Time-scales and environmental change / / edited by Thackwray S. Driver and Graham P. Chapman

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.6
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes; Climatology
• Altri autori: DriverThackwray S. <1969-> ChapmanGraham
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 TIME, MANKIND AND THE EARTH; 2 LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AND INSTABILITY IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS; 3 THE CENTURY TIME-SCALE; 4 IDENTIFYING THE TIME-SCALES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; 5 FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING; 6 GREENHOUSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION TIMETABLE; 7 CONFLICTING TIME-SCALES; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA; 9 REFRAMING FOREST HISTORY; 10 ECONOMIC ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 11 INDIA, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ; 12 CONCLUSIONINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Leading experts from a diverse range of disciplines encourage the reader, from whatever perspective to think about change and environmental issues in a new light through different time-scales.
• Titolo autorizzato: Time-scales and environmental change
• ISBN: 1-134-78753-7; 0-203-28734-7; 1-134-78754-5; 1-280-18208-3; 9786610182084; 0-203-43557-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222244803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II