Regions at risk : comparisons of threatened environments / edited by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, & B. L. Turner II.
Contributor(s): Kasperson, Jeanne X | Kasperson, Roger E | Turner, B. L. (Billie Lee).
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BookSeries: UNU studies on critical environmental regions. Publisher: Tokyo : United Nations University Press , 1995Description: ix, 588p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9280808486.Subject(s): Environmental degradation| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BIDS Library and Documentation Center | Non-fiction | UN U Reg. (Browse shelf) | C-01 | Available | 097513 |
"This book has been published in cooperation with the Commission on Critical Environmental Situations and Regions, the International Geographical Union"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Critical environmental regions: concepts, distinctions, and issues / Roger E. Kasperson ... [et al.] -- Amazonia / Nigel J.H. Smith ... [et al.] -- The Aral Sea basin / Nikita F. Glazovsky -- The Nepal middle mountains / N.S. Jodha -- The Ukambani region of Kenya / Dianne Rocheleau, Patricia Benjamin, and Alex Diang'a -- The Llano Estacado of the American Southern High Plains / Elizabeth Brooks and Jacque Emel -- The Basin of Mexico / Adrián Guillermo Aguilar ... [et al.] -- The North Sea / Julie Argent and Timothy O'Riordan -- The Ordos Plateau of China / Hong Jiang ... [et al.] -- The eastern Sundaland region of South-East Asia / Lesley Potter, Harold Brookfield, and Yvonne Byron -- Comparisons and conclusions / B.L. Turner II ... [et al.]
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