TY  - BOOK
TI  - Atlas of the environment
SN  - 0091774330 (paperback)
AV  - G1046.G3 L4 1992
PY  - 1992///.
CY  - Oxford, OX
PB  - Helicon
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Maps
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Environment
KW  - Atlases
KW  - lcgft
N1  - At head of title: WWF.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192).; Major biomes, climatic regions and land use -- Human numbers -- The urban revolution -- Food production and consumption -- Drinking water and sanitation -- Health -- The education gap -- GNP and the debt squeeze -- Industrialization and development --  Indigenous people and refugees -- Deserts and desertification -- Freshwater : abundance and scarcity -- Freshwater pollution -- Tropical forest destruction -- The tropical timber trade -- The fuelwood crisis -- Damaged watersheds -- Temperate forests under threat -- Acid rain -- Urban air pollution -- The greenhouse effect -- The ozone layer -- Toxic and hazardous wastes -- The spread of agrochemicals -- Natural and man-made disasters -- Fossil fuel resources and energy conservation -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy resources -- Biological diversity and genetic resources -- Areas of endemism -- Protected areas and national parks -- Major conservation efforts -- Wildlife trade -- Migration -- The world's wetlands -- The world's fisheries -- Whales and whaling -- Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses -- Mineral resources of the sea -- Pollution of the seas -- The Arctic -- Antarctica
ER  -