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Leaving Eden : to protect and manage the earth

Title
Leaving Eden : to protect and manage the earth / E.G. Nisbet.
Author
Nisbet, E. G.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Description
xviii, 358 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
A wide-ranging survey of what is arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity today: the preservation of the natural environment.
Subject
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Pollution
  • Global warming
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Global Warming
  • global warming
  • environmental policy
  • pollution
  • chemical pollution
  • Mensch
  • Umweltpolitik
  • Umweltschutz
  • Umweltveränderung
  • Milieuverontreiniging
  • Broeikaseffect
  • Milieubeleid
  • Poluicao ambiental
  • Nature > Effets de l'homme
  • Réchauffement de la Terre
  • Politique de l'environnement
  • Environnement > Protection
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The natural earth -- The causes of change -- The consequences of change -- To manage the planet -- Reducing our impact : the means to generate and conserve energy -- Managing the earth's vegetation -- The management of man -- Summary : a new global economy.
ISBN
  • 0521393116
  • 9780521393119
  • 0521425794
  • 9780521425797
LCCN
90021823
OCLC
  • ocm22709160
  • 22709160
  • SCSB-1930508
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library