The Earth as Transformed by Human Action
Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years
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- Editors:
- B. L. Turner, Clark University, Massachusetts
- William C. Clark, Harvard University, Massachusetts
- Robert W. Kates, Brown University, Rhode Island
- John F. Richards, Duke University, North Carolina
- Jessica T. Mathews, World Resources Institute, Washington DC
- William B. Meyer, Clark University, Massachusetts
- Date Published: February 1993
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521446303
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The Earth as Transformed by Human Action is the culmination of a mammoth undertaking involving the examination of the toll our continual strides forward, technical and social, take on our world. The purpose of such a study is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years, to contrast global patterns of change to those appearing on a regional level, and to explain the major human forces that have driven these changes. The first section deals strictly with the major human forces of the past 300 years and the second is a detailed account of the transformations of the global environment wrought by human action. The final section examines a range of perspectives and theories that purport to explain human actions with regard to the biosphere.
Read more- Comprehensive and valuable reference
- Indispensable resource on global change
- Well organised, with conformity of style
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'Collectively, this is a superb and comprehensive volume.' Geology
See more reviews' … a landmark study, which will undoubtedly be a valuable reference and source of information for many years to come.' Geophysics
' … an impressive and highly laudable undertaking by geographers to 'put it all together', that is, to establish a theoretical framework for assessing the environmental changes wrought by modern societies in the past three centuries, and to document these changes in detail. As such, the tome will serve as an indispensable reference and resource on global change. It will be used by all scholars, teachers and students concerned with the increasingly pressing issue of the environment and its management - or mismanagement - by humans everywhere on our planet.' Nature
'Despite the large number of authors and the enormous amount of information presented in each chapter, individual chapters read well, and the book as a whole is well-organised. The editors have produced a book with a clear conceptual theme and conformity of style among chapters; the tables and figures are exceptional. An important reference on human ecology that belongs in the library of every environmental scientist …' Choice
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- Date Published: February 1993
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521446303
- length: 732 pages
- dimensions: 280 x 214 x 39 mm
- weight: 1.68kg
- contains: 14 b/w illus. 156 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. The great transformation
Part I. Changes in Population and Society:
2. Long-term population change
3. Population
4. Technological change
5. Institutions, organizations and cultural values
6. The increasing separation of production and consumption
7. Urbanization
8. Awareness of human impacts: changing attitudes and emphases
Part II. Transformations of the Global Environment: Long-term perspective
9. Long-term environmental change
Land
10. Land transformation
11. Forests
12. Soils
13. Sediment transfer and siltation
Water
14. Use and transformation of terrestrial water systems
15. Water quality and flows
16. The coastal zone
Oceans and Atmosphere
17. Atmospheric trace constituents
18. Marine environment
19. Climate
Biota
20. Terrestrial fauna
21. Marine biota
22. Flora
Chemicals and Radiation
23. Carbon
24. Sulphur
25. Nitrogen and phosphorus
26. Trace pollutants
27. The ionizing radiations
Part III. Regional Studies of Transformation: Long-term perspective
28. Huang-Huai-Hai plain
Tropical frontiers
29. Amazonia
30. Borneo and Malay peninsular
Highlands
31. Caucasia
32. East Africa Highlands
Plains
33. The Russian plain
34. The United States great plains
Populous South
35. The basin of Mexico
36. Nigeria
Populous North
37. Sweden
38. Hudson-Raritan Basin
39. Switzerland
Part IV. Understanding Transformations:
40. The realm of meaning
41. The realm of social relations: towards an integrative theory
42. The realm of cultural ecology: adaptation and change in historical perspective
Postscript.
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