A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation - Brossura

Park, Chris

 
9780198609964: A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0198609965 ISBN 13: 9780198609964
Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2008

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This informative dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, environmental ethics, philosophy, and history, resource management, sociology, and policy on the environment. In addition to its wide-ranging, concise definitions, it includes longer key entries on topics such as Antarctica, Gaia hypothesis, genetic engineering, the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development.
The dictionary is uniquely comprehensive in that it addresses the social, legal, political, and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms. Coverage includes international treaties, movements, trusts and organizations, as well as biographies of key figures in environmental science. It also boasts wide coverage of terms relating to rural/community development and participation, an area with an increasingly key role in managing the environment and biodiversity. This places the subject of the environment firmly in a human as well as a scientific context.
The dictionary is supplemented with an invaluable selection of 10 appendices, including international hazard assessment scales (including the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, and the Fujita tornado scale), the geological timescale, and a list of useful websites for further study.
Concise and wide-ranging, this is an essential work of reference for students and professionals, and anyone with an interest in the environment and conservation

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Chris Park is a Professorial Fellow and Director of the Graduate School at Lancaster University.

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Editore
OUP Oxford
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0198609965
ISBN 13 
9780198609964
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Numero di pagine
528
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9780198609957: A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

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ISBN 10:  0198609957 ISBN 13:  9780198609957
Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2006
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