Author: Richard H. WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Environment and Man
Author: Richard H. WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
A Human Environment
Author: Victor KlinkenbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9789088909061
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This volume is themed around the interdependent relationship between humans and the environment, an important topic in the work of Corrie Bakels. How do environmental constraints and opportunities influence human behaviour and what is the human impact on the ecology and appearance of the landscape? And what can archaeological knowledge contribute to the current discussions about the use, arrangement and depletion of our (local) environment?
The Origin and History of the English Language and of the Early Literature it Embodies
Author: George Perkins MarshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Man and Nature
Author: George Perkins MarshPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295983165
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
First published in 1864, Marsh's ominous warnings inspired environmental conservation and reform. By linking culture with nature, science with history, "Man and Nature" was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
Man's Impact on the Global Environment
Author: Carroll Louis WILSONPublisher:
ISBN: 9780262190862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Man & Environment
Author: Anne NadakavukarenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Mountains & Man
Author: Larry W. PricePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520058866
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"This book explores the complex processes and features of mountain environments: glaciers, snow and avalanches, landforms, weather and climate, vegetation, soils, and wildlife. A major section analyzes the effects of latitudinal position on these processes and features. There is also an investigation of the origin of mountains, our attitudes towards them, and their manifold implications for us."--Inside front jacket.
MAN, SPACE, AND ENVIRONMENT CONCEPTS IN CONTEMPORARY HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Author: MAN,SPACE,AND ENVIRONMENTPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309168902
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The purpose of this regional workshop in the Southeast was to broaden the environmental health perspective from its typical focus on environmental toxicology to a view that included the impact of the natural, built, and social environments on human health. Early in the planning, Roundtable members realized that the process of engaging speakers and developing an agenda for the workshop would be nearly as instructive as the workshop itself. In their efforts to encourage a wide scope of participation, Roundtable members sought input from individuals from a broad range of diverse fields-urban planners, transportation engineers, landscape architects, developers, clergy, local elected officials, heads of industry, and others. This workshop summary captures the discussions that occurred during the two-day meeting. During this workshop, four main themes were explored: (1) environmental and individual health are intrinsically intertwined; (2) traditional methods of ensuring environmental health protection, such as regulations, should be balanced by more cooperative approaches to problem solving; (3) environmental health efforts should be holistic and interdisciplinary; and (4) technological advances, along with coordinated action across educational, business, social, and political spheres, offer great hope for protecting environmental health. This workshop report is an informational document that provides a summary of the regional meeting.
Conflict in Man-made Environment
Author: Anatol RapoportPublisher: Harmondsworth, England ; Baltimore : Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"How the environment causes, or contributes to, psychic and social conflict is frequently discussed. Less often considered is the theme developed in this Pelican by Professor Rapoport--that human conflict intimately affects the 'symbolic' environment, which may be a more powerful determinant of man's condition than pollution, war or urbanization. By 'symbolic' environment is meant the whole non-material body of knowledge, science, art, history, language, beliefs and ideas which human intelligence has amassed. Outlining various theories of aggression, progress, evolution and the struggle for existence, Professor Rapoport examines in detail the systemic philosophies advanced by Hobbes, Hegel, Clausewitz, Marx, Lenin and the modern 'think-tanks'. He concludes--in a book which from the start is concerned with the functioning of systems--that the 'mind' of a system, backed by power, may be disastrously different from the psychology of any of its members. In this context Professor Rapoport detects a gleam of hope in the growing scepticism about all and any concentrations of power"--Back cover.