Economies and the Transformation of Landscape
- ISBN-10
- 0759111162
- ISBN-13
- 9780759111165
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 327
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman Altamira
- Authors
- Christopher A. Pool, Lisa Cliggett
Description
Economies and the Transformation of Landscape explores both the general and specific ways in which local economic ventures around the world, such as mining, ranching, and farming, affect the environment.
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