Environmental change and human development : controlling nature / C.J. Barrow.
"Focuses on environmental change and human fortunes. While there is a large and rapidly expanding literature dealing with how people affect the environment, less attention has been given in recent years to how the environment shapes human development. It also addresses key issues such as soil d...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 2. |t Environmental change before modern humans appeared -- |g 3. |t Environmental change during historical times -- |g 4. |t Are twenty-first century humans more vulnerable to nature? -- |g 5. |t Ongoing natural threats -- |g 6. |t Reacting to environmental challenges and opportunities -- |g 7. |t Coping with nature -- |g 8. |t The future. |
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