The Human Impact on the Natural Environment

The Human Impact on the Natural Environment

by G O U D I E (Author)

Synopsis

The Human Impact addresses the ways in which human activity has changed and is changing the face of the earth, by examining the human role in natural processes and systems. The fourth edition has been completely revised, reset and updated, contains many new maps, figures and illustrations and has well over 100 references to new research in the 1990s. Among the new and expanded sections of the book are those dealing with marine pollution, deforestation, desertification, plant and animal invasions, climatic change and environmental uncertainty. This incisive account of our environmental predicament has not only proved popular with students throughout the world, but increasingly commands a substantial readership both in the scientific community and among the public at large.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
Published: 28 Oct 1993

ISBN 10: 0631184848
ISBN 13: 9780631184843

Media Reviews
This is a splendid compendium of what we know and understand about environmental problems. The author is to be congratulated on a work that is suitable as a textbook or a supplementary reader for courses at all university levels. Quarterly Review of Biology (of a previous edition) Stimulating reading for geographers and all those interested in this vital aspect of human knowledge, and these are many people in a wide range of disciplines. Progress in Physical Geography (of a previous edition) A source of information to students at all levels, and for researchers a powerful inspiration for new research topics. Stanley W. Trimble, UCLA (of a previous edition) A well-illustrated textbook, it is a brilliantly concise examinations of just how much we are changing the world around us. A classic. Geography at its best. New Scientist (of a previous edition)
Author Bio
Andrew Goudie is the editor and author of many books. In 1991 he was the recipient of the Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal. He is President of the Geographical Association in 1993-4.