Atlas of the environment

Main Author: Lean, Geoffrey, 1947-
Corporate Author: World Wildlife Fund U.S.
Other Authors: Hinrichsen, Don.
Language:English
Published: Oxford, OX: Helicon, c1992..
Edition:New ed..
Subjects:
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100 1 |a Lean, Geoffrey,   |d 1947-  
245 1 0 |a Atlas of the environment   |c Geoffrey Lean, Don Hinrichsen.. 
246 3 |a WWF atlas of the environment. 
250 |a New ed.. 
260 |a Oxford, OX:   |b Helicon,   |c c1992.. 
300 |a 1 atlas (192 p.):   |b col. ill., col. maps;   |c 29 cm.. 
500 |a At head of title: WWF. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192). 
505 0 |a Major biomes, climatic regions and land use -- Human numbers -- The urban revolution -- Food production and consumption -- Drinking water and sanitation -- Health -- The education gap -- GNP and the debt squeeze -- Industrialization and development -- Indigenous people and refugees -- Deserts and desertification -- Freshwater : abundance and scarcity -- Freshwater pollution -- Tropical forest destruction -- The tropical timber trade -- The fuelwood crisis -- Damaged watersheds -- Temperate forests under threat -- Acid rain -- Urban air pollution -- The greenhouse effect -- The ozone layer -- Toxic and hazardous wastes -- The spread of agrochemicals -- Natural and man-made disasters -- Fossil fuel resources and energy conservation -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy resources -- Biological diversity and genetic resources -- Areas of endemism -- Protected areas and national parks -- Major conservation efforts -- Wildlife trade -- Migration -- The world's wetlands -- The world's fisheries -- Whales and whaling -- Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses -- Mineral resources of the sea -- Pollution of the seas -- The Arctic -- Antarctica. 
650 0 |a Nature --   |x Effect of human beings on  
650 0 |a Economic geography  
650 0 |a Natural resources  
653 0 |a Environment 
655 7 |a Atlases.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Hinrichsen, Don.  
710 2 |a World Wildlife Fund U.S.