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Deforestation has reduced the diversity of species. Local and trans–national air and water pollution have damaged health and agricultural productivity. Overfishing has reduced the stocks of many species to below the level of, at best, short–term recovery. Dams and river diversions have provided irrigation at the cost of salinification and the downstream desiccation – including the virtual loss of the Aral Sea. Fossil fuel omissions have contributed to global warming, among whose likely consequences are the desertification of many temperate regions and the loss of huge areas of land to the sea. These are among the topics to which scientists in this book address themselves.
The consequences of the human impact on the environment present the planet′s dominant species with perhaps its most intransigent and complex problems. The Human Impact Reader is a wide–ranging and stimulating resource for the study and understanding of contemporary environmental processes at local, regional and global scales.
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Description du livre Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A textbook found in environmental science and physical geography courses is "The Human Impact". This reader has been designed to be used with this text as a resource for students. It consists of key papers on landform, hydrological and ecological processes, and on cases from around the world. N° de réf. du vendeur B9780631199816
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Description du livre Etat : New. A textbook found in environmental science and physical geography courses is "The Human Impact". This reader has been designed to be used with this text as a resource for students. It consists of key papers on landform, hydrological and ecological processes, and on cases from around the world. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 832. . 1997. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780631199816