Climate and Human Change - Softcover

Cowie, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850709718 ISBN 13: 9781850709718

Publisher: CRC Press, 1998

Synopsis

This is a thought-provoking graduate-level textbook on global problems of environmental policy and economics, global warming, reforestation, and the greenhouse effect. It goes beyond the traditional climate and biology discussions associated with the climate change debate by including broader, interdisciplinary issues concerning, for example, alternatives to business as usual policies, economics and the green market, and future climatic and human change. Part I deals with the global commons, policy, and economics. Part II covers climatic and human change, including global warming, the greenhouse effect, reforestation, and energy policy. Part III discusses economic and greenhouse perceptions, freeing the green market, and the what the future holds. Includes bibliographic references and index.

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Review

"The value of this text lies in the multi-disciplinarity of approach. Few texts approach it and even fewer acknowledge the power of perception over reality. For this reason alone it is a useful addition to the literature." -- TEGNews "the author has managed to produce a text which is very easy to read and which contains very little by way of political rhetoric or green banner waving. This is a well-arranged and well-balanced handholding guide through the climatic social and economic dimensions of climatic change." -- International Journal of Climatology, 2000 "This book demonstrates the sheer complexity of many environmental issues both scientifically and politically. It will provide invaluable material for a host of tutorials and essays." -- Journal of Biological Education, 1998

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850709718
• ISBN 13: 9781850709718
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384