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Planet earth : problems and prospects

Title
Planet earth : problems and prospects / edited by James A. Leith, Raymond A. Price, and John H. Spencer.
Publication
Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Leith, James A.
  • Price, Raymond A.
  • Spencer, John H. (John Hedley), 1933-
Description
xii, 196 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Human ecology > Congresses
  • Ecology > Congresses
  • Environmental management > Congresses
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Ecology
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Environmental protection
  • Environment > economics
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Ecology
  • ecology
  • environmental protection
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Environmental protection
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Environmental management
  • Human ecology
  • Mensch
  • Nachhaltigkeit
  • Umweltschutz
  • Umweltverträglichkeit
  • Umweltveränderung
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects > Congresses
  • Environmental protection > Congresses
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • Papers originally presented at a conference held at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., 1991.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Humankind: The Agent and Victim of Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere System / Digby J. McLaren -- 2. Our Common Future: World Development and the Environment / Alastair M. Taylor and Duncan M. Taylor -- 3. Changes in Climates of the Past: Lessons for the Future / Michael B. McElroy -- 4. World Hunger, Livelihoods, and the Environment / Gita Sen -- 5. Species Impoverishment / M. Brock Fenton -- 6. The Interface of Health, Population, and Development: The Ecology of Health / Rex Fendall -- 7. Environmental Toxicology / Gabriel L. Plaa -- 8. Aboriginal Peoples: The Canadian Experience / Marlene Brant Castellano -- 9. Science and Politics on Planet Earth / Michael Ignatieff -- Appendix: Principal's Introduction.
ISBN
  • 0773512926
  • 9780773512924
  • 0773513124
  • 9780773513129
LCCN
96127643
OCLC
  • ocm32387072
  • 32387072
  • SCSB-2059950
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library