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The Human Impact on the Natural Environment

The Human Impact on the Natural Environment
By Andrew S. Goudie

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The Human Impact has become the classic student text for understanding the ways in which human activity has changed and is changing the face of the earth. The fifth edition follows the familiar and successful structure of the previous editions and examines the human role in natural processes and systems. Professor Goudie provides a discussion of the development of ideas on global change together with chapters that deal with the impacts that humans have had on all aspects of the environment. The topics covered include vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, the atmosphere and climate. The book also considers the future, in particular the possible consequences of global warming. This fifth edition has been extensively updated and referenced. It is wide-ranging in coverage and well illustrated throughout. It provides a comprehensive view of the major environmental issues facing the world today. The Human Impact gives students of the environment an essential introduction to the impact of humans on the Earth. This book is not published by Blackwell in the USA.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #226738 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-01-03
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 528 pages

Editorial Reviews

New Scientist (of a previous edition)
"This is a splendid compendium of what we know and understand about environmental problems. The author is to be congratulated on a work that is suitable as a textbook or a supplementary reader for courses at all university levels."Quarterly Review of Biology (of a previous edition) "Stimulating reading for geographers and all those interested in this vital aspect of human knowledge, and these are many people in a wide range of disciplines." Progress in Physical Geography (of a previous edition) "A source of information to students at all levels, and for researchers a powerful inspiration for new research topics." Stanley W. Trimble, UCLA (of a previous edition) "A well-illustrated textbook, it is a brilliantly concise examinations of just how much we are changing the world around us. A classic. Geography at its best." New Scientist

About the Author
Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography, University of Oxford.