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9781444309171

The Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present, and Future, 6th Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9781444309171

  • ISBN10:

    144430917X

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The new edition of this classic student text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the major environmental issues facing the world today, and is an essential introduction to the past, present and future impact of humans on Earth. Explores the impact of humans upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. Updated extensively, with many new figures and up-to-date statistics. Four completely new chapters explore the ways in which global climate change may have an impact on Earth in the future. A new design makes the text even more accessible and easy to use.Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/humanimpact to access the artwork from the book.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Sixth Edition
Acknowledgments
The Past And Present.
Introduction
The Human Impact on Vegetation
Human Influence on Animals
The Human Impact on the Soil
The Human Impact on the Waters
Human Agency in Geomorphology
The Human Impact on Climate and the Atmosphere
The Future.
Introduction
The Future: Coastal Environments
The Future: Hydrological Impacts
The Future: The Cryosphere
The Future: Drylands
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index
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