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Volume two considers major environmental issues using individual case studies from around the world as illustrations. These case studies explore the causes of international environmental issues and investigate the conflicts that hamper these solutions. The case studies address such problems as inten...

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Other Authors: Sloep, Peter B., 1950-, Blowers, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Arnold ; Halsted Press, ©1996.
Series:Environmental policy in an international context ; 2.
International environmental studies series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Volume two considers major environmental issues using individual case studies from around the world as illustrations. These case studies explore the causes of international environmental issues and investigate the conflicts that hamper these solutions. The case studies address such problems as intensive farming, overpopulation, deforestation, climate change and waste disposal. Each case study also looks at policy and management of these international environmental issues. The case studies span the globe, encompassing the Western world as well as the former Eastern Bloc and developing countries in Africa and South East Asia. A critical and analytical look at contemporary environmental issues Aimed to provide a body of knowledge to social and natural scientists A multi-disciplinary approach.
Item Description:ScienceDirect eBook - Environmental Science pre-2007 (Elsevier and Woodhead)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index.
ISBN:9780340652602
0340652608
0470235845
9780470235843