9780521479707: Understanding Environments

Sinossi

Understanding Environments allows students to analyse the world's major biophysical environments and the processes that govern them.

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Descrizione del libro

Understanding Environments allows students to analyse the world's major biophysical environments and the processes that govern them, and then to explore environmental management in practice through a number of case studies selected from around the world.

Contenuti

Section A: Discovering Environments; 1. The world's biophysical environments; 2. River catchments; 3. Coastal environments; 4. Mountains; 5. Desert environments; 6. Wetlands; 7. Forests; 8. Major changes to biophysical environments; Section B: Managing Environments; 9. The need to protect and manage environments; 10. Water management in Southern California

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