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LEADER: 03272cam a22003374a 4500
001 2003016631
003 DLC
005 20070419085540.0
008 030723s2004 enkab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a041526863X (hbk. : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm52766147
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050 00 $aGE140$b.K48 2004
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100 1 $aKemp, David D.,$d1943-
245 10 $aExploring environmental issues :$ban integrated approach /$cDavid D. Kemp.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2004.
300 $axvii, 444 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 420-432) and index.
505 0 $a1. The environment and the history of environmental concerns -- The environment and its components -- Society and environment -- The environmental movement -- Environmental issues and the environmental movement in the twentieth century -- Summary and conclusion -- 2. The physical environment -- Lithosphere -- Atmosphere -- Hydrosphere -- Summary and conclusion -- 3. The biosphere : the living environment -- Soil -- Plants and animals in the biosphere -- Ecosystems and biomes -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Demography and world population growth -- Population ecology -- The earth's human population -- Stages of world population growth -- The demographic transition and the environment -- World population growth and trends -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Society, resources, technology and the environment -- Resources -- Conservation, preservation and sustainability -- The role of technology -- Summary and conclusion -- 6. Human use of the land and its environmental consequences -- Threats to the land resource -- Pressure on land : resource extraction and depletion -- Pressure on land : infrastructure and waste disposal -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. Threats to wildlife and plants -- Wilderness -- Habitat destruction -- Loss of biodiversity -- Summary and conclusion -- 8. Threats to the availability and quality of water -- Water use -- Water availability -- Water quality -- Water pollution : sources, impacts and solutions -- Pollution in the oceans -- Summary and conclusion -- 9. Drought, famine and desertification -- Drought -- Famine -- Desertification -- Summary and conclusion -- 10. Air pollution and acid rain -- The constituents of the atmosphere and air pollution -- Urban air pollution -- Acid precipitation -- Summary and conclusion -- 11. Ozone depletion and global warming -- Ozone depletion -- Global warming -- Summary and conclusion -- 12. Problems, prospects and solutions -- Current perceptions of the state of the environment -- Business as usual, adaptation or prevention? -- International cooperation -- Is sustainable development the answer?
650 0 $aEnvironmental degradation.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on.
650 0 $aHuman ecology.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016631.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2003016631-d.html