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Man and Natural Resources: An Agricultural Perspective (Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use) - Softcover

Hicks, Cedric Stanton

 
9781032478265: Man and Natural Resources: An Agricultural Perspective (Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1032478268 ISBN 13: 9781032478265
Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032478268
ISBN 13 
9781032478265
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
130