Saving Our Planet Challenges and hopes

Saving Our Planet analyses the changes (both positive and negative) that have occurred in the environment in the past two decades. It focuses not only on the state of the environment but also on the interactions between development activities and the environment. It highlights the main responses sin...

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Main Author: Tolba, Mostafa K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Subjects:
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a Saving Our Planet analyses the changes (both positive and negative) that have occurred in the environment in the past two decades. It focuses not only on the state of the environment but also on the interactions between development activities and the environment. It highlights the main responses since 1972 to protect the environment. It is based on a wide-ranging review of the scientific literatue, UNEP reports (and other sources) and over 500 references are listed