Human impact on the environment : ancient roots, current challenges /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Rice University, Scientia (Organization)
Other Authors:	Jacobsen, Judith, Firor, John
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder : Westview Press, 1992.
Subjects:	Nature > Effect of human beings on. Human ecology > History. Paleoecology. Environmental degradation > History. Homme > Influence sur la nature. Paléoécologie. Environnement > Dégradation > Histoire. Environmental degradation. Human ecology. Umwelt Anthropogener Einfluss Kongress Milieuvraagstuk. Menselijke invloed. Environmental degradation > History Human ecology > History Nature > Effect of human beings on Paleoecology History.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The impact of early people on the environment: the case of large mammal extinctions / Richard G. Klein
The impact of food production: short-term strategies and long-term consequences / Charles L. Redman
The epidemiology of civilization / Mark N. Cohen
The revolution in the family and the world we have made / David Levine
Pollution and the emergence of industrial America / Martin V. Melosi
Exhaustibility of British coal in long-run perspective / G.N. von Tunzelmann
Global climate change / John Firor
Global water resources: the coming crises / Peter H. Gleick
Tropical forests and human society / James D. Nations
Creating an international process to address greenhouse warming / William A. Nitze
Human impacts / C.M. Hudspeth
African search for solutions / Thomas R. Odhiambo
Transitions to a sustainable society / James Gustave Speth.