The world environment 1972-1992 : two decades of challenge

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The world environment 1972-1992 : two decades of challenge

edited by Mostafa K. Tolba and Osama A. El-Kholy in association with E. El-Hinnawi ... [et al.]

Published by Chapman & Hall on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, 1992

1st ed

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780412469909

Description

Since the establishment of the United National Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1972, the world community's awareness that workable solutions to enviromental problems must be found has grown substantially. The contribution of UNEP to this process has been enormous. Twenty years on in June 1992, the "Earth Summit" (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marks the birth of UNEP. This book is being published as a contribution to that conference and as a guide to the world community in the 1990s and beyond. It seeks to serve as an invaluable point of reference for all those concerned with environmental issues. It contains chapters on global warming, tropical moist forest destruction, desertification, toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes, energy, transport and problems of poverty and world resource development. Instead of the usual litany of problems restated, responses at national and international level are proposed and discussed.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The issues: air pollution
  • ozone depletion
  • climate change
  • availability of fresh water
  • coastal and marine degradation
  • land degradation
  • deforestation and habitat loss
  • loss of biological diversity
  • environmental hazards
  • toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes. Part 2 Causes and consequences: agriculture and fisheries
  • industry
  • energy
  • transport
  • tourism
  • population and resources
  • human settlement
  • health
  • peace and security. Part 3 The response: understanding the environment
  • perceptions and attitudes
  • national responses
  • international responses. Part 4 Looking ahead: challenges and opportunities
  • priorities for the future.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780412470004

Description

Discussing such topics as global warming, tropical moist forest destruction, desertification, toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes, energy, transport and problems of poverty and world resource development, this book aims to provide a guide to the world community in the 1990s and beyond.

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