Planetary Overland - New Edition

Zusammenfassung The human race faces many threats to its health - perhaps to its survival. Our burgeoning numbers! technology and consumption are overloading Earth's capacity to absorb! replenish and repair. These global environmental problems pose health risks! not just from localised pollution! but from damaged life-support systems. Might we! too! become an 'endangered species'? Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. First things; 2. The ecological framework; 3. The health of populations; 4. System overload: ancient and modern; 5. Population increase, poverty and health; 6. Greenhouse warming and climate change; 7. The thinning ozone layer; 8. Soil and water: loaves and fishes; 9. Biodiversity: forests, food and pharmaceuticals; 10. The growth of cities; 11. Impediments I: conceptual blocks; 12. Impediments II: relationships; 13. The way ahead; Glossary; Index.

Product details

• Authors: McMichael Anthony J., A. J. McMichael, A.J. McMichael, Anthony J. McMichael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.1995
• EAN: 9780521457590
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45759-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Pollution & threats to the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Pollution and threats to the environment