03023nam 22006733u 450 991096231600332120251116233625.00-203-78448-0(CKB)2560000000152048(EBL)773228(OCoLC)795119859(SSID)ssj0000148258(PQKBManifestationID)12020123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148258(PQKBWorkID)10041806(PQKB)10830097(MiAaPQ)EBC773228(OCoLC)878862542(FINmELB)ELB155206(EXLCZ)99256000000015204820140414d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnvironmental Change and Human Development Controlling nature?1st ed.Hoboken Taylor and Francis2014Oxon [England] :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-340-76403-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 EcologyHILCCHuman beingsEffect of environment onHistory.Human ecology.Social evolution.Environmental impact analysis.AnthropologySocial SciencesAnthropogeography & Human Ecology304.28Barrow Chris1117707AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910962316003321Environmental Change and Human Development4451501UNINA