Weather, climate and ecosystems
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Weather, climate and ecosystems
(Geography: people and environments)
Collins Educational, c1994
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text explores geographical issues from drought, famine and desertification to acid rain and ocean pollution. It considers the extent of the impact of people on fragile physical environments and the importance of sustainable development. The book includes case studies.
Table of Contents
- Observing and measuring the weather
- tourism and climate (British Isles)
- global climates (Western Europe, polar regions, West Africa)
- the variety of life
- drought, deserts and desertification (Nigeria)
- death of a forest (Germany)
- sitting on top of the world (Alaska, USA)
- wearing down the land (UK, Philippines)
- our seas - dirty and dangerous (UK, Japan)
- global climatic change (Canada, the Maldives)
- think globally, act locally - DME (UK).
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