Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society
- ISBN-10
- 0195145194
- ISBN-13
- 9780195145199
- Category
- Global environmental change
- Pages
- 669
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- Authors
- Andrew Goudie, David J. Cuff
Description
This reference work concentrates upon both the natural and man-made changes to the world's environment. Containing over 300 original, signed articles by distinguished scholars and 1,500 illustrations it is the comprehensive encyclopedia for this multi-discipline, high profile field. Articles fall into the general categories of: concepts of global change, earth and earth systems, human factors, resources, responses to global change agreements and associations, biographies and case studies. The accessible and jargon-free language make it an excellent work for the professional scholar as well as the interested general reader and a detail network of cross references and blind entries will help readers at all levels.
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