Main Title |
Atlas of the environment / |
Author |
Lean, Geoffrey,
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Publisher |
Prentice Hall Press, |
Year Published |
1990 |
OCLC Number |
22682771 |
ISBN |
0130504696; 9780130504692; 013050436X; 9780130504364 |
Subjects |
Natural resources--Maps ;
Economic geography--Maps ;
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Maps ;
World--Natural resources--Atlases ;
World--Economic conditions & social conditions--Atlases ;
World--Environment--Effects of man--Atlases ;
Monde--Ressources naturelles--Atlas ;
Monde--Environnement--Influence de l' homme--Atlas ;
Monde--Conditions conomiques & Conditions sociales--Atlas ;
Man--Influence on nature--Maps
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
G1046.G3L4 1990 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
05/20/2019 |
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Collation |
1 atlas (192 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, charts ; 29 cm |
Notes |
At head of title: WWF. Title on jacket: World Wildlife Fund atlas of the environment. "Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Random Century Group Ltd."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192). |
Contents Notes |
Major biomes, climatic regions and land use.--Human numbers.--The urban revolution.--Food production and consumption.--Drinking water and sanitation.--Health.--The education gap.--GNP and the debt squeeze.--Industrialization and development.--Indigenous people and refugees.--Deserts and desertification.--Freshwater: abundance and scarcity.--Freshwater pollution.--Tropical forest destruction.--The tropical timber trade.--The fuelwood crisis.--Damaged watersheds.--Temperate forests under threat.--Acid rain.--Urban air pollution.--The greenhouse effect.--The ozone layer.--Toxic and hazardous wastes.--The spread of agrochemicals.--Natural and man-made disasters.--Fossil fuel resources.--Nuclear energy.--Renewable energy resources.--Biological diversity and genetic resources.--Areas of endemism.--Protected areas and national parks.--Major conservation efforts.--Wildlife trade.--Migration.--The world's wetlands.--The world's fisheries.--Whales and whaling.--Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses.--Mineral resources of the sea.--Pollution of the seas.--The Arctic.--Antarctica. |