EARTH FROM ABOVE : First Edition, 2002 Revised & Expanded Edition

Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Aerial Photography); Lester Brown & others (Text); Davidd Bakern (Translator from French to English)

ISBN 10: 0810934957 / ISBN 13: 9780810934955

Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, 2002

About this Item

Text/New & Bright. Green linen boards/Fine. DJ/New w/trace shelfwear. First published 1999 in French (La terre vue du ciel). This is the 2002, First Edition, 1st Printing, Revised & Expanded Edition, English translation. Lucid, educational, environmental aerial look at Earth at large for man to better know his role & responsibility --- a book, today, as relevant & as enlightening as when it went to print! Color photos from the lens of French environmentalist, journalist & photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946 -), aloft in helicopters & hot air balloons. Funded as a long-term photographic project by United Nations (UNESCO) to ultimately made available in over 21 languages & adaptation to French television! 464 pgs, more than 200 photos, supported w/12 essays: 1, Building an Eco-Econmy; 2, World Population & the Environment; 3, Urban Landscapes, Landscapes of Urbanism; 4, Farmers of the World: The Price of Our Future; 5, Water: Humanity's Future; 6, Biodiversity: A Question of Survival; 7, A Plea for the Seas; 8, Changing Climates; 9, Renewable Energy; 10, Toward a Sustainable Development; 11, What Do We Do?; 12, The Earth in Numbers, followed by Afterward & Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EARTH FROM ABOVE : First Edition, 2002 Revised & Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810934957
• ISBN 13: 9780810934955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Aerial Photography)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Both low- and high-level aerial photographs document places around the world and form the starting point for discussions of ecology, sustainable development, and the current state of the world.

About the Author

Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been portraying the state of the planet in photographs since 1995. Widely known as a specialist in aerial photography around the world, Arthus-Bertrand has published 60 books, including Abrams' best seller Earth from Above.