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This text offers an introduction to environment issues which deals both with the working of the physical environment and the political, economic and social frameworks in which the issues occur. Using examples from all over the world, the book highlights the underlying causes behind environmental problems, the human actions which have made them issues, and the hopes for solutions. It is concerned with the human impact on the environment and the ways in which the natural environment impacts society. 18 chapters on key issues follow two initial chapters which outline the background contexts to the physical and human environments, and the book finishes with a chapter on conservation and sustainable development. Each chapter sets the issue within an historical context, outlines why the issue has arisen, highlights areas of controversy and uncertainty, and appraises how problems begin and can be resolved both technically and in political and economic frameworks.
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A comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the world's environmental issues, this is an invaluable source of reference for the student and general reader alike.
The Good Book Guide
Middleton's title is both innovative and appropriate ... Each chapter provides a convenient and accessible introduction to the issue in question.
Progress in Physical Geography
A book of such broad canvas, critical outlook and competitive price can be confidently recommended as a study aid for a wide range of courses in geography, environmental science and development studies.
Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
This book...provides a concise introduction to each topic; there are abundant facts rather than general statements which impart rigour. It fulfils its objective as an introduction to environmental issues for A level and first year undergraduates in geography and environmental science. For those wanting to delve deeper, each chapter has web site recommendations...
...this book...(emphasizes) what messy mortals humans are and what risks they have taken withn the global casino.
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Considerable advances in understanding and managing environmental issues have been made in recent years and, with the plethora of environment-related conventions, reports, initiatives and treaties that have appeared since the publication of the second edition in 1999, this third edition of The Global Casino is timely and has much to offer. It provides a comprehensive, undergraduate-level introduction to environmental problems and is packed with case studies and up-to-date information...the improved and re-organised lists of references and websites provide an excellent resource for researching topics further.
Progress in Physical Geography
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The Good Book Guide
Middleton's title is both innovative and appropriate ... Each chapter provides a convenient and accessible introduction to the issue in question.
Progress in Physical Geography
A book of such broad canvas, critical outlook and competitive price can be confidently recommended as a study aid for a wide range of courses in geography, environmental science and development studies.
Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
This book...provides a concise introduction to each topic; there are abundant facts rather than general statements which impart rigour. It fulfils its objective as an introduction to environmental issues for A level and first year undergraduates in geography and environmental science. For those wanting to delve deeper, each chapter has web site recommendations...
...this book...(emphasizes) what messy mortals humans are and what risks they have taken withn the global casino.
Volume 29 2004
Transactions of the IBG
Considerable advances in understanding and managing environmental issues have been made in recent years and, with the plethora of environment-related conventions, reports, initiatives and treaties that have appeared since the publication of the second edition in 1999, this third edition of The Global Casino is timely and has much to offer. It provides a comprehensive, undergraduate-level introduction to environmental problems and is packed with case studies and up-to-date information...the improved and re-organised lists of references and websites provide an excellent resource for researching topics further.
Progress in Physical Geography
Nick Middleton is a Fellow and Lecturer in Physical Geography at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK. He has starred in the television series 'Going to Extremes' and has written a book of the same title, as well as being the author of several successful travel books such as 'Travels as a Brussels Scout' and 'Ice Tea and Elvis: A Saunter through the Southern States'.
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- PublisherHodder Arnold
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0340594934
- ISBN 13 9780340594933
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