Global Environmental Change: Its Nature and Impact - Softcover

Hidore, John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023541342 ISBN 13: 9780023541346

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

Synopsis

A text written for non-science undergraduates introducing the concepts of global environmental change focuses on three aspects: the basic processes that produce natural planetary change, including earth and geological manifestations; the impact of change on humans floods, earthquakes,drought and the subsequent effect on agriculture and food supplies; and the ways in which human alter the planet through pollutants, habitats, hunting, and population growth. The final chapters are devoted to different aspects of global warming. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This introduction to global environmental change for non-science majors focuses on both the processes of global change and the nature and implications of the impact -- including the contribution of the human species to this change.

From the Back Cover:

Key Benefit: This introduction to global environmental change focuses on both the processes of global change and the nature and implications of the impact -- including the contribution of the human species to this change. Key Topics: Addresses three aspects of global environmental change: the nature of the basic processes which produce natural planetary change; Earth processes which cause Earth's climate to change through time; and the geological processes which cause plate tectonics and the manifestation of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0023541342
• ISBN 13: 9780023541346
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 263