Atlas of the environment / Geoffrey Lean, Don Hinrichsen.

Author/creator Lean, Geoffrey, 1947-
Other author Hinrichsen, Don.
Other author World Wildlife Fund (U.S.)
Format Book
Edition[New ed.].
Publication InfoSanta Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©1994.
Description1 atlas (192 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Subjects

Cartographic dataScale not given.
Contents Major biomes, climatic regions and land use -- Human numbers -- The urban revolution -- Food production and consumption -- Drinking water and sanitation -- Health -- The education gap -- GNP and the debt squeeze -- Industrialization and development -- Indigenous people and refugees -- Deserts and desertification -- Freshwater : abundance and scarcity -- Freshwater pollution -- Tropical forest destruction -- The tropical timber trade -- The fuelwood crisis -- Damaged watersheds -- Temperate forests under threat -- Acid rain -- Urban air pollution -- The greenhouse effect -- The ozone layer --Toxic and hazardous wastes -- The spread of agrochemicals -- Natural and man-made disasters -- Fossil fuel resources and energy conservation -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy resources -- Biological diversity and genetic resources -- Areas of endemism -- Protected areas and national parks -- Major conservation efforts -- Wildlife trade -- Migration -- The world's wetlands -- The world's fisheries -- Whales and whaling -- Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses -- Mineral resources of the sea -- Pollution of the seas -- The Arctic -- Antarctica.
Local noteLittle-287736--3051300496682
General noteAt head of title: WWF.
General noteEdition statement from jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-192).
Other titleWWF atlas of the environment.
Other titleWorld Wildlife Fund atlas of the environment.
ISBN0874367689

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks G1046.G3 L422 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold