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Author : R. Swarup
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170993643
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Environmental Pollution And Human Habitation written by R. Swarup and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas R. Detwyler
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Man's Impact on Environment written by Thomas R. Detwyler and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1971 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leslie A. Duram
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440856117
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Environmental Geography written by Leslie A. Duram and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the complex relationship humans have with the environment. It is one of both responsibility—including the sustainable or unsustainable management of natural resources—and emotion, like the elation gleaned from a beautiful landscape or the devastation experienced from a natural disaster. Human-induced damage to the environment has widespread consequences for Earth and its inhabitants that have already included sea level rise, increased wildlife extinctions, heatwaves, droughts, intensified air pollution, and water shortages. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the complex interactions between people and the environment. It presents three clear, honest, and down-to-earth essays that cover the devastating impact humans have on the environment; the equally devastating impact the environment has on humans at times; and the positive impact that increasing awareness of our effect on the planet is having on the movement to create a more sustainable future. In addition, in-depth entries on 60 key environmental geography terms, such as deforestation, ecotourism, and environmental justice, provide a deeper dive into the topic; 15 real-world case studies on topics like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the Great Green Wall of Africa illustrate geography in action; and 10 brief spotlights from around the world draw the reader in with relevant facts.
Author : Harindra Joseph Fernando
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400724292
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change written by Harindra Joseph Fernando and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest threats to humanity of all times. In addition to producing adverse environmental conditions such as rising sea level, drought, crop failure, vector-borne diseases, extreme events, degradation of water/air quality and heat waves, climate change is also considered a threat multiplier that leads to local and international conflicts and armed interventions. Urban areas may bear the brunt of climate change, as they are the centers of human habitation, anthropogenic stressors and environmental degradation, and the ensuing health impacts are of grave societal concern. The papers in this volume span a suite of climate change repercussions, paying particular attention to national security and human health aspects. It is an outcome of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held during April 28-30, 2011 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program. The contributions cut across the elements of modeling, natural, political and social sciences, engineering, politics, military intervention, urban planning, industrial activities, epidemiology and healthcare.
Author : Andrew S. Goudie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118697014
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)
Download or read book The Earth Transformed written by Andrew S. Goudie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth Transformed answers the need for a concise, non-technical introduction to the ways in which the natural environment has been and is being affected by human activities. It is simply and engagingly written, and illustrated with maps, diagrams, figures and photographs. Among the subjects described and considered by the authors are desertification, deforestation, wetland management, biodiversity, climatic change, air pollution, the impact of cities on climate and hydrology, erosion, salinization, waste disposal, sea level rise, marine pollution, coral reef degradation and aquaculture. The book is organized around 45 case studies taken from all parts of the globe and chosen for their intrinsic interest and representative nature. Further features of the book include guides to further reading, suggestions for debate and study, and a glossary of terms. The book is aimed to meet the needs of students beginning courses on environmental science and geography.
Author : P. Laconte
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483153657
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book The Environment of Human Settlements Human Well-Being in Cities written by P. Laconte and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, Volume 1 contains the proceedings of the Conference on the Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, held in Brussels, Belgium, in April 1976. The papers focus on the environmental implications of human settlements, with emphasis on the well-being of people living in cities. This volume is comprised of 31 chapters organized around four themes: modern technology for cities of today; decision-making for human well-being in cities (including political, legal and economic considerations); urban and land-use planning; and design as a component in urban policy. Ontario's resource recovery program is described, and interstate highway interchange communities as sites of future settlements are considered. The effects of highway noise in residential communities are also discussed, along with the role of remote sensing in habitat; financial and technical management for human settlements; human settlements as sociotechnical-economic processes; how to optimize urban density; and quantitative landscape evaluation for open space planning. This book will be of interest to engineers, scientists, and decision-makers concerned with local, national, regional, and global environmental problems related to human settlements.
Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118576586
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)
Download or read book The Human Impact on the Natural Environment written by Andrew Goudie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of this classic student text explores themultitude of impacts that humans have had over time uponvegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms and the atmosphere. Italso looks into the future and considers the ways in which climatechanges and modifications in land cover may change the environmentin coming decades. Extensively re-written, it contains many newstatistical tables, figures, and references. It is essentialreading for undergraduates in geography and environmental science,and for those who want a thorough, wide-ranging and balancedoverview of the impacts of humans upon naturalprocesses and systems from the Stone Age to the Anthropocene andwho wish to understand the major environmental issues that concernthe human race at the present time. Additional resources for this book can be found at: ahref="http://www.wiley.com/go/goudiehumanimpact"www.wiley.com/go/goudiehumanimpact/a.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Human Habitat and Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melvin A. Benarde
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393063608
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Our Precarious Habitat written by Melvin A. Benarde and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Our Precarious Habitat' was written to inform the general reader who wishes to know how science and technology affect his daily life, and to enable him to evaluate environmental issues objectively in their political context at the community, state, and the national level. It is also directed to the college student in environmental and health courses.
Author : William B. Meyer
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026231410X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Environmental Advantages of Cities written by William B. Meyer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis that offers evidence to challenge the widely held assumption that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Conventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating harmful emissions precisely where the population is most concentrated. Cities appear to be particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, to be inherently at risk from outbreaks of infectious diseases, and even to offer dysfunctional and unnatural settings for human life. In this book, William Meyer tests these widely held beliefs against the evidence. Borrowing some useful terminology from the public health literature, Meyer weighs instances of “urban penalty” against those of “urban advantage.” He finds that many supposed urban environmental penalties are illusory, based on commonsense preconceptions and not on solid evidence. In fact, greater degrees of “urbanness” often offer advantages rather than penalties. The characteristic compactness of cities, for example, lessens the pressure on ecological systems and enables resource consumption to be more efficient. On the whole, Meyer reports, cities offer greater safety from environmental hazards (geophysical, technological, and biological) than more dispersed settlement does. In fact, the city-defining characteristics widely supposed to result in environmental penalties do much to account for cities' environmental advantages. As of 2008 (according to U.N. statistics), more people live in cities than in rural areas. Meyer's analysis clarifies the effects of such a profound shift, covering a full range of environmental issues in urban settings.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309044944
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Global Environmental Change written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human sideâ€"human causes of and responses to environmental changeâ€"has not yet received sustained attention. Global Environmental Change offers a strategy for combining the efforts of natural and social scientists to better understand how our actions influence global change and how global change influences us. The volume is accessible to the nonscientist and provides a wide range of examples and case studies. It explores how the attitudes and actions of individuals, governments, and organizations intertwine to leave their mark on the health of the planet. The book focuses on establishing a framework for this new field of study, identifying problems that must be overcome if we are to deepen our understanding of the human dimensions of global change, presenting conclusions and recommendations.
Author : Melvin A. Benarde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470099690
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Our Precarious Habitat ... It's In Your Hands written by Melvin A. Benarde and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and expanded Fourth Edition of Dr. Benarde's myth-defying book uses an evidence-based approach to refute today's pervasive, environmental doomsday hype. With up-to-date information consolidated from authoritative scientific journals and presented in highly readable form, Our Precarious Habitat . . . It's In Your Hands: covers hot-button issues like global warming, nuclear energy, electromagnetic fields, alternative health practices, and more; covers illnesses such as SARS, avian flu, West Nile virus, and prion diseases like mad cow; and includes facts, figures, tables, and charts derived from respected scientific sources and presented in easy-to-understand terms. New to this edition are sections on alternative energy sources, climate change, and creationism vs. evolution, plus expanded information on food safety that covers genetically modified foods, organic foods, free-radicals and antioxidants, and dietary supplements. This book is a great resource for environmental science professionals and a thought-provoking textbook for students in medicine and public health, the social sciences, earth science, and other areas. Most of all, it's an eye-opening reference for concerned officials and citizens who want a clear, unbiased perspective on environmental issues in order to separate scientific fact from alarmist propaganda.
Author : Thomas R. Detwyler
Publisher : Belmont, Calif. : Duxbury Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Urbanization and Environment written by Thomas R. Detwyler and published by Belmont, Calif. : Duxbury Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank R. Spellman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351849255
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Science of Environmental Pollution written by Frank R. Spellman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of The Science of Environmental Pollution presents common-sense approaches and practical examples based on scientific principles, models, and observations, but keeps the text lively and understandable for scientists and non-scientists alike. It addresses the important questions regarding environmental pollution: What is it? What is its impact? What are the causes and how can we mitigate them? But more than this, it stimulates new ways to think about the issues and their possible solutions. This third edition has been updated throughout, and contains new information on endocrine disruptors in drinking water, contaminated sediments in surface waters, hydraulic fracturing wastewater, and more. Also, it will include new case studies, examples, and study questions. Environmental issues continue to attract attention at all levels. Some sources say that pollution is the direct cause of climate change; others deny that the possibility even exists. This text sorts through the hyperbole, providing concepts and guidelines that not only aid in understanding the issues, but equip readers with the scientific rationale required to make informed decisions.
Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315502879
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Nature's Bounty written by Anthony N. Penna and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough, clearly organized text focuses on four major environmental categories: forests and land, wildlife and wildlife habitat, water and drinking water quality, and air. Each category is treated historically from the time of exploration and discovery in the seventeenth century to the present. There are also discussions on environmental public policy issues currently in our national debate. The text is integrated throughout with fascinating primary source documents -- eyewitness accounts, government reports and documents, speeches, and congressional testimony -- which illuminate the material.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309085411
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this regional workshop in the Southeast was to broaden the environmental health perspective from its typical focus on environmental toxicology to a view that included the impact of the natural, built, and social environments on human health. Early in the planning, Roundtable members realized that the process of engaging speakers and developing an agenda for the workshop would be nearly as instructive as the workshop itself. In their efforts to encourage a wide scope of participation, Roundtable members sought input from individuals from a broad range of diverse fields-urban planners, transportation engineers, landscape architects, developers, clergy, local elected officials, heads of industry, and others. This workshop summary captures the discussions that occurred during the two-day meeting. During this workshop, four main themes were explored: (1) environmental and individual health are intrinsically intertwined; (2) traditional methods of ensuring environmental health protection, such as regulations, should be balanced by more cooperative approaches to problem solving; (3) environmental health efforts should be holistic and interdisciplinary; and (4) technological advances, along with coordinated action across educational, business, social, and political spheres, offer great hope for protecting environmental health. This workshop report is an informational document that provides a summary of the regional meeting.
Author : Frank R. Spellman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439813035
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Science of Environmental Pollution, Second Edition written by Frank R. Spellman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Environmental Pollution focuses on pollution of the atmosphere, of surface and groundwater, and of soil (the three environmental mediums) and solving pollution problems by using real world methods. This introductory textbook in environmental science focuses on pollution of the atmosphere, of surface and groundwater, and of soil, all critical to our very survival.
