02871nam 22006253u 450 991046519400332120210114105049.00-203-78448-0(CKB)2560000000152048(EBL)773228(OCoLC)795119859(SSID)ssj0000148258(PQKBManifestationID)12020123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148258(PQKBWorkID)10041806(PQKB)10830097(MiAaPQ)EBC773228(EXLCZ)99256000000015204820140414d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnvironmental Change and Human Development[electronic resource] Controlling nature?Hoboken Taylor and Francis20141 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-340-76403-1 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; IndexEnvironmental 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 populatiHuman beingsEffect of environment onHistoryHuman ecologySocial evolutionEnvironmental impact analysisAnthropologyHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCAnthropogeography & Human EcologyHILCCElectronic books.Human beingsEffect of environment onHistoryHuman ecologySocial evolutionEnvironmental impact analysisAnthropologySocial SciencesAnthropogeography & Human Ecology304.28Barrow Chris918547AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910465194003321Environmental Change and Human Development2284923UNINA