Environmental change and human development : controlling nature?
Title:
Environmental change and human development : controlling nature?
Author:
Barrow, Christopher J., author.
ISBN:
9780203784488
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations, maps
General Note:
First published 2003 by Arnold.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Environmental change before modern humans appeared -- 3. Environmental change during historical times -- 4. Are twenty-first-century humans more vulnerable to nature? -- 5. Ongoing natural threats -- 6. Reacting to environmental challenges and opportunities -- 7. Coping with nature -- 8. The future.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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