Man and Natural Resources: An Agricultural Perspective - Brossura

Hicks, Cedric Stanton

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ISBN 10: 1032478268 ISBN 13: 9781032478265

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2025

Riassunto

Originally published in 1975, yet prophetic in its wisdom this book deals with major aspects of man’s ecological destruction in an industrial framework. As well as discussing the destruction of forests by early civilizations the book examines the rate and extension of environmental deterioration in more recent times and the importance of the integrated ‘feed-back’ controls which maintain stability in the ecosphere of which humankind forms a part. Examining the role of entropy, energy quanta and indeterminacy in overthrowing both science and economic theory, the book provides examples from the 20th Century of the uncontrolled demands for energy and material resources, as well as of increasing toxic hazard in the biosphere.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Cedric Stanton Hicks was Professor of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032478268
• ISBN 13: 9781032478265
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 130
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania