Description |
xv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
The nature of environmental problems -- Information, the mind, and the environmental problems -- The physical environment: Weather and climate -- Nonrenewable resources -- Renewable resources -- Human population and the environment -- Economic factors and environmental problems -- Politics, government and the environment -- Culture as the root cause of environmental problems -- Systems at different levels -- How the whole system works -- Pollution -- Environmental degradation -- Social, economic, and political problems -- Environment and the decline of cities, nations, and civilizations -- Economic solutions to environmental problems -- Legal solutions to environmental problems -- Legislative and institutional solutions to environmental problems -- The environment in the future |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Human ecology.
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International economic relations.
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LC no. |
81008050 |
ISBN |
0205072658 |
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