Description
People and Physical Environment, A Global Approach provides an introduction to the main areas of environmental concern for geographers, environmental scientists and planners at the beginning of the twenty-first century. These include:
- Pollution of the atmosphere and its impact on our climate;
- The exploitation of the oceans;
- Management and supply of fresh water;
- Degradation of the land, and
- Biodiversity, and the need to maintain genetic diversity.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The Environment
Chapter 2
Changing Perceptions of the Environment
Chapter 3
Politics and the Management of the Environment
Chapter 4
The Atmosphere and the Environment
Chapter 5
Environmental (Mis-)Management of Fresh Water
Chapter 6
Managing the Oceans
Chapter 7
Land Degradation
Chapter 8
Why Retain Biodiversity?
Chapter 9
Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years
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