World environmental history
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World environmental history
（Berkshire essentials）
Berkshire Pub. Group, c2012
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Berkshire encyclopedia of world history
世界环境历史
Available at 10 libraries
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Chinese parallel title: 世界环境历史
Environmental articles from the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history, 2nd ed
Includes bibliographical references
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Description
World Environmental History, a Berkshire Essential, explores how the biosphere is affected by human interventions such as climate change, deforestation, waste management, water and wind energy, population growth, oil spills, ecological imperialism, and urbanization. An interdisciplinary approach to the field considers biological and physical processes as integral parts of history, with mammals, birds, plants, bacteria, and viruses as "biotic actors" that play important roles. So do geological formations and disruptions, such as deserts, mountains, islands, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The volume's rich content includes articles on the anthroposphere, carrying capacity, ethnobotany, Gaia theory, and the Green Revolution, for instance-all of which define key concepts that shape the environmental studies so crucial to a sustainable future.
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