Global Environmental Issues

Global Environmental Issues
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336
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9780470845615
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Книги издательства Willey

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Environmental issues, such as climate change and energy consumption, and our responses to them are of global concern. The underlying premise of the book is that while global environmental issues may be the result of natural and/or human–induced resource degradation, their root causes are due to more than just ecological factors and technological errors or problems. Biophysical environmental problems are often exacerbated by economic, social or political problems. Global Environmental Issues views global environmental problems ascomplex issues with a network of causes, influenced by a range of actors with differing priorities. In addition to discussing the main biophysical causes, the book will illustrate how socio–economic and political factors determine why and how people use land, resources and technology, and how this in turn affects natural resource management. Considers the scientific evidence for global environmental issues and the wider social, economic...

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