The changing global environment

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The changing global environment

edited by Neil Roberts

Blackwell, 1994

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9781557862716

内容説明

Global environmental change is a subject of major scientific and political importance, and of rising media attention. But what do processes such as desertification, acidification and global warming involve? There is a need for a clear, well-integrated account by the scientists themselves of how these processes are altering the earth's natural environments. In "The Changing Global Environment" leading physical geographers provide distilled and up-to-date summaries of research in their own field - themes such as rainforest destruction and remote sensing by satellites. This is not a collection of unconnected research papers, but an integrated text. Taken as a whole, the book is distinguished by its concerns for environmental variations across space and through time, for human-environment interactions and for an awareness that the world is made up of real places and regions. It should be of interest to students in departments of geography, geoscience and environmental studies taking courses in global environmental change, advanced physical geography, climatic change and human ecology.

目次

  • Environmental change - natural and cultural, Neil Roberts
  • remote sensing and the assessment of environmental change, Roy Haines-Young
  • palaeoclimates and future greenhouse warming, Alayne Street-Perrott and Neil Roberts
  • historical records and recent climate change, Mike Hulme
  • numerical modelling of global climates, Ann Henderson-Sellers
  • global warming and periglacial landscapes, Eduard Koster
  • ice volumes and climate change, David Sugden and Nick Hulton
  • sea-level response to climate, Michael Tooley
  • island environments - an uncertain future?, Tom Spencer
  • atmospheric pollution and acidification, Richard Battarbee
  • human impact on estuarine ecosystems - an historical perspective, Grace Brush
  • reconstructing the history of soil erosion, John Dearing
  • case-study - China's Yellow River and loess lands, Edward Derbyshire and Jingtai Wang
  • the impact of large dams and river basin schemes, Geoff Petts
  • Savannah landscapes and global environmental change, Philip Stott
  • tropical moist forests - conservation or transformation?, Peter Furley
  • land degredation in the tropics, Ian Douglas
  • deforestation and environmental change in the Himalaya, Martin Haigh
  • dryland degredation, Andrew Goudie
  • the desert as a biogeographical resource - the example of the central and southern Sahara, Erhard Schulz.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781557862723

内容説明

The global environmental future is a matter of major scientific and public importance. Problems such as deforestation, pollution, the loss of natural habitats, and greenhouse-gas induced global warming have grave and often uncertain implications. But what do these processes involve? What is causing them and what will or might be their consequences? Global warming would, for example, have far-reaching effects on sea levels, rainfall, glacier dynamics, and the distribution of plants and animals, as well as on a wide range of human activities. The Changing Global Environment provides a clear, well-integrated account by leading scientists of the nature of change in the earth's natural environment in the past, present and future. Taken as a whole, it is distinguished by its concern to understand and to link environmental variations at local, regional and planetary scales, by its clear analyses of human-environment interactions, by its historical perspective, and by an awareness of the social and political causes and consequences of environmental change. The subject is as complex as it is crucial: the authors have aimed not to simplify but to clarify uncertainties, issues and processes. Written to be accessible to both specialist and non-specialist readers, this book also provides a powerful and stimulating framework for the teaching of environmental issues in higher education.

目次

List of Contributors. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Preface and Acknowledgements. Part I: The Nature of Environmental Change:. 1. The Global Environmental Future: Neil Roberts. 2. Remote Sensing of Environmental Change: Roy Haines-Young. Part II: Global Climate Change: . 3. Past Climates and Future Greenhouse Warming: F. Alayne Street-Perrott and Neil Roberts. 4. Historic Records and Recent Climatic Change: Mike Hulme. 5. Numerical Modelling of Global Climate: Ann Henderson-Sellers. Part III: Ice and Ocean:. 6. Global Warming and Periglacial Landscapes: Eduard A. Koster. 7. Ice Volumes and Climate Change: David Sugden and Nick Hulton. 8. Sea-level Response to Climate: Michael J. Tooley. 9. Tropical Coral Islands - An Uncertain Future?: Tom Spencer. Part IV: The Hydrological System:. 10. Surface Water Acidification: Richard W. Battarbee. 11. Reconstructing the History of Soil Erosion: John Dearing. 12. Large-scale River Regulation: Geoff Petts. Part V: The Tropics:. 13. Savanna Landscapes and Global Environmental Change: Philip Stott. 14. Tropical Moist Forests - Transformation or Conservation?: Peter A. Furley. 15. Land Degradation in the Humid Tropics: Ian Douglas. 16. Dryland Degradation: Andrew Goudie. Part VI: Case Studies of Human Impact:. 17. Case 1: Changing Use of the Sahara Desert: Erhard Schulz. 18. Case 2: The Chesapeake Bay Estuarine System: Grace S. Brush. 19. Case 3: China's Yellow River Basin: Edward Derbyshire and Jingtai Wang. 20. Case 4: Deforestation in the Himalaya: Martin J. Haigh. Bibliography. Index.

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