Managing the Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Patterns and Processes

ISBN-10
8170891523
ISBN-13
9788170891529
Series
Managing the human impact on the natural environment
Category
Environment
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
1993-01-01
Author
Newson

Description

Part I- 1.Introduction: managing the natural environment- why and how; 2.The geography of pollution; 3.The geography of conservation; 4. Environmental law; 5. Environmental Economics, resources, and commerce.; Part 2- 6. Patterns of air pollution : critic

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