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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792289903321

Autore

Barrow Chris

Titolo

Environmental Change and Human Development [[electronic resource] ] : Controlling nature?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2014

ISBN

0-203-78448-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

304.28

Soggetti

Human beings - Effect of environment on - History

Human ecology

Social evolution

Environmental impact analysis

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Anthropogeography & Human Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental change before modern humans appeared; 3 Environmental change during historical times; 4 Are twenty-first-century humans more vulnerable to nature?; 5 Ongoing natural threats; 6 Reacting to environmental challenges and opportunities; 7 Coping with nature; 8 The future; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Change and Human Development focuses on environmental change and human fortunes. While there is a large and rapidly expanding literature dealing with how people affect the environment, less attention has been given in recent years to how the environment shapes human development. In an ever more crowded world there is a need for anticipatory environmental management, and a crucial input to this is consideration of the interaction between environment and humans.  The environment is not as stable, benign or controllable as people like to think. The world populati