The Earth as Transformed by Human Action: Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years
by B. L. Turner (Editor), William C. Clark (Editor), Robert W. Kates (Editor), Jessica T. Mathews (Editor), William B. Meyer (Editor), John F. Richards (Editor)
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The Earth as Transformed by Human Action is the culmination of a mammoth undertaking involving the examination of the toll our continual strides forward, technical and social, take on our world. The purpose of such a study is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years, to contrast global patterns of change to those appearing on a regional level, and to explain the major human forces that have driven these changes. The first section deals strictly show more with the major human forces of the past 300 years and the second is a detailed account of the transformations of the global environment wrought by human action. The final section examines a range of perspectives and theories that purport to explain human actions with regard to the biosphere. show lessTags
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William B. Meyer is Associate Professor of Geography at Colgate University. He is the author of Human Impact on the Earth and The Environmental Advantages of Cities: Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism.
John F. Richards is Professor of History at Duke University
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Anthropology
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- 304.2 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Factors affecting social behavior Human ecology
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- GF75 .E15 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Human ecology. Anthropogeography Human ecology. Anthropogeography Human influences on the environment
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