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" An introduction to global environmental issues / "
Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen.
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BL
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989006
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b743376
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Pickering, K. T., (Kevin T.)
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An introduction to global environmental issues /\ Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen.
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2nd ed.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1997.
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xxix, 512 pages :: illustrations (some color), maps ;; 29 cm
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0415102286
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: 0415140986
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: 0415140994
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: 9780415102285
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: 9780415140980
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: 9780415140997
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-487) and index.
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| Contents
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This book presents a comprehensive, stimulating introduction to the key environmental issues presently threatening our global environment. Specific features include: case studies drawn from across the world; illustrations, key terms, chapter summaries. Some of the most recent events include the Kobe earthquake, French nuclear testing and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Berlin conference and the Antartic treaty. Sections on ecosystems, pollution, tectonics, risk and hazard mitigation, slope stability, world populations and issues of human impact and environmental management, including environmental impact assessments have been expanded in this edition. Earth. Climate change and past climates. Global atmospheric change. Acidic deposition. Water resources and pollution. Nuclear issues. Energy. Natural hazards. Human impact on the earth's surface and oceans. Managing the earth.
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An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues presents a comprehensive stimulating introduction to the key environmental issues presently threatening our global environment.
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Environmental sciences.
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Sciences de l'environnement.
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Environmental sciences.
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Umweltschutz
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Umweltveränderung
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Energievraagstuk.
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Kernenergie.
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Klimaatveranderingen.
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Milieueffecten.
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Waterverontreiniging.
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Zure regen.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.7
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GE105.P53 1997
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43.41bcl
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BX 981blsrissc
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Owen, Lewis A.,1964-
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Global environmental issues
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