Global Environmental Change: A Natural and Cultural Environmental History

ISBN-13: 9780582277229 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 400 str.

A. M. Mannion; Antoinette M. Mannion; Antoinette M. Mannion

Opis

Extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental change is occurring at such a rapid rate that, inevitably, the fundamental processes involved in biogeochemical cycling are being altered. Global Environmental Change considers alterations to the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and other elements as a result of industrial/technological development and agriculture, which have significantly altered the natural environment. The book adopts a temporal and spatial approach to environmental change. This edition continues to provide a chronological broad-based synopsis of the transformation of the Earth's surface during the last three million years. *Refers to the theory of environmental change, examining philosophies such as the Gaia hypothesis and placing more emphasis on issues such as biodiversity *Supported with new international case studies that provide a comprehensive global vision of environmental change *An extensive and updated bibliography and further reading suggestions *Contains over 70 illustrations

Spis treści

Preface to second edition
Acknowledgements
1. Nature, culture and environmental change
2. Quaternary geology and climatic change
3. Environmental change in the late and post-glacial periods
4. Prehistoric communities as agents of environmental change
5. Environmental change in the historic period
6. Environmental change due to post-1700 industrialisation
7. The environmental impact of agriculture in the developed world
8. The environmental impact of agriculture in the developing world
9. Other agents of change: forestry, recreation and tourism, biotechnology
10. Conclusion and prospect
References

O autorze

Antoinette Mannion