions. For the second edition, Richard J. Lazarus returns to his landmark book and takes stock of developments over the last two decades. Drawing on many years of experience on the frontlines of legal and policy battles, Lazarus provides a theoretical overview of the challenges that environmental protection poses for lawmaking, related to both the distinctive features of US lawmaking institutions and the spatial and temporal dimensions of ecological change. The book explains why environmental law emerged in the manner and form that it did in the 1970s and traces how it developed over sequent decades through key laws and controversies. New chapters, composing more than half of the second edition, examine a host of recent developments. These include how Congress dropped out of environmental lawmaking in the early twenty-first century; the shifting role of the judiciary; long-overdue efforts to provide environmental justice to disadvantaged communities; and the destabilization of environmental law that has resulted from the election of Presidents with dramatically clashing environmental policies. As the nation’s partisan divide has grown deeper and the challenge of climate change has dramatically raised the perceived stakes for opposing interests, environmental law is facing its greatest challenges yet. This book is essential reading for understanding where we have been and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.

Author : George P. Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3348057078

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh Pdf

Author : George Perkins Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : LCCN:10001368

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The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh Pdf

Author : Andrew S. Goudie,Heather A. Viles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118697016

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The Earth Transformed by Andrew S. Goudie,Heather A. Viles Pdf

The Earth Transformed answers the need for a concise,non-technical introduction to the ways in which the naturalenvironment has been and is being affected by human activities. Itis simply and engagingly written, and illustrated with maps,diagrams, figures and photographs. Among the subjects described and considered by the authors aredesertification, deforestation, wetland management, biodiversity,climatic change, air pollution, the impact of cities on climate andhydrology, erosion, salinization, waste disposal, sea level rise,marine pollution, coral reef degradation and aquaculture. The book is organized around 45 case studies taken from allparts of the globe and chosen for their intrinsic interest andrepresentative nature. Further features of the book include guidesto further reading, suggestions for debate and study, and aglossary of terms. The book is aimed to meet the needs of students beginningcourses on environmental science and geography.

Author : GEORGE P. MARSH
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103305898X

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EARTH AS MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTION by GEORGE P. MARSH Pdf