Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Volume 3, Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental ChangeISBN: 978-0-470-85362-7
Hardcover
688 pages
August 2003
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Preface to the Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change.
Preface to Volume Three.
Human Disturbance of the Earth System: Dynamics and Complexities.
Global land cover and land use trends and changes.
Global Population Trends.
Trends in Global Emissions: Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen.
Anthropogenic Metabolism and Environmental Legacies.
Industrial and Anthroposystem Metabolism.
Water Use: Future Trends, and Environmental and Social Impacts.
Contaminated Lands and Sediments: Chemical Time Bombs?
Rice and its Spread: Double Cropping; New Varieties - Environmental Consequences and Methane Gas, Sustainability.
Environmental Change and Human Health: Extending the Sustainability Agenda.
Environmental Changes Driven by Civil Conflict and War.
Alphabetic Listing of Articles.